in sydney

2/25/07
2/23/07
i had a nice holiday at home for almost 1.5 months... i enjoyed CNY too...get lotsa farewell AngPOws too from uncles and aunties...heehee
on the fateful day of 21st feb wednesday...my family n my cousin, sijie accompany me to spore...
haha, my mom only found out 2 days b4 that her passport already expired but then cny woh...so she can only rush to the office on 21st itself in the early morning to do...luckily she has turned into senior citizen so can get passport on the same day. she did it w/i 2 hrs....
we went to mt faber near sentosa island...it's so nice....everything is so artificialLy nice. i mean the trees and plants,the palm tree on the mt, the flowers along the road...looks like they purposely made it that way (unlike our all naturale fraser hill and genting). i wonder why they nv call it mt fraser cuz it is definitely higher than mt faber. but the view is superb lah....u can see the city from there....
the gal in white is my cousin sijie. anyone interested pls tell me.....
later on, we went to vivo city (the biggest shopping center) to have dinner at KimGary....i know Wayne hates it....but apparently my bro & colleague is FASCINATED by it cuz it's the 1st & ONLY one in spore.
then rush to airport...manage to do some last min arrangement to my baggage. though i'm only allowed to check in 20 kg on qantas for normal ticket ( i shld i have bought the student ticket which allows 30kg & of course more ex) but the counter lady let me go with 28 kg. Though my handcarry is only allowed for 7kg...i bet i have almost 10 kg in it too ( i bought the normal duffel bag but the trolley type)...i bet my backpack weigh like 7 kg too and my laptop bag weigh more than 5 kg....hehe so all together.... it's BLOODY HEAVY 50 KG.....can u imagine...i was still wearing 3 layers of clothing ( to save the weigh) : 1 spag, i knitted red top and 1 blue jacket....sweatING like hell.....
i did some picture taking...so kanchong i forgot to hug my parents....... next time i shld take my time lah..... enjoy and relish the moment.... was entertaining relatives more than my own family....: ( *SOBZ*

the plane was punctual be it departure or arrival.
imel said it's the first time she doesn't feel huge ( admist the huge angmoh)
as for me.....i was trying to ask some angmoh at some school activities booth...i have to repeat a few times for him to get his attention....i felt that he can't see me lah.....
i didn't have a good sleep as i watch the prestige on board slept for 2 hrs then they start serving breakfast at bloody 4 am spore time something...then i can't sleep anymore... start watching Babel and b4 i can finish the plane landed
1st day wasnt' productive
1) can't get student id cuz we haven enrol at the med fac reception...( i tot i already enrolled online ! apparently medicine abit diff lah) and we have to wait till monday to get student id 2) scouting for phone but didn't register as doesn't have bank statement3) looking online, goin to places to see accomodation but didn't really get to inspect one.... and still don't know where shld we stay.... LOST.....4) cldn't think well cuz my head spinning & paining fr the lack of sleep
imel's fren's (jacqueline) place is damn nice 450 perweek for a modern spacious 2 room unit, 2 floors one... at mascot...quite far fr sch though.
the guys playin PS, guy in red is kevin another one is John (Jac's bf)
the gal in grey is Jac and it's Imel stickin her tounge out while reading some room deco mag
jac's housemate fr kl, kevin, chauffeur us around in the day b4 he went for work
jac's hongkiebf brought us to eat at some hongkie restaurant....4 pple we order 3 plate of dish + rice ( foodave style ) but all damn big portion. each plate 6.60 . considered quite cheap bah.

*bear in mind every price i mentioned is in aussie dollars.
doze off at 11pm something...promise myself that tml shld settle most of the things with a fresh mind.....
INDEED....THE 2ND DAY is an ULTRA DAYjust when we think that it's bleak & desperateto get a decent accomodation and we r gonna spend lotsa time running around like clueless chicken.
Right at the small entrance of the school....something fresh & green on the fence caught my eye...it's a renting advertisemet in MANDARIN man!!! (haha, only i can read mandarin ! guess the landlord want it to be exclusively mandarin speaking population) apparently we are the first to tear down the phone number. made a call immediately...we get to inspect the unit in 1 hr time.... skip the mafan calling the real estate agent and arrange for inspect appointment part. ( the real estate agent here so damn lazy, they only set a 15 min - 30 min time each week for u to view the particular unit. if u miss that time.... u have to wait till next week if it's still available)
over Here has damn lotsa real estate agents and all different small shops of different names...unlike in malaysia u see the same few brands every where. i haven really been to the city though.
We found a place!!!
very near to uni it's at 5 min walk fr uni
but around 15 min walk fr the main rd bus-stop to my place(go back home is upslope but to main rd is downslope so u know will have some difference) die lah. i was abit unlucky in the sense that i got posted to the St Vincent hospital in the city for 1 yr instead of the Prince of Wales right next to the school...hence i need to travel most of the time....but i guess everything has its own reason, pros & cons.
address: 6/26 Kennedy Street, Kingsford NSW 2032, Sydney Australia.

3 room unit ( modified fr 2 bedroom unit), 1 bathroom
kind of small but good location...view dam good cuz it's on a small hill. the building itself is around 5 m higher than the road and i'm stayin on the 3rd floor. can see the school building. my room is facin the beach got cool breeze...can see lotsa low houses. no lift lah...climb stairs
430 per week but we decided to split the rent according to the room size( not body size). me , imel, and m104 lilian are sharing. i get the smallest room so rent around 130.
8 weeks rent: 1040

Some details of my landlord: chinese guy fr shanghai, middle age ( whom i have difficulty recognising his gender on the phone). very efficient.. speaks very fast but can communicate well with we gals...i think he chose us as we are 1) neat gals, 2) students 3) studying medicine
as he does have many other interested pple in hand ( very fast w/i 1 day after he pasted his advert). though abit ex lah but he throw in a free dryer and washing machine. no fridge provided though.

my no is 61430510775 if u call fr other country. note it down incase u need to contact me urgently.
i got a red color sony ericsson fr the THREE service provider ( why is it call 3, think it's bcuz it only sells 3G phone so i wonder if someone comes out with 4G technology.... shld they change their brand too?!)

my NEW PHONE and some pictures taken on the 1st day we arrived. the gal in the background is lilian our another hm.
on right most is me and imel in the 24 dollars cab to mascot (only took 13-20 min)
another one is me in my room to be
the rest i took on my way to mascot in the cab

went to the COLES market. thanks for Jac who chauffeur us aroud. 3 of the housemate got a car each. :D shop for some groceries as we plan to cook today...wow, the fruits and vege all look so clean and nice and appealing....even the bananas oso so big and clean

i wonder why not golden pig since it's the year of pig?
tml's plan, shall tour around and get some furniture...can shift in by this weekend... hopefully my room will be cheap & stylish at the same time....can u imagine IKEA is the cheaper option here.....OH MY... (ikea is the expensive option in msia) * that's wat i heard lah
Ciao....need to catch my BEAUTY SLEEP.

2 Comments:
John said...
eh if ur doing ur photoshop bunch of pics thg, dont distort the pics la, very weird looking. Also the font color doesnt come out well.

Kim gary SUCKS!!! just like all the other honky cafes.
s@m said...
hey. don't be so picky lah... i where got time to scrutinise my artwork leh....got picture good enuf d lah.
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