Last day in MEL

Second day was day to go home. I checked out before going to the office. Business lunch was at Marriot, I had purple cabbage soup for starter and wagyu (和牛）bolognaise spaghetti for main. Skipped desert altogether...

Dinner was Malaysian food at Chilli Padi with a former colleague. We ordered an assorted platter, which came with a tandoori chicken drumstick, some korma curry chicken and beef curry. We also ordered beef rendang (which was served with roti) and mee goreng. The dishes were quite authentic and spicy. Topping it was a glass of home made iced soy bean milk. Yummy. The restaurant is owned by a Malaysian who has settled in MEL for many years.

After dinner it was straight to the airport to catch a CX flight to Hong Kong. The temperature had dropped to 14deg by now. Typical, well known, Melbourne weather. I was already quite worn out, having only had 4hrs sleep the night before and full day schedule.

So I looked for a shower room and found one at the sterile area after immigration. Problem was, there were no towels, soap, etc that a shower room facility in an international airport normally come with. So for the first time in my life, I had to dry myself under the handdryer....Don't laugh, its better than catching a cold of getting onboard a flight feeling dirty. Fortunately, the handdryers used in Australia are still the rub hands below dryer type, not the put hands into dryer type commonly used in Japan.