Down Under 1

Seems like there will always be a month in every year where I'll virtually vanish from this blog. Ah well... Anyways, it's been a week since I'm back from my Australia trip. A lot of pictures here, but don't think I'll post them up. But yea, now that my sis is back, the house is finally getting more lively than before. More trash than before too. It's a miracle that we managed to get past the customs with 70kg of stuff... and 90kg came back a few days later via post. Well.... two years worth of stuff, so can't say it's bad.


Drown, Ophelia by ~Ephirel on deviantART

(wooo.. didn't know this function is this useful...)

Anyways, the only anime painting I did during the three week. It's been a long time since I painted on the floor... carpeted some more... There wasn't a table for me to use then, cos they were all sold. Xiu had to move out of the house by early July, so we were in a frantic rush to sell all the furniture off. It was the first time I ever had a feeling of satisfaction for cleaning up a house (since it won't be filled up anymore). Haha, and also the first time I feel what it is like to be without a fixed home. For the first few nights, we were in Canberra living with one of Xiu's friend, and after that, with Tabby and Candice back at Sydney. The last two days were at a hotel in the city, since the previous home had to be returned to it's owner and everyone had to move out.

Anyways, just some pictures here:



Xiu at the front porch... She was saying how warm the sun is... It's winter there, so having the sun to shine was a blessing, although I wonder how deadly the UV rays would be..?



From the backyard of the home.



Being a HDB kid, I was quite excited about it. There aren't much flowers blooming in the cold season, but there are still few flowering.







Wanted to draw them down but, yea, too cold to stay for long >_<





Xiu while she slaved away on her final thesis. That was when we still had a table.



The room that was emptied first. Xiu stayed with two other housemates, but they had to leave the place early so their rooms were cleared first.

Anyways, the first thing that strike me when I got to Sydney was this:



If one grows up seeing MRTs, this is definitely something new >_< With the service people standing at the open door of the cabin, peering out to see if there was anybody rushing into the train at the last second. Weeeeeee........ yes, I'm easily fascinated.





The map of the train services.



Quick sketch of a man sleeping on the train. His hat caught my attention, but end up drawing the full person.

That's all for now, cos most photos are in Xiu's camera. Mine became useless cos in my rush to prepare for the trip, I forgot about the charger for my camera... so there aren't much pictures taken with it.