Taking nite pics in Melbourne (Day 4)

As the title mentioned, I went out at night to take pics cuz it was not raining le!! Yay! Haha... It was still raining in the morning and the bottom of my jeans actually got wet... Made me felt so uncomfortable... But towards the mid-aftrn, the rain stopped! Good news to me cuz I have been wanting to go out at nite to take pics...
In the morning, Andrew brought me to Queen Victoria Market and both us had American doughnuts... It's kinda special as there is no hole in the middle and it has fillings wor! I think it's strawberry jam... Reminded me of Auckland's mini donuts...
Queen Victoria Market (QVM) actually looks kinda like Malaysian's Petaling Street eh? Only over there in QVM, got no "branded" stuffs, the walking space is bigger and got no one asking "ham pin, ham pin?" (porn, porn?)... -_-||

They actually sell lotsa stuffs in QVM ranging from souvenirs to clothings to accessories and even foodstuffs... They sell it really cheap too...
While it was still raining, I took the tourist bus (free service) to the Melbourne museum... I slept in the bus cuz was really tired and the weather was soooo nice... Hehe... The museum is located opposite the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), shown above... My friends studying in the Melbourne Uni all took their exams in this building... The building is really huge too! Made me look like an ant standing beside it...
I made my way into the museum... Flashing my student card, I got a concession (free entry)... In the above is Australia's first computer, CSIRAC... And guess what, a 2004 laptop can easily beat it flat! I read the description and this thing weighs roughly 2.5 tons and all of its capabilities (or even better) can be fitted into a 2.5 kg laptop... The world has changed a lot in the last 3 decades eh?
Melbourne museum is really unique... Why? Cuz they actually have a jungle inside it! A real one... Real trees, real birds, real insects, snakes and even fishes... Thank gudness no flies... Haha!
After bout 2 or 3 hours in the museum, I came out and to my surprise, it stopped raining! I was so happy.. Haha... So, I went passed the REB and into Carlton Gardens (above) and towards the city...
Walked and walked, I reached Chinatown (the other side)...
Seems like the Chinese migrants there are quite patriotic too eh? Haha...
Soon after, it started to rain AGAIN!! T.T It was so disheartening.... Smore so heavily... But I still managed to took this pic... Chinatown's arc...
After a while, I thought that it was already late and I headed back to Andrew's palce... Apparently, that nite, they had planned to celebrate Rachel's belated birthday... Hehe... 11 of us attended but the cake was pretty small... Hehe... I guess the cakes there shud b quite expensive gua.....
Group photo!! Without me.... Haha... I dun like the photo that the waiter took for us.. So, I put this up instead... Standing, from left, Charlene, Kar Mun, Sasi, Shin Hoon, Andrew, Sze Kee and Irene while sitting from left, Hui Qing, Rachel and Kia Xin... They consist of vets, doctors and engineers-to-be...
When I went home after my walk before the party, the rain stopped and I was kinda happy with that cuz it means at nite I got the chance to go out take some nite shots! So, I juz nid to hope it doesn't rain til I finished taking those shots la... Haha...
These are juz some of the shots that I took... Wanna see more? Click here
As I had said before, Melbourne is full of strange shop names la... -_-|| Although the real name doesn't mean what I was thinking *hehehe* but it still sounds dodgy la.... Man Mo as in slowly touch... XD
And continue with my nite shots... This is the Yarra river...
I've always wanted to take nice panoramic shots... I cant blieve I actually did it!! Click to enlarge...
After walking so much, from south to north to west to east, I actually rested a bit... Legs all gonna break dy... Haha!
Around 10 plus, I headed back... Thanks to Charlene and Kia Xin who brought me around that nite... If not, I wouldn't have been able to go to so many places to take the nite shots...

The next day, Shin Hoon and Brian sent me off to the bus stand where I took the Skybus to the airport... Took off at bout 1005 am towards Malaysia! Frankly speaking, it was really a nice trip in Melbourne with all those friends bringin me around or meeting me up though they're busy with their own stuffs... I'll blog till here la... :) Gotta rest early tonite to prepare for tmrw!! I'll be working starting tmrw for two months! Excited and nervous at the same time... Hehe.. Gdnite, ppl! C ya~