Posted in Sydney on December 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A nice park near Mosman.. not far from our place.
See those houses… I think they are some of the most expensive houses in Sydney!
The aussie really like the sun. They would just took off their shirt and lie under the sun whole day long! They love sun, outdoor sports and fun! They really know how [...]
Posted in Cars, Oliver, Sydney on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We took her out for the first long-distance drive on the Christmas day, along the famous tourist drive- Bells Line of Road. The driving was smooth and we enjoyed the ride very much. We did miss a turn and lost our way near Blacktown. But luckily we found our way after we asked for directions at [...]
Posted in Cooking on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Rebbeca, a sweet & young girl from our company brought some christmas food for us to taste. She actually made them!! Wow.. I tried the Rum Balls, which taste really nice. Sweet but not too.
From Wikipedia:
Rum balls are truffle like confection, being sweet dense balls flavoured with chocolate and rum, and often coated in chocolate [...]
Posted in Cars, Oliver, Sydney on December 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Continue from here:
We made the offer and we asked the owner to give us the vehicle identification number (VIN) and engine number for a REVS check, an online check to make sure the vehicle is not stolen, or not in any financial issue, or not a write-off after being involved in accidents. Then we found out that [...]
Posted in Cars, Sydney on December 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
It was a busy week for me.
I started my job on last wednesday. Waking up early, reaching home at about 7.30pm. Cook dinner, have dinner, wash dishes, watch a bit of tv, feeling tired and go to bed.. I have not much time to blog or do other things. We are not allowed to use [...]
Posted in Personal on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Everything went quite smooth for me on the first and second day of my new job.
I woke up at 6am on the first day and reached the train station at about 6.45. I managed to catch the 6.58am train and reach Lidcombe at about 7.30. That was too early as I need only 30 minutes to walk [...]
Posted in Personal on December 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I will start my new job tomorrow!
Everyone is surprised as the nation is going to celebrate xmas soon while I start working one week before xmas I dont know why either!
Anyway, I am looking forward to the new job while that means no more sleeping late, no more idling in sofa & watching [...]
Posted in Personal, Sydney on December 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
To celebrate that I finally found my first job in Australia, we went for a dinner in a restaurant in Crows Nest. Ordered spaghetti with meatballs and char grilled salmon. The spaghetti was good while the salmon is okay! I still prefer japanese-style teriyaki grilled salmon!
Then we took a stroll nearby and saw a liquor [...]
Posted in Home Sweet Home, Sydney on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Looking for a suitable apartment in Sydney is not an easy task nowadays. Due to the shortage of housing in Sydney, it is hard to rent a suitable apartment at suitable rate in suitable area. When we first arrived in Sydney, we spent few weeks looking for a suitable long-term accomodation.
We preferred a one-bedroom apartment over [...]
Posted in Cars, Personal, Sydney on December 13, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Yeah, I was offered the job.
I accepted the offer and will start working next Wednesday!!
The workplace is really far and less convenient. So, we are thinking of buying a used car.
It is no easy process!! We start looking at used cars advertised by private sellers online using the following few websites:
http://www.carsales.com.au/
http://www.carpoint.com.au/
There are a lot of websites out there. [...]
