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Reflections on Melbourne

Well I’m back in Beijing! Actually I’ve been back for a month now but I’ve neglected this blog for months! Sorry blog, I’ve been busy with GRE, catching up with friends in Melbourne and working now in Beijing.

It almost feels weird writing entries again. Its like talking to a long lost friend and I don’t know where to begin.

Well upon reflect the month I had in Melbourne was great. After completing my GRE test the rest of the stay there was the most fun I’ve had there in years. I caught up with almost everyone I wanted to see and managed to explore the city a bit, something which I haven’t done since my early years there. I grew to appreciate the place more now and made my leaving that much harder.

I also managed to squeeze in a trip to Sydney visiting Steve and Sandy, two pals I haven’t see in ages (well Steve anyways). Sydney was awesome! Big thanks to Steve for letting me crash at his place and it was great to finally meet their respective partners. We had a lot of great food and drinks (mmmm German beer). Leaving Sydney was quite sad as I said farewell to 2 great texas holdem downloadenpoker freewarepoker kostenlos im internetpoker spiel downloadwww euro poker netpoker texas holden gratiscasino spiel pokerpoker regeln einfachpoker flash game,holdem poker game,poker gametexas holdem erkl?rungpoker the gameparty poker spielregelnonline poker deutscheuro poker gratistexas holdem poker setonline games kostenlos pokeronline poker bonus ohne einzahlungvc poker bonustexas holdem freewarebest poker gamepoker jetzt spielenonline poker dsfpoker dot netpoker spiel kostenlos downloadentexas holdem poker rulesholdem poker rulesonline poker kein downloadinternet spielestrategia pokerbonus senza deposito pokertornei di pokerpoker carte gratisscarica giochi pokertexas holdem poker downloadomaha h lstrp pokerpoker milanogiocare poker on linegioco poker scaricabilehollywood pokerpoker il giocostrip poker gratisgioca a poker onlinepoker texana onlineкомпютри втора употребаgiochi 7 card studpoker texas holdem onlinepoker alla texanatavoli da gioco pokertornei di poker gratisholdem poker italia,holdem poker,texas holdem poker regole friends and it hit me that I would be leaving Australia soon for quite a while. I wasn’t ready

to feel so emotional about it as I’ve been planning this for ages and having moved around as a kid I didn’t think I would feel so attached.

Looking back though, Melbourne is the place I have the most attachments. All my friends are there. My mum will mostly be spending time in Australia and I’ve grown to love the city. Moving to Beijing for now isn’t a drastic change but it will take some time to adapt. My mandarin is still subpar in terms of reading and writing and, as much as I hate to admit it, I’ve lost touch with a lot of the culture. I feel like a bit like the ethnically mixed child who’s not totally accepted by either side. As they say: Adapt or perish.

Luckily, with the internet (recently FACEBOOK) its so easy keeping in touch with friends. I look forward to hearing all the stories in Melbourne and I can’t wait to go back for a visit when I have time. Bye Bye Melbourne for now. SEE YA SOON!

19 YEARS ON…A REUNION!

Post wedding report

Well it was my cousin You You’s big day yesterday and boy was it stressful! The day started at 6am when I woke up and I didn’t have time to eat breakfast cause i realised my suit pants were a bit creased so I rushed to my uncle’s place to iron it.

Digital IMAX = It’s a NIIIICE! :D

So it was my first IMAX experience in a while and this was the first one I’ve been to that had a digital projector. I had a few trepidations about the experience as I feared the film would be edited down in running time and the screen ratio altered to fit the format.

I was wrong on both counts. The presentation I saw of Spider-man 3 was simply stunning. Not only was the picture quality flawless, the sound and huge screen really pulled me into the film.

I really hope they open up some digital cinemas in Melbourne cause it really does enhance the overall movie-going experience. It also gives the consumer an added incentive to actually goto the cinemas rather than watching DVD/HDDVD/BLURAY on their large widescreen TVs.

I really can’t go back to analogue now that I’ve seen digital cinema…

COCKTAIL PARTY PHOTOS!

YAY! Sannie has kindly uploaded some photos of the cocktail party. Now the theme of the party was to dress up as “Absolutely Fabulous”. Having no idea what that meant due to my lack of style, I decided to go in casual…ie. a super nerd. Luckily, the night before the little soirée, I suggest the same dress idea to Fung and what do you know…he heard my call!

Beer goggles adorned, short-sleeved shirt immaculately ironed and tucked into equally impressive slacks and our mother’s favourite ties wrapped around our chiropractor-approved necks, we joined the party looking for chicks…

Slight hangover

Had a cocktail party @ Eileen’s place and was great to catch up with all the Melbourne people after such a long hiatus from Australia. Want to thank Luanne and Eileen for organizing another great party!

Too many cocktails…going to take a nap.

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