Kangaroo Land

This is bad. I've been lazy to blog. However there is so many things to talk about. Long entry incoming!

Lets start with packing. Packing sure isnt easy, and of course the biggest headache was my bolsters. This is when vacuum packing comes into play. Vacuum packing, a man-made marvel. Truly. It shrunk my bolsters into no thicker than 4 nicely folded t-shirts stacked together. Checking into the airport was a little panicky, because I knew i am going to exceed the weight limit. Turns out I was right, it weighed 46.6kg (with only 40kg baggage allowed for the flight). Thank goodness my family member were smart enough to suggest that I have another friend with luggage much less than 40kg to queue behind me. Simply put it, we'll cheat the baggage allowance by summing both our luggage weight together instead of individually. Mark has 29kg, which put us together at 75.6kg which is less than 80kg (assuming two passenger). The flight attendant was of course reluctant to do so, but I insisted and sorta requested her to foresee this minor obstruction. It went through. I was extremely delighted that the fact that I dont have to remove anything.

We had our transit at Changi Airport in Singapore and I get to eat my awesome burger king. No matter how bad they taste, I'll still convince myself that they are good. After which we boarded the 7 hours flight. The flight is comfortable, with a screen in front of every seat, offering a WIDE range of movies, games etc. So I watched Life As We Know It, featuring Katherine Heigel and Josh Duhanmel, and LOTS of bejeweled. After touch down in Melbourne, came my nightmare.

So I was told that 3-in-1 beverage are disallowed in Australia due to the fact that 3-in-1 contains diary products (for instance, milk). So I decided to be considerate cautious and declare my goods. So the other 5 of my friends were allowed through (though they brought at most only instant noodles and no diary products) and I got sent away to declare my goods.  Sucks big time. So i queue and proceed to declare my goods. Well the officers did not treat me very badly, in fact they were pretty nice chaps. So I left my 3-in-1 coffees and Milo behind. Meh. Went out and meet up with the rest of my friends and wait for the airport receptionist signal to board the bus. It was a pretty long wait, an hour or so at least. Not to mention after we took our leave we had to turn back because there are more people to pick up at the airport. MUCH more. The bus aisle was FULLY loaded with *clears throat* Indonesian luggage. Imagine us trying to get out of the bus for its first stop. Horrible.

So we checked in at the office, and its a horrible long walk from the office to our house by going through all the various halls and whatnot (however we do found out a VERY direct and short path on the outside road which is significantly faster. I felt stupefied ). So Normanby House, which is where I resides, is apparently the furthest corner in Monash campus. So yeah climbed 2 stairs up with all my luggage and checked into my room.

NICE!

Actually, They dont look as good really but I don't know, maybe its pride, I just loved my room. Its cozy to me. The hallway may appeared a little bit long and creepy but its fine. Luckily my room is not facing sunrise or sunset because it can be a tad hot because the room is not air-conditioned neither is there a fan, the window only open for a very small area. Also, my room is pretty near to the washroom and not near to the point where you could hear the door shuts every time.

The first day was hectic. We checked into the room, created a bank account and also applied for a phone at the same time. Finished at about 5-6pm and I was completely drained of energy. Had dinner at the residential cafeteria and slept with a stomach full of rice and beef because I'm just so tired. Of course, the main attraction of the day is still my iPhone4. Furthermore I am considering whether to jailbreak it or not. geez.

After which, over the course of 3 days, we've visited Chadston Shopping Centres, Ikea, Melbourne city and Glen Waverly. Of course Glen Waverly is my Chinatown. Yes you've heard it, its Chinatown by my heart. There I found the Malaysia favorite 3-in-1 Milo Fuzz and also Old Town White Coffee. Oh gosh and all the CHEAP Malaysian groceries. That was today and it made my day. Totally.

Overall I felt pretty comfortable around, except for the first day only where my lips were darker in red colour than the Nescafe advertisement and more swollen than Angelina Jolie's. Weather is cooling for the first day we've arrived in Melbourne, then its been hot in the afternoon  for the next two days and started raining every evening since yesterday. One interesting thing is even with ample scorching sunlight, the breezes are still very cooling. 

Overall rating: 9/10. I love it here, as well, not forgetting my home country and all the food of course =)