(Written at 9.21pm)
Hey Everyone! We got to Perth this morning and took a cab to Mooiness' house where his folks welcomed us very warmly. After a short rest and shower, we headed for the city via bus and train. Pics will be up only after I get home coz I dun wanna spend too much time on blogging.
Explored the city centre and bought loads of stuff, including a shower curtain from Harbour Town. I is smart. I made 'Good Fren' tow an empty luggage around the city. By evening time, it was so stuffed. And this is only Day 1!!
Ok, gonna turn in early tonight coz we are headed for the vineyards tomorrow! WOO HOO!!! =P~~
Miss Blinky and Tiger. Made up for it by harassing Mooiness' dog, Snoops. =P
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(Post-written)
Just after 7am, the plane touched down at Perth, Australia. You know the plane got the country right just by telling from the plants. In Australia, there are loads of fuzzy shrubs. Leaves are not the norm because their large surface areas encourage loss of moisture.
Anyway, clearing the customs was a breeze (much to the surprise of Mooiness' folks later). No scanning of bags. We got waved through the gates and found ourselves near the cab stand. I called Mooiness who was on his way to his new job. We had to choose to visit him on his first week at work. =_= He gave us some instructions to be conveyed to the cabbie and we were on our way.
The cabbie was really friendly. He said he could tell from our accents that we were Singaporeans?! I asked if he could tell Malaysians and Singaporeans apart. He said if they were both Chinese, he couldn't. However, he could tell the difference between a Hong Konger Chinese and the other Chinese because the former would shorten each syllabus. Very observant of him!
The conversation hardly ceased during the 30-minute ride. We asked about the security camera in the cab. He said it had been a norm for about a decade because there had been rather unpleasant incidents involving assailants and cabbies. Before the camera was implemented, there was a debate between having the camera or caging up the cabbie in the cab. Apparently they now have both.
Halfway through the conversation, the cabbie said something like "That's pretty flash!" which I didn't understand. Subsequently, this became my pet phrase of this trip.
We arrived at Mooiness' place slightly before 8am. Meet his mother, Snoops and father, in that order. It was rather awkward but his folks made us felt so at home by showing us our room for 3 days, the bathroom, the pantry and the rest of the house. I couldn't help but to exclaim to them,"FWAH! Auntie! Your house is VERY BIG!!!" 9 rooms leh!! Imagine that!! Then Father Ooi began to explain very patiently on how to operate his huge 50" plasma TV and cable. While we were watching some dolphins responding to humans and tests, the Z monster came along and made us crash.
I woke up about 45 minutes later, took a shower and woke 'Good Fren' up. Mooiness had left some very clear instructions to catch the 10.51am bus from the little blue bus stop opposite his house. Mother Ooi even walked me outside to point out the location of the bus stop.
At 10.45am, we were all refreshed and got out of the house with an empty luggage. Heh Heh Heh... I thought 'Good Fren' was a little embarrassed by it.
Because we were early, we hung around the little blue bus stop and took pics (which I have stupidly destroyed by pressing 'yes' to FORMAT on Day 2 =(( ) It was a lovely sunny day and the cool breeze was lightly scented. Pine or Lemon... I dunno. It was just really comfy.
A short bus ride later, we were zipping along the Kwinana Freeway in the train, faster than the cars! The view was amazing!
We got off at Perth Underground Station and emerged in the middle of Murray Street. Walked around a little before Mooiness came to join us for lunch. He bought us some pies which were really yummy. We then had coffee and tea rather quickly because Mooiness had to rush back to work. But not before he gave very specific instructions on what we ought to be doing before meeting up with him again at 5pm.
'Good Fren' and I must have walked from Tuas to Changi and back because our feet were aching like mad. We combed Hay St Mall, Murray St Mall, accidentally walked into London Court, saw the Grand Palace (some atas Chinese restaurant by the park), stumbled into the Supreme Court Gardens, then strolled along Murray St. Just as our feet and bladders were threatening to give up, it began to rain. So we took shelter in Rubix and had a drink. The sky cleared after 20 minutes and we continued to make our way to Harbour Town.
Harbour Town is a huge Factory Outlet shopping complex!!! WOO HOO!!!! Time to fill up the luggage!!! Amongst the shopping goodies, the most outstanding item was the shower curtain! Mother Ooi was so amused that she asked if I bought ironing board cover too! =)))
Though I would have loved to shop some more at Harbour Town, time was up coz we had to head back to meet up with Mooiness. So with the bulging luggage in tow, we made our way back to meet him at the junction of Murray and Milligan. He then brought us to the Belgian Beer Cafe to have a after-work beer with the after work crowd.
(To be continued...)
Hey Everyone! We got to Perth this morning and took a cab to Mooiness' house where his folks welcomed us very warmly. After a short rest and shower, we headed for the city via bus and train. Pics will be up only after I get home coz I dun wanna spend too much time on blogging.
Explored the city centre and bought loads of stuff, including a shower curtain from Harbour Town. I is smart. I made 'Good Fren' tow an empty luggage around the city. By evening time, it was so stuffed. And this is only Day 1!!
Ok, gonna turn in early tonight coz we are headed for the vineyards tomorrow! WOO HOO!!! =P~~
Miss Blinky and Tiger. Made up for it by harassing Mooiness' dog, Snoops. =P
...............................................
(Post-written)
Just after 7am, the plane touched down at Perth, Australia. You know the plane got the country right just by telling from the plants. In Australia, there are loads of fuzzy shrubs. Leaves are not the norm because their large surface areas encourage loss of moisture.
Anyway, clearing the customs was a breeze (much to the surprise of Mooiness' folks later). No scanning of bags. We got waved through the gates and found ourselves near the cab stand. I called Mooiness who was on his way to his new job. We had to choose to visit him on his first week at work. =_= He gave us some instructions to be conveyed to the cabbie and we were on our way.
The cabbie was really friendly. He said he could tell from our accents that we were Singaporeans?! I asked if he could tell Malaysians and Singaporeans apart. He said if they were both Chinese, he couldn't. However, he could tell the difference between a Hong Konger Chinese and the other Chinese because the former would shorten each syllabus. Very observant of him!
The conversation hardly ceased during the 30-minute ride. We asked about the security camera in the cab. He said it had been a norm for about a decade because there had been rather unpleasant incidents involving assailants and cabbies. Before the camera was implemented, there was a debate between having the camera or caging up the cabbie in the cab. Apparently they now have both.
Halfway through the conversation, the cabbie said something like "That's pretty flash!" which I didn't understand. Subsequently, this became my pet phrase of this trip.
We arrived at Mooiness' place slightly before 8am. Meet his mother, Snoops and father, in that order. It was rather awkward but his folks made us felt so at home by showing us our room for 3 days, the bathroom, the pantry and the rest of the house. I couldn't help but to exclaim to them,"FWAH! Auntie! Your house is VERY BIG!!!" 9 rooms leh!! Imagine that!! Then Father Ooi began to explain very patiently on how to operate his huge 50" plasma TV and cable. While we were watching some dolphins responding to humans and tests, the Z monster came along and made us crash.
I woke up about 45 minutes later, took a shower and woke 'Good Fren' up. Mooiness had left some very clear instructions to catch the 10.51am bus from the little blue bus stop opposite his house. Mother Ooi even walked me outside to point out the location of the bus stop.
At 10.45am, we were all refreshed and got out of the house with an empty luggage. Heh Heh Heh... I thought 'Good Fren' was a little embarrassed by it.
Because we were early, we hung around the little blue bus stop and took pics (which I have stupidly destroyed by pressing 'yes' to FORMAT on Day 2 =(( ) It was a lovely sunny day and the cool breeze was lightly scented. Pine or Lemon... I dunno. It was just really comfy.
A short bus ride later, we were zipping along the Kwinana Freeway in the train, faster than the cars! The view was amazing!
We got off at Perth Underground Station and emerged in the middle of Murray Street. Walked around a little before Mooiness came to join us for lunch. He bought us some pies which were really yummy. We then had coffee and tea rather quickly because Mooiness had to rush back to work. But not before he gave very specific instructions on what we ought to be doing before meeting up with him again at 5pm.
'Good Fren' and I must have walked from Tuas to Changi and back because our feet were aching like mad. We combed Hay St Mall, Murray St Mall, accidentally walked into London Court, saw the Grand Palace (some atas Chinese restaurant by the park), stumbled into the Supreme Court Gardens, then strolled along Murray St. Just as our feet and bladders were threatening to give up, it began to rain. So we took shelter in Rubix and had a drink. The sky cleared after 20 minutes and we continued to make our way to Harbour Town.
Harbour Town is a huge Factory Outlet shopping complex!!! WOO HOO!!!! Time to fill up the luggage!!! Amongst the shopping goodies, the most outstanding item was the shower curtain! Mother Ooi was so amused that she asked if I bought ironing board cover too! =)))
Though I would have loved to shop some more at Harbour Town, time was up coz we had to head back to meet up with Mooiness. So with the bulging luggage in tow, we made our way back to meet him at the junction of Murray and Milligan. He then brought us to the Belgian Beer Cafe to have a after-work beer with the after work crowd.
(To be continued...)
6 comments:
That time I went Australia with army ppl we also "stole" a trolley and pushed it around the town (for the purpose of containing our stuffs of course, not just for the sake of it).
Many cars on the road beside us slowed down to look at us and I guess it's also a practice that's frowned upon over there.. Haha.
Oh Harbour Town!!! I miss the NIKE warehouse there... and over there they served the best rendition of laksa!!
Oh Harbour Town! My favourite 3days a week hangout in Perth.. If you are heading down south to margaret river DUN forget Voyager Estate, miss the rose garden there! Oh of course not forgetting the yummy Chocolate factory and the cheese factory, these are great places to visit for the stomach =)
If you can, try the tau huay at golden century in Northbridge, its way better than the rocher road ones!
So smart of you to bring the empty luggage on your shopping trip. If GF can carry it, I'm sure my friend will not mind lugging one around too :-) Good idea, must copy :-)
waaaaaah! DFO!!! best place for bargains!!! did u get lots? from portmans? jayjays? oh oh oh! i hope u went to checkout the awesome accessories!!! all so gorgeous!!! and sOOOOOOOOoooo affordable!!!
Fwah good memory. I can imagine how much you'd walked too! Down to Grand Palace and the Supreme Court Gardens, and then back to the central city area is a long way. :)
Oh and it's good to read the first part of the day when I didn't get to see you guys.
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