Oh .... Melbourne Show was such a blast !!
If you do not know, it is the yearly 2 week long fair where farmers and animal owners show off their animals .... take part in competitions and the like as well as a big funfair for all the city folk ! There are lots of games, competitions, shows, merchandise and food for sale all the time.

We left at around 9 am in the morning from IH since we wanted to watch the dog show which started at 10 am. The group was CCBear, KenBear, JeanBear and IzyBear. We met up with the other group who got there later (because they took the train) which was KaiBear, JacBear, CKBear, EriBear, EugBear, DachiBear, GraceBear and AllenBear. Watching the dog show was fun...I love those dogs !! And it was interesting to see how they were judged. We watched some shows such as the Rocketman, Monster Truck Rally, Xtreme Cycling....Human Cannonball it was all very festive..

We also visited the animal sheds which had the biggest cows and chickens you could ever imagine. Put it this way....the prize winning chicken was worth 500 dollars....and it weighed more than 15 kg !!

The biggest cow weighed more than 800 pounds ! And when they pee, they look like a faucet.

Some of us were petting pigs and lambs by the time the medical students arrived along with KHBear and DanBear. Some people bought some showbags which were very interesting. They are basically goodybags with stuff and were much cheaper than what you could get outside...for example a bag full of chocolate worth 30 dollars sells for 15....and a Rugrats bag filled with merchandise costing 60 dollars sells for 25.

The most fun part was when we played the games. We went down a 3 storey high slide. It was really fun and high up. Then IzyBear won me a Giant plush dice from poker. I love it so much !

Later that night, I was bowling and I got my highest scores for 3 games yet !! Finally back to a bit of form. I think my handicap went up by two again !! Which is one below JeffBear so he cannot complain I took over him while he was not here...hehe

Back at IH later that night, there was some food leftover from 401 cooking...I love 401 nowadays...it is always so homey and happy. But I cleaned up the lounge yesterday night and you should see how clean it is !!

Holidays are great but I have to get back to my real estate assignment. Also the fact that the midsem results are taking so long to come back is a real worry and a motivation to work.

Back to work !

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