Time-Warping

Today was such a relaxing day out of my exam routine! :D

Woke up quite early for a Saturday morning, and rushed to the lovely bakery one block up the road to grab a takeaway lunch, then took the tram to Melbourne Central, before taking a tram to Mitcham station :)

Me and 2 other girls were volunteering in the Samaritan Purse's Operation Christmas Child box processing :)
It was so much fun! And (embarrassingly but fortunately!) we came a bit late, we started the day by watching an instruction video and morning tea & quick devotion! :D Lovely cakes and teas were served, then I helped with the dishes.

I said 'fortunately' not only because of the tea :p
BUT we arrived with another Indonesian church group!! :D
What are the odds? And a lovely vibrant group too!
So glad to have met you guys :)


Time just went so quickly, and we were having fun looking at all the love that went to all these shoe boxes :')
I'm hugely inspired! And even though at the beginning I was quite 'pessimistic' about it (bcs I didn't feel like I'm contributing much..) I was reminded that I can still do something! I can pray for the recipient of the boxes, and add something to the box that could (hopefully) extend the love of Christ through it :)
Definitely will be doing it again! :)

Now, we finished at around 12:30 - 1 pm, and it's a Saturday!
What to do?
Well, since it's a 'Girl's Day Out', why don't we go and shop? So we did just that!

We took the bus to Doncaster Shoppingtown :D:D
And it was HUGE!
It made me feel like I'm back in Indo, especially Jakarta, with all the shops lining up :)
We started by having a Greek feast!
Truth be told: I already had an 'entree' --> I ate half a pizza that I bought this morning, but those Greek food was just calling me. And I cannot regret it; it was superb and warming for a chilly day such as this! :)
One sweet potato chips with rosemary and salt,  beef and lamb moussaka (yum!!), and skewers with pita and tzatziki :)

Then we processed all these food by shopping :D
I didn't plan on buying anything, but as usual, I believe that the right pieces of clothing are hiding somewhere in the world and waiting to be found, and today I found one :) Not only for me, but for my sister too! :)
YAY :)

We walked and walked some more before returning to the restaurant area for a 6.15 pm dessert/dinner :p
GELARE. Yes, that yummo waffle place was there, so I couldn't resist! :p
We had one large waffle with caramel swirl ice cream. De-lish.

40 minutes of the bus ride to home really felt like nothing compared to the amazing day I've had :D

Thank you girls!
We really need to do more of this. Chatting. Food. Pictures.


13 days to home!!

CHEERS!
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