Mid-September

9/15/2013 03:45:00 pm

Finally get a few minutes this weekend to sit down with my laptop and just chill.

Brunch with two of my favorites in one of my favorite locations in sydney. Surry Hills! Chur & Rueben Hills. Was good although felt a little bit strange to be dressed up in such a low-key haunt. Don't think the coffee @ Rueben was all that great. Missing the one from Le Monde. Salted Caramel Milkshake and Milo Milkshake from Chur was yummy albeit a touch expensive. I still think the beef burger is the best at Chur. Although maybe next time (won't be for a while), might give the lamb one a go. Mmm. Have some new places on my list to go to!


Yesterday was Amanda & Andrew's wedding. Expected it to be a bit bigger... but it was quite a small wedding. Personally, I would never pick a place where it is in such a public location that people can just walk, sit, picnic, sunbathe, cycle and run in the background and around. Kind of ruins the moment. Not to mention the ferry horns, trains on the bridge and (just our luck) a helicopter flying over. Made it difficult to hear the vows. Nonetheless, it was definitely a beautiful backdrop and a lovely ceremony. Thank goodness it was short and sweet.


That left us with enough time to slowly make our way to the reception. We stopped at mega-tourist-ripoff Guylian cafe on the way (Janice's choice, not mine as I think I still prefer Lindt). $4.80 for a coffee? $10 for a milkshake? $16 for a tart? Come on please... the only decent and not overly expensive looking thing on the menu was this Iced Caramel Long Black. It was actually not too bad. Wasn't sweet at all... and well-priced at $5.50.


Anyways, we got to the reception around 6. And yeah, it was intimate. Bride and groom hadn't arrived yet so we found our table... and turns out there were three people on our table who were a no show. I thought that was pretty rude... 

Pretty low key affair. Highlight of the evening was the fireworks outside. Not bad not bad. But burning money like that every weekend? To the government, please fix the roads and transport instead?!?! 

Ended up home around 10:30 which is pretty early for a wedding. Was totally tired by then though so snoozed. Then this morning, being the ever dutiful daughter and driving mama cheung around to go grocery shopping and buying stuff for upcoming visit to HK-Land.

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