Don't Have Ice-Cream When Wearing Gucci Shoes

Eric made ice-cream cones for everyone today and it dripped on his brand new AUD$485 pair of Gucci shoes. I think he nearly had a minor heart-attack.

Let's all learn from the moral of this story!

Extended Lease

I have no choice but to extend my lease at my current temporary location.

I couldn't stand the house-hunting and the feeling of uncertainty anymore.

I just want to get settled down!

Boxing Day Sales

Boxing Day was too crowded and crazy for photo-taking. Everyone was in a mad rush and everywhere was full of people. I only see this much people in Melbourne during the sales on Boxing Day.

I only managed to take this one while in the queue for Gucci that Eric wants to checkout.

Eric - I've never met a guy who is more vain and more conscious of his appearance than him.

After at least six hours of walking all around Melbourne City, we finally collapsed for dinner at Pacific Cafe.

Here I am posing with my favourite Roast Duck and Roast Pork rice.

Eric bought this for me for my Christmas present, it's a DKNY watch.

My other stuff - a jacket from Review, towels from Country Road, tops from Supre, jeans from Grab!

The result of Boxing Day sales: Sore Feet.

No Home

My agent wants five months worth of rent as bond, the security deposit!

That means including the first month's rental is almost a AUD$10,000 upfront payment. I don't see how anyone in the right mind that will fork out that amount of money upfront. It's too crazy! Argh!

Homeless now... Right after Christmas!!! Booooooo!!!

House Hunting is Not Fun

I've been doing rental inspections every other day for the last two weeks.

These are my thoughts:

1) I hate competing with other more qualified people who EMPLOYED.
2) I hate showing up for the inspection with like 20 other people.
3) I hate submitting the application and just waiting in vain for the reply.
4) I hate that I'm going to be homeless in 4 days.
5) I hope that my last application will be approved!

Keeping my fingers crossed... Keeping my fingers crossed...

La Porchetta

It was 35 fucking degrees today.

I stayed home and kind Angie offered to take me out for dinner.

La Porchetta is my all-time favourite place for pasta here in Melbourne.

This is the lovely Angie with her Marinara Spaghetti.

Marinara Spaghetti.

My Pollo e Avocado Spaghetti. It's Chicken and Avocado Spaghetti in Cream Sauce.

This is the very first picture of myself taken in Melbourne!

Meeting Anh

My neighbour who lives on the same level of the same building as me. His name is Anh but he calls himself Eric. Being at a youthful age of 22, Anh already has so much more life experiences than me, and probably more than I could ever have in a lifetime.

Dinner at Pacific Cafe

After two years since we last met, Robin and Sim Yee were so nice to invite me to dinner on my arrival on the first day.

They brought me to Pacific Cafe along Lonsdale Street in Melbourne City. It has a very famous main branch, Pacific House, in Richmond. I love their roast duck, it's even better than in Singapore!

Fish-Flavoured Eggplant Hotpot. My favourite eggplant dish in any Asian restaurant here. It's eggplant with minced pork in spicy sechuan sauce.

This is also my other favourite. Three Egg Spinach. It's spinach cooked with three different types of eggs, chicken egg, salted duck egg and century egg.

Mixed Roasts of char siew and roast duck. I'm not kidding, it's really much better that it is in Singapore. I think the ducks here have more nutrition or something. LOL.

It was great seeing my friends after so long! :)

Hello Melbourne

I'm finally here after a very very teary flight.

Weny made me this scrap book for the flight and let's just say it really brought on the tears even more.

I'm going to head to bed now.

Meeting Robin and Sim Yee in the city for dinner! Can't wait...

Goodbye Singapore

This is it!

I guess it's really goodbye... XoXo

All Packed and Ready to Go

I'm all done packing! There's so much to bring that I keep packing and unpacking my stuff out of sheer indecisiveness. Eventually, I've decided to just take along all my summer clothes.

Let's just hope it doesn't get too cold at night.

I still can't believe I'm leaving in another 24 hours!

Temporary Accomodation

I've just booked my temporary accomodation online that's $49 per day for two weeks. My fingers are crossed in hope to look for a more permanent place within the first two weeks of my arrival.

I'll be booked until the 27 Dec.

Well, at least I won't be homeless for Christmas!

I Hate Goodbyes

This whole week I'm packed to the brim with meetings my friends and family.

I forbade everyone to stop calling them "farewell" dinners and meet ups.

Farewell just seems too sad...

It's not really goodbye for good, is it?

Taking The Road Less Travelled

Finally! The day is set. 13th December will be the day that my life will change completely.

I have been planning my move to Melbourne for the last few months with little progress and today I decided to just book a plane ticket and just go!

Planning doesn't get my anywhere. Perhaps not planning would get me somewhere.

I don't come from a particularly rich family. My parents were just normal middle-class civil servants working for the government. However, all my life, my parents gave me almost everything I have asked for that was within their means.

If I wanted piano lessons, I got it. If I wanted a guitar, all I had was ask for one. If I wanted a new computer, we would just head out to buy one, just like that. If I wanted to study overseas, it was almost as easy as snapping my fingers and it was done.

However, the piano lessons only lasted until Grade 5 at which point I decided it was too difficult and I gave up. The guitar has been sitting in the corner collecting dust after just barely three lessons. Well, at least I can say I did manage to graduate from university.

It seems as though my life is just perfect. Too perfect that it was just too much perfection and too little life. My whole life seemed to be in a protective bubble and lacking of life experiences. Until today, I still don't have an inkling of what I want to do in life. No passion, no calling. Every new hobby lasts about two weeks before it burns out.

Perhaps this is why I have decided to return to Melbourne to start things anew. Being away from all things comfortable might just give me the opportunity to "find" myself... To not choose the easiest path is to take on the road less travelled.