5th day at Melbourne!

I've been at Melbourne Australia for 5 days. It's been quite an enjoyable trip so far.. we've been cooking at home a lot and ate out only once or twice I think - because it is so expensive to eat out in Australia. On the first day here, we went to this Italian restaurant to have a meal. 1 regular pizza and large pasta cost us about 30 AUD!! and the thing is, i'm on a tight budget here, so i've gotta budget as much as possible.

It was quite a tiring trip. I couldn't sleep on the plane and the person in front of me farted when I tried to sleep. But other than that, the service on Emirates was good and it was a comfortable flight. After alighting the plane, i got questioned twice - i guess it's because i didn't shave la... then they thought i wanna do something bad to them. oh well since i'm innocent, i just let them question and this guy asked:

Q: where're you staying when you're in Melbourne
A: ermm.. my gf's sister's place..
Q: soooo is your gf here??

lol! it sounded so wrong la.. like i'm having an affair with Rachel's sister like tt.. then specially go Australia to find her.. hahahha after that i went to collect my baggage and later realised that the wheel on one of the luggage broke! urg.. don't like the way they handled my stuff.. but i guess, i can't really say much.. right..??

Anws, here are some photos I took along the way when i'm here:

Took the Skybus (26 AUD for return trip) to cross street station, and then their mini-bus (FOC) to The Rydges on Swanston. It's the nearest place to Shuyan's place. Before alighting, I saw Shuyan and Rachel waiting for me at the side already. They didn't sleep the night before, so we all headed back to have a good rest till dinner~



This is the place that I'm staying at~ Melbourne Uni! Took this picture from shuyan's place. Heard that she's never seen anyone cleaning the swimming pool before!! urg..



Yup Melbourne Uni is on Swanston St and close to Victoria.. so we go places like Victoria Market and QV and other cool places~



Below are 3 pictures of the transportation here in Melbourne. the first 2 pictures show a tram and the 3rd one is a bus stop. Notice that the stop is facing inwards rather than outwards like how they do it in Singapore? Another thing is, if you want to take a tram, you'll have to wait for the tram at the railings you see in the 1st picture - it's right in the middle of the road! what a good use of space ( it's a road divider slash tram station )



Oh well I'm a bit tired now.. shall go and rest. it's 11.46am in Singapore and 2.46pm in Melbourne! Looks like it's still going to be a longggg day! =) Will be back with more pictures!