In case you are wondering what I did on last weekend, this post will fill you in. I went to DFO!!! I don’t think you all will understand what does it mean given that you all are too used to singlish. It stands for DIRECT FACTORY OUTLET!!!! You should see for yourself!!
We took a public bus with frequency of 1 per hour. So think again if you are complaining about bus frequencies in Singapore. The bus is quite normal nothing special, not like SBS etc which are like so uniquely Singapore. It is not crowded at all in the buses here and the driver even gave us change.

Ok boring part is over!! Next comes the exciting part. I did not have high hopes when I went down to DFO as everything here is like so ex and I don’t expect to find cheap stuff. It’s like a shopping centre in the middle of nowhere. Here’s a picture of the area outside the expo-like shopping centre.


You really should not judge a book by its cover cause when I walked in, I saw signs like this everywhere.


It’s a crazy sale!! I walked around they have like aussie style T-shirts selling quite cheaply. They have scarves at the price of scarves I bought in china road stall. They even have signs that say 90% off!! I will not be surprised to see a sign that goes “100% off”. If you are atas and go for high end brands, I saw tommy Hilfiger shoes going at 50% off etc. Oh, I was shocked to see Timberland stuff going at 50% and above there. Their belts cost $39. In Singapore, each cost 100 ok. And the shirts are all at half price. I wonder why did I shop in Singapore so as to prepare my wardrobe here. Ai, in conclusion, it was quite a nice place to shop. Oh, in case I didn’t mention, one thing good about shopping centres here is that they have comfy sofas around for shoppers to sit. And they are generally not occupied. It’s not like in taka where you have to sit on steps (near fountain) and get chased away. Or waiting to sit on permanently occupied benches outside zara.

I mentioned in my previous post that I made hostel-life changing decision. I bought a rice cooker from DFO! I had to struggle with myself internally to buy it. I had so many concerns but I bought it anyway. One of my concerns being I don’t know how to cook rice. I miss eating rice!!! I know I will figure it out.

I got the rice cooker, bought some ingredient and went back. I decide to cook herbal chicken and people were looking at me and wondering what I was doing. I really don’t know how to cook but i figured that I should just put everything into the pot and let it boil. When I first drank the soup, I felt stupid. I always thought herbal chicken is really difficult to cook. No it’s really easy!! It tasted really good!! It tasted really similar to the one I ate outside!! On the other hand, I had this sense of satisfaction that prompted me to run up to my room to get a camera. I reconfirmed again that I have more than just looks.


I am starting to make myself really at home here! Today I even got a bike to get to school!! I will probably cycle around Canberra given that the public bus system is too complicated. I will take pictures and post it here. So you all can check Canberra out from your laptop. Oh I am having wine now and watching tv. Enjoying the fruit of my labour yay!