[Travelogue] Amazing Australia - Sydney [3]

Day 3 - a cold cold night

On day 3, it wasn't anything special. I wanted to travel afar, but my feet just refuses to do so that day. So I decided tojust go shopping and see what are the things that were selling in the malls of Sydney. That included those shops that I passed by during my shuttle service from the Airport. 

I saw Country Road, French Connections etc etc at the windows, shouting "SALE". So I decided to head on down to the streets where Queen Victoria Building was to start purchasing. 

Had my breakfast at the Food Court located in one of the malls, I cannot really remember the name of the mall today (You see, my memory is kind of failing on me, quite a lot.). It was definitely always odd and funny to eat alone. But I guess the environment and all made it easier. People don't give you weird stares like they do in Singapore, or feel like you are hoarding the seats at the Food Court, which is plain ridiculous. I blame the lifestyle we have. 

Came across quite a few funny birthday cards, there are more of such quirky stuff available at their departmental stores, which was having a huge sale, but nope, I didn't buy them. Who in these days still sends out birthday cards? Not even e-cards for me. I guess birthdays nowadays just lack a lot of what we used to have in the past.

What happened to balloons? Surprise in the mailbox, A delivery man sending you gifts from your loved ones and etc? Maybe its just my birthday, and the people around me, whose birthday are just as... "a simple text would do". But why won't we admit that we miss such surprises? Maybe because these surprises, don't surprise us as we age. That a fancy dinner at a restaurant, a big carat around your finger would be much appreciated. Sigh - World.

I called in the night early that day, cause the weather was just too cold for me to handle. It was raining pretty heavily, and the wind were blowing so strongly, I just couldn't stand it, and only wanted to be in my room and cuddle up in that warm blanket with the heater right beside me. I don't really hate the cold, I mean, I do like it, but when it gets unbearable, I hate it. 

I walked to a nearby thai restaurant, and decided to order Tom Yum Soup & some Basil Pork something something. Well, despite the "foreign delicacies" post, I still like to eat Thai Food, just that now, I don't fancy it as much as I did before.

So I dropped by at another local supermarket, which was at the other end of the street and I bought a few snacks to bring it back to Singapore. Bought some jewellery and tops, which wasn't featured in this loot picture, but that was pretty much what I bought overall. The honeycomb bite is totally awesome, if you're going to Sydney or any parts of Australia, do look out for it.

Rumour has it that I'll be going Gold Coast this October! 

So watch this space for the remaining days in Sydney! (:

xx

Andrea

[Travelogue] Amazing Australia - Sydney [2]

Day 2 - Sydney

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Pancakes with Poached Pears at Zinc Cafe

So what I had planned for myself on my 2nd day was to Visit Taronga Zoo!

Figured out the way to the place, had to transport between two different train routes and ferry to reach the zoo. The weather was abit choppy that day, there was sun, but dark clouds forming, and it was the first time I stood so close to the harbour bridge, and this was kinda like my first photo...

Once again, my breath got caught by the amazing scenic view. Despite the dark clouds, the picture spoke a million of how at that very moment, I had felt. Just amazing.

And through the ferry ride, I had arrived at Taronga Zoo! 

Obviously, the first encounter I visited was...

Snooozzzeee

and for the first time in my life, not even in Singapore Zoo, I witnessed Giraffes actual height. GOD DAMN TALL.

Even their coat are so beautiful from afar. I can't even explain the joy. But there were just two Giraffes

And for the first time, I saw a real meerkat! Chilling out in the sun.

John from Salon Vim @ 313 Highlighted my hair red before I left.

Kids Lunch - AUD 10

This bird and its allies, stoop up to my table and poke every fries I was left with, I just sat there and stared while it took every last fries I had. Oh well. Didn't want to fight it, but in my heart, I was saying, you're gonna die of a heart attack with that amount of oil.

And as the clouds started to gather even more, the wind got cooler and breeier. Poor me had an umbrella which I didn't used and was braving the cold back to the ferry port. Had to wait so damn bloody long for the ferry to arrive. And it was extremely cold. I was looking for a place to avoid the strong current and winds from the sea. Waited for almost 20 minutes. Hot chocolate couldn't even cure the cold. Gosh! 

After which, I decided to venture to Westfield Sydney as it was still pretty early, around 4pm (SYD). So I took the train, alighted at St James station, walked straight out of the tunnel and tadah, the whole stretch of shopping heaven right in front of me! There were several familiar brands at Westfield Sydney, they have different parts of the mall, and me coming from a mall industry, it is so different. The customer service there isn't as good as I thought it would be, neither is ours in Singapore, but they had tablets easily available for shoppers to use. It looked a lot like Ion Orchard, especially the miu miu store located at a distinctive corner of the mall. You can find Cotton On, Rubi, a lot of sales, on Zara and etc. Obviously I had to visit....

Dinner at a Jap Restaurant - Had to have rice with Kings Prawn, Couldn't possibly miss it. And they taste so damn delicious, I can still remember the taste of it. Will try to replicate it one day, if I do  have the time to do so! Would be very very very interesting overall! (: AUD - 20

I don't know why, but I was feeling extremely hungry that day, that I even cooked this when I got back at the hotel at about 8 -9 pm ishhh.

Our maggie still taste a lot better

to end this post, these were my loots of the day!

Ok, watch this space for Day 3, 4 and 5. And I'll probly be able to do up a post on BANGKOK too! (:

xx

Andrea