Sorry for the lack of updates in the recent months, was back in Singapore for a short short 1 month in late june, busy catching up with all my close friends and family and also making myself look good! haha! Not forgetting, i had an extremely fabulous 22nd birthday party at Udders, ice cream parlour, nearly all my guests turn up, close to 30 of them, making the celebration a very successful one. I sincerely thank my good friends - esther, char and yue for turning up earlier that morning with the decoration and everything else. Staff at Udders were nevertheless very patient with all my guests. Will post some pictures on them when i am free. Also, back in sg, over the last weekend, i headed to my cousin-in-law's hometown in M'sia, we had a massive seafood galore, ate so much and was so cheap..i can't wait for dec where we would head for our seafood fiesta again with my closer aunties and uncles.
Here i am, relocated to NSW to complete my postgraduate till next july. Short but intensive course! thank goodness, z is here with me too! time passes too quickly whenever you are not alone, that leaves little time to enjoy the good stuff that Sydney brings. It is only week 5 and i have already completed 3 minor quizzes, assignments due in 2 weeks' time, and another quiz next week. School term here is hectic, unlike perth. The grading system here is different too, the distinction is from 75-84, where in perth, it is 70-79, feels kinda hard to score.. Additionally, most of my peers in my course are PRCs, they seem rather smart and have a rather good command of english. UNSW is filled wtih ABCs, don't see many aussies themselves around, and i haven't made much friends here except for my group mates. Still missing my friends back in Perth.
Well, school aside, z and i manage to catch a breather and we headed to sight see today. We had a delicious meal of DIN TAI FENG, i go crazy over their xiao long bao & their taro/yam xiao long bao, char doesn't like DTF that much i remember, she prefers Crystal Jade. The style of food were exactly the same, only thing different i noticed was the wide array of beverages, especially wines, australians love wine, and it is so cheap here! everywhere is BYO, no surcharges for most restaurants..
The interior is kinda different, but they too had that glass panels where you can see Master Xiao Long Bao folding 15 folds of the skin and weighing them equally.
We ordered exactly the same stuff as we would had in back in Sg, but somehow felt too full, perhaps because of the heavy sandwich i made this morning, just to digress a little, the best sandwich i have ever made was tuna with avocado topped with mozerella, toast it, PERFECT breakfast! i bought some kind of sandwich press when i came here, so handy for toasting all sorts of bread stuff, quesadillas and what nots! my favourite kitchen appliance currently, haha! Yue would love it too! i shall blog abt my sandwich receipes some time soon!
okayy, back to the topic..we walked to Sydney Opera from the city and on our way there, saw this hugggeee Mac Shop and TADA..............MAX BRENNER's, i think i am missing the girls so badly, kept craving for the places that we used to hang out! but too full for Max today, the next time round, i promise!
Symbol of Globalisation - Mac
These buildings are so victorian, i love it! z told me Melbourne had much more, can't wait for sept to come where i will be heading to Melb!
Can you see Max behind me? Oh, i remember mentioning it to someone that i saw our local bank, OCBC here! i broke out laughing, i never thought OCBC was that 'global', oops!
These are the underground bar and cafes at Sydney Opera House, aussies were enjoying their cool beer! there was a live band playing when we were there, very nice place.
That's the view of the CBD area
In the afternoon, we had tea at QV building (Queen Victoria). the pictures of QV below was taken about 3 weeks ago, just to show you how QV looks like. QV gives the feeling of the High Court in Sg, very solemn.. The shops in QV are high end, like those in Paragon, Hugo Boss, Roberto etc.
At QV, we had our coffee break, carrot & walnut cake, orange & almond teacake, anyone?
Alright, that's a little bit of Sydney for you, will update more when i get to go out, my next big trip would be in Sept, where i will be meeting my sister and dad in Melbourne before heading back to Perth for my Graduation on the 15th! sounds exciting?
P.S > Esther, i've been reading your blog constantly, the things that you put up makes me think about life, about friendships and most imptly, about relationships. You asked how people see of you, well, to me you are more than a faithful church-goer and responsible fellowship of Christianity, your loyalty towards your friends is unwavering and your sincerity makes people think of you all the time. It is so rare to find a friend like you, and i am glad i did. However hard school research and life is, you are not alone, and of course, someone like you would be able to pass the hurdle at the end of the day. In the mean time, if you are reading this, take care and i wish you a Happy Birthday in Advance.
鼎泰豐 Din Tai Feng
World Square, Level 1 Shop 11.04
644 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
+61 2 9264 6010
P.S > Esther, i've been reading your blog constantly, the things that you put up makes me think about life, about friendships and most imptly, about relationships. You asked how people see of you, well, to me you are more than a faithful church-goer and responsible fellowship of Christianity, your loyalty towards your friends is unwavering and your sincerity makes people think of you all the time. It is so rare to find a friend like you, and i am glad i did. However hard school research and life is, you are not alone, and of course, someone like you would be able to pass the hurdle at the end of the day. In the mean time, if you are reading this, take care and i wish you a Happy Birthday in Advance.
zi
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