back to reality and the humdrum of everyday life.
t'was a good holiday.
packed and fun. tried to meet up as many people as possible. unfortunately it was a bit impossible when time was so limited. sorry to those i didn't get to meet. SORRY SU YEE, LAWRENCE AND HSU EN!!
so...it was a WHIRLWIND of a holiday. had a lovely, lovely time in melbourne. it's true when they say it's easy to get lost in love with melbourne. sigh...i like it's old world charm and yet the modernity of its everyday life.
initially, i wanted to blog about every single day i was in melbourne. but that would make this an insanely long post of which i have no patience to type out. so, i'm just gonna post up some pictures of the friends i met up with and then put in little descriptions
had bradwurst and hot chocolate for breakfast at victoria market with lavinia and eugene. a very messy meal i must say. never go there for a first date.
chris' pad. full of high techy goodness. it was so impressive, when i went it, i was quite speechless for a while. he's got his own mini studio right in that corner.
went walking around the city with lavinia, eugene and chris. found some little corners of fun and interest. a shop with my name on it. went in and pretended to be the owner's niece. the shop assistant nearly fell for it, until i burst out laughing. almost got thrown out.
dinner with shirlz, lavinia, eugene, justin and rohan in one of the many little italian ristorantes along lygon street. later on went on for drinks where luke joined us, at some bar whose name escapes me at this point in time.
lunch the next day at eugene's house. his mum made asam laksa! drool....it was good to feel my lips burning with the heat of the chili padi. after that, we played mahjong! and i must say, sarah's really good at it! she'd like beat us flat with 2 eyes closed.
met up with dee jun for lunch and shopping. she took me to this little korean restaurant. was really happy to see her. it had been ages since we'd caught up. so i jumped at the opportunity to see her while in melbourne.
then it was dinner with wee teck and some of his kendo buddies. and later on, it was supper of cheesecake, eggplant chips and hot chocolate with fang. i somehow still think of him as the little boy in high school. but he's all grown up and graduated now. faster than me. hmmph.
daniel koh. ever the same, sweet, silly billy from college days. he's doing really well now i must say. being a leader in the planet shaker's church. very responsible and grown up. i suddenly feel left behind.
justin took me to this little cafe in the city called l'incontro. apparently it's owned by a singaporean. it figures since all the staff were asian. rohan joined us after work, all deck out in his fine suit. made me sweat a bit. *grin* 
then it was to St.Kilda's for an afternoon. i loved it. it reminded me of the little towns in europe. it's a nice, seaside town, next to the beach. had lunch in greasy joe's, which is an icon in this little town.
walked along the beachfront and saw monuments of jame cooke and some random citizen who was commended for his service to the public. justin wasn't a really good tour guide. he knew how to take me to places but didn't know the significance of it. hehehe...don't marah justin. just teasing you.
and of course, no trip to melbourne would be complete without visiting the lim family. they're still as malaysian as ever. except maybe i-en and i-shen. haha...took me out for dinner and then made me the surprise gift as we visited auntie min fong and her children nearby. sat around gossiping and catching up with news from back home.
james and wee teck. had lunch with them in a small pizzeria somewhere in the city. turns out, they'd not met up in ages and if it weren't for my busybodyness in calling them up and setting up dates, they would not have thought to meet up either. hmmm..i guess there was a purpose for me to have gone to melbourne.
and of course! my lovely cousin elizabeth, her boyfriend aaron, and fang came in after waking up late. she's also still studying in melbourne uni. had lunch with her in a thai restaurant. very very good food i must say. the pork noodles were exactly like the one i love in ss15's hawker center. siiiigh...
justin and rohan offered to cook me dinner on my last night in melbourne. well..more like justin cooked. rohan just stood around sexually harassing him as he was doing his chef thang. life's never dull with these two jokers around. laughed till my tummy felt like it was going to burst. i'm going to miss them.
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