So apart from going to a gay rights lobby, what did I do in Sydney? Nothing much – except for eating, drinking tea and chatting with friends. Ok, I did squeeze in some intellectual pursuits by going to the 14th Biennale of Sydney art exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art and the World Press Photo exhibition at the State Library.
The exhibition at the MCA featured several interesting artworks and installations. They were strange, thought-provoking and bizarre. The World Press Photos were more my kinda thing. I’ve always enjoyed photojournalism and I’m glad I got to catch the exhibition. Incidentally I caught the exhibition last year in Sydney as well. It won’t be coming to Singapore so I consider myself lucky to be at the right place at the right time! It’s very different when viewing photographs in large format. I think this is especially so with news pictures as the size serves to emphasise the news point.
The pictures were arresting…and many highlighted social ills that exist in the world — AIDS, war & conflict, prostitution etc. Kinda made me realise that I should count myself lucky to be living in a country without such problems.
Anyway, I also went to North Head to catch views of my beloved ocean, harbour and the city skyline. I was there with my friends Charmaine & Terry, and we spent a nice afternoon at North Head & Manly Beach just catching up with each other.

The view from North Head
And yeah, I also took ferry rides. Apart from the one to Manly, I took another to Paramatta which was a 40min ride going towards the west of the city. It was a lovely ride. Though it was a little sad I was alone on those rides, it was still an enjoyable one. I enjoyed the harbour views and the cruising of the Jetcat down the Paramatta River, feeling the breeze against my face, breathing in the fresh air, turning my face towards the blue sky and the sun. At that point in time, I thought of nothing except for nature’s beauty.

The ferry ride back from Paramatta to Circular Quay. Would love to live in any one of those waterfront homes!
The words “Eat. Drink. Chat.” best sum up my trip. Fantastic!
Some food highlights:

A profiterole cake which my aunt bought for dessert on Sunday night (27 June). Custard-filled cream puffs, coated with chocolate and stacked high against each other – need I say anymore???

I had the most delicious pumpkin lasagne at the Bay Swiss Cafe at Westfield Chatswood on Monday (28 June)! Highly recommended! The Bay Swiss Cafe chain is one of my favourites in Sydney. I’m not usually fond of franchises, but I must say this one’s good!

I had a Beef Straganoff Filo as well at the Bay Swiss Cafe. My ex-classmate Amy & I shared the two food items. I love filo pastry….it’s so light and it isn’t too oily. Easy on the palate. She left the choice of food up to me. I must say I chose well – as always. ;p

How could the DSD leave Sydney without eating dimsum? This was only part of the food Monkey & I devoured on Wed afternoon (30 June). There were more before AND after this shot was taken. We ate ourselves silly at East Ocean restaurant. That’s my haunt. Haha.

My Teri-Chiki-Don set at Shimbashi Soba which is located at the Finger Wharf, Woolloomooloo. In the background is Monkey’s Zuruga soba set. My Teri-Chiki-Don set was delicious but I only managed to finish half of the very delicious soba. The chicken though very succulent and tasty with its teriyaki sauce and yummy Japanese rice, couldn’t go into my stomach as I was still feeling so full from the dimsum lunch. Thankfully the food didn’t go to waste as Otiose came along later and helped finish the teriyaki chicken.