Entries on: August 2007

Here I am… back in Beijing again…. Arrived in Beijing at midnight yesterday.
One day has passed, and I have to say that I accomplish quite a lot today.
I couldn’t sleep well last night, it was a bit hot even though the aircon was turned on. So I woke up like at 4AM and organised my [...]

Happy 62nd Independence Day, Indonesia-ku!!
Long live the republic! LOL!!
As some of you probably know, 17 August is Indonesia’s Independence Day. This year is our country’s 62nd year of independence, and I’m glad that I am able to witness the nation’s celebration once again after few years of never seeing one.
The atmosphere reminds me of what [...]

After those few days of lonely and inactive days and nights, I’m finally back home! Thank God my parents were granted with their Resident Return Visas in only two days!
Looking back of what has been happening the last 12 days in Melbourne… I have to say that it was rewarding nonetheless. Although I didn’t [...]

Not enough with all the activities I did during the day, I went to dinner with Nathan and Linda at Oriental Tea House on Chapel St.
I had never been to this tea house before, and apparently they serve “yum cha” in the evening!
It was weird to eat yum cha in the evening because I always [...]

All I can say is what a day!
Mark took me to Cardinia, which is one of Melbourne’s water reservoirs. Here you can see why Melbourne is on Water Restrictions stage 3a. The water level there was very low, I think it wasn’t even half-full there.
After that, we went to the Puffing Billy in Belgrave. It [...]