TIMELINE

Saturday, April 28, 2007

Alright, I flew over to Australia 1 month ago and am currently still in Australia. My purpose is to accompany my love, learn how to be independent and to tour around Melbourne.

So yea, I took the 7+hours flight to Melbourne alone. It was quite an experience. I were able to take a window seat and beside me sat an old (50+ of age? I guess) swedish couple. They were really nice and we chatted once awhile thou they had difficulty in communicating with English.

Time passes fast on the plane and SIA serves 2 yummy (as compared to other planes I sat) meals and one can watch the movie you want with your personal player fixed in front of you. I watched Blood Diamond and something else which I forgot what is was. And, before you realise, you have reached Melbourne. lol. Some pictures I took on the plane after a nap.

It was a long walk from the plane to the clearance area and I was held back by the officer due to some problem with my passport. I freaked out! But, I gave a calm look and attitude. So, for about 10 minutes, I sat there waiting for my passport before I proceed to collect my lagguage. After collection of lagguage, we have to go for scan-through of lagguage. Luckily everything thereafter went through smoothly. No wonder people say Australia customs are really strict. It's true.

Having gone through all those I finally get to see Wilfred! The feeling is just so weird when I first saw him after so long. It felt like the very first time we met; it was a good feeling. :) Cos my flight touched down at night so we went directly home by skybus and tram. Such complicated transport system which I have not figured out how to go about riding it alone to another place.

The house they (Wilfred, HK, BJ -housemates) rented is comfy but untidy and dirty. I guess the reason is cos they didnt maintain it well. lol. I didnt volunteer to clean up too cos it's really a mess and no one knows where to start with.

I fell asleep soon after a long chat with Wilfred. 7+ hours of flight can be tiring!

The next day, Wilfred brought me out. I forgot where but we just went around. I managed to capture some photos for the start but thereafter, i forgot the existence of the camera. lol.

The next few days was just groceries shopping cos he has papers to mug for. However, I had fun staying home cooking and watching HongKong drama series. ( Central Affairs 2. I would rate it 8.8/10)

A few days later, it was HK's ( one of his housemates) birthday and there were plans for him. Esther, Dhatch and Becky ( really nice people to hang out with! ) planned to bake him cupcakes. So, Becky lure him out while the rest came over to bake cupcakes. Baking and decorating were fun!

During Easter Break, we signed up for Easter Camp @ Philip Island organised by St. Judes Church. This camp is a very relaxing camp and it is held at a superb location! No words to describe the scenery from our campsite! There are so many things to do on Philip Island.

We went to the Nobbies where we get to see the Seal Island ( where the seals and penguins gather), walk down the boardway and discover penguins below the boardway.

Wildlife Park

Penguin Parade

Other than all these fun stuffs, I have 2 good news from Singapore.

Good news No. 1 :

"Congratulations! It is my pleasure to offer you to the National University of Singapore (NUS) in academic year 2007-2008 for the course of study in : ..."

I have got into my first choice course in NUS! :D

Good news No. 2:

"Congratulations! I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected to receive the following award(s):

Diploma with Merit : Awarded for outstanding academic performance in the coure up to 10% of the graduating class..."

I'm graduating with a Diploma with Merit! :D

Many happiness!

So, I have to decide whether to get back to Singapore early for the graduation day or to stay here till the end of June.

But for now, have to recover from my flu and sore throat first.

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