First blogpost from cold cold Melbourne!
Am typing this now at Gillian's place in Lygon St. Arrived early this morning around 9.15am. Sigh..hitches and glitches were the order of yesterday and today (flight).
Oyah, before I forget, wanna thank those who sent me off yesterday!
First the scanner couldn't properly scan my new passport - twice. Then when I reached the announced gate C4, the guard told me it was changed to another gate at the other end. So backtracking had to be done. Troublesome only because I was travelling alone. Then the flight to Spore, originally delayed for 20minutes, was delayed another half hour. By the time I boarded the plane, it was 10.40pm. Connecting flight to Melb was to depart at 11.45pm! Once we reached Changi, the few of us had to rush to catch that flight, which was already *last call* status. Specifically requested for a window seat cos wanted to witness sunrise. Was given what I wanted BUT unfortunately it was one of the seats where theres no window at all, cos it was almost at midsection of the plane. My advice would be - avoid window seats at row 45. Unfortunate soul as I was, still managed to catch a bare glimpse of the slowly rising sun by reclining my seat all the way back and straining my eyes. Indeed, glorious sunrise it was, though I hardly had any view of it..
Next - Melbourne. No hitches at immigration & customs. Didn't declare anythig and was not requested to have my bags checked. Within less than an hour was out of the airport and on the way to Gillian's place. First impression from the air is that Melb land seems rather flat, with mountains only in the distance. Drivers here are civilised people hehhhe. Noticed most used signals etc, proper driving le, unlike the maniacs KL seems to specialise in. From what I saw, the city was built with proper planning, with neat grid alignments at some spots..? After all, I only got occasional glimpses of the city..
Cold it is here - 8degrees in the morning. Now I get to experience what they mean when they tell me it gets really cold when the wind blows. Luckily brought along scarf and gloves when I was out today. Yups Gillian brought me around, went into many shops but didn't get anything.
One thing I'm really not used to is how quickly it gets dark over here. By 4plus pm, conditions outside resembled 7pm in KL. We had our dinner at this chinese shop off an alley near/at chinatown. Seriously Melb ain't that big when out of 4 tables taken, I recognised 3 people. (Danicya, one was your ex housemate last yr if I'm not mistaken!) By 6.30pm, I kept thinking it was 11pm at night. Too bad I don't have a digicam, else I'll post some shots of what I experienced today.. Walked back from city to Lygon, which I'd never ever do in KL..
Oyah, before I forget, wanna thank those who sent me off yesterday!
First the scanner couldn't properly scan my new passport - twice. Then when I reached the announced gate C4, the guard told me it was changed to another gate at the other end. So backtracking had to be done. Troublesome only because I was travelling alone. Then the flight to Spore, originally delayed for 20minutes, was delayed another half hour. By the time I boarded the plane, it was 10.40pm. Connecting flight to Melb was to depart at 11.45pm! Once we reached Changi, the few of us had to rush to catch that flight, which was already *last call* status. Specifically requested for a window seat cos wanted to witness sunrise. Was given what I wanted BUT unfortunately it was one of the seats where theres no window at all, cos it was almost at midsection of the plane. My advice would be - avoid window seats at row 45. Unfortunate soul as I was, still managed to catch a bare glimpse of the slowly rising sun by reclining my seat all the way back and straining my eyes. Indeed, glorious sunrise it was, though I hardly had any view of it..
Next - Melbourne. No hitches at immigration & customs. Didn't declare anythig and was not requested to have my bags checked. Within less than an hour was out of the airport and on the way to Gillian's place. First impression from the air is that Melb land seems rather flat, with mountains only in the distance. Drivers here are civilised people hehhhe. Noticed most used signals etc, proper driving le, unlike the maniacs KL seems to specialise in. From what I saw, the city was built with proper planning, with neat grid alignments at some spots..? After all, I only got occasional glimpses of the city..
Cold it is here - 8degrees in the morning. Now I get to experience what they mean when they tell me it gets really cold when the wind blows. Luckily brought along scarf and gloves when I was out today. Yups Gillian brought me around, went into many shops but didn't get anything.
One thing I'm really not used to is how quickly it gets dark over here. By 4plus pm, conditions outside resembled 7pm in KL. We had our dinner at this chinese shop off an alley near/at chinatown. Seriously Melb ain't that big when out of 4 tables taken, I recognised 3 people. (Danicya, one was your ex housemate last yr if I'm not mistaken!) By 6.30pm, I kept thinking it was 11pm at night. Too bad I don't have a digicam, else I'll post some shots of what I experienced today.. Walked back from city to Lygon, which I'd never ever do in KL..
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