Melbourne, Australia

Haven't been jotting down my memories for quite a while now. Thought I should write everything that I've done in the holiday before too busy with uni again. The first day we arrived Melbourne, we straight away head to Queen Victoria Market for something super duper adorable...

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OH MY GOD right!!!! damn alot of teddy and all of them are soooo CUTE and SOFT !!!  

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This is my doggie

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hahahaha I'm so happy, eventhough it has been one month since I got doggie, I am still super excited hugging it lol... I think I am kinda have too much feeling towards doggie, but hey its really super cute =D hahahah okay, back to Melbourne, or else few years later, when I read back my posts, future me will be thinking current me is so stupid and crazy lol. Melbourne has blended people from different cultures and backgrounds together. And most importantly, its a place that you could really immerse yourself in their city and feel the mix of cultures, unlike Sydney that is so hectic and what I can feel from Sydney is just another hectic city even though it also has different cultures flowing into it. Basically the whole Melbourne trip is about food, and food, and food! ahah.. Seriously, its all about food, which is absolutely good for me b'cause I love food =P Honestly,till now I still miss churros from Queen Victoria Market, its actually spanish donut but obviously not is the normal round donut shape. A picture of churros with me =)

Probably should list down restaurants and cafes that I've been too.

1. Ying Thai 2 
2. Il Dolce Freddo
3. Stalactites
4. Grill'd
5. Lindt
6. Koko Black
7. Pancake Pallas
8. Max Brenner
9. Galleon Cafe
10. Hardware Societe
11. Hu Tong Dumpling Bar
12. Roule Gallette
13. La Belle Miette
14. Pie Face
15. Lord of the Fries

So much to eat and I really love them all! No joke! Each and every one of them have their own specialties that I don't think any other restaurants can replace. I even develop my love towards crepes from this trip. It just so amazingly good, especially savoury crepes, its really yummy everyone should try it themselves! 

And we visited 2 churches which have been standing there for don't know how long. Its really great that I'm able to visit the churches as their paintings, designs, craftsmanships are unbelievable! its just like those churches that we always see in movies. 

However, Melbourne, unlike Sydney, don't have Opera House and Harbour Bridge as its popular landmarks. The nearest Australia landmark to Melbourne is Great Ocean Road, which caused us to travel for 550km for the journey. It is crazy! To make things worse, our tour guide/driver drove super fast, overtaking other buses, while the road is so winding and its a rainy day =.= Luckily the views were magnificent or else I'll kill the driver that made me vomit throughout the whole journey!

This is Melbourne Uni! Its really nice, can compete with Adelaide Uni (protective) lol... Visited Monash Uni's Caufield campus and Clayton campus as well, but its really disappointing. Clayton campus is huge but the buildings in both campuses are just ordinary buildings, by that I mean the style that's sorta in between modern and traditional. Well its my personal preference that I actually prefer such old buildings' designs. No offense to Monash student =P

Some random shots :

Lunar Eclipse 16/06/2011

News have been spread around about the longest lunar eclipse and I really wanted to witness it. Astronomy stuff always give me this mysteriously amazing affection.

The best part is that I get to witnessed it from my hostel (The Village, Adelaide, Australia)! Its so spectacular! I don't even need an astronomy binocular, its visible and so pretty. According to ABC NEWS, the eclipse coincided with the northern hemisphere's mid-winter solstice for the first time in almost four centuries. How lucky am I! I don't know when's the next one coming, but I doubt I will be able to see it during winter season again in my life, judging from the history. I was super excited when I saw it, and I AM still feeling super excited about it now, that's why I'm blogging about it now, when everyone's still sleeping =D 

Freshly captured :

A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lines up between the sun and the moon, which then blocks the sun's rays to the moon, resulting in a partial or full shadow across the moon. The red colouring arises because the sunlight reaching the moon has passed through a long and dense layer of the Earth's atmosphere. (source)

It is said that lunar eclipses are extremely powerful events and often bring on life-changing events. Eclipses are never subtle, but rather they shout their news. Another hallmark of an eclipse is that they move up timetables dramatically. No matter what you thought you'd do, you'll probably have to revise your scheme (source). Its a myth, not one that I will believe in. But I guess we can just apply the advises as they are for good anyway: cherish the present, build your future, learn from the past and don't regret! Sometimes we tend to think too much, worrying about this and that, and ended up framing ourselves, hiding our true self from getting out of the box. Present is called "present" for a reason, its a gift, that we should appreciate and fully utilise. Besides, its our own lives, shouldn't we just be brave enough to live our dreams? Well of course there's a limit for it, with the condition that we wouldn't regret it in the future, gotta be proud of it instead.

If you're very interested in experiencing the whole eclipse process, please click on the video below :