Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Aussie Adventure

My poor blog has been left idle for some time… thought I wanna update it after my trip down under… but once I returned to the office I was swamped / overwhelmed / buried with work… my ever so ‘lovely’ superiors had moved my deadline forward! So after almost 2 weeks of all-work-no-rest, I’ve finally met the craziest deadline ever on Monday…

For the uninformed, I went to Singapore, Adelaide and Melbourne in September and returned to Malaysia in October… like all holidays it was too short =p

I took Singapore Airlines hence the stopover at Spore… I had more than 10 hours in Spore… reached Changi Airport around noon and had my brunch in Terminal 2… waited for my family members travelling from KK… after meeting up, we went to the city… boy, it was super crowded coz F1 was that very nite! Too bad I didn’t see Jenson Button or Lewis Hamilton…

The flight to Adelaide is at 11 something at nite… they served supper on flight but I was too tired to eat so just downed a glass of red wine and zzzzzzz…. Didn’t sleep well, woke up after awhile and watched in-flight movies…

Touched down in Adelaide airport in the morning… long line and very strict immigration checks… so having been sniffed by 1 huge dog and 1 mini dog, and escaping the hassle of having my suitcase opened, I emerged to the other side of the terminal and saw my eagerly waiting sister =D

Spring just started, temperature was around 11 °C with strong winds and a shower or two… stayed at Annie’s Place… the good thing bout oz is their public transportation… buses, cabs and trams in good condition, ppl are courteous and helpful, and most importantly they’re on time! Unlike the place I’m residing in, where schedules are just a formality, drivers drive like a drunk and the vehicles are rundown…

After dinner on the day of arrival I just knocked out… then we had the convocation, meeting up with friends, a little shopping, lots of eating and photo snapping… rented a car to the wineries and other local attractions, returned the car to the airport and off we go… to Melbourne…

… to be continued…