If only every Sunday is like yesterday.

MVP withdrawal syndrome

It feels unreal that just a few hours ago i was in chilly Perth in company of amazing friends and eating the best of Italian food. Now i am back in Singapore and i am perspiring like a pig. No, i didn't get the swine flu. I am really really grateful to V for offering his house to stay (where i got to live my dream of having a dog in my house and we got to make ourselves an OZ breakfast one morning, bacon and eggs. Yummm....). M was also such a darling spending the weekend with us, playing the perfect tour guide giving us a running commentary whenever possible and answering the German's tourist's questions.
I was sharing with my boyfriend that i am ashamed that M & V whom i hardly hang out with when i stayed in Perth were so much more enthusiastic about my arrival than those that i hang out regularly with. I'm not saying that my Singaporean-Perth friends are not nice, they are. In fact, most of the time very helpful and reliable. But i guess you take it for granted when you know you can see them another time (if not in Perth, then back in Singapore).

And when i was telling my boyfriend that, i almost teared because i was so touched by M&V who gave me VIP treatment. They were so proud of showing Perth to us (me, a born-again tourist. Him, a first-timer.) just as i was proud of showing Singapore to them. And i am ashamed to say i haven't been as good as a host as they had been to me.

You indulge in all things sinful on a holiday.

Oh, how i love Nandos. V has the cutest dog i've ever seen. Chino is a very laid-back dog (is every human, animal , thing in Australia all laid-back?). He's so playful! He snuck into our room and stole my socks!!

We flew in close to midnight on Friday. Immediately went to Burswood and had kebabs (how i crave for one now). I hadn't had much luck although the boyfriend won $100.

I love the deco of this club on North Bridge. From my one and only clubbing experience there 1.5 years ago, i think the men there can dance ALOT better than the guys here (they don't even dance! They BOB.) The men are also more aggressive in wanting anything from you (a dance, a conversation). The girls, they're full of confidence and almost all will be shaking their booty.

Most places wouldn't have cover, although some of the bigger ones like Metros and Library will have. Some have many "rooms" like our old MOS, but don't have high expectations on deco. They just play different music and at least 1 room will a live band.

In general, the clubs there are not as 'posh' as Singapore's but its free entry and the people there are more relaxed and not so poseurs.
The highlight of the trip was Ciao Italia at South Perth. No reservations can be taken, and there'll be hoards of people. Inside, every table is packed chair to chair. Very squeezy and expect to wait long for a table, but all is VERY worth it. Our appetiser was Bruchetta. The juicy olive vinegar soaked tomatos and onions on crusty bread is divine.

Colza. Which is chicken and tomatos and other ingredients stuffed inside. Very cheesy.
My favourite is still the pasta named after the restaurant though. Creamy linguine with roasted chicken and sundried tomatos.
This girl who is unabashed to cam whore with me. She has so many expressions to pose with and she calls ME the pose-r.

Ang Mohs usually say Chinese look alike, with the slit eyes and all. Looking at this close-up shot, i cannot see how we look alike. She has bigger eyes and big white teeth. I think she's the prettier one.

We waited 30 minutes out in the cold for our table. I had to hound the waiter 3 times.

I am really touched by V's gestures. From picking us at the airport to sending us here and there to planning our itinery to make sure we got the most out of Perth to burning us 2 photo CDS before we leave. He's a perfect host!

Our holiday was 10/10. Quality food, good friends, laughs, fun and PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY! 99% of the pictures seen here, the credit goes to V. Tell me how many get their ENTIRE holiday documented from a third person's view?

They are such good people, they weren't calculative. They are such polite people, laughing at my idiocrisies. They make me want to be a better person.
THE highlight of the night, literally.

We were all so STUFFED after all the main courses but no matter what we HAD to fit in the tiramisu.

People always lament that Perth is boring. It could be, if you are looking for constant action. But our typical day starts with spending time in the sun, coffee at a nice cafe, some shopping, then coffee again at another nice cafe then ending with drinks at chill-out places before heading home.

I was engrossed picking the lychee bits in my Lychee Mint Martini.

The city lights from across the Swan River is stunning on V's camera. The people, even more stunning (shockingly funny).
V drew a bomb over his gf's head. M is puckering her lips and applying lighted lipstick. MK is the merlion spewing light and i just tried to do something (having no mobile phone to create those lights).

We are organised stickmans. All standing straight and somewhat leaning to the right with hands in pockets.

We arrived in on Friday night with light rain. It poured on Saturday morning and our spirits were a little dampened as we thought how unlucky we were to have arrived this weekend of all times! Perth is known for perfect weather all year round. Sunny always, with little rainfall and gloom.

So lucky that it cleared up by Sat afternoon. I like the cold weather with sun! So nice to cuddle under the warm blankets (thanks to Hogswart)with the boyfriend. Not so nice when you undress to shower though. It kills you to step out of the hot shower!
We showed the German Caversham as soon as the clouds cleared. That's a family with the joey in the pocket. Can you see? We saw how a joey got in and out. How fascinating!Another masturbating or doing yoga, either one.
Kangaroos can box, he didn't believe.
But these are VERY laid-back. Look how they lie! Arms crossed, all stretched out.

This fawn is SUPER duper nice to stoke. Its SO soft. No wonder baby lamb meat is so much more tender and costly. MK kept making comments about how good Emu burgers will taste and how much he love Kangaroo meat. His appetite is ridiculous ever since he started seriously working out again.
This donkey reminds me of the one in Shrek because he is SO talkative. Made sounds non-stop and constantly opens its mouth to be fed. Felt abit sorry for it as the sign wrote "Feed everything else but the donkey".

The donkey gave us a very glamourous showcase of its fart though. And even gawfawed after that! Too bad i wasn't in time to take a video. Always something unexpected comes up at Caversham. You should go with a video camera, seriously. The last time, an Llama spit on C's face, literally.
That's a 30kg wombat.

I thought that was its vagina. But noooo, it's its pouch! Its newborn baby is about the size of a new born hamster. All tiny and red. I never knew wombats have pouches.How cool is it that we've so many 'natural' pictures because V was snapping away professionally?

Caversham's like a wildlife park showcasing Australia's animals. And i love that place because it allows you to get interactive with the animals! They don't rip you off by asking you to buy animal feed too. It's provided free around the park.

He's quite convinced that Koalas attack humans by clawing their faces.I cajoled him into doing an "animal" pose to suit the signage.
I showed him how to do it first.
This is what he gave.
I decided that is SO ugly that i be a koala and he just stick to being human instead.
Sunday was BEAUTIFUL. Our hosts took us to Cottlesloe (or Coleslaw as MK calls it)My salt pepper squid salad was superb! No wonder so many people were having it.
We could sit there all day. Or rather, MK would have preferred we sit there all day.

They sell the cutest rabbits at $20 per pop.

Fremantle's yacht harbor.

I like this one of us.

I hate this long distance relationship!

Dream house at Hogswart.
He said he will retire in Perth. Why does everyone say that!! I want to be in Perth right now! Don't need to wait till i'm a wrinkly prune.Its probably a relief to the 2 hosts that we've left Hogsworth, Hogbart (wherever V lives, i forgot) so they can get on to their school assignments and private life, but all i want to say is thank you for the splendid weekend that couldn't have happened without you two.

I now know what friendship means.