where dreams are built from dust: March 2009

Dear friends in KL,

I miss you guys so much.... so very very very very much...

I wish there was someone to...

chat with me through the night till the next morning
go to lectures with me and spend the time talking about how much what we're studying is irrelevant =p
go shopping with me
walk to college with me
scold me for walking back alone at night
have a heart-to-heart talk
sit around in a circle and play cards
drink with
say "siiiieeennnnnn" to
study with me (yes I even miss those group study sessions!)
watch movies with me
download songs and movies for me (haha)
have lunch with me
yam cha with me
talk in the lab with me
and sooooooooooooooooo much more!!!!!

I MISS YOU MISS YOU MISS YOU MISS YOU MISS YOU MISS YOU

~ lol how many of you actually know that I have this blog here ~ (i think very few?)

ahhh

I MISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ALL OF YOU!!!!

The past two weeks have been all about exploring Sydney and the areas around it. Truth is, I haven't been to many places, but here are just some snapshots of what I have been doing, and the places that I have been going to.

The view from my bedroom. Malaysian hall is right next to the Randwick Racecourse.

Followed Alex to his field site somewhere in the Northern part of Sydney, where he collected his samples and I tagged along being a busybody haha =)

On Tuesday, Bryant took me around the city.

Town Hall

Market City where Paddy's Market is. Place to buy cheap fruits and vegetables =)

The golden tree monument ~ chinatown

I don't know what this statue is lol. Just took a photo for fun

Hyde Park

On Saturday, I met up with Therese who's doing her internship in Sydney for the semester. We went to Darling Harbour, the museums that were there, the Sydney Aquarium, some shopping malls and Sydney tower

At the monorail station. Thought the sign was amusing =p

Our first stop was Sydney tower. I took this photo earlier, but it was only with Therese that we went up. The sky looks fake =p

The view of the city from Sydney Tower

Birds eye view of Hyde Park... was the only source of greenery I could find from up there.

OZ trek

My souvenir - a pressed penny

The machine that generates these "defaced" pennies

Darling Harbour!! We went their via monorail

On the bridge

Sydney Aquarium at Darling Harbour

In front of the aquarium/pool where you can touch the starfish =)

I saw dugongs for the first time in my life. I remember writing about them when I was in primary school for either social studies, or was it a nature club meeting

With Therese in front of the Dugong pool

The dugong! Doesn't look very much like a mermaid does it? Maybe the guys in the legend were half blind =p It's like an ugly version of a dolphin crossed with a seal perhaps? Nevertheless dugongs are quite rare these days and its really quite nice to be able to see them.

The Oceanarium houses sharks

Little penguins!!

Seahorse

Crocodile.. I don't think its a real one

Upclose short of a turtle. Say cheese!
(turtle looks pissed, "off the flash will ya? It's blinding me!")

Some lizard thing.. monitor lizard? I don't remember, I'm just guessing

Crayfish

Another aquarium

Haven't seen a photograph that looks more fake than this real one looks

Just to prove that its a PHOTO I'm standing there

We went to the National Maritime Museum, which was free =D (thank goodness, I'm seriously running out of $$). We also went to the powerhouse musuem which had a five dollar entry fee. The powerhouse museum showcases technology equipment, both old and modern ones. Some of the things on exhibit were pretty cool.