Melby Sunday

Saturday was spent recovering and sleeping -- alot...haha...I woke for breakfast and bounced between reading and sleeping (mostly) still about 4pm...imagine that! =) After clearing out some e-mails, I was ready to start enjoying my break in Aussie.

Sunday's highlight was really to meet ge's family, who decided to bring me to the city centre, which (can you believe it I had yet to go after a week in Melbourne..LOL!)

I went focussed shopping in the morning -- to find a jacket that can be used for the penguin trip too...thank God for the DFO near my hotel..haha...cannot take it liao lah, the weather here is so unpredictable..I needed a jacket to protect me from the elements of sudden heavy rain and strong winds..=D

They would come to my hotel to pick me at 11am. Ge's 2nd sis, Vicki, drove..woohoo...got to sit in a nice merc leh..LOL...Spent alot of time talking to her family as we walked the streets..

First stop was to have lunch at Desert House, which was chinese food lah..haha...I had sweet and sour pork with fried rice and an iced kopi that was so filling i was full 12 hours later lor (sho no need to have dinner liao). It was hard to finish...hahaha...I think my stomach not used to eating so much as it naturally cuts back during travel. But...me seldom waste nah...so i ate up the whole thing ...*burp*

Well, all I remember is talking to them quite alot and poor vicki having to watch the time and keep moving the car...hahaha...auntie told me quite abit about the area and how they came about getting an apartment first. =)

Here's the Shot Tower inside a shopping centre. It's an artilery tower where they made lead pipes and bullets in the past. It's a hsitorical treasure they opted to keep and decided to built around it... =) Our urban deve authority should learn stuff like this lah..=) While waiting for Vicki to move the car, I walked around what I learned later to be the Royal Arcade..haha..so I window shopped with auntie and uncle and we found a chocolate shop by the corner that alos served deserts similar to where we wanted to go to. Hmmm...i just thought their easter display was quite cute..hehe...Choc bunnies...many many bunnies!!!

Next we went to Koko Black (in the Royal Arcade) that has absolutely lovely Hot chocolate..hehehe...it's the kind of place where you have to be ready to pay at elast $2 for one pc of chocolate..haha..but it was a popular spot and had to wait for a seat. hee...

Ge's parents...so cute hor..haha...they purposely took this photo so that can show ge when i get back SG...hee...yeah, that's the menu that they are holding, which you can bring back. I like the chickens on it lor...they are chocolate chickens...big ones!

It's easter season lah...but they were so cute..haha..it was tempting to buy and ge's dad kept encouraging me to buy it..hahaha...of cos i won't lah, these things buy already and you'll never eat it!! Cant' bear to mah! (it's the size of a tissue box neh! I joked with auntie that I'll put it in my fridge and everyday open the fridge just to see it and make the $$ worthwhile...=P

Vicki and me! with all the yummy-licious chocs..hahaha...and yesh-- the ice choc in front of me was finito-ed by me...its like drinking thick choc milk with a scoop of vanilla and choc ice cream!!! Deadly man..hehehe...

I really had a good time and appreciate their care..=) The outing ended about 4pm and I buried me nose in brochures deciding whether to go for the penguin tour on Monday and which tour to go to...sooo many pamphlets and sooo many prices!

At 6.30pm, I grabbed my storybook and camera and headed out for a walk along the Yarra River to catch the sunset, making Federation Sq, which is on the opposite end of the riverside to where my hotel is, my roundabout point. =)

I probably took 30 to 40 mins to walk there..stopping for pictures, sit around, watch seagulls and sms..hee...

So here I am! Federation square is on the right (which I have no idea what is the big deal...btu i suspect its a tourist tag thgy..LOL..) and St Paul's church is on the left. All this is just opposite Flinder's Station which is like pretty much the old main station that looks the part! hee...lotsa people moving around this area.

I spent alot of time standing on this bridge watching the sunset. It was very cloudy, so you can't really see the colours. My hotel is like all the way on the other end on the right side and I was going to walk back on the left of the river. =)

It was very peaceful with passerbys and the hum of street traffic. =) There was a busker playing Amazing Grace on bagpipes! Which was nicely 'arranged by God' coz I just started talking to and thinking about Him there and then..=)

Walking back, I passed the Crown Casino...decided not to go in lah..I remembered the others that I've gone to before and don't think it will be that different..hmm..unless I'm in vegas..hahaha...

Lotsa eateries here...high end ones..but you have to check out the desert display man!!! slurp...the size of their cakes are like...=O

And then, when you take a step back and view the whole thing ---

-- you'll just want to try everything !!! hahaha..coz it wall looks so good!! heee...

This casino has a corner where they cluster 'world wide' makans in a food court format...It really covered all variety I guess to suit all their guests...but the price is like...er...$13 for a plate of char kway teow?..hehehe...but it all looked good and authentic! For a moment, it felt like food court back home..hee

Reached back at 9pm...and I was still burping sweet and sour pork!! LOL!