Sydney (Part 2) - Pictures

balcony view from where i'm staying

a sunny day at Bondi beach

a piece from Milenko Prvacki at the Museum of Contemporary Art. He said "I do not trust cheap shoes or easy art". How true it is! I wore a pair of new (cheap) shoes and within 10 minutes i was blistered. CH had to get me a pair of (not-so-cheap) flipflops so i could continue on walking.

Sydney Opera House

A japanese choir singing outside the Opera House. An attempt for an opportunity to sing inside?

view of the city from the Opera House

Sydney (Part 1)

I've been in this wonderful city for 4 days. The weather has been so welcoming. Considering it's winter, its been a warm and sunny couple of days so far with an average temperature of 20°c .

I have been eating heaps - yumchaed at a chinese restaurant, pigged out on seafood at the FishMarket, and the fine dining restaurants here are fantastic - we've got a booking at Tetsuya's.

What i found so beautiful about Sydney is how everything is so near the water, and how there is vast spaces of grenery everywhere. To get into the city from where i'm staying, i've got to take a 10 minute stroll past the Domain park and the Royal Botanic Garden. It is heartwarming to see people out and about running, taking walks, playing ballgames and lazing on the lawns enjoying lunch in the sunshine.

Certain things and parts of Sydney remind me so much of life in Melbourne. Such as the little shops and restaurants, the seagulls, the grenery, the fluctuating petrol prices and (this i almost forgot!) the window-washing service at traffic lights. And, oh yeah, the shopping! I'll save the shopping for another blog entry.

It's all been so far bonbons superbes.

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A couple of months ago - one Mr. Kewl, an acquaintance, sent me an SMS. On hindsight, it was probably one of those mass SMS that a person would send, like a happy new year sms or some sort like that. The SMS went some sort like this -

Mr. Kewl : Hey ... how's it going? Long time no hear ... it's been awhile ...

I was pretty surprised. I didn't realise he was one of those whom i would hear from. But anyways, fingerfries sent a reply a while later -

fingerfries : Hey, things are going well (*blah blah*)... How are you?

I never received a reply. That kinda irked me, cos unreplied questions in an SMS is a pet peeve of mine. I wondered what makes a mere acquaintance be keen to hear from me but when heard, not want to let me hear from him? Why would one want to send that general SMS anyways? Was it to solicit a response or a possible night out? Was it to confirm that one is still in the address books? Or to finish up unused phone credits and to keep one in the memory of others?

A few days ago, i received another SMS from Mr. Kewl -

Mr. Kewl : Hey How u doing? Long time no hear... time flies...

I am just dumbfounded. Delete. Delete.

Moving Up Moving On

In the last year, I have had quite a few friends move up, move on or move away. Some moved back to their hometowns to be with their families, one got married and moved halfway round the world. A few saw their career taking off and taking them south to Sg or north to Bkk and and some even further to UK and US. Some moved on to a different career or life path altogether. All have gone in search for new life experiences and adventures.

I wonder what makes a person take that first step and make that leap to move on and move up. What does it take for a person to leave one's comfort zone and to seek the unventured? And i wonder how one tells it's time to move.

Luckily for me, some friends have moved on and moved up to KL and can hang out with me more often.

Saturday night @ Laundry