Can’t really remember when was my last oversea trip but as the year draws to an end, I was really (x10) desperately longing for a holiday!
Taiwan? Bali? Melbourne? HK? Anywhere & anytime… I just want to leave Singapore!
Had an awesome five days four nights trip in Melbourne! * satisfied *
12 Dec night - departed via Emirates
Guess it was the longest flight I ever taken… 7hrs! The second longest will be 4hrs to Perth.
Throughout the smooth flight, I only managed to catch half an hour sleep cause my legs felt terrible but still I was all energetic and excited when I reached Melbourne!
13 Dec - landed @ Melbourne International Airport.
Tight security check + nice airport. Only disappointing was that we waited for more than half an hour for our luggage.
Felt a blow of cooooold wind when I stepped out, thought it was the aircon but it was actually the wind! Opps!
After meeting up with Jane Dao You, we set off via a van sized cab to her house, our accommodation. It was a shocking ride to see the meter jumped $0.10 EVERY second.
Due to the lack of sleep, two of them actually stayed in to catch some sleep while another two of us set off with our Dao You to Queen Victoria Market (one of Melb’s places of interest) to pack lunch and a quick shop at the city & supermarket which is pretty cool - the people got to be their own cashier to scan their items, place their items in the bag, pay, get change etc.
I’m just amazed at how much the govt trust the people, the freedom they have @ the supermarket, the tram etc. Haha!
After a quick lunch, we set off via tram to the church Jane is attending, Planetshakers City Church!
Wow! Very impressed and touched by their “Gift Giving Service” - the members brought presents to give to the less fortunate children. Looking at the size/quantity of the presents just made me amazed at their generosity and effort. We even went for their “Newcomers Tea” and received their freebies. *shy* Haha!
Our night ended with a sumptuous but affordable dinner @ a pizza place @ Lygon St. We shared a BIG pizza and few other dishes. When the waiter placed the BIG pizza on our table, he looked at us and left with this “May the force be with you!”. Woooo… haha!
We then had suuuuuuuuuuuper yummy ice-cream on our walk home. I love the ice-cream! Oh man! They have different flavors like Tiramisu, Roche, and Snickers etc etc.
But the fun and greatest challenge is to eat the freezing ice-cream with our freezing hands along the freezing street. Haha! But I love it!
14 Dec - “messed up” by the timing … haha … as Melb is 3hrs earlier than Spore so got to adjust to the sleeping/waking up time and definitely the makan time. Just imagine having to take breakfast at like 5am+ and dinner @ 5pm+? Haha!
We had our brunch @ a restaurant inside a small alley. Good food! Though was struggling to eat cause of the portion and the time. The most nice part is that this meal and even for the rest of our meals was all with good quality and quantity but we didn’t spend a lot, all affordable prices.
All thanks to our Dao You for her recommendations!
We visited Flinders Street Station, Melbourne Visitor Centre, Federation Square, ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) aka like museum, State Library of Victoria, Chinatown where we had our roasted milk tea, had a shop @ Harbour Town Shopping Centre and Docklands where we had ice-cream accompanied by the freezing wind and followed by sets of fish & chips.
The last point was @ Crown Casino & Crown Entertainment Complex where we were entertained with a performance entitled “Christmas Spectular” - grand and awesome! And of course visited the casino and arcade before we set off.
Our day ended with a simple but delicious Vietnam cuisine which thereafter too full for dessert.
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