Okay, so I'm not going to tell you about the weather or the pretty sights here in australia since most of you have probably heard them in general already. I'm going to give a more in depth(day to day living) here in perth to let you darls know how it feels like :-) basically it's like a compare and contrast between s'pore n aussie.
First of all, people in perth and australia in general drive in the exact same system as s'pore. The driver is on the right. But, here in perth, they love to use round abouts instead of traffic lights. Normal roads are generally about 2 lanes. Oh, and they don't call it expressway, they call it the freeway. Remember, here in aus, highway is not equals to expressway. It's freeway instead. The traffic crossing buttons are exactly the same as s'pore. Big, round metal buttons with an arrow, but the traffic lights are similar to malaysia's designs. Their number plates are like a number, followed by 3 alphabets, a dot, n then 3 numbers. Eg. 1DGJ.323. Their local model is called Holden. But they do have toyota n bmw etc. The food here are definitely more expensive in aussie. If you go to the food centres, a plate of rice is about $9. Ya. Oh, but the supermarkets do have cheap stuffs! For eg., you can get 3-4 packets of biscuits(like oreos or tim tam) for $5 n orange juice for about $1.50. My family in particular loves to get the 3 for $10 pizzas! Haha. Anyway, the trains n buses are quite good. And in my opinion, perth is not that a quiet, boring place. It's quite happening too. In town, you do get to see a lot of people. And during peak hour(around 6pm), the trains and buses do get very crowded. You might even have to stand on the train(like mrt kind of train. Exactly the same in s'pore. Okay, maybe s'pore is still more crowded). Oh yes, in town, you can find bubble tea for about $3.50. Yes, even koi is cheaper. Hey, but look on the bright side, they have free upsize on mon n $2 on wed. Not so bad right. I've tried a bubble tea called eternal love milk tea! Cool names they got there:-) anyway, they use $2 coins here, not notes. Their notes starts from $5, then $10, $20(which s'pore does not have), $50 etc. In winter, the sun rises about the same time as s'pore, but it sets super early. By 6pm, it's like 9pm in s'pore, so so dark. The tv channels are quite good, ya, no chinese or korean drama, but they have sitcoms like big bang theory every wed night :-) oh and hi-5, hmm man vs wild etc. Whenever people get off the bus, they'll shout thank you to the bus driver, so nice right?! People in aussie here love to greet others by this phrase, hello, how are you? Haha. And of course you'll have to reply hey, i'm fine thank you. Yup. That's kind of how people are here. My neighbour is a lovely family from south africa. They have only 1 daughter. The estate that i lived in are mainly british migrants. Trust me, they are very nice people to me. Sometimes, on the streets, when they see me walking, they'll shout ni hao. Haha. Usually i just say hey back. My mum thinks that they are making fun of me, but i honestly do not think so. And yes, i love the sea. As always, it's so beautiful. In perth, i've seen so many rainbows! Think more than 5 times already. Winter is usually more rainy. But today is sunny:-) yay. Just to let you know. My parents are in s'pore at this very moment. Handing the house over to our new owner.They'll probably be back first week of july. I'm still abit scared to drive in aus as i'm not very familiar with the roads. So all in all, i'm doing good. Yes, so far i've attended a church service in a nearby church near my area. But i still would like to visit fcc(faith community church which is down south perth. I live in the north). Probably can only do that once my parents return. Guess i'll end here. Anyway, about my plan in life, i'm hoping to get into honours psych this aug. Closing date of application is 25th july. My parents in s'pore will help me collect my transcript from nus then i can apply. Yup. I miss everyone in s'pore. Love ya. Will update soon.
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