hi from melbourne!

okiees... i'm officially the holder of a second lower hons degree.

heh no surprises there. though it would have been great if a miracle had worked my way... heh.

sad? yeaaa abit. my grades had been hard earned (most of the time la, at least). it's a lil' sad when 4+3.8+4.4+4.25+4.125+4+3.75 and then add one 3 and u get a 3.91.

okie shall stop harping on it yea.. those of u who know wat i'm talking about..

regrets?? yeahhh definitely. there's no such thing as no regrets, unless u have truly tried ur best.

and for me, nope, i haven't tried my best. at least for certain stuff i haven't. really.. so yeah. i do have my deep regrets, and from these regrets i shall take away a precious lesson and learn stuff like how to better do things in future. hmm, it's better than having no regrets and thus giving myself an excuse to get away from it and thinking i've put in everything, then not learning from the lesson at all.

hahhaa but i shall not be harsh on myself and give myself a pat on the back too.. i survived!! i've officially graduated!! yay.

okieee.. checking results in melbourne halfway thru ur grad trip must be fun stuff huh.. *eeps*

anyways, here i am in melbourne, and my trip is drawing to an end. boooohoo. all these thoughts of results all over again, thoughts of job-hunting are all coming back in bits already. brrr.

shopping has been disappointing.. din do much shopping in gc, brisbane, sydney or canberra.. thought that i could come to melbourne, renowned for its shopping, and go on a spree or something.. but, 2 trips down to bridge road, which is a sales paradise, and i din buy a single thing!!

okies, the stuff can get really cheap and discounted. but the cheap stuff are really ugly, and the nice stuff are expensive and just like what singapore has.. but in aussie dollar which is bigger la... all the stuff here look just like those in topshop.. so, no point buying stuff that singapore has right..

and there's not a single bikini in sight! i'm sorry ceci. :(
gold coast has some.. cos it's a surfers paradise afterall.. but they're expensive and branded sia... and then in the rest of the cities.. no chance la. it's autumn-winter now, and all the stores are selling thick fur coats and knits... zzz..

everything's so expensive here in aussie... food, transport, clothes... even water! a bottle of water costs more than beer.. so all the backpackers are drinking tap water.. hmm and a train ride of like 1 or 2 stops can cost 5 ,6 bucks in aud. we're running v low on cash.. and even exchanging currency is expensive... like the other day we exchanged 200sgd for only 148 aud... wth..

so far i've only bought a pair of jeans, a shawl, slippers, coin pouch, an ugly bag that i wanna sell now, hmm and some biscuits and nuts which are really expensive... the nuts i mean... brr...

anyways sorry if i haven't been replying emails and smses... but thanks for all the well wishes and greetings! read my updates here yea.. and i'll be back in s'pore soon! by mon night.

trip so far... i think each city gives a very different feeling. i like the first half of my trip, cos it's more relaxing, not so rush and tiring.. but the second half is good too.. in terms of experiencing really great stuff and seeing, trying many things for once. i've been to mountains, travelled thru valleys, went to wineries, gone to the great ocean road, took a helicopter, gone for our own road trip, seen dolphins, penguins, koalas and roos up close, like really close. seen lil' baby joey in a roo's pouch today too! pretty exciting... but gotta bear with the rushing, getting up early, packing and rushing to different cities, getting acquainted with all the different transport systems in each city, reading maps, walking within the city to save money... blah blah.. i've stayed in 5 cities and 6 hostels so far!! tiring but i'm such a fit girl now.. heh.. carrying my backpack and hand-carry nike bag all over... *smug*

hehe.. fun fun... it's all gonna end soon tho.. bleah. tmr's sorta my last full day here.. and we're going to shop!! hopefully i can get some stuff.. but i gotta get some cash first.. sigh.

the weather here's alright.. within the cities it's fine.. but melbourne is colder.. need a thick warm coat at night. but travel outta the city into the country and suburbs, then it gets freezing.. like at hunter valley, katoomba, great ocean road, phillip island and stuff.. need thick coat + few layers inside + scarf + gloves at times.. yea even for thong.. heh..

ooh by the way, does anyone know whether we can bring wine back to singapore? do we need to declare and pay taxes at the singapore airport or something? and can we still buy more alcohol at the dfs? sighh the 4 of us bought like 11 bottles of wine and we're now thinking of how to bring these loots back.. hard to pack sia.. please let me know if ya happen to have a clue yea... just drop an email or something.. heh.. will come online tmr night.

okies.. it's pretty late here. gonna catch some sleep to get more shopping tmr.. hopefully..

nites world. and cyaa reaaaally soon.