Departure and Transit

In front of Melbourne's Library

On 7th February 2011 we departed to Melbourne from Malaysia at 1.30pm. We arrived in Melbourne International Airport at 12.30 am the next day after 8hours flight. We were fetched by Kakak-kakaks (sorry! We forget your names =.=), who they are the university of Melbourne’s  students. They have been staying for several years in Oz. We stayed 2 nights at their house without any payment, or in other words, free lah! Hihi <3..  :D. One of the Kakaks, Kak sufia also spent half of the day guiding us around Melbourne CBD, Melbourne Library, Queen Victoria park.. and also Uni of Melbourne campus..  They are so kind n lovely.. love ‘em so much!!  (^^)..

In the afternoon.. we met wani n kak not from Geelong.. they brought us to several restaurants in Melbourne.. There are lots of Halal restaurants in Melbourne but in the end we have our lunch at Nasi Lemak Restaurant. After that we took our dessert at ‘Il Dolce Freddo’. The ice creams are awesome!! Craving for roche n mango ice cream!! Slurp.. *meleleh air liuq*

We took tram to DFO (Direct Factory Outlet) which is a mall that sells branded products at low price.. u can find adidas..nike.. and many branded boutiques..  but but, when we arrived, most of  the shops were already closed. T_T. We didn’t know that the shops here closed at 6pm.

We took our dinner at Nando’s restaurant.. it’s halal.. hee.. sedap gile.. (kat sini semua bende jadi sedap)  nak lg.. hee.. then wani n kak not treated us with sort of ice cream waffle from Harajuku.. sedap2 lagi.. hee.. thanks wani n kak not.. :D

wani,ziqah and kak not! 

bridge at Yarra river, Melbourne

We were so tired after a day touring Melbourne..haha.. We arrived at home at 10pm and have a good rest for the next journey.

The next morning, we took flights to Launceston,Tasmania at 8.15 am. We arrived in Launceston airport 45minutes after boarding. We were fetched by a Chinese guy who is graduated student, who currently works as UTAS’s driver.  In the car along the way to azim’s house(our senior here), we talked about Tasmania, and he was proudly promoted how good and cheap Tasmanian Red wine haha. Here the conversation (lebih kurang ah) :

The guy: ‘Here you can find the cheap and qualitiy red wines than any other city in Oz’

Sara: ‘oh. But we don’t drink red wine..’

The guy: ‘why not? Red wine is good for your health.’

(we were spontaneously laughing)

The guy: ‘why are you both laughing?’

Sara: sorry, it’s just we can’t drink red wine..

The guy: ‘Oh!! Sorry its culture things right? Hahaha my bad my bad. Sorry hahaha

Kiterang: ‘its okay’. ..

So and then,  we arrived at azim’s house. Kak Asma who is his wife greeted us and served us with nasi lemak n fried chicken for lunch.. sedap! Again. .hahaha.. 2^nd nasi lemak in OZ.. hehe..

Then we were sent to kak liza’s (a Malaysian PHD students who went back to Malaysia now) house which is the house that we are currently live (tumpang) until we get our permanent house…. Which we don’t know when…