Melbourne

Day 1 ( 9pm , S'pore Time) : Changi Airport , Flight SQ227 to Melbourne !!!

6D/5N with dear and family :)



Day 2 (7am, Melbourne time) : After a long 7 hours, we finally arrived at Melbourne Airport :)



Onto the coach we went to embark on our new journey ...




First up, The Werribee Open Range Zoo !!!

Some picture with this big hippo :)

Following that, a visit to the Parliament of Victoria, very majestic looking building

Visited the Cathedral as well. My aunt said the people here originated from Italy, no wonder the buildings looked alike those we can find in Rome !!

Last but not least, we visited a reprical of Captain Cook's house when he founded Australia i believed :0 before heading to our hotel " Citigate Melbourne"

Day 3 : Visited Sunny Ridge strawberry farm :) Happily plucking my strawberries, each person was given a box to collect the sweet, fresh and juicy strawberries :p

There you go, our collection after some hard work !!! But she pose pose only lar, both boxes were collected by me !!

We visited a winery and had lunch at an italian restaurant , i had salmon while dear and family had duck :)

To finish off the meal, warm choc cake with ice cream :p yummy !!!

Following that tasted some of the wine, took a last shot before heading to the next destination

Visited a maze and took this beatiful shot :)

Visited this Shanghai Szechuan Restaurant for dinner :) Ironically it was famous for its chilli food, therefore most on the menu were spicy food. Because dear's parents were not exactly the best of chilli lovers, we ordered 4 dishes all without chilli :)

Supper at night was McDonalds and of course the lovely strawberries dipped in chocolates :)

Day 4 : Visited the Victoria Flea Market, followed by a mega shopping mall ~~

Lunch at the farm, i had the mixed combo of chicken and beef :P

Close contacts with several animals but i just want to highlight this troubled kangeroo. Didnt want any food fed to it. So seeing its misery, i instructed it to jump into the river to end its plights (:

Another kangeroo, oops did i just showed some vulgar gestures ???

Trying to strangle this ostrich !!

Visited the chocolate factory as well before visiting the penguine parade. No photography was allowed though.

Day 5 : Free and easy day, went walking about the streets, saw thus cute little dog in a shopping mall

The beauty of Melbourne ...

Trying to squeeze all my buys into my small luggage :) small if you were to see luggages of dear and family :P

Day 6 : Had donuts from Krispy Kreme, known to be one of the best in Australia !!

Melbourne Airport, back to Spore we go ~~

On this flight SQ 228, back to Singapore we go to end a pleasant journey in Melbourne City

Recovery

Thank God, i think my leg recover just in the nick of time to carry on the activities lined up for the week. Thought it still hurts a little, its in a much improved condition! Just went to post office to collect an item for dear with my brother and subsequently went to Fajar to eat something. Wa, the speciality of the noodles stall, mee really not bad. When we reach home, i was astonished to see yet another letter from post office asking me to collect another of dear's parcel!!!! ARGHH !!!!

Lots of activities lined up for the week. First, a BBQ tonight with Lester and company. Following that, movie session and Karaoke with dear on Friday before bowling in the night :) Saturday is another BBQ session, this time with Dear's SIM classmates. Rounding up the week, we have a gathering at my house with Village. I think my neighbours' will get an earful with Karaoke, Majong and rounding the night with steamboat :)

So my dear little left leg, please be blessed to recover asap please :)

Forgive & Forget

Forgiving and forgetting is not something hard to do. All it takes is some effort and the task will easily be accomplished. But more often than not, its not easy for people to do it. However, i would urge all my friends to put this into practice because hatred, in the end, will cause even more unhappiness and anger. So remember this teaching from yours truely :) Once u learned this, i believe everyone can live in peace and happiness :) But its not easy i know !!

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Yesterday evening, my mum brought me to a chinese sinseh to rub my leg. In the end, i had a bandaged on and never left my house today for fear that the injury will be aggrevated. Thank you Weiru, Dada and qiaoli (mum) for visiting me :) I truely appreciated it.

Unfortunately, more often than not, the night don't usually end a good one. Something unhappy happened and i certainly hope it will quicklybecome a history of tomorrow and disappear. However, it always do not happen the way you want it to be. It always have to go through the process of bitterness and the feeling of miserable before it can even be resolved. So much frustration boils down to the heart only god and i can understand. I guess time is the ultimate cure for only it can heal all wounds.

sprined ankle~~

Hai~~ was having my morning jog when i suddenly felt this sharp pain on the part of my left leg below the ankle. Initially i thought it was going to be fine and i continued with my jog. Somehow, it worsen and i finally stoped at a bus stop to check out the conditon. It was a little swollen and i had to hobble to a neaby void deck to rest.

After sometime, i managed to bring myself to a nearby bus stop. I had no loose change but a $10 note with me and there wasn't anyone that had change with them. Fortunately, a helpful guy offered me $2 worth of coins to take a bus!!! Hee, must be my looks lar, see me so pitiful so offered me some money. Afterall, people in Bukit Panjang are still very helpful~~ Thanks !!

Its all over!!

Finally the examinations is all over !! What a boring period it was, having the same routine everyday. Now, all is gone and i can finally heave a sigh of relief :)

How fortunate i was as well to finish my papers so early while others are still slogging out there. All the best to everyone. Sitting at home now, watching DVDs, msning, and slacking is such good time :) Planning for a tennis session later with JT and company.

Celebrated Qiao li's belated birthday last sat, eating at Waraku and finished the night at a KTV pub before heading to dear's house. Hopefully, more activities will come along before i head for Melbourne in 2 weeks time :)