The weekend in review.
After two weeks of holidays the friday before return to university had dawned upon me. Overall these holidays have been unique such that major events that had been scheduled did not eventuate. That said many small events did occur and they proved to be rather interesting and entertaining. Friday, i met up with Irene to see Ben at Manly's Oceanworld. A couple of the lads and i from North Sydney decided to mark Ben's 21st by giving him a pass to swim with the sharks.
It was an awesome sight seeing such majestic creatures just centimeters from Ben, many photos and videos were taken and should be available soon. That complete we grabbed a quick coffee at the Wharf, still in a semi-confused-incomplete state. The sun was out in all its glory as i made way from Manly to Circular Quay by ferry. Whilst i've been lucky enough to ride the ferry many times the tourists (mainly UK residents and young HKer families) were out on the decks taking many photos and soaking up the fantastic view sydney harbour offers. Unfortunately for them when we were in primary position for captures of the Opera House a rather lag grey container-ship chugged along oh so slowly blocking their views.
Arriving at the quay i met up with Linda who had made her way from Chatswood. Again many tourists lined the quay front as we made our way past the opera bar to canoodle and soak up the atmosphere. Our stomachs indicated that it was time to make our way towards liverpool street where we were to meet up with the rest of the Chinese Students we had studied with during session 1. A quick coffee (where else but gloria jeans?!) and a quick snack, we finally arrived outside Mamas Kitchen. Whilst it was the place i originally organised the gathering to be, Nathan informed me of a wonderful japanese restuarant located on Hay St.
Rame-kan is by far the most delicious, value-for-money cosy eatout i've been to for a long time! To get there you must ride a dodgy lift, which i might add, adds to the experience of the place. We had 7 people all together which meant we had to wait awhile. It was during this wait i got to know Leon who Evelyn has started seeing. The food was fantastic, complimented with Sake (my first taste) the food was scoffed down, our hunger stiffled for a good few hours. We made our way to Pier 26, had a few drinks. Linda was rather tired and it was then we decided to end the night.
Saturday i met up with linda at Chatswood as we had planned to have a picnic at Milsons Point. However, little did i know Target and Kmart do NOT stock picnic throws... As linda is not keen on the outdoors we scrapped the idea and settled on sheppards pie inside Westfield. We then made our way Milsons Point and were blessed with a warm winters day. Luna Park just located around the cnr where we bumming is a small theme park located on the waters edge. Many young families and young kids were out in force taking on the dodge'em cars, the slides, the ferris wheel and the other rides. It was my first time since i was only 2 years old to be within the park, i thought it was rather pleasant, an easy going atmosphere set in a wonderful location.
Linda and i departed as i made way to meet up with the Grace Bros crew from Warringah. As i had organised the gathering i arrived early by a few minutes. As i had previously 'retired' from organising gatherings i thought id lost touch as the frist guest to arrive was at 750. Overall only 7 of us turned up to dine at the Mezzanotte; Daniel, Lauren, Angie, Adrian, Maryn, Nikola and I tried out their many pizzas and pastas. I was speaking to Lauren about hosting such gatherings and to my comfort she mentioned that as one gets older, people become less inclined to stick to what they say. Opting to say they will be there, but not even bother to call to say they wont be coming. I found it rather rude to not only myself, but to the others that made the effort to trek in from Balmain, and the restaurant operators who lost out on business.
After the ice creams, we made our way to Manly where Mark Fav was finishing up his work at White Water. Wharf Bar was packed with 30's somethings, they reminded me of little daniel price whos currently 19. We then made our way to the Steyne, pack with rugby supporters as well as teens from the west keen to have abit of fun. Lauren and i got separated from the bunch so we decided to take up the op to depart and head home.
Posted by sleong at July 24, 2005 01:56 PM