It was such a short trip, and now I am back in Taipei.
Gosh I really I really miss Melbourne. I really had a great time.
Hope I can go back again in July.
Tag: melbourne
I am experiencing quite a lot of strange weather changes recently.
I was in Turkey last year and experienced the coldest day in 10 years, around -10 degrees celsius.
During my honeynoon, when I was in France some said it was the first time since 1937 where it snowed in an October.
This time back in Melbourne, I experiencied three consecutive days of temperatures above 43 degrees celsius, which is the first time in the history of Melbourne weather bureau since records began in 1855.
Coincidently, the mercury peaked at 45 degrees celsius yoday, the hottest in 70 years.
Great, all of these weather changes is making me think one thing. The end of the world is coming.
Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco are playing their semi-final match at the Australian Open right now. I hope Nadal wins.
Only a few days back in Melbourne I am already experience something I haven’t experienced in a long time.
Heat.
Melbourne is expecting a four consecutive days of 40 degrees Celsius or more in more than a decade.
Today is the first day, and the weather bureau records the the hottest in six years, at 43.4 degrees.
They expect tomorrow to get even hotter. Oh boy, I cannot wait.
Next week is going to be strange. I will fly back to Australia, well, not for holidays, but for work related trip. I will stay in Sydney, but I need to make my own way to Melbourne.
Company is stingy. They won’t let me have a direct flight back to Taipei from Melbourne, because I purposely delayed the trip for personal benefit. Gay.
Anyway, like always, I am under tremendous pressure again. I don’t like business trips. They send you and make sure you cannot come back unless you get the tasks done.
If this statement stands, then dammit!! Maybe I cannot come back.
My nine days Chinese New Year break felt a lot shorter than expected. Like always, whenever I have fun, time seems to move at a much faster pace, and this Chinese New Year break was no exception.
Yep, again, we went to Crown Casino, just like every other time I came back, I spent money and gambled a bit. After all, there is one thing I must continue to remind myself, which is, you can never beat the games at the casino. No, never, and you can never win more than you lose. It is just human nature, that when you start winning, people tend to stick around a bit longer, and by the time you realise it, you have already lost it all.
It is funny how I always try to remind myself this before I play, but at the end I still go home regretting why didn’t I stop sooner.
His name is Brendan and he is only two months old. For some reason he looks a lot bigger for a two months old infant.
Brendan is absolutely adorable and playful. It is funny but from memory, most of the infants all they do is cry and cry, but Brendan doesn’t cry much at all.
Brendan loves camera. Everytime I have the camera pointing at Brendan, he would start to smile. He is just simply gorgeous and wonderful to be around with.
On the plane coming to Melbourne, I saw this this Taiwan news listed under China section. Why? Is it because The Standard is a China newspaper?
Melbourne hasn’t changed that much since the last time I came back. There are a few new buildings, but most of the places have remained pretty much the same. I went to a Japanese grocery store and noticed they have many more flavors of Hi-Chews than the ones being sold in Taiwan.
Anyway, it is good to be with mum and dad again.
3pm is my flight, and oh my, I cannot wait to fly back and see my little nephew Brendan. I will be taking a lot of pictures for sure!
I also got my bonus today. Not a lot, but better than last year, so I have nothing to complaint about.