Wednesday, June 02, 2004
travelling is fun, esp when u're travelling with a bunch of frens... long story to tell, hmm... pardon me if it goes abit disorganised.. hee..
Sydney-- our 1st stop
20th may -- 1st day in Sydney
reached sydney at around 7pm (sydney time) the sky was dark, the wind was strong... chilling but nice... nice breathing a whole new air... nice to feel away from home... nice.. only for that moment.. met percy -- Mel's friend -- at the airport, and he brought us back to his apartment.. nice and cosy little place where he stays with his sis... went for sze chuan steamboat aft we dropped off our baggage, and walked around darling harbour a bit.. the scenery was beautiful, and i'm taking everything in with my sense of sight... the weather seems so nice, the seagulls seem so cute, the little lone duckling swimming in the pond... nice and tranquil feeling, away from home, away from dear? went visit the star city casino, lost 1 buck on jackpot... lady luck not shining on me... meilin won 1 buck and percy won 3 bucks... ha ha.. so we sorta won, in the end..
21st may -- 2nd day in Sydney
woke up with the sun shining on our butts... ha ha.. literally.. woke up at ard 10 am, to see the sun shining so high up.. time to do a little exploring on our own... 3 gungho gals, each armed with a sydney city map, ready to do some exploring.. went to find the YHA to book our 1 day tour trips for melbourne, met up with meilin's fren staying in sydney, went eat at their foodcourt, and went shopping-- as usual. saw the sydney tower, saw queen victoria building, saw their supermarket (woolsworth AKA woolies), then realised that the yummy tim tams are actually originated from Australia... hee... bought a pack to eat... and we stocked up on our groceries (fruits esp...) dinner was at a korean restaurant, steaming hot and spicy hotpot... percy's sis, yvonne's treat... then we made a trip down chinatown, the nightmarket there was vibrant, lotsa stalls selling woolen scarfs, handicrafts, jewellery etc... yah, like our pasar malam loh.... surprising, the chinese restuarants along chinatown was packed.. and percy said, these restaurants must be quite gd in order to open in australia... hmm.. so far, so good.. ha ha..
22nd may -- 3rd day in sydney
sat morning... planning to go Paddington's mkt (i thot i might gonna be one of the bazaar like place again)... we went for breakfast at some real cosy little place near Paddington... breakfast was a delight... bacon, scrambled eggs, toasted bread and lotsa salad, i had earl grey tea as well... yummylicious!! aft that, full steam towards the colourful Paddington mkt (open only on Sat)... saw lotsa artistic stuff done by the locals-- t-shirts designed by the creative ppl, handicrafts, jewellery (saw this necklace with a small dried flower framed in a small pendant which i quite liked, but felt it wasn't really worth the money, so din buy)... hmm, how i wished i had the artistic talent, how i wish i could be able to set up a stall there to sell my poems, my handicrafts, my ideas.. pretty neat eh? then we visited Woolies again to buy food for dinner... percy's the chef for the nite, he taught us how to cook spaghetti (nice and yummy) and steak... had a hearty homecooked dinner, really nice and homely feeling...
yawnz, sorry frens, i'll continue my aussie trip soon, cos i am really v tired for today... huey, meet u one of these days to show u the photos... oops, but i might be working soon ;) c u ard!!
| posted by clouds at 11:50 PM
