I dug Roxie out of the bed since we would be
checking out at 10. The Taiwanese lady moved out early at about 5 in the
morning, the English guy Sony would also be leaving today, leaving the
part-time worker Australian girl.
We checked out smoothly, nothing behind
schedule. Thanks to the hostel’s policy that they even let us use the kitchen
and store our luggage after checking out. We smacked all the toasts with egg
yolk and mixed them up with ham chunks, Roxie also served us some really nice
fried fish strips! I tried my best to cooked up all of the ingredients we had
left, as for some onions and butter we didn’t manage to finish before time, we
put them in the free food basket as a contribution to the other guests.
Since we would be out of touch for the rest
of the day without the Internet, we informed our parents about the schedule of
the day on LINE before dragging a suitcase and a big bag each heading for the
station. It was a freaking long way and my hands were all sore from all the
pulling. I still don’t have Southern Cross in sight.
I was panting so hard and out of breath by
the time we arrived. Since we were here only a few days ago to purchase tickets
from Countrylink, everything seemed pretty familiar. We checked in our luggage
at Transnlink, both of us were allowed 20 KGs apiece and a 5 KGs carry on bag.
My suit case weighed 17 but Roxie’s met some difficulties weighing 21 a little
bit over the standard. The security guy was nice enough though to let us
re-adjust the weight equally…
We were just roaming the station casually
before Roxie announced that she would love to have some Pearl Milk Tea. Since
we were light and free, I nodded to her proposal. However the only booth I know
in Melbourne selling that kind of drink was GONG CHA and it was further than
our hostel from the station… if we intended to get back in time for the train,
I suggest that we better set off right now. The trip was a long one but much
easier without all the weight, we finally made it to the booth and ordered a
cup of Earl Grey Milk Pearl Tea. With the same price, we could have bought five
cups back in Taiwan, and they were being really stingy about the pearls, too.
By the time we got back to the station, it
was already dark. (Every time…)
Dinner was supposed to be the pie sold in
Woolworths, but I was still hungry from the Chicken and Mushroom Pie. Delicious
as it might have tasted, my appetite wasn’t at all satisfied.
That’s when I decided to go back to the
supermarket again to buy half of a barbecued chicken. I know how it must have
sounded ridiculous, but true. Neither was Roxie backing off from the food
consuming competition, she got herself a couple of chicken wings, too. There we
were, chewing up crispy chicken and drinking SOLO lime on the platform waiting
for our train to arrive, people couldn’t help but stared… and it’s not like we
cared HAHA.
The tram was on clock leaving at exactly
7:55 PM. The seats were comfy enough for the night. Most of the passengers
seemed excited, chattering loudly with their friends until the lights were
turned off at nine, and t’s a miracle that nobody was snoring on the tram.
However I couldn’t get myself to sleep no matter how many positions I changed:
sleeping on the table, on the side arm, Roxie’s arm… sun seemed to be coming
right out as I glanced at the yellowish windows. That’s when the broadcasting
system announced that we would be arriving at Sydney in no time.
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