Back at the "Lake"
Sunday, July 24, 2005

from 30th of June till 19th of July.. i've spent 20 days in Melbourne.. M all broke, tattered and splashed... for the remaining few months, it's imaginable that you wont see me as active as before and i need to keep my indomee plan on-going in order to cover what i've spent...

Thanks to friends and cousins, i did not spend a single penny in accomodation (thanks to Shinyi, my cousins, auntie, uncle, Eric, etc) That's quite an achievement to me, i think. But really... need to thanks all of you for letting a "boring" person like me to stay... that's really something. Sorry, if i cost u guys any trouble whether consciously or not intentionally.. really tell me so, if i did commit something which i didn't know that annoy you or something.

Apart from that.. i would like to thank those ppl who bring me around, All my cousins (Wz,Mz, &Mq), Jacke (or Jackie, or Jacky), Shinyi, JuYuan or Matthew, Eric, Lo, Andy, etc. Haha, really thanks alot for bringing around man.. it was fun most of the time...

20 days, it's not a very long period.. yet.. not too short to be forgotten anytime soon...
It's quite a thrillin one, a lil crazy, and definitely a fun one. Met up some old frens as well.. bit lazy to mention it over here.. Anyway, let me recall on what i did and come up with a list of things that i've learned bout Melbourne (be bit observant and observe what i did thru that list.. :P, m not gonna list it out, i dont see the point)

29 things i've learned about Melbourne or from Melbourne or from people staying in Melbourne

1. Do not put your headphone on and play loud music when you are crossing tram tracks
2. Only get up a tram with no tram ticket with you and dont plan to get one, when you are rich enough to pay for the penalty.
3. "Hook Turn" is really something i wouldnt do in Malaysia.. and never thought of doing so
4. I am still amidst with the rumours surrounding Mekong's (a vietnamese restaurant, famous for its hor fun and delicious soup) method of preparing their soup... I never know that soup that made with cow's testicles could be that tasty...
5. Cheapest food you can get in Melbourne.. = the casino.. Suprise??!!!
6. Another thing bout the "wonderfulness" of Casino, it's 24/7!!! (so it's just like an alternative for mamak, with a nicer setting of coz)
7. Start with normal Roulettes for building up your modals, then switch to baccarat (is that how u spell it?), then back to rapid roulettes... with these sequence you might be able to stay there for quite sometime... slow slow.. and steady
8. I hate the zone system for the public transports' routines in Melbourne.. It's so friggin expensive, and ridiculous in some sense.. 3.10aud for 2 hrs ride in only 1 zone? geez
9. Staffs in both Monash and Melbourne U arent that friendly afterall.. they should learn from people from Adelaide.. Smile a little.. customer service man!!
10. Yo, finally... At least they hav starbucks and nandos in Melbourne.. if you happen to know any of the shops i mentioned in adelaide.. please do tell me
11. Max Brener (a chocolate specialty shop, supposedly Melbourne's specialty) issit really that famous?? I hav to admit that the stuffs there are quite decent and pretty "choc-a-lot"... but.. why? why? when talking bout yamcha everybody also bring me there??????? i've been there.. 3 times man.. that's too much imo
12. Berwick or Berricks.. (er.. dunno ler) is really far away from the city.. and else where)
13. They should change the name of "the twelve Apostles" (some stones hanging halfway along the coast line.. pretty impressive i would say) to "the remaining 8 apostles" or something like that..(and guess what? 2-3 days after i reached melbourne.. one of that fell down.. hehe.. damn jinxed)
14. Don't travel to grampian unless you are planning to spend a few days there.. or at least a will to trek around the jungles and all
15. Melbourne's kangaroos and wallabies are all around the rural area.. and they arent as friendly as Adelaide's...
16. Mt Buller arent as snowy around this period.. should go around august... and snowboarding is really fun.. more fun than Skiing i think..
17. Please don't try to snowboard on the blue or black track unless u r 200% confident of your skill.. or u really plan to eat some snow
18. When snowboarding or skiing, please off your phone, and even if you forgot to do so, when it rings, dont try to pick it up!! dont ever please.. Mz.. becoz of u i fell for no good reason (and i want my photo if u see this)
19. Melbourne's penguins.. are so friggin tiny.. like pygmy only... dissapointed.. but kinda cute
20. Everything is as pretty and as square as it may seem when you are checking it on top
21. If adelaide's asian to local's ratio are 1:100, melbourne's ratio on that will be only bout
1:15-20
22. Go Karting in Sunshine (Acekart) is ok technically but bull in management wise.. waddaya mean by pulling you off if we drift while encouraging us to beat the record at the same time???
23. The principle of slow & steady arent practical at all in terms of go karting
24. When playing laser gun shooting with unlimited ammo.. make full use of it.. just shoot only
"Kua teok or nyah ter kui cheng" (shoot whenever you see shadow moving)
25. Don't ever trust an italian barber who doesnt even understand English totally.. (@#^@&!, yea i did cut my hair abit.. will update more photos on that.. later)
26. Never eat chicken teriyaki in Gigi's corner or something like that along swanston street
27. Shopping with girls in Melbourne is exactly the same as shopping with em elsewhere... this is something universal.. go slow... be patience, pretend that you are doing a walk in the park... waiting for the sun to set and you will live like a happy man..
28. Be decisive! And sound out your oppinion.. (which i dont sometimes..) that makes the whole thing sux...!! sometimes
29. Dont ever.. sit on the first or second roll in a double decker bus that's goin on a 11 hrs' journey.. please dont... If that's the only choice.. R.I.P man.. mate..

Alrighty.. that's the top 29 "insights" i've learned from spending 20 days in Melbourne... hehe
Here's some photos on my trip.. will write more bout it in details in the future



the twelve.. i meant.. eight apostles...


you called this art?? my 6 yrs old lil cousin also know how to do ler..


went to the seal's stone.. wanted to check out some seals.. instead i found this guy


I love this signboard alot.. !!


photo taken in Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, the goldmine


Interesting decoration for a car... hmm... must be a male car.. for sure


Just nice for a rabbit fillet... funny guy i met along the roadtrip


Was so tempted to get the hat.. so nice... but nah.. being a cowboy aint my dream

Yeap.. so guess.. that's bout it.. it's still kinda brief if i stop here for my 20 days trip.. so dont worry.. will write more in details soon.. trust me.. soon

leaving skool f-r3d at 8:47 PM 4 pokies

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