About a month ago, I boarded a plane (to Singapore then to Darwin then) to Sydney. And here’s my story.
THE FLIGHT TO
I boarded a flight to Singapore in the wee hours of the morning. I got to the Pudu Airport courtesy of my brother who was awesome enough to drive me to the airport at that hour. I checked in, we had breakfast, and off I went on a very quiet and (relatively) empty Airbus A320.
By the way, NO AIR ASIA THIS TIME! If you must know, I travelled on Tiger Airways and JetStar. Anyhoo, I am writing this with a mindset that there are only (at most) 5 people reading this blog (or whatever it may be now). Ok not important. Next!
I reached Singapore at around 9. So, what do you do when you have almost 12 hours to kill in a city that hosts the only night Grand Prix? You drop your luggage at the left baggage, and take the train to the city. By you, I mean I. Ha ha ha not funny.
Train in Singapore
Knowing that I wouldn’t have much entertainment to rely on for the rest of my trip, I decided to get myself a Sudoku book. Yes, Sudoku. I happened to be addicted (somewhat) to it since I first tried it at Anis’s house before heading off to his wedding. Shoutout to the newly weds! Woot woot!
So yeah, I bought a Sudoku book. Walked around the city. Sat by the road side and photographed moving objects/people. Oh, and had lunch too. By 3, I was already feeling a bit tired (due to lack of sleep from the night before). Next destination – Airport.
Panning in Singapore
I went around the new terminal, and it was awesome! I happened to catch the documentary of Singapore’s T3 on Discovery so I was excited to get to see the terminal myself. Trust me, it’s not as geeky as it sounds! But, ok seriously, how long does it take to check out an airport? Not very long.
After completing my un-guided tour of the terminal, I sat near a water feature somewhere in the lower level of the terminal, and started sudoku-ing. It didn’t last that long. Soon after, I was already up on my feet finding a (relatively) quiet place to lie down and catch 40 winks.
Let’s get through the rest of the Singapore stint in a timely manner, shall we. I woke up. Sudoku-ed. Had dinner. Checked in. Boarded flight JQ74.
Flight JQ62 was HORRIBLE. There was a baby that was crying the whole night! Not just during take off or/and landing, the whole flight! It’s obvious that I didn’t get any sleep on board that flight. Pfffttt!
I arrived in Darwin, and I didn’t get the warmest of welcome from the people at the immigration counter. They asked a lot of questions as though I had ulterior motives visiting Australia. Heh! But whatever, I am already in Australia and only one flight away from my destination! I was too sleepy to have been skipping joyously through in the airport. But, I was excited! Flight departed ladidadidaaaa..
ARRIVAL
Flight JQ74 arrived in Sydney. Finally. Sydney Sydney. I zoomed through the airport – from the arrival gate to the exit – using all the available travellators. Sabrina’s waiting! Funny, while zooming my way out, I didn’t know where was the exit exactly, I knew where to go. But, I didn’t know where it’d end. I descend slowly on an elevator, and at the end, there was a door (?) which says “Do not turn back” which I somehow translated to “There’s no turning back now, are you scared? Are you?” And to my surprise, there she was with a little sign that says “AZLAN”. Now, I have arrived – happily :)
SYDNEY
I don’t know where to start. While I was in Sydney, Sabrina and I spent a lot of time sight-seeing, eating and having drinks (not that kind!), watching Friends, talking, and having lotsa fun while we’re at it! Basically, we just did the things we enjoy doing while enjoying each other’s company. The end. Tadaaaa! Jaskidin.
Best coffee in town
ALMOST everywhere I went, I ordered coffee. And the best coffee goes to Campos! Partly because the place is a nice. Small and (not but) nice.
Sydney Aquarium and Wildlife Park
That was the first time I saw a dugong. Here’s proof.
Dugong
Making friends
Please note that whatever I write is in no particular order. I made friends with Najib and Nabilah. Although I’ve met both of them before, I never had the chance to really hang out with them. So that was nice. And while I was there, we celebrated Najib’s birthday with the most awesome ice cream cake EVER.
The beaches
I went to Coogee and Bondi. Great beaches. Great food.. especially when you’re talking about the Mars Bar at Bondi. Woots!
Coogee
The selipar adventure
Sabrina and I went around Sydney looking for slippers for Najib and Myra. The boy gets the blue slipper and the girl gets the red one. I don’t know what that has to do with anything. See Havaiianas.
Iced chocolate to die for
Lindt. Nuff said.
Best thick shake
…closed for business.
The Rocks
I love the rocks. Scones and coffee, Rocks Market (where I got a tshirt with a monster roar-ing which looks like me when I am mad [?]), Susannah’s Place, Rocks Museum, Ghost Tour, Foundation Park, Ariel… They’re all great! Very beautiful place to just walk around and enjoy the view. Oh, I almost forgot Pancakes on The Rocks! Woots. The crepes were naaiiseee!
The Rocks
Susannah's Place
Pakcik Baca Buku
Shopping
I got myself a new pair of shoes + a new t-shirt as mentioned above. Things that will make me cooler than everyone around me. Sho Fizzle!
Bookstore
I don’t read. But, I liked Berkelouw Books in Newtown because it looks nice. I felt mysterious [?] while I was there.
The harbour and the quay
It was raining when we went to Darling Harbour. With strong winds, we almost froze walking back home. It was an adventure. Circular Quay is a nice place to hang out. To your left is the Harbour Bridge, and to your right is the famous Opera House. In the middle you have a nice place called City Express (Extra, actually) – a nice place to have a drink and talk. Around the quay, there were trees that were slanting, as though someone had just released a SUPER fart and made them obliqued. Hmmm… makes you wonder, doesn’t it.
The Opera House
The Gap
We took the ferry to Watson’s Bay. The place is beautiful and the food we had there was naise! On our way back to catch the bus, there was a storm chasing us. We ran like we never ran before! It was exhilarating. Okay, that’s not really true. We.. walked to the bus station. But it was a nice view though, looking at the storm coming your way. Hehehe.
The Gap
Luna Park
Woohooo! Rides! Yeay! If only it was opened. We got there and it was closed! But, luckily we got to take some nice photos.
The Harbour Bridge
Museums
We pretty much went to ALL the museums in Sydney. Haha. I really don’t need to list them down though. Checking out the Wildlife Photography of The Year exhibition has to be one of the more interesting visits, I have to say.
MOS
Food – Honorary Mentions
Kura, Provencale, San Churros, UNSW Blue Berry Bagel, this place known as “The French Place” because I can’t remember the name.
Food – WINNER
Eel Pepper Rice at Pepper Lunch :D
Walking to Broadway a.k.a. Myra’s old crib
…was nice, at the end of the journey, there was coffee at Badde Mannors.
Cooking
I rocked the kitchen with my super awesome home cooked meals! I am useful!
Sydney Fish Market
The food was great! The entertainment was even better! There was a guy sitting at a table across from me, he was having his lunch and there were seagulls bothering him. He shoosh-ed the birds away. They kept bugging him till he chased them away. While he was busy chasing the birds away, a huge bird came to his table and meddled with his food, he ran back to his table and SMACK the bird right in the body and the bird flew a good 5 feet with wings closed! Hahaha! That was funny. It was hard to not laugh.
Mrs MacQuarie’s Chair
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Skyline
Myra’s favourite shopping place
McGinn. It was… trendy. Hahaha.
I have more to tell but if I would to write them all, this will never get posted. And I have ran out of excuses to delay the deadline :P Hehehe.
Cheerios!
