Christmas in Melbourne

Hi there! Once again I’ve been busy with stuffs since the last post. My cousin came from Sydney to learn about programming (which I have to teach her), and my parents came for my graduation. Yeah, I graduated few days ago from Swinburne University in Melbourne. Finally I get a hold of that bachelor degree. We’re planning to go to Sydney in few days from now, so I just drop by to greet you guys.

This Christmas is the first Christmas in a couple of years that I celebrated abroad. I do remember celebrating Christmas in Singapore years back then when I was 8-years old or something. In my home country, Christmas is usually the time for going out with families in shopping centres or department stores. Apparently that is not the case in developed countries, at least in Melbourne.

Aside from the cool summer that I experience in Melbourne, Christmas in Melbourne also offer something different. Not only today’s weather is quite colder than your usual cool day in Melbourne, it was also windy and chilly. I literally had to use jackets or jumpers when I went out with my family.

The other difference, there was literally no crowd whatsoever this afternoon. Very different from what I had expected or experienced in Indonesia. There was also very small traffic. I guess many people decide that it IS the time for family.

Speaking about family, I’m spending this Christmas with my family. I am lucky enough that they were able to come here for my graduation and spend Christmas together. For those who weren’t able to meet your families during this Christmas season, don’t be disappointed and keep your spirit high!

Well, I wish you a very merry Christmas this year, and hopefully you’re able to enjoy it as much as I do. Just a simple question, what did you do this Christmas? See you next post..!

jovee~

Summer Breeze

Hi! Lately I’ve been busy moving out to my new place. It’s so tiring. I was going back and forth for many times just for moving those stuffs. I didn’t realise that I’d be having this much stuffs, anyway. Luckily, Melbourne’s weather is quite nice in this summer.

Speaking of weather, it’s now summer in Melbourne but while I’m writing this post, it’s 13 degrees Celsius outside. Yes, it’s a very cool summer in Melbourne. I can say that I’m very fortunate that my new place has a heating and air conditioning unit installed. There’s just one problem.

It seems that everytime we (me and my housemates, of course) tried to order something, we ended up having to either go to the post office (which is just a few metres away) or call the delivery man back because it seems that the deliverer didn’t know about our place.

It first happened few weeks ago when we secured the place. I need to connect to the energy (that is, gas and electricity) as well as water. What pisses me off is that, they all said that someone would came over and do the reading of the meters, but in fact no one came. Not even a knock on the door. What’s worse, I ACTUALLY waited for them. I was like wasting my time in my new place alone for two or three days.

A couple days ago I started to move my gadgets out. I gotta admit though, I have TOO many gadgets. And moving them was a pain in the ass feet. Not mentioning the tram I had to take to go back to my old place was very damn late everytime. Seems that I really need to stop buying gadgets (New Year’s resolution, maybe?).

Still, I like my new place. It’s cool in summer, at least (I dunno about the warm in winter part, though. LOL.), and added by the sudden change in Melbourne’s weather, I’d say it’s actually freezing in summer. The only thing I probably don’t like is the fact that our rooms got halogen bulbs installed. Halogen bulbs emit yellow light, and that makes me feel dizzy when using computers. I’ll probably change those tomorrow.

My cousin from Sydney will be coming to Melbourne this Sunday. She’ll be here to study PHP for about a week or so. Then my family will be coming in the third week of December. And that said, I’ll probably be busy enough to keep them happy, so I beg your pardon if I hadn’t got the chance to post something. Anyway, see you next post, enjoy your holiday!