Hellooooooo, you Club 30 folks! How are you? I've missed all of
you tremendously!!
I still don't have my own PC yet. I've missed being online and
decided to visit the library at the hospital to access the
internet. Can you imagine, it's been five weeks since I've left...
and I've survived without a PC and the internet! 
I know quite a few of you are anxious to know this quitter's
report, as MG put it in my last thread before I left SG. Bottom
line, I LOVE IT!!
Any regrets?
YES... I should have left for Melbourne sooner!! 
fymk's right, Melbourne is cosmopolitan and very easy to love! I
haven't felt homesick badly since arriving because I can find most
of the food that I love in restaurants here, and if I can't, it's
amazing what I found in the various Asian grocery shops here! My
first weekend in town, I went to look for CHOYA and whaddaya know,
found it sitting snugly in the shelves in an Asian grocery shop in
Chinatown! I
didn't buy it then cause I had to 'conserve resources' but soon, I
shall! 
During this time, I've settled in at work, and also managed to find
myself a bright and lovely one-bedroom apartment within walking
distance to my workplace. I love my apartment - it's quiet, has
some form of security, is near the tram stops and town, the shops
and a neighbourhood mall. It's also near an Asian enclave where
there are tons of Asian restaurants, grocery shops, butchers and
seafood mongers and on Saturdays, there's an open-air farmers'
market nearby too!
I'm snug as a bug in my cozy apartment cause I managed to furnish
it during the great mid-year sales here and I managed to get some
pretty good bargains on electrical appliances and furnishings.
Guess I'll only be able to show all of you photos only when I have
my own PC, which should be before the end of the year. 
Besides working and doing up my place and eating, I've been...
SHOPPING!!
I've got lovely winter coats now, most of them with faux fur trim
(cause I just love 'em!), all of them great bargains too! I've
found quite a few bookstores here, including Borders. What can we do without books? I still
think the Borders and Kino back home are larger with a much wider
selection of titles, though.
Other than books, I've been spending my shopping time in the
department stores here - Target, K-mart, Myers, and other stores
like Ikea, Harvey Norman, and the large supermart, Coles. I've been
having FUN!
I've got so many stories to tell... but I shall leave them all to
another day when I access the internet again. Till then, thanks to
those of you who left good wishes for me! I do miss
all of you! 
Take care, everyone! No worries!
