It is a tad expensive to be constantly eating out. The shops tend to close rather early especially the weekends and the closing hours are not consistent throughout the whole week. Thus, it is always a good option to cook. We had lots of fun at the supermarket, discussing about the dishes that we want to eat and thinking of what ingredients to get. We felt like a family thinking about the week’s worth of breakfast, lunch and dinner. There are several supermarkets that we can shop from. Coles and Aldi sells food items at relatively cheap prices, so we recommend getting your stuff from there. For us, the closest was Coles at Queen Street while Aldi was located at the West End, which needs a bus ride. ( Note: If you are going to buy groceries from Aldi, do remember to bring your own bags. They do not provide plastic bags!) If you ever feel slightly lazy or need your meat fix, we highly recommend getting the Roast Chicken from Woolworths for dinner. It costs $9 for the whole chicken! ...
Date: 15 - 16 May 2018 Before we begin our IP, we had to go for an orientation programme at Griffith University, Mt Gravatt Campus. Luckily, the Translink website ( https://translink.com.au/plan-your-journey ) was really easy to navigate and we managed to find the right bus stop and the right bus to get on. The Translink website helps us to find the fastest way to get our destination depending on the time that we are living and it is usually accurate. It is also in our favour that the bus stops are close to our accommodation! A few stops later, we safely arrived at Mt Gravatt campus! We then met Dr Kay Hartwig, our Australian supervising professor, who gave us a quick tour of the campus. The campus was splendid (so was the Nathan campus, which we went later in the afternoon). Dr Kay explained that we had to prepare a practicum file that we need to bring to school. This is a similar practice back in Singapore. Dr Kay ran through the necessary documents that we need for practicum, ...