Australia - Travel Log (1)

19 September 2009

Got a morning call from sister @ 9am. Continued dozing until 10.30am. Left at 12.30pm. Run back home from bus 176 3rd’s bus stop as I forgot to bring my mobile (Sigh). Took taxi to airport. Lunch @ Breek’s. Said bye to Inche who was leaving to Beijing at 4pm. Met up with my parent’s at Terminal 2. Shopped and relaxed at Terminal 3 until 7pm. Got my new partner in crime a.k.a Panasonic Lumix LX 3 at 7.30pm. Flight at 8.30 sharp.

On the flight, got my white wine and red wine and decided that I can’t finish any of them. Gave it to my dad and I enjoyed apple juice instead. The lamb stew was an awesome dinner, the Proposal was a great movie, and definitely, Mum and Dad were the best companion… The 8hrs flight was no more than a blink of eyes.


My favourite dining-in-the-sky time

20 September 2009
Reached Sydney as morning as 6am. Got through the strictest immigration that I ever passed and only smelt the Sydney air at 7am. Met my brother who drove us to his home. Greated by sweet Aurelie. Suddenly all the pain and bad memory at immigration disappeared. Just like the way they throw away the foods that my parents packed to trash bin. Gone. Just like that.

Slept from 9am to 12.30pm. Went for a walk at park. Went for lunch @ Fish’s Market. Took a look at the Chinatown Market. Went for dinner @ Hurricane’s Grill & Bar. Done for the day.

@ Defries Avenue Public Park

@ Sydney Fish Market

@ Sydney Paddy's Market


@ Hurricane's Grill & Bar

21 September 2009

Let’s pics do the talking…

@ Wildlife Park

@ Three Sisters Skyway & Science Railway

@ Jenolan Cave

22 September 2009


@ Australian Reptile Park

@ Hunter Valley Winery *Hiccup

@ Port Stephen Dolphin Watch


Awesome sandboarding at Sahara-like desert

Today, 23 September 2009
Happy Birthday, sweet Aurelie! :)
ED

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

It was love at the first sight.

I knew about it when my friend was considering of which to bring as his partner to London – an old loyal buddy, or a new slim one? I heard of how the new slim mesmerized him, but at that point of time, everything was merely a random talk...

Then I met it on the London training (my friend finally decided to bring both). Then I touched it. Then I saw how sharp it is. Then I just felt in love.

I was asking so much about it, thinking so much about it, looking at every possible occasion to meet it, but it was a full one year wait before I finally can say that it is mine…

Introducing my new love


Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3

Life has been much more colorful after its appearance. It has meet my family and I guess everyone just loves the way it acts. I don’t know how long this love will last, but for now, I just treasure the time we spent together :)

Thank you everyone who has made this happened. Thanks Mr K to introduce me to it. Thanks Mr W to join me in the hunting. Thanks Mr A to check it out when I almost lost hope.

And finally, thanks Dad for the final courage you gave that make me decided to pursue it.


First night @ Hurricane's Bar with family

Enjoying the honeymoon @ Sydney :)
ED

PS: No matter how much I sound wrong with being in love with it, please take note that it's still an 'it' for me. haha... :p

PS2: My proposal happened on 19th September, Changi Airport Terminal 3, with the engagement cost of SGD745. Sigh. I just hope that it's not high in maintenance.

Bye, Singapore

Now is 12pm… I will have to go to airport in another half an hour… my seat isn’t even booked yet.. but here I am blogging in my room. Hehe..

This has somehow become my habit… like few hours before flight; I will try to jot down something… just to ensure that my hibernation period won’t be too long too obvious.

I’m leaving for Australia today… finally after 10 years of desire of visiting my brother. I will be meeting my parents at the airport at 3pm, then have some shopping and dining together before the night flight at 8pm to Sydney.

See you again in the next two weeks :) Or perhaps later if I manage to get free internet at the airport :p
ED

09/09/09, 09:09:09

We have just passed through one of the rarest date combinations ever :) The number nine has the same pronunciation as ‘long’, and when you repeat it in Chinese; it has similar chime as forever to eternity… which hence believed to be an auspicious number…

Still! There are not many people getting married on this day. Why? Because it contradicts with another Chinese superstition… which is the misfortune you will get if you get married on the hungry ghost month… which unfortunately fell on this very month… well.

This is what happened when you live in the superstitious environment. Sometime they clash each other… Anyway, for me, I wake up one hour earlier to get a breakfast with colleagues at Starbucks inside the PSA building. I felt kind of excitement… the coffee was good… and managed to last me until the other 09:09:09 pm in the office. Haha.. T_T

Happy 09/09/09, 09:09:09!

This week, the fellows new grads are starting their training in London… I can’t believe that one year has passed. The training was good, still I remember nothing but the fun after training hour :p Hope that they will enjoy themselves to the fulleset… and no one encountered silly things like losing passport in a totally foreign country like me…

Office has been fine this week… time just flies in office. On Monday, I tried aerobic during lunch time with the other colleagues… it was fun, but my legs hurt badly on the next day, and I can hardly walk on the T + 2. Thanks that I only have one session per week, not like them who have it every other day. Really impressed with them… should tried to join them more :)

On Tuesday, the day after the aerobic, I finished the buddy meal in KFC… without a buddy =__=. Yeah. Thanks to my dear colleague who challenge me… and I just fell to the temptation. Say goodbye my Monday aerobic…

On Wednesday, on that auspicious day, I work until around 9 and run to Vivo to do weekly shopping. If only I can leave an hour earlier… I would have gone to Westmall instead. I spend 45 mins wandering in Vivo clueless of the shops location I have to go. They are all within 5 mins walking in Westmall… huh.. But anyway, I manage to get all the stuff I need… which is good :)

On Thursday, work until 8pm and have my dinner at Smoochies. I tried the burger and pizza… and totally like the way they serve the pizza. It’s thin, hot and cheesy :D I even like the Hawaiian pizza, which I normally avoid because of the pineapple. Hehe..

On Friday, my application was down from morning till 4pm… I didn’t expect that… and it totally ruined my list of testing for the day :( at around 8, I have to decide whether to stay in office and get a call from my friends every 5 mins or should I just go and leave everything for Monday… I chose the latter… I went to Raffles to meet up with Sabrina and Anand. It has been quite long since the last time I went to Raffles at night… all in sudden, the place feels so unfamiliar to me. A lot of executives are there… a lot of people in tie and suit, chatting over current economic stuff.

2 months outside from the CBD area. Do I want to go back? I don’t know… Sometimes I miss the place, but the new office is awesome for me too… Guess I just have to follow the path decided for me… :)

Saturday, I went to lunch @ Bugis.. a Korean Buffet for $20. It was super nice :D Can’t remember the last time I had buffet, so I totally go for this. The restaurant name is Aerang, if I didn’t spell it wrongly (too occupied with the food and forgot to notice the name). After that, we went for a dessert… again, I didn’t know the name of the place, but I totally love the dessert… I had alovera strawberry honey lime… which come out better than my expectation.

Korean Buffet for $20!

The hidden treasure within Bugis… Awesome Dessert~

At night, I went for dinner at Orchard… and went home after a dessert @ Haagen Dazs.

Sunday, I intended to wake up early and swim… but fail miserably. I woke up only at 9.. and the sun was already on the top of the head… so in the end I wait until 5pm to swim. After swimming, I rushed to Tatsu b’day party… happy b’day in advance, Tatsu Kun :) Happy 21st B’day… now you’re legal in doing the thing you’re doing :p huahahaa…


Happy Birthday in Advance, Tatsu Kun :)

My brother has started to send me itinerary at Sydney… together with Aurelie’s pics.. Oh dear.. I can’t stop looking at the photo… she is the cutest princess I ever seen… Can’t wait to meet her next week…. I just hope that I can pass this week peacefully. Hahaha…

Feel blessed to be the auntie for this cutie

Time to sleep..
ED

Hi, September

Time passes, month changes, and the weather flows... All in sudden, it’s raining almost everyday. For the first time, my body grasped it and I almost fell sick on Monday. I felt horrible while sitting in the office on Monday… my hands and legs were cold and numb… and I totally didn’t feel like moving even an inch from my seat… and I sent nasty emails to people… sigh. I should have just gone home earlier rather than hold it till 7.30 and hurt some people… sorry, peps...

Tuesday to Thursday… was nothing but working from 10am to 10pm. I must thanks to those who dragged me out from office on Friday night rather than listening to my plead of spending night at office. We went for a dinner at Vivo, a place called Brotzeit German Bier Bar, which simply translated to German Beer and Snack bar. Haha.. We ordered 2 platter for two… the sausage platter was good, but the ham platter was.. er.. a good experience. Hehe.

After the dinner, we went to Harry’s for some drink. The night is young, but the place is almost empty. We managed to hog the empty pool table until 12am before we went for our Final Destination. This is my first time to midnight show and 3D movie. The theater was freezing cool, thanks that the liquor warmed me up (at least for the first half of the movie)

The movie itself.. hmm… like watching a book of dying scenarios. This is the first series of Final Destination that I watch. I’m not scared, but still! All the scenarios are too common and can happen in everyday life… which made me think of them wherever I go… when I was in taxi, when I was swimming, and even when I saw a truck parking outside my place… ridiculous.

After a fun night on Friday… I went to office on Saturday :( The office is alright actually. The aircon is on, and even the coffee machine is functioning. The environment is much more relaxing with the partly dimmed light :) How I wish the weekdays are like that too. Hahaha…

I worked (plus restaurant-ing) until around 8, then I went for dinner at Dhoby Ghaut… I’m glad that I made it. It was Juli’s b’day eve. And Jess is going to US this Monday… so it was really a dinner worth running for :)


Dinner @ Ajisen Ramen

Reached back home at almost 12, did some stuff, slept at around 3.30, awake at 11.00 to get my bro’s phone call, then continue sleeping until 12 and get my dad’s phone call.

The rest of the day is mainly relaxing :) Yes, I’m ready for Monday! :D Two weeks to go till I meet my dear niece…

Happy Birthday, Jul and Hand~
ED