Melbourne Cup @ Melbourne

For non-OZ, do u noe wats Melbourne Cup is?

Here is da meaning from Wikipedia:

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major annual thoroughbred horse race. Billed as The race that stops a nation, it is for three-year-olds and over, and covers a distance of 3,200 metres. It is generally regarded as the most prestigious "two-mile" handicap in the world. The event is held on the first Tuesday in November by the Victoria Racing Club, on the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne. This day was traditionally only a public holiday within metropolitan Melbourne, but is now also observed as a holiday in the ACT.

The race was originally held over two miles (about 3,218 metres) but following preparation for Australia's adoption of the metric system in the 1970s, the current race distance of 3,200 metres was established in 1972. This reduced the distance by 61ft 6in, and Rain Lover's 1968 race record of 3min.19.1sec was accordingly adjusted to 3min.17.9sec. The present record holder is the 1990 winner Kingston Rule with a time of 3min 16.3sec.

The event is one of the most popular spectator events in Australia, with sometimes over 110,000 people, some dressed in traditional formal raceday wear and others in all manner of exotic and amusing costumes, attending the race. The record crowd was 122,376 in 2003. The 1926 running of the Cup was the first time that the 100,000 mark had been passed.

In 2007 a limit was placed on the Spring Carnival attendance at Flemington Racecourse and race-goers are now required to pre-purchase (means u reli cant go without a ticket u noe? Only pre-purchase) tickets.

Trust me the ticket is really exy and yet still SOLD OUT for da most expensive ones! Gosh, imagine how rich they are. And they purposely buy nice dress and hat with nice fluffy feather to the event. And u can see whole train full with 'fluffy people'.

Some of them reli beautiful with their creativity. This is wat i took outside Flinders St station.

Every LADY is wearing the fluffy hat n stuffs. And GENTLEMAN need 2 wear suit

Look at that! Everyone is wearing those STYLE u noe!

If u cant see clearly, i show u some example how they dress up themselves.

The style of the fluffy hat

Or this kind, nice huh?

Or this one?

Auntie style?

Thats what i 1 2 share with u guys about Melbourne Cup day!

More updates coming! Stay Tune! Wakakak...

South Melbourne Beach + my 1st Smith St tour [27.07.2007]

During my winter break. Got nothing to do and went to many palces. This, went to South Melbourne beach with Catherine. Its cold and windy but we enjoyed it!

After that, we went to Smith St, da legend of Smith St in Melbourne is many factory outlet there and selling cheap stuffs like Nike, Adidas, Fila, Quick Silver etc...

We saw some awesome show and planned to buy it coming saturday. I mean dat week not this current week. Now, i bought it d... wore for so many times.

Kindly click on da photo or link to view da album:
http://dreamztree.multiply.com/photos/album/97/South_Melbourne_Beach_and_Smith_St_day

My movie week! v.01 Mr. Bean Holiday

Mr. Bean's Holiday(also known as Bean 2, and originally French Bean) is a comedy movie starring Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean which was released in the United Kingdom March 2007.That day went to lab and load da whole movie, came back home n watched it.
Funny as usual and nonsense as usual too.
Plot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bean#Mr._Beanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bean#Mr._Bean.27s_MiniThe film opens with Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) driving his lime-green mini up to a church, where a fête is taking place. Somewhat unexpectedly, Bean wins the first prize in a raffle - holiday involving a train journey to Cannes, a video camera, and €200.

Following a misunderstanding involving a taxi at the Gare du Nord railway station in Paris, Bean is forced to make his way unorthodoxly towards the Gare de Lyon to board his next train towards Cannes. However, a vending machine prevents him from boarding, and he misses his train, giving him an hour to sample French seafood cuisine.

At the restaurant, he finds the oysters quite difficult to swallow, Bean pretends he's eating by pouring the oysters onto his napkin and then disposing of them into a near-by lady's handbag. When she reaches into her handbag for her phone, she screams. However, at this point Bean had left the restaurant.

Back on the platform, Bean asks a man, who happens to be Cannes jury member and Russian movie director Emil Dachevsky (Karel Roden), to use his camcorder to film him walking onto the train. Bean makes a big fuss and keeps asking for retakes, so by the time they are done, the train is about to leave. Although Bean manages to get onto the train, the doors close before Dachevsky can get on. Dachevsky's son, Stepan (Max Baldry) is therefore left on board by himself.

Bean attempts to befriend the boy, who has been told to get off at the next station, and eventually comes to his rescue at the station, unfortunately missing his train again. The train Stepan's father has boarded does not stop at the station, and a mobile number is held up, with the last two digits obscured. Attempts at calling the number prove fruitless. The next train comes and they board. However, Bean has left his wallet, passport and ticket on the telephone box. Bean and Stepan are thrown off the train.

Attempts at begging and miming to Puccini's O mio babbino caro prove successful, and Bean buys the pair a bus ticket to Cannes. Bean managed to lose his ticket, and he attempts to hitchhike his way there. Mr Bean soon falls asleep, exhausted from walking and wakes up on what appears to be a quaint French village but is actually a film set for a yoghurt advert. Bean ends up as an extra in the advert, directed by Carson Clay (Willem Dafoe), but inadvertently ends up destroying the set in an explosion.

Bean then tries to hitch-hike again and a lime-green Mini identical to his own picks him up, driven by actress Sabine (Emma de Caunes), who offers him a lift to Cannes. She is an aspiring actress on her way to the 59th Cannes Film Festival where the film in which she makes her debut as an extra is going to be presented. When they stop at a service station, Bean finds Stepan dancing in a café with a band. Sabine agrees to take him with them.

Due to communication difficulties, Sabine thinks Stepan is Bean's son, while Stepan thinks Sabine is Bean's fiancée. On the road again, Bean asks Sabine if she has a cellphone, which she promptly gives to Bean. Bean and the boy now attempt to call his father again, but to no avail, and the trio end up driving through the night.

When Sabine goes into a petrol station to change for the premiere, she sees a newsflash, Mr. Bean is suspected of kidnapping Stepan and that she is suspected to be his accomplice. However, since she does not want to miss the presentation of the film in Cannes in just one hour, she does not want to go to the police now to clear the misunderstanding. They have to work out a way to get into Cannes without being identified. Stepan dresses up as Sabine's daughter, while Mr. Bean dresses up as Stepan's grandmother. They manage to get through the search and Sabine arrives at the premiere on time.

After sneaking into the premiere, Bean is disappointed to see that Sabine's large role has been cut from the film, and ends up plugging in his video camera to the projector, where his video diary is unexpectedly played out. However, the bizarre tale it tells fits director Carson Clay's narration well, and the director, Sabine and Bean all receive standing ovations. Stepan is finally reunited with his father.

After the screening, Bean leaves the building by the backdoor, and onto the beach, encountering many of the characters from the film. The film then ends with Bean and all the other characters of the film miming a large French musical finale, singing along with the famous song by Charles Trenet "La Mer" (Beyond the Sea), with arms raised in the air. After the credits Bean writes with his foot "fin" in the sand.

Watch it when u r stress and dun 1 2 think about anything. Jz laff.

Rating : 3/5