The Song of Two Cities: My 1st inter-state trip!

Due to super luck on my side, I had the opportunity to travel interstate on an assignment! Melb-Syd-Brisbane-Syd-Melb is the journey I will be taking for the next 2 weeks! Excited is what I am! Am already thinking about all the nice meals and accommodation I will be having when I am travelling! NICE!

So on a tuesday, I rushed off work to the airport to head off to Sydney! 2 hours later, I am at the land of the Harbour Bridge! Mango beer was the only thing on my mind! But alas, I arrived at 9+. Dinner was what I wanted. So after some query from HY, I attempted to try out the Jap place near PwC Syd which he recommended. But not before snapping some shots of my wonderful and luxurious serviced apartment!

Studio apartment! Nice nice! :)

Cool eh, there's even a plasma TV with cable!

Toilet's decent and very clean too! Yay! Now off to hunt some food!

When I reached the Jap place, it was closed! Arghhh...Ended up walking 30mins to Chinatown for some crappy noodles at Superbowl which the Syd secondees claim is the best supper haunt in Syd. Oh man, there I was, thinking, the food in Syd must be crap! :(

The week flew by quickly, lots of nice brekkie, lunches and dinners. Of special mention is this particular thai place near the railway station that serves excellent thai food in kopitiam style - SPICE I AM. A must try man!

On the friday, I was to move to a hotel as the serviced apartment I stayed had no vacancy. Ended up in a suite! Woohoo! Cool stuff!

Check this out. It's ONLY the living room! I still have another TV in my bedroom!

Tadah! Nice and comfy king sized bed! I liki! ;p

Oh man, the toilet is my fav! There's a shower room as well as a jacuzzi! Bath salts are provided as well! Woohoo!

Time to meet the Sydney secondees for dinner at Pancake parlour, after which we went off for drinks. When I got back, I loaded the bath salts into the jacuzzi and had a long, warm dip while watching crunchyroll. Life's good! Keke, Sydney fish market tomorrow morning!

Maxy was due to pick me up in the morning and as usual, I was late! Woke up 5 mins before I was due to meet the gang! Rushed like crazy! Sydney fish market was my target, an unfinished desire of Yishan's! It was to be my first time meeting Darren in a long time, as well as the junior secondees!

Look at that spread! Haha, very fresh seafood! :D

Finally, group pictures!

Given the recent golf craze and the lack of khakis in Melbourne to pursue the hot crazed hobby, the Syd secondees decided to bring me to the driving range for some action!

I wasn't good at it, but I laughed whenever someone fluked the ball! Haha, but it was a fun time! It's time to get my own set of clubs!

With nowhere to go after golf and before dinner set at this Japanese ramen restaurant in some suburb where there's rumoured to be a freaking chiobu, guess where the Syd secondees brought me.

......Luna Park! Wahlau eh! It's like a freaking fun fair place for kids that enjoy wasting parents' hard earned money throwing balls to win soft toys! I protested and objected violently but to no avail! Ended up, Max and Eugene wasted $20 each so each of them can win a soft toy! Man oh man! With $40, you can get nice ones dudes!

Being the wiser kid from Melbourne, I decided to save my moolah and just snap some shots to rake in the beauty of Sydney.

The opera house. Just like every post card you see at Borders. My short stint at the photography club had not gone to waste! Keke.

Finally at the ramen place! I CANNOT emphasise how relieved I was to LEAVE Luna Park. Haha. But sadly, there was NO chio bu man!

As tradition stands, a kopi session always follow after dinner. As usual, it was just another talking cock session! Up ahead is the Sun Herald 14km walk tomorrow!

As usual, I woke up late! Mad rush checking out and meeting the gang! Ha what a great day to begin with! But first, pictures to glorify the beginning!

It seemed that we were more interested in taking pictures than starting the race!

We walked and talked, talked and walked till eternity before we eventually reached Bondi, our final destination!

Stopping to take pictures along the way. Wan Wan even had the mood to fool HY into thinking that we have long completed the race! Haha and HY actually believed! Oh man!

Haha, finally at the finishing point!

After washing up and some kopi, it was time to head off to Brisbane! Exciting stuff! Can't wait to check out my Westin Hotel! Tsk tsk.

Brisbane Airport. Kind of small scale compared to Melb and Syd. It's funny how each state's cabs are clad in different colour.

Westin's reception. Grand is the word!

Woohoo comfy bed again! YAY!

Finally at my hotel room! Once again checking out the toilet! Again, shower and bath tub! :D

The streets of Brisbane, only on late night shopping nights then only there will be that many people! Haha.

Brisbane casino! Looks Victorian eh?

Southbank of Brisbane! Cool place where I had a sumptuous chinese dinner and watched cheap movie by myself!

Award winning sia! Let's try to see if it's truly deserving! :D

The restaurant's intro...interesting!

The decor of the restaurant looks a tad too corporate and non-oriental.

Haha the dishes I ordered! For just I, me and myself! Hee!

Outcome? The food was ok la, not fantastic and a tad too oily! But still, free food is always good food! Courtesy of my client! ;p

Sydney was beckoning and how best to end off the trip?

Pork knuckle and mango beer at the Bavarian beer cafe at the Rocks in Sydney! It was obsessing my mind ever since I knew I'm going Sydney! Haha, excused myself from the team to enjoy a wonderful dinner by yours truly again!