Trinity College Valedictory

Hello again bloggers!!

It's been a while since my last entry yeaaa.. and we've finally completed our study at Trinity College Foundation Studies. We had our valedictory on the 27th of January 2012, right after our last exams, Biology, Accounting, and Physics. It was held in Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Evan Burge Building, in Trinity College, University of Melbourne.

Me @ Trinity College

So before the ceremony, we had the intake photo. It was really bad, as the weather was very hot, so we were all sweaty, and it was in the middle of the day, in the middle of a huge field, without shade HAHA
Many of us didn't make it for the photo. They were late so then they arrived after we've done taking pictures, too bad!

KIDDOS

The girls :)

Then the ceremony began. I was very very nervous during the whole ceremony, waiting for my turn to speak. I was the lucky valedictory speaker for July Fast Track 2011-2012. I had my speech for about 3-4 minutes and I only got several days to prepare them. Thank God it was great!

Me at Buzzard Lecture Theatre

That's my name on the program!

We got our certificates and we continued the program with some refreshments and a lot of photo sessions. We couldn't stop before we had picture with everyone in the room HAHA

Frank, best  teacher ever!

Me and Kelly

"As we go on, we remember, all the time we had together. And as our lives change from whatever, we will still be friends forever" - Graduation Song

DRAMA NIGHT

Sooo, it's finally our turn, JFTers, to perform in Drama Night!! It was yesterday, 25th NOV 2011. The drama night was held at the open stage, melbourne university. It consisted of 4 dramas, mine was the third one, "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?".

the narrator

The story was about two princes who were fighting for a village girl, Inara. Inara fell in love with both of the princes and she couldn't decide which prince she would choose. 

Inara & Prince 1, Kurama

Inara & Prince 2, Menkaura

The war broke between the two princes, and Inara's father came to the witch, desperate for a solution. The witch made the two princes believe that Inara was dead by bringing an animal heart which looked like Inara's.

The witch and the hunchback

The two princes believed Inara was dead and they apologized to each other and the war stopped. Finally, the king and queen brought two princesses for each of the princes. But, how bout Inara? She came with the witch but finally she was turned into a deer.

group 3!!!!

It was a memorable night! All our efforts were paid HAHA the costumes, props, make ups, etc etc etc. WE DID IT GUYSSSS! CHEEERRSSS :)

Cafe Victoria

Cafe Victoria is well known for it's breakfast. It's a traditional australian-american breakfast. It opens 7 days a week, serves breakfast from 6am in the morning.

The price is very affordable, which makes a lot of people come here. But you must be a bit patient bcos sometimes they need quite long time to serve you.

For the breakfast menu, I suggest to order eggs benedict. It's very nice. Or if you want something big, you can try full breakfast or big breakfast.

eggs benedict

full breakfast

big breakfast

And for the drinks, the banana smoothies wass to die for!hahaha too bad I didn't order that, I was trying Alvina's. But the ice coffee was also nice. With vanilla ice cream on top, it was great!

Alvina - Me

And yup! That's us at the tram stop in front of cafe victoria ;)

Cafe Victoria

517 Elizabeth Street

Melbourne VIC 3000

CHIN CHIN RESTAURANT

Last sunday my friends and I went to chin chin restaurant, which is located on flinders lane. It serves a wide range of asian foods, combination of vietnamese, malaysian, and thai food I THINK. hahaha

It's not an ordinary chinese restaurant, and it's not like any other asian restaurants. Its decoration and vibe is more like a european restaurant with lounge music and dimmed lights. It also provides cocktails and other drinks and lots of ppl come only for a drink.

We ordered the Spicy Corn & Coriander Fritters and also the pork rolls for the appetizer. We also got Massaman Curry of Coconut Braised Hopkins River Beef Brisket. Me personally think that it tastes quite similar with Indonesian beef rendang. And we ordered wild barramundi wrapped in banana leaf, which is very good!!! It's very nice with the sambal on top. HAHA not only those, we got the king fish wings served with fresh kind-of-thai salad. Too bad I cannot get all the photos of the food because of the bad lighting.

But don't worry, I'll give OUR photos!

the MENU

Alfred - Alditha

ME - Stacey

CHIN CHIN RESTAURANT
125 Flinders Lane
Melbourne, 3000

Open 7 days for lunch and dinner

It's a walk-in restaurants which means that you cannot make a reservation unless you have a group of 12 ppl. Soooo be prepared to wait and it's worth to wait! ciaooo

Hopetoun Tea Rooms

Hopetoun Tea Rooms was formerly built for the Victorian Ladies Work Association back in the late 19th century. Now it's a famous coffee shop in Melbourne. It offers breakfast and lunch menu, but it is famous for their tea time.
They serve wide variety of cakes; lime tart, apple crumble, apple tart, lemon meringue, lemon cake, pavlova, and many more.
They also have many kinds of scented organic tea from serendipiTEA.

Lime Tart

Apple Tart

The lime tart is the most favourite one, but I like the apple tart better. HAHA

You better hurry if you want to go there! Hopetoun Tea Rooms closes at 5 pm everyday ;)

HOPETOUN TEA ROOMS

The Block Arcade Shop 1 & 2

282 Collins Street

Opening Hours:

Mon-Sat: 08.00-17.00

Sun: 09.00-17.00

MADAME SOUSOU

Madame Sousou is a French Restaurant in Fitzroy. It serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. But yesterday we tried their bfast menu. It was great!!!!
I ordered Funghi A La Parisienne, which is a toasted brioche with buttered mushroom, smashed avocado, and goat cheese rondelle. And I added poached egg on top of it.

Stacey got the Sweetcorn and zucchini Fritters which is also good. It was served with smoked salmon, avocado salsa, and horseradish creme. Here's the picture!!

And Alditha ordered the basic one, the egg benedict. It was served on an english muffin with Tasmanian smoked salmon and tarragon hollandaise sauce. It's quite similar with the one she had at European cafe.

After all, Madame Sousou is a good place to have breakfast with your family, friends, or maybe in business context. The dress code is casual so it's easier for us to go there whenever we want and in whatever clothes we are!

MADAME SOUSOU

231 Brunswick Street

Fitzroy 3065 VIC

Open from 9am everyday for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Raymond BDAY @ Sofia Restaurant

sooo, it's another family gathering on Ray's bday!!
His bday is actually on the 1st of November but we celebrated it on the 5th. We had dinner at Sofia Restaurant, Camberwell. It's a nice Italian restaurant which serves wide range of pasta, wood fired pizza, and also italian gelato.

Pasta Mista for TWO

Pasta Mista is their unique name for 3 different cooked pastas in a plate. It supposed to be shared for only two ppl, but it's way tooo big!hahaha soo we shared it with 6 persons. It was the first time that we finished the whole plate. HAHA

Caesar Salad

Gelato

The caesar salad and the gelato are quite good as well, and we were all full and happy! haha but what's the most important is that the price is very down to earth!!!!!!!

Anddd it's us!!! The birthday boy is the one who's not looking at the camera HAHA

From right to left: Derek-Natasha-ME-Aunty Ina-Uncle Charles-RAYMOND the birthday boy-Uncle Kong Gie

SOFIA'S PIZZA HOUSE

857 Burke Road, Camberwell VIC 3124

Opening hours: 

Mon-Thurs: 12noon-midnight

Fri-Sat: 12noon- 1am

Sun: 12noon- 11pm