yummy food time

ok so today i went out with auntiie cat for lunch =) we ate sushi and then we walked around and went to eat at din tai fung

ahh 小笼包!!

the ones that have crab meat in it?

also drank some hot soy milk =) haven't had a cup in such a long time
and then there was dessert dumplings with red bean paste inside
but it wasn't that great =\ cause there's not really any sauce
but yea, yum~

Kmart

ok - seriously, the kmarts here still have the old logo but everything is sooo much cheaper than everywhere else

i believe we went to eastwood today...but i'm not sure lol

and duuddee - check out their shoe section!

they have BOOTS! like boots that look relatively stylish - i would never buy them cause the quality is like crap (i think the quality is like that of those cheap boutiques in hk...or maybe like forever 21 too)

dude - look at these cool shoes for $15
high heeled oxford shoes$10 heelsisn't it awesome?

granted, i'll prob never buy any of those shoes cause they're pretty crap quality but would you ever expect to see these kind of shoes at a Kmart? or like a walmart or target? i don't think so

we went shopping mostly because there was a formal today and some dudes needed dress pants - whole shopping trip turned out to be pretty funny cause the dude sizes here are sooo huge

to roughly quote my texas friend - they shouldn't even call it the kid section, it's more like the man-child section
lol seriously the sizes here are HUGE..well the guys' sizes are - i didn't really check out girls' sizes

but anyways - after we went shopping we went back to IH to get ready for the foundation dinner - which was ok

and of course, it rained all day haha

city exploration time!

wow two posts in one day? i know what you're thinking - are you like freakin bored, victoria?

well kinda - there's not much to do since classes just started

so i went to my lecture today for China: Imagined and Perceived - the prof is from the US (he got his PhD at UC Berkeley) and he's kinda awkward but he can speak Chinese with a good accent which is pretty interesting (he's white)
and the class seems really interesting - we can actually watch films in class since it'll be 3 hours long

so after class (which was only 1 hr) i went to the city

and i guess today is my lucky day or something =) cause a lot of good things happened haha

1st (i don't know if i'd call this good - maybe just dumb luck lol): i took the 395 bus and apparently there's this huuugee line of people waiting for it but i just went to the front of the bus stop to check to see if it was the 395 bus stop and when it came i just got on and cut like a whole bunch of people who didn't even get to get on the bus..lol..

oh wellll - i'll just wait next time haha

i got off at central station because that was the closest to Paddy's Market (went there first) and bought my sister this pocket watch

front

opened

back

it kinda snaps closed weirdly but it was the prettiest one

then i wandered around into Chinatown - remember this?

those little emperor's puffs that all these people were waiting in line for? well there was nobody waiting in line so i bought some haha 4 for $1

and this is how they look like - they have some custard inside

and then i wandered over to Galleries Victoria - Kinokuniya Bookstore is somewhere on the 3rd floor

and then i randomly wandered over to The Strand while trying to find my way to ZARA again
it's so nice inside!chocolate store!
they have all these cute food/candy stores inside
and nice cafes
it's just really pretty inside - i think i like it better than QVB

also saw this other chocolate shop at the other entrance - freakin expensive!that box on the left costs $115

yay finally wandered around and found ZARA again where i returned the purse i bought

2nd lucky thing: i feel like this has happened to me before haha so the purse cost $60 (or more accurately 59.95) i gave the guy 5 cents to even it out to $60 - and then he says "ok here's $70" and i'm like huh? but of course i take it =P
and i double-checked and yes, the purse cost $60 but he gave me $70 for some reason lol so i made $10 today =)

after that i took the bus back to the dorm! and so ends victoria's exploration time!

3rd: it's now raining cats and dogs but it didn't rain at all while i was in the city haha yay!

and now i'm like super tired lol

random note: i'm looking at my stats and all these random people from other countries have viewed my blog...it's kinda freaky

random post

thought i'd make a random post

it's supposed to rain these next few days - i think it rained really hard all night too

vanessa: the wind is strong today =)

this is my beautiful schedule of classes from tuesday to thursday haha


the only time i have to hike up to upper campus is to get to central lecture block 7 and matthews building, which is nice

edit: my sister doesn't want people to stalk and kill me so i replaced my schedule lol


note 1: the first week of classes is only lectures - so today i just have 1 hour of lecture haha but tomorrow it's 4 hours
hopefully it'll end early =\

note 2: they make it really easy for you to pass classes here lol it's 50% to get a passing grade and 85-100 gets you an A but apparently that's really hard to get - we'll see
everyone i've talked to was like you should just enjoy yourself and have fun since you get to pass/fail your classses

random note: everyone is crazy about master chef here - i think i've always forgotten to mention it in a post but yea, everyone's talkin about it and watchin it

Straylian Words and Sayings

ok so i thought i'd include this quick fun post on straylian words/sayings because they gave us this sheet of paper during orientation with all of these words and stuff on it

g'day - hello (people do actually say this! i heard it! lol)
no worries - not a problem
heaps - many
barbie - bbq
thongs - flip flops
sheila - female
bloke - male
i reckon - i think
goon - box of wine
esky - portable fridge to keep things cold (...i'm guessing they mean a cooler haha)
dunny - toilet
ranga - red headed person
budgie smugglers - tight swimming shorts or speedos (lol)
larrikin - harmless prankster who enjoys having a laugh

i'm drier than a dead dingo's donger - i'm thirsty (lol i like this one)
no wucking forries - no problem
bloody oath - i agree
a bondi cigar - a poo floting in the water at the beach (lol)
banana bender - a person from queensland
fair dinkum - to be genuine
i'm flat out like a lizard drinking - i'm busy
bob's your uncle - it's all good (i really wonder how you use this one haha)

and that's it haha just thought i'd share

went to the city today to paddy's market and ZARA!! =)

inside paddy's market - there's a WHOLE bunch of stuff to buy in there - kinda like lady/flower street in HK

lol only in australia would they have someone in an ugg boot costume

the beautiful two story ZARA at Westfield

and so that was basically my day =) did i also mention that i watched HP7 pt 2 last night? :D

and i also got approved for my last course so YAY! tomorrow i can finish enrolling