a trip down memory lane;;
hey ;D if you read my previous blog posts, then you'll know i went to victoria market today! it was soooo nice 'cause i missed mandarin, my spare -cries-, history and maths! (kinda sucks though cause now i have to catch up on these subjects -.-) well i didn't know we were supposed to meet at 8:45 instead of 9:00... and i NEARLY missed the bus. thank god raelene told me at voiceworks that juin said we were supposed to have met at 8:45...or else i would have been screwed. anyway, i sat next to tessa on the bus, and we talked about amaazing songs, such as two is better than one by taylor swift and the saltwater room by owl city :)
and then, the bus FINALLY stopped after what seemed like ages... and a funny conversation went somewhere along the lines of this:
annabel: omg it's ms snell
everyone: OMG ITS MS SNELL.
sally: for once i actually want hoxley.
everyone: LOLOLOL.anyway, thank god my class got hoxley. i swear ms snell hates me )': though i love art and everything and she's an art teacher... no comment. LOLOL. anyway, we were assigned to this lady from the cooking school nearby and she gave us a 'foodies tour' :D and guess what it was about? YUP. FOOD. glorious, glorious foooood! so i started being a real asian tourist and started taking pictures (Y)
the place where we got our 'foodies tour'
from left to right: amy, jane, tessa and sally! love you guys :)
photo bomb alert! left to right: pho, juin, connie and rucha.
spastic :)
we went around all these stalls, where we got like free samples. we didnt get much freebies though...but still, it was good (: we even went to this perfume and soap shop...the stuff there was so nice smelling, but so expensive :x
the best smelling shop in the market ;)
the deco inside the shop was so cool...
they had a merry-go-round horse ;D
freebies we got were:
- juice ( i got an orange, mango and passionfruit juice ;D)
- confectionary ( i didn't take any...kinda sore throat D: )
- cookies ( i got a chocolate wafer roll :) )
- cheese (OMG BEST CHEEZ EVER WAS CHILI CREAM CHEESE AND BRIE. -drools-)
- bread and dip (caviar dip and spinach dip... mmmm. dayum im hungry now D: )
my orange, mango and passion fruit juice ;D yummeh.
the market... :)
flower shop! the flowers were so pretty!
it was so tempting to buy some, but they would have died cause it was sooo hottt.
pho drinking her orange juice ;D so cute! > w <
the candy shop where it actually shows you the candy being made...
preddy lollipops :)
candy that i didn't try but looks cool :D
the delicatessen where we got our ham from :D:D
after our lil tour, we got some free time! and shakiya was nice enough to buy hot jam doughnuts. (and for some reason she didn't have any herself -.- ) i haven't had them since i was eleven D; i remember how me and cherry, my cousin, used to love that van :)
the doughnut van where we got our awesome doughnuts!
seeing eggplants make me think of how my dad used to cook eggplants often, cause it was my favorite dish... i miss my dad's cooking :( i'm so homesick :'(
one of my most favorite vegetables.
daddy i miss you!
i used to buy passionfruit yoghurt with my mom at the place we got our free juice. my mom loved that yoghurt...and i even remember once that when i came to melbourne to look for a boarding school, me and my dad went to victoria market and just bought a whole liter of juice and drank it in the car...simple yet precious memories.
the banner in front of the juice shop...
i miss you mom :(
hmm... so they're called custard apples. interesting. :)
grandpa, i miss you <3
we also went by the seafood shop where me and my parents used to buy our fish and stuff...back then i really loved oysters, even the lady who worked there remembered me. me and my parents would always go to the market early on sunday morning... we even passed the polish deli where my parents loved. man it really brings back memories... memories of eating the smoked ham from there in the balcony of our first house in melbourne... it's so nostalgic.
i took a picture so i can show them when i get back to hk :)
our favorite shop in the whole entire market!
afterwards, we went past koko black, the superultimatelyawesome chocolate shop! there was even samples! everyone craved it :) since i was too povo to buy chocolates, i took some pictures ;) drool over this guys!
so much chocolate...-drools-
easter eggs! it's nearly easter soon :)
lil chocolate bunnies on sticks! so cuuuute > w <
the perfect easter gift... you know what to get me now ;D
nah jkjk :P
chocolate hearts... -craves-
failed attempt at a photographic shot of a chocolate heart... ;;
dedicated to my best friend alice, who loves chocolates, strawberries
and hearts. ilyy!
chocolate hearts on sticks ;D
the tasters section which we raided x]
st. patricks day! cupcake anyone? :)
hmmm, then we walked around the fruits section of the victoria market cause amy wanted to buy mangoes :) it's so cool how they have solar panels on the roof! green energy ftw > w <
little baby oranges! aren't they cutee? ^ ^
baby corn! so cute as well :D
but apparently its bad for you
cause you cant digest it properly or sth :\
seeing these strawberries makes me think of alice as well ):
i miss you D':
the cute puppy we saw :3
but amy didn't want a mango for some reason, so we just decided to go back to all those lil shops on the side x]
pretty chandelier in one of the shops :D
so prettyyyy <3
another chandelier :)
casablancas remind me of my mom...
it's her favorite flower (:
such a cute display right? there were others,
but i didn't have the time to photograph them...
not sure what the shop sells though :S
candy shop! so much candy... -drools-
hmm, i wonder if anyone needs these ;)
pho's two liter apple juice! bahaha x]
and so, that ends my very epic journey to victoria market :D on the way back, i just sat with tessa again :) so much to do, so i'll post lattterrr!
asianshortiee xoxo
Labels: amy, excursion, victoria market
