Melbourne Trip - Day ONE & TWO - Part 2

Day 1 & 2: Melbourne City Tour - Part 2

Tram Stop in the middle of the road. whahaha... kinda dangerous as the bus and tram will pass by from both ur sides...


Chinatown of Melbourne... very neatly layout and very clean!!! though it is not as well decorated as most Chinatown with "stone lions", tis Chinatown is quite nice with lots of GOOD and YUMMY food!!! whahaha...

the "fallen" state library... heehee... very innovative way to show their state library in the middle of the city ah... i like tis photo very much... i dun look good lah but the "fallen" library looks cool~!

Melbourne Trip - Day ONE & TWO - Part 1

Okok... before I start to get more requests for my Melbourne Photos, here they r on my blog, friendster and yahoo photo album. Whichever u guys can access, do take a look ah.. I upload until wanna vomit blood liao.. take so long as the internet connection sux and the file size so big and I took so many photos (abt 400 photos in 6 days trip) so need to choose the better ones to upload. Whahaha... I look nice in all leh... so difficult to choose sia... *blek* & my internet connection cannot make it ah.. is damn hard to upload so many photos ah....

How shall I intro Melbourne to u all leh? Hmm... It is located in the south-east side of Australia and it belong to the Victoria State. 8 years ago when I 1st went to Melbourne, I feel tat I like Melbourne more than Sydney. 8 years later, I still hold on to the same thinking. Melbourne is a very well structured city with accessible transport system. The buildings in the city have very rich English style. Those old old, dirty dirty yet classical buildings make up most of the skyline in Melbourne. That is the part which I like Melbourne for. And along my trip tis time round, I found another attraction of Melbourne. Haha... guess wat it is leh??? Hmm... a person like me whose hometown is a food paradise of cos I go for food lah... whahaha... yeahz!!! In Melbourne, there are many good and yummy food @ reasonable pricing. Most of my frens who went to Melbourne agreed with my thinking. Haha.. I guess before I leave Aussie upon graduation, I will definitely go back to Melbourne for the FOOD again!!! Whahaha...

Okok... shall start my day by day itinerary intro of Melbourne.. ready to go thru the 6 days 5 nights Melbourne tour with me?? get ready ur passport and air ticket ohh... heehee... here we go!

Day 1 & 2: Check in & Melbourne City Tour

As mention above, Melbourne city is very rich in the English style of buildings. The street r so well lay out. You cannot possible get lost in Melbourne city ah...

Flinders Train Station!!! Landmark of Melbourne City! the usual meeting place of all Melbournians.. is too small for u guys to but the entrance of the train station has a range of clock reflecting different times of city in the world.

Yarra River... tis is the country side of Yarra River, main river that flows around Melbourne City. tis is the river which the Commonwealth 2006 held its ceremony of passing the torch on water.. very beautiful environment..

Queen Victoria Market!!! Landmark of Melbourne. a BIG BIG market selling clothes, soveniors, accessories, food, fruits, vegetables, diary products, poultry, seafood and many more!!! is HUGE & is very CHEAP!!! food R fresh, clothes r cheap.. wat more can u ask for manz! is a GREAT GREAT place to shop for groceries and soveniors. is the favourite place of most of my friends who visited Melbourne & i personally like the spacious & well-organised layout. heehee...

Background of Melbourne city skyline.. hmm... actually the skyline is beautiful but becos of the tram lines, it sort of ruin a bit of the clearness of the sky line. nevertheless, is still a wonderful city!!! yeahz!!!


see how clear the water is??? yes! tis is Victoria Harbour, New Quay. I simply love the water... is so so clear tat the reflection of the buildings and everything is so real as if is floating in water... peaceful place which is an ideal place for chill out...


does tis pic look familiar??? heehee... does it resemble any of ur housing estate or neighbourhood? oh well.. see th top flat, multi storey car park in the middle and playground at the bottom.. yes! this is Melbourne Flats! is located somewhere 10mins away from city. we walked around the place and saw that most of the residents are Asians. hmm.. guess is the cheap housing estate which is specially for Asians. I feel so homely and warmth when i see these flats as it remind me of our Singapore HDB flats & i miss all these tall tall flats so so much!!! *i dun have them here lor... at most is 8 storey high apartments... haiz...*


Brunswick Street, 10mins tram ride away from city. LONG LONG street with quite a few shopping outlets. items r cheap and quite unique...

Most expensive meal of my whole trip! AUD$20 pasta at an Italian restaurant at the Little Italy Street in Melbourne. is exp but is quite nice. i seldom eat creamy pasta but i find it quite yummy lah... whahaha...

UQ Graduation, July 2006!!!

whahaha!!!! i GRADUATED liao lor... see tis photo here??? got the square square tingy on my head.. the scroll on my hand and flowers from my frens... yeahz!!! i graduated liao!!! whahaha...

too fast liao huh? i tink if u r my blog's faithful fan & my frens who always listen to my grumbles, u all shld noe tat i am juz being crappy to say tat i graduate liao... whahhaa... cos GRADUATION is still abt 1 year away for me... yeahz... i am still an UNDERGRADUATE lah... i really wish is my graduation lor... haha... can go back spore faster.. heehee...

shall show the real grp of graduates... yeahz!!! here they r:

left to rite: Wai Juan, Jessie, Baowei, Chin Yew, Tash

all of them r future accountants... heehee... CONGRATULATIONS, guys!!! deserve a round of applause for all of them as they really did their very best for every semester of studies! HIP! HIP! HURRAY!!! yeahz!

anyway, finally attend UQ's graduation. hmm... kinda casual lah. not so formal & very fast. haha... tis time round we have 5 frens graduating together & at the same ceremony. so we act form a supporter grp to help them take photos, carry things, buy pressie and flowers, act as driver and cameramen, cheer leaders. at the same time act as their Daddy & Mummy as their families din attend. is a really tiring job lor... haha... whole grp of us into 2 cars going around the campus b4 the ceremony to take photos at diff corner of uni for remembrance. with all of us wearing formal & carrying flowers around, we feel tat we r like going thru marriage ceremony. with the 1st car (all the graduates plus a fren as cameraman) & 2nd car of all the helpers, cameramen, cheer leaders... haha... u noe how kua zhang the 5 of them r.. we had abt 6 cameras. at the end of the whole ceremony, 1 memory FULL, 1 LOW batt. then during the ceremony, we had a very good cooperation with photo taking & cheering. since we had so many cameras, we had 3 pple station at the most strategic location to take video, photo & photo from the actual big screen. then another 2 camera at the aisle back to seat after they get their cert to take their photos with cert. rest of us r the cheer leaders.. cheering for each of them when they go on stage.. haha... is like some war game with strategy planning... faint sia... (i cheer until i no voice liao ah!!!) helpers r more tired out than the graduates ah... whahaa... anyway, here is a grp photos of all of us... graduates & the supporters!!!

Top Row (Left to Rite): Wai Juan, Isaac, Nelson, Wee Hong

Bottom Row (Left to Rite): ME, Jessie, Fion, Tess, Chin Yew, Jia Kang, Baowei, Tash

most popular gift of the nite!!! the little cow with dreamy eyes & the square hat! whaha... very very cute lor... head so big, body so soft... yeahz!!! is a pressie from us to the graduates. tis is Jessie's pressie, end up becoming all of our best companion for photo taking... heehee...

Celebration Dinner (@ 10pm lor... HUNGRY sia!!!) is a TREAT from our graduates ah... so so KIND of them... really wanna say a big big THANK YOU!!! they wanna show great gratitude to us, helpers for running around for them & helping them out... hahaha...

okok... follow on is 2 rounds of steamboat dinner @ my house to continue celebration... & now it marks the end of the Jan Sem... starting a brand NEW sem tomolo... looking forward sia... whahaha...

i am in MELBOURNE now!!! is very very COLD!!!!

Current Location: Hotel BakPak in Melbourne
Current Weather: COLD.. super duper COLD!!! is WINTER!!!

yeahz!!! i am currently in Melbourne for my winter hols break.. whahaha... well, today is my last day in melbourne. i will be going back to Brisbane today. heehee... as i need to sign up for classes for uni thus i am on the internet since tis morning 5am. u see lah... so poor ting... hols oso need worry for studies issues... whahaha...

hmm.. i really enjoyed tis one week in melbourne. yeahz! is my 2nd time in melbourne. i was here 8 yrs ago. is s0mewat like a re-visiting trip. alot of tings changed and is like new experience to me. well, i wun elaborate fully on my 1 week melbourne trip as yet. shall go home, upload all photos and slowly write down my encounters. whahaha... tis entry is juz to help me "da fa" my time while waiting for the slot to open up for me to sign up for my classes. heehee..

shall go for last round of shopping at Queen Victoria Market before heading home.. i guess wat i will miss most when i go back is the FOOD in melbourne. cheap and delicious!!! yummy!!!

kinda home sick ah... miss brissy.. miss my home.. miss my bed.. miss my buddies at home.. miss my lappy.. wanna go home fast...

okok... shall end all my craps here and start prepare to "grab" my desired tutorial slot.. shall elaborate on my pathetic timetable in the next few entries... me so poor ting!!! whahaha...

MELBOURNE!!! Here I come~!!!

woohoo~~!!! i am going melbourne tomolo... in fact in abt 6 hrs time i shld be on my way to airport to b in time for my plane at 8.15am. whahaha... can't wait to fly to melbourne now ah.. is very cold there.. frens who went earlier came back and told me tat they worn 4 layers of clothings ah... gosh~~!!! and i juz checked the weather, is 0 degrees on Friday. siao liao... whahaha... nv try such cold weather before.. kinda look forward ah.. yeahz!!! Melbourne, Here i come! 2nd visit to Melbourne in fact.. 1st time was abt 8 years ago, cannot rem much liao. all i rem was tat i like Melbourne alot for the infrastructure for the city area is very well organised and linked. so let me see how it is like now... shall take more photos and show u all my 6 days tour to Melbourne when i come back next Tuesday.

meanwhile, to all the audience of my Blog.. cya in a week's time!

~Iris Lim Wee San's BA CHOR MEE POK~

ATTENTION everyone...

i juz took these photos as i was quite amazed by myself. heehee.. photos for today's dinner... as tis whole week was home alone for me, so i can choose to eat watever i wanna. and i have a craving for MEE POK or BA CHOR MEE!!! so here is wat i did to stop my craving for it... heehee... do i have the talent to become a professional chef???

IRIS LIM WEE SAN's style of BA CHOR MEE POK!

whahaha... does it look like those we eat in spore hawker centre?? Mee Pok, mince pork & mushroom with the SUPER hot chilli sauce i juz bought.. yippee!!!

BA CHOR MEE have soup, so mine oso have it... whahaha... juz a different type of soup with different ingredients in it... in the soup, i have... luncheon meat, fish ball, carrot, lettuce and egg! heehee... does it look tasty?? yeahz...~~!!! satisfied with my dinner today... whahaha...

Your Love Number...

got tis from fang's blog. hmm.. is the description for me? whahaha.. i oso dunno ah.. i almost fainted upon seeing tat.. heehee..

My Love Number is 4

Your Love Number is 4

You are a creative and expressive lover - a true romantic at heart.An introspective soul, you know exactly how your ideal relationship should be.But if you don't get that ideal, you tend to get a bit pouty and dramatic.You need someone who can roll with the punches, that's for sure!

What Is Your Love Number?

World Cup is finally over..

World Cup is OVER!!! but i dun seems to wanna cheer for any team ah... cos my fav teams din win & the outcome of the final match was not really tat fantastic though my most dislike team, France din win... yes... Italy WON 2006 World Cup...

last nite @ 4am Brisbane Time, i dragged myself to wake up to watch the World Cup Final match between Italy and France. it was very very cold to go downstairs to watch but i took my blanket with me & together with my best companions (my 4 soft toys.. all my housemates not in mah.. so no one watched with me), i shivered my way down the stairs, switch on the TV and placed myself comfortably and warmly on the couch to watch the match. tats LIFE manz!!!

i dun like France so in my heart i seriously wish tat Italy will win! all my fav countries such as Brazil, England and Japan r already out so it does not matter who wins. however, i juz do not wanna to see France win.

hmm.. not much comments on the match as i dun really rem wat happen. my mind was rather overwhelmed when Zidane was sent off at the very last 10 mins during the extra time period. i was very shocked and kinda disappointed. i have no good feelings for france or their players, however i noe tat Zidane is an impt figure in the team. his presence and performance is very crucial to France team. if Zidane is good, France will be good. if Zidane is not good, France will not be good... tat is wat i tink lah... so i juz could not understand how come he became so agitated tat he did such an act to use his head to knock against the chest of the Italian player until the player lie down on the ground. from the replay, it seems tat the 2 of them had some argument after some pulling and obstruction earlier. however, i juz could not understand wat words did the Italian player said tat made Zidane so so pissed off and committed such act which of cos "earn" him a RED card which means SENT OFF!!! i was really really shocked... i mean for such an experienced player cum captain, he act had such action. tis is his last world cup and the ending was really not favourable neither was it any great deal to be remembered off. he is the legend and icon for France team & now i would tink fans of France maybe cursing and swearing him for doing such silly tings and kanna sent off. (dun really rem but i tink someone from England was sent off and end up being the one to be blamed for England's defeat in 1 of the world cup dunno held in which year.) if he was not sent off, i would tink there is a chance for France to win the world cup as last nite the performance for both teams was okok.. abt the same... i guess france's morale was seriously affected after tis incident. & i really din expect Zidane to lose his cool.. haiz... feel kinda sad for him.. wat a way to end his world cup career... from HERO to ZERO... haiz...

ONE year ago..

whahaha... today is 10 July 2006!!! on 10 July 2005, i stepped onto the soil of Brisbane for the very 1st time... yeahz!!! ONE year ago, on tis date, I came to Brisbane to study with lots of excitement and expectations. hmm.. now one year later, i have lots of different thinking from i 1st came and i have different feelings towards many things.

many things happen along this one year of studies. though during Summer hols, i went to Spore for hols, still i feel tat time spent here for the past 2 sem was well spent and fruitful. i learnt alot on independence and be strong and tough to face every challenges with faith. challenges do not revolve around studies only. living alone in an unfamiliar place, lots of challenges face will b dealing with daily issues. i seriously feel tat i grow up quite a lot mentally (haha.. physically oso ah... siao liao ah...)

well, so far i do not have disappointment as in nothing was below my expectations. i came with an open mind, willing to accept every new challenges thus i do not feel upset when tings arent the way i wanna it to be. i still have more to go as i still have one more year here. heehee... more challenging year lying ahead for me to go thru. i have faith tat i can do it juz as i did it in this one year... yeahz!!!

one word to summarise my 1 yr of studies in Aussie -- Self-fulfilling! heehee...

okok.. gota go cook dinner..

***countdown to Melbourne Trip - 3 days

F A M I L Y or FAMILY ???

haha.. now in brissie there R 4 HOME ALONE pple around.. me & my 3 other frens, Natalie, Tash and Chin Yew. whahaha.. so today, 4 of us went out for a MOVIE!!! yeahz!!! my last movie watched was X-men III.. anyway, today, we watched Click. recommended by many of my frens saying tat it is funny. dunno if it is already shown in spore or already finish showing. anyway, it is really a nice show. funny for the 1st part and rather touching and heartwarming for the later part, yeahz.. i actually teared upon watching the last part. it is a show tat is like telling pple how impt is family and we shld not juz care abt work and neglect our family as family is act the most valuable asset tat we have. once we lost someone close, we will nv get it back and we will only regret after it which is useless... coincidentally, i am watching a TVB series "老婆大人". it is oso abt balance between work and family. be it male or female, there is really a need to strike a balance between work and family. work cannot be neglected as it is ur job however family is equally impt as it is ur responsiblity to play a part as member of the family.

to me, family is very impt. from young, i live in a family with so many pple. i am so used to the big family living together lifestyle. ever since i come to aussie for studies, family is even more impt to me. they r my support, my encouragement to keep me going when times r bad and make me even happier when times r good as i noe they will be happy for me.

we always have a discussion here tat do we wanna start a family when we start to work. honestly, i dun really wanna to. i admit i am a workaholic when i am working and i am not the kind who can balance between both. tat is y i really admire those who can balance between their work and family. many reports and news always said tat those rich and famous pple having such happy family. esp working women, those who r able to work and still have a happy family. i really admire their remarkable effort.

how abt u gals out there? next time when u r married and have children, will u give up ur work for ur family? as for the guys, how many guys can give up their work if their wife is not someone who is willing to be housewife leh? well, 21st century liao... most couples will be both working. so shld be no conflict for tat ba.. but as to how much r u willing to give in for ur family, is another quest. for me, i will choose work over family for now. so before i really have a successful career, i would not consider to have a family (as in with kids lah...) however, if i have children liao, i guess my choice will be to take a less tiring and demanding job & concentrate more on being a good mother. heehee...

oh... some quotes.. still rem "Lilo and Sitch"? still rem what Sitch said before? "Ohana means family, family means no one is left behind.." meaningful and heartwarming, rite? and from "I not Stupid 2", "FAMILY means Father And Mother I Love You.." interesting leh... heehee...

okok... back to my series... yeahz!!!

***countdown to Melbourne Trip -- 5 days

home alone - Chapter ONE

early in the morning, my housemate, Tess went off to airport and flew off to Sydney for a week hols with her parents who came over from Malaysia. so i am left alone at home as I will only go off to Melbourne to meet her next Thursday, 13 July. so today is DAY ONE of HOME ALONE for me!!! whahaha... wat did i do leh???

HOME ALONE - Chapter ONE
--> wake up @ abt 10am, watch some TVB series with breaky
--> went to bank, take $$$ to pay school fees (damn heartbroken ah.. so much $$$)
--> met my fren, Peiyi to go buy groceries (alone oso muz eat lor... so need buy some food...)
--> reached home around 5plus then my fren, Chin Yew called to said tat he wanna come over and use phone to call overseas (he oso bored ah.. cos all his housemates r on holidays.. whahaha)
--> chin yew stayed for dinner and we chatted till 10plus.
--> after he left, i bathed liao then started to check emails, reading frens' blog and updating blog now..
--> next, i am going to watch TVB series and try to sleep early as i need to do "spring cleaning" tomolo ah... my house is super super dusty and dirty. ever since before examz, no one bothers to clean up liao... *yucks*

okok... off i go for series now...

**countdown to Melbourne holidays -- 6 days

i am HAPPY & SATISFIED with my own results.. "Girl, thank u for not giving up..."

heehee... today is the BIG DAY!!! yeahz... release of results... a day which my Brissie friends & i had been looking forward to for the past weeks. well, finally.. is over.. this semester is officially over! verdict had been passed. Congrats to everyone as I am sure everyone did it! as for those who perform up to their expectations or exceed expectations.. good for u!! effort paid off.. as for those who din really perform up to ur expectations, dun tink abt it liao.. is all over.. juz rem to work harder next sem and earn back watever marks u lost this sem. believe in ur ability that u can do it!

as for myself... yes! i did it! okok.. i muz say 1st i am not being boastful or watever, i am juz happy and glad tat my hard work finally paid off. I am really thankful that I manage to score within my own expectations. I don't ask for perfect as I know i cannot score tat well, juz tat i only ask to be able to score within what i expect and not to let myself down and tat my paid will be paid off. finally... i did it!!! yes!!! whahaha... pardon me but i am juz happy, really happy.. happy until i abit dunno how to react now. 1st time i feel so so proud of myself for studies. i will try to work even harder next sem cos next sem will be the toughest sem here. i muz jia you... really jia you... cannot afford to slack at all ah..

oh ya... wanna thank a lot of pple for being so supportive during my examz period. whahaha... of cos my family lah.. and dearest frens.. always chasing me to study on MSN, keep asking me if i finish revision liao, helping me destress, doing the job of alarm clock in waking me up in the middle of the nite to study and reminding me to stay focus. THANK YOU everyone for your concern and advice. love all of u so so much... *muacks muacks* oh ya.. muz thank one more person.. IRIS LIM WEE SAN, thank u for not giving up on urself.. heehee... sound a bit kua zhang.. but i am really stress lor. can u imagine if u score only pass and credits and ur family come tell u "if u r overseas and u only score pass and credits, might as well u stay in spore and study." haiz.. anyway, is all over for tis sem.. shall look forward to the most challenging sem ah.. whahaha..

life after examz...

haha.. is already the mth of July. how time flies... i had been back in Aussie for almost 6mths. fruitful 6 mths with lots of exciting events and fond memories. heehee.. anyway, is still not time for going thru my inner thots abt my stay here as yet as i still have 1 more year to go ah. yeahz! anyway, some updates on wat i did for the past one week, the one week of total slacking after examz. 1st ting i did was to start to watch the TVB series that had been in my external hard disk for one whole sem. although the hard disk belongs to me, it was my housemates who used it the most and benefited the most ah. haha... cos during the semester, when i was busy rushing assignments, i NEVER dare touch the TVB series in it. i noe myself too well. i have tis bad habit tat once i start to watch a show, i gota watch non-stop. is like outside world is none of my business. whaha... so in order not to get addicted, i chose not to start to watch unless i am really free. so now is after examz... slacking at home means is TVB series marathon! heehee... i finished one show liao... now starting on a new one... whahaha...

other than watching TVB series, of cos i went out lah. if not i will get crazy staying at home lor... hmm.. went to Harbour Town, a place in Gold Coast with many different factory outlets of different brands. items there r considered as cheaper than retail price since they r factory outlets and moreover it was the end of financial year, clearance stock sales.. of cos there r good bargain. well, my victory items for the ONE day shopping trip were an Adidas Jumper, one Polo Tee from Just Jeans and a pair of earrings (since abt 6 mths when i last bought earrings lor... hahaha). hmm.. spent below my expectation so quite pleased with myself for not burning a hole in my own wallet. haha... anyway, it was great lah.

then on Friday, i went to Ipswich campus! the other campus of UQ which i will be studying for one of my subjects for next sem. in total, UQ have 3 campus. St Lucia, Ipswich & Gatton. my base campus is in St Lucia which is 15mins away from my house. next sem I will need to go to Ipswich for Tuesday lesson as there are some clashes in timetable so no choice, i will have to take bus and train before i can reach the campus which is abt an hr away from my home. *faint ah* so i decide to take a look at the campus 1st in case when i get there i got so blur, anyway.. i am free mah.. so there i was with my fren, Fiona @ Ipswich campus. photos below are taken in the campus. i tell u... the library is simply awesome!!! can u imagine a little stream (with fishes in it) is in the library. haha... well, the whole campus act reminds me of some place in spore. guess wat it is?? hmm.. for those in AMKSS, do u still rem the place tat is opp to our school in Hougang? yeahz... the "hougang chalet". i juz feel tat Ipswich campus somewat resemble. anyway, is a beautiful campus with wonderful surrounding. glad to be able to study there though is 1 hr away ah...

Photos of Ipswich Campus:

Me in the library.. look at the stream beside me.. there r fishes in it.. the study corner of the library has cushion chairs.. like those in cafe.. cool environment sia!!!

does the background reminds u of "hougang chalet" in spore??? hahaha...




Me @ the signboard tat writes "Ipswich Campus".. tis board is much much nicer than the St Lucia one.. angry sia... >_<

look @ the clear blue sky.. i am simply in LOVE with the Aussie sky.. is always so clear, blue and lovely.. *muacks*

hmm... tat is all tat i wanna update abt myself here. yesterday was a bad bad day tat i oso dun really wanna mention. something happen which made me kinda upset but i shld have expected it so i am trying to get out of the whole issue and cool down from it and accepting watever it has to be. and after wat happen, i had 2nd and 3rd disappointment in world cup matches. both england and brazil is out of world cup! haiz... really upset abt it esp for brazil. i really wanna to see them playing in finals and winning the cup again. however, their performance last nite was really very bad. although i nv like france, i have to admit, they played a great game last nite. anyway, for the 4 teams left in the game now, my vote is going to Italy and Portugal. Germany is oso fine.. as long as France dun win, i am fine with any of the other 3. haha... juz dun like France.. but gota admit tat Zidane is a good player ah... oh yeahz.. i oso like Portugal's keeper, Ricardo.. cool and calm keeper..

alright.. i shall get back to my TVB series. oh ya.. before i forget... dearest Grace, for Big Brother updates, John and Ashley had been REMOVED from the game as they violated the Big Brother's rules by "sexually assualting" Camilia. anyway, real story i oso not too sure. u can read the webby for more updates..

okok.. everyone, take good care.. those frens back in spore for hols.. enjoy ur hols and all the good food and fun ah.. those frens in spore having ur hols or started work liao.. oso have fun whenever u can ba.. haha... folks, i am leaving for melbourne hols in 2 weeks time!!! whahaha.. can't wait for it to come sooner ah... yeahz!!! but before tat, horrifying nitemare coming on tis wed, 5 July.. RELEASE of exam RESULTS!!! gosh~~!!!