Sydney Opera House

Macquarie University international organise this cruise party as a welcome night for all inbound exchange students. A beautiful night but without my darling Ivon, I just feel not so perfect.

Internet is so bloody expensive!

I have never thought that internet can be that expensive. I guess I'm too used to the unlimited broadband access in Singapore.

Hungry trolley stunners

We went shopping at the Macquarie shopping center. it is probably the nearest and ONLY shopping mall in my vicinity. Oh crap! It was a long stroll. Cold and hungry, we dragged ourselves to every mobile outlet, trying to fix our phone and internet access. After a few fruitless attempts, I finally got my per-paid SIM with Optus. It took me at another 20 minutes or so to verfiy my details with the operator. Luckily, she was friendly over the phone, otherwise I would been cursing and swearing as the process was really gruelling. I cannot use a better word to describe myself other than "devastated". My stomach is growling like mad and we head straight to the FOOD court just below the mobile shop. OMG, the mixed rice with 2 additional dishes cost 8.90 AUD which is equivalent to 10 bucks in SGD. I could have eaten at least 3 plates of that in Singapore. Super expensive man! I suddenly felt so poor. My first meal was at the fast food chain in Australia called the HUNGRY JACKS which really describe my feelings at that point of time. Next, we went to Woolworth's ( like Carrefour in Singapore) to buy our groceries and pillows. Alright, obviously we bought a lot a lot of stuff and would not want to carry all those heavy plastic bags back home. haha...we "BORROWED" a few trolleys (like those aunties in Singapore) and managed to push them home. We had a mini joke among us. We tried to convince ourselves and be pretentious that we are only pushing the trolleys to our cars and not bringing them back. And so we kept saying that we are going back to our cars. Soon after, it just became our secret code to "KOP" the trolleys. hahaha

My first day in Australia, Sydney!

Argh...the weather is damn cold here...when i first stepped out of the transit airport at Perth, i though they have outdoor air conditioners...haha...it's even colder than in Vivo city and Great World city. I really regretted not bringing more jeans to Australia. My luggage are full of shorts and bermudas! zzzZ...i can imagine my shivering face.

A lousy day