Sydney day 3 & 4

Day 3

Continuing our holiday trip at Sydney, we spent our 3rd day at Paddy's Market and Paddy's Market only. Hari yang penuh dengan kejadian. As usual, we started our day late as the lil princess decided to sleep extra hours that morning hence our day started at about 11-ish AM. We rushed to the ferry station only to know that we took the wrong ferry to the city. We stopped at one of the station and took a bus instead. Interestingly, the old folks of this city commuted with the public transportation quite well. Age is not a factor to stay at home and do nothing. They rather go out and enjoy their days walking down the city. Sydney is indeed a place for pensioners, heh!

Anyway, we stopped at the Central Station - transit train from Circular Quay and walk all the way to Paddy's Market. No wonder I lost few kgs during this trip, jalan memanjang.

The main entrance of Central Station

The Central Station

Walking to Paddy's Market

Paddy's Market - the cheap gifts store

Didn't expect the "cheap" gifts to be very cheap, we decided to go again to Paddy's Market the next day. My mother was the excited one for their wet market. She bought all sorts of fruits and veggies - apple, oranges, banana, sayuran-sayuran. They are all fresh and cheap!

Selepas penat membeli-belah, we balik rumah dengan hati yang riang.

Day 4

Before we headed again to Paddy's Market, we went to Sydney's Under Water World at Darling Harbour to see all the interesting underwater world adventures. Amaze-balls!

The floated ship restaurant at Darling Harbour

The large crab - memang besar gila!

The underwater world tunnel

Gambar shok sendiri.

Dugong.

Besar kan?

Another underwater world tunnel

Ibu and Iman

There were thousands of pretty pictures we took at this place. Tak tahu kenapa we appreciate more of this kalau kat negara orang instead of the one we have in our own country (Aquaria). Maybe I should bring Iman to Aquaria and compare. But anyway, we had fun!

Then we jalan-jalan at the nearby area before heading to Paddy's Market. Tak habis-habis promote Paddy's Market.

The view at Darling Harbour

We singgah at China Town for awhile. My mother wanted to look for a pack of rice sekali tak jumpa. We spotted a Halal Malaysia Chinese Restaurant at China Town but we didn't try it sebab mak masak kat rumah lagi sedap.

Malay Village at China Town

The main entrance to China Town

Memang penat gila. Balik memang pengsan. Imagine, I have to carry Iman all day long inside the carrier. Patah tulang I tell you.

Oklah, shall continue soon. Enough of a long picture post for today.

Stories on Sydney day 1 & Sydney day 2 

Happy 3rd Anniversary

No! No! Not my wedding anniversary (not until January 2014 though) but rather 3rd year anniversary for being the employee of the media agency that I'm currently attached with.

I was actually drafting a post on one of the Chinese Muslim restaurant that I visited couple of months back when I realized that today is actually 1st of November which marks the 3rd year of me working with the media agency. 

Wow, time flies very fast. I still remember my 1st day working with the company. Nervous much when I realized that I was the only Malay girl (then, but the Malay population has grown now) working in the company. I thought that I'll be facing difficulties mingling around but it turned our perfectly fine. They respect me as a Muslim - allowing me to perform my prayers when the time comes (my ex-boss even reminded me to go and pray). They treated me like a family. They alarmed me that some of the food that they bought were non-halal hence they can't share it with me. No discrimination among us. They are more than just a colleague. They are like a family to me.

And that is the reason why I stay.

To be honest, there were thousand times where I feel like quitting, joining other media agency. There were thousand times where I complaint about how much I have given up hope with my work - how much I really want to quit. But in the end, I never quit!

Not that I haven't explore my options. In fact, I have been receiving numerous of calls from other agencies for new opportunities. But, I don't feel the need of moving on looking for a new opportunity just yet. There are still a lot of things that I need to learn. I started of with zero knowledge on media planning but because of the interest I have and a good teacher who taught me well, I am who I am today.

Of course, there were the good and bad times especially when you did not deliver and affected your client's reputation but that is how you learn. You learn with your mistakes so that you don't do the same mistakes again. You improve yourself and you develop your skill through it.

Never have I thought that I will stay with a company this long (3 years is lama ok!). But I guess, I will stay for another 1 or 2 years till I completed my Masters at least (I still need the source right, LOL). Who knows I probably stay longer or kerja situ sampai pencen, who knows right?

3 years and a promotion. Not bad huh?!

The last day of October 2013

Assalamualaikum and good morning kawan-kawan.

Pejam celik, pejam celik, we are now on the last day of October 2013. This means, we have exactly 2 months to go before bidding farewell to 2013. And for some unknown reasons, I am so excited and looking forward to 2014, InsyaAllah.

So, how was your 2013 so far? I can say that mine wasn't as good as last year's but Alhamdulillah for rezki, diberikan kehidupan, dilimpahkan kasih sayang and dikurniakan orang-orang yang disayangi.

I started my morning (as early as 5am) with completing my work and I have back-to-back meeting and training to attend today. So, wish me luck!

Semoga hari kita hari ini dilimpahi dengan penuh keceriaan.

Have a nice day peeps and enjoy the last day of October.

Wordless Wednesday

Ibu misses you girl!

Chopstix Uptown

I noticed their signboard few months back but I never have the guts to go to their restaurant because 

1. I'm not sure if it's Halal
2. I'm positively sure that it's one of those Chinese Baba-Nyonya restaurant hence refer to No. 1

Last week, my colleague suggested that we have our lunch at Chopstix. I was hesitant at first but kalau kita tak pergi kita tak tahu kan. Since it's just few minutes away from my office, so why not!

Good news is although they are not certified Halal but they are Pork-free. This could probably be because they sell liquor, I'm not sure but yea, it's good and safe to eat for Muslims.

Their wall. Can conteng-conteng

I had their Curry Laksa and it taste good. It can be improved though. I give 3.5 out of 5.

My Curry Laksa

According to my colleague, this Asam Laksa was good.

Chicken Lobak.

Menu written on the wall

The prices are reasonable and they serve quite a tasteful laksa. I had their Thai Drumstick Curry Chicken the other day. It was so-so only but the Nyonya Curry Asam Laksa was very very good.

They open daily from morning to night (I think!) and they are on facebook too. So, check them out!

For those who work/stay nearby, this is a place for you to check on. They are at the same row of Village Park, right next the the kedai mamak.