My Friday 21st September started with taking some pictures of the cherry blossom trees in front of my house. They were bold during winter but see how pretty they are in spring.
Our journey from Sydney started at 3.00pm and we reached the peaceful city of Canberra around 6.30pm. Waiting at the station were Jason, Jared, Darryl, Leonard etc.
It was nice to see all of them after so long
We had dinner at this famous restaurant (according to them). I personally didn't find the food too fascinating but it was the joy of eating together with my fellow taylorians and two Inti-college people that made the bill worthwhile.
We visited the Ursula hall. Li Cheng and Pang Ping were crashing here. This is the com lab with all APPLE PCs. Apparently the hall imposes some form of quota on every resident on internet usage.
Jared reminded us to bring our passports because he wanted to bring us to 'A FEW BARS'
And yes, he honoured his promise.
We went BAR CRAWLING - moving from one bar to another - in a big group. The ang moh looked like us as if we were some nerds, or perhaps a bunch of teens who had just turned 18 and were eager to try out things unreachable by underaged.
We played drinking game and I lost twice (Sze Rhui, and Su Yin also lost twice; Kai Xun lost thrice; Jared wanted to lose but luck wasn't at his side :)
I drank 2 x half glass = one huge glass of beer and got a bit high and dizzy. But later we went bar dancing to kill the sleeping worm. Haha, and I ended up very energetic.
THE SECOND DAY................
We woke up and got ready for the day trip. But surprisingly the usually sleepy us woke up really really early.Thanks to the bright sunlight of Canberra that shone on my face.
We went to Australia National University.
And this is the ANU equivalent of Macquarie Uni's The Grand Walk
On top of the Telstra tower.
The bird-eye view of Canberra from Telstra tower.
There are flowers all over Canberra during spring. These are just puny little flowers which are step-resistant.
I took this pic on my way down from the Black Mountain on which the Telstra tower is located.
Lake Berley Griffin of Camberra. Canberra being a planned city has got no water - front. For the sake of feng-shui the Aussie dug a man-made lake, named after the architect of Canberra Berley Griffin
Australian History lesson thus began.
The museum's strange symbol. It looked like a roler coaster rail from far.
In front of the new parliament house with my fellow Canberran ex-Taylorians.
By the way Shern Ren (in yellow jumper) why you looked so ............... interestingly away from the camera??
Here goes the story that Kai Xun told us:
to be continue.....
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