another goodbye time

3 weeks look long,
but it ends fast.
My last day in Perth,
will be back in Adelaide tomorrow.
Went out with Sin Yen and Princess today,
spent the whole day with them,
happy days always end quick,
and now it's almost the time for going to bed.
Morning flight tomorrow,
gotta wake up very early.
Wavivng goodbye to Perth,
the place where I left a lot of footprints,
I am gonna remember everything here,
the roads,
the streets,
the directions,
the places,
and the price!

I am not only waving goodbye to Perth,
but also my friends.
We wave goodbye for meeting next time!

walker

Was to meet Sin Yen in her campus for lunch,
I decided to walk there from Princess' home.
According to people,
it's about 30 minutes walk,
I decided to give myself a try (I've been a "walker" since living in Adelaide).
According to Google Map,
the distance from Princess' home to campus is not very far,
but when I was actually on my way,
I can only say BLOODY HE*L,
the road is darn long.
I eventually stand in front of Sin Yen 30 minutes sharp after I started walking,
with a pair of "broken" leg.
My goodness!

By the way,
rain falls everyday on Perth,
it is so troublesome to go out under the rain especially when we have no car.
I am used to my life in Adelaide with nice weather for walking.

fish n chips

Went to Fremantle,
a town beside the beach that is similar to our Glenelg in South Australia,
it is so much more bigger than Glenelg and the view is just so much more nicer.
Fish n chips is "definite and must" in every beach in Australia,
however,
I am not gonna have fish n chips in restaurants that promote their food with "world's finest", "award winning", "xxx finest" anymore.
I mean,
it is still "fish and chips" eventually,
I really can't tell how fine or delicious it is,
but it's kinda weird if you don't have fish n chips beside the beach,
isn't it?

One very fine day in Fremantle,
sunshine,
nice weather,
good walk,
beach.
I am gonna go back one day and sit on the beach until the sun set.

City girl likes beach!

one night in Burswood

For the first time ever I went in to casino in Perth.
For me,
as a Malaysian,
and most importantly,
a Malaysian with 'Lim' as surname,
I should be supporting Uncle Lim's Genting casino,
unfortunately,
my dad is the one who sometimes attribute his donation to Uncle Lim.(My dad is also Uncle Lim what, who wants to make donation to us?)
Anyway,
I went to casino with Sin Yen and her friend Sophia,
Sophia was our "tour guide" as she has been to the casino for several times,
she also "converted" us to be a member of the casino for some benifits such as AUD5given to us for betting,
double passes to the Ruby's Room (nightclub beside the casino),
and a member card to show my loyalty?!

After a walk in the casino we went in to the Ruby's room,
15 minutes stay in the club is like singing songs in KTV for 3 hours,
I lost my voice when we walk out the club.


The evidence

I assure you that I am probably the only one who feel sleepy in the club and I will definitely fall asleep if I have a sofa there,
will I get stabbed by those clubbers?!

Well,
it was an experience that I probably won't have again,
clubbers won't want me to be their companion as I don't drink and can't dance.

24072008

My days in Perth were not free,
besides visiting the dessert and the wave rock,
I have been helping out Princess for settling down.
Got home very late everyday with extremely tired body and soul,
not to mention about blogging,
my mind was just too tired to process everything.
As the new semester is starting soon,
Princess tries to settle down asap,
we almost got everything done,
I will have boring life again soon.

I just want to go home asap,
August please come faster.

贝贝万岁！

在Perth第三天，
还没有看到和玩到什么，
谁叫天公不作美？
天天下雨，
而且不像Adelaide的雨，
Perth的雨绵密又持久，
根本就是披风斩荆，
好不狼狈！
再加上人生地不熟，
走了不少冤枉路。
不过还好啦，
路是人走出来的嘛。。。

顺带一提，
贝贝没有什么厉害，
最厉害就是方向感，
所以，
当你迷失了方向，
请相信贝贝，
贝贝虽然不至于带你走向康庄大道，
但至少不会点你走冤枉路，
所以，
请相信贝贝！

disco-very

My second day in Perth,
we went to the city.
We have been trying to figure out how to check the bus routes and timetables online,
but the web is just too different from MetroAdelaide,
we have totally no idea about which is what.
We eventually found it out through Google Map,
yeah,
it's our best friend in Australia.

Perth city is so much bigger than Adelaide,
Western Australian have 2 Rundle Malls in their city,
3 free bus routes,
and MNG that we don't have in Adelaide!
Did not manage to finish seeing the whole city,
have quite a few things to settle.
However,
the only gain I gained for today's trip was,
the Harbour Town is in the city and,
I found the shirt in Valley Girl that I wanted to buy in Adelaide's Harbour Town with my size!
Yeeee~~~~~
Deidre is having happy time in Perth!

kampung vs kampung

Arrive Perth at Perth time 4.25pm,
head straight to princess' home,
the place that I will be staying for the next 3 weeks.
The way out from the Perth domestic airport looks very similar to Kuala Lumpur,
the highway looks pretty same to our Kesas highway,
probably because along the road side are factories,
it makes me feel that I am actually heading to Klang!

My very first impression towards Perth,
not too bad,
but,
more "kampung" than Adelaide!
I lived in Adelaide for a year ma~~~

the beach day

Went Glenelg for a walk, had lunch at a Japanese restaurant called "Simply Sushi", I had a terriyaki chicken benton and tuna roll sushi. I always like Japanese food especially benton,
although terriyaki chicken is a rather common one, I enjoyed very much.

Went back to the beach after lunch, the wind was so strong, but it keeps me awake. A man started his conversation with me by talking about the cold weather, I seriously don't understand why old people here like talking to whoever, whenever, wherever. I try to convince myself that's their habit and they have no bad intention, but somehow, I am just a bit defensive.

I continued my journey after the man left,
I walked to the side of beach that I never walked to,
it's apartment area for tourists and vocationists.
I guess the school holiday has started,
I saw many families along the beach and the apartment area,
some of the houses are most probably privately owned by someone as villa.

Then I saw this "Seawall Apartments",
the reception is through from the shark's mouth,
the theme of the apartment is sea and their renovation and decoration are all about sea,
a very "themeful" apartment.

I walked a fairly long distance until I saw some bungaloes along the beach side,
oh man,
they look so gorgeous and comfortable,
I tell myself that I will definitely buy a house beside a beach someday.
A city girl who loves beach and sea very much,
she must makes her dream true!

After waving goodbye to those lovely bungaloes,
I walked back through the same route.
When I was getting near to the jetty,
I saw this man walking alone on the beach,
I captured him silently.
The man and the beach...

The picture above is to prove you how cold and windy the beach was...

The beach was so cloudy but the sun appeared a short while when I got back to the jetty,
can you see the Quantas that was taking off?

Look at the clock,
it was 1539 after I captured Quantas and the sun.
I decided to go Starbucks for a hot drink before heading home.

I ordered the "signature hot chocolate",
at first I was wondering "that's just hot chocolate, how signature can it be?"
After my first sip,
I was proven wrong,
absolutely wrong!
There must be a reason why they called it "signature hot chocolate"!
The best hot chocolate ever!
Sitting in Starbucks,
I thought of the 7 prosperities,
ya,
we all like starbucks,
some of us are crazy for it.
I want to try the "hot chocolate with espresso shot" and "iced tea lemonade" next time.

Today's journey was relaxing,
the cold wind awakened me,
the cloudy sky somehow made me down a little bit,
but I like beach,
I want to go Glenelg again before going home.
I captured many corners of Glenelg so that I won't forget!

Crab? Crap!

Woke up early again for crabbing,
head all the way north to Ardrossan,
a place with a beach and sea for a lot of crabs.
Thought that we could have a lot of crabs for dinner,
but ended up with nothing.
Yes,
NOTHING.
We got 1 blue live crab actually,
but it dead after a few hours of sun burn(maybe).
We got nothing but tan,
everyone got darker.

Spent 2 days of my easter holidays having road trip,
from south to north,
this time I can proudly say I HAVE BEEN TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA!
Not only Adelaide!

Balik Kampung

I am back,
back to the 'kampung' I am currently living.
What do I mean by 'kampung'?
You will understand it when you visit both Melbourne and Adelaide,
Adelaide can no way to be compared to Melbourne.
I always heard people saying that Adelaide is a 'kampung',
but I didn't think that Adelaide is such a kampung place since I arrived,
however,
I do agree that Adelaide is a kampung after visiting Melbourne!

I like Melbounre,
it's really a big city for people like me that enjoy city life to live.
I am always wondering do people in Adelaide have an urge to go out?
Go out to somewhere bigger,
go out to somewhere noisier.
Or they are happy to live in Adelaide because they are happy with what they have?

What did I learn from this trip,
hmm...
nothing much,
basically get to know more friends and how well organised should a big city be.
I knew 3 Taiwaneses who are on working holiday in Melbourne,
we spent most of our time together visiting tourist spots in Victoria,
our friendship formed in 5 days.

回来了，
我回来了，
我赶走了我的台湾腔，
（幸好家里有Astro，我的台湾腔都拜台湾电视台所赐！）
我真的不能忍受我的台湾腔，
好奇怪哦！
就好像你要我说中国腔一样。。。
有一点点不舍，
但最终还是得向现实低头。
一回到家放下行李就看见地上的书，
天啊！
我得啃完所有的书来做assignment，
可以不要那么残忍吗？
我才刚回到咧。。。

Melbourne的海真的很美，
令我想起了阿牛的一首歌。
~~~嘿，这片海如此美丽你还要去那里？
蓝蓝的天蓝蓝的海对你是不是太过安静，
嘿，如果你真的离去，
不管你要到哪里，
让这片蓝永远留在你的心底。
我只是一个游客不经意在这里遇见你，
我留下来的每一个足迹，
海浪会抚平！~~~

I want to go Melboure again one day,
there is still a lot of places I didn't go!
Wait for me...