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Jan 18

Birdman Eating and The Hardware Société

I was expecting a blog post from myself last week but little did I know my ‘timetable’ was be jam packed.
Tuesday and Wednesday was spent watching ‘Bottled Passion’, a TVB drama.
The habit of watching drama all day, from episode to episode is no longer in me.
Or I should say, not much drama interest me nowadays.

Saw my mom and brother watching ‘Bottled Passion’ and it looks so interesting I have to get it from my brother.
It was real good I finished it in 3 days, mainly because it’s a love story with a twist.
But I hate the ending so it kind of made me feel like I wasted my time watching it.
TVB should know by now that ‘unhappy ending’ will not make us, the audience happy.

After the drama, the rest of my days were spent outside of home hanging out with friends from Melbourne cause most of them are at KL for now. (:
Speaking of Melbourne, here is the post as promised.

Food from Melbourne’s cafe.
You see, it’s been pretty long (very damn long in fact) since I came home from Melbourne so I guess I probably cant describe how the food taste like anymore except that it tasted good wtf.
But I’ll try my best to dig out whatever I can remember from my brain.

First off, Birdman Eating.
Yes, what a name I thought to myself when Fatty first told me about it.
Birdman Eating : Odd name, simple, and brilliantly done (food and ambiance).

I do not do any research about restaurant or cafes during my stay in Melbourne (unlike here in KL) because obviously, it’s the boyf’s job while I visit him.
Apparently Birdman Eating is very famous for their baked eggs as I’ve mentioned in my previous post.


* The first thing that caught my eye when I stepped into Birdman Eating is their hanging carrots in plastic bags. What a decoration. The first one is a bird man like figure with colourful feathers, second is the hanging plastic-bag-carrots and the third are flowers in vases which they changed it on the spot when we’re there.
Very creatively done.


* One of the best Chai Latte I’ve ever tried in Melbourne which came in a rather unique red tin. Very aromatic and I really like it that way. Damn, I seriously miss drinking Chai Latte. $5.50.


* I guess we ordered baked eggs of the day which you can made your decision based on what they have on their blackboard. Just imagine, on a chilly early noon you’re served with pipping hot baked eggs with runny yolks on a metal skillet and with a sliced of buttered toast. Your day will be a wonderful one after eating the baked eggs, hah. $14.


* Soup of the day which I cant remember much.


* A picture while we were walking towards the tram station. I will definitely be back for more baked eggs, some time this year. (:

So if you happened to be in Melbourne, do drop by on a Sunday morning for some perfectly bake baked eggs.
This will not disappoint you, I swear.
It’s located at Fitzroy and here’s the address.

Birdman Eating
238 Gertrude Street
Fitzroy, VIC 3065

Mon-Fri 7am–10:30pm
Sat-Sun 8am–10:30pm

Next on is The Hardware Société.
Did not bother much on why Birdman Eating is called Birdman Eating but how did The Hardware Société’s name came by is from the lane itself, located at Hardware street.
So next time if you cant figure what name to give your cafe, you can try ‘Hang Tuah Société’ if your cafe is at Jalan Hang Tuah.
Damn, Malaysia’s street name never sound right.


* Another perfect place for a warm hearty breakfast. I seriously love eating breakfast in Melbourne.


* If you pay attention enough, most of the newly opened cafes in KL look like the above picture. Probably inspired by cafes from the west.
The Hardware Société’s interior actually looked much better than the picture above. I was too busy catching up with my friend and too busy focusing on food. Cant be bothered with pictures that very moment. But do google for it if you’re interested and you’ll be amaze.

Expect to see a line of people waiting for tables when you’re there, probably a very normal scene for The Hardware Société.

Do forgive me because I am not able to name a single dish here, my brain failed me.
So this time round, I’ll just say I’ll let the pictures do the talking.


* Chai Latte in a pot wrapped by a cute and colourful knit. Told you I love Chai Latte, just simply irresistible.


* My friends were not quite used to the taste and the combination of ingredients the cafe offered.


* Just take a look at the peas/beans!


* This is the best dish but I cant remember what it is.


* I was really happy when I get to meet Foon in Melbourne and that’s where we enjoyed our breakfast together.

The Hardware Société is located in CBD, in the heart of Melbourne city.

The Hardware Société
120 Hardware Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Opening hours:
Mon – Fri 7.30am – 3pm
Sat – 8.30am – 2pm

Now you see the difference between Malaysia’s cafe and Melbourne’s?
Or you still don’t?
Sometimes it just feels like these Melburnians put so much heart and effort in their food and drinks.
Damn, Melburnians can really cook!
Worth every penny you pay!

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Oct 18

How I miss.

Gawd!!!!!!!!!!
I am missing Melbourne so much right at this moment, it’s not even funny!!!
Yes, I always miss Melbourne on normal days but today the missing feeling is just so intense I don’t know why.

Here I am blogging from office because I just feel like I need to let it out plus I’ve got nothing much on hand right now.
Better not take me wrong, I’m not abandoning my work for this.

I miss taking the apartment’s lift, walking out to the street.
I miss crossing that street right in front of the apartment to Coles.
I miss grocery shopping at Coles.
I miss taking the train at Southern Cross.
I miss waiting for the tram.
I miss deciding whether I should buy the tram ticket while my boyf stares at me.
I miss walking in the cold. So cold I’m freeze to death.
I miss preparing breakfast while the boyf is soundly asleep.
I miss preparing dinner alone at home while the boyf is at the gym.
I miss preparing dinner while the boyf do his work.
I miss baking the frozen pizza for our supper.
I miss showering in that toilet.
I miss vacuuming the house.
I miss laying on the cheapest sofa bed we got from Ikea.
I miss locking the boyf while he’s at the balcony taking a puff.
I miss playing Lami with my friends while the guys plays Dota.
I miss playing pool at QV.
I miss QV’s mamak.
I miss drinking a hot cup of coffee in the cold.
I miss the autumn leaves.
I miss David Jones.
I miss the shops.
I miss Tien Ren.
I miss Lin Contro.
I miss San Churro.
I miss going to clubbing on Friday nights.
I miss seeing Dennis get drunk.
I miss Sam’s place.
I miss the egg benedicts and whatever it is.
I miss walking to Crown with the boyf.
I just really miss walking in Melbourne.
I even actually miss that brief moment staying in QV’s 3107.
I miss the room with a magnificent view.

Today or right now is just one of the days where I wish I could turn back time.
Those 3 months of memories, I wouldn’t trade with anything.
I just don’t know why I get really emotional thinking about it today.

:(

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Sep 12

Missing my favorite city on a Mid-Autumn

I should be flying tonight!!!
I should be in one of my favourite city tomorrow!!!
But here I am still in my pajamas sitting on my bed with a laptop on my lap filling my blog with nonsense.
The thought of it is unbearable ):

I miss all my friends in Melbourne so so much.
Miss the weekly clubbing routine where we’ll all go for supper at QV’s mamak afterwards.
Laughing at my friend for getting drunk and acting silly, it’s always him.
And he’ll get a hangover next day, refusing to eat anything for lunch. Haha!

I hope by the time I have the chance to be at Melbourne again, most of them are still there.
Because my chance will only come mid next year, hell long to go.

Meanwhile, I get to spend our first mid-autumn with the fatty (:
But I don’t think he’s even interested in lanterns and candles, haha.
Then again, it’s not childish or sissy okay! It’s a tradition!
It’s a festive that all of us once looked forward to during our childhood times.

I kind of miss the old school rabbit lantern that I once used to dislike cause I think it’s ugly.
Don’t you just miss being a kid?
Anyway, happy mid-autumn festival to all the Chinese in the world. (:

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Aug 30

My one day road trip in Melbourne.

Yes, I do go to road trip too, I don’t just stay in the city.
But just one road trip for the entire three months if my memory did not fail me, it was way too cold for us to go on a road trip.

Ben rented a car and off we go to Mount Dandenong. (:
First stop was Puffing Billy. It’s a century old steam train that will bring us around the mountain allowing us to have a view at the scenic Dandenong ranges.
There’s a history to it but I cant quite remember it right now, haha.
The price is slightly expensive to me but I did had fun sitting on a steam train listening to the puff-puff sound that the train makes. (:


* Say hi to billy.


* Train stop.


* And the best part is of course we get to sit at the edge and put our legs outside!


* Like this! :D


* And stuck my head outside hoping that there aint any giant knife chopping my head away.


* ‘putt-putt’


* We didn’t go all the way, we just stop at the middle, get down and snapped some pictures.


* It’s really really cold.

Went for late lunch after saying bye to Billy at a place I cant remember.
I just remember seeing lots of cows when I was enjoying my meal. Or was it lots of sheep?
The restaurant is surrounded by beautiful trees.


* Lovely branches and dried leaves. Love it!

Leave the place and went uphill to enjoy the friggin cold breeze and beautiful view.
Boyf said I sure will like this and brought me to this Giant’s Chair.


* Trying to show how giant the chair is.


* I wonder how many times he sat on this Giant’s Chair, haha.


* If only my picture can tell you how cold it is at that very moment.


* This is a tree hole ….


* …for people like me to make a wish. ‘Dear tree hole, ………’


* Of all trees, why did I picked the one that look most pathetic?


* He’d been to all these places for a few times, yet he brought me there for me to enjoy my holiday. How nice of him (:

Since the boyf bought his i4, we’ve always been taking pictures with Instagram. Especially me because it can save me lotsa hassle from editing my pictures and I took all of ‘em with his account.
He don’t really bother accepting requests or stuff like that, so three weeks back I took over and created my own account instead. muahaha!
Follow me if you wish, just look for ‘peggychow’. (:

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Aug 17

Melbourne Museum, oh-so-interesting.

The word museum do not appeal to a lot of the people I know.
Whenever I am excitedly talking about museum or how badly I wish to go, I do get weird stares sometimes.
Like why?? Museum can be so interesting!
Well, maybe not the one in KL but I believe museums outside of the country is worth a visit.
Even the museum in Malacca thrills me. Have yet to visit Baba and Nyonya museum!!

I had much fun reading and learning and seeing all the stuffs in Melbourne museum.
We went twice on separate days because on the first day while half way enjoying the museum someone called and we need to go home instantly because that someone is coming over to fix the phone line.
Gawd, hate it like why cant they inform us earlier instead of calling and requesting us to go home of all sudden. PFFT!!

So we went back again after a week or two to continue the journey.
Lack of time still, there’s still parts which I have not explore yet. ):
Sigh. It really does take a lot of time to finish every part of the museum, there’s too many things for me to explore.
When I have the chance, I’ll definitely go back for the third time.


* museum day (:


* the use-to-be-tram, looking so cute and lovely. I’d love to take a ride to Richmond in that tram (:


* there’s all types of crystals, in so many different shapes, forms, and colours. never in my life saw such crystals before!


* and there’s even glow-in-the-dark crystal. how amazing.


* the museum not only showcase dinosaurs, but their poops and eggs as well.


* bugs, butterflies, spiders, bees, ants, and whatnot. there’s tons of them.


* real living bugs and their home.

There’s sections on human body and mind which Ben likes the most, and then there’s section on planets and earth which appears to be the most boring to me.
Exploring human minds are fun, I’m always somewhat drawn to that.
Funny how the part that I missed out exploring is the part that showcase things related to Australia.
What a waste.

After exploring we have a slow walk back to the city enjoying the autumn breeze.
Autumn is one of the four season I like the most. The sight of the fall leaves are just too beautiful for me to ignore.
My nickname for ICQ ten years ago was AutumnGal, hahahahahah.
And some of my friends still have the funniest email address ever, haha.


* strolling around the park.


* just look at the leaves. now i wonder, why didn’t I lay down on it once.

Visiting the museum worth every dollar I paid, it’s just 8 dollars.
And if you’re a student studying in Melbourne, or Oz it is absolutely free. Students are under concession.
Trust me, it’s fun. (:

p/s: my guest ‘blogger’ asked me to introduce him to the whole world that he’ll be guest blogging and i wonder when will that be.

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Aug 05

Party Animals

Exactly when was the last time I posted about clubbing!?
It’s like I retire from the party scene when in fact, not.
Just that I’m too lazy to sort the pictures out but here I am, doing what I should. (:

Clubbing in Melbourne is a pain in the ass during winter.
Imagine walking on the road with less than ten degree weather in a ‘skimpy’ clothing.
I mean, cant be expecting me to wear four layers of clothes like how I normally would, to a club right.
Just a cardigan over my short dress and that’s it. /freeze
And then what do I do with the cardigan in the club? Hang it in the cloak room for 5 dollars each time.
Annoying much.

And then normally there isn’t any table for us in the club, unlike here in Malaysia.
They just goes up to the bar and buy shots instead of opening bottles.
No tables, no chairs equals to no place for me to sit.
I cant be dancing in my heels for a few hours straight, I’ll probably die from exhaustion.
Unless I follow the guys to the smoking area, which is an outdoor, which means cold to death.

I guess I’m just not use to it.
But then again, the people I club with in Melbourne are nice people to hang out with (:


* first clubbing in Melbourne.


* the guys at Alumbra.


* bass lounge’s smoking area.


* look at that red face ben, haha.


* the guys enjoying their drinks at neverland.


* <3


* dennis the little brother and me.


* me and wesley, and he’s only 18!!


* moments when I’m lazy to use my camera.


* my fatty. HAHA!


* victoria and me.


* jovin (:

I feel like I’m too old for clubbing sometimes.

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Aug 02

Just a few of the activities in Melbourne.

Friends complained to me that I update my blog too slow, not that I don’t know.
I better be a hardworking blogger or else no one will be bother to read my blog anymore.
And also, the boyf asked me to stop blogging so much about food. haha
That too, I realise. Food post, food post, and food post.

There’s so much more pictures I have yet to post from Melbourne, especially those from my camera.
Haven’t even take the initiative to transfer the pictures, my bad.

Went to Melbourne’s free exhibition. Forget what’s the exhibition called but something to do with tv, movies and games.


* old school games (:


* ben playing sonic.


* they sell really cute stuff but too expensive for me to bring it home.


* at a friend’s place, having fun and drinking.


* haha, the boys taking off their pants comparing boxers.


* paintball session, but i did not join. tried once in KL and it gives me hell the next day. body ache and bruises all over, pfft!


* but this paintball base in melbourne is pretty nice, there’s plane and all.


* i actually slept in the car while waiting for them to finish their game.


* ending this post with this eerie creature. saw this on the street and this is one of the best performer i saw at melbourne so far.

Guess it’s about time for me to transfer my pictures from camera soon :\

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Jul 05

Sunset at St. Kilda

Sorry for the one week plus hiatus, I was extremely busy last week.
Getting up around 9 every morning, running up and down just to gather all my documents for the visa that I fail to get. ;(
I was already too late when I reached Australia Embassy, the application is full and the person in charge told me to try again next year since I’m still young.
I looked at him, blank face wanting to shout into his ears “NO!! I want it now!! NOW!!” ;(
There’s still a slight chance though, if they call me in these two weeks I might get it.
But I feel pretty hopeless already because I know that is quite impossible. Sigh, life.
For all the things that I’ve done! pfft ;(

And now blogging about Melbourne makes me miss it even more. Half of my soul stays there, in that house!!
This is the only beach Ben brought me to, St. Kilda beach. I totally forgot that I wanted to go to Brighton beach so badly, only remember it when I came back to Malaysia. Fail.

We not only went to St. Kilda for sunset, but for the cute penguins as well.
He said if I’m lucky then I’ll get to see penguins behind those rocks, after they swam back.
I was so excited when I heard funny sounds from the penguins and indeed I saw few of them hiding behind the rocks.
Cute and cuddly penguins. ;)


* It’s still Autumn when we have a little fun at St. Kilda or else I’ll be freeze to death.


* Sunny and breezy and loving it.


* And it just feels so good to lay down on the grass while the wind touches our face. Most of the couples there make out and there’s one right at the corner.


* (:


* I just wore a dress and a scarf but as time goes by, as winter visits us I wore four friggin layers and still shivers.


* Lotsa dead starfish.


* Ben sitting on rocks, no idea if he’s trying to look emo or cool.


* This beautiful sunset reminds me of Redang’s beautiful sunrise.

I had fun at St. Kilda eating ice-cream, laying down on grass, searching for penguins, looking at the sun set, and just exploring around. A very relaxing evening indeed and right now, I am so looking forward to step foot on Brighton beach and snapped tons of pictures with all the colourful huts. (;

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