May 22nd was Christine's 23rd Birthday. The IMU girls, plus Esther and Ru Xing celebrated the night with her at a Labanese restaurant at Randwick. Lebanon & Beyond was the name. Chanel & I left the hospital pretty late, about 6.30pm, but them meeting place was only 5 minutes walk away from our hospital. I LOVE THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL!
Met up with the girls at Coles (it's like our Sainbury, Van), then we walked over to the restaurant.
The birthday girl.
The food. Don't ask me what each dishes was, I can't remember their names.
Only Chanel & I were in our formal attire, we didn't have time to change, our tutorial ended quite late. The St. Vincent's people had time to travel from the city back home, changed and walked up to Randwick to meet us. Oh well, I'm a busy person =p
Me, Christine, Esther
Chanel, Ru Xing, Christine, Baldeep, Ufairah
Orange poppy cake, with cream cheese, homemade by our housewife, Esther!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRISTINE!!!
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April 25th, ANZAC Day. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. ANZAC Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. Over 8,000 Australian soldiers had been killed in Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Ottoman Turkish defenders. A typical ANZAC Day ceremony may include the following features: an introduction, hymn, prayer, an address, laying of wreaths, a recitation, the Last Post, a period of silence, either the Rouse or the Reveille, and the national anthem. After the Memorial’s ceremony, families often place red poppies beside the names of relatives on the Memorial’s Roll of Honour, as they also do after Remembrance Day services.
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We had a long weekend for in collaboration with Anzac Day, so, Kee Qian, whose PMS is in the University of Western Sydney (UWS), from M207, came to our happening town for her weekend. I knew her through Christine.
We brought the tourist around, not that we knew Sydney very well =p
She arrived on the Friday night. So, Christine & I went and pick her up from the Central station in the city after our tutorial at St. George Hospital, Kogarah. I don't know why UNSW make us travel so far (40 minutes train ride from the city) for a tutorial. Regardless, exploring a new town is never boring =)
We brought Kee Qian to Ayam Goreng 99 at Anzac Parade, Kingsford for dinner. Ayam Goreng serves the best roasted, grilled, deep fried and honey butter chicken ever!!! Oh, apparently, their special chili paste is really good if you're a fan of spicy food.
Next day, we went to the famous Sydney Fish Market near Darling Harbour, with one of Christine's housemate, Steffi.
Along the way, on Pyrmont Bridge, a pedestrian bridge, linking the 2 ends of Darling Harbour.
Fish Market. We had SASHIMI: Salmon, Tuna, Kingfish and Sea urchin roe. SEAFOOD PLATTER!!! I think it was only $20 per person? Sooo worth the money.
Christine & Kee Qian.
Me, Steffi.
After lunch, we walked all the way back to the Darling Harbour, to bring Kee Qian to Lindt Cafe. Steffi had hot chocolate, we had iced chocolate and milkshake.
Steffi went home after Lindt for her assignment, and we continued walking around the city. Brought them to the Queen Victoria Building, note: them. CHRISTINE HADN'T BEEN TO QVB before!!!
I could resist stepping into Salvatore Ferragamo, major accomplishment! I'm saving up for Hermes and Varina from Ferragamo in winter =D
Brought Kee Qian to the Apple Store on George Street, just because Malaysia doesn't have any official Apple store, and that the stairs are way too majestic to be missed.
Decided to have PORK RIBS for dinner, at Hurricane's, Darling Harbour. 2 reasons: 1, it's only in SYDNEY, BABAY!!! 2. Darling Harbour has the best night view in town. Was on the waiting list for 2 1/2 hours, 'cause Hurricane's doesn't take reservations. While waiting, I heard several gunfire!!! I was thinking, "Oh no!!! Someone's shooting a gun and it's approaching me! How?!" I looked up and saw flashes of light. Hahaha, it was fireworks, set for ANZAC Day.
Utter coolness!!!
The view from our table at Hurricane's.
After dinner.
A drunk hot guy posed beside her randomly =)
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Took a train down to Strathfield for some authentic Korean food. The return ticket cost me $5.60, the food was good, but it's nothing I can't get from the city, and the food was the same price as those in the city. Well, I won't travel to Strathfield for the same reason again! NO!
Hyde Park was next in our itinerary. We were kinda rushing 'cause sunset was at about 5.30pm, and we didn't want to take pictures in the dark.
St. Mary's Cathedral, so beautiful!
Ok, I didn't take many nice pictures of the park. The ones that I took were blur. But I'll go back to the park soon, when I have time, and Hermes is just right across the road. How not to revisit again?!
Peace out =)
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