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a different celebration in australia

hello!!!

it's been ages since i last posted anything! this blog has quieten down a little hasnt' it?seems like only melie, abi and mer read it! i still do check it once in a while! and yes, abi, i saw the tag. that's why i decided to post an entry.

Happy Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa you guys! must be having heaps of fun during this festive season? long holidays yeah? well, there's no celebration over here for those two festivals, at most probably a very very small one within their own communities...it's not a huge thing at all.

However, we did have a different kind of celebration! Melbourne had a public holiday on the 1st of nov as well. It's called Melbourne Cup day. don't know if anyone of you have heard of it, and it is pretty interesting, (well, at least for us here it is), so i'll attempt to explain what it is. Melbourne Cup is a competition. Horse Racing competition. It's a VERY BIG EVENT here...commonly known as the spring races. It goes on for about a month, with many many different competions and different cups to be won, but the most prestigious and important one is of course the melbourne cup. the interesting thing about this is, people dress up to go to the races! it's very formal. the guys have to wear suits and all, and the ladies have to wear dresses, and head pieces. now now, i don't mean head pieces as in anyhow, anykind. they either wear hats or facinators..you know in england, the women usually wear such things? yeah...so the girls dress up and all try to outdo each other with their head piece. And these head pieces are not cheap at all... the average cost of a hat is about 200. i mean you can definitely get below 100 bucks..but that's really low quality. and tickets to the event isn't cheap as well. so basically, a well attended, high class, sporting event i would say. Everyone either goes to the races, or stays at home to watch it. the streets are deserted, nothing is open. What made this year's races more memorable was this particular horse named 'Makybe Diva', which had won the cup for the past 2 years. Everyone placed their bets on this horse...and it won!! so it created history and will probably be well known to all aussies for at least the next century. i hope to attend the races at least once while i'm here. have to wait for next year!

oh another interesting thing! daylight savings has kicked in! so i'm now 3 hours ahead of singapore time..used to be 2 hours. and the funny thing is that the sky is bright all the way until 8pm! haha...really weird! but it's good coz it makes the day even longer. and apparantly the sky remains bright until 9pm during summer!!

anyway, yup..just thought i'll share a little bout some aussie happenings! haha..sorry if i made you bored. time really flies..i've been here almost 4 months...and i'll be back in singaproe at the end of this month. my exams are in 4 days time! i think it's about the same time as those in ntu right? so all the best to whoever's having exams!!!