Opera House

Australia is beautiful. To be more specific, Sydney is awesomely stunning. Today, we headed to the Opera House and it was as beautiful as they mention in the pamphlets. Heaps of photos were taken, and yet we weren't able to make ourselves leave. It was that cool.

We also went to the Sydney Aquarium, then to Paddy's Market, Chinatown, all the while enjoying ourselves in the beautiful blue sky weather.

Oh and the trains are double decker so it was good, compared to the ones we got in Akld.

Casino

Last night was really fun. Most fun I have had in a while. It was the night that we went out to the casino. My first, my sister's first, for my two cousins, it was their second, as well as my sister's friend SL. It was my sister's idea to invite them to go out and it was a success in my opinion.

At seven in the evening, we got out of the house, leaving Jord and Jude having dinner with their family. On my way out, I learned that the O had cooked little rice for the whole so Jude was trying to scoop alot for her dad, leaving little for the rest. I thought she was being funny, and it was adorable of her doing this scooping thing. We headed for my cousins' house. From this day forth, my cousins' names will be abbreviated to UL and Kem.

We got to their houses, and we eventually left the house within the next few minutes. Once out, we drove to the city to pick another person, SL. K was the driver. She talked the most, asking so many questions, including one that was about going to skiing in the coming winter months. We all agreed to go when we got free time. We reached there in about twenty minutes, called SL to come out and then finally drove to the restaurant where all of us were hungry.

The restaurant was Italian, and K and I had been on many occasions. We ordered tow pizzas, of which both were halved by different toppings. For the main, we got either pastas or lasagnas. It was good, for me, but I thought the others weren't so keen.

The restaurant was chosen because my sister and I had been there and loved their food. For more, it was close to the Sky Tower, where we would eventually settle after the meal.

We got inside the casino. My first impression was that it looked chaotic with many people just comcentrating on the tables they were at. It was not my ideal place to be. But we got the initial nerve calmed down when my sister tried to exchange the cash she got into chips. We went to the cashier, and were given small change instead of the chips. K talked to this dealer and got the information that you can just change the money at any table.

In the midst of the chaos, we managed to get our heads to playing the games. I played the bacarrat, and lost twenty, whereas my sis lost thirty. SL lost $27, seven dollars were spent on the slot machine. UL lost a hundred, the most lost out of all of us. Kem on the other hand, had won $100, so he canceled out UL's losings.

WE saw UL's parents there playing blackjack with this uncle. It was funny seeing them there. They looked like little kids being there. TO me anyway.

We walked about after the casino. We headed to this night club, but no we didn't go in. Kem didn't have his ID.

WE went to have ice cream. Then headed home. By then, the time was 12.20!!!

Excuse the abrupt ending of the post. I have to go have dinner!! hehe

Shopping For Christmas Presents

The last few posts consisted of ugly truths about the current situation that I'm in. I want to move away from that for this post, and instead it will join force with a million other posts, talking about the merriment or non thereof of Christmas season.

K and I went out shopping to get presents for the family. It was during Christmas rush. Many people were pushing their ways through in the mall that the place turned into an arena of sort. It was not what I had invisioned what shopping would be, but I guess some people take their shopping business very seriously. Despite the on-going rush and thrust by the fellow shoppers, we had almost everyone's presents. Ju and one of my uncles are left.

I can't wait for Boxing Day to come. It's not coming fast enough for me. Guess what the day is? Yes, it is the day that the douchebag and his familly will go off on their vacation, a day that I will forever remember as the day when freedom prevails. At least for the duration that they're not going to be here. Two weeks. If anything, two weeks are better than none.

I think I will spend my two weeks break predominantly on gaming at home. I know it is such a waste of time to spend precious time on it, but it is something I have been craving ever since I bought a ps3 console. I know I won't get enough sleep, gaming all night long, but it will worth it.

As I said in an earlier post, K will be gone with her friend on a trip to Russel, whichh means the house will be occupied by moi for three days. Can't wait to experience that single's life as it should be.

So for now, though, just try my best to stay sane for three more days. Just three more days.

Festival Arts at School

Yesterday night, K and I, along the kids, went to their show production at school. Initially, it was abit awkward for me, as I felt out of place. However, that sentiment went away when I went to see Jord's play. At first, K and I were at the wrong area just outside of Jord's class where there were chairs and a centre stage, which we assumed was Jord's set. WE were wrong, and then had gone to the actual set which was inside the class. At first we didn't see Jord there, but toward the end, his cue was the people running away in which he came on with a bunch of other kids. Seeing him there was awesome, watching him in his first ever play. He played the part of a hunter apparently looking for a hippo. Don't really understood what the play was about, nonetheless, it was cool to see a child's involvement in such activities. He told me later that he was a person running away from a bunch of hippos, which further reinforced confusion. Funny.

Next, after watching Jord in his play, we signed him out and headed to see Ju's "How the Kiwis Lost Its Wings." The children participants were dressed according to colours that relate to type of species. Some kids were dressed as woods, with facial paints on. We didn't see her. At first, K assumed she was one of the tree people, but we didn't spot her in that group. As Ju was wearing deep blue top, I thought she was involved in the group of dark topped, who were some sort of birds. When the dark top kids got on stage, we didn't see her. Jord, at this point, kept on asking where Ju was. The play ended and we still hadn't seen Ju. But the play had to be reenacted for the late comers, it was there that we discovered her in the bunch of yellow tshirts kids. She was, this was found out later, a bug that habituate in the woods. I toook a picture of her, just one. But I did take more pictures later in the night when we got out. Ju seemed to enjoy the attention, which I thought she deserved it. Good to see her having fun.

So after watching both of the kids' performances, K decided to buy them some treats. K bought chocolates and cookies for both of them for their rewards.

The whole night was awesome, I would say. It was filled with some awesome entertainment by the kids, and everyone was happy being there.