Silly Traveler Chick
I know I have like a million and one other things to blog about,
like the adidas dance/yoga event, the belly dancing performance, the Singapore trip last weekend, and other random stuff in between,
but I really want to *finally* post up the remaining pictures of Melbourne.
Yes, I know that Melbourne trip was 2 freaking months ago, outdated sial. But what can I say! One thing led to another and I kept putting it off 
I looked back into my drafts, I wrote a little something about my flight back to KL from Melbourne but never got to publish it.
Warning: 74 pictures ahead. You might want to open this post in a separate window/tab.
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I swear, trying not to go overweight with my luggage has to be one of the hardest things to do. EVER!
After giving Faye the bulk of my stuff to bring home first, I thought the rest of my packing would be a breeze.
I didn’t do much shopping during my last week, well maybe I did but VERY minimal I swearrr
But then I also had to buy souvenirs for family and friends back home whut. And *that* part I forgot completely; chocolates and biscuits are bloody heavy.
I only got to packing on the morning of my departure, and started freaking out a little when I realised I was in trouble.
And this was *after* I gave all my stuff to Faye 
What happened to packing will be a breeze! How can this be happening! >_<
Sarah lent me her giant green hand-carry bag, bless her soul, and I thought okay, I’ll use this giant bag instead of my own hand-carry, which is a bit smaller.
One thing led to another, and I ended up using BOTH hand-carrys at maximum capacity. How can this be happening how can this be happening! >_<
Really, I tried to pack efficiently, ie. instead of wasting space and packing the bulky stuff, i’ll WEAR the bulky stuff, ie. my Ugg boots and my thick black trench coat.
And still I ended up using both hand-carrys, my large check-in luggage, sling my laptop bag over one shoulder, sling my handbag over the other shoulder, sling my trench coat over whatever free arm I had, and voila, you get one silly looking traveler chick wearing thick Ugg boots and carrying overwhelming amounts of stuff for her size.
Excuse the messy blankets in the background, but I’m sure you know Shaun’s apartment by now
Oh right, checking in at the airport, i WAS overweight, 
So i shuffled some things around and had to take out my large Fred Perry tote hand bag to store in more junk, and hand-carry it onto the plane.
And what do you think would happen to this silly looking traveler chick wearing Ugg boots and carrying way too much stuff?
She leaves something behind. Her trench coat, to be exact. On the plane. *smacks forehead and shoots herself*
And if that’s not bad enough,
She walked to the baggage claim area, and saw someone’s luggage stored in a red container. The luggage zipper had busted open with the insides peeking out, almost spilling out into the red container, and it was going round and round the carousel with no one claiming it.
As luck would have it, the busted luggage had to be hers.
I swear, my life is like a comic skit sometimes. Either that or oh my god why am I so malang T___T
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Splashes of Melbourne pictures!
I look back at these old pictures, taken pre-haircut, it somehow feels strange to see me with long hair again.
Hullo!
Me & Saiho mucking around in Melbourne Uni
The tree that apparently only blooms in winter
Pretty dead trees
Shaun & i
Spotted a pet wolf in St Kilda
Evie looking rather pretty
I was in a rush that day and forgot to wear leggings under my skirt, all day I buat maintain saje but actually OMG my legs were freezing
Evie & Thiathia :)
Cannot pose normally with these girls wan :)
The damn creepy entrance to Lunar Park @ St Kilda
Damn cute, I saw this mother and chi
ld standing under the nose, the kid looked up into the nostrils and yelled in his chirpy Australian accent, “Mom quick let’s go! His booger’s about to fall on us!” *tugs mommie’s hand*
hahaha damn wild his imagination
A clean nose
We saw penguins in St Kilda too! Saved us a trip to Philip Island :)
Having pancakes at 1.17am
Sarah & Shaun!
Hot choc. I think I drank at least one cup of these every single day
By the fire. Oh love 
Fell sick one day and spent the entire day wrapped up in warm blankets in front of the telly *achoo*
And on good days, I went shopping! ;x
Jern Ai silly billy :)
Some food pictures:
Hot pot!
The somewhat Australian equivalent of our Steamboat
Sleepy faces having morning dimmy sum
and Loong, Edwin & Eujin :)
Korean BBQ mm mmn where i ate my very first ox tongue WTF eeyer but WAH damn yummo 
Yeah I’m so Chinese sometimes, I’ll eat anything
Sarah & our shared Salmon avocado bruschetta
Bread is da shiznit in Melbourne.
And coming from me, now that’s really saying something 
She who detests eating bread,
ate the most amazing foccacias, sandwiches, and the works almost every single day in Melbourne :) amazing stuff I tell you!
And I found the best garlic bread ever made, in a restaurant/deli on Brunswick. Heavenlyyy.
Notice the bite I took out of that slice of garlic bread in the picture. Heavenlyyy.
I came back to Malaysia craving for a good bready meal, and I am disappointed totally.
Have reverted back to my bread-hating ways. 
Game night! Charades is a frustrating game 
Meh lei geh!
We went up to Mt. Dandenong to eat award-winning pies, feed birds, eat scones, and almost fall off a cliff.
Tammathy TimTams :)
Shaun’s normal face
My normal face
A scruffy looking Josh
*burpp*
Dylan. Meh.
Shaun & Eujin
Birds! In the trees!
Why won’t they come down hereee
Aw. There, there. I’ll be your birdy. Tweet tweet.
EH here got one! Faster take picture! Faster take pictureee! *kancheong*
Jungle-trekking at sun down
To this steep can-roll-down-and-die hill
To see the view of the city!
Tamm dying in the cold
Met up with Derek one day and he took me to dodgy alleys
with the most amazing artwork :)
FAFI WAS HERE! *starstuck*
Spray painting was recently made illegal in Melbourne, but we got to see some back alley kids in action :)
Easily one of my most favourite days spent in Melbourne.
By the trash cans
Do you see what I see?
(2 faces staring back at mee)
Had some beer at a nearby joint
Sat on empty beer crates
Melbourne is so picturesque. No matter where you are there’s always something fascinating to look at. Whether you’re in fancy uptown clubs or dodgy bars, road-trippin’ or simply walking by the street.
I miss the place already. :) and the crazy people I was with over there.
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And with that, I’m *finally* done with my Melbourne posts. Sorry it took so long, and so scattered all over the place 
Related Melbourne posts:
Touch down!
All-white party
Snipetty snips
Road Trippin’ down the Great Ocean Road
Frankie
Thanks Faye :)
More sloshed pictures
Karaoke sesh
Or just click onto “Melbourne” labels for the full list. Toodles :)
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Currently listening to: Don Rimini - Let Me Back Up (Crookers Remix)
September 18th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
HAHAHAH my god how come NONE of my pictures are normal-looking T___T pah!
September 19th, 2008 at 4:18 am
wow, fafi! the real deal! that’s so cool!
September 19th, 2008 at 4:32 am
omg miss ong de thia thia… u were there for a month right???? crazy woman… ehh… i wanna ask u arr…
how the hell did they let u in with all that luggage??~!!!??
and how did u manage to stuff so many clothes i.e. the ones on your back (which happen to be different everyday, especially the coats!! good god those things are heavy!!!), and the ones for cool sisters closet, accesories and what not… etc etc… all into your luggage!!!!!!!!!
???!!!???”(0_0)”????!!!??
September 19th, 2008 at 5:58 am
hi hi. my 1st comment here! ;)
if u have too many pics like this i suggest u upload all the pics in fotopages / flickr / picasa better :D
nice photos btw! ;)
September 19th, 2008 at 11:05 am
eeflin: hahaha err, maybe thats you looking normal… KIDDING LA :)
christine: *star struck*
kirsty: i gave shitloads of stuff to faye to bring home for me :) but at the airport, er, just smile at the check-in officer and bat your eyelashes like crazy. the limit was 20kg, he let me off with 25kgs. i was still abit overweight, so i shuffled my stuff around for abit and bat my eyelashes even more la.
razlan hanafiah: why, is there a problem viewing my pictures? o_o
September 20th, 2008 at 2:35 am
holidays are fun with friends around =)
September 20th, 2008 at 6:50 am
no, but it makes ur blog heavier n IMO viewing in ‘thumbnails’ is better. my opinion lar. :D
October 31st, 2008 at 5:35 am
Can u please tell me where u had pancake at 1.17am????
November 25th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
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