O-Week

I leave for Sydney tomorrow! Am having something on today, which you will read about after 13 more updates! I doubt I'll be able to blog much in Sydney - maybe just one update. I'll be back on the 28th though! So wish me luck with my luggage since I don't have a weighing scale and am taking all my textbooks. But, enough chat. Here's the update!

Orientation day was packed with activities. It started out with the host group tour. Our guide took us around the two campuses, and showed us the best places to get/us stuff, and where to go for different facilities. We even found out that Mel Gibson filmed Mad Max in one of the car parks in Melb U!

In my group there were 2 girls from KL, 1 from Sri Lanka, 2 aussy-chinese guys and 1 aussy-chinese girl from Adelaide, and 1 girl from Germany. They were quite friendly, so it made the whole tour fun.


The German girl thought I had an American accent "=.=

After the tour, we went exploring the carnival. There was a mini-band that went around playing jazzy tunes. Also, there was this oldish lady in a bunny costume who was pushing around a cart - sort of like Alice in Wonderland. She would swerve the cart to block peoples way, and make the plates fall off it. She would then pick up the plate, wipe it vigorously with a cloth and stare angrily around. She also danced while pushing the cart! So cool! Hahah!



There were also clowns, and a woman in a dinosaur costume - the dinosaur gave out free hugs!





After bidding goodbye to my new found friends, I met Tse Han and we explored somemore, and loaded our bags with freebies. We then decided to find Seok at her College and drag her out for coffee.




The moment I stepped into the courtyard I thought I was at the Von Trapp family's residence in the Sound of Music. Seok wasn't answering her phone, so we headed over to Tse Han's place.



SO INCREDIBLY VAIN! He was staring at the self-potrait he had gotten at the carnival for such a long time! After a while we grabbed Ching from her unit, rang up Wei Xiong, and then headed to Big Ma Ma's.


Ching really liked the salad dressing at Big Mama's, and so she asked the waitress to ask the chef for the ingredients. The waitress said she would get back to her. 10 minutes later...

Ching : I thought you were supposed to ask the chef for the recipe?
Waitress : hah?
Me : *embarrased* Did you get the recipe from the chef?
Waitress : Oh. He said it was a home recipe.
Ching : Sniff.

After that they all trooped up to see my apartment. After humouring my mom for about half an hour, being lectured and having some short bread, they headed back home - honestly quite a waste of travel time for Wei Xiong!

Obviously O-Week did not stop there, but that's where my pictures end. The other pictures are in my camera which is with my mom in Sydney. So will update once I get back :)