A Happy Blog Entry~

The trip to Brisbane was short, but I don't think I could have enjoyed my days any more :) The weather was comfortable at 20°C, the people were awesome, the city was beautiful and everything was just fine and dandy. I had initially planned this trip to be an introspective journey on a foreign land, to write all my thoughts down in a notebook I had specially brought along for that purpose (back to the old times of ink on paper) but I was eventually too caught up with the daily affair that my writings became mundane, and shallow :(

Loved the in-flight entertainment of Emirates :)


Typical of a train station in suburban Brisbane - hardly a living soul about.

My 8 month old niece - Elena

Scones and tea at a little cafe called Tlicious at South Bank.

I left my heart in Brisbane~

Adorable, attention-seeking child full of drool.

At Lone Pine Sanctuary. An hour's bus journey from the city.

Lone Pine was simply beautiful. The weather was beautiful, the grass was beautiful, the animals were beautiful - everything in existence there seemed touched by the hands of God.

A hidden cafe in the town of Paddington. I would become a vegetarian for their food.

Me looking appealing (heh), enjoying my appealing sandwich. I loved how Australians use arugula as their standard salad ingredient. I can eat rocket leaves forever.

I took about 300 photos but I'm too lazy to post them out. All in all, I'm glad to have met my friends over there whom I've not seen in a very long time.

Random excerpts from my 'reflective journal' in Brisbane, slightly abridged:

22 April, Friday, 14:29 - I have never in my life waited so long for a train.

24 April, Sunday, 11.38 - Chilly weather with likelihood of rain. But gosh, how those clouds roll on infinitely in the vast skies here. A beam of sunlight is peeping through the clouds and partially lighting up the area like a stage light. Beautiful, but I seem unable to succinctly describe the beauty I'm seeing now. Am I alone? Yes. Am I lonely? Not at all.

25 April, Monday, 10:37 - I had a really great time at South Bank yesterday. (At this moment, I'm waiting for the train at Banoon station, and the crows are fucking huge and cawing relentlessly.) The day spent with Sod yesterday is exactly the kind of day I want for the rest of my days in Brisbane. Carefree and vagrant.

25 April, Monday, 20:51 - It's interesting to note that apart from allowing eating/drinking/bicycles on trains, no one seems to be bothered by the frequent short power-outages as well.

26 April, Tuesday, 09:28 - A 37-minute wait for the train? Brisbane has outdone itself. Why like that?! I'm hungry for my Devonshire tea, yum yum.

Going through these makes me miss Brisbane and the solitary journeys I took. I am so going back next year.