Northbridge

I was thinking about the apartment photos taken at night time in Northbridge, wanted to write why I feel it's cozy to live on a second floor apartment but instead my topic went off course.

An introduction of my experience with Northbridge (Where the photos are taken, too bad I only took photos of the apartments there, not the street scenes).

I have fond memory of Northbridge because I had always frequented the Chinese restaurants in middle of night (usually 3-5am) for late night supper with Yoong Whei and Ah Neh. (And we got splash by a pool of water by the roadside when a car passing us.)

Back then was Winter 2002, I had enrolled into Saturday German language class in a TAFE institution there which I usually wake up late and always needing to run as soon as my train stops in Wellington street station, against the slow Saturday morning crowd to my college and reaching my classroom with my breath inhaling cold air and exhaling out warm breath on my lips.

Northbridge of Perth, is located directly on the north of Perth City Center. It's also known as the de facto China Town of Perth (The only capital city in Australia that doesn't have a official China Town).

On Friday nights, pub going, party happy population will gather around that area (Gangsters, aborigines, the intoxicated ones, homosexuals comes along the population but police on foot, car and vehicle patrol are everywhere,you'll see one police like less than every 300m, making it quite safe).

There is one nice old pub I've stop once at its door front watching the singer performing sway songs live, patrons dancing on the dance floor freely and enjoyably, not being bothered about the onlookers. The moment was really astonishing for me, being a cold person who refuse to show emotions in public, I must admit i was absorbed into the crowd, clapping for the dancers and the singer as the crowd's sentiment sway higher and higher by the atmosphere.

Astonishing as it can be for the patrons and singers to dance and sing with their best, like without onlookers and patrons exchange partner, dance irregardless of age (middle aged, silver hair couple dancing like when they first met each other or guys in 30's dancing with a middle aged ladies in their early 60's). At the end when the party is over, everyone walks out the pub with a smile on their face, I guess this defined how real fun party should be (not the discotheques with boom box music and youngbies shaking their heads and waving their cigarettes in the air hopelessly).

Northbridge also host wide variety restaurants serving Asian cuisine with Vietnamese food and Hongkie restaurant as majority. There you should try authentic Hong Kong dim sum and Vietnamese cuisine cooked by migrants chefs (Forget Penang food there, it's hopeless even with Malaysian chef)

Northbridge also host a numbers of Asia grocers selling Asian groceries and supplies, where Asian students loves to frequent and get their instant noodles in cartons (me included) and Asian food supplies.

You may think that this fella perhaps haven't seen the world, and all his view outside his hometown revolves around Australia, Western Australia, Perth in particular.

You are right. Because that is a place I had spent second longest time living as at today, it's a small and most of the time boring town, but I guess, I just prefer a quiet small town life. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is somewhere I look forward to explore to one day (small town like Perth too).

Not trying to be religious about the place I used to stay, just sharing nice things that I think are nice :)

What's nice about Northbridge and Perth City? Nothing, just a general pleasant feeling of the atmosphere, you need to go and experience on your own.