We had the funnest time last Saturday as our barkada, The Kolokoys, celebrated Gary and Yyoni’s little princess Jiona’s 1st birthday at Little Dynamo’s Indoor Play Centre.
Isn’t she the cutest??? She’s so adorable!!!!
And of course, the Titas of Jiona—Me, Hilda and Ara had a great time catching up and pigging out (We missed you Rache!!!!) There was a lot of food from potato wedges, chicken nuggets, ice cream cake and our faves: chicken wings and mini-burgers.
Friday night date with the Husband. We watched Star Trek this time. We almost thought we wouldn’t be able to watch due to delays in getting to the cinema: looking for a book that I want (didn’t find it at Borders), getting caught up in the rain (as in we were dripping wet but we were like kids playing in the rain) and looking for a place to eat dinner (biglang nag-brown-out sa McDo!!!), by the time we found a place to eat, na-delay pa ang order namin. But we made it! I was already wondering if we were meant to watch a movie that night.
I love Star Trek! It was entertaining and had a lot of funny bits so I loved it.
Being a part of my cousin Patrick’s 8th birthday. Saturday was a busy day for me and the husband as we helped in giving Patrick and his friends a great time during Patrick’s 8th birthday celebration. For more than three hours, Husband and I ran around taking photographs of the kiddos, watched them play games and laughed so hard from all the silly things they did. So fun but very tiring.
The party extended till dinner time, as relatives and friends came by to wish Patrick a happy birthday.
Sharing the joy of communing with koalas and kangaroos with my parents. Sunday, we took my parents to Featherdale Wildlife Park so my dad can experience touching a koala and feeding a kangaroo. We had so much fun especially my dad. Seeing my dad and mom so happy was priceless.
Catch up with a friend at Starbucks. After our Featherdale adventure, we went to Westfield Mt Druitt for a little bit of shopping. Since my parents are leaving soon, we had to buy pasalubong for the Phils. We had lunch at Pizza Hut, went shopping, then hung out at Starbucks before we went to church. I invited our friend Bhenie (she lives nearby) so we can catch up. As usual, chikahan and tawanan. 🙂
Took the day off on Friday so I can spend time with my parents.
We had lunch at St James Hotel for some steak.
Then we attended mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral.
Walked around Hyde Park.
Had coffee and cake at The Coffee Club.
I had my usual Cafe Americano and tried their New York Cheesecake. It was lovely.
My mom had hot chocolate and it was delicious, i loved it! I think I’m going to spend some “Me” times here soon, I need to go back for their cheesecake!
Late afternoon was spent at Paddy’s Market in Chinatown to shop for pasalubong for the Phils. I told myself I’ll focus on buying for stuff for the Phils but I found stuff for me too!!! Yay!
I also took them shopping for Koreanovela DVDs. My parents love koreanovelas so I indulged them. And to top the great day, we took them to BBQ City for dinner so they can experience Korean BBQ dining.
Presenting…the Hunter Valley Gardens!!!!!
On Saturday, we went out (again) on a quest to explore Hunter Valley Gardens, which is so far the most creative looking garden I’ve ever seen here in Australia.
Hunter Valley Gardens is a 16-hectare land made up of 10 differently themed-garden. One reason why we had to look at the map (which they give you upon payment at the entrance) all the time.
Here are some of the gardens there….Indian Mosaic Garden
The Storybook Garden…
The Oriental Garden…
At the Lakes Walk…
It was just so beautiful…I love love love it!!!!
Such a nice place to be a child again, hence, we had a couple of “kulit” photos:
We spent a good five hours at Hunter Valley Gardens. After that, we visited McGuigan’s and Rosemount’s/Lindemans’ Winery for some wine tasting and buy our favorite wines.
Chris wasn’t able to drink wine because he was our designated driver…so nagkulitan na lang kami sa vineyard hehe.
On the way home, we stopped by Rhodes for a quick shopping spree at Ikea.
Last stop was dinner at Tomodachi, which is now one of my favorite Japanese restaurants (next to Nobu). Too bad they don’t have one in the West (not that I know of).
Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey
“Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey
I’d heard about you before
I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, you’re a love machine
Oh, you make me dizzy…”
In celebration of its 10th anniversary since it’s world premiere,
Mamma Mia! The Musical
is coming back to Sydney!!!!
Sign up to waitlist for the opportunity to purchase tickets. Click here.