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Sydney's beauty
Sunday, January 13, 2008

Just spent the day browsing through my photos... Seems as though I had went back in time to when I first set foot onto Sydney. It's a beautiful place and Australians are definitely more outspoken and welcoming. Grocery-shopping was more pleasurable as every cashier would smile and greet you with "Hello! How's your day?"

Photographed at one of the stalls in The Rocks Market. The vendor is selling cooking utensils made from eucalyptus bark. I've bought a letter-opener and butter spreader. Haha, don't ask me why, I just felt like spending that day.

Took this while strolling along Darling Harbour. Actually, I wanted a photo with Darling Harbour at the back. Guess the photographer didn't realise that...

The group of us were resting on a widespread lawn in UNSW and just decided that it's photo-taking time.

Went to Bondi Beach... Not much RA stuff... Haha, just quite a number of women laying out in the sun without their tops for sun-tanning.

My hair's in a mess in this picture. Oh, that dreadful wind... Spoils my photo. Haha anyway, we're standing in front of the famous Opera House. Didn't had the chance to go in, since it was already closed. Nevertheless, it wasn't that spectacular. Esplanade in Singapore is more pleasing to the eye.

My 2 most satisfying self-prepared meals: Stir-fried noodles and pasta. Looks easy, but the ingredients are more than it looked. I had to buy oyster sauce, fish sauce, some vegetables, minced meat, eggs, mushrooms, fishballs and nuggets. Now, you can understand why I had to think through my meal menu and come up with a list before shopping for grocery.

There is how my room looks like. Seems clean, right? Somehow, it is not cockroach-free though...

This is the common room, where we always laze around to watch TV or to cook. The common room has plenty of houseflies. It is no surprise that our hands were very busy during mealtime, cos' we had to keep 'swiping' away houseflies that were attracted out our food.

Oh,I've got a few videos of the New Year's countdown in Sydney. Fireworks are really beautiful, better than the ones released during National Day. The videos are not really a good depict of the celebrations, since watching them 'live' offers better visual effects.

It's a pity though that I was there on a summer programme. This would mean that assignments and projects were more time-compelling and less time could be allocated for fun and pleasure. Not that there isn't... It just felt insufficient... Wish that I could stay a couple of days longer... Not in the hostel though, maybe elsewhere like in a rented apartment near the city.

--Mary HAD a little lamb--

7:35 pm