I'm not going to go into detail like my Paris post lah, after all, Aussie Airshow is still work..Muahaha...so didn't take alot of shots, but here it is!
Melbourne is 3 hours ahead of SG time lah...I woke up in slight panic on monday at 11am. (I can forget about breakfast - ends at 1030am) and I had to be on show ground before 2pm as the contractor will leave by then. AND it takes at least 1 hour (IF what the guidebook says is accurate) to get to the show ground.
Melbourne is 3 hours ahead of SG time lah...I woke up in slight panic on monday at 11am. (I can forget about breakfast - ends at 1030am) and I had to be on show ground before 2pm as the contractor will leave by then. AND it takes at least 1 hour (IF what the guidebook says is accurate) to get to the show ground.
Anyway, I got there by about 130pm, albeit alot of drama being a public holiday. But thank God for grace and common sense...LOL! After checking to make sure that everything was OK at the show, I had a hard time getting out of the airshow ground, so i missed the train that i had planned to take and i reached the station jsut 2mins after the last train left...grrrr...
That means I have to wait an hour for the next train!!! So....welcome to Lara Station!
It is a quiet station lah..like i said public holiday and there was only ONE bench there I could sit on..even the ticket office is closed!! So i waited for the next 4pm train an had me lunch! It was a ham wrap and ....
That means I have to wait an hour for the next train!!! So....welcome to Lara Station!
It is a quiet station lah..like i said public holiday and there was only ONE bench there I could sit on..even the ticket office is closed!! So i waited for the next 4pm train an had me lunch! It was a ham wrap and ....
.....Ice Mocha!!! Yummmm!!!!
There was no one around...not even a bird...miserable man...
But..thank god for personal entertainment -- like posing for silly shots..hahahhaI'm staying at Holiday Inn on Flinders which is really near the Southern Cross Station (see below), which was revamped int he past 1/2 years and looks impressively modern like a big airport/ internchange...bit like the Frankfurt station just more techy looking..hahaha..regional trains head out from this station toos....
I picked this location coz I have to take a train daily from this station and back from the show ground. So the nearer the better....though it is quite a distance from the Central Melbourne shopping ways/activities.Still, since it's near a major station, I've got some basic food, 7-11, supermarkets and the direct factory outlets are in the station..hahaha...also, it's a walking distance from the Crown casino...(near where boss stayed.) =)
Night shot from my hp (so-so hah the quality) of the city...on my way back from dinner with my bosses around the Yarra river/ crowne area. =) That's da moooonnnn!!! Not spaceship lahz!! =S
My RRRoooooooommmmmmmM!!!!....not bad hor..hee... since I alone i opted for a King size bed. I found out it fit me horizontal or vertical!! whahaha...--cheap thrills...
Even has a work table. I took these shots the first night I checked in...so excited that i managed to log on to the internet toos....although now I've found out, it's free up to 50MB PER DAY! *humph*TV comes with a good number of channels -- I even caught EPL last night lor...Man U vs Liverpool...which we lost 4-1..Haiz...first time in a long time i get to watch Man U play and this harpoons...grrrr...
Boss drove for the two days her was there...here we are on the way to Avalon! Yep, it's at a suburb airport, and were waiting for a plane to taxi to the runway for take off...we had to cut -thru the taxiway.I purposely took this picture and told boss i can frame him and accuse him of driving illegally on runways..WAAHHAHA...childish...=P
A shot in one of the Halls in Avalon. This hall was more skewed towards defence lah...
I took the above shot on the 2nd day i was leaving the show ground...Although it looks like a "God speaks" moment, I jsut wanted to show you how ULU the place was....hahahaha...ya lor...was stuck there with no transport on the recce day!
YEAH!!! My org booth!!! Ya man..the Singapore word far far away can see liao..hahahaha...See our brochures and standee there? We carried them! heee....
Went around to take pics of the other SG companies that came with us...of course I take good pics when they entertaining potential clients...hahaha
Pic above is the shared meeting area in the centre-- which is my org area lah...As usual boss fiddling with my lappie while talking to one of the SG companies. (see all my barang?..hahaha)
The company below had a full exhibition set up that they have created for use in shows...not bad ah...everything packs into a huge box that serves as a dispaly table too...=) This means they only need to ship the box! =)
The booth that had one of the better corp gifts..but ahd a horleeble woman manning the booth..grrr...so hard to get gifts..humph...oh well...probably think they big shot, no matter how true it is!!! grrr...hahaha...k lah..managed to get quite a bit of stuff...WITH LOTS of TENACITY..hahaha...
I went to Geelong with one of the SG companies for dinner after day two. We were at a chill/ bar kinda place, which was very comfy and open...few dinner choices, but the atmosphere was nice. 
Last day I finally had the chance to go watch the flying display for ONE act...andwalked around just to take pics of the static display for da record. =)
Helicopters for sale...guess how much eh?
The week had been surprisingly tiring for me. I mean, the day passes by real fast and you don't feel that you're really doing much kinda thing. But when i come back from the show, other than a shower and chatting online with ge for a while, I concuss till the next day lor...sometimes, missing breakfast again..=S No time to check work mail, which I was hoping to do with the internet connection...haiz...oh well, it's over!
On the last night, I slept from 9pm all the way to 4pm he next day-- only waking for 2 hours to go eat breakfast...see what I mean..hahaha...
I guess other than airshow work, I also had to handle one of the SG exhibitors lah...she...hmm...abit unpredictable..so i had to watch out for myself...coz she had a tendency to sabo/ corner for her purposes IN FRONT of others so that you have no where to run...at the same time, she seems to confide in me here and there with regard to other matters...
So abit hard to tell if she is for or against me...so must play it safe lor...mah fan...
So guessed how much the helicpoter cost liao? They have several for sale ard the same price...=)
In AUD + GST......
....AUD $640,000 (which is now same rate as SGD)
Any takers?????
A shot in one of the Halls in Avalon. This hall was more skewed towards defence lah...
I took the above shot on the 2nd day i was leaving the show ground...Although it looks like a "God speaks" moment, I jsut wanted to show you how ULU the place was....hahahaha...ya lor...was stuck there with no transport on the recce day!
YEAH!!! My org booth!!! Ya man..the Singapore word far far away can see liao..hahahaha...See our brochures and standee there? We carried them! heee....
Went around to take pics of the other SG companies that came with us...of course I take good pics when they entertaining potential clients...hahaha
Pic above is the shared meeting area in the centre-- which is my org area lah...As usual boss fiddling with my lappie while talking to one of the SG companies. (see all my barang?..hahaha)
The company below had a full exhibition set up that they have created for use in shows...not bad ah...everything packs into a huge box that serves as a dispaly table too...=) This means they only need to ship the box! =)
The booth that had one of the better corp gifts..but ahd a horleeble woman manning the booth..grrr...so hard to get gifts..humph...oh well...probably think they big shot, no matter how true it is!!! grrr...hahaha...k lah..managed to get quite a bit of stuff...WITH LOTS of TENACITY..hahaha...
I went to Geelong with one of the SG companies for dinner after day two. We were at a chill/ bar kinda place, which was very comfy and open...few dinner choices, but the atmosphere was nice. We chatted till 8pm plus! And goodness the sun was still up but i had to get to a train station coz Geelong is further than Lara and I still had to get back.
Took the 830pm train and ended up waiting in the station with people that just have to chat kind one lor...(hardly anyone ard lah)..one was a part time research student from China who's in Deakin Uni but stays in Mel with his gf who is in Mel U. And the other guy is a half drunk Aussie from Queensland who talks partially sensible stuff with alot of swearing in between.
He spent more time suaning the China student who is also a guy lah...tho he claims he's half Chinese coz his mum was a migrant too...LOL...ah well..mad people you meet at weird hours on trains..WHATEVER COUNTRY you are in one lah...=)
Just good that i got back to the hotel fast from the station coz i was so tired liao...
Took the 830pm train and ended up waiting in the station with people that just have to chat kind one lor...(hardly anyone ard lah)..one was a part time research student from China who's in Deakin Uni but stays in Mel with his gf who is in Mel U. And the other guy is a half drunk Aussie from Queensland who talks partially sensible stuff with alot of swearing in between.
He spent more time suaning the China student who is also a guy lah...tho he claims he's half Chinese coz his mum was a migrant too...LOL...ah well..mad people you meet at weird hours on trains..WHATEVER COUNTRY you are in one lah...=)
Just good that i got back to the hotel fast from the station coz i was so tired liao...
Last day I finally had the chance to go watch the flying display for ONE act...andwalked around just to take pics of the static display for da record. =)Helicopters for sale...guess how much eh?
The week had been surprisingly tiring for me. I mean, the day passes by real fast and you don't feel that you're really doing much kinda thing. But when i come back from the show, other than a shower and chatting online with ge for a while, I concuss till the next day lor...sometimes, missing breakfast again..=S No time to check work mail, which I was hoping to do with the internet connection...haiz...oh well, it's over!On the last night, I slept from 9pm all the way to 4pm he next day-- only waking for 2 hours to go eat breakfast...see what I mean..hahaha...
I guess other than airshow work, I also had to handle one of the SG exhibitors lah...she...hmm...abit unpredictable..so i had to watch out for myself...coz she had a tendency to sabo/ corner for her purposes IN FRONT of others so that you have no where to run...at the same time, she seems to confide in me here and there with regard to other matters...So abit hard to tell if she is for or against me...so must play it safe lor...mah fan...
So guessed how much the helicpoter cost liao? They have several for sale ard the same price...=)In AUD + GST......
....AUD $640,000 (which is now same rate as SGD)Any takers?????
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