Back from Sydney and Dinner with Wendy.
hee... U won't believe i went sightseeing in Sydney. Nobody do sightseeing in Sydney anymore, U can't do much with one nightstop in Sydney and it's always a tiring and miserable flight that spoils any mood for sightseeing.
The hotel room, LCD TV and the DVD player in Hiton would be a better choice. haha...
hee... U won't believe i went sightseeing in Sydney. Nobody do sightseeing in Sydney anymore, U can't do much with one nightstop in Sydney and it's always a tiring and miserable flight that spoils any mood for sightseeing.
The hotel room, LCD TV and the DVD player in Hiton would be a better choice. haha...
Oh... by the way, Sydney Hilton is Wendy's favourite hotel. haha... Frankly i too prefer Sydney Hilton than Swissotel Sydney coz Hilton give Crabtree and Evelyn toiletries and provide DVD players in each room. They even have automatic window shades. haha...
The crew gave me a shock and stunned face early the next morning when we checked out. The 5am sleepy face gave way to wide-eye shocked disbelieve when i told them i went out and WENT SIGHTSEEING... haha...
"SIGHTSEEING...?!!" haha...
They all assumed i went out to eat all by myself and return back to the hotel to hibernate when i remained out of reach for the entire day. haha...
Well, u have to thank Wendy for that. She made me wanna see Aussie stations more with all her Melbourne stories. haha... But seriously, this world is full of places and sights waiting to be explore, waiting to be seen. Just that it may be a little inconvient and u may run into plenty of problems on the way.
But once u reached there, it's all worth it.
Anyway u will be surprised that visiting Europe may be as difficult as visiting India. English is a common language here because our government made it so. But it's not so elsewhere and they only speak their own language. To them it's a sense of identity.
"SIGHTSEEING...?!!" haha...
They all assumed i went out to eat all by myself and return back to the hotel to hibernate when i remained out of reach for the entire day. haha...
Well, u have to thank Wendy for that. She made me wanna see Aussie stations more with all her Melbourne stories. haha... But seriously, this world is full of places and sights waiting to be explore, waiting to be seen. Just that it may be a little inconvient and u may run into plenty of problems on the way.
But once u reached there, it's all worth it.
Anyway u will be surprised that visiting Europe may be as difficult as visiting India. English is a common language here because our government made it so. But it's not so elsewhere and they only speak their own language. To them it's a sense of identity.
Singapore on the other hand try to down play the importance of mother tongue with schools and some work place restricting the use of another language either than english. Its effect can be seen in the kids today who could hardly read or write in anything other than in english.
Speak their language and u will see alot of difference. haha... U may even recieve preferential treatment. Like that time in Paris with the Violet who could speak fluent French. That was the one time i truely enjoyed Paris. Oh... by the way i've been to Paris 4 times already. haha...
And Bee will say "Yeeeeeeeeeeeerrr... How lian...!" haha...
YESSS...! i'm how lian, haha... but not by the fact that i've got the chance to travel but more of the all that sightseeing that i've done.
Although being a crew allows u to travel to different destination, but to step out of the hotel room is another thing altogether. It requires lots of determination. It's actually very tiring to travel, more so when u literally work to your destination. U are dead beat by the time u get there and u can forget about adjusting to the time there. Layovers are now shorter, with lesser days, u got lesser time to waste.
So u've got to drag your ass out of the room, trying to forget the fact that u barely slept and try to make your way to the destination with a body weighed down by jetlag. Not to mention, trying to navigate with your eyes half closed.
Travelling is tring business. But once u get there is all worth it.
Ok, back to Sydney.
Although it was a short stay, i know i might not have another chance to do my sightseeing again. The 221 pattern allow me a full day in Sydney since we touchdown around 6am in the morning. Furthermore, the load was pretty moderate compared to the usual full or overbooked load which would have drained me completely by then. As such, i could forget about going anywhere already.
After checking into the hotel, i had a short 2 hours nap before waking up for a quick shower.Flip thru the travel guide i took from the airport and decided to take a whale watching cruise which would take half a day.
haha... But stupid me, it's only available from November. haha... It's even written on the travel guide just that i dun really know what am i reading already. haha... I only knew when i got to King Street Wharf at Darling Harbour to try to get myself the tickets. haha...
As u can see what effect a tired mind has on a person. haha...
So instead i bought a combination tix for the Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife World.
The Sydney Aquarium was eh... haha... I dunnoe lah, but singapore's Underwater World fair better. Still, there are one or two attraction that made me go "wow". There were the Penguins, the motherfucking-big-ass-crab which i forgot what was it called and there was the big-ass Ray as well. haha...
Speak their language and u will see alot of difference. haha... U may even recieve preferential treatment. Like that time in Paris with the Violet who could speak fluent French. That was the one time i truely enjoyed Paris. Oh... by the way i've been to Paris 4 times already. haha...
And Bee will say "Yeeeeeeeeeeeerrr... How lian...!" haha...
YESSS...! i'm how lian, haha... but not by the fact that i've got the chance to travel but more of the all that sightseeing that i've done.
Although being a crew allows u to travel to different destination, but to step out of the hotel room is another thing altogether. It requires lots of determination. It's actually very tiring to travel, more so when u literally work to your destination. U are dead beat by the time u get there and u can forget about adjusting to the time there. Layovers are now shorter, with lesser days, u got lesser time to waste.
So u've got to drag your ass out of the room, trying to forget the fact that u barely slept and try to make your way to the destination with a body weighed down by jetlag. Not to mention, trying to navigate with your eyes half closed.
Travelling is tring business. But once u get there is all worth it.
Ok, back to Sydney.
Although it was a short stay, i know i might not have another chance to do my sightseeing again. The 221 pattern allow me a full day in Sydney since we touchdown around 6am in the morning. Furthermore, the load was pretty moderate compared to the usual full or overbooked load which would have drained me completely by then. As such, i could forget about going anywhere already.
After checking into the hotel, i had a short 2 hours nap before waking up for a quick shower.Flip thru the travel guide i took from the airport and decided to take a whale watching cruise which would take half a day.
haha... But stupid me, it's only available from November. haha... It's even written on the travel guide just that i dun really know what am i reading already. haha... I only knew when i got to King Street Wharf at Darling Harbour to try to get myself the tickets. haha...
As u can see what effect a tired mind has on a person. haha...
So instead i bought a combination tix for the Sydney Aquarium and Sydney Wildlife World.
The Sydney Aquarium was eh... haha... I dunnoe lah, but singapore's Underwater World fair better. Still, there are one or two attraction that made me go "wow". There were the Penguins, the motherfucking-big-ass-crab which i forgot what was it called and there was the big-ass Ray as well. haha...
But the Wildlife World was definately much better. It's hard for me to describe it here lah, but it's like having the comfort of walking thru air-conditioned alses of exhibit like in a museum but with live specimens behind rows of glass enclosures in their natural habitat.
My only mistake was that i should have visited the Wildlife World first, coz although it opens till 10pm, u can't see a damn thing in the aviary in the evening since the enclosure is open-air with only a netted cover on the top to allow natural light in. By 7pm it's already dark in Sydney.
So just too bad, i only see trees and plants... haha...
So just too bad, i only see trees and plants... haha...
The darkness seemed so all-familiar once again. Like those nights in outfield. The sound, the feel all seems to be coming back to me. haha... The guys should know what i'm taking about, especially TJW. haha...
Amazingly, just these 2 places i end up spending half a day there already. It was already almost 8pm by the time i walked out of Wildlife world. Dropped by at Mac on the way back to the hotel to buy myself some takeaway dinner. haha... such is the lonely life of a traveller.
Anyway i actually wanted to visit the Sydney Opera House, but the call time is at 4 plus the next morning. i decided against it, plus i have not yet fully recover from Karachi.
Got back yesterday afternoon and SMSed Wendy, heee... surprisingly she was free for dinner.
We met up at Paragon at 5pm, went Window shopping at Paragon's Gucci and then to Scotts DFS. haha... Thoughout the whole evening we always got carried away in our conversation and end up walking in the wrong direction. haha...
Saw one Gucci sling bag that i really liked, cost something like $1230 without discount. Hmmm... maybe i will get one for myself as a christmas present to reward myself for working so hard. haha...
Finally we settled at Big O to have our Dinner. Ordered the platter for 2, Bailey's Irish Cream cheese cake and Ice Cream. haha... Sinful Dinner right? haha... But it was dinner with Wendy and it ought to be enjoyed.
Great dinner, great conversation, together with someone i can never say no to, u can say it's a great way to end a hard day's work. :)
