KJ wedding

The cousins had so much fun today!!! It is the wedding of our dear cousin brother KJ! Pictures and laughter filled the night.

Throughout the whole of last night we were trying to put a video together with the violin cover of A Thousand Years that I made. It was then I realised I didn't have many photos taken with him.

The cousins and aunties and uncles all had a good week together. I love family gatherings and I love all the crazy things we do together. I love all the good food in Malaysia!

Sydney Trip Dec 2012 - Day 12

The last day in Sydney!! In the early morning, I sent dear cousin and the house mate to the door. They left for the airport and I'm all alone in the house. I ate the packed-home Korean food for brunch and packed my toiletries into my luggage. I took at last look around the apartment. I will miss this place and may never have the chance to come back again.

Took the subway to the airport. Goodbye Sydney!!

Sydney Trip Dec 2012 - Day 11

Good times always fly!! I'm gonna miss the good weather and clear blue skies here!!! One last day before I go home tomorrow!! My luggage is very full now!! I bought so much instant food back! I'm so amazed by their variety of instant food available in the supermarkets.

Today I went to Hyde Park. It was quite crowded and the fountain and church there was so beautiful. 

Archibald Fountain and St. Mary's Cathedral

I walked around the shopping centres and bought alot of nuts back - half for dear cousin to bring home to Malaysia and half for my Dad. It was so heavy carrying them back to the apartment. 

I waited in the apartment for dear cousin to come home before we go out for dinner. She brought me to a Thai restaurant near Darling Harbour. The place was very crowded and the food was good!!

The view of the whole kitchen from where we are seated

Vegetables

Red curry

Green curry

Clear tom yum soup

In the night, we packed for tomorrow. Dear cousin is going to Melbourne for work. She has been so stressed cos' of work and cos' of packing. After she comes back from Melbourne, she will be flying to Singapore and then back to Malaysia! It's not so sad saying goodbye cos' I will see her in a few days' time!!

Sydney Trip Dec 2012 - Day 10

Today I went to Sydney Olympic Park. It was a very hot day! After lighting from the subway, I went to buy an iced coffee immediately. Then I walked over and was greeted by water!!

It was the Olympic torch and then converted to become this fountain. It was so cooling standing beside this!!  Then I walked over to Brickpit Ring Walk further down across the road. IT WAS HUGE!!! I had cold feet standing in the ring!!!

The "stilted" structure is for visitors to walk in. I'm not sure if you can imagine the size of this huge pit. I only walked an eighth of it as I became too scared to carry on.

We went back to the same Korean restaurant in Chatswood for dinner again!! Reminiscencing the time we spent in Korea again. We simply love Korean food!! 

Again, we couldn't finish the food and packed them home again!!! 

Sydney Trip Dec 2012 - Day 9

Today I am going to the Blue Mountains on my own as dear cousin had to return to work. I joined a local day tour and they picked me up from a hotel. The bus came about half hour late and I thought I had missed the bus. *phew* There were about 16 of us on the bus from different countries. Some of them are natives from not from NSW. One big family was from Singapore.

The first stop was at Featherdale Wildlife Park. The kangaroos were all running around and we could feed them. The tiny ones are really cute while the huge ones look magnificient standing on their strong tail. There were lots of birds, emu, peahens and peacocks! The white peacock was magnificent! The turkeys were very cute too!!!

Of course, everyone in Australia must have a picture taken with the Koala bear! So I had mine take too! After that we boarded the bus again. We went to a big field to try play with the boomerang. 

The road to the Blue Mountains was scenic. How I wished dear cousin and I could drive up here ourselves. 

Upon reaching Katoomba, it was lunch. Fish and chips!! Yums!

Then we took a super huge cable car up to the mountains.It was really steep. 

A pity the rail road was under construction, otherwise it would have been scenic too. Luckily I had a jacket on today (bought from Review yesterday) cos' it was cold! The weather was not foggy and we could view the Three Sisters. So here's a picture with them:

After descending, we went to catch the tribal show at Waradah Aboriginal Centre. From there I learnt how they made use of organic material to make their camouflage and their musical instrument. Following that was the bus journey back. We bidded farewell to the tour guide and took an hour long ferry ride back to Darling Harbour.

Dear cousin bought Nandos home for dinner. The Nandos here tasted so much so much better!!! 

Sydney Trip Dec 2012 - Day 8

Today is shopping day with dear cousin!! We had lunch at Oiden Rice Bowl Bar. It's like Japanese fast food! The prices were really cheap and if you are a small eater, you can order the small size bowl! We ordered many small bowls to share. It's really yummy and we can't find such prices in Singapore with such great taste!

 

We ordered too much and packed the remaining home. I love it how you can request for takeaway boxes in Sydney!!

Then we walked to Chinatown to get royal jelly for my dad. It's really cheap here!! 

After shopping, we headed to asian groceries market in Chatswood to buy wanton skin and noodles, chilli, minced pork, and vegetables to cook for dinner! It was another fun time in the kitchen!

Sydney Trip Dec 2012 - Day 7

After packing for the day, we set off for Sydney Fish Market for brunch! The fish market wasn't smelly at all and people could actually eat inside! It was crowded!

Here are some photos of the seafood available in the market. How I wish I can buy them all!!!

We had fish and chips, salmon, scallops, oysters, calamari, fish and crayfish. It cost about A$30 per person. Not cheap huh? Seagulls are really irritating here. They always hover around, waiting for the opportunity to steal your food!! And there are plenty of them!!! Our food:

We went to Bondi Junction for bikini shopping!! I got a nice set for myself and dear cousin got a bottom. Then off we go to Bondi Beach!!! It was another super windy and cold day! We had fried Mars bar which dear cousin strongly recommended that we try. It's super yummy but ultra sinful!!!

Then we walked past a clothing shop and they were selling jackets at a discount!! Feeling cold and feeling stupid for not bringing a jacket, we bought a jacket each writing "Bondi Beach". Dear cousin bought the same colour as I! She is slowly beginning to like green colour!

The water was too cold to swim in. We just walked on the sand and played with the waves. There was a large shower room so we cleaned ourselves later on. 

Dinner was at Hurricanes Grill. Dear cousin wanted me to try this long before I went Sydney! 

loaf

scallops

Beef Ribs

Pork Ribs

We were given bibs before they served. The ribs were so yummy!!!! 

We had to return the car the next day, so we went to pump petrol before returning home. What a happy day!!!

Sydney Trip Dec 2012 - Day 6

We had a good night's sleep. We woke up and packed our stuff ready to check-out of the room. We had to remove the bedsheets and leave them outside the door. We complained a little at the reception about our heater and electricity but they didn't do anything for us. We were expecting some discounts. Chey!

We drove out for breakfast. We had to wait till the afternoon for our dolphin cruise. We managed to find a place with free parking. Parking is expensive in Sydney!

The breakfast was filling!! And it was so yummy!!!

We walked around and took photos while waiting for time to pass. We even sat in the car to wait! We also drove out of that town and walked to the beach again. The nicest beach there is at the dolphine watch cruise there with blue waters and a little whiter sand. We can't be late so we made sure were there before the cruise left. *remember: punctuality!*

The ship left two minutes before the stated departure time (WTH right!) and there were some passengers would were not able to board cos' the ship was leaving. 

It was quite a big ship and there were three decks. It was very windy! Before long, we were out in the bay to catch glimpses of dolphins. It was easy sighting them. But all we could see were their fins. We can't see the whole body but I think I saw one jumping out of the water!

I drove us back home. Again, other cars were overtaking us while we climb the hills. Poor engine. 

I love the time spent at the cabin and in the car. 

We cooked spaghetti and the house-mate cooked Prima Deli's Singapore Prawn Curry. Again we had fun in the kitchen!!! And clean freak cousin was always cleaning. LOL!

We had vanilla ice cream for desserts.  

We are going to Bondi Beach tomorrow!!!