後記

回港已一個月零十日了.... 呢段日子, 我也不敢讓自己太過懶散....

一到步, 家姐已經將她的想法告訴我.... 見議我不要忙著找新工作.... 可以將我在澳洲所學回來的造餅技術, 加上原本的設計及攝影技術.... 可以自行創業.... 另外, 也可以時間自由一點, 多一點時間關心家人與身邊的人....

我之前一直也在找尋到底神要我去澳洲幹什麼...... 此行, 除了認識很多人, 也經歷過當自己以為安排好的事情, 最終仍要經歷神的帶領和供應.... 一直以為沒有工作, 仍可賣藝維生..... 神告訴我不是如此簡單...... 我要花很久時間才能賣藝....在BRISBANE拿不到賣藝牌, 在MELBOURNE時的機程又跌爛了琴.... 要到我旅程快完結才能有機會修理好再彈.... 也夠了, 感恩=)
這一年, 在澳洲這個喜歡食的國家, 我學到很多廚藝上的知識與造餅的技術.....神要帶領我轉行嗎??

當然, 我仍是一個設計師, 只是現在只接一些FREELANCE的工作而已.

希望多了時間, 可以把握機會多關心身邊有需要的人.

上星期聽了一個TALK, 提到自己的夢想...... 原來我有很多很多的夢想, 有些看來很難實現, 有些卻是我努力了是有可能實現的..... 當然要看神怎帶領.....
無論如何, 我需要的是一份堅持..... KEEP FAITH!!

Goodbye Breadtop

long time didn't update my blog... last time was October.... in these few months, i work at the same job but moved alot....
from 555 Flinders street to 455 Elizabeth Street then Riverside Quay, Southbank.... have lots of flatmates move in move out.... so am my work.... my dept remain unchange but other dept have more ppl change.... for those who work for long time take long leave, come back.... new faces, new people around me....


finally i finished my work at Breadtop.... didn't thought of i would stay here till mid march since i planned to leave at Feb and travel around.... many people said why i changed my mind and stay till now.... even last few weeks was a very hard times at BT...
mayb start from the very beginning.....
everyone said i am very lucky to work at this dept., i agree but not as easy as what others thinging about. some people think i work for Master Kwong, unlike working outside, won't be yell by Ling. But what i can say is i still try my best to work as fast and as good as i can. i know Master Kwong actually not really trust my ability but i try my best to approve. i am not someone who can say very good words to please someone, esp. someone u respect.
i just do my best in my own role. he had blamed me actually.... i was too detailed and worked not fast enough....
my hands actually not really cope with the hard work.... everyday moring, till now, it's still happen.... they hardly bend, hardly move as usual.... just after i woke up a longer time, do some stretching then i can work again.... even i use cream or medicine couldn't make it better.... i didn't let them know about that.... i think lift heavy things, repeat same movement  for many times, used hot water to clean things may made my hands like this.... only rest can help...
so don't think my post was a very comfy post....

In this few months, thanks my senior Hin taught me so much, sometimes even trust me more than what i can do.... mayb i can but don't have enough confident. really thanks him taught me how to make the dough and filling which Master never taught me on this. mayb it's already out of what a normal working holiday people should know. he knows i love cooking and should be willing to make it myself afterwards, he also let me know the tips on how to change the recipe if i work as household instead of mass productions... i would try and take some photos for sharing afterwards!

In this last few weeks, why i have to stay till now.... since our 4 people dept. Master Kwong, Hin, Helen and i.... Hin's wife just given birth to a baby and on leave for 3 weeks.... Helen backed to Mainland china hometown. for one month. they notified me for a long time already.... and i didn't choose to escape before that.... when the time was near and near they tried to confirm how long i will stay.........
the returned ticket can't be change.... i had hesitate, which is a hard decision....
Mum urged me back home asap... some ppl said i don't have to care how it would be after i left also..... but i just want to help master to overcome this hard time....
without checked if i can change to tourist visa, i just promised to stay till they come back with the faith from God.
i think it's hard to help for a newbie..... even i have lots of things couldn't help. but i could work my original part, did some preparations, part of what Helen or Hin could do, some of the cargo thing.... that's better then none, right?

Hin and i also predicted Master might in bad temper while they were on leave since we would be very busy....
but first day, we did the pandan stick.... thanks God, it was very successful.... the best one i ever seen.... good shape.... esp. when boss just came in, at that moment, it was very smooth.... and mass production this time.... we always work this with sweet potatoes at the same day, but this time, only work on Pandan sticks..
and sometimes even not really smooth, sometimes work till very late... Master was still in good temper... our relationship was being built up in these days....
we seldom chat before, we started chat a bit more.... when we were failed to work on procedure on the pineapple kiss.... master didn't blame much. he taken a piece of tiramisu and asked me to try.... mayb we were late for lunch and he afraid i would starving...
one day, he said Allan left me some fried noodles and i could take it at pantry... and finally i found that the noodles was bought by master himself.... weird... but it's made me feel delightful and i felt that i stayed there longer should be worth it...

after this six days long shift.... finally they all came back.... and it's time for me to say goodbye...

on my last day, actually i really don't know should i invite them to have a dinner.... esp. the relationship between Hin and Helen... they couldn't work together...
but master asked me how long would i stay at melb and let's have dinner together... i was glad about that=)

in my 6 months at breadtop.... most ppl treat me good...
the Bread dept next to my dept, at the beginning, they look so cold... but after this 6 months, i found they are funny and nice...
funny Thai people and Sawadee everyday... 
and many many working holidays people at outside.... including who left already..... although most of them didn't stay for long... but i will remember u.
also Dai Lo Allan, thanks brought me to go everywhere...

see u guys at facebook or if u guys visit HK, let me know and have a reunion!

My Apartment

while i saw the sink start dirty again, and since i had day off on Fri, i planned to do some house cleaning after preparing the meal....
when i go shopping at BigW, beside bought some cookig equiments, i also bought some sponges....
then b4 i prepare the meal, i put one sponge at kithen and one for washing room....
my new flatmate taken a shower in between that time (i spent around 3 hours non-stop=p)

from 5:XXpm to 8:XXpm... just for the Hainanese Chicken....
after the meal, when i taken the shower, i found that...... eee... someone cleaned the sink using my new sponge............

yesterday, i thought of cleaning the floor.... eee..... the floor seems cleaner... the old dirt gone......
then i found that a towel is on the floor outside the shower....... and the dirt at the corner of the toilet gone also.....
those stuff beside the sink seems rearraged......
i believe that was done by the new flatmate?
Thanks God, someone would do the housework.... i don't have to work that much.... my hand is still not recover yet, can't work too much...

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but i still want to share a weird thing.......
last week, there's a couple... at the beginning, just the guy looking for a place to stay..... the gal has a place already.....
but guys room are full... only the double room are availble.... but the rent and bond is expensive...
my landlord sent me a SMS asked me if i mind to share my room with a guy.......... OMG! share a room with a male stranger........... i really don't want......... esp. i know he got a girlfrd =p
i refused. then they finally didn't move in...
after two days, i saw they used the kitchen after i came back.... i thought... they finally make up their mind and move in to the expensive double room?!
one day when i came back home, i met the gal while going back home.... she asked me if she can left her luggage at my room since she will come back on Mon.... i thought she's going to have a short trip so don't want to bring so much luggage?
the next day after work, her luggage is already on my closet with a memo.......

another gal who moved out, but came back to stay at that double room too...

my flatmate told me actually three of them didn't pay for the rent........
for those couple, only the gal had been pay 1 day rent and stayed one day b4......... but pretended familiar with my flatmate and stay here secretly....

7 of us, 3 didn't pay for the rent........ what's a hell..........

i temp. occupying the room alone.... enjoying it... since i have to move to living room at the week 21/10-28/10.....

reply

just found that i've got the reply abt my baggage claim two days b4....

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Dear Ms Wong
 
 
File reference: MELQF67040
 
Thank you for taking the time to contact us.
 
We  have  assessed  your claim and are able to offer you AUD430 as full and
final  settlement  for  the  damage to your Instrument. Please complete and
sign  the enclosed Release Form and return it at your earliest convenience.
Once this is received we will arrange your payment.
 
 
(See attached file: img-X141232-0001.pdf)
 
In the meantime, we once again apologise for the damage to your Instrument,
and thank you for contacting us.
 
 
Yours Sincerely
 
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Baggage Claims Officer

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then they won't send me a new one......... how can i busking=(

In His time

arrived Melbourne for one month, after cheated by the landlord, lived at a messy haunted house... moved to new place, the new place from dirty to clean.......
working so hard... got problem on my hand..... run of $ and still need to wait the pay day...... meeting a good boss........ lots of things want to share...
i'm trying my best to arrange...
after i moved on to melb, moved for twice... almost spent all my saving....... franky say, i saw my bank account only got AUD$3 left yesterday........ including the AUD$20 note... totally AUD$23......... so u know how critical my situation was...... backpacker, run of $..... long time didn't run out $ like that at HK....
since my hand got problem... possibly due to work....... i feel numb, then after that became pain..... esp. during sleep... and sometimes i felt i hardly hold a pen or chopsticks... everyone asked me to consult doctor... but really no $.......
some people know my situation and asked if i need fincial help.... but...... i really don't feel comfortable to borrow $ from others........ i rejected....
i thought of pay by card... but... my saving in HK are for my to pay for the insurance and some installment on my DSRL and California Fitness membership... i don't want to spend too much (finally i know that it's actually just AUD$70, not an astronomical amount=p) and the currency is now AUD$1=HKD$7.6... it's not good for me to use too much my HK credit card...
my colleagues told me normally we need to wait till wed, if new staff, may need to wait till thurs.... today is tue, but i got the pay today.
this morning, i missed the train, so i have time to wait the next train and i juz went to the ATM and checked my acc...... i was so surprise since i really got the pay...... while i was waiting the train, i wept..... coz i thought God's grace is sooooooooo great..... God's timing is perfect!
and since i got the next train, i met a colleague, when we changed the uniform, she saw my cross pendant and asked me if i'm a christian... she is christian as well.... so i shared a bit why i was so glad to get the pay today...­

flash back to yesterday.... while i was lunch at canteen...  Tony, our manager sat beside me... he saw me prayed during lunch... he said, "u r christian too?!" than we chatted a bit abt that and he said there's a few christians at our factory, and asked me if i found them out already....
ha, today i found one of them....

also since some of the colleagues, includes working holiday ppl or PR chatted with me abt the visa.... get a 2nd working holiday visa or working visa or back to HK....... Helen, my senior told me if i working hard, everything can be negotiate...... can be change to working visa....

while i was having meal at canteen, i found a box of cookies of our brand.... coconut macorons...  but the design........ i can do it better...
while during the lunch with Tony sat beside me, i asked if the in-house designer quit the job, let's consider me! he told me actually don't have to wait that designer left.... i can try.... i'm not sure if this is a way for me to get a working visa and stay here. started from long time ago, i like living at western ppl countries... if i can stay at Aussie..... it will be great....
but actually designer is not the field that count as special skills occupations... but baker is.... so.........

don't think too much, let it be....

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comparing while i first arrive Brissy and Melb.... both time i planned to busking.... i always think if i'm out of job, then busking.... but i'm wrong...
Brissy need to audition for getting the permit... which need to wait two months.... in Melb... mayb it's easiler to get the permit... but my SanXian was broken.... and still claiming.... God tells me, i have to experience him, don't think everything are that easy, something i can't control myself....
both faced even someone introduce job to me, but need to wait to confirm... still had a time that made me feel despair..... that's what God's planning on me... since He wants me to experience Him... if everything is that smooth, will i remember Him?
again, this trip is a trip of faith...

life in Breadtop

i think it's time for me to write something abt my work at Breadtop. I work in the factory instead of shop...  http://www.breadtop.com.au/
it's already the third week i'm working there, i start to get used to long working hours and wake up early. but seems my body is not really cope with it... my right hand always got paralysis.... chatted with Mum on phone, she said sometimes ppl repeat doing same thing would make this happened... what i can do it do more massage myself...
okay, back to my work. my company is an Australian-based bakery franchise selling a wide range of bread, cakes, buns and pastries.  Currently the franchise has 25 stores throughout Sydney and Melbourne, with four stores in Brisbane with a new store opened in Adelaide at the end of March 2010.  from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadtop
my department basically doing chinese traditional bread like butterfly cookies, pineapple cakes, almond cookies, wife cakes, red bean cakes, sesame balls, lotus seed cakes, Phoenix Cookie, coconut cookies...... etc.

we normally have four people in our department. our master, senior Helen, senior Hin and me... the first few days, there's master Kit also... but at that time, Senior Hin was in sick leave... he got serious injury on his finger b4... had one month sick leave... these two senior was actually younger than me... but they are PR already. Master and Hin are from HK while Helen is from Guang Zhou... her cantonese is not very good but she doesn't prefer me to speak Mandarin... she thinks her cantonese is better than my mandarin wor........ but....... i don't know why i've got no any communication problem w/ Taiwanese, they even think my Mandarin is not bad..... mayb  my Mandarin is Taiwan style??
for my work.... if doing Wife Cake or red bean cakes, my role is to apply egg wash, stamp them, add sesame on top, or some decoration....
for those cookies, u know actually they would prepare a long piece of cookies and i use machine to cut it into piece, distribute on the tray and ready to bake. i actually tried to help to make the long piece of butterfly cookies... and know that how to fold is so important, since the b4 and after bake are so different, it would be very ugly if fold it badly.
the most complicated thing is Phoenix Cookies i think.... we do a lot of preparations... and i still not see the whole process yet... will know it tmr?
today, i prepared the shallot........ it made me cry........ a few days b4, i needed to peel them which took a long time... and today i blended it ... i'm afraid someone would think i really cry....... lol.
for the pineapple cake, it actually semi-automatic... the machine would make balls with skin and filling inside, like a UFO shape, then we need to put them into the mould and press them...
since it's mass production, we need to do it very fast.... cookies, sesame ball as well.... we need to be very fast and don't let the machines faster than us...
and there would be some clean up work everyday as well, everytime we used the machines, we need to clean it... and i learn how to assemble them too.... sometimes i use an air blow gun to clean the dirt, it feels like a dentist... cleaning the teeth=p
since Senior Hin got injury b4.... it makes me take care myself all the time... esp. using the machine.... i will be careful, don't worry=)

Baggage claim

Dear Sir / Madam,

Baggage claim Ref.  No. MELQF67040

I was the passenger who took the QF637 flight from Brisbane to Melbourne on 11Sep, 2010. When i checked in my baggage, your staff told me my Chinese musical instrument, SanXian was too long and domestic flight is different from international flight, it could not allowed to handcarry myself. They given it a fragile tag and promised would be take extra care and would be seperate it with other baggages and needed to get it back at another special counter. After I got off the flight and got back my baggage, I found it came out with other baggages in the conveyor belts. Unfortunately, I found it was broken and went to the counter to reported this case. They given me a letter and my reference no. is MELQF67040.
After I took my broken SanXian to your repairer, Sweeney's Luggage Center, they told me it is not repairable and given me a proof letter. They asked me to go for Allans Music and they told me since it's a Chinese musical instrument and they are not familiar with it. Even they may repair it, but the fee is possibly much expensive than the musical instrument's original value.
Therefore I would prefer replace a new SanXian.
I tried to get a quote from Hong Kong where i bought my SanXian which is about the same style with my original one. TSXL01 in HKD$3,200.
Enclosed the proof letter from Sweeney's Luggage Center and the quotation from Hong Kong Harmony Music Company.
Since I need this SanXian for busking during my stay at Melbourne, I wish I can get the new SanXian as soon as possible.
Please advise the procedure and I am looking for your reply. If there's any question or missing informations, please don't hesitate to contact with me.
Thank you for your kind attention.

Yours sincerely,
Minnie Wong

move on to Melbourne

this is a trip of faith......

finally i've got some time and mood to drop down a testimony on the days recently... really thanks brothers and sisters' prayer support.

tell something more about why i have to go from Brissy to Melb....
when i was in Brissy, everythings was smooth... the days are relaxing... work for a few hours a day... hang out with frds to eat, drink, coffee... stay at May's place, even can sometimes painting, dancing, running, sun tanning.... i almost forgot why i planned to have working holiday here. i actually planned to travel around, to experience God, to be a good testimony for Him...
before i arrived Aussie, i believe it's God's will on me to come over. Just like Abraham, God told him to leave Haran and go to Canaan.

"Leave your country, your people and your father's household

and go to the land I will show you." Genesis 12:1

take action when hear the calling.... u may take a look on my first post if u missed it....

while i was chatting with Karen, my Little Singapore colleague, she also had same will to go Melbourne. why not go there together?
also i know that Shu Shu was working at Breadtop there and always said she could introduce me to work there too. Work at bakery, sounds interesting...
It's kind of waste if i only work as waitress for the whole year....
Melbourne is an Artistic city, strong street busking.... as a graphic designer... and also a SanXian player...... i must visit this place as i planned to busking while Brissy always not allow me to do so........

okay, started planning.... don't know why, 9-11 appeared on my mind.... okay, i don't fear of the terror... go ahead!!!
contacted shu shu abt that, she said she gives my contact to her boss, and Brissy actually hire ppl too.... suddenly Karen changed her mind.... she said she wants to stay... but i'm somehow stubborn... once i made the decision... i won't change.....
kept on waiting for the call.......
before i resign... i wonder how would my supervisor Carol feel when i resign... since after Alice left, i worked for the open shop shift almost everyday... not much colleagues can works everyday since most of them are students...
i asked Chris, another colleauge who would leave soon... she told me actually Carol are leaving soon... she possibly won't care abt it.... huh?! so i told her the next day... yea, just as what Chris told me... even she was excited abt my life in Melbourne:)   just found that all my worries were so silly.... she told me i can get the reference letter from my boss too... what a good company... i never thought of this kind of job would do that....

one more thing, the tax return form were received just on time..... i could finished it right at the last day i work at LS and the next day got on the flight to Melb. and Wai Wai was so considerate that she given me all my salary on my last day... i told her i don't have time to wash my uniform b4 i return it, she said she would help me to wash........ so so so adorable ^3^

no matter what, Little Singapore (esp. City) is really a good place to work... love this family... the colleagues are so friendly and funny.... i almost forgot my real age :p

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started to find a place to stay at Melb...
i actually no such experience.... when i first arrive Brissy, Josephine arranged everything.... after that, i stayed at May's place.... what i have to worry abt?
mayb God gives me a lesson...
i seeked it at backpacker forum...
since didn't have time to inspection... i just contacted with SMS, emails, phone calls.... not much reply or told me someone rented already...
suddenly i got one reply... he sent me photos.... seems not bad and looked from the map... seems not too far away from Collingwood, the breadtop bakery that i planned to work for...
since i'm afraid someone would rent this place, i tranfered the $ to the landlord asap....
i actually worried will he cheated me? got my $ and disappeared... but i thought... i've got his mobile phone #, bank account, our SMS and email record... if he's really cheating me, i still can call police and traced back everything....
he finally cheated me in another way.....................

the photo he given me was actually another room... he didn't show the common area... the kitchen, bathroom................ it's soooooo sooooo horrible...
dirty with bad smell.....
i paid him one month rent and he asked me to pay him another one month rent as bond............ sorry, i don't have $ wor.......
so wise to not pay him any more....
after i told him i don't want to rent here anymore, he said... short term rental is not like that.... okay, what if i stay three weeks but he won't return my $ while i paid one month.... but afterwards he asked me to leave at the end of this month.... that means only 2 weeks more...
okay.... i don't want to stay longer anymore....
http://www.facebook.com/whyminnie?v=app_2392950137&ref=notif#!/video/video.php?v=473387969622   take a look on this video and u will know how bad it is.....

job hunting that few days... since the roomate of YHA given me her monthly ticket... i've got a few days to travel everywhere for free..... so i went to city everyday.... job hunting and find a new shareroom.... still no news from Breadtop.... only one job hired me.... that's Heng's recommended Crispy pork belly rice's place... Pacific BBQ cafe.... but $7 per hour..... Little Singapore given me $15.56 per hour..... so i really wanted to leave it......... anyway... they told me i can called them on Sun to get the roster of that week.... that means i should make the decision on Sunday.

seems no any response from other restaurants... i walked around city... and chinatown as well.... mainly given my CV to those Chinese Restaurants... Malaysian restaurants as well, since i believe my working experience and cantonese at LS may help.... yea, more chance to chat more while i given my CV... seems would get a job soon.... but no calls......
on-line applied some cafe job as well.... no reply.......

forgot to mention my Sanxian.... i was broken during the flight... so i couldn't busk also.... see people busking, but really no mood to give them $.....
i don't have $ too.....
started feel a bit faithless..... didn't want to buy any food, didn't want to spend my $...... also no mood to cook at the horrible kitchen....
i just bought some breads and instant noodles........
so worry abt my $, no $ to pay for the rent and bond for the new place..... if i con't out of job..........
is that i should go to be a stripper?!  i know how to dance like pussy cat dolls, christina aguilera and Britney.... but........... i don't want to disappoint my frds, my family and God...... how can i do such thing....... i can't betray my inner soul......

May comes to visit this weekend... i really want to give her a good news to make her not to worry abt me...
i suddenly received a SMS from Shu shu's frd, she told me to call Breadtop manager myself....
so i given him a call the next day... he asked me to come and have an interview.....

finally i had an interview today... i waited the train for quite a while, and lost at Collingwood.... finally i lated for an hour..... that's so bad to late that much for interview... but the manager is so nice... he asked me some questions and given me some forms to fill in... tried to work an hour, for me to know how the work will be and if i really like this job (instead of how my performance).... he knows i need to change train at City and can't start work at 5am... even may late at 6am... so he told me to check how earliest i could arrive... everything is so negotiable...
anyway, today is Sunday.... the day that i should make the decision to work at Pacific or not......... and May will go back to Brissy tmr, i given her the good news...

perfect timing!! everythings is under His providence :) my God is so different, right?!

urgent prayer request

Peace, Land and Bread....

Peace: pray that i still keep faith in God, no matter in what circumstances. also pls pray for my health, since it's so cold here, and it's raining while i was walking in the city, no umbrella.... fortunately (thanks God), i didn't get deeply wet, just the coat and hair... but my roomate got flu seriously, cough during whole day... it's really easy for me to get sick... what i can do is only drink the hot lemon that i brought from HK...

Land: the place i'm staying is really like a hell... bad smell when i go inside the room....everywhere is messy... the kitchen is so old and i even don't want to cook....everywhere is dirty.... i dont think doing house cleaning will help alot, that's just their custom... the internet is not stable, esp. night time.... they said someone downloaded movie... so it become slow.... i can only use it at non-peak time...
but i actually paid one month rent.... he asked me to give him one more month rent as bond, he didn't tell me abt this b4... and surely in this case, i won't give him anymore... i argued with my landlord today, he told me then stay 3 weeks and no return... so i actually loss 1 week rent... but i really wanna go.... 真係豪俾你算喇.... when i rent new place, i need to pay bond and rent again.... hope my little $$ is enough for me to live b4 i get the pay from new job.

Bread: i still not start working yet... job hunting today, got one job but really low pay, less than half pay of Little Singapore... really need to think thru... take it or leave it? the bread bakery job is not confirmed, but just got some news abt that again.... hopefully i can get this job.but i heard that it's pay monthly... so even i got this job, i may still need to wait a month to get the pay, then within these days, really eat bread?? really want to earn enough $ to travel around....

Last day at Brissy & First day at Melb

Last day at Brissy & First day at Melb
went to Westend for brunch... planned to back "Chan Chi Ming's place" but we missed the breakfast session... oh, my blood pudding='(
changed to brunch at another place and one more coffee at "Cup"...

say goodbye to them, say goodbye to Brissy.. i'll be back~~
had the meal at the plane while thinking of how's their dinner at Heng's place... i missed it...

picked up my baggage... how come i found my Sanxian with other baggage together while they told me i should get it back from a special counter...
while i picked it up, it's seems abnormal.... i opened it and checked, damn it!!!  the neck had been broken......
i went to the counter and asked for help... they told me i should call Qantas for that... either repair it or get a new one.... but as a Chinese musical instrument.... i don't think i can repair it here.... and this is not a really expensive one, repair it is actually wasting $$... what the best method is to buy a new one and given the receipt and claim for it... it takes time, u know.... I WANT TO GO BUSKING!!!!!!!!!

whatever.... i took the skybus and got to Melb city... a lady asked me if i'm a tourist and where i'm going to... she told me YHA is just a few blocks, yea, from the map it is... but she recommended me to take a tram and shown me which tram i should take....
but after i got on the tram, and asked other passenger if i should get off there... they told me i actually got a wrong tram.... huh?!
i got off the tram and tried to find the right one... failed to do so...
i wanted to get a taxi, but the taxi driver seems don't understand where i'm going to... i given up...
i asked ppl where's Flinder street, they pointed and told me at the end of the street.... okay... by walk then... but after Flinder street, i actually still needed to walk thru Spencer street.... i asked another two men, and they seems going there too... i was too brave to go there with them. but finally i got there....

there's another Chinese gal, Chi Hung from BJ as my roomate... but 4 shared room as a result only 2 ppl shared for the first day...
the bed is so comfy...

at the next day, i chatted with Chi Hung. she shared her breakfast with me... i asked where would she spent her Sunday... she told me her ex-colleague invited her to church, but she's actually not a christian... i begged her to bring me there XD
we took the train to Boxhill... Sunday saver ticket is juz 3.XX bucks for whole day, great!!
Boxhill is a chinese  ppl area, seems so many chinese food can be found.... her frd treated us, we enjoyed a shallot pancake and sour chilli soup.... the shallot pancakes were so nice!

they asked me to join the Mandarin with english translation service while is for youth and they attended the adult mandarin service....
for me, i prefer the English morning service since either Mandarin or English are not my mother tongue, i think english one's atmosphere would be better.... the Mandarin with english translation service is for teenage, i think i'm too old... but the mandarin service are mainly mid-age adult... juz no age between like me....
but let's see if there's another church near my place later.

Chi Hung prepared the dinner and shared with me... with Red Wine, cool! we chatted with the old man whose from UK but borned at Aussie. he's a retired civil servant... he had interest on how's the different for HK after the retured at 1997... franky say, i love UK governors... they fed me while i was growing up since my dad was cilvil servant too... i love Chris Patten=)
okay, stop say too much, ppl would know how old i am XD...
but good chatted with this old man....

i chatted with my another roomate too... she's from Swissland... a student but in working holiday... need to back to school soon but her bf would cont' his WH trip.... they would be in distance, she said she sad abt that...
i enjoy to chat with ppl in different nations... ha, so i should stay more at backpacker hostel?!