-- *FrIeNdShIp* -- Full Metal Alchemist

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Sunday, 8th April 2007

It's Easter public holiday! We were lucky to have a 5 day long easter holiday this week. Yet Good Friday was the worse for me. All shops close here on public holidays and I don't know where to go so it was really really boring.

Chun came over on Sunday and I went over to her friend's brother's (great connection) place for a 3 days-2 nights stay. They ordered Peking duck pizza for dinner. (sliced peking duck toppings). It's not bad. =) We even had supper at late night. Chun's friend drove us to Chinatown and we met up with more of their friends (all from China) We had supper at a Chinese restaurant. Most of them ordered porridge while I ordered wanton soup. The soup was alright, not so fantastic. It was midnight by the time we returned.

Monday, 9th April 2007

We woke up at about 5+am to prepare for the trip to Great Ocean Road. There were about 8 people going. The drive experience was really horrible to me. Firstly, we spent about 7 hours getting there just to see one scenic area - The Twelve Apostles. (wasted some time getting lost) In the middle, there were many loops and turns and they drove really fast that I felt sick and giddy. Fortunately, The Twelve Apostles didn't disappoint me. Basically, they are huge, majestic stones jutting out from the ocean. They look nice in our snaps.

So, we only spent about 1 hour there and left. The return trip was a lot faster and we stopped at Chinatown for dinner again. And, Chun's friend met up with some more friends over there. (one of them kinda resembles Ayumi XD) Anyway, I think I ordered the right dish over there. (spicy sliced pork with rice, I think) It was delicious and spicy to the core!

Then, we went to one of the Karaoke lounges in the street to sing from midnight till about 2am. I want to say that Chun's friend can't sing! He sounded more like he's reading out the lyrics instead of giving them a rythmn. XD The whole group would laugh madly when he sang. (and his buddies couldn't seem to stand him) Poor him but you will know if you hear his singing, haha. Chun and I sang quite a number of songs too. (we got kinda high at the back) And, we tried to sing one of Beyonce's songs together but I couldn't make it. It was too high for me but Chun could go really high at the correct parts. =)

After some mad singing, we left at about 2+am. Chun's friend intended to drive us back first but we got lost! Ahhh..we wasted probably 1 hour going round the city and roads and not finding the right way out. In the end, we returned to Chinatown to fetch his brother and girlfriend altogether cos' they were familiar with the way. And then we were back, phew.

Tuesday, 10th April 2007

Tuesday was a shopping day! We walked around a street somewhere near Melbourne Central. Had brunch at this asian cafe. I ordered Tom yum noodles and it was also delicious! Good thing they didn't alter the taste and spiciness much.

During late afternoon, we went to Smith Street which is famous for many popular factory outlets like Nike and Adidas. The shoes range from 60 to 90 Aussie dollars. Really great bargain so I got one pair. (one of my converse shoes had a big hole anyway)

In the evening, we went to Crown Casino to take a look. The casino had many slot machines and players were mostly old folks. Nothing special here, I would say. I was expecting more of the small fire festival taking place outside. At around 7+ to 8pm, there would be some fire display outside, near Yarra River. Fire would spurt out from tall chimneys (or whatever you name them) in supposedly a nice pattern. It was a different experience watching them up close, compared to watching them from Rialto Tower.

We visited Rialto tower. (this was my second time) The only difference was we watched this short video about the country before going up. The city view looked more spectacular to me tonight though. More twinkling lights from below. We only spent a short time in the tower and then it was home sweet home!

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