Hi people. Just came back yesterday from a 4 day trip in melbourne. Had so much fun there! One main purpose >> SHOPPING! We left boring old bendigo at 8.54am to be exact. I woke up at 7 to prepare my sandwich to eat in the train. Should have taken a picture of it. It was really good, cheesy garlic sausage squirted with mayo and sprinkled with szechuan seasoning on a tasty focaccia bread! hope you aren't drooling =p anyways, thats out of the topic. We (mom,sis and I) had to walk about 1km to the train station, wasn't too bad except for the cold. In fact we were there rather early and had to wait.
Well, we were more than 20 mins early anyway. Just wanted to show you a glimpse of the old station. So we reached melbourne roughly around 11. Like I said to you guys before I left, Bendigo is 2 hours away from civilization. We had to meet up with my moms friend, working at melbourne in AXA. We had to drop our backpacks and small luggages so that we can wonder freely without the heavy burden on our backs!
Haha, me and my sis were like so jakun about those automatic swirly doors lol. I wanna work in a place like that! So we waited down at the lobby. Don't get me wrong, its not a hotel but we couldnt go in because they had those kinda toll gates and you need a card to access. That was cool too, but didnt take any pic, malula all the business ppl staring.
Met her, passed our bags and we went roaming through the city. We didn't get to do much on the first day, mostly browsing through shops and checking out the prices on stuff. Must make a good comparison before buying! lol
We passed by this church and mom was like saying its so nice, go take a picture of it! Then, we went to the DFO(direct factory outlet) in Southern Cross train station. Didn't buy anything cause we are going to a bigger DFO in Essendon which is near the airport on Saturday.
Saw this boutique called "mati", it may be cool to call it that here, but definitely not in M'sia. I hope it survives though. Anyways, met back with my moms friend Aunty Terry when she finished work at 5.3 and we went back home to her place. I love her house so much. Its so hotel like! Its small-ish because only 2 of them lives there. No kids =(
Had to wake up early because we had to follow Aunty Terry into the city when she goes for work. Left the house at 7.20am. Today's itinerary was Chadstone shopping complex. It was quite far away from the city. But we had everything planned out. There is a free shuttle service to Chadstone in the city. But you have to book to get a place. So we took the bus to Chadstone at 9.30am and reached at around 10.
I like the interior. Its so tropical! There were loads more stores inside, this was near the entrance. Didnt take much..too caught up with other stuff haha. I didnt buy much, there were sales but not good enough. Ate at Nandos for lunch hehe. So long since I've eaten there. I reckon the Nando's at M'sia still taste better! At night we went to a chinese restaurant which is run by a malaysian family.
Next day which was saturday, we woke up later at 9.3 because they didn't have work. So they took us all the way to Essendon to shop in DFO. This DFO is so much bigger then the one at southern cross. Summore tons of sales going on! Like m'sia megasales lol. All the big brand stores like Gucci, Ralph lauren( ofcors i couldnt afford to shop there) and brands which are more affordable like quiksilver and billabong. Manage to buy a lot of things there.
one whole stretch of stores!
The food court
Went home at 4.30 and rest while watching tv. Aunty terry cooked a really scrumptious meal for dinner. We had chicken parmigiana.lol Never knew what was that until now. Its like chicken fillet with ham on top. Poured over with tomato paste and baked in the oven with cheese! Seriously good stuff. And we had sticky date pudding with ice cream for desert.
Had to take this off the net. Too busy eating to take a picture. But it did look like that though.
Haih, and yesterday was the last day in melbourne and we're back to reality lol I had so much fun just hanging out with my family walking all day that time flew so quickly.Got up at 9 and got ready for our next item on our list.
mom at the background haha
Anyways, we had dim sum for lunch or how we say "yum cha" here. Still prefer to call it dim sum! Aunty terry had to make a booking very early if not don't even expect to get a seat there. Went there at 11 thats when it opens. There were like so many people queuing to get in. This is so different to what I usually have to go through when I have dim sum at Ipoh. When you reach the door, there is a lady holding a book with all the reservations in it. Then the waiter took us to our table. So systematic wei just to eat dim sum..hahaha Different experiencela.
we were one of the first few to get our table. 5 minutes later it was all filled up. After that, we went to Victoria market because mom wanted to get castard apple. She said very hard to find. I bought a belt there lol. Very big market! Went to walk around in Melbourne city. Last chance to do so until God knows when.
went to ripcurl and got another hoodie! hehe Can't resist a good bargain lol.
The funny thing about this was that after going to ripcurl, we had to go back to the station and catch a train back. So my sis directed us to it. But we ended up going the opposite direction. The worst thing was that we had to carry our heavy backpacks uphill for about 1km! While at the other end of the city, my mom was like might as well take a picture of the parliament house. You'll never get to see it again lol. So we rested and had to backtrack all the way to the station and rushed for the 3.15 train.
All in all, very satisfied with this shopping trip. Didnt buy much but definitely bought what i needed. And don't talk about the total pricela. Lets just say that i rather not convert it back to RM or i'll pengsan! till next time bye!
Jon
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Saw this boutique called "mati", it may be cool to call it that here, but definitely not in M'sia. I hope it survives though. Anyways, met back with my moms friend Aunty Terry when she finished work at 5.3 and we went back home to her place. I love her house so much. Its so hotel like! Its small-ish because only 2 of them lives there. No kids =(
one whole stretch of stores!
The food court
Had to take this off the net. Too busy eating to take a picture. But it did look like that though.
mom at the background haha
we were one of the first few to get our table. 5 minutes later it was all filled up. After that, we went to Victoria market because mom wanted to get castard apple. She said very hard to find. I bought a belt there lol. Very big market! Went to walk around in Melbourne city. Last chance to do so until God knows when.
went to ripcurl and got another hoodie! hehe Can't resist a good bargain lol.
The funny thing about this was that after going to ripcurl, we had to go back to the station and catch a train back. So my sis directed us to it. But we ended up going the opposite direction. The worst thing was that we had to carry our heavy backpacks uphill for about 1km! While at the other end of the city, my mom was like might as well take a picture of the parliament house. You'll never get to see it again lol. So we rested and had to backtrack all the way to the station and rushed for the 3.15 train.
