It has been one week since I arrived back in Tokyo after a 2-week “home” trip to Melbourne. In that time, I have reflected heaps (I mean, having 2x 10 hours flights do give you a whole lot of time to reflect on things). So please bear with me as I rainbow-barf all my thoughts out in this blog… Okay no rainbows, but there’s this pretty pastel-coloured sky I saw the other day in Enoshima. So, …
6 articles Tag melbourne
Melbourne Now: A stroll along NGV Ian Potter Centre, Fed Square
Ever since Melbourne Now was first advertised, I have been looking forward to my imminent trip to check this art exhibition out. Sadly, it opened one week before I left for my Japan trip and so I decided to visit in 2014. Long story short, I procrastinated until one week before the exhibition ends (this week, 23 March). Last Sunday, I finally did a planned impromptu trip with another friend to visit Melbourne Now at …
Celebrating my birthday ala Japanese in Melbourne
Last year, I celebrated my birthday in Japan. In fact, I spent half of it in Kyoto and the other half in Tokyo. And it wasn’t just any other trip, it was the honeymoon. What a birthday, huh! So this year, I decided that I should re-live my Japan birthday celebration by going around Melbourne and doing some very typical Japanese things. It was heaps of fun as the hubby and I walked (and drove) around …
What are your hopes and dreams?
I love walking around Melbourne and finding treasures that make my eyes light up and my lips curved up. Last Sunday, I had one of those moments. I was spending time with mum at QV when we passed an art space with pretty signs saying: “Hope is all you need.” Coincidentally, an hour before that, a friend of mine messaged me and told me about this very exhibition (he sure knew this was my kinda …
Three random shops that should be in Melbourne
Hey everyone! Today deserves a little randomness (for no particular reason, that’s why it’s random silly!), so here are three random shops that I think should open in Melbourne. All you franchisers, quick find out how we can get these shops down under, cause they’re awesome: Meatball Obsession Oh yes. The name says it all. Meatballs for the obsessed meatball fanatics. The idea is simple (well, I talk as if I know it – and …
Do I have to speak English to live in Australia?
To me, 2012 is a rather special year. Because now, I have lived half of my life in Indonesia and the other half in Australia. I moved to Melbourne when I was 14. I didn’t speak much English although I went to a school in Jakarta that has a slightly better English language curriculum than your average primary/high school. Okay let me correct that… I could probably speak okay English, but I refused to do …