been meaning to give a review of my recent trip with my extended family to australia. (will be concentrating ONLY on australia itself)
disclaimer: the statement 'it doesn't matter where you go, it is the company that matters' rings true for the trip. the family made the trip that much more bearable.

was not looking forward to gg to perth at all. when the family decided on the destination, i even made a mental note to decline when asked-it was janny that put my name down anyway. the reasons i did not want to go to perth are because 1 perth is in australia, rmit is in australia and i hate rmit .:. i did not want to have anymore associated with the ctry lol 2 i went to perth in 2005 with mg fr a 'sports trip' and the experience was really bad (not only because the only person i was acquantained with was my roommate. i just did not like the feel i got when i was there)

so anyway i am back from australia alive, not regretting the trip but with a renewed vow that i'll nvr nvr nvr nvrrrrrrrrr go back there...!!! not in the mood to phrase my experiences like a prose-cos that requires more energy than the ctry deserves frm me-so i'll just pt form them

1 perth is very relaxed-to a pt where they seem inefficient and wasteful of their resources (sth which i cant stand). the whole atmosphere is very slow paced-cant say that abt their workers though, so i dont know what the contributing factor is- and the shops are almost perpetually closed lol!

2 while some citizens are friendly-sth that i agree with; i dont like how singaporeans avoid acknowledgement w strangers because we all belong to the same (human) race.i find it disrespectful and inhumane not to acknowledge another's presence lol- others are racist. we only encountered a few racist ppl but these experiences are enough to overthrow everything else. it angered me greatly and caused me to think of perthians as close-minded, ignorant and dumb. i'm SORRY haha but this is a sensitive issue ,man!

3 the variety of food sorely lacks. a friend pointed out that my family avoided the many different cuisines available . but, i'm in freaking australia. i want to eat some aussie food, not italian- i can do that at home or in italy itself (^^ !!!!!!!!!!!).

cant think of anymore, and skywayyyavenue.tumblr.com cant provide more pters (hehe). so i must talk abt 3 good...encounters in australia (ctry related! no talking abt my family- that will take too long. my family is awesome)

1 one night, on our drive home, everyone was pretty stoned because it was 7pm (that's akin to singapore 11pm LOL the sun sets early). joel korkor switched on the radio-OHYES THE RADIO. DAMN THE RADIO :/ whole day advocating free sex. what a turn off-and after few days of tuning in, you sort of get aussie's style and can sing to their songs-yes they repeat songs like mad. i was still pretty awake and a catchy song came up. (dno how not t sound weird BUT) i started bobbing to the it, getting into the whole feel of the song and looked out of the car. just when i turned, a guy from the adjacent car turned too and was bobbing as well. in sync some more. BEST, i dont know abt him but i felt majorly awkward and instintively turned back and froze. LOL. the second time our cars passed, he and his friends were looking at me and laughing. wtv it is, as what jan said, that guy was not bad looking! haha!

2 ran on two of the mornings. EXCELLENT weather for runs :) i like the mornings, at 645 and it's pretty bright alr

3 everything is massive there. i like big spaces as i feel unrestrained.

4 went for fremantle's prison tour (which was really ex actly) but it sparked the prison break passion i had 3yrs ago so whoo :) is it just me or are prison stuff v interesting...

next up, some pointers from kiss dating goodbye!