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Tintin in Sydney

We met via Multiply then moved on to being tweetmates. A few months ago, she messaged me that she will be visiting Sydney. So even before she arrived, we’ve made plans to meet and eat (yes, eat!) and explore the streets of Sydney together.
She’s Tintin, my blogger friend and tweetheart! 🙂


 
It was a rainy Friday two days ago but we pushed thru with our plans and met up. She came with her little boy Tom and her mom (whom she’s visiting here) and we all had a rainy rendezvous–some crazy adventure really.

Since we cannot do a lot of sightseeing, never even had some outdoor shots, we stayed indoors and stuffed ourselves with yummy treats instead.

First stop was at the Sydney Fish Market for some good ‘ol seafood. We rode the Metro Light Rail (MRL) so Tintin and Tom can experience their first MLR ride.

We had lunch at Deep Seafood and Oyster Bar. As we enjoyed our food, we immersed ourselves in great conversation as we talk of life in the Phils and in Sydney.


 
For dessert, we took the MLR again and hung out at Darling Harbour for some delicious treats at Lindt Cafe. The whole afternoon, we enjoyed Lindt’s Delice, Profiteroles (a.k.a Cream Puffs) and Chocolate Cafe with Lindt’s equally yummy beverages. 
 

Even if it rained on us all afternoon, the great happy company and conversations we had was enough to feel a lot of sunshine inside my heart. Being able to see Tintin (and Tom and Tintin’s mom) in person was a heartwarming experience. We hope we’d have a few more dates before she goes back to Manila.


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Blog Guesting at Wifely Steps

Hello and good day from the rainy Land Down Under!   Hope all of you are having a great week. 

I was asked by one of my bloggy friends, Toni of Wifely Steps, to join in the celebration of her wedding and blog anniversary by sharing my own wifely steps.

It was such a great honour to be a  part of her celebration so I especially wrote “Lessons Learned from Marital Fights” (click! click! click on the title) for her blog.

Please visit and share your thoughts.  Thank you!
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Tag: Q&A Game

23 May 2010 8 Comments Category: Blog Life, Memes

Tagged by Rick of Waiting for Wisdom.
  
1) A vampire or a wizard (and why)???
I’d rather be a vampire because I’ve always been in awe of Anne Rice’s vampire stories.  I’m attracted to the kind of life they lead.

2) If you could change one thing about you, what would it be – if anything???
My temper maybe

3) Would you rather live like a rock star or like a president? (in other words: fun or power?)
A president, not because I want power, but because I believe I can do more to create a difference in other people’s life by leading and helping.

4) What’s your favorite cartoon character??? 
I like Astroboy.

5) What’s your (most) guilty pleasure? 
Eating potato chips 3 nights in a row.

6) If you were a song, what would it be???
I would be “Defying Gravity” (song from the musical “Wicked”) because I never want to do some things just because it is the norm and based on people’s expectations. 


7) What’s your biggest dream?
To make a difference in other people’s lives.

8) Do you prefer to be the one who asks questions or the one who answers them, and why???
I prefer a balance between the two because conversations are great when there are two people sharing ideas.

9) What is your biggest turn off and turn on???
Turn on would be a person who makes me laugh.  Turn off would be a person who thinks and speaks negatively of people and things around them all the time.

10) Have you ever broken any law?
Not that I know of.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Rick for honouring me with awards on his blog.  Thanks Rick!

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Tweetmates in Sydney

Our recent Christmas and New Year holidays were doubly special due to Plurkmates and Tweetmates (as in Twitter) who visited Sydney.

Lui visited Sydney to watch Mamma Mia! with her mom and so we met up with them a day after new year. My friendship with Lui started in Plurk. When Chris and I honeymooned in Melbourne in January 2009, we met up with her. Since then, we have messaged each other in Plurk and Twitter and exchanged text and email messages. And when she informed me that they will be visiting Sydney, I knew we had to meet! We had a very long lunch at Darling Harbour. The Husband and I were so happy to see her and meet her mom.

Lui and Ivy in Darling Harbour

It was in Plurk that I met Jo and Pen. We met up in 2008 and I’ve been good friends with them since then. We’ve had coffee and breakfast dates when we have time. It’s such a blessing too that we all live in the Metro West of Sydney, very convenient.

From plurking, we have moved on to twitting more often and somehow we have formed a Tweet-barkada together with Ajay, Bigenya and Taytaybulls (who also lived in Sydney). Ajay from Singapore and Bigenya from Manila visited Sydney over Christmas holidays and so before they left, we had one big party!

From left to right: Bigenya, Jo, Ajay, Ibyang, Pen and Taytaybulls
(click on our names for our twitter page)

The gift of technology is truly amazing, especially when used in a good way. I have never, in my wild imagination, thought that I would be meeting so many wonderful people thru the blogosphere, whom I’m now sharing meaningful friendships with.

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