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Saturday, 29 November 2008, 11:34 am

Getting The Low Down Down Under

In about 30 hours, I'd be flying off to Aussie, Adelaide. Wow, time sure pasts fast. What first seemed eons away is now just a night's sleep away. Kinda already miss home!

It's a school-organized Sports Tour. This year, the Track and Field Team is upping the budget to go to Aussie! Surprisingly, the attendance is better!

I just returned from gift-shopping for my Host Family and the Students in Henley High School - a rather cumbersome chore.

Wanna get a feel of how many gazillion of people there are in China? Just go to Chinatown - It's as if the world has shrunk!

But it's still well known for what it's for: shops, shops and more shops. We were there with something with the Singaporean or Asian Essence in mind, so that narrows down our search.

After a gruelling hustle and jostle amidst the fast-paced crowd, we managed to excavate some of Chinatown's finest antique shops. But of course, we didn't buy the expensive antiques, just 2 small, intricate, well embellished porcelain opera masks, that thing you hang on the wall to keep letters and a small plate with Singapore's landmarks for display.

Finally, the burden of not having a gift is off my mind.