le melbourne oliday

Our trip to Melbourne (VJ and I) had a French flavour. This was due to the influence of Gof, his French roommate Richard and French girlfriend Adelaide. Soon poor, not so poor, and genuine French accents abounded.

Basically the trip consisted of alcoholic sojourns to restaurants, cafes, clubs and bars around the trendier regions of Melbourne. Namely Toorak (where Gof resides in a run down 70's flat behind a suburban GP), St. Kilda and the City. We also took in a stint at the Casino, a day shopping along Chapel St. and 3 hours worth of King Kong - which was incidentally, fabulous.

I looked awesome throughout having packed appropriately with enough room to mix and match. Adelaide had plenty of photos on her camera but alas, I have not been able to retrieve them, and they may well be lost to the wolrd forever. Hopefully she will store them and get them to Gof. I only bought 2 items on the trip. A white on white embroidered Gucci Baseball Cap, and black on black embroided Dolce & Gabbana Tie, both a few seasons old and worn but appropriately discounted.

Gof's place is a lot like my old house at Torrens. Flimsy wood panelling and cheesy, peeling wallpaper. High ceilings and large living areas but small cloistered laundry, bathrooms and kitchens. Not exactly modern living, but very comfortable despite the moth eaten secondary couch that VJ and I alternatively slept upon.

New Years itself was spent beneath a spectacularly choreagraphed fireworks show on the Yarra. A rest on the warm St. Kilda beach proved invaluable as Gof and I then chased VJ down for the next several hours before abandoning the pursuit to catch a packed tram home, only for him to beat us there.

On the last day sped through the Stanley Kubrick exhibition, only to run out of time having woken and arrived too late. In the end we missed the flight but hopped on the next one with no harm done. Now I guess it's time to get into a routine, slog through some work to get back in the black, and maybe catch a few more movies over the summer before soccer and uni begin to re-exert their influence.

Also, I owned at Dance Machine in Melbourne. I am now lvl 6 standard and can finish lvl 7 songs but fail them.