Melbourne Cup Day 2008

So, yesterday was Cup Day and it was a public holiday in Melbourne. Every year, Cup Day is held every first Tuesday of Nov and during this day, Ozzies would dress up and spend their day at the racers. What Melbourne cup day actually is...it is Australia's major thoroughbred horse race, also known as the race that stops the nation. Racegoers would flood the racers during this day, both young and old, trying to catch a glimpse of winning horses and mingling with socialites and local celebs. Of course, apart from the horses, it was a day of fashion and fun for all racegoers.

Well, I wasn't there to see the race for myself but newspapers were flooded with pics and news this morning regarding this nation stopping event. All pictures below are taken from The Age. I totally love some of their fashion sense but some are just...uh well, not my type. So girls, hope u enjoy the pics! :)

Racegoers making their way through the city to get to Flemington





Racegoers arrive by water taxi on the Marbyrnong River





the winner of Melbourne Cup 2008, Viewed, being ridden by Blake Shinn





the horse that won was owned by a Malaysian, Dato Tan Nim Chan





the crowd at the racers and oh-the-pretty flowers...!!!






Aussie Swimmer, Grant Hackett and Candice Alley




Aussie beauty queen,model, TV presenter and former Miss Universe..... the gorgeous Jennifer Hawkins





society girls






u see, there was a competition for best dressed, Fashions on the Field...and thus, the beeline and all the dressing up fuss...






the winner of Fashions on the Field






below are pictures of stunningly or interestingly dressed people that were among the many present yesterday...

hope u all enjoyed the pics
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“The problem with fairytales is…they set a girl up for disappointment. In real life, the prince goes off with the wrong princess. Or the spell wears off and two lovers realised they’re better off with… well, whatever they are. But I’ll confess, every once in a while, a girl craves her fairytale ending.” –GG s02E08-

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Chestine's 19th [17.Oct .2008]

When the clock struck 12 am...

Blackforest cake :) we surprised her with the cake at her window thinking we would do something diff for a change but nope... she wasn't surprised.

Happy birthday, dear !!!

the more the merrier...

about 13 hours after that...

Clue #1





Clue #2 (16 and a half hours after that..)





well, we technically instructed her to dress up and go for dinner..... SPIGA !!





this, actually is a type pizza...forgot what it's called ..lazy to look it up..huhuhu :P





another pizza




and... another one... all the pizzas were not too bad..quite nice in fact.





some pasta..forgot the name....





Risotto!! this was awesome.





some seafood aglio... insufficient cheesy taste...(in which we ended up asking for two huge bowls of cheese powder and finished 1 1/2 of it) yes....most of us are cheese lovers~





hmm..seriously, dunno what those two were up to...mayb they were not full yet..that's y... LOL
























group pic..love this one~

After dinner, we all went to watch Eagle Eye. Yes, the one Shia LaBeouf in it..ches likes him ;)
ice-cream n chilling out after.



xoxo
`me