Aussie Arvo // ThirstyInMelb #3

So day 3 and 4 combined. Why? Because I just wanted to enjoy myself there and chill without snapping memories every few seconds. Aka I got lazy. Post 3 two weeks later. Why? Same reason as above, the L word hahaha BUT HEYY it's up now!!!

Started the day by visiting Fitzroy Gardens because garden. Hahahaha there isn't much of a reason but we know how pretty the gardens and parks in Melbourne are and this was the only park we planned to visit. Might as well! We literally took pictures at this spot for like 15 minutes before playing on the swings and then just leaving hahaha I mean what else can you do at a park? We didn't bring food with us so picnic was a no go T^T

So we left the park looking for some food and got super upset at Mama Wong, how dare you!  They closed as soon as we entered the place. But I won't let you guys get annoyed at her, this blog is about happy memories hahaha

So walked a little further and decided to just eat at Nandos! Personally, I don't like Nandos. The Peri-Peri sauce doesn't have enough flavour and eating them with the super dry chicken from Singapore uGH but the chicken in Melbourne was pretty juicy so yay!

We actually had to follow a strict schedule that day if we wanted to watch the sunrise from the Eureka Skydeck but we were like ehhhhhhhhhhh (this was us pretty much everyday there, just chill, laid back) and after resting and filling up our tank at Nandos, we walked down to National Gallery of Victoria. I was pretty excited for this because we didn't have much historical European paintings in Singapore. SAM was just modern contemporary stuff... Which personally is kinda too much for a bimbo like me?

I lost my bandana at the museum :( like I don't even know how? The floors were white and bare and spotless but when I realised the bandana wasn't around my neck anymore, and we retraced our steps, we found NOTHING on the floor like whut...

We spent only about an hour there, didn't see much of the other artefacts because other than the paintings, the exhibits we pretty similar to the ones you can find in Singapore. I know, you guys are probably judging like "they're all different, you can't just generalise the exhibits!" but we were short on time if we wanted to catch the sunset from the Eureka Skydeck so we left!

So the Eureka Skydeck was basically like ION Sky or the N-Seoul Tower in Korea. But the sky went on forever, you could probably see into Tasmania or something! We paid a little extra to go for the Edge. It's basically a little glass box where you'll be standing over the city like legit glass floor BUT the glass was kinda dirty and we were like wot for realz pfffft but it was still lovely! 10/10 would recommend going here but maybe not the Edge haha

We stayed till we couldn't see any light from the sky and walked down to the Crown Hotel for a little fire show and headed home yay! It was a nice way to end the night, just sitting by the Yarra River with the cold air.

Day 4! Finally going to meet Zaki and head to his house for dinner! Because Zaki has school that day, we were to meet him a little after noon and my dad over FaceTime the previous night was like "Go explore your neighbourhood!" and so we did. We planned to make use of our kitchen so we decided to look for some halal chicken at the local market near our house and some fresh vegetables maybe.

So we got lost trying to find Zaki in the city but we did manage to find him and Afiq and their Drake filled car after like 15 minutes and went on to Brighton Beach!

Like seriously, look at that city scape from the beach, it's so pretty!!! Like little lego buildings that giants wouldn't want to step on because you know how stepping on Lego sucks and hurts.

Hi Afiq, hi Iffah, what're you smiling at? Your bright futures?

There was an ice-cream truck at the parking lot of Brighton Beach and we wanted to buy some but Afiq was like "Nah man, not worth it, we'll bring you to Cold Rock" and we were like oh okay and he paid for our ice-cream and like omg so nice thanks Afiq!

Zaki was keen on bringing us to DFO and we were like okayyy we'll go wherever you take us haha but no regrets though, I did most of my shopping there aka a pair of Vans slip-ons and a shirt from Cotton On.

Who takes pictures while shopping??? Nobody unless you're like gift shopping and need someone's opinion and you take a picture of a gift and send it on Whatsapp or something but the point is I didn't take any pictures while in DFO! Only took a picture of the sunset from the parking lot which looks glorious! The infinite sky is just so pretty I can't even!

We headed to Zaki's place for dinner where we met Zeff, their gray bengal cat and had amazeballs roast beef and roast potatoes and roast PUMPKIN OMG and mashed potatoes they were all so good and cooked by Zaki's mom

At the end of the night, Zamir brought us to Pakenham Hill to watch the stars but omg it was so freaking cold and cloudy we saw nothing hahaha

Some peeing thing happened and Zamir and Afiq drove us home yay!

It was a super chill 2 days and I loved it there. Zaki's family is just so warm and loving I wish you guys could meet them haha well that's all!

I'm sorry it took this long but I've also been sick these day so I delayed everything.

Hope you guys are still looking forward to the following posts from the #ThirstyInMelb series!

Also here is the link if you wanna see Melbourne in film

xoxo

Squidkid

And Now

Before I start apologising for taking a month long break, I hope all of you are glowing from the joys life has birthed you with.

But if you aren't as blessed with good fortune, which puts you in the same sampan as me, well, take a break.

From school, from your diet, your responsibilities, from life.

Who am I kidding.......

Such is life, no breaks, only 10 minute naps from Khatib to Yio Chu Kang if you're lucky enough to get a seat in the train.

So the real option right now is to just occupy yourself with more responsibilities as a form of escapism from the reality of your ever-growing pile of adult things you have to handle.

Like a job, which I got. Also which I suck at.

Like honestly? I've only worked for a week but my ICs are so bored of me pestering them to correct the awful mistakes I've done.

Next in the list of things Hazirah has been occupied with

*depressingly cheerful variety show soundtrack playing*

I received my A Level results!

I mean, they're the best grades I have ever achieved in the awful 2 years I spent studying for them.

I was proud of myself, my personal best yo~

And then it hit me that my future is pretty bleak.

Like I don't even know where to go from here. I lost track of the yellow brick road that was supposed to bring me to safety and back to a stable future.

All I can do right now, is pray that the limited universities that I am eligible for accept me.

So moving away from my responsibilities, while waiting for those emails that can make or break you, I'm here living on my laptop, editing photos and planning for a personal project.

While working to buy myself some ~tools~ to start living life!

Aka Photoshop and Lightroom...

And for the hopefully upcoming university school fees.

Thanks for reading!
ByyEEEeeeeeeEyEEE
Squidkid

SAM Visit

Ps, I do not know how to write cursive...

How To Enjoy An Art Museum For The Struggling Student

1. Eat before your trip to the museum at a place that exists.

Fyi, the halal taco stall at Golden Shoe Hawker Centre is no more.

2. Choose a weekday to avoid the judgmental real artsy fartsy crowd.

It helped me feel calmer and more comfortable to walk around and just squint my eyes in an attempt to understand an artpiece knowing there wasn't anyone thinking "lol diz gurl dk shiat"

3. Read the description of the artwork to understand. Keep an open mind to get the full effect of being mind-blown.

It's like being in Mdm Chitra's class, seriously. Sorry to disappoint but despite being a Lit student, I still found it hard to understand half the pieces without reading their descriptions.

I suck at PC...

4. Comfortable footwear.

The museum may look small but you will have to walk quite alot.

5. Make full use of your free sticker pass. Which we didn't...

FUNNY STORY we were tired from the countless stairs we had to climb so we didn't go to the 4th floor at 8Q.

So when we were forced to enter this exhibit which was outside the museum, the lady who was in charge of the exhibit asked if we saw the aquarium at the 4th floor which, I quote was "EYE-OPENING!!" sigh... we couldn't go back up there... no.

6. Oh! Lest I forget! Go with your friends to make the trip more exciting, hilarious, unforgettable.

It was a great time to go to SAM for the 1st time with my friends who made the whole day more tolerable.

All in all, I still prefer cultural and historical museums, where I can relate to on a more direct level. Like National Museum or Asian Civilization Museum or Peranakan Museum oh so many cultural and historical museums in Singapore

(Thank you for the free entries!!!)

Also maybe cos I'm a histodent...

If you'd like to know more about the museums in Singapore, click here~~~

some of the photos are thanks to puteriramdzan and Mai

be proud of your country and their museums!!

peace out

xx

squidkid

Parks & Recreation

Singapore is a literal concrete jungle, despite the efforts in making our country more green, it is not enough.

Being stuck in your neighbourhood for 4 months changes your view on nature.

No exaggerations there! The humidity and lack of wind did not stop me from sighing at the beauty mother nature has given us as I walked around Botanic Gardens.

(I apologise for this overbearingly cheesy confession towards nature as I'm writing this blog while watching The Lorax)

Well, except for the part when my friends decided to surprise me and Puteri under the glaring hot sun which caused the candles for our cake to be so miserably short and pathetic, omg that really made me laugh!

And also made me feel so #blessed (hahahahaha) for the friends I have that went through all these trouble for a moment of happiness!

But in all honesty, the only thing I would wish upon my enemies is to go through an event with bad organisation and planning.

*shrugs*

 yes I brought baby food in flavours of broccoli and carrot, parsnip and sweet potato

I bet you can tell which tasted worse

and we have video evidence....

 keeping our picnic PG, playing Scrabble and all with our oh so limited vocabulary

sneak preview of my collab with basics girl hijabs (jokes)

Since we had to take a bus down to Orchard to get on home, a thought popped into my mind to go to Ion Sky in spite of the sun setting.

The view was absolutely breath-taking. Also maybe we were at the 55th floor and the altitude made it hard to breathe and it was flippin cold up there.

But believe me when I say Singapore looked so majestic. The clouds felt so surreal and I could feel their freedom.

I can't stress how much that day made me feel so grateful to be able to experience what God has given us on Earth including my friends and my family.

Who tried to help Swag and Syaqs to surprise me but it didn't end up quite as planned.

iPhone

love Gaia and react after reading my post

xx

squidkid