Back in Sg!

Oz is a nice place with nice scenery but shopping's nothing much to crow about coz the fashion's reali unappealing coupled with the high prices. I cant even find any semblance of mango or zara so i realised how much i missed sg shopping. met up with my friends in melbourne in the chilling cold of the evening. they were telling me how lousy the local papers eg the age were and sure enough, i burst out laughing after flipping a few pages of the papers which were filled with tabloids! one shared with me how he asked his colleagues what they thought of the OJ Simpson case and they didnt know who that was. they missed our Straits Times, the predictable weather here coz melbourne's weather is really cranky and i can vouch for that as i was shivering big time in the freaking cold (esp in philip island) though its supposed to be summer! even though i slept without aircon in the hotel room, i woke up freezing like crazy in the room. i came down with a bad flu thanks to the cold. also, life seemed to move too slowly that it was driving me nuts, no shopping by a certain time, the x mas decorations would only stop at a pathetic row of decor (according to my frens), toilets weren't as desirable as those in taka. i really do appreciate what we are pampered with in sg.

sydney's a nicer place as it's more like sg though the lack of shopping made me feel really deprived. but i must say that paddy's market rocks, with all the paraphernalia going at low prices and good bargains. unfortunately, the sydney tour guide sucks, he's some china man who was mumbling to himself and brought us to shops where he earned commission, thank goodness our local tour agent from Hong Thai took good care of us and was responsible. Anyway, Blue Mt is really quite an experience. nice place with rather blue mts of course. in all, i love the sightseeing but definitely not the shopping so u can imagine how i ravaged the town when i came back since i hardly spent much overseas. still, with the kinda pathetic bonus and pay im getting, i'd better restrain and discipline myself lest i max out my credit card again. i wish im so lucky like my frens who are getting such high bonuses eg twenty months bonuses with a monthly salary of ten k. guess its justified that i should just quit my current job but that means i wont be able to do my masters foc next yr. anyway, im in the midst of making very crucial n impt plans for my career blah blah so wish me luck that i'll make the right decision.

meanwhile, here's wishing all of ya a merry xmas and happy new year while i look forward to the start of 2007 with gloom :(