Melbourne is prolly the only Australian city with the most erratic climate and temperament. Winter set its foot and draped the city with temperatures never more than 20C, and when spring has supposedly tempered its way through in September, it still felt like winter up till October, even though the occasional warmth graced by the [...]
Last Sunday on the 1st November, Ethan and I woke up to mist descending upon Melbourne. It was a strangely beautiful sight—this mass of grey snaking around the buildings and obscuring visibility—but it did made us contemplate whether to proceed with our plans of bushwalking that very day or not. Funnily enough, a check on [...]
It has been a long week. Or what appeared to be like it. My exams unfortunately didn’t go well—an Investment paper last Thursday was easily the worst among the three, even though it was an open-book exam, we’re still so constrained by time. My subsequent two papers on Friday, Empirical Studies in the Equity Markets, [...]
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29 Oct 2009So Tuesday evening came, and against my better judgement and guilt, went out to watch Astro Boy at Melbourne Central’s Hoyts’ Xtremescreen, boasting an enormous screen and loud Dolby 8 surround sound. I went with Ethan, Spencer, and Desmond to the corner of La Trobe St / Swanston St and waited for Spencer’s friend, David, [...]
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27 Oct 2009The guitar’s strums filled Ethan’s room on a Sunday night after 11, and it sings with Ivan’s rendition of Disagree’s Crumbs and Suicide Note. My mind transited to what seemed like that world on the other side, and I’m subtly reminded of Suet Li’s once groupie-like obsession with the band. And I’m here at a [...]
It was when I was walking with Ethan somewhere in the city of Melbourne months ago that I first chanced upon the free newspaper, mX, and it was occasionally when I passed by an mX “stand” (for the lack of a better word) that I’d pick one up and read it at home, or when [...]
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20 Oct 2009Four overgrown kids from Walsh St headed out to Flagstaff Gardens yesterday night and jogged in 15C-ish (no, it wasn’t that cold.. either I got the temp wrong or I’m already used to the weather). It was my first time jogging in what seems like years; I thought I’d tire out easily. But as I [...]
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19 Oct 2009On the last class of my entire semester on Friday—a tutorial with my Romanian tutor for Empirical Studies at 4.30pm (skipped the earlier class as I often couldn’t get the chance to consult my tutor; and after asking my tutor, I switched to the later class)—I had a general seal of approval from my tutor [...]
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Last Sunday, I was torn between laziness, working on my assignment, and going for a photography session termed as “Phoplay” which was organised by a CouchSurfer. After the previous night’s alcohol-fueled card games session, I woke up in the morning suddenly with a strengthened resolute to take good photos, and I thought I shouldn’t pass [...]

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