Let's get high.

Happy New Year, Happy 2008 everyone. This shall be my last entry on my Melbourne trip, and the following entry will definitely be something regarding the New Year. Have a blessed day ahead, and remember to start it off right (:

Boxing day oh Boxing day. Finally all the shops were opened for business, and all with a huge sale sign displayed. In Singapore, the Great Singapore Sale during the June period might be the best time of the year to shop. However in Australia, it will be the Boxing Day and year end/stock take sales that is awfully wicked.

Being the usually typical Kiasu (scared loose) Singaporeans, we started shopping on Boxing day at around half past eight in the morning. However, upon arrival the city central, we realised lines of human bodies already started queuing up around bloody six in the morning.

The amount of sale items we bought within one hour is pretty worthwhile i personally felt, although i wasn’t the biggest winner.

Right smack in the city central area, there’s an alley full of amazing graffiti done by the locals. Well, i’m proud to say Singapore do have loads of graffiti too, all the owe money pay money, random paint splash in bloody red done by the loan sharks, well done right?

After like eight hour of shopping, i sat down in a mall and refused to move an inch. My shopping partners were horrible i tell you. Countless occasion when i have to follow them back to the same stall to check the item out again, the record was like for three times. Why can’t they just buy and move on, apply the buy first talk later teachings by me?

Anyhow i came up with a policy for them along the way, which is no such thing as turning back. Once stepping out of the store, thou shall not enter again. My legs were definitely saved from further damage.

I felt really disappointed with myself because i only managed to buy three tops, while the rest did like eight to ten damages. Please don’t blame me, because if you do take into account of the conversion rate, there isn’t much differences for the items i long for.

Things that i purchased,

1. Ben Sherman Target Tee – $33 AUD/$42.90 SGD, originally $50 AUD
2. Ben Sherman Short Sleeves Button Down – $52 AUD/$67.60 SGD, originally $85 AUD
3. Ralph Lauren Short Sleeves Button Down – $89 AUD/$115.70 SGD, originally $145 AUD

The day ended off with a feast back in the apartment while watching Transformer. Baby come back, there was something in everything about youuu.

Lights off was pretty early because we had to wake up the following day at around five in the morning to catch the train back to Adelaide.

Moving on, and fast forwarding, that’s me beside The Overland Train. It’s a train service that travels between Adelaide and Melbourne, $59 AUD for concession Red Service. It will be the first time i set foot into a real train, not a tram, therefore i was pretty excited about it.

The interior of the train reminds me of a air plane. The seats were comfortable, toilets were clean, just that it was a little too cold. Anyhow the program for most of us during the train ride was to catch up on sleep since we were all suffering from serious fatigue after the frantic rushing around.

For your information, the train left Melbourne at eight in the morning and reached Adelaide only at six in the evening, if you do the mathematics, it will be ten freaking hours, /ass-numb.

At least there was a feast to the eyes during the whole journey, when we past by the rural areas, with all the farms, sheeps, cows, horses and e certa. What you see above is the Murray Bridge/River!

Right after arrival, instead of returning back to our individual home. We headed to Norwood to have dinner at Cafe Primo and catch the Golden Compass. Though the show was rather exciting, rather i must say, there were moments i almost dozed off.

That shall mark the end of my Melbourne trip and it’s back to work at Adelaide. In conclusion, i really had great clean fun over at Melbourne with the amazing company. Melbourne city really reminds me of Singapore though, so if you are avoiding such a hectic place, do keep your distant. Cheers!