overnight at wantirna south on arrival in melbourne

our departure was delayed by nearly one hour. instead of flying off at 3.20, the plane took off at about 4.20 p.m. we touched down at melbourne at 1.30 a.m. on 5 july. it took more than half an hour for us to wait to claim our luggage. our four items were about the last to be off loaded from the plane. the customs check was very thorough and strict. they would not allow certain foodstuff to be brought into the country. fortunately, our bengawan solo's pineapple tarts and prawn rolls and our dried cuttlefish were cleared.

by the time we reached our friend's place at wantirna south, which is about 50km from the airport, it was way past 4.00 a.m. did not get much sleep as i was up at 7.00 a.m. because ida had to enrol and register at the university. ida finally got up at 9.30 a.m. my friend drove us to the monash university where we met ivy's housemate rachel who helped us with the enrolment.

chris and del has adopted a new dog named toby since the passing of their old faithful called buggsy. toby is a cross between a doberman and an alsatian. he is as mild as buggsy was.

we went for lunch before returning in the afternoon to do the registration for the modules that ida would be taking in the first semester. there were four other new students in the lecture room. meanwhile my friend chris had returned home to rest.

in the evening, at about 7.00 p.m., we went for dinner with chris khoo, his wife del, ida, ivy and ida's friend valerie. valerie arrived about a week earlier and she is doing the same course as ida. we had shanghainese food at one of the main shopping centres in waverley. the food was nice and inexpensive. paid aus$45 for the dinner.

today, got ivy to drive us to chadstone to buy stuff for ida. still need to get a few more stuff for ida.