Last Days in Sydney

It's less than 24 hours before I move to Brisbane for my new job as an economic analyst at Dept of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation of the Queensland Government. I'm so excited, nervous and sad about leaving Sydney.

Since I have found out about the job a week ago, I have been running around organising everything and meeting up with as many people as possible. Last night, I had a farewell dinner with Nick, Nena, Mizzah and the Bruneians in Sydney. We went to BBQ City, a Korean place on Liverpool St. It was good food and good value too. Service was good as well. We then had drinks at Chamberlain Hotel, which was quite nice but quiet since it is after all a Monday night. I had a cocktail of vodka, apple juice and cinnamon sugar... delicious!

Last Saturday was farewell with the Waterloo boys, Ange, Grace and George... went to Busshari... highly raved Japanese restaurant at Potts Point... it was good BUT the boys were still hungry after eating 200 bucks worth of food and were insisting on going to Burgerfuel after... :S
so we went to Burgerfuel... interesting place... huge burgers with burger holders... fries are sweet potato fries... names of burgers like Bastard and Greedy Bastard lol

Then we were finding a place for drinks and were lured by some promoters to try out a new dance club called aero space or something... on the 3rd floor of the empire hotel building seemed quiet n scary so we decided against it and went to elk for drinks instead... was nice place n we played backgammon, chess and drinking games... all won by Master TG Chen

On Friday night, after catching up with some at Customs House Bar, having dinner at Sushi Tei, had drinks at bar 333 and then tried Zeta Bar at Hilton... love the place... spacious, nice decor, good atmosphere... drinks a bit pricy though... but for the experience its worth it

So next time I write I'll be reporting from Brisbane! xoxo

Harold and Kumar Down Under

Sunday night... or Monday morning rather... I'm sitting, unwinding and recapping the past week... another great week of fun and new experiences... highlight of which is my school friends coming to visit Sydney from Singapore and Melbourne. This morning we went to Zilver for yumcha... in terms of food and service, the best I have had in Sydney yet. Goodies include pork ribs (to die for), beef balls, chee cheong fun, quail's egg siewmai and lots more... The only thing was we had to wait for a good 30min before being seated and there was an extra $10 charge for kitchen which was totally unnecessary... other than that two thumbs up... my friend from Singapore was happy with it, so happy that she had to do her har gow dance! lol

Yesterday, we went to the Sydney fish market... had lobster, fresh prawns, oysters, octopuses, calamari and fish... was great! Good day out and then headed for the Rocks market and the Opera House for sight-seeing... The Rocks market is interesting with a lot of quirky unnecessary things like overpriced herbs, oils, chilli... My friend definitely liked it and bought a few things like lipgloss in shells as souvenirs... They then went on to Luna park for a ferris wheel ride and Maissey's at Neutral Bay for sticky date pudding, which they thought was too sweet and could not finish.

On Friday night, when they first arrived, I tagged along to their accommodation which was a god forsaken Formule 1 hostel at Strathfield South... the room was bad... the sheets had white stains on them, we told ourselves it could have been detergent but that was an excuse for children and we are definitely all grown up to know that it was not detergent! The toilet/shower was so small that you could only rotate while standing in it... The bed had booger on it and the cups were oily... The sink was in the room instead of in the bathroom... And I had a sleepless night on the ground as I crashed there with them since it was too late and troublesome to take me home.

On Monday, I had dinner at Alfredo's an Italian restaurant near Gateway building in the CBD. It is a really good restaurant and we had penne with hazelnut sauce, pasta with crab meat in white wine sauce and rack of lamb... all were good except portion was a bit small... good thing I loaded up on fried rice and eggplant and fish beforehand lol

Last week I did not get up to much except go clubbing at Bamboo, the club that is Martin Place Bar during the day... very popular spot for Asians mostly... music was not bad except repeats itself... cover charge of $25 which is standard... had a male stripper which was weird and fat and old...

That's all... next week my bf comes back from NZ... yay!

2 Weeks' Redemption

Hi all, sorry for not having written for ages. I have been busy. So there is much to update on. Firstly, two weeks back, a friend of mine Pauline was in the city so I went to have drinks with her at the Establishment and then crashed at her hotel room in Westin. It is a wonderful 5 star hotel with a big room and great view. The photo here is of the clock tower that is part of the view from the room.

Last weekend, I had a good catchup with my ex-uni mates. Had yumcha at Palace Restaurant, which we think is one of the the best yumcha places in Sydney and we highly recommend it!

This week I had my hair cut at FM hair studio on Kings Cross. The service was excellent and the cut and price is good too. I highly recommend it. I didn't do much different to my hair just a trim and wash.

On Friday, we went to equilibrium, me and the boys... and we sat by the staircase toward the club and were eyeing chicks walking up the stairs... and all the girls were wearing the shortest dresses and skirts and it was a sight for sore eyes but my guy friends were not complaining hehe... it was soooo seedy of us!

Yesterday, we went for to the beach since it was a sunny day. We decided to try the Dee Why beach. It was a great day out and I didn't get burnt without any sunblock :D Walked miles up and down the beach twice and my legs were sore from that. There were not many good looking people to sight at the beach unfortunately... For dinner, we drove all the way to Granville (close to Parramatta) for charcoal chicken. The funny bit was when Endra, one of my friends asked us to make a booking... when we got there, it turned out to be a dodgy place like a McD's joint lol... the food was good and cheap

Granville was a first visit for me and it was quite interestingly different. Firstly, there were many black people which is a rare sight in Australia... there was even a black street with a black club. There were of course many Lebanese since it is a Lebanese area. We went to a dessert place after to have baklava and other Lebanese sweets. One of my friends got the wrong order, the glasses had washing water in them and the lady came up to me and said "You can eat anything you want but please put your foot down" when I had my leg up on my cushion. I thought that was appallingly rude. One thing for sure I am never going back to Granville again!