Caleb Face – The Blog of Caleb Tan

This morning started with a session on the treadmill at the hotel gym. The treadmill faced Flinders Street, and to my surprise, there were decorated service men, and army trucks everywhere – Flinders St. being one of the preparation points for the Anzac Day march.

After that, I set off to do some shopping at midday, but to my annoyance, shops were closed until 1pm. So what do you do? Divert to Starbucks, and buy a White Chocolate Mocha – ingenius! Loved it. Next stop, the MCG.

The Anzac Day Game had heaps of hype – Collingwood tipped to win. A meat pie at quarter time, passionate Essendon supporters behind me, it was a fantastic experience – I was expecting 100000 people but only 85000 turned up (darn you apathetic MCC members). Still, it was a thriller! Check out the last minute of the game.

Now off to Southbank for dinner. Another update coming tomorrow.

I never thought this weekend would come, but it has..

My first trip to Melbourne started at midnight on Thursday, when I boarded a red-eye. I dosed off during the flight, but when the trip only takes 3 hours, its not enough time to rest. Having arrived Melbourne-town at ~7.30am, it was time to hunt for a great breakfast location. So, wanting to have a view of the city, I chose Southbank’s restarant strip. By this time, the clouds decided to turn on the waterworks and persisted throughout the entire day.

I then ventured into some of the shops and arcades including some in Little Bourke Street, Swanston Streets and Collins Street. There’s so much here, I don’t think I’ll get the chance to visit everyone of them.

After some window shopping, I decided to go to to the National Gallery of Victoria, where I saw the paintings I had studied in real life up close. It was awesome. When you devote so much time and energy into a particul’ar subject, and see it in reality, its definitely much more rewarding and satisfying. The NGV also had an amazing studio space for the 2008 year 12 VCE (equivalent to the Year 12 ‘Perspectives’ exhibition in WA).

I then went straight to the hotel and crashed for the next 8 hours. What am I to do now? It’s 9.30pm, I’m hungry – surely there’s a nice, quaint place for a nice, quaint dinner?

We’ll keep you posted tomorrow – highlights of the MCG. Can’t wait to dig into a meat pie it at the MCG!