Melbourne


So it was all very urban yesterday, we did what an average city dweller would do, yeah, we did alot of window shopping in downtown CBD, where i found out that apple has launched the 5th generation ipod, hence rendering the drastic drop of price of the 4th generation ipod...a 30g ipod now only cost aud380....HURRAY...

i was thinking of getting it online because they offer free engraving and i do want my name to appear on the surface of the ipod...but if it is too much fuss and if i can get it at the store later for a tax-rebate price (10 percent cheaper), i'll just buy it straightaway...

we later stopped at the japanese restaurant where gary works and fixed our lunch...i had a nice chashu ramen with a raw-beef-with-raw-egg thingy as side dish...the food was superb...

after more hanging around the malls and shops and lotsa tram rides later, we stopped at Fitroy for coffee and cakes...there are heaps of coffee shops here for ppl to fix their caffeine crave and it was hard to decide which one to patronize...we finally settled down at red tongue where they served HUGE slices of gateoux...i was disappointed with their cappucino though....why did they put a big scoop of ice cream in there for? i didnt freakin' order a float, did i?

anyhow, it is nice to indulge in coffees and cakes again...not that i havent been going to cafe much all this time backpacking, but ive been trying to minimize my craving for this kinda 'luxury', really needa sustain myself longer in a foreign land...but hell with it, didnt i say im looking forward to a fabulous time in Melb? to live an urban lifestyle again, even if it's only a week...i know this is contradicting with my previous wilderness talk, but who doesnt like to sit down on a chic sidewalk cafe for nice coffee and gelato?

i really needa get outta melb asap, dun wanna find myself missing the urban indulgence back home...ive gotten rid of my cosmo lifestyle in this backpacking trip and that's a good thing...a relapse would render everything purposeless...

So in the evening we went to this mexican restaurant for nachos and tacos and fahitas...while the tacos were good, the rice that came with it were bland and dry, almost disgusting...geez, dont i miss TGIF and Chillie?

we head on to a bar later for a beer and chit chat to conclude the one-day-very-melbourne-lifestyle experience...

as i said, i must get outta here sooner than later...

why not later then?

LOL...