Oh my, Sydney! - Day 4

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My cousin and I woke up a little too late and we had to rush.
We went to pick my uncle up and headed to Regal in Chinatown.
Yes, for DIM SUMM!!! :D I super heart dim sum a lot. Teehee!
If you're looking forward for some pictures, sorry to disappoint.
No pictures cox I reckon all dim sum look the same only lor. :P

(L-R) Ming Ling, Jing Ling and Ming Poh!
Peeps, do you think Ming Ling and I look alike huh?
Our family members always say there's resemblance.

That's my cousin's fiance, Warren, who owns a Fairlady. ;)
I was excited then, but not anymore after I found my new love.
He's a real nice and sweet guy, and I'm so glad for my couzie.
He brought her to Hawaii to propose with an 18 carat ring!!!
How sweet can a guy get already? Sigh, when's my turn huh? :(

So after dim sum, we went back to Warren's place for a bit.
Sit down, chit chatted and we were talking about food...
When Ming Poh out of the blue suggested Guylian Cafe.
I on the other hand had something else in mind. Teehee.
So of course being the tourist and guest, I won!!! :P

So give a quick guess where I suggested? ;)

The DIE-DIE-MUST-GO Adriano Zumbo!!!

I was leaping with joy when I arrived at the Patissier.

So pretty, no? *beams happily*

Haha, this Wheely Good was Veli Good. :P

I personally did not enjoy this a lot, but my cousins loved it.

I didn't get to try this because my cousins didn't want to.
But I'm sure it's good. I mean it looks so darn good!!! :D

This was my second favourite! I uber heart! :D
Must try okie, it's so goddamn good. No kidding.

This was THE ULTIMATE BOMB can!!! *droools*
Caramel drizzled eclaire. SUPER DUPER YUMMEH!
Just this eclaire alone makes me wanna go back to Syd!
(Oh, I stole this pict off a friend cox I forgot to take one.)

We also went to the Cafe Chocolate which was around the corner.

Yeappie do, for some coffee and macaroons. :D
I'm not a big fan of macaroons (or is it macarons?) though.
Don't really know how to appreciate them. Hahaha!

The chocolate soup was a bit disappointing so to speak.
I wanted to try something else, but le sigh, I went to the toilet...
And came back with the order taken already! So aiks!
But but if I ever go to Syd again, Imma gonna make sure I go again!
If you're in Sydney and haven't been, PLEASE GO ALREADY!
It's in Balmain, and I'm pretty sure Google has the address. ;)

My cousin dropped me back at Cwai's place after that.
I showered and then got ready to meet Zef for dinner.

I so badly wanted to go to Hurricane's but it was fully booked. :(
So in the end, I decided to try Korean instead. Heard it was very good.
People say that the Jap and Korean food in Sydney beats Melb's...
Though I agree that the Japs in Sydney is real good... but...
Nah, I can't say the same for Korean. But on second thought...
WE HAVE KENZAN (japs) IN MELB TOO! Which is GG-ness! :D

We had the seafood rice cake and beef bulgogi. ;)
It was no doubt good, but I prefer Kimchi Grandma.

But Zef and I had a greeeeeaaatttt time together! :D
Which is all that matters most. And I was so stuffed.

Oh my, Sydney! - Day 3

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My apologies for the lack of updates. The Internet back home has been driving me NUTS! I'm serious okay! It just keeps disconnecting til I get so pissed, I'd rather not online. Yes, for a Net addict like me who can't even be bothered trying to reconnect for the gazillion-th time, the connection is THAT bad. But all's good so far, don't cha worry! :)

Anyhoos, there you go! My 3rd day in Sydney! :D

Cwai and I took a ride to Kensington (Did I remember the name of the place right? Please do correct me if I'm wrong!) and we walked about the University of New South Wales for a bit then paid Ken Seong, who was staying just right opposite, a visit. And then together with Ken Seong and Cwai, we met Zef at Ayam Goreng 99 for some good indonesian food! ;)

Sambal kangkung!

The MUST TRY when you go there... Ayam bakar!!!
Take the paling hangus sekali bit... DAMN AWESOME!

And oh, in case you were wondering... This is Ken Seong! ;)

Urgh, those nerdy glasses! Gah gah gah!!! :(
My eyes were bengkak-ed, and I wonder why?
Maybe I was peeping too much at Cwai? Hmmm... :P

We all went separate ways after we were done with lunch.
Ken Seong went home, Cwai went to uni, whereas...
Zef and I did a bit of shopping around the city!!! :D
We walked all the way from Circular Quay to... erm...
Market City!!! That's insanely FAR okie! GG-ness!

And then on to dinner... Ming picked me up from Cwai's!
Ming is my cousin, who is old enough to be my mum. :P
I am serious... Cox my dad's the youngest among his siblings!
Ming's dad is my 2nd uncle, and my dad is the 11th child.
See the gap! Very very wide. My uncle can even be my grandpa lor.

Anyway, they brought me to this fusion place. Damn cool one.
It's a mix of Sri Lanka... South African... Caribbean (??) erm... I forgot!
But yes, it's called Radio Cairo! Go Google where it's located.
What?! I was driven there so I don't have the address whatsoever. :P

The entree my uncle ordered were REALLY good! I don't have any pictures because I was shy at first, so I didn't dare to go snap snap. Ahh, I regret it now. Well I mean, I haven't seen them in ages. Like years, so yeah. But if I happen to stumble upon the menu online, I'll update this space with the name of the entree they ordered.

This is the pork ribs! Very very very delicate the meat, I super love!
And no man, I did not finish that alone. For illustration purposes only. :P

This is what I had for dessert! Super duper yummeh!
Mango tapioca pudding with raspberry topping!!! :D

Both my uncle and my cousin had the Chocolate Mud Cake!
The cake was very very moist and with the chocolate sauce...
Ah, divine! I enjoyed the meal thoroughly... REALLY AWESOME!
Though there aren't any pictures, but trust me peeps, worth a visit!

But again, it's the company that matters most at the end of the day. I was contemplating earlier in the day, whether or not to go back to Cwai's place or sleepover at my cousin's... And boy, I'm glad I chose to spend some time with Ming! We were both lying in bed and talking/catching up. We said good night to each other like a gazillion times, but we still continued talking... until 3am!!!

It felt really good bonding with her, really. I mean I never had any chances like this considering I have no sister. It's quite sad that I'm not really close to my paternal family mostly because I don't have any cousins my age. But I sure want to do this again sometime in the future when I visit Sydney again! :D

Gosh, this year seem to have flown by really quickly, no?

Or maybe it's only me.

The whole scene of me hugging my parents and ex-boyfriend at the LCCT airport four months back is still so fresh in my memory.

I can remember how, at that point of time, it bothered me so much how slow time was moving by. But in a mere one day, I'll be home - back to the place where my heart resides. (Or is it?)

Ironically, there's this huge part of me who doesn't want to be home THAT quickly yet. Things have changed so drastically that apart from my family, and well, a couple of friends who's still sticking around, I really don't have much to look forward to.

I had so many plans in mind when I booked my ticket home three months back, but now that I'm back to being single, I've got to scrape those out and I'm not left with many things to do. Especially when most of my close friends are either busy with college *uhhem*, far far away in UK, or have drifted away from me.

Oh well, I'm sure it's a good thing that I'm going back with no expectations whatsoever.

No expectations,

No hopes,

No disappointments.

But I really want to stay here for a little longer! :(

What the hell is wrong with me? Someone, anyone, please remind me again why I love my home country so much?

Oh my, Sydney! - Day 2

Click to read: Oh my, Sydney! - Day 1! :D

And so our (as in Cwai and I) day began with me waking up with a horrible backache. Oh, did I mention I slept on the floor, albeit the fact that Cwai kept pestering me to take his bed? Well I mean, I'm already bunking at his place, don't wanna steal his bed too. But considering it was a free accommodation, well, very much worth it. :P

We walked around the city for a bit, starting off with Market City.

This is also where Paddy's Market is. Something like our Vic Market.

Only their Paddy's wayyyyy dirtier if compared to ours. Teehee. :P

Quote Cwai, "This is what we call the AUTHENTIC market." Lol wtf.

We took a detour along their main street, George Street; which is just like our Swanston St. Came across the Town Hall and so many memories flood my mind.

The times when I was very much younger; when everything wasn't yet so complicated; when the world was still a place filled with innocence; when I hadn't yet learnt how to judge others; when everything was just so simple and nice...

Oh well. Snapping back... We walked into Queen Victoria Building (we have a QV here in Melbourne too) and we were so fascinated with that big clock you see above. Every single thingy that's on it actually moves. I was pointing out to Cwai and he went, "Wow, I didn't know that until today!" And he has been staying in Syd for 4 years already? (-__-)"

Both of our tummies were grumbling in hunger, but it was only 12pm. There was another 2 hours to go. To kill time, we walked all the way to Martin Place simply because I wanted to see this place I found on the Internet. I think it's called the Ivy Building.

It looks magnificently beautiful, doesn't it? I should have taken the inside of the building too. It was just simply so pretty. And everyone who were dining there were so obviously from the upper-class society, dressed so well, with their LV or Chanel bags sitting on their laps/on the floor. One day, just you wait, I will dine there too, with my don't-know-number-what-Louis-Vuitton-bag sitting on THE FLOOR. (I don't even put my Nike on the floor wtf.)

The gigantic big chair and the midget, as Cwai puts it.

All I needed was just a pretty dress and a crown, really. :P

And yes, the reason to why we were killing time...

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Ichiban Boshi!!!

Apparently they serve REALLY good Tonkotsu Ramen.

They make only 15 bowls a day, and starts only at 2pm. (-_-)"

That is what I call a GOOD marketing strategic, really...

It got me all hyped up, and yeah, I was DAMN BLARDY excited.

As we arrived on the button at 2pm,

we had to wait for a good 20 minutes.

And this was what Cwai did to entertain himself...

If I didn't meddle around with his iPhone, I wouldn't know!

I seriously think Cwai is secretly obsessed with me lor. :P

And then well, our TONKOTSU RAMEN cameeee! :D
And we quickly dug in cox damn hungry already can!

This so-called bomb which I paid $11 for, was a TOTAL let down.

It was just like any other normal ramen. No biggie about it, really.

(-_______________-)"""

After lunch, we met up with WeeKim and hung around Kinokuniya.

Both WeeKim and Cwai then had some Max Brenner's waffle.

Their Max Brenner is SOOOOO MUCH cheaper than Melbourne's!

But I was too bloated with the thick tonkotsu soup so I gave it a pass.

We took a slow 20 minutes walk to the Opera House...

VERY THE BEWTIFOOOOOOLLL!!! :D

Looks like a postcard, don't cha think so?

Must give credit to Cwai cox he took this pict.

This one almost must give him credit wtf. HAHAHA!

Yer, what's with that face, huh?!

Haha see the way I'm sitting... My legs can't reach the ground!

I was telling Cwai, see I can swing my legs, you cannot. BOO!!!

That's one advantage of being short - I love swinging my legs. :P

Hi, my name is Wanna-Bee Model. :P

That's more like Michelle! Okay, wtf don't make sense hor? :P

My favourite-eeeessssttt pictcha of us, like ever can!!!

Until maybe we take another nicer one in the future. :P

We saw some on-going wedding reception at the Glass Island.

After all guests arrive, the Glass Island will sail away...

And will stop somewhere, no where... In the middle of the sea...

So nice, isn't it? Have you ever thought about your wedding?

I have and I was telling Cwai about my dream wedding. HAHA!

And his reply was, "So much for not wanting a rich husband huh?"

It all started with him asking me if I would prefer -

a) a loving husband who is not rich, but cares a lot?

b) a super rich husband who doesn't care much?

I mean almost every girl will pick (a) lor right?

Unless you're materialistic then that's another story.

But then again... A girl can always dream what, no? :P

I want a bf who cares for me but happens to be rich too.

Not all rich guys are jerk okay! I've met a lot of nice ones!

*fingers crossed* HAHAHAHA!

Anyhoos, let's move on!

This is the Harbour Bridge!

One day, Imma gonna conquer it, and I mean it hor!
Anybody up for it? Let's go climb til the very top! :D

WeeKim and I and the hensem Harbour Bridge. :P

We were freezing okay, breeze damn strong and chilly.

See, he's always on the phone one lor. (-_-")

Must entertain myself. By camwhoring. :P

Okay, I can't remember what this building is called.

But it's just right at the entrance of the Circular Quay.

You must go in okay? Die die also must enter at least.

Cox on the ground floor, there's this architecture thingy.

And on the 5th floor... is Cafe Sydney! Awesome view I heard.

I went there twice, and twice it was CLOSED. Damn sad case.

Never mind, I'll go when I visit Sydney again. Next year. :P

And then DINNER TIME! :D

We went to Wagaya, located at Chinatown area.

Say hi to Shian, who happens to be my far distant cousin!

We actually haven't met before, or maybe we did...

But we simply don't remember AT ALL. Hahaha! :P

So if we were to bump into each other on the streets...

We wouldn't have known that our parents were cousins.

Just in case you were wondering, her dad is my mum's cousin.

Oh oh, that's her ordering btw. The menu's all on-screen one.

Cool kan? Even water also you have to order from the comp.

First up the list was the MUST ORDER - Sushi Roulette.

One among the six has DAMN HELL ALOT of WASABI.

So if you're the unlucky one... Then too bad lor, GG-ness!

I think it's inspired from the Hong Kong game show. :P

"Chiu-Kap-Mou-Tek-Cheong-Moon-Yan" Geddit? No?

Never mind. Someone tell me the English game if you know!

I went first... *bite* PHEWWW SAFE!

Jun went next... *bite* PHEWWW SAFE!

Vincent was third... *bite* SAFE SAFE!

WeeKim... *bite* PHEWWW ALSO SAFE!

Shian... *bite* PHEWW... EH WAIT...

NOT SAFE!

And then she started gasping... then cupping her mouth...

and next she proceeded to... crying!!! Yes, imagine that!!!

We were not done JUST YET! Second Round!

We were all SAFE except Jun who went last...

Excessive movements man! Can't take a motionless pict.

He was coughing like mad and moving forth and whatnot.

They drank like DAMN ALOT OF WATER after that. Lol!

Dragon Roll - Unagi lovers, this is an absolute MUST TRY.

California Roll - YUM!

Lightly grilled salmon and scallop box sushi! I LOVEEEEEE!!!!!

It was simply SO DIVINE oh dear... Can I go back to Syd now? :(

Rainbow Roll - A mix of Tuna, Ebi, Salmon, and Avocado

Salmon grilled with cheese - Moderate only lor I reckon.

Definitely cannot beat the grilled salmon and scallop sushi!

That was about what we had for dinner, surprisingly quite filling.

But if you're on a food trip, you cannot stop there just yet, can you?

Next stop for desserttttt....

*jeng jeng jeng*

Chat Thai!

The overpriced par tuhng go or better known as yau-char-kwai, with sangkaya pandan custard. I know we can get yau char kwai anywhere, but not the pandan custard. It was... Yummeh! :D If you're in Sydney, please go give it a try. Not your typical yau char kwai. ;)

How can we go without the sticky rice with mango? I was hoping they had the durian one, but they do only either one and it's the mango season then. The next time I go to Sydney, I better make sure it's durian season. Otherwise, being the big fan of durian that I am... I'll cry! :P

Okie dokie! That's the end of Day 2.

Oh not yet actually... I remember how that meanie mean Cwai didn't want to let me sleep. He kept talking and talking, asking silly questions until I was so tired I couldn't stand it, I didn't even know what I was mumbling to him. Evil. But we had a good pillow talk. I love bonding sessions like this. *giggles*

Letting go.

I read this somewhere while I was blog-hopping (I lost the link! *sobs*), and saved it because I totally like fell in love with every single word written. So, I thought I'd share with y'all what this great blogger wrote. (:

To let go is not to forget, not think about or ignore. It does not leave feelings of anger, jealousy or regrets.

Letting go is not about winning or losing. It is not about pride or about how you appear. It is not obsessing or dwelling on the past.

Letting go is not blocking memories or thinking sad thoughts and does not leave emptiness, hurt or sadness. It is not giving in nor giving up.

Letting go is not about loss and it is not about defeat.

To let go is to cherish memories, to overcome and to move on. It is learning, experiencing, and growing. To let go is to be thankful for the experiences that made you laugh, cry and grow.

It is about all that you have, all that you had, and all that you soon will gain. It is about the courage to accept change and the strength to keep moving. Letting go is realising your heart can be the most patient remedy.

To let go is to open a door, clear a path and set yourself free.

It definitely speaks for how I'm feeling. ;)