16 March 2008
Melbourne Stop 1
Ah... coming out from the airport. Who do I see.. No one..... Frantic. Called aunt several times.. No one picked up. Waited for a good 20mins. Then my aunt appears. Happy to see her.... and even more anxious to see Uncle whom I had not seen for the past 7 years.
Uncle came to pick me up, and we headed to the first stop: nearest Mac for uncle's breakfast. He has aged..... really aged..... And he complained about how much the airport is earning from carparking, so he comes to the Mac's parking lot to park his car. Oh yeah, you don't pay parking when you park your car at shopping centres and mac and stuff in Australia, so as to encourage people to shop at these places. Its like that, should you be charging parking, people won't want to shop at your place. As the airport is somewhere you can't negotiate if you need to pick up friends/relatives from their flights, they charge.
Main attraction for me in Melbourne: Reminiscing in the past and FOOD.
After Uncle finished his food, he drove me around as I mentioned I wanted to take a look at the places I have lived in before. So we started ............
Second stop: 860 Nicholson Street, North Fitzroy.
IT HASN'T CHANGED SINCED I EVER MOVED INTO THAT HOUSE!!!! and its been like 9 years!!! AMAZING. The mess, the shrubs, the doors, (only the lock had changed)........... *****loss of words.
Third stop: 101 Gratten Street, Carlton. The best place I ever lived in, walking distance to the pubs and Italian restaurants of Lygon, and where Ferraris for Grand Prix are displayed. JUST missed the Grand Prix.
Fourth stop: Centro Apartments on LaTrobe. The most posh place I ever lived in. Expensive but super convenient. Short period of stay, like 3 months. Couldn't afford it even with my part-time good paying salary.
Fifth stop: Jeffcott Street. Lousy, dirty, super-short stayed apartment. Just needed that place so that when friends come visiting, I have a place for them. Think I barely stayed two months and couldn't take the filth. Its worst than Nicholson Street. Amazing.
All looking the same. All reminding me so much of the past. Things dont' change much. Except when we drive past Melbourne Central and Spencer Street station, there I see the biggest changes.
Food stop for Dinner: Sofia's. STILL the best tasting pasta EVER!. Its not at all like Pastamania in Singapore. The pasta here is cooked well and soft. Not like half-cooked. The pasta sauce is creamy, just at the right mixture, not like with water seeping out from the pasta and diluting the paste. Man, you do not know good pasta until Sofia's! The juice seeps out from the bacon, yet the bacon is not tasteless. YUMMMMMM Of course, as it has always been, the portions are gigantic. That goes as well for the cakes and Gelati. Yeah I always mix up how its called here in Australia and in Singapore. Why do they call it Gelato in Singapore?! But I gave the Gelati a skip. Am going for the famous one in Lygon next few days.
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