Packed 1st day. Went to UQ Ipswich Campus in the morning... Was actually a small campus with less than 20 buildings, covering 25 hectares, with mountains as its backdrop. The place was very windy though... and the day itself was already quite chilly.
It took roughly 45 minutes to walk around the campus, taking photos. Went to the nearby Ipswich town to have a look. It's a town. Very much a town. Had lunch over there. Met a very friendly hongkong lady who took our orders over at the counter. Asked us where we're from, had a nice little chat. Felt very homely though. As we turned around to find sits, a caucasian asked, "Did you say you were from Singapore?" At that moment of time, I was thinking "Oh no... is he racist? is he going to scold us?"
"Yea", my friend and I replied. "I lived there for 4 years! Where are you guys from? My wife's from Ang Mo Kio, I stayed in Chua Chu Kang"
"Cool!" I told the man.
The man continued, "I'm still picking up some Chinese. But I know some Singlish"
"That's kinda nice!" I thought as we say our farewells.
Had a little walk around the town. Visited the arts gallery. A small small one. And back off to the campus, cos the inter-campus bus departs at 2.05pm. Went home after that for a little rest before I set off again for dinner.
Dinner was Nasi Lemak ($9.90) and 鸳鸯 ($3.50) over at Sunnybank, which is about 20 minutes car ride from home. It is the most asian meal I ever had since the 8th of July. 
Next stop is Mt Coot-tha. A place where you can view the night scenary of Brisbane City. Well, there's only a few skyscrapers in the city, and the surroundings are just street lamps and urmm... more street lamps. :-) From my personal point of view, I think the view from Benjamin Sheares Bridge? was better.
End of Blog.
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