Thursday, August 2, 2007

Melbourne Is A Watermelon !

a piece of pinkish colored plasma falls erroneously on my new gray sweater . the protoplasm swells lusciously on my favorite textile in such a lush and mellow way . i stared at her ; speechless . i can't possibly blame her for her careless tumble when i badly wanted to . i gently pick her up , and slowly place her back into where she belongs ; my mouth .

the dewy taste , the condensation , the deliquescence - i can feel the crystallization in my mouth and the juice distilling my whole body . a clear mist . invigorating . the crisp texture . exhilarating . isn't this a rainfall sensation ? when you go somewhere with a love one , not yours yet , he holds your hands and the both of you run across the grass and busy roads instead of taking a cab or hassling with umbrellas into his car . the story then starts from there ; even if it doesn't , the tale is there for only you to be kept .

there are times where that shtick could happen to me , but i am always paranoid about how smudged my mascara and eye liner would be or how would i look like with my wet fringe sticking on my forehead after that episode . well that's actually the point of the game but i still don't like it , really .

this is just a story of a girl eating half a watermelon on her pink cotton bassinet . with her faithful roseate toy puppy and pop music by A1 and 911 looping again and again . she violently scoops the flesh from the emerald peel which makes her ten fingers and right palm sticky . so is her keyboard now . she then thought it would be better if she'd just bury her mouth AND face IN the watermelon to wallow in a paradisaical and heavenly watermelony journey instead .

there she goes . there she goes . yes , yes . into that journey . for the very first time .

how did you feel ? asked the watermelon .
she said , this is miraculous ! but i think i have to go now . perhaps this sojourn is wayyy too sticky and its WINTER !!!

not a time to play tropical juice games ~!@#$%^&* Ha-Ha-Ha !!!

that girl is me . that girl is . that girl . that

PROCRASTINATES !

This is actually suppose to be an entry about my trip to Melbourne ! Guess the watermelon beside my bed just carried me away to Hawaii ~ LOL !!!

Alright , i really did that and it was GROSSS ! don't try this at home . Am off to take a bath !

OK ! Back .

Day ONE .

Stop One : The Airport



A super-duper PERFECT day for flying . - the happy bright sun , the very blue sky , the fluffy clouds , a dainty delighted me !

In The Plane


somewhere over the window ...


~ We fly Fly FLY !!! ~


an apek sitting in front of us


... almost there ... !!!!!

Landed !

Stop Two : The Mall

The first destination was the mall . Call what dy ? i can't remember . *ARGH* i should have blogged about this earlier !

But anyway , Richard , an architecture student asked me to take a picture of this ! He said its a must if i'd been here . ha ha ha !


Nice ? Quite special lahh , rite ?


Some cakes and puddings and tarts selling below that ... *yum yum!!!*
But i didn't get to buy them . Which i SO badlyyy wanted ...

Night fell too soon . It's dinner time already and i hadn't even finished WINDOW SHOPPING !!!
On the way to the dining place , someone got "sick" on the train and we had to wait for about 20 freaking minutes . Waste time. Packed like sardines . Thank god i was not the next sick person .

Enough of the grumbling ! i realized i'd been expostulating too much and its just the FIRST day . & a good reason to stop ? I found THIS ! :


REMEMBER ??? !!! awww ... they were, still, and will always be one of my FAVS ~
The old man from China who owns the shop smiled at my choice among all his snacks and asked :

" 是不是很怀念小时候坐在火车里吃的这个小球球呀 ? "

Awww !!! What a nice thought ~ His modest folksy sentence provoked my thoughts . How i wish i could buy those earlier and munch on them while waiting in the damn train !

OK , Jado ! Stop complaining !

Stop Three : The Hot Pot House




In waiting : Jade Z. , Felix the Cat , Garfield the Cat . hahax !!


E.A.T. !!! chionggg arrrrr ~~~~~ !!!!!


We hungry beasts devouring and sloshing down heaps of meats into our bellies ~ !

In the end , everyone got very , very full and Garfield went to pang sai half-way through the steam boat ride . LOL !

The good thing about this place : The HOT is kao HOT .
The not-so-good thing about it : The hot soup tastes like Maggie curry . -___-"

Day TWO .

Stop One : The City Streets


another sunny day for the sunny gurl !!!


Somewhere in the city ?

Lunch time !

Stop Two : Mekong


Where original Vietnam rice noodle soup is sold


Bill Clinton had TWO bowls of this . how many can you have ? (:


ME and my MEkong beef balls ~ hehehe !


#Group pic 1

Stop Three : QV ( shopping centre )






I just HAD TO take a picture sitting on this sexy bum couch for two !


cam whore ~


cam whore again ~

Stop Four : Suga Candy Store


Picturesque eh ? (:


Amazingly chromatic sweets & candies !!!


The Making Of


Just look at this making of !!! Doesn't it reminds you of Barbie's HAIR ?!?!?!

shop Shop SHOP-ping just makes you hungry you just feel like hop-PING ~
Geez, does my attempt to rhyme makes sense ? Don't care !

Stop Five : A Japanese Restaurant




Me & my foodie ~ hehe !





Stop Six : Krispy Kreme

ahhh ! Inilah yang dinanti-nantikan !!!




donuts donuts and MORE heavenly donuts !!!

Stop Seven : Break Dances On City Streets !

We were quite lucky to bump into these astounding performances by young dancers of Melb !






& i managed to take a picture with them without having to pay ~ kekeke !

Stop Eight : Cafe L'incontro


Got too tired we stopped by at this cafe for a rest .

p / s : my two darling "cats" accompanied me shopping the WHOLE daeeeee... so kesian ~

*** The orange juice allegorY ***







PeeK - A - BoO !!! CAM WHORE !



HERE COMES FELIX'S ... ! :



HA HA HA !!! Jangkit JANGKIT !!! Kita mesti berwaspada .




The kids who couldn't understand what cam whore is and why are there people taking pictures of themselves .


Garfield went " Oo ok " ( pang sai ) again . -_____-"

Apparently, he had THREE mugs of chocolate drink in ONE evening while waiting for me to shop . I feel so bad !!! sorry garfield ! * sek sek your stomach la k ~ *


A moonstruck man trying to be Michael Jackson in an astronaut's costume .

sweat ! but at least he said hi to me ~ LOL !

Stop Nine : China Town


@ night ...


one of those pink shops ~

Stop Ten : HK Snack Shop


* ka li yu tan *


* egg & custard pyramid *

Stop Eleven : Pau Shop


* da bao *


* lo mai kai *

Stop Twelve : Federation Square ( the pub )






~ a splash of lemon vodka ~


! the Cat & the Leopard ! mua ha ha ! the two Scorpios actually ~

Back to the back packers . Check Garfield out ! :


kekeke !

Day THREE .



somewhere @ the city ...

Stop One : Dim Sum Restaurant @ China Town


My lucky color today is : BLUE !


Joanne & Me & the sotongs ...


... Winson & Han Wei & the sotongs


# Group Pic 2


Century Egg Porridge !!! YUM YUM GALORE !!!


some sort of snort we divided cuz we couldn't finish it ?


*** MY MANGO PUDDING !!! *** omg omg omg !!!


Sorry it's a picture of the-after-meal . i guess the dim sums just come and go too quickly ... We are all hungry bastards ! LOL !

Stop Two : The ... City ???




Jade , Joanne , Han Wei , Jeffrey ( Garfield is not his real name laa .. hahaha ! )


Double J ss ! : Jade & Jay


some classy curvy sculpture ~ ?


~ we are all Dreamers ~


cindy loves u ! * muaks muakkks ~ *


We actually get to SEE them painting the floor , instead of just their paintings as usual ~

Stop Three : Melbourne Aquarium
i hate this . i really . But i still feel that i need to post them up .



The reason why i hate this part of the post is because it's too creature-istic . Scary ones ...

Like :


how UGLY is THAT ?!


Stuuupid huge gigantic CRAB !


Alien #1


Alien #2


Alien #3


Alien #4 !

WHAT are those thingssss ?!?!?!?! EWWW !!!!


A Glow-In-The-Dark Scorpion .

i admire these baby scorpions just because i'm a Scorpio . Or i wouldn't !

Things got better a lil ... :


some kind of leafy fish ~ !


~ sea horse ~


* Nemo *


& his so called "Friends " ~



Here comes another stupid Fish ~


& a beautiful PINK coral ~ This one i like !


Picturesque Starfishes !!!!!


An upside down starfishy . HehehE ! i asked Han Wei to make it terbalik ~

Now . Guess what is THIS ?! :



The Answer Is ...

*drum rolls*

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An Egg !




A girl playing with the egg . so brave wan . i screamed when i had to touch it . -___-"

Here is my favorite part . JELLY FISH !!!

I suppose everyone adores them ~








This is special . They are called the "Upside Down Jellyfish " .

This time i didn't ask Han Wei to terbalik them k~

Things got scary again in this fishy trip ! i'm very scare now . Feel like asking my housemates to scroll down and type for me . heh ~


See the background of me in this shot ? Can you see a FISH there ? A BIGGGGG FISH ?!


It's actually THIS BIG ! & FUGLY !!!

Poor fish , i didn't mean to humiliate or disrespect your ability to live that long , but ...


then these living things want mates !!!


long neck turtles making love . -_____-" damn gross !


URGGHHH !!! FUCK !!! SO FUGLY !!!!!


really beh ta han dy !!!!! !!!!! ERROR ERROR !!!!!

here comes the SCARIEST part for ME !!!

The TWO Best Mates - The HUGE FUGLY FISH & ... AND ...




i don't even want to talk about it . Thank GOD i'm wearing my specs today and all i have to do is take them off while i scroll down ! MUA HA HA HA !!! How SMUART !


The control room , i guess . to control fishes ?


The divers who tak takut mati go inside hau lian lahhh ~ Visitors want oso can geh , pay loh . i think around 60 - 90 dollars only . FREE i oso DON'T WANT !


Han Wei & Joanne

Stop Four : Some Random Artistic Building ~




i love the landscape of this picture very much ! more than words ! what do you think ? (:



Stop Five : The 360 degrees Deck


Look at the circles on the ground of that picture . Trust me , no one can take that effect anymore except for ~ : M-E ! Hahaha ! Don't believe , you can go try .






^^^ Crown Casino ! ^^^ Spot the Crown !


#Group Pic 3


* standing in the midst of a phosphorescent metropolis *


Make your own Souvenir Coins !

- put a two dollar coin into this machine and it will turn your coin into a crafted souvenir coin !


Han Wei is our Jay Chou in this community group ~ hahax !

Stop Six : Crown Casino

My dinner !


Tomato Rice & Rendang !!!

* shites ~ * makes me hungry now !


* Cheese Cake Gallery !!!!! *


Raspberry Cheesecake ...


Banana Cheesecake ...


& a mug of Hot Choc !




there she goes again ~


In da' casino !


# Group Pic 4


Day FOUR .

Stop One : Roast Duck Stall

Felix took me to this place to savor a good ol' plate of roast duck wantan mee !!! Thanks Felix !



He also brought me to ... ! :

Stop Two : Max Brenner !!!!!








This is so peculiar to me -


- I just had to take another shot !


putting the chocolate drops in ... as they evanescent into the steaming vanilla milk ...


chocolate mousse fondue !


Belgium pancake with strawberry & ice-cream !!!



I CAN'T STAND DY !!! CAPS LOCK CAPS LOCK !!! S.O.S !!!

Jesus ! I really want ALL of that N.O.W !!!

Stop Three : Gelato Ice - Cream @ Lygon Street !


* Li Jun & I in front of the gelato parlor *




Roche' Flava' Gelato !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MUST COME AGAIN !!!

Stop Four : Hush Bar - Asian Night !


***** imma lil' blue fairy ~ *****


striding on the red BLUE carpet ~


my FAV liquor drink : Jam Donut ! cute name eh ?

p / s : thanks to Eric & Michie for the kai siu !


Michelle - Jade Z. - Felix - smokeyyhhh ~ hahaha !


*** with the gurls ~ ***


Felix & Michelle


Me with one of my Meows ~ * HAHAHA! *


Jade & sweetie pie Ralph : Hey , where's Lauren ?! hahax !!!


Asian Night Shot #1 : Taiwan


Asian Night Shot #2 : China


Asian Night Shot #3 : China + Vietnam / Laos ?


Asian Night Shot # 4 : Japan / Korea


Asian Night Shot #5 : Malaysia

While we were dancing , i was surrounded by all those guys from Taiwan , China , Laos / Kemboja where ever that is . Then this Laos guy kept wanting to selit in the space where I was dancing with the China group . As a result ? He accidentally poked his finger into the China guy's eyes while dancing !!!!! @.@

The China guy whose eyes got poked gathered all his friends while the Laos guys pretended as if nothing happened and left the scene with HIS gang a.s.a.p . Thank God he left fast or a fight might have occurred ! I was so fucking scared , Ok !

But then the eye poker came back to the dance floor again later in the night . Really tak takut mati . =.= "

Oh well ~ .


Eric ; the organizer & I

p / s : i really SHOULD have a shot of Eric and Michelle in HERE ! They are such a sweet couple togetha' how can i miss it ! but i don't have laa ~ duno why .

Stop Five : Chili Padi

Supper Time lah ! What else ?!


* he mi * how to spell arh ? mee udang . - damn kao delicious !


ROTI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wah laU ! We miss ROTI !!!!! We WANT RO TI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My fourth day @ Melbourne was accompanied by Felix & i had a pleasant voluminous day ! Without Felix San I wouldn't get to club @ Melb dy ~ Or go to Max Brenner ~ Or even have delicious wantan mee AND a mamaky supper !!!

Day FIVE .

i woke up at 1 p.m. and was ready to go out only at 3 p.m. ( slept at 6 a.m. marrr )
and so my first meal of the day was :

Tau Fu Fah !

fuu yoh ! i like !

Stop One : Dessert House

Felix had this :


Honey Dew Tau Fu Fah

You wouldn't want to know mine ... It's something i ate today . HAHAHAH !!!
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WATERMELON Tau Fu Fah !!!


I love it as much as I love myself ! LOL !



Stop Two : Mercadante Italian Restaurant @ Lygon Street










THIS taukeh ; ask him take picture of us , he go take picture of himself ~ =.=


Group pic #5


Our Pan Pizza Planet !

1. the explaination of pastas
2. butter , salmon

3. sun-dried tomatoes , basil , vegetables
4. potatoes , meat , beans

5. Garfield's risotto (:














The HUGE RED Pepper Spray ?!@#$%^&*

Now .

Another Same Old Hot Chocolate Story You Think ???

And so Da tou ordered hot chocolate . This is what came out :



Nice rite ?

Oh kayyy ~

But then , see THIS ! :



The fucking mug is upside down !!!!! HAHAHA !!!

Oh well , well ~ he had his REAL Hot Chocolate anyway ~



& he's enjoying it VERY much ~

But just as we thought the story is OVER , here comes another trick by the taukeh .

This man here discovered that I had the loudest and screechiest voice here . & so he offered me a ... whats that called ? you know that alcohol thingy drink you have to lit up with flame before drinking it ? ARGH ~ WHAT'S THAT CALLED ?!?!?!

Anyway , he said he's gonna give me the very small cup there of THAT to drink , as you can see in the picture below :



Everyone started to take out their handphone lah , camera lah , video cam lah , to shoot him demonstrate . But mana tau niamah he tricked us by lighting up the lighter IN the tiny cup and flipped it upside down ; as fast as lightning . Then my eyes kena illusi optik which leads to tindakan refleks ... then i mar SCREAMMMEDDD lohhh ... i thought steaming coffee or liquor whatever it is would spill on Joanne mah ~ >.<

As a result , now in everyone's gadgets , instead of having his "magic" show , they have a farce of me screaming . SWT !

Then the happy boss gave me a mug of hot chocolate . Familiar ? hahaha !

Then the same thing happened : Look @ my teaspoon ! Nah , see ? Its above the mug . *@.@*





As we were fooling around chit chatting our time over dinner , the boss came over to borrow my pinky camera . he ensured that he will return it safe and with a secret i can't show to anyone on my table . & he hilariously did this :
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HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


haih aih ~ notti boss ! but WE STILL LOVE YOU !!!

Stop Three : Gelato Ice - Cream @ Lygon Street ( AGAIN! )

Told ya I'll come back ! A HaH ! I ALWAYS get what I want ! blek...


Try different flavors ...


... & bring different people come mah ~


*~* Da Tou & Xiao Yu *~*

I MISS THE GREEN TEA FLAVOR !!!

Stop Four : Ice Bar



But its CLOSED when we reached there . So here's only a picture from the outside . -_____-"


A random picture of an artwork from the Alice In Wonderland tale in a book .

Stop Five : Karaoke


Group Pic #6



Got back @ around 3 a.m. Tired . @.@

Day Six .

Stop One : Federation Square


Floating "jelly fish" above my head ~ !




I was just trying to pose like the two yellow-green balloon people behind there ! SEE ?! Their hands ~


Duno what big fake piala is this ~

i should really know what i'm seeing and where i'm going !

Stop Two : From the Train Station to the Korean Restaurant








Group Pic #7

This place sells the BEST Korean Food eva ! Even better than those @ Korea . Trust me , i've been to Korea twice ! But i don't know how to explain this shop's location to you ..... SORRY !!!

Stop Three : Melbourne Central ; KoKo Black !!!!!

I personally think that Koko Black's drinks are MUCH MUCH better than Max's , while Max has more choices of desserts and chocolate delicacies compared to Koko Black which only offers chocolates . So it depends on whether you want to yum cha , or have high tea .

( d'rather view it this way rather than a "pro & con thing ~ cuz i greedily love BOTH !!! )



















p / s : Should really thank Felix again . Or i'll NEVER have tried KOKO BLACK even after staying @ Melbourne for a week ! , & ALSO for introducing me to a good friend : Li Jun ! (:*

Besides KoKo BLACK , we ALSO have KoKo BROWN !



You see , not ALL toilets @ OZ is clean . This toilet is the one in Melbourne Central , mind you ~!

I forced everyone to see this pic . HAHAHA! & they all wanted to either :
1. Run away from my camera ,
2. Puke !

LOLX ! Bad me !

Stop Four : Untitled


* A night time view of Melb city *


cheh wah ~ macam artiste baru turun dari kapal terbang dengan manager dan producer jerrk ~


Nan conteng-ing the wall of a narrow lift while we search for a club to party on the last night .


Trying to act samseng ~ LOL !!!

Day SEVEN .

Stop One : Get Richard's NEW car






Got it and now in front of a grocery store ~

Stop Two : The 2ND Japanese Restaurant







Stop Three : Ferris Wheel Ride ~!


Richard asked me to take this picture of the tram as it looked very much like the backdrop of my previous blog skin that time . lol ~


Purple & Yellow


Somehow the color of my clothes matched the color of the Ferris !!! Exactly !




~*~ Richard & I on a Ferris Wheel ~*~


My funny sexy back-side look ~


My last shot with my feet on the mainland ground ~~~ !!!


Now she's in the car ; feet off !

Stop Four : Spirit of Tasmania Port


a HOLE in the SKY !!!


The Cruise


Da' 2 Scorpios again ~

We waited from day to night just to get the car into the cruise . Waiting is the most aweary thing to do ...






Finally we got in !!!






Can you spot me ? HAHAHAHA !!! too picturesque ~


Parents can let their children play here ~ but no one did .


The tiny twinkle twinkle lil stars above the ceiling .

They REALLY twinkled !!! If only i have those above my room ceiling ... ~


The casino in da' cruise


~ Dining area ~


* Jade Z. & Richd. *


I helped Felix took one too ! =D

1. Tasmanian Salmon
2. Tasmanian Oysters
3. Tasmanian Garden Vegetable Salad
4. Tasmania Garden Vegetable Soup
5. Tasmanian Lamb Chop =.=
6. How about a Tasmanian BONE ?!

SOOO THE-Spirit of TASMANIA ~ !














The seats ~




My eXXXtra tired lOOk ! Can see rite ? @.@


The deck upstairs ~


*~* The LiL' Mermaid waiting for Popeye the Sailor Man *~* hahaha !


We finally reached Tasmania -Devon Port .

Day EIGHT . ( LAST Day )

Stop One : House of Anvers - The Chocolate Tasting Centre




Moulds used to make chocolates wayyy back time ~


Fresh Chocos !!!!!


cakes Cakes & morE CAKES !!!


# Art & Chocolate #


Anver House's Chocolate Drink Specialities !!!


My chocolate Nutella-tic croissaints


Richd.'s early toast breakfast ~

Felix ordered the same thing as mine and even helped me ate mine . -__________-"

Stop Two : Ashgrove Cheese Centre ( LAST Stop )






How sexy these cheese packages were !

THAT WAS MY TRIP TO MELBOURNE !

To any of you who hasn't and wants to go there , DO at least drop by ALL the places above ! You won't regret it !!!

p / s : Try the egg tart @ China Town .

p p /s : The amount I spent on my Melbourne trip is 1500 dollars .

HA - HA - HA ! ! ! WHO guessed it right ? Tell me TELL ME !!! I REALLY wanna know who so SMUART !!!