Boxing Day in Melbourne (2008)

It was the day after christmas. Also known as boxing day here. Which equates to MAJOR SHOPPING DAY.. XD
The Myer sales apparently began as early as 5am (dad saw the tv and stated it). Not that crazy to buy things... however we did go to Myer to see around... But all the clothes were still very expensive
We also made our way to David Jones, (walked past Hugo Boss), JR Duty Free. There we bought 2 bottles of liqour; 4 boxes of hand cream. The condition of buying duty free stuff is that we had to show photo ID (passports) and the airline ticket to prove that we're going to take it out of the country and stuff.
Went to Swanston St (the photo above is not Swanston... Errr... it's either Lonsdale or Bourke) [snicker]
So far we bought... for mum; it was 1 pants, 1 dress, 1 pair of shoes + myself; 1 top, 1 skirt, 3 jeans
We did more or less window shopping otherwise. hahaha~! had to control the buying, if not too much to bring back home. fufufufu~!
It was still nice to see the Christmas decor in some places.
There were a lot of people out in the city to do their shopping and hanging out. ^_^
Dad went to the Crown casino halfway from our shopping. no surprise that we (mum and i) was to go and meet him at the casino later for dinner. [lol] I didn't play. Sensed that my luck was pretty bad so not playing for a while.



After dinner, we did some more super packing. [lol] 10% left.

Cheers~!

Day Five of Tasmania Trip (25th December) [aka Last Day in Tasmania]

You knows you're behind on quite a many of things if your parents points out to you that you have not been updating your blog... hahahaha~!

"Was awaken at 6.30am. Packed all the electronic (handphone charger and stuff) and clothes."
I was sleeping on the top bed... which was ok. It's just that... the ceiling was pretty low...
Hahah~! You can see my luggage there in the photo. All packed up. hehehe~!
This was the kitchen that we used to cook our meals. Look at how clean it is... Of course, we're suppose to clean up after ourselves and stuff. Here, the people do. Don't think it could ever be this clean in the asian countries. [sigh] anyway, had breakfast in the dining room. we had tim tams and some german spice cake...
Oh, oh... I got to stroke Fuji the fat house cat. Look at him~! He's huge~! ^___^ making him very lovely to stroke.

waiting for the office to open at 8am to check out. That's the outside of where we stayed. Lovely place really. very clean accommodation and facilities.
after checking out, we drove to the Gorges (Launceston's basin chairlift) but it was closed... oh, not because it was christmas day and stuff. We were there early... well, they were open later and closing earlier since it's christmas and stuff. XD but not by much lor.
We walked a bit until the suspensions bridge....
[fast forward] we're now at the suspension bridge. [lol]
From the bridge, we could see the riverview on one side...
and a view of the swimming pool in the other....
ok... so maybe it's not as close as you think it is...
somehow, I feel like we're zooming far far away or something...
hahaha~! beauty of zoom lens~! [grin]

We left Launceston at 9am. reached airport at 11am... ate spaghetti lunch (which we cooked in the kitchen before we checked out and stuff) but too much so had to throw away since we're not allowed to bring food onto the aircraft. boarded plane at 2pm and reached back in Tullamarine Airport. thought have to wait for 6pm to make use of the 2-hour train tickets but 24th % 25th Dec, no train tickets required.

Meaning we got to travel for free. I tell you, it was the most bizarre experience for me [grin]. anyway, had wanted to go out for christmas dinner at Glenferrie road but ALL the shops were closed. that's really saying something since Glenferrie road is pretty busy. Had wanted to head to Crown casino (it's a casino... unlikely that it would be closed) but the train was delayed... plus we got pretty hungry so we went back to the unilodge room and cooked dinner.

after dinner, we did some packing and stuff (the packing here was referring to the things that i was going to leave behind in australia for my stay this year). mum is a super packer. need to level up to her level... hahahha~!

well, that's the end of the Tasmania trip... interestingly enough, I did write more notes until the 28th december 2008... haahah~! Would be awesome to speed things up in terms on blogging and move onto the 2009 year... hahahahha~! You'll just have to wait like good little children I know you are. Fufufufuf~! Take care and cheers~!