Belated present and expenses

I got a parcel from Julie today. Heh and I assumed that she had forgotten my birthday. I appreciate her spending the money to send the presents over. Postage alone cost $7.30. I love receiving stuff from S'pore. She gave me a cute toy clock, a pair of butterfly earrings (I have 8 new pairs now!) and a card which I liked the most. The clock isreally useful because I don't have a clock here and I have been relying on my handphone and watches for the time.

We went out yesterday to Roma and purchased our train tickets. Each ticket was $58 and the train ride is about 14 hours. I hope I don't die of boredom but luckily it's a night train so I think I should be able to sleep most of the journey away. I had to pay and extra $18 for this stupid international student card so that I could get the train ticket at half price, otherwise I would be paying $100+ for the actual ticket. What annoys me the most is the fact that I could have got the card FOC if I have made it in S'pore. The thing is , I didn't know that the card would be needed here and I also thought I could get it done here but didn't know that I had to pay $18!!!. Stupid IDP didn't tell me all this.

Anyway, after that we went down to Indooroopilly to exchange the quilt cover and they were actually able to give us cash back. What a surprise!! You certainly don't get services like this in S'pore. I decided to take a different design this time and chose a blue quilt cover even though I currently have a blue quilt cover already. I can't help liking blue so much.

We also shopped a little and I bought yet another bottle of shampoo and body wash. They were only $2 each! This brings my collection to a total of.....nah.....I don't wanna reveal the actual number.....haha....you guys would be too shocked. Even Chris doesn't know how many I really have.

We went on a chocolate shopping spree at Coles supermarket too. They were having a promotion on chocolate bars like Mars, Snickers and Twix. 80 cents each. Hmm...strange enough, it was KK who informed me of this ongoing promotion and he's a guy. You would usually expect such information from girls, not guys. But I guess being away from home now, we need to look out for promotions and become somewhat like an auntie who's always looking for cheap stuff and discounts. Chris and I also bought a 2 kg lasagne each. This will be really good during the exam period when we don't feel like cooking.

Went for dinner with him after that. We ate at this place which had nice decor but really terrible service. We waited almost an hour for the main courses to come and they were those really small portions put in the middle of a big white plate. AND they got my order wrong, I had ordered lamb but they gave me chicken. The food wasn't very nice but at least we were only charged $24 for everything when it was supposed to be like $40+. I believe the cashier calculated wrongly. Hmm....don't want to say too much about the rest of the night.....

It was a very long day and I was out almost the whole day. When I got back, I invited Mildred over to try the cheesecake and chatted to her for half an hour. I then took a bath and went to sleep. I was pretty exhausted and couldn't keep my eyes open. Darn I still have pizza left. Think I have to finish it up tomorrow because it's taking up so much space in the fridge. Might go down to Hawken to get more milk tomorrow too. It's so scary, the rate at which I finish my milk....I think I drink 3 L in 1 week or less....becoming a cow soon....hahahha....