After Phase 1 Furnishing

My Apartment..

Most of the stuff you see here are mainly from Harvey Norman, Big W and Safeway Supermarket all under one roof in QV, Swanston.

As you can see, I bought a lovely table runner just to spice things up.. Free electronic kettle jug courtesy of Rachel, a mini rice cooker in the background.. some cutlery and mugs. I managed to find an Asian Supermarket very near to Queen Victoria Market, that was where I bought all the soy sauce, dark sauce, sesame oil and oyster sauce which you see in the pic, beside the rice cooker.

Bathroom mat and laundry basket.. also from Big W...

This is my workstation, complete with my very own buddha corner.. for quiet reflection..

This is wear I sleep *yawn*

It gets REALLY quiet here at night. So quiet that you practically here a faint ringing in your ears.. neural noise..? At least that's what we optoms use to describe seeing things/light that aren't actually there.

You'll see the radiator in the bottom left. It has only been turned on ONCE, when I was testing it. Two reasons why I do not turn on my radiator: Firstly, it's VERY expensive! Try turning on a 5000W monster overnight (typically non-energy saving light bulb is about 60W). I just cannot afford this luxury lah.. Second and MOST important reason: radiators heat the ROOM, NOT the person. Come on... It's time to do your part for the environment! Keep warm the Live Earth Way! (put on a cardigan instead).

Those dangly white brown yellow thingys were brought over from Singapore. You can buy them in Mini toons, Cineleisure orchard.

My room is complete! But it's not quite a Home yet..

My New Home in Melbourne

Honey, I'm home... ahhh!!! Where am I? Still unable to believe I'm actually HERE already. Yes.. I'm in Melbourne and this room will be my home for the next 6months at least..

College Square Apartments:
My room is located conveniently on Lygon Street. Convenient in the sense that the cemetery is just across the street. - NOT! Convenient because my school, the Victorian College of Optometry is just a couple of blocks down the road from my place.. Convenient because I live on Lygon Street - known widely as the 'Little Italy' of Victoria.. Think pizzas and pastas, chic cafes and... KOKO BLACK!

My room is basically L shaped.

First picture depicts what you'll expect to see upon entering my apartment.

Second pic shows my bathroom with spare bed.

Third pic shows my bed.. with a welcome gift box from YMCA. The gift box includes my doona (quilt.. not sure why they call them doonas here), doona cover, sheets, pillow, pot, mini wok, 1 set of cutlery and a drinking glass. Pretty neat huh? Even got an extra doona for both beds.

Last pic shows my toilet in the background left and my door on the right.
As you can see.. everything is in a MESS! Time to get crackin'