Innumerabilis

Quite a mouthful, but every year the High Commissioner hosts a reception in the major Australian cities for Singapore students. I guess its to persuade them to stay connected, go back to Singapore, etc. This year it’s held at Crown Plaza and there’s free flow of drinks (including wine) and a buffet dinner. Not bad.

View from the top of Crown Plaza. Adelaide has so few tall buildings that this is a relatively rare sight.

Group picture.

Australia has its own brand of football: Aussie rules. It would be a pity to leave Australia without seeing an AFL match, so when Chee Kern said he had a spare ticket, I jumped at the chance. Chee Kern, his brother, Jia yong and I went to the AAMI stadium to watch the match. Port Adelaide is the home team, while Carlton is from Melbourne.

Outside the stadium.

They had a free reception lunch for international students. When we reached, it was almost over; we just had time to grab a few bbq hotdogs and drinks. As we were leaving the hangar for the stadium, they gave out Port Adelaide memorabilia such as the football, programme guide, waterbottle, etc.

At the entrance of the stadium.

At the spectator’s stand.

Unfurling the flag at half-time.

Close up view of the match.

Adelaide has three major universities – University of Adelaide, University of South Australia, and Flinders University. While UofA and UniSA both have campuses in the city (and also elsewhere in SA), Flinders University is located outside the city. Its grounds is a lot bigger than the other two since it is not constrained by space. Today, the Malaysian Student’s Association at Flinders U is having a Mamak Night and we’re going there to eat. =)

Kind of looks like the engineering/science buildings in NUS – 70s building, function over form.

The university is on a hill so you can look down into houses below.

Climbing a tree. =)

There’s a lake in the middle of the campus.