Fast Forward to Day 2. I woke up around 6 a.m. in the morning (which is around 4 a.m. in Malaysia), literally I didn't sleep at all, still getting used to foreign bed and temperature. When I travel whether domestically or abroad, I have this habit of not wasting any time and optimize my time fully to explore the foreign land. Factoring in the cost to get here, every minute here is money and it's not a good practice to waste time especially when time=money. I went for a shower and found that the water here is freaking cold as well, considering the fact that I don't really use hot shower back in Malaysia. And you would've known the hot water knob and cold water knob are all messed up worldwide. It took great amount of effort to get the right composition of hot and cold water. Then I was all set to take on the world...
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| Bernard on The Way to School. Guiding Me to Tram Station |
Surely I have done some research prior my arrival in Melbourne. The best advice I got was to come with something warm, like a hoodie. It appears to be the best advice ever, although, at times, the disparity of weather is huge where you can have a Super Cold Windy day in the morning, and a bright sunny day or gloomy rainy day in the afternoon. The funny thing is that the rain will last at most 30 minutes on and off, giving me enough time for the cool blasting wind to dry off my hoodie.
Bernard brought me to nearby Tram station and give me some basic guide to navigating in the city. And later off he is off to his university for classes, leaving the whole Melbourne to me. Everything thing is new to me, the air I breathed seems fresher, the road seems cleaner, the people here seems friendlier and it is just endless excitement for me as I am about to explore the city...
Without Leaps of Imagination, or Dreaming, We Lose The Excitement of Possibilities. Dreaming, After All, Is A Form of Planning.
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| Australians with Beautiful Faces and Big Eyes. |
My first encounter with the Tram Service is that the tram is quite punctual and it is designed to give comfort to both seating and standing passengers. You have a place to lean onto like the beautiful girl in the picture. This is totally different from the public transport we have back in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tram sailed smoothly amidst the traffic and cars would need to give way to the tram. Passengers would need to touch on the machine for payment like Touch'N Go back in Malaysia, the difference is that once you've touched more than A$7.50, the machine will stop deducting from the MyKI card once the amount is achieved. After 45 minutes since boarding, finally I have made it to the Melbourne City, the view is spectacular and the architecture is as beautiful as what you can see in the movie or on the drawing. Building since the British Colonial era all is well-preserved. The views in Melbourne is just beautiful and vivid in my memory until today.
As I stepped into the city, the first thing that captured my eyes was the grand church built by the roadside, called Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. (Which I thought It's called St. Peters Church or something. Guess I'm wrong on this..) I've watched such building previously through the documentary or travel programs on Television. It is truly hard to believe one stands right in front of me, I was both moved and excited at the same time. It would be great if I could take a peak inside, but it was not open to public at that time. It's more than enough to take a great look and engrave it into my memory, this is one of that moment that will last forever for me.
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| Beautiful Church Along The Road Side. Clear Weather Too. |
The First Encounter
I am not going to hide how excited I am to finally be able to be in Melbourne, considering it is my first oversea trip, practically alone without a companion. Some of my friends and family members figured that I might have gone nuts for a minute when I started telling them my plan. That's just me, I like to walk around and experience the world by myself. I guarantee that you will have the time of your life, if only you decided to stop listen to Nay Sayers and live according to your own will. Break free and live up to your full potential. The fact is that I was hungry for companionship the last time, and I ended up a few trip with my friends for a local getaway. It proved to be too much hassle and is much detrimental to the relationship. People just can't pull themselves together and it's practically impossible to find a time where everybody is free at the same time. Even after boarding the same plane, they would have different opinions on where to go and what to have for lunch and dinner. It brings out the "Hulk" in me. I am fairly upset they often screwed up my original schedule (which everyone agreed to it). So today I am proud to say, I am fairly proud to renounce myself as one of the backpackers that would travel the world solo. The world just never felt the same again, after you embrace the inner self and let go of any chains that were binding you before.
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