Christmas Festival

Some weekends ago, a Christmas Festival was held in our suburb. The main road was closed to make way for food, rides, and even animals...


Th Beatles came and performed (n_n)/ They were really good! Had the audience jumping to the front and dancing all the way, through songs like Help!, A Hard Day's Night, Twist & Shout, Love Me Do, and so on. They had cute wigs too :)


A butterfly (or a fly or dragonfly) came out and play!!


Weeee.... rides for the kids...


There're many colourful stores setup too. I think this store is selling girlie accessories.


Thomas the train is also in town, fetching kids round and round.


Some games...


Another amusement game for kids...


This really smells good. Pork, beef and lamb souvlaki (Greek wrapped food). Really wanted to try this, but the queue is reaaaaallllyy loooooong...


Malaysia food!! Go go Malaysia! The lotus rice is good. But the char-siew-bao is just so-so.


Farm animals. They're very tame and domestic. They seem unafraid of humans (and pesking petting kids).


More farm animals... fluffy chickens, pigs, lambs, sheeps, goats, cows (yes, there's one happily sleeping in the corner), deer, rabbits, etc...



Deer hungry. Deer see camera. Deer want eat camera...


Space shuttle to the universe! All rides are free (n_n)/

On the Way to Church

A view on the way to church on a sunny Sunday...

On the Way Home...

On the way home one fine day. Can't help but to snap this photo.

Walk to CBD

Yesterday, I went to the CBD to do some si-lai work, i.e.: comparing prices of the white goods, electrical appliances and other home products to fill our dream home. Though we haven't really successfully applied for one, we thought it'll be good if we benchmark the prices of some important items.

I actually walked to the CBD. The journey takes about 30 minutes. Then, I went to Myer, David Jones, Target and some other little shops. At about 5.30 PM, it was dark and my legs were killing me... and I walked back to my friends' place..

Yes, my legs were very, very exhausted... But I still managed to snap some nice photos.


Crossing Yarra River. Gosh, my hands are shaking! Let me find something something where I can put my camera on.


Hmm... Still blur. I think I need a tripod.


Another view of Yarra River.


People walking here and there.


Some tower at the Arts Centre.

Yarra River

I had an interview today, Thursday, with the head hunter in the city. Good response from him regarding my experience and resume. He said that he will be forwarding my resume to some good companies.

Let's pray together that God will provide me a GOOD job... soon...

After the interview, to go back to my friends' home, I have to take a train from Flinders Street station. It was a nice sunny day, so I decided to walk there (not to mentioned that I want to save $$, public transportation here is kinda pricey).

I cross Yarra River and took some nice photos (n_n)/












Flinders Station. This is where I take train to my friends' home.

Shrine of Rememberence

I had two interviews today in the city. My last interview was near the Shrine of Rememberence. I was there early, so I went for a short walk around the area. I took some pretty good pictures as well (n_n)/


The walk to Shrine of Rememberence


Shrine of Rememberence and beauuutiiifuul blue sky!


Look at the sunny sky!! Nice~


The walk back to office


The walk back to office



Yes, it's a beautiful day. The weather was great. The sky was blue and beautiful. And the interviews? Well, I'm satisfied with my performance. I really hope to hear some good response soon (n_n)/

Wish me the best!

Vietnam Village

After church, we went to have our lunch at Springvale. This place is like a Vietnam town, with many restaurants selling authentic Vietnamese cuisines and markets selling Asian food.


We has our lunch here. Food here is yummy!


The taugeh (bean sprout) that comes with our meal. We're supposed to soak it in our noodle soup.


Hers: Beef ball rice-noodle (read: kuey tiew). Rating: Yummy!


His: Beef slice rice-noodle (read: kuey tiew). Rating: Good!



After that, we went grocery shopping in those supermarkets nearby.


Their supermarkets look like those we have in Malaysia.


Lo and behold.... pigggiiesss !! Stomach, intestines, ears, legs, etc.


Beef! Beef! And more beef!!


Fishes everywhere!!


Kuih-muih and snacks, just like those we have in Malaysia, e.g.: sago, 9-layer cake, rice biscuits, etc.


More seafood... prawns, crabs, sotongs, etc.


Sauces, can foods, etc.

Trip to Church

Today is Sunday (and the weather is great!) and it's our first time visiting a church here in Melbourne. Our dear friend/ex-cell member/host brought us to their church, City Life Church.


The view of the church outside. From the outside, this doesn't really look like a church.


Inside of the auditorium.


The seats are those looooong benches.



I really miss DUMC and worshipping God in Dream Centre :( And I really need God's guidance and direction in this foreign land. I felt so lonely here, so unsettled and so abandoned.

I really miss home...

Trip Around the City

These days, we keep going to the city to do our administrative stuff, shopping, banking, etc. I didn't really take much photo, but here goes some :D


The view of the city. Look, there's a guy cycling in the city. And the cars will really stop for the pedestrians to cross (@_@)


We take trams everywhere we go.


Another view of the city. Tram tracks in the middle of the road.


Melbourne is very environmental friendly. People here hardly use plastic bags.

Yay! We're in MELBOURNE!

First land spotted.



Melbourne airport not really big. It's tiny compare to KLIA. And there are cute beagles doggies around, sniffing everyone's bags for drugs/gun powder/etc. Too bad I didn't manage to snap a photo of them. They're really very cute. But you wouldn't want them to sniff your bag too long. It usually means you MAY BE carrying something illegal. And they would want open your bags, and you wouldn't want the hassle of re-packing.


The Melbourne airport


Our luggage


Cabs are in yellow in colour. We got a big-@$$ cab since we have sooooooo much of luggage. Cost us about AUD55 to reach our friend's place.



Really BIG THANKS to our friends for offering their places.