[Matt]

I guess it went to US first :|

traceroute to 115.147.*.* (115.147.*.*), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 119.81.33.41-static.reverse.softlayer.com (119.81.33.41) 0.276 ms * 0.331 ms
2 ae11.dar02.sr03.sng01.networklayer.com (174.133.118.132) 0.165 ms 0.167 ms 0.164 ms
3 ae9.bbr01.eq01.sng02.networklayer.com (50.97.18.198) 0.803 ms 0.802 ms ae9.bbr02.eq01.sng02.networklayer.com (50.97.18.202) 64.814 ms
4 unknown.telstraglobal.net (202.126.128.21) 4.769 ms 4.770 ms 4.766 ms
5 i-2-0-0.6ntp-core01.bi.telstraglobal.net (202.84.243.109) 1.879 ms 1.915 ms 1.913 ms
6 i-1-0-2.tmh-core04.bx.telstraglobal.net (202.84.249.45) 34.194 ms 34.140 ms 34.182 ms
7 i-10-0-0.hkth01.bi.telstraglobal.net (202.84.153.238) 34.727 ms 34.743 ms 34.727 ms
8 pldt-peer.hkth01.pr.telstraglobal.net (134.159.128.238) 100.660 ms 100.672 ms 100.720 ms
9 210.213.131.22.static.pldt.net (210.213.131.22) 209.967 ms 210.020 ms 208.780 ms
10 * * *
11 * * *
12 210.213.128.69.static.pldt.net (210.213.128.69) 215.281 ms 214.496 ms 214.250 ms
13 210.213.132.17.static.pldt.net (210.213.132.17) 208.623 ms 208.616 ms 208.318 ms
14 210.14.2.82 (210.14.2.82) 219.648 ms 219.696 ms 219.719 ms
15 202.138.145.249 (202.138.145.249) 281.082 ms 280.385 ms 252.229 ms
16 202.138.145.246 (202.138.145.246) 229.907 ms 229.948 ms 232.220 ms
17 202.138.144.198 (202.138.144.198) 209.517 ms 209.722 ms 209.510 ms
18 124.217.126.161 (124.217.126.161) 210.418 ms 210.552 ms 210.632 ms
19 124.217.126.154 (124.217.126.154) 212.884 ms 212.977 ms 212.292 ms
20 124.217.124.166 (124.217.124.166) 213.685 ms 213.561 ms 215.003 ms

Looks like bad routing on both sides, but I think the common denominator is pldt.net. Telstra is going via Hong Kong to get to pldt.net (Softlayer SNG -> Telstra SNG -> Telstra HK -> pldt.net) and in yours pldt.net is going to the US by NTT.