Melbourne, goodbye

I met Steph and we bugged Way Wen to join us.
However, Way Wen didn't wanna leave his place since it was pouring that morning..
So Steph and I went to the National Art Gallery to kill our time there..
Steph took most of the photographs and I am actually waiting for her to transfer that pictures into her Facebook album when she's free=)

The picture above has something unique in it.. Every corner we are at the room with that picture in it, You'll notice that the eyes of the figures in that picture will follow where ever you are in the room.

This is the most expensive piece of art in the National Gallery. Its worth 300 million and it survived through the world wars.

That painting above, has two themes, one is Asia another is Australia.

I like this painting too. Notice the swastika sign and a figure of Hitler there? That painting has a theme based on the world war, something about depression the painter faced during that period of time..

Steph, admiring the colourful ceiling in the art gallery. She has the picture with her, I didnt snap any since my camera is running outta memory=(

Then we went to St Kilda beach and hung out there..

Way Wen finally decided to join us..=p

Thursday.. Which is my last day I spent my time in the city.. Met Steph and her mates in the evening.. Since we wanted to go to the St Kilda night market. Dropped by Luna Park.. And hung around at the beach, watched the sun set(sorta) and hunt for penguins!

Luna Park..
We were just messing around..

Four of us sat on the jetty(if I am not mistaken, that's a jetty) and talked while enjoying the breeze and the view..

Steph and Ben was trying to get into the pic..

St Kilda night market..

Then its time for.. A goodbye..=(

My dearest cousin brother, Jun Shen who usually drop by Jun Yi's room to see if I am sleeping every night before he goes to bed. There's a lot about that lil cousin brother of mine, that I can't phrase it properly in words. You really needa spend time with him to know his ways..=)

Jun Yi, my cousin sister! We share the same bedroom when I was there. Usually we'll have out night chats before we go to bed and at times when her mom came into her room to check on her, we were still chatting. We talked about books a lot since both of us are an avid reader and food and school and being a teen. She asked me about how is it like being close to an adult and so many questions about being a teenager. LOL! She's an inquisitive child. Her favourite is my baby pillow and my smell. Ahahah! She's adorable. I miss her already=(

I love leaving home for an adventure. I don't get homesick, surprisingly. Buthen maybe that's because I know I am there for a vacation and I'll be back soon. Throughout my stay there, I hardly think about home to be honest. The only time I really think about home is on the night before I head home.

I managed to learn a lil bit of this and that about the field that I am gonna pursue after this. The stigma that I am bound to face and the culture differences. Somehow, it reminds me that I havta get myself prepared for those. Spoke to a very nice doctor about his field and read books during my stay there regarding to the field that I am interested in. Mostly, I am sure that I've chosen the field that I know that I have real interest in cause during my stay there.

I am saving my university rant for my next post. But, to wrap things up about my stay in Melbourne; I had a time of my life there. Its a vacation that I needed so much and it is a form of escapism for me. Its a waste that I couldn't dropped by Sydney cause apparently we are supposed to be heading over to Sydney for a few days during my stay in Aussie and boy, you can imagine the disappointment when my aunt said we are not going to Sydney. Then again, another lesson learnt from there.

My parents can't say no to my next request of leaving home alone for another adventure next time cause they know very well that I like travelling alone or with a friend who love an adventure. To be honest, I've been wanting to head over to Melbourne for a vacation for 3 years already. Most of the time, my parents made empty promises and I guess its just my luck that I have such a long break, long enough for me to travel and gain some experience from working with the kids.

I got a feeling that I'll like America better=)

Melbourne Part 9

Right, this is my ninth post that is based on my trip to Melbourne..
I am gonna wrap the whole trip up real soon..
Bet you guys got sick of my endless photographs that I took during my trip..
Thank goodness my camera don't have a bigger memory for me to snap more photographs..
=X

This post is all about my trip to Phillip Island..
It is a 3 hours journey from the city(if I am not mistaken)..
I love Phillip Island so so sooooo much!
Its the prettiest beach that I've been to..
Well, I don't travel much..
But so far..
That's the most breathtaking beach ever..
I mean..
The island has such amazing scenery..
Not that St Kilda's beach wasn't pretty..
It is, but man..
Phillip Island *in a super dreamy tone*
*sigh*
I love that island.

We arrived at a farm...
And spent our noon there..
There's where I get my first experience looking at sheeps and wallaby..
Well they don't have sheeps in Malaysia do they?

Horses, a pretty common animal in Aussie..

Wallaby!

I don't really like the sight of that though..

But I absolutely like watching those working dogs at work!^^
Dogs are such intelligent animal.
Not forgetting, they are men's best friend!=p

These dogs at work, they will look after the sheeps for their owner..

Well, they will be sitting there watching those sheeps until they get their instructions from their owners that its okay for them to leave those sheeps alone. And if their owners forgotten about them or if the weather turns sour, you bet the dogs will not move an inch from where they are. Such dedicated, loyal and reliable animal don't you think?

Except for my dog at home is intelligent in his very own way. For instance, my dog knows when its mealtime and if anyone of us at home forgotten about his meal time, he'll bark at us demanding for food, he wouldn't stop barking until we gave him its meal. He will usually wait for us to be back home for him to finish his meals, usually we'll feed him before we leave home just in case we'll come back late, but he'll wait for us to come back home so that he can gobble up his food in our presence. And my dog hates strangers which is good in so many ways. Though its just a lil shih tzu, but its fierceness can definitely prevent anyone from breaking into our home. Plus I don't havta worry about him being dognapped (no such word exist, but I invented it myself ) by some strangers.

I am a dog lover and a cat hater.
Though I used to play with kittens a lot during my schooling days..
Cats are ANNOYING.

KOALAS!
Oh my!
They are such ADORABLE lil thing!
So cuddly and so cuddly?
Anyway, I thought I wouldn't get the opportunity to see how is a koala like in real life..
Since, I didn't thought we'll be heading to the wild.
Oh, and did I tell you that I absolutely lurve the wild?
I didn't wanna go to the Melbourne zoo..
Or the Melbourne Aquarium..
Though that the place where tourist would love to go to when they are in Melbourne..
Except, I hate to see those animals behind cages or those huge aquariums.

Its so depressing looking at those animals or sea creatures having their freedom taken away from them. Hence, you'll expect no photographs of me paying a visit to the zoo or the aquarium place..

Good thing that the tour guide brought us to the Koala sanctuary.
Though I don't get my chance to hold those koalas, but I am happy enough to be able to see them live in front of my very own pair of eyes.=D

Most of them are hibernating..
But there are a couple that are actively awake..

Dropped by the chocolate factory!
Nothing much in there, but there are yummy chocolates for us to purchase!=p

Then we headed over to this place called the..
I forgot...
=X
But we get to see seals there(sorta) and penguins..
I didn't know those lil birds are penguins cause I thought penguins are supposed to be big.
Buthen they are such cute little thing and I saw heaps of them peeking through their lil homes(holes to be exact) and staring at me.
You havta be really quiet if you want them to come out from their holes,
They are such shy creatures.

Beautiful isn't it?
Its prettier on the other side..
I walked all the way to the other side and wow man..
The breeze was so strong that it almost blew me off,
But its worth the walk there..

It has such AMAZING scenery and I find myself having to remind myself to breathe properly when I look at that incredibly beautiful scenery.

Yeap, the water is THAT blue-ish..
I can even see the corals from where I'm standing..
*sighs*
My parents should really go to that place..
I got a feeling that they too will be mesmerized with that amazing scenery..
Mom, dad I'll make sure you guys get to be there one fine day..

After that, dinner at the penguin parade place..
Then around eight-ish..
My grandparents and I headed over to the penguin parade place..
Where we got to catch another breathtaking view of those little penguins,
Or fairy penguins or blue penguins..
Parading along the beach..
We are not allowed to capture any photographs of the parade, which explains why I do not have any more photographs of that incredibly sight that I'd witnessed with so many other people who were there..
The penguins were predicted to waddle their way to the shore at about 8.30pm..
But if I am not mistaken, we managed to catch the sight of those penguins at about 8.45pm.

The waves were strong that evening and I can see those little penguins struggling to get their little feet on the shores. A group of them will swim their way to the shore, for swept again by the waves and find their way again to the shore..

Then they'll waddle together in a small group to their respective lil homes...
Along our way back to where I had my dinner at initially..
Those penguins were waddling next to us..
And its such an adorable sight that you couldn't help but to go awwww at those penguins.
They are so tiny and cute, and they are smaller than my teddies!

My grandparents love looking at those penguins and the wild animals..
Its like my first time seeing both of their eyes lightning up at something..
Like there's a true glimmer on their eyes when you see them both looking at those wild animals..=)
Cause when we were at the Great Ocean, my grandpa said we traveled all the way there to look at rocks!(Its the 12 apostles by the way)

We reached our aunt's place that night at 12am-ish.
I still remember that day so clearly and I managed to sorta type it all out here in sequence, from the part where we arrived at the island and stuff..
I might left out something, but they are probably not important so I couldn't recall..XD