Newcastle

Today I shall write on the place I spent most of my time in when I was in Australia, a suburb called Newcastle. It is quite a boring place if you're thinking of exploring but it certainly is a nice and peaceful place to live in. There aren't many people around, so walking around means you can just take your time and enjoy the serene environment, not having to worry about "siaming" anyone. Furthermore, there are not many ugly tall buildings around to block the beautiful sky and at night the dim town will allow the starry starry night sky to show! How I miss these nature wonders!


Most of the "tourist" attractions in Newcastle seems to be made touristy by force as there aren't much amazing stuff to see.


Our first close encounter with a koala. They are such lazy and gentle creatures that spent most of their time sleeping and chewing leaves.



One of the places we frequently visit in Newcastle are the beaches. Like everywhere else in Australia, the beaches are really clean and are awesome places to chill and relax. Soaking up the sun is one of our favorite past times.



We love the houses around Newcastle too. Each of them have their own backyard of beautiful flowers. There is always plenty of room around when you walk on the streets so you don't feel all cluttered and caged up.




Haircut is pretty expensive in Australia. And one day, I felt brave and decided to visit a local hairdresser which cost 27AUD and it was disastrous. It was indeed true that Ang Mohs do not know how to cut Asian's hair. Throughout the whole haircut, she kept asking me questions of how she should cut and in the end what was left on my head was long fringe and short everywhere else with a distinctly odd difference.


After a month of bad hair days, I decided to take matters into my own hands. Bought this hair clipper at just 7AUD. I have always wanted to give my hair a good shave after army, as not having to bother about messy hair will make life so much easier. Moreover, summer is coming so hair will be a hassle. Then, with the help of my 3 Hong Kee friends, I'm botak again! :) Hehe