Contrary to popular belief, I feel a bit stressed when weekend approaches. That's because I have to think of what's the best way to spend that two precious days. And if I don't spend it wisely or enjoyably, I'll be cranky when Monday comes I guess. Yesterday, I had to run a few errands. Firstly going to the Post Office in Parramatta to post a package to Melbourne. After that I tried searching for a cyber cafe because I needed to get some documents scanned. The address I got from the internet had me walking quite a few blocks, but in the end the place I was searching for apparently does not exist or it has been eaten by a dinosaur sometime before I arrived.


It was quite close to the ferry wharf so I took a ferry to the city. Dozed off as the ferry cruised along the Parramatta River, and woke up with quite a headache. By then, the ferry was approaching Sydney Harbour with the Harbour Bridge coming into view. I wonder as a Sydneysider do people ever get tired of that view of the bridge and the Opera house coming into view as the ferry approaches from Darling Harbour. For me I'm still very much awestruck and it always reminds me of Nemo. Hahaha.

Ok so yeah, the reason I decided to go to the city was because I spotted a cybercafe when I was in the city a couple of weeks ago, in George St-the main thoroughfare in Sydney. One thing I noticed as I got out of the ferry was the average age of the ferry passengers- most of them are senior citizens! One of the reasons the tax is so high in Australia. bah.. I took the bus that goes along George St hoping to recognise the place I saw a couple of weeks ago. As the bus went past, I was 100% sure I saw that place. So I pressed the bell and got off, walked to the place I remember I saw, and lo and behold, I can't find it!! I thought I must have missed it or something, so I was walking up and down the 1km stretch of street, and even took another 3 bus rides ( that's when a weekly travel pass comes in handy) along the street to make sure I didn't miss it while walking. Finally after 1 and a half hours of frustrated searching, I thought I'll just give up. And so I took the bus that's gonna take me back to my place. What do you know, the bus actually passed by the place this time, and I realized George St was twice as long as I thought it was! But I'm still puzzled as to how I thought I had seen the place earlier because I was sure the bus didn't pass it the first time. I must be getting old!

Yea so after that horrific ordeal, I took the train to this Malaysian restaurant which was not far from my place. Had a very nice Hokkien Mee and bought some kueh lapis which turned out to be absolutely heavenly. Was quite expensive though. Oh yeah, I observed Earth Hour. And I even took a picture.

Seriously, did you know that by having your desktop and screensaver be a blank black screen (instead of a fancy picture a flower or a sports car or the guy you're stalking on facebook) actually saves a lot on power?

Haha that was random.

Woke up a bit late today, and so decided to try this new church close to my place. Surprisingly, the church wasn't that bad and the sermon was quite good. Interestingly the international crowd there are mainly Korean students. Had a 'church lunch' with some of them. Same concept as Lygon St. Haha.. It was nice. Now I have to decide which church I want to go to regularly. tough choice. Well that's my weekend so far, and I think it's been quite enjoyable minus the misadventure I had. :)