Perth is kind of dead city. I felt like the people here are either too lazy or have too much of money at their disposal. In Malaysia, Saturdays and Sundays are actually the most profitable business period for retails and eateries. It’s a common sense to open on these days so you could have better accounting figures in your balance sheet. However, here in Perth, retails and eateries only open until 12 noon and completely closed on Sunday. Basically, you can’t do anything in the weekends, not even shopping and fine-dining.
So, what my housemate and I did today was to walk around Bentley area and campus zone. Of course, I’m the guide. I would say they were pretty lucky to have me as their direct reference. For me, I learnt the area through the hard way during the lonely days, with just a backpack that contained a map and a bottle of water.
This is the picture I took for them before we departed. The location was the junction of Farnham Street and Lawson Road, which is just outside of the block that we stay. The car at the back was Accord Euro, a common road car in Singapore.
This picture was taken on the way to the campus. Check out the background. The outstanding grey building is Curtin Business School 1, which I will spend some time in over this semester. Proudly and also sadly to say, it’s the tallest and ugliest building in the campus.
My property job aftermath bug hit me again. Try to examine the roof structure. It was built out of steel, which I think a lot stronger than common Malaysian house wooden roof structure. I was wondering whether is steel a cheaper material here.
Another rare car spotted, Subaru Liberty. I’m not sure whether the bodykit is original, but it did create an aggressive stance and the kit fit the lines of the car too.
The area-scouting was quite tiring for both my housemate. Daniel (above) slept with his bolster on the bench in kitchen. Yes, I do mean kitchen. William a.k.a Wai Hang (below) was busy toying his new phone. By the way, prepaid packages in Perth are so cheap. I bought a prepaid starter pack for $29.95. After activate the so call ‘Turbocharger’ plan, I have $150 to make phone calls. Calls made to Malaysia Maxis only charged me around 70~80 cents per minute. I paid $30 for $150, not bad at all. As for William, he bought a starter kit with the starter pack and a brand-new-from-the-box Motorola V3. The price was merely $113!
The spaghetti yesterday was a bit too much, we left over a lot. To reduce wastage, as every penny in Australia hurts, I re-cooked the spaghetti into something different for dinner. I just add some red wine and throw everything in. The end result was ‘Spaghetti Goreng Mamak Style’. It tasted quite good and my housemates liked it.
As the scouting mission in Bentley accomplished, we planned to head to Cannington tomorrow. This is the suburb of Perth that I know how to walk around besides Bentley.
So, what my housemate and I did today was to walk around Bentley area and campus zone. Of course, I’m the guide. I would say they were pretty lucky to have me as their direct reference. For me, I learnt the area through the hard way during the lonely days, with just a backpack that contained a map and a bottle of water.
This is the picture I took for them before we departed. The location was the junction of Farnham Street and Lawson Road, which is just outside of the block that we stay. The car at the back was Accord Euro, a common road car in Singapore.
This picture was taken on the way to the campus. Check out the background. The outstanding grey building is Curtin Business School 1, which I will spend some time in over this semester. Proudly and also sadly to say, it’s the tallest and ugliest building in the campus.
My property job aftermath bug hit me again. Try to examine the roof structure. It was built out of steel, which I think a lot stronger than common Malaysian house wooden roof structure. I was wondering whether is steel a cheaper material here.
Another rare car spotted, Subaru Liberty. I’m not sure whether the bodykit is original, but it did create an aggressive stance and the kit fit the lines of the car too.
The area-scouting was quite tiring for both my housemate. Daniel (above) slept with his bolster on the bench in kitchen. Yes, I do mean kitchen. William a.k.a Wai Hang (below) was busy toying his new phone. By the way, prepaid packages in Perth are so cheap. I bought a prepaid starter pack for $29.95. After activate the so call ‘Turbocharger’ plan, I have $150 to make phone calls. Calls made to Malaysia Maxis only charged me around 70~80 cents per minute. I paid $30 for $150, not bad at all. As for William, he bought a starter kit with the starter pack and a brand-new-from-the-box Motorola V3. The price was merely $113!
The spaghetti yesterday was a bit too much, we left over a lot. To reduce wastage, as every penny in Australia hurts, I re-cooked the spaghetti into something different for dinner. I just add some red wine and throw everything in. The end result was ‘Spaghetti Goreng Mamak Style’. It tasted quite good and my housemates liked it.
As the scouting mission in Bentley accomplished, we planned to head to Cannington tomorrow. This is the suburb of Perth that I know how to walk around besides Bentley.
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