journey series: ladies and gentlemen, welcome to sydney

Well, I have no photos yet, but I'm officially in Sydney.

I'm starting to hate airports because now that I'm getting older, separation anxiety is becoming a term in my vocabulary, and it's not the best having that weird feeling leaving a town that you've grown to love over the course of your stay. Same thing happened when I left Manila, and had it when I left Melbourne this morning.

I think I'm an unofficial Melburnian!

(Yes, apparently, that's how you spell it!)

I love my little euro-chic city, and the country-side charm the East has. I'm sure to visit now and then... can't wait for my first long weekend! HAHAHA.

Nevertheless, I embrace my new city, and hope for the best in this next stretch of life.

Oh, and gung hei fat choi! (It's Chinese new year, and it's my year: DRAGON, blaze on!)

journey series: what i wake up to, melbourne mornings.

so far, i wake up to this on my melbourne mornings.

still got a week before i head on over to sydney. getting some things settled like opening a bank account and getting a mobile phone set-up. so far i still haven't shaken off the los angeles pace coz i still find myself hurrying and rushing, and constantly shuffling trying to do as much as i can in a short amount of time. but time feels a lot slower here, and so i get more things done in about an hour or so.

for some time i thought that it was a severe case of anxiety, but i forgot that i often encounter this feeling when going intercontinental. each region with a pace of its own, america just so happens to run on the fastest clock.

so i hope to breathe slower, relax a little longer, and settle in soon ... i can't believe i'm actually here, doing this, pursuing what i ought i said would. this is my, "living the dream"

journey series: stop over numero dos

caught a flight to melbourne from manila on jan 9th, PR209.
arrived safely at Tulla, and took this photo aboard skybus to Southern Cross station.
i am now on official australian grounds!

where.

they said it was the streets of paris, but i knew better. it was the beautiful little collins in melbourne.

i watched killer elite the other night with my dad, it was an alright movie i'd say-- (not really up for a crit or commentary at the moment, that might've been a one-time deal..)

anyway, closing scene was set to be Paris in the 1980s, and i know all about movie magic and all that stuff. so i knew after they'd mentioned something about film victoria in the opening credits (and yarra valley in the beginning of the film), that perhaps the ending scene of killer elite was actually in one of my favorite destinations in melbourne. the building on the left (white and gray) was the actual giveaway. i thought it was too familiar, and i actually took a photo of it on my last visit. ... and voila, after i went googlemaps and searched the image, there it is!

*screen cap was taken from online movie streaming site-- skipped to the end to confirm.

point is, oz is calling out to me. miss melbourne so much! my heart breaks from being so far away for too long!

reminiscin'

had a laborious job saving pictures of someone else from another someone else's facebook album...
reminded me of all the pending australia photos i have on cds, a thumb drive (that is so jampacked with precious precious media!), and my memory card that's close to reaching its limit as well.... oh i'm missing australia so much! these are the only pictures i have to share so far, stole them off my friend's facebook album!

my day out with tj & jesse; following were taken around melbourne, australia!

uber windy in st kilda that day, but i love winter so no complaints! and a cuppa's always good on cold, beautiful gloomy days! ... oh melbourne, i miss your cafes, lamingtons, and muddy local footy! can't wait to see you again :)

flight status

after being postponed SEVERAL times, i'm giving flying a shot this week. finally.
i woke up feeling hopeful today, then i get a bout of discouraging words and now i'm close to a boil.
i want to complain, but it's just not ... idk, anyway.

i hope to see you soon australia.
here;s a place i hope to hang around in during my stay, the block arcade.