If my feet can talk, they will surely say "no more torture! put us out of misery, n drive! when u're used to the comforts of a car, walking is the last option.something that u hope u can avoid. well, since i'm on a tight budget trip, i cant hail a cab anytime i want to, can i? my sister had warned me that we'd do a lot of walking. i havent walked this much since my undergrad days.
2 days ago we went to Bridgeroad Road. it's the older part of Melbourne, so it's kind of Jln TAR or Jln Leboh Ampang where old buildings r still around. the food there looked wonderful. just wish they had halal sign. there're italian restaurants, cafes, bakeries everywhere.... there're also italian shoes store (which, after discount, still cost around AU$100+). esprit was on sale too... n we went to many other stores. then i felt the need to answer nature's call. but where to find a toilet? those ppl who tune in to Travel n Living channel (n who watch Samantha Brown's Passport to Europe) will remember that when Samantha goes to London, there's a modern auto toilet. there's one in Bridge Road too. everything is auto. which means, if u're not done in 10 mins, the door will automatically open (imagine the scenario). speaking of toilets, i wonder y is it that Malaysian toilets r very stinky when we have ample water to clean them up n mat salleh toilets, despite being dry, r spotless n clean????
yesterday, we went to Victoria Market to do some serious damage to our pocket money. there's a chinese souvenir seller who, upon seeing us, quickly called out "ampat untuk sepluh dollar". yeh, i bought a lot of stuff at his stall. n bcoz i bought a fluffy sheepskin fr him (he gave me a good price for it), i had to carry it in a garbage bag...looking like santa claus hauling the christmas presents. there're a lot of stuff, i bought a colourful boomerang fr an aborigines. he even blowed the pipe made fr a hollowed tree trunk (thanx to the mites). there're a lot leather goods around, n gina bought a leather jacket. we met Nana's classmates, Chris n Min. by the time we're done, it's nearly 3pm, n we're expecting them n Nana's other fren Raja for tea. i had made a cheesecake b4hand, n it's for Raja, as a thank-u for patiently driving us to Philip Island. it became a small party actually, with a lot of malaysian students around. nana made some sardine currypuffs (which became a hit). finally, the oldest of us (me n gina) retired in the room, bcoz i suffered a backache n gina had a migraine attack.
hopefully, today, we'll stay in. tomorrow after an early trip to victoria market to buy some fruits, we'll be flying back.
2 days ago we went to Bridgeroad Road. it's the older part of Melbourne, so it's kind of Jln TAR or Jln Leboh Ampang where old buildings r still around. the food there looked wonderful. just wish they had halal sign. there're italian restaurants, cafes, bakeries everywhere.... there're also italian shoes store (which, after discount, still cost around AU$100+). esprit was on sale too... n we went to many other stores. then i felt the need to answer nature's call. but where to find a toilet? those ppl who tune in to Travel n Living channel (n who watch Samantha Brown's Passport to Europe) will remember that when Samantha goes to London, there's a modern auto toilet. there's one in Bridge Road too. everything is auto. which means, if u're not done in 10 mins, the door will automatically open (imagine the scenario). speaking of toilets, i wonder y is it that Malaysian toilets r very stinky when we have ample water to clean them up n mat salleh toilets, despite being dry, r spotless n clean????
yesterday, we went to Victoria Market to do some serious damage to our pocket money. there's a chinese souvenir seller who, upon seeing us, quickly called out "ampat untuk sepluh dollar". yeh, i bought a lot of stuff at his stall. n bcoz i bought a fluffy sheepskin fr him (he gave me a good price for it), i had to carry it in a garbage bag...looking like santa claus hauling the christmas presents. there're a lot of stuff, i bought a colourful boomerang fr an aborigines. he even blowed the pipe made fr a hollowed tree trunk (thanx to the mites). there're a lot leather goods around, n gina bought a leather jacket. we met Nana's classmates, Chris n Min. by the time we're done, it's nearly 3pm, n we're expecting them n Nana's other fren Raja for tea. i had made a cheesecake b4hand, n it's for Raja, as a thank-u for patiently driving us to Philip Island. it became a small party actually, with a lot of malaysian students around. nana made some sardine currypuffs (which became a hit). finally, the oldest of us (me n gina) retired in the room, bcoz i suffered a backache n gina had a migraine attack.
hopefully, today, we'll stay in. tomorrow after an early trip to victoria market to buy some fruits, we'll be flying back.
