#melbswithyu

27th Nov - 5th Dec 2017

Family trip to Melbourne, Australia! 

Surprise, surprise! Another travel post lol makes me feel grateful because I get to travel often enough. Seriously, my blog is about to become a travel blog HAHA Anyways, this time is my first time travelling to a "white country" hahaha 本来以为会看到很多白人, 结果到处都是亚洲人 lol 很多韩国人很多华人 日本人也有 印度人也是。讲真的, while I was there, I was with more Asians than white people hahahah like 80% Asians 20% white.

The apartment we stayed at is owned by Koreans too (whole building) lol 不是开玩笑的多Asians ok HAHA the place is a bit small for 5 people but it's okay because it's sooooo pretty! It's clean and comfortable so I'm satisfied! @ Carlson View Apartments (La Trobe Street)

The lighting is on point! in the apartment ok (ignore the photobomb hahaha) also, shoutout to Bausch + Lomb contact lenses! My eyes are naturally very dry so this is such a gem cuz I can finally wear lens for the whole day TvT more than 12 hours ehhhh sUCH AN ACHIEVEMENT. (but why're u so priceyyyyy)

Oh the buildings there were so dreamy TvT of course there are those normal modern buildings, but there is a lot of these vintage buildings too. It was like walking in a story book ahhh.

Posted this on Instagram but I don't think many people noticed but, 重点是 the National Gallery of Victoria sign back there hahah while taking this photo, IDK WHY BUT THERE WERE SO MANY MOSQUITOES WHAAAAAAT. 多就算了, 还一直飞过来 停在我们的身上 sooOOOO damn annoying ughhhhh ((Felix said he likes mosquitoes, what the, bOI WHY TT))

Eastern meets Western by a Chinese Artist.

if you couldn't tell, that's a Buddha lying down hahah

 

The arts displayed were mostly from the 1700s and 1800s. Ummm 其实我不太会欣赏 hahahaha cuz their art style are all so similar meh. I was hoping for some funky modern art but 很可惜 the modern arts were undergoing some kind of maintenance TT oh well.

Then we visited the St. Paul Cathedral. 这间 cathedral里面不能拍照, 要拍的话要给 (没记错的话) $5 ermm it's weird loh. 虽然我还是照样拍啦 hahaha :/ not gonna post it here tho cuz erm nothing special xD the architecture is amazing thoooo! @ St. Paul carpark HAHA

*sparkles emoji*

Every time I see buildings like this, idk why I always feel like I'm in Hogwarts.

even though the colour isn't even the same lol

Next up: the famous Hosier Lane! it's a street that is covered with street arts that changes every week (or so it was said). To be honest, not sure the place we went is the right place or not lolll or the artist featured that day was just not skilled enough HAHAH

真的不懂有没有去对地方因为当天的壁画没有我在 Google photos 看到的美 hahahaha

Awkward pose/smile + photobombed. ok.

Okay, that was day one. The weather was quite hot so we didn't really have mood to explore hahah also, we were jet lagged (Australia time is 3 hours faster than M'sia time). Therefore, my parents booked some day trips with tour agencies. When you're last minute and didn't plan HAHA

Day two | Puffing Billy day trip

First stop was a famous garden/mountain(?) called SkyHigh Mount Dandenong. The name sounds so Asian for some reason lol like 丹德农 or whatever hahah if you look at the photo above closely, you can see the Melbourne city in the distance (a little to the right of my head). We came all the way from there ohoho

看到这张照片有没有 "eh? so fast come back to Malaysia already?" hahaha Maybe because I went to so many parks in Malaysia, this park wasn't all that special to me hahah 太像 Malaysia liaooo 看惯了 hahahah

I don't know what those flowers are called but they're beautifullllll.

The main attraction of this tour, Puffing Billy! A train ride that allows you sit like that throughout the ride. Our cabin was too close to the front so some of the coal and smoke got into our face and hair TT

 Ya girl out here ready to star in a drama

不想排队跟司机(?)拍照 so sendiri 远远拍 hahahah

This place is actually called Menzies Creek, like, it's on the map.

idk why but I had thought that this was just a made up name for a tourist attraction hahah

Beef Focaccia for lunch.

pretty viewwww
makes me feel like I'm in Gravity Falls (shoutout to anyone who watches tht cartoon hahaha)

Then we visited this wine yard.

Hi, thanks mom, for this fake-candid lol
当天眉毛画得不够深, at this point, 都脱完了 TT

raspberry ice-creammmm

peep this shot I took at this random alley hah

Day 3 | Great Ocean Road

Good morning from my bedside aka the couch-bed aye

Another tour again (with lesser people yay) - out to the sea, to Mother Nature! It's my favourite day in this trip. Unfortunately, 我当天有点丑 and u know when u feel ugly u don't feel like taking photos xD bUTTTT Great Ocean Road 太美了 can't resistttt. 

We stopped by a few stops along the way.
"这样子才不会感觉坐车坐到很久" by my tour guide lol
ok it's true la hahahaha

It actually rained a bit and I was disappointed hah
There was no blue skies :( I love blue skies eh
it was quite gloomy aiyo

so. freaking. many. mosquitos. UGH.

the Twelve Apostles.
you would expect it to be 12 of 'em by the name, right?
but there's only like 8 or 9 left.
本来以为可以下去的 结果只能远远的看 pftt

yas so prettyyyyyyy

but it was so freaking cold. no joke.
I was wearing 3 layers of clothes by this point but I was still freezing :-)
风大到眼睛都睁不开 srslyyyyyy.

this pretty cliff wall.
不拍正脸 cuz the wind was too strong, 我的刘海会被吹成中分 and tht sucksssss hahaha

 my gosh those blue shades and tones are amazing.

wow samsung thx for the skin-smoothing lol

London Arch.

Do we look like we're dressed for summer?????? oh Melbourne :-)

 first time seeing this kind of plants woah 很美 wow
the aesthetics on point weih

三连拍 hey

lol wts acting cool

I look so weird wts I don't look like myself
but hi mom hi dad

Day four | Strolling, Chilling.

 First place we went to was the Melbourne Library.
it's quite a big place, niceeee.
but this nice dome-ish place are like filled with useless books hahaha
idk macam it's just for creating study atmosphere.

A quote from the library.

I tried to take the selfie with this grand dome (cuz my bro won't help me)
note: I tried.

will I ever shut up about my bro's shit photography skills?

umm, no.

so here's my take of him instead. hm.

tbh I forgot which saint's cathedral was this lol

 as always, their pretty but sorta haunted architecture loll

"how come it's like this is a museum for saints? isn't this supposed to be like a church?"
well said, brother.
srsly. inside, there's so many 'objects' or areas dedicated to some saints.

we then went to Victoria's Market.
everything was expensive to us hahaha TvT

bread for lunch.

Day five | Lavenders and Cherries.

Cherry picking!
I was actually trembling cuz it was cold TvT

hello sucker

 then we were off to the lavender farm!

idk this seems like such a typical photo-taken-by-mom angle

Focaccia for lunch (again) and it's DELICIOUS OMO

looks so aesthetically pleasing wowow

okay I got this lavender soap as a souvenir lol
I still haven't used it yet hahah

the entrance to the LAVENDER COTTAGE. cute.

then we went to a park(?) dk hahaha it's supposedly quite famous?

dramatic mou

 Back at the city: the sky still looks so gloomy (it rained)

 lots of ducks and swans at the lake.
they all have a number tied to their neck :o

 Okay lol had pizza for dinner.
I dont remember exactly, but I think the menu said it was 12 inches in diameter.
it wasn't.
walao 本来叫3份是给3个人一人一份的
严重 吃到很饱 hahahahaha

So, we had to takeaway hah


Day six | Last day.

I feel narcissistic lol but hi

 Salmon for lunch ahhhh bombbbb!

ice cream in cold weather at Federation Square.

I'm getting Temple Run vibes hahaha

Federation Square.
this is like my last photo.
too lazy ald hahaha the last days of a trip are usually super chill ald hahah
nothing much happened heh
So, yes, Melbourne trip ends here!
Until the nexttttt lol

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