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Another Fun Day in the City

Our last trip to the city before my parents leave for the Phils on Saturday.

This time, I took them to the Sydney Fish Market for lunch. Seafood galore!!!! We had Fish ‘n Chips, Lobster and Scallop Mornay and Salt ‘n Pepper Calamari. Yummy!!!! It was our first time to come here so we were all in awe of how many the choices of seafood here (syempre nga kasi Fish Market hehe) and how fresh the produce are.

After lunch, we took my mom to Star City, the casino place in Sydney.

While my mom had her fun in Star City, I took my dad to the Sydney Aquarium. My mom had already been to the place so she’d rather play in Star City than hung out with us hehe.

In the afternoon, we all met up again and had coffee and hot chocolate at Lindt Cafe in Darling Harbour.

We ended the great day by having dinner at Pepper Lunch. My parents loved it! They haven’t been to any Pepper Lunch in Manila and we wanted them to experience it before they left.

As of today, we’re all done with the packing of their luggages. Just a few more stuff Chris and I are working on that needs to be sent to the Phils and we’re good to go.

I’m also busy preparing for their despedida dinner tomorrow and our trip to the airport on Saturday. Hope everything turns out well.

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The Weekend’s Priceless Moments

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. 🙂

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Thank God For Long Weekends

Spent another long weekend so can I take my parents out on Friday, spend time at home and hang out with the Husband.

Friday we went to Sydney Olympic Park so my Dad can see the place.

My ulterior motive was for them to taste the best ribs in Australia (for me, that is). We had lunch at Ribs and Rumps (I made a resturant review here).

After a hearty lunch, we just had a bit of walking around Olympic Park then went back to Blacktown for dessert at Max Brenner.

My Dad likes Capuccino and was amused to see a unique way of serving Capuccinos in Max Brenner. It was served in what they call as a Kangaroo Cup.

The Kangaroo Cup has a sort of a pouch on one side where a a piece of chocolate is placed. The cup’s irregularly-shaped plate had a Kangaroo drawn on it. Cute!

As for the taste, my Dad says their Capuccinos tasted very chocolate-y. Yummy!

On Sunday, the Husband and I went out for a movie date–Angels and Demons.

I love it! For me, it was better than “The Da Vinci Code” movie.

Happy Monday everyone!

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Day-out with the Parents

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.

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Fun Times in the Valley

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).

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