PERTH

the weather was weird in perth, it was spring, but the wind was blowing very strongly, the palm trees were swaying heavily from side to side as i looked out from my hotel window. but i had a good time in perth. this was thanks to daphne's sister, denise, she is a veterinary student at the murdoch university in perth. after speaking to her, i was amazed that she knew she wanted to be a veterinarian when she was just 17 years old and made an effort to intern at veterinary clinic before leaving for perth itself. this really did inspired me, and now, i am even more determine to pursue my dreams =)

upon arriving in perth in the morning, i had a nap while my hair was still wet, that was a bad decision, and i woke up with a minor headache to add on to my cough which was getting worse by the day. as i didn't had any food the night before, my stomach was growling, so i headed to this japanese place, nagoya, and had the teriyaki chicken, it was all right, no complains. denise called and told me that her lessons were cut short and she could bring me around in her car, hooray!

i was glad that she could meet up with me in the afternoon and it was great that she had a car because the weather was unpredictable, raining one minute and sunny the next. i found out that whenever we decided to step out of the car, it rained, maybe we were on the 'black list' that day... but nevertheless, i was excited to visit her school, she brought me round the veterinary hospital, i patted a sedated horse and met some of her friends, wandering the school made me miss school life, the carefree days of studying.

we headed to an area where there were terrace houses along the river, and the size of some of these houses were unbelievably... huge... we passed some shops and found one shop that sold some cute and unique stuff, and i was delighted to find an old-school sugar container and a cupcake holder, what made it better... the stuff were on a 50% discount, i wanted to see more, but the lady was closing the shop soon... what a disappointment, i hope to go back again before the shops closes down.

next, we went to a premium super market where i got my pastry dough and some other stuff, denise was pondering whether to get the pistachio and cherry nougat, i could see that she was really tempted to get it but she didn't as she was worried that she would finish the whole bar in a day =)

we headed to a korean restaurant for dinner, had spicy tofu and seafood soup, kimchi and pork bibimbab and a zucchini pancake, it was my first time tasting zucchini, i enjoyed the food but i was quite filled from having the beer-battered wedges and chai latte at tea earlier on. so i didn't manage to eat much =(

ohh yes, the chai latte! denise brought me to this cafe where chai latte was one of the most popular beverage and it was absolutely delicious, so much so that i bought a can of chai tea powder back, i can't wait to try it at home, the beer-battered wedges was really crispy and great too. hmm, maybe i will try making the wedges too when i get back.

it was a really great day and i shall be looking forward to more perth instead of melbourne trips now. thanks denise!