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Michelle
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hiyah all!!

now i am finally going to blog about my trip in Perth.. a personal review of the place.. IMPT note: don't go there during christmas! i will explain why.. firstly, they don't work for 3 consecutive days, from 24 to 26dec. all shops are closed, it's hard to find a decent restaurant and there is not a single soul in sight! they charge a 10% surcharge on your total bill on public holidays. which means a bill of AUD$50 will cost you AUD$55 on Christmas day! (btw, the exchange rate is AUD$1 = SGD$1.30)

so we spent the first three days sightseeing, walking around empty streets.. there is only one good thing out of this, no one will walk past you when you are trying to take a photograph of a famous statue. haha..

finally came 27 Dec, where all the shops are open again! we went down south of Perth to Magaret River. we never booked our accomodation in advance because our itinerary is not fixed. so we had a big headache on this day! everyone rushed down to Magaret River and so all the hotels and motels are fully booked!! i dunno if we are considered lucky, the lady at the tourist centre said there was a last minute cancellation and so there was this Deluxe Spa Suite available. the price? AUD$330 a night. that's like daylight robbery! so my family and i vowed to make the fullest use of the Spa facilities in that room. we had to take it up, the nearby accomodation are all fully booked!! we only had a budget of AUD$200 for each night's stay, so we have greatly exceeded our budget. fret not, we will just find a cheaper alternative for the next day's stay. hah.. back to the room, it was totally not worth 330 at all! the SPA is just a built-in jaccuzzi in the bathroom. so after showering, we filled up the whole tub with water and soaked in it.. haha.. one of us at a time lah, each one taking around 30 mins.. haha.. must make full use of it mah..

i bought a pair of white shorts for AUD$19.95 (usual price was AUD$39.95). the material is quite good and thick. whoo! and we ate this humongous ice-cream for only AUD$3.75. haha, it is from a famous Fudge Factory in Magaret River. you get to choose two flavours, the girl gave us really huge scoops! so i chose caramel and my bro chose espresso! yummy-licious!

the shopping at Perth is crazy! the Aussies spend so much on Post-Christmas Shopping that the Central Bank is considering to raise the interest rates to curb inflation. the discounts given are awesome! every thing is at least 50% off! i bought a summer dress for AUD$20 only! that is only SGD$26! a pair of beach shorts for AUD$6.95, a satin bubble skirt for AUD$9.95, two tees for AUD$10 each, a bag for AUD$4.95 (the usual price is AUD$49.95!!!) and some accessories from Diva, the shop that you see all over Singapore now. the items i bought from Diva is at least 80% off their usual price!!

speaking of the bag, it was supposed to be priced at AUD$9.95, but the staff tagged it wrongly. so i got it at a steal price of only AUD$4.95!! haha.. the bag is nice, you may have seen it in singapore, may cost at least $40 in Singapore.

in case you are wondering, i din buy any shoes there. there is NOVO in perth, but the designs are really old and they are not cheap! at least AUD$29. they dun sell my fave rubbery shoes at NOVO and we have much more creative and wild designs here in Singapore as compared to Perth. So girls, buy your shoes in Singapore! we are really lucky to have such great variety of shoes here. =D

the staff at the shops of Perth are really weird. some of them smile and are really friendly. others just put on a black face. everyone there starts off their sentence with "How ya doing?" you are supposed to reply "Great, how about you?" haha.. can you imagine a black-faced girl asking you about your day? haha.. but heck about their attitude. as my dad says, the poorer their attitude, the better it is for us. so that Singapore sales staff can outshine the rest in other countries and our quality of service and ultimately our economy will improve!

i am amazed at my dad.. his brains just stretch beyond anything.. you can ask him about anything under the sky (other than biology stuff) and he will be able to answer your question.. ahha..

one thing that i will never be able to get used to in perth, that is the drinking water there. we boiled the water in perth so that we can put in bottles for next day's consumption. but it tastes salty!! just slightly salty, but it still tastes very different from the one in Singapore. we din know on the first day and no one believed me when i told them that the water is different. so we ended up buying mineral water and drinking them for the rest of our trip! haha.. expensive water..

below are some of the pics i took.. enjoy!