Dinner at Morpeth

Dinner at Morpeth was on Sunday, 23rd April 2006, if I'm not mistaken.
Blogging this almost a week later because... Not to say that I'm lazy, just that I was working on my Syndey Trip Blog and has been busy these 2 days...
Hehehe... Busy doing what?
I just got my bike! Yay!!
A picture of it? Nah.. haven't taken any picture of it yet...
Well, you might see it in my next blog perhaps?
It's not a guarantee anyway... =p

Back to my "story" in Morpeth.
Sis-in-law invited me to their place for some fun after we got back from Sydney.
And yes I was tempted to go there since they have "activities" going on every night.
At least the Room 1 was very happening all night.

On Saturday, sis-in-law sent 2 body guards from Morpeth to accompany me there - Dai Lou & Hock Luck. Well, they were at the forum playing badminton that's why.
Surprisingly William was there too. I actually feel very bad when three of them have to push their bikes just to compromise the no-bike-poor-cin. (I got mine now!! Yay!!)
Hock Luck even offered to help carrying my things!! Thanks a bunch! Not to forget, it was a cold night.

That night, the boys had already planned to watch football. Since I was there, sis-in-law convinced Dai Lou not to go, but then we felt bad forcing him to play with us with a sobbing face. Hahaha!! Alas, we decided to wait for them to come back from the football match.

While waiting, sis-in-law was pampering herself with nail polish & I was online, killing time. Our activity officially started at 1 am after the boys came back.
That night, we played till dawn - 5am.
--> Chor Dai D & Dai Fu Wong

2nd Day in Morpeth, was the most happening day. The main topic actually - Dinner at Morpeth.
This evening, sis-in-law, Dai Lou, Hock Luck & I cycled to Coles to get our dinner ingredients. (Where on earth I got the bike from you may ask? It was Juvin's. She wasn't around & I actually didn't get her permission personally to borrow it but through sis-in-law, through Monita... What a long process!!)
So, at this point, I should thank Juvin? Thank sis-in-law? Thank Monita? Hmm... just thanks to all of them...

Anywayz, on the way to Coles, I found something just not right with the bike. The handle was bobbly. I stopped and realised that the handle was not tighten and was very loose. What to do? Dai Lou didn't have any tools with him too... so... Hehehe... Guess what? I managed to cycle all the way to coles safely with the wobbly handle. (Tell you a secret, Shhh... Don't let others know... I nearly fell off the bike a couple of times!! Hahahaha!!)
Shopping took us quite a while because there were too many varieties and we did not know what to buy.
On the way back, the whole handle bar slipped out and and and... I nearly fell off once again but this time Hock Luck saw that!! OMG! Super embarassing. Luckily, there wasn't other people around... Or else I guess they will laugh till heads off... tumble on the floor like mad.

The way the handle slipped was REALLY funny!! Even me, myself was laughing like mad.
Hock Luck, being very nice, (I have to mention this!!) said, " Do you wanna switch with me?" OMG!! *touched* *cries* saviour!!!
Yup, we swtiched bikes on the return trip. Thanks Hock Luck!!
Of course, I can't let him carry the grocery... not with that handle right?

When we reach "home", their home, 4 of us started preparing for the dinner.
Dai Lou was in charge of the mash potatoes, Hock Luck was in charge of baking fries and the tenderloin, sis-in-law was in charge of the lamb chop and I was in charge of EATING! LOLz... I was actually in charge of some small small things, like chopping lettuce for our Wrappa, the gravy, our mushroom soup... But then, sis-in-law did most of it.
Maybe they just wouldn't trust my cooking? haha!! Burn down their kitchen perhaps?

Look at the delicious dishes!!


Chips! Dai Lou, Hock Luck & I were munching them while sis-in-law was busy cooking the lamb chop.

Tenderloins for our Wrappa & Sausages!!

2 of the lamb chops that sis-in-law pan fried. There are 4 other pieces being grilled in the oven.

Dai Lou's mash potatoes! 1 word - Chun!

Tenderloin from Chickadee. Apparantly equivalent to RedLea... Made Wrappa out of it with sis-in-law & Dai Lou's sweet chilli, Hock Luck's mayonnaise & cheese. Not to forget, the lettuce I cut!

The food we have for 4 of us...

Different angle of the food...











Yup!! This was a great dinner.
We gossip till 12am with lotsa jokes and horror stories.
I cannot stop laughing when Dai Lou came out with this female vampire driving a red kancil story. What chills me the most was Hock Luck's story where a guy was chased by a pontianak while cycling and sis-in-law's story about 2 pontianaks sucking this husband's blood.
After dinner was the washing up. I did some of the plates, but then Dai Lou told us that he will finish up the rest, so I went to take my beauty bath 1st.
That night, they switched their duty with Monita & Kaartini because they are leaving home at 2am to catch a train at 3 sth to Sydney to fetch Juvin from the airport.
After cleaning up the kitchen, we all gathered at Room 1, started our games!
Chor Dai D!! OMG!! Cannot believe that I'm still not fed up with the game!!
We played till 4am & felt hungry, so we went for another wrappa! Gosh!! The wrappa was divine!!
After a short "breakfast", we continued gaming in Room 5... till... erm... 8.30am!!!
LOLZzz!! Imagine the sun was shining brightly outside and we were just about to sleep. Yeapz... that day we all woke up at 3pm and had a short football session before it started raining.

Guess this holiday was really great with all these happening events in Morpeth! Thanks for the invitation & I really had fun in your place!

Sydney Trip Part III - My Shopping Spree

What is it there to do in Sydney?
SHOPPING!!
Yea... Sydney has many Asian stuff that is much much cheaper than those in Newcastle as well as those stuff that we can't even find in Newcastle!!
This trip to Sydney is extremely GREAT!
Eat gao gao, shop gao gao, buy gao gao, sleep gao gao, walk gao gao, play gao gao, chill gao gao, carry gao gao... most of all put on weight gao gao!! Hahaha!!


My 戰利品 but this is not all... 'coz there's another big bag of 100% wool quilt which Dai Lou helped to carry throughout the journey. Thanks!!


Oh well, exactly the same picture shown above... With numbers which will make my description easier.


Number 1: Pork Floss 2 packets, 500g each
Cost: AUD3.50 per 100g where this Taiwanese TaoKei gave me AUD5.00 off for every 1kg of purchase.
Comments: Freshly handmade by the same TaoKei. Able to keep for a very very long time.


Number 2: Pink Shorts
Cost: Originally AUD25.00 but I bought it for AUD7.50.
Comments: It was 2 for AUD15.00, therefore sis-in-law bought a dress which originally cost AUD55.00 for AUD7.50 while I get that shorts & I still owe her the money.


Number 3: Macadamia Nuts
Cost: Unknown
Comments: Fabulous Nuts with abalone flavour and Honey Roasted flavour from my mother. Sis-in-law loves it too!


Number 4: Missha Nail Polish
Cost: AUD1.90
Comments: Made in Korea NOT China. Colour Code - PK113. (3681)


Number 5: SunGlasses
Cost: AUD25.00
Comments: Buy 2 get one free.


Number 6: Poker Cards
Cost: AUD4.99 & AUD2.00
Comment: Cheaper Plastic cards were bought in Paddy's Market. My brother bought it actually, and he let me have them.


Number 7: Body Butter
Cost: AUD3.95 each.
Comments: Peach and Mango Flavour is the BEST!! Sis-in-law said they were moisturing and they smell good!! Fruity smell!!


Number 8: Key to Australia
Cost: AUD2.99 each, AUD2.50 each if buy over 10.
Comments: From my brother. He bought a lot of keys back to Malaysia for his friends but since I liked it so much, he gave one to me. Paddy's Market was cheaper, AUD1.50 each if buy over 10.


Number 9: Sambal Chilli
Cost: AUD2.69 each.
Comments: Bought in Miracles, an Asian Shop next to Coles at George Street... LOLz!! Yes, I have to be that specific! & This Sambal Chilli is not for myself, since I do not take spicy food. This is specially for Sexy Hu, dear Jesselyn who is in Tasmania now and will be back this Saturday. Once again, yes I have to be VERY specific.


Number 10: Instand Noodles
Cost: AUD0.56 each.
Comments: Instant Noodles from Taiwan. I do not eat instant noodles. Well, to be honest, I tried not to as much as I could. Why did I buy them you may ask; It's just a backup food supply during exams if I'm really that lazy to cook.


Number 11: What do I call this? A hair clip?
Cost: AUD10.00.
Comment: A gift from my mom.


Number 12: Kangaroos
Cost: AUD3.00 & AUD2.00.
Comment: Mom knows that I love to have some of these on my own bed and therefore she gave them to me. Still thinking of a name for them, Hock Luck suggested KaKa.. =.="???

Is that ALL?? NO!!
There's another BIG BAG of quilt.


Yea... This is it.
Number 0: 100% Wool Quilt
Cost: Unknown
Comment: Once again from my dear mom. Never think that this is light!! It is super heavy and Dai Lou carried it for me all the way back to Barahineban!!


Lastly, I shall thank sis-in-law and Dai Lou for the companion throughout the trip in Sydney and back from Sydney. =)

Sydney Trip Part II - The Blue Mountains

I'm taking you into the Scenic World and the Koala Park in this blog.
Seriously, once started blogging, one cannot stop taking photos. Photos make blogs more colourful, more interesting.
I've never taken so many photos in my whole life, but on this very same day, 19th April 2006, I took over 100 photos within hours!


Scenic World Cableway

Scenic World Walkway

Scenic World Railway

Scenic World Skyway


It's very hard to decide which way to take, but eventually we took the Skyway.
Why not take all of them you may ask but each trip was not cheap!

Look at the price!! It's in Oz!!
And yes, literally "walk on air"...

The middle part of Skyway was initially translucent. When the operator operated it, the translucent glass became transparent like this!

I took this picture on Skyway while we were "walking on air"!!

This is the Castle Ruins.
Can you see the small rocks at the top. It's naturally formed by weathering and erosion of the rocks.

Something cute caught into our eyes...

What is this for?

Cleaning our shoes!!











Next... moving on to the Koala Park! Heard from the driver that this small Koala Park started from back garden of an old lady. He told us not to expect too much.
However, I think the Koala Park was SUPERB! The Koala Park may seem small but there were different species of kangaroos and there were MANY koalas!!

Entrance Fees. It was included in the tour, so we need not pay extra.

There was something else other than koalas and kangaroos... Look! Isn't she adorable? Her name is Matilda and she BITES! Any clue what she is? She's a wombat. What's a wombat?

This is a wombat.

Obviously, a Koala Park should have Koalas! Koala and I.

This is the adorable kid on our coach. Full of energy & hyperactive!

Grey Kangaroo and I.

Baby kangaroo in its daddy's pouch. Gosh, I always thought that those with a pouch was suppose to be female.






That's all for now. Yea, actually there are more pictures to be uploaded but I'm just plain lazy. =p

To be continue with my shopping spree...

Sydney Trip Part I - The Blue Mountains

I have to split my blog into probably 3 parts or even 4 since I really have a lot to say after the 4 days 3 nights trip to Sydney.
The very first day when we arrived Sydney, we didn't do much. We sorted our plans properly, which was joining a tour to the Blue mountains the following day.
Early in the morning, everyone (mom, sister, brother and I) woke up quite early because we were very excited over the trip to the Blue mountains.
There was an "APT coach" picking us up at our Darling Harbour Holiday Inn to Star City Hotel where many other coaches were located.
We hopped onto one of the coaches which was heading towards the Blue Mountains.



Yup this is the Bus... TV - 3922

To my surprise, I saw a very very young, good-looking guy greeting us there. He was our driver for the day and he is really skilled in driving such a big coach. Well, I didn't dare to be too direct, asking him to take a photo with me, so I took a picture of his reflection secretly.

Leura - 1st stop. A petit town.

Christmas Cottage in Leura. For your information, people celebrate Christmas in June, July and August here, which is called the Yulefest.

Some time later, I found a small church in this small town. How should I describe it? Erm... definitely not those modern churches. More like those churches that Jesselyn was talking about - "churches with cross"...

Next stop. The Echo Point. You can scream till your lungs out just to wait for your echo here. It was a SUPER windy day, I doubt anyone heard their own echoes.

A few steps away from the echo point, we can see "The Three Sisters"...
Why is it called "The Three Sisters"?
According to the Legend, the three sisters fell into the valley where they got chased by a "bunny". An evil creature. The father who heard their screams climbed all the way down to rescue them. As he had a "magic wand", he turned 3 of them into rocks so that the bunny wouldn't eat them.
Obviously, the spell succeeded.
But why didn't the sisters turn back to human after the bunny left them?
Think!
If the 3 sisters turned into rocks, who does the bunny chase after? The Father!
The Father pointed the wand at himself and he then turned into a bird.
Oh well, this story was being told by our driver. There might be some modifications here and there from the actual story.

Yup! A better picture of The Three Sisters.










To be continue with the Scenic World and Koala Park...