
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
September Holidays Part I
17th September 2006

the day started off with yum cha at Taipan... nicest yumcha in town... i'm so gonna miss it when i go back... bern n eisen don't seem to like their herbal jelly... hehe...

next stop: St Kilda Beach... walked along the beach a little and then settled down for gelati.. the lime flavour was really good!

some random photos taken while eisen was checking out his car.. ahhaa..

went to mekong for dinner and then dessert was at koko black! the ice-chocolate was heavenlY! n poor diana had to stick with her hot choc with soy milk.. hehe...yeap.. there's where the 4 besties frm trinity reunite!
18th September 2006

tadah! caesar salad and fruit salad from myers for lunch... had been pigging out for the past 2 days... so it's time to detox!
this whole day was dedicated for shopping! yes.. my wallet became thinner at the end of the day... eeeks! i just need to learn how to resist temptations....

dinner at Kanpai at chapel st.. highly recommended by diana... the teppanyaki was good! n of course... quoting berenice.. the best chocolate mud cake... from Grecco!
ended the day with a short trip to eisen's good old crown...
19th September 2006

and so.. the dated started with a hearty big breakfast from a cafe across the street. look at that.. how sumptious it is.. hehe.. n we finished everything! how greedy can we get.. -_-" and after energizing ourselves... we devoted the whole day to shopping! non-stop shopping!

dinner was at ito... followed be dessert at max brenners... i love their belgian waffle! it's a must try!!! strongly recommended by me n berenice! haha...
20th September 2006
a perfect day for some adventure.... HORSEBACK RIDING! at mornington ... right.. i wasn't tt excited abt it at all .. haha.. if not for berenice.. i don't even think i'll get onto tt horse! to be exact.. the grouchy horse tt i had...

us with the horse... as u can see... i was really NOT excited abt it.. haha...

stopped by somewhere along the beach on our way back to melbourne... really gd view there... just tt... it was a little freezing.. n we weren't tt prepared for the cold...

to make my day a little better... we went to the old raffles place for dinner... one of the best authentic spore food found in melbourne! carrot cake and rojak for starters... 讚!and when there's so many girls arnd... u can't run away from desserts... a new place recommended by alicia... San Churros! the strawberry fiesta was just so heavenly.. n really shld try it! their classic hot chocolate was good too... very very thick! warning: 1 glass of it will result in chocolate overdose.
21st September 2006it is yet another beautiful day to travel out of the city... n up to the ranges.. Mount Dandenong!

First we had our lunch at the infamous Miss Marples tea room for some scones and quiches... they had a nice setting... so warm and cosy.. look at the amount of food we had!

and then we made our way up to Sky High, the observartory... u can a magnificent view of melbourne... and u can actually see the city of melbourne with the binoculars! there were a few hot spots withing Sky High itself... one of them being the giant chair! haha.. it's really GIANT! but it's quite cute though.. hehe.. and so.. we didn't have anything to do until dinner.. so we took our power nap in the car while we waited for the sunset... tt's the first time i actually sat there throughout whole sun set process... !

It's dinner time!!! @ the Pig and Whistle Tavern. it's an interesting place... followed by dessert at Il Fredo Doce on lygon st.. yes... they ordered the DURIAN and PANDAN COCONUT gelato! apparently... they like it... haha... and the day ended with a visit to the toilet at Sofitel Hotel.. haha.. they had a full length glass window in their toilet and u can see the night view of the melbourne city there... it's actually a tourist attraction...
22nd September 2006
the day we woke up at 4am to pick my dad from the airport.. geesh.. it was really early!

anyways... spent walking round the city earlier... took them to this little lane where there were lots of graffiti... we were so impressed with the details of the graffiti! and then dinner that nite was at bismi with diana, alicia and my parents... never knew their food was
that spicy! but anyways.. the highlights of the meal was the
roti bomb! a
must try!! u can get it in spore as well.. but trust me.. the one here is a lot nicer! hehe...
23rd September 2006

day trip to ballarat... the soveriegn hills... one of the tourist attractions... we managed to get away with a family pass (2 adults + up to 4 children).. so basically me, berenice and eisen manage to put off as "children".. haha... anyways... it was kinda fun to pan for gold.. but it's not tt easy.. but well.. eisen the lucky boy managed to get a small little piece of gold in the end.. haha... we managed to watch this demonstration ... pouring of the gold... it's like "wow!"... they actually melted some gold n then poud it into the mould to form the block... sth new.. hehe..

tadah! dinner at Red Wok!... the food was fantastic! but it was a little overpriced... n the portions weren't tt big anymore... but well.. just to pamper us once in a while.. hehe..
and to mark berenice and eisen's last day in melbourne... they just had to visit crown again... the lucky boy walked away with abt 1K tt night... paid off most of his holiday! oh wells...really appreciate their company for the past wk.. it was fun having them around!
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