Finally I got a stable line of my own to start blogging. Damn it took me more than a week to do so, but anywho, let's write them out before my memory depreciates.
It all began at the LCCT (yup I took AirAsia for both SBW-KUL and KUL-PER). Arrived at KUL at 4pm and got 6 hours to kill before the PER flight at 12am. Thankfully got Sitchin's 400 pages thick The Wars of Gods and Men to help me avoid turning into Tom Hanks in his movie The Terminal.
Then by midnite, regrouped with my mates who were on exchange program as well, and then we embarked on our 5 hours journey to Down Under. Gosh, the flight was no where close to the word "comfort". It's either my seat was nonadjustable, or maybe I'm noob and can't find the adjusting lever. So the whole flight I was trying to sleep at 30 degrees position, leaning behind the wall of the lavatory. How long did I sleep? 1 hour. Had a nice chat with a 2nd year UWA A&F girl seated beside me though, but that did not change the fact I did not get enough sleep.
Arrived at PER around 5:30am, ok la technically 6am because of the long immigration and custom checks. After those were done, got me a Vodafone simcard (BIG MISTAKE!) and got out of the airport.
Wah, the air in Perth is so fresh and cold, although it is not the chill-to-the-bone kinda cold. Got to a friend's aunt's place to chill before check in (thanks Khe Han's auntie!). At 2:30pm checked into Vickery in Bentley. The campus IS large, but it's kinda short walking distance from one point to the other. It's just the huge buildings that make the campus seem bigger. Owh and my house is "happening" with all dudes from Kenya, Mauritius to Malaysia. Reminds me of the good old days in Curtin Villa in Miri.
Within less than 2 days I met up with old comrades who were already in Perth from the time of old. As mentioned, it's a small town and it is peaceful. And closes at 5pm.
One thing I find it hard to find here is halal meat! Owh gosh the first week went on without a decent meat because I was still settling down. I managed to go through though, although people having misconceptions of what is kosher or halal made me more cautious of the food here (if the chicken is not slaughtered it not kosher dude!).
Well also, the rivalry of big companies here (along with their services) are reminiscent of those at homes. We have Telstra (TMNet) that arguably have poor service as mentioned by the locals (although it's better than TMNet's speed, I wonder how the Ozzies will feel like if they experience Streamyx). And there's this AUD29.00 reload that gives you AUD150.00 credit. Yea I was WTF at first but then I know how they played, hence the joy when I got my Vodafone number. It charges you more for SMS or calls so actually the rate is the same with normal reload value. And a LOT of comrades here uses Optus, so the charge is higher for both sides. Now I'm considering changing to Optus if my usage rate is highER than my tolerance level.
Haven't been to all parts of Perth. Just Swan Valley and Fremantle. Even so I can tell you buildings here don't exceed 3 stories. And to those who Word-of-Mouthed me about the fish and chips in Freo, you guys are spreading it blatantly man. Nothing special about the fish & chips there la, although it does make you full. But I will continue my personal sub-quest for the ultimate Fish & Chips in PER.
Well that's all for now. It's now the transition of summer into autumn with awesome 16°C nights. Semester has begun and from the looks of it, I can't get cocky here because now there are more predators in class with better skills.
Cheers~!
It all began at the LCCT (yup I took AirAsia for both SBW-KUL and KUL-PER). Arrived at KUL at 4pm and got 6 hours to kill before the PER flight at 12am. Thankfully got Sitchin's 400 pages thick The Wars of Gods and Men to help me avoid turning into Tom Hanks in his movie The Terminal.
Then by midnite, regrouped with my mates who were on exchange program as well, and then we embarked on our 5 hours journey to Down Under. Gosh, the flight was no where close to the word "comfort". It's either my seat was nonadjustable, or maybe I'm noob and can't find the adjusting lever. So the whole flight I was trying to sleep at 30 degrees position, leaning behind the wall of the lavatory. How long did I sleep? 1 hour. Had a nice chat with a 2nd year UWA A&F girl seated beside me though, but that did not change the fact I did not get enough sleep.
Arrived at PER around 5:30am, ok la technically 6am because of the long immigration and custom checks. After those were done, got me a Vodafone simcard (BIG MISTAKE!) and got out of the airport.
Wah, the air in Perth is so fresh and cold, although it is not the chill-to-the-bone kinda cold. Got to a friend's aunt's place to chill before check in (thanks Khe Han's auntie!). At 2:30pm checked into Vickery in Bentley. The campus IS large, but it's kinda short walking distance from one point to the other. It's just the huge buildings that make the campus seem bigger. Owh and my house is "happening" with all dudes from Kenya, Mauritius to Malaysia. Reminds me of the good old days in Curtin Villa in Miri.
Within less than 2 days I met up with old comrades who were already in Perth from the time of old. As mentioned, it's a small town and it is peaceful. And closes at 5pm.
One thing I find it hard to find here is halal meat! Owh gosh the first week went on without a decent meat because I was still settling down. I managed to go through though, although people having misconceptions of what is kosher or halal made me more cautious of the food here (if the chicken is not slaughtered it not kosher dude!).
Well also, the rivalry of big companies here (along with their services) are reminiscent of those at homes. We have Telstra (TMNet) that arguably have poor service as mentioned by the locals (although it's better than TMNet's speed, I wonder how the Ozzies will feel like if they experience Streamyx). And there's this AUD29.00 reload that gives you AUD150.00 credit. Yea I was WTF at first but then I know how they played, hence the joy when I got my Vodafone number. It charges you more for SMS or calls so actually the rate is the same with normal reload value. And a LOT of comrades here uses Optus, so the charge is higher for both sides. Now I'm considering changing to Optus if my usage rate is highER than my tolerance level.
Haven't been to all parts of Perth. Just Swan Valley and Fremantle. Even so I can tell you buildings here don't exceed 3 stories. And to those who Word-of-Mouthed me about the fish and chips in Freo, you guys are spreading it blatantly man. Nothing special about the fish & chips there la, although it does make you full. But I will continue my personal sub-quest for the ultimate Fish & Chips in PER.
Well that's all for now. It's now the transition of summer into autumn with awesome 16°C nights. Semester has begun and from the looks of it, I can't get cocky here because now there are more predators in class with better skills.
Cheers~!
1 comment:
OO cos u all on prepaid is it? everyone here is on 3, the 2 years plan that give u a free phone + for my plan i got 200 free minutes for 3 to 3 call. Vodafone is quite good lah, at least very good coverage + sms is cheaper for international.
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