Melbourne: Shop till I drop!
The trip to Melbourne was very short. I arrived on 26th afternoon and left 30th early morning. Yet it was such a cool trip - things I did, people I conversed with.
Huy picked me up from the airport and showed me around the city centre a bit. The city was full with cars - boxing day, you are either shopping or watching cricket in the stadium. I heard you need to fight to buy good bargains. I don't want to pay to fight with people. ;-(
Well...as much as a shopperholic I am, I started my 'fight' on the 2nd day in Chadstone which is claimed to be the Fashion Empire! It is one stop that I get to access all the brands in Australia. Actually not those smaller brands you can find in arcades in the city but still good enough! After 3 hours of shopping, I already had 5 bags in my hands plus headache. I guess after Adelaide, I am not used to waking in such crowds any more. Everything is on big sales, so size 6, 8, 10 or even 12 are usually sold out already. Once again, I felt the frustration of shopping in Netherlands. Yet I cannot understand how countries full of big tall women, smaller sizes are always the 1st got sold out! ;-( Anyways, I get to save money in this way.
Oxfam shop in the city centre was on 20% off as well. I wish my good intention isn't discounted. I bought several gifts for friends.
The secrete Santa game back in the office is indeed a pain in the arse. Each of us are assigned to buy gifts for one of our teammates and we'll give all the gifts during the team day once we are all back in Rotterdam. I finally found this dude a lovely thing he'll mostly like in Oxfam shop. But before that, I bought a couple of other gifts that he hopefully will like. What a waste of money! I hate this game now! ;-(
Arcades in the city center is unbeatable. I walked around them back and forth, again and again, over and over. I just loved those cute little boutiques and the feeling of arcades. That was how I spent the entire day on 28th. Thus I didn't manage to take a look at Chapel street, let alone Bridge street. Guess this means I need to come back to Melbourne at least one more time! ;-)
I found this chocolate cafe called Kokoblack feels like fairytale. Hm...probably, instead of opening a reading cafe, I should open a chocolate cafe in Shanghai. On the next day, I tried to convince Darren (LCP Monash) that chocolate is actually good for health that he shouldn't stop eating them. Mum told me that chocolate can prevent me from getting heart attack - I don't need more reasons to love chocolate, hehehe...
29th evening, Huy took his cousin and me to the stadium to watch the soccer match between Melbourne and Perth. Darren and his friend came as well. I loved his passion for Melbourne Victory FC though they weren't too impressive. They got to control the ball 80% of the time but the game ended up with 2 to 2. The game wasn't too exciting but it was very exciting to watch soccer game in a stadium. Plus Darren's shouting and cursing from time to time were quite amusing! He has bright orange hair, quite long as well. So he somehow looks like a lion, but definitely a cute one. ;-) I heard from Huy that he dressed up as a father Christmas (imagine it is summer here) and drove around to deliver gifts to his LC members. How lovely is that!
Recent alumni or current @ers in Melbourne sound like characters. I didn't get to see all of them. Those I met were interesting enough, like Luke Reid. I enjoyed my stay, especially the room Huy prepared for me - first time I got a room and a quee size bed for myself in this 3 months! I had some good rest.
Huy picked me up from the airport and showed me around the city centre a bit. The city was full with cars - boxing day, you are either shopping or watching cricket in the stadium. I heard you need to fight to buy good bargains. I don't want to pay to fight with people. ;-(
Well...as much as a shopperholic I am, I started my 'fight' on the 2nd day in Chadstone which is claimed to be the Fashion Empire! It is one stop that I get to access all the brands in Australia. Actually not those smaller brands you can find in arcades in the city but still good enough! After 3 hours of shopping, I already had 5 bags in my hands plus headache. I guess after Adelaide, I am not used to waking in such crowds any more. Everything is on big sales, so size 6, 8, 10 or even 12 are usually sold out already. Once again, I felt the frustration of shopping in Netherlands. Yet I cannot understand how countries full of big tall women, smaller sizes are always the 1st got sold out! ;-( Anyways, I get to save money in this way.
Oxfam shop in the city centre was on 20% off as well. I wish my good intention isn't discounted. I bought several gifts for friends.
The secrete Santa game back in the office is indeed a pain in the arse. Each of us are assigned to buy gifts for one of our teammates and we'll give all the gifts during the team day once we are all back in Rotterdam. I finally found this dude a lovely thing he'll mostly like in Oxfam shop. But before that, I bought a couple of other gifts that he hopefully will like. What a waste of money! I hate this game now! ;-(
Arcades in the city center is unbeatable. I walked around them back and forth, again and again, over and over. I just loved those cute little boutiques and the feeling of arcades. That was how I spent the entire day on 28th. Thus I didn't manage to take a look at Chapel street, let alone Bridge street. Guess this means I need to come back to Melbourne at least one more time! ;-)
I found this chocolate cafe called Kokoblack feels like fairytale. Hm...probably, instead of opening a reading cafe, I should open a chocolate cafe in Shanghai. On the next day, I tried to convince Darren (LCP Monash) that chocolate is actually good for health that he shouldn't stop eating them. Mum told me that chocolate can prevent me from getting heart attack - I don't need more reasons to love chocolate, hehehe...
29th evening, Huy took his cousin and me to the stadium to watch the soccer match between Melbourne and Perth. Darren and his friend came as well. I loved his passion for Melbourne Victory FC though they weren't too impressive. They got to control the ball 80% of the time but the game ended up with 2 to 2. The game wasn't too exciting but it was very exciting to watch soccer game in a stadium. Plus Darren's shouting and cursing from time to time were quite amusing! He has bright orange hair, quite long as well. So he somehow looks like a lion, but definitely a cute one. ;-) I heard from Huy that he dressed up as a father Christmas (imagine it is summer here) and drove around to deliver gifts to his LC members. How lovely is that!
Recent alumni or current @ers in Melbourne sound like characters. I didn't get to see all of them. Those I met were interesting enough, like Luke Reid. I enjoyed my stay, especially the room Huy prepared for me - first time I got a room and a quee size bed for myself in this 3 months! I had some good rest.
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