Foodbank/ Girls night out

Woke up extra early and went to my professors office at 8:30 to get a ride to foodbank. We got a tour of foodbank for out Nutrition Education class. Foodbank is a place where grocery stores like Coles, Woolworths, and IGA can donate their extra food. Before they would have to pay a dumping fee, now they can donate for free and get tax benefit. The food is then sorted out and given to charities to pass out to those in need. It was pretty cool to learn about it.

We were done early and I got to go home for a nice 2 hour break before my test in my food microbiology lab. I think I did pretty well. As soon as I was done with the lab I busted my butt home and met up with Nicky and we took off to Chinatownfor a girls afternoon/ evening out.

We walked around and got some bubble tea. It is a fruit flavored tea with tapioca jellies at the bottom that you suck up through the straw.

We went and got massages in Chinatown. It was $15 for a head and neck massage. We sat on stools and they started hacking at us. The massage was 10 minutes but very nice. At the end the guys giving the massages wanted to put Chinese medicine on our backs to keep our muscles relaxed. I asked how much and they said $5. So we decided to go a head (they already opened up the packages and put them on our backs). They placed 2 patches the smelled like Icy Hot on our backs. They said to leave them for 24 hours and then switch to the other 2 patches still in the packet. They then tried to charge us $35! Turns out is was $5 per patch! So we said no and just paid for the 2 on our backs. We then walked around the rest of the evening smelling like inured athletes.

We walked around drinking our bubble teas after our massage and stumbled upon a public toilet that was completely automatic. Here is Nicky posing by the toilet.

Here is a video demonstration of the public toilet.

We then walked around and found different hair salons. The first place wanted $72 for a hair cut (no shampoo or style). The next place wanted $160. We then stumbled upon a place that only charged $48 for wash, dry, cut, and style. So I got my hair cut! It turned our really well.

This is some poor lady seated by the window. I just wanted to get a picture of the contraption on her head.

Before picture:

After:

We discovered a little Chinese convenience mart and bought some Chinese cream filled cookies called Hello Panda. They turned out to be AMAZING! So we will probably go back just to by more of them.

It was then time to get our nails done! Nicky got a buff and paint and I got a spa pedicure.

Our appointment was for 6:30pm but the guy was running behind and didn’t start on us until 7:00pm. We finished at 8 pm. Just in time for dinner!

We went to a pretty nice restaurant and got chicken and sweet corn soup, roasted duck, stir fry vegetables, steamed rice, and fruit for dessert. It was quite nice.

We then got a crazy idea for Nicky to get something pierced. She wanted to get her ear pierced but all of the piercing places closed at 9pm. So then we called it a night and headed home on the train. Overall a very entertaining evening.

I just got done ripping off the stinky patches. I now have 2 rectangles of smooth skin on my neck and shoulders (hey free waxing!). But the patches did leave some sticky residue all over the place.