After that lovely meal we had that I last told you about quite a few things happened.
On one day I went with Des, Des' mom, Des' friend Kelvin and Kelvin's GF Jackie to the Salvador Dali Exhibit. I think we spent about two hours at the exhibit and I learned a lot about Dali. I like how eccentric he was and how all around he tried to be. Kinda inspiring.
We've done quite a few things since then...I'll start by talking about a few of the little places we've eaten.
Bistro Thierry (french, lunch) This place looked awesome, from the french billboards right down to the aged wood bar. But the service was terrible. I've never seen such blatantly obvious devaluation of customers. There were five of us (the group that went to the Dali exhibit) and it was very obvious that they couldn't have cared less. Probably (per Des' hypothesis) because we were majority young people, and all non-white (forgive me but it had to be said i'll make it clear in a second). We had to ask to get our order taken, and the waiter, while polite, was quiteliterally only doing his job. I noticed that we were serving ourselves water (which is fine since that's what im used to) and more disturbingly that not once did a waiter come by to ask how we were doing or if we were in further need of assistance. I happened to have a seat which gaveme direct view of an elderly white couple and a table of five thirty-something white people and I noticed very different treatment given. THe elderly couple was practically waited on hand and foot with waiters coming ALL THE TIME to help them (again semi-expected but so blatantly obvious). THe group of people was constantly refreshed with water, brought more bread than us, and asked at least twice if they would like anything further. I was also disturbed that when Mrs. Chiam asked if her salad was wrong (because she had ordered the main salad and this thing was TINY) they werevery rude in "assuring" her that the item placed in front of her was what she ordered. I liked the food, but I could do without the attitude. I had an awesome steak, and a really good creme brulee. =) see i ended on a good note.
Akita (japanese, dinner) This restaurant was probably my favorite so far. We had some amazing Japanese food from here and the service, as well as aura of the place was amazing. I tried the black sesame ice cream (cause Des claimed it was awesome) and I have to say, I have a new fave! I also really liked the Tonkotsu (not to be confused with Tonkatsu) which was pork spare ribs cooked in soy bean paste. Those were so awesome you literally peeled the meat off the bones. I give this place a ten out of ten.=)
Ros----something...I forget the name (western, dinner) Des and I ate here with his friends Tim and Angela (I'll mention this later) and we went to this really nice little restaurant. Ang had this risotto which she kept going on and on about and I have to say when i tried a little bit i was really impressed. I had steak (i think) and Des had lamb. All the food was amazing, the bathrooms were really unique, and the service was awesome. AFter that dinner we went to this bar called EQ....didn't like it much. Drinks were too expensive ( i only ordered a chai latte) and the music was super off...we're talking trance to classic R&B off...
MART (the R is actually supposed to be reversed causeits meant to be tram backwards) (breakfast, western) We got to this quaint little converted tram station called Mart 130 and Deskept raving aboutthe french toast...lemme explain why. It's french toast made using organic Brioche. So in other words, its set up to be awesome before its even done. We had hot chocolate and Des had the corn fritters. Such an awesome breakfast followed by a walk around the park directly adjacent to the restaurant. It was one of the best breakfasts I've ever had.
Ok now on to some non-food related things.
I've met quite a few of Des' friends so far and its been very fun and really nice getting to know that people in his life. He's kind of awkward sometimes but that's ok. It's tricky bringing in someone from an entirely different social sphere into one of your other spheres. If you don't get that ask me about it and i'll explain but thats too lengthy a topic for here.
Some other interesting things that have happened...
Movies- Movie theaters here are the same and yet soooo different. For one thing, seats are assigned. I kind of like this because it assures that (provided you buy your ticket early for a popularmovie) you will be sittting with whomever you go to the movies with. Also, popcorn here (sorry...) kinda sucks....they're low on butter and HIGH on salt. yick. Oh well. The best thing I've noticed so far though...and check out the picture if you dont believe me...is that the seats are way morecomfortable than in the US. I like how organized the theaters seem to be here, and you can also get these ubercool tickets for special theaters within the movie theater that have extra comfortable seats and a special lounge and stuff. So far we've seen Transformers 2 (twice...) and The Hangover. =)
Housing- Well the original plan was that I would move out of Des' place and stay at his friend Eileen's place for the rest of my trip. Well due to the fact that that living situation would have caused some problems and created a few risks, I'm staying at Des' place still. I'm quite happy with it and I have to say that it's a blessing. =)
MJ- I found out about the death of MJ from Des. I had just woken up and he came into the room and told me that Michael Jackson had died. My first thought was that he was joking, because how could such a huge icon simply pass away when he wasn't even that old?! I remember feeling inspired to perform just by watching MJ videos, and his songs were always somthing that brought the generations of my family together. It was devastating to feel that someone so amazing, and so misunderstood was gone. Through all this media hype that tends towards the negative, I can only feel love forMJ. He was forced into his career young and so he literally worked his whole life to be a world class performer. He was an amazing dancer as all dancers can vouch for, and he was a good parent. I choose not to believe everything the media says and I have faith in the manbehind the icon. A nice littleoccurence that happened while Des and I were out strolling around Melbourne, we saw a car drive by with the license plate THRLER and coincidentally the car was playing that exact song. It was a nice little smile from MJ in my opinion, because that person could have been cycling through all of MJs songs as a tribute to him and we just happened to see and hear him passing by when that particular song came on.much <3>
CLUBBING- this is going to take a while so im going to subsection this one!
Ok so finally PICTURES!!!!!!! I'll try to make these captions more entertaining and not "lame" *cough*ANDREW*cough*. so enjoy! and sorry this blog was so long...I think I still missed some stuff but I'll catch up again soon!!!
K so here's this cool candy called Aero which is chocolate that's been aerated and so it crackles and melts when you eat it! This one's mint flavored and AWESOME!
This was from Relink the Elements 6, the battle Des and I went to, this was the coolest picture I was able to snap so I thought I'd share.
Here's Des preparing for his battle, they won the first round but lost in the second round in a weird three way battle, I'll be posting vids to youtube and facebook soon, no worries!
Here's us prepped for clubbing, I DO NOT normally get that dressed up for clubbingbut I figured I would try to blend. haha outfit courtesy Urban Outfitters. lol
Here are some graffiti artists (commissioned by the building owner) who were designing a mural for this branch of the firefighters union.
These are some more examples of some awesome graffiti that I've noticed around. The top one is a wall of faces that represent a multitude of subcultures. The bottom is a manical mickey mouse who is Ever Fresh. Hehe shout out to thedancecommunity and thatsfresh.com.
Ok so this is the theater where we watched Transformers 2 (the first time we saw it). As you can see in the top picture these theaters are decked out.
Haha bet your heart leapt a little when you saw those prices! They pay on a different system here and how's this for weird, you pump your gas first then go inside and pay, no pay at the pump and no pay first. silly aussies...<3 onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoMLOO_Gn1ybgWGX1D8TW2uLHym3udzbwSsHvLXy_Bfj1-sdp8RcxEWd0T6jT_DdxK6YOHR9gSLBBsfm4PBqET3mU7hSDWTkvDPNOiUSPa8E1umggbBxADzTRVLiVbo7dL2vlGQcbs4AiH/s1600-h/DSC01902.JPG">
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And according to Des this is the typical "I've been to Melbourne" picture...so I figured I would post it. Haha<3 bam
p.s. i JUST realised after uploading pics and stuff that I totally didnt mention the BBOY battle we went to....promise I'll talk about that next blog...my brain is hurting now...
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