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Monday, December 27, 2004

Ok..back to Kuching.~Home sweet home~.It is so hot out there at Perth...although it is very cold at night and in the early hours of the morning.But well seems like everyone there is used to the degree of heat there.

I arrived at Perth,waited for at least an hour for our transport.Ugh wasting time.Anyway I arrived,I thought it was afternoon 1pm.It was so bright...when it was only 5am.Since the group I went with consists of 3 families,we have 16 people.=) .My family shared a van/minibus with another family..while Melvin's family got a way better car.We toured the streets of Perth with maps only.

We checked in a hotel.Actually... not really a hotel.A service apartment.After that we went on walking the streets.Think it is busy?No... .There's nearly no cars.. not even a soul and this is Perth city.!Everyone is celebrating Christmas eve and Christmas at home.Only some shops were open.On the first day I went for hungry jacks.Quite impressed at the way they do their stuff.You can order your food and collect your food without getting out of your car.You just order the food through a microphone and then you drive to the other side to collect it.It's called the drive thru system.Also..since I've been in Kuching all this while, I've never seen a cleaner place than Perth.People there can lie down on the grass anytime..the place is clean!.

The river in Perth looks like an ocean.The water is so clean that all that is in there is aquatic life.I sat on the cruise.A package called cynic cruise I think.Hm the view is nice.The city is organized.However it was a near 3 hours cruise and I fell asleep after a while.Can't blame me!There is air conditioning..it is just so comfortable.

I also went to see Canning College.Curtin was closed so I can't go in Vickery house.So I still do not know my address there=(.Also... during summer, it is not very fun to walk around Perth.The flies would bother you...and you will be annoyed..Really annoyed.Hm..I also witnessed a small part of a wedding.A chinese girl marrying some foreigner..and it was done in traditional chinese costume.I saw it...at a park.Hahah.A friend guided us there..my former schoolmate and Melvin's classmate.Earlier on we went to his house and I guess ate all the biscuits..Of course it is hard to feed 16 hungry people.

On the last day,I went to a beach.The place is nice...and the toilets are clean unlike some places.After that, we decided to dine in a chinese restaurant for dinner.I don't know what to say..wasn't very nice.The waitress.. voice is so high pitched.She also is not polite.I guess she is not right somewhere in the head.She also has a habit of scratching her backside every while and then.If you eat at that restaurant,I'll recommend the need for more company...if not you will freak out.When we finished,we were ver thankful .We just got out.

I also met a very helpful person at the petrol kiosk.At first I thought he was an attendant because he was cleaning a car.And because he even offered his service to us,I did not have a reason to doubt that...until,he entered the car next to us and joined his family.haha.After that we went back.Checked the price needed to be payed by each family and finish the math.Slept early to catch the early plane at 6.40am .

Derek | 4:30 pm