Sitting on the freezing floor in a freezing house with freezing winds blowing up and down the hall. It was only two days ago when the sweltering heat was on par with it's singaporean counterpart.

Three words. Welcome to Melbourne.

Amidst rows of quaint suburban housing between myriads of most colouful flowers and fruit trees, melbourne weather is really one heckuva fickle character. Temperatures here fluctuate like the incessant waves that pound the dockland shores, easily changing with the equally fickle breeze, faster than you can say ' i don't like marcus anymore'. HI SHU! :D

Nothing much to do out here other than shop. Still pretty much a academic and business state with its major attraction for migrants being mainly Melbourne University. Nonetheless walking along the streets of the peripheral city was interesting in its own way. A good number of old victorian architecture never fails to make us tourists look on with awe while back at home we would never give a second look at our similarly victorian parliment buildings, schools, halls etc etc etc.


to be continued. Headin to Melbourne Central.

watch Heroes!


Sushi conveyor belts just move a tad too slowly for my liking. Considering there was a larger array of plate colours than there was food, i had to often snap myself out of staring at the moving blurs of colour with the anticipation of a five year old splashed across my face. I hope no one noticed it though. But i mean, who wouldnt want to grab the soft shell crab sushi the moment it comes out. Besides im an 'A' level student. We are a deprived bunch.

I learnt a lesson yesterday and that is that eating too much is not very condusive for studying. But i shall cut the pretense that im even trying. Studying is getting really retarded at this stage. All that unconsequencial geog nonsense is no great bounty anyway considering how our examiners just love giving us such interesting and exotic questions.

Letters to Melbourne & King's College:

Hi sims family! We are so not carrying toilet paper for you! I would love to unfetter you guys from your toilet paper rations, and on the account that you're providing us lodging! But im certain you don't want us to be held in custody at the airport immigration office for possesion of suspicious articles. What if they think im a hiding coccaine in there or trafficking money or whatever fancy those customs officers have. I buy you toilet paper in Aust, how bout that. Christmas present. I'ld wrap it too. What coloured bow would you like? Make that satin bows as a bonus.

Hilary!!! Thanks for the mail! Want to go to Hokkaido next year? I need to get away from the sweltering urban temperatures here. We can sit among some cherry blossoms, eat sashimi at subzero degrees and imagine we're legendary samurai warriorstresses - if theres such a thing- who have emancipated female kind from their roles as subserviant to samurai men!

Man... Im so losing it.

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