Thursday, February 28, 2008
=.= Coins in Australia..
=.= Those students should reallygive the correct currency as it really does caused inconveniences.
New Zealand 5 cent
Malaysia 20 cent
Singapore 1 dollar
This coin cause some trouble for me as i mistook it for Australia 2 dollar coin. The size and colour almost the same. It was then I have a check on my coins and found the other two foreign coins.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
My new poker set.
Manage to meet his today as some of the MC gathered for a movie at Melbourne central. Thanks to Melissa and Choon Yauw who were a bit late, i was able to catch up with my old pal beside asking him bout poker game.
Thanks to Daniel, I manage to get a set too at a very cheap price. Metal suitcase. Seems pro.
Inside is filled with, 500 casino 11.5 gram of metal inserted chips, 2 decks of playing cards, 5 red colour dice, 1 dealer chip, and two pair of keys to lock the case.
<< Nice view??
The keys really complete the set. I never know that there will be keys with it.
Seem like poker will be part of my life now. Have been eagerly to try my skills on the real poker against different people for quite sometimes. Playing it online and in real is totally different.
Anyway, I will be joining the beginners tournament at Crown Casino on the coming friday. Wish me luck people.
Some places in Mebourne..
When we are in Malaysia, looking for a good place to eat supper is not difficult. Mamaks "indian style restaurant" can be found anywhere at anytime. They operate 24 hours for at least 6 days a week. Here, ussually after 10, LAMBS wil be a good choice for supper. Situated at the Lygon street not far from a lot of student accomodation, it is easy to get there.
Serving not only burgers, they also have solvasky. Basically is wrapped meat in flour made wrappers. kinda similar to kebab in Malaysia. They do have a wide range of choices of meat such at beef, lamb, chicken, and others. Cost at Aud10, it is not only serve in large portion but also very tasty. Choon Yauw and Justin do had a hard time trying to finish their servings.
From here, we can see that Er Kai is struggling to eat his solvasky.
The solvasky is served with meat and vegetables in it. It is quite big and eating it can be very messy. In the picture we can see that the solvasky is in a mess when Er Kai is halfway finishin his.
Another nice place to hangout. According to a lot of boys, this place does not only serve good ice-cream as well as the waitress here are very pretty. Let's forget bout the girls. The ice-cream here is famous around Mabourne for its taste. Especially their durian and pandan favoured ice-cream.
The signboard. Lookout for this when you are walking along Lygon street.
My favourite durian and pandan together. Their ice-cream is being sold at reasonable price and it is crowded everyday. Remember! It is close on Monday. Basicaly an ideal place to hangout.
SEOULIA. Korean buffet restaurant. This restaurant is a bit far from Melbourne. It is situated at BoxHill just around BoxHill train station.
The buffet here might not have a variety of choices like those in Malaysia but this is the best i had tried so far. In the picture on the right, that is just a smal part of the restaurant where we pick our food from.
The special things is, we barbeque our meat on a pig-like pan as shown in the picture. Nicely shaped and easy to use. It is way better than Malaysia local KOREAN BBQ plaza. Besides, their food is fresher and tastier too. Best korean BBQ i ever had. Who say only Malaysia provide good food?
Beside than food, we also visited junkyard sales. Kai and I being pulled my Chanelle early in the morning to attent such fantastic festival. It is special as we do not have it in Malaysia. Kinda good festival as it can help to produce less rubbish. I guess*
Mostly is girls' clothes being sold there. Kai was complaining that girls always shop too much and this what happen. They have to either sell them or keep the clothes.
Some stall selling their junks.
Guess how much does this teddy bear cost? Kai found it at the festival.
Hope you guys are close to guessing it.
It cost Aud220. EXPENSIVE? I still wondering why it is so expensive.
That's all for now. In future I might update lesser since i am starting classes tomorrow.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Casino visit..
Beside that, we can view the sea from outside the crown. Such magnificent view of the sea from the place.
The view of Yarra river that is just beside Crown. It is link to the sea. Maybe some day i will have to take a stroll down the river at night.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
A new life in Melbourne..
My very 1st BEER in Australia.
Fast forward to my orientation....
It is not easy to travel from Melbourne city to Monash Clayton. Took me 1.5 hour to reach there. =.= I really should stay around Cayton. Basically my university was like a small town. It is too big. I think whatever a student need, it has been provided in the uni. However one thing is, Claton do not have night life. In Melbourne city at least there are places for yam cha. ONLY YAM CHA(As in Having supper). Other shop all close early and there are only a few cafes that will open to 1 or 2 am. It is still consider early comparing with the KL lifestyle. I should make more friends in Clayton. Maybe i might find something to do. Thanks to friendly Danny, I manage to make a few friends in Monash. I can see that Monash life will not be difficult for me.
VIC night market...
SUZUKI live band infront of the market.
Surprisingly, they do have night market here. Considering the lifestyle here, i thought everyone retire early to their home early. I was even more surprise that the night market event was called SUZUKI Night. Suzuki is a Japan branding for motor vehicles. Nevermind that. However, i could not find any excuse for me to check the place out. It was recommended by my friend, Jeremy. He did not dissapoint me. Even though i was very tired for the day after walking around Ikea for furnitures as well as Clayton to find an accomodation, i still find that the night market was fun. From the pisture, it seem that it was too early to call it a night. However it was around 7.30pm when the picture was taken. Basically the market sells a lot of Australian cultural items as well as food. However not all the food provided are local cuisine. Tried out some of the food and it was delicious.
And ofcos the beer. I won't miss it. It was sold almost everywhere at the market.