Notes from Brisbane - Amazing thing

"oh no Salma, I think I left my backpack on the Citycat", I told Salma when we were chatting on the bus to West End after visiting the University of Queensland by waterway.
Salma look a bit disappointed (about me, I was talking too much).Then she calmly called the city council, telling them about her friend's situation and asking them for help with hope the backpack was still there on the same Citycat that had just left UQ. She said they can find it unless somebody else pick it up.
I was half worried as I left my new Nexus tablet in the bag and half okay as something inside of me saying "This is Brisbane. Salma looks so calm. It will be okay". We then hung out in West End, having lunch at a Italian restaurant along the main road of West End. I could never forget that big super-delicious dish of mussels with tomato sauce. Just as I finished my lunch, somebody called Salma talking about about a black backpack as I had described before. I then talked to that woman, she finally made sure that the bag was exact as I said: with a yellow-cover tablet (deep inside). She told me to come to her office before 4:30 p.m

OMG. I feel so excited that didn't f*cking care about that rain coming at the moment. Salma took me to a small 'lost items' office in the city, next to the river. The woman was there, warmly welcoming me. She seemed excited to see me, as if she was the one who lost the bag. Quickly finishing a few procedures, she happily gave me back the backpack.

I then told Salma how amazing thing happened: I lost my backpack and got it back in just 2 hours. Yes, I was lucky but ain't Brisbane great?
I love Brisbane!

Notes from Brisbane - Places (3)

QUT - Garden Point campus

I passed by the old Parliament House before reaching QUT main entrance.

I like this outdoor cafeteria in front of the School of design.

Notes from Brisbane - Places (2)

Brisbane Square

the building and the open space of Brisbane Square

Brisbane Square, view including the Treasury and toward Queen St Mall

View from the Brisbane Library to the Treasury

Notes from Brisbane - Places (1)

"There's not much to see in Bris"
"Oh you need no more than 3 days for Brisbane"
...

(view from Kangaroo Point)

I just decided to book and stay as long as possible due to my schedule before leaving Australia. I was so lucky to have 2 local Vietnamese and 1 Brissy friends taking me around the small river city. Closer to the equator, Brisbane has a warmer climate than Sydney and probably this explains why life seems to be more relaxing here.

Places:

Australians know how to design river banks. Both Melbourne and Brisbane have nice planned river banks, coincidentally called "Southbank", with chains of public buildings. While Melbourne's Southbank seems more exciting with lots of large commercial space, contemporary designed bridges, Brisbane's is still very enjoyable to me with the chain of gallery, museum, performing center.

Brisbane via a wedding album

Hong Anh and Adam had their pre-wedding photos captured in their lovely city, Brisbane, and asked me to design a wedding album for them. I told them right away "I really like these photos" and made it. 

These were a simple and happy couple. Their pictures were very natural with very least posing and a lot of hugs and kisses. I just thought of the song "Love" by John Lennon and played it all the time I worked on the album's layout.