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Another weekend, another wedding. Good thing I've tried to lay low the weekend before otherwise it is just exhausting (and was still exhausted by the end). Think it was the right decision to drive up the day before and spend the night at a rental (it had a real fireplace, so exciting...) and a nice little dinner with Joyce and John at the Leura Garage.

The day itself was a bit chilly but it was a beautiful day regardless. We got to sit in the gallery at the church since Jen and Joyce were playing some music and it made us feel so special / important. Haha. The reception was so pretty too with native flowers, candles, photo booth handmade napkins. I kept mine. It was all very Anna.

It was a small contingent of ex St Georgians in comparison to Cat's Kitchen tea. I'm pretty sure the Kitchen tea was the first time I've been in a room with so many girls from HS again. A little bit... strange - it's like do I say hi? Because I didn't really talk to them in HS. Oh well, that didn't say hi to me so no point in wasting time with them... not like I'll see them again after the wedding...

Very glad that we got to squeeze in a short bushwalk despite the muddy weather and that I had flats (not even walking shoes) down to Fletcher's Lookout. Nice little views of the valley and Wentworth Falls. Makes me wish I could spend more time out there.

We were going to go to Oberon for mushroom picking. Only to find out that mushrooms weren't quite in season yet. And TBH... that doesn't interest me so much.

So we did a day trip to the Blue Mountains instead: Katoomba, Leura & Wentworth Falls. It's been 5 years since the last time I'd ventured up the mountains.

First stop, Echo Point.

The skies weren't too blue today and it was a little misty and perhaps the sun was shining a little too brightly but Jamieson Valley is still pretty breathtaking. So is the mountain air. My lungs felt healthier just breathing it in.


We also went down the stairs to the Three Sisters Bridge. I forget how hard bushwalking can be. Uneven steps,  steep declines and ascends, climbing over rocks, etc. This was the first of three little walks and we definitely weren't planning on doing the giant stairway (it was closed due to landslides anyway) or the walk in the valley.

Mum and I's selfie in the cave of one of the sisters:

lol@ monkey and me trying to fill the bean bag.

what a challenge.

XD

bm invoices sent. woot~

i got to hold my 24 hour old niece today!!! shes soooo adorable. a bit fugly cute. cries a lot. very temperamental and knows how to whine already. like, you have to rock her when u hold her or she will get upset at you. hahaha.

appropriately bought them bunch of flowers and balloon.

then i had a dentist appointment for the first time in like.. i dunno how long. there is a reason why i hate dentists. just.. dont like the feeling. and there was nothing wrong with my teeth. so wont be going back any time soon. yes i know i have wisdom teeth coming out. no i dont want to pull them out yet..

and then i could b bothered to go to coles and do some non-perishable shopping for the road trip. and all these lil coles kiddos were stocktaking. me and my sis were like OH LOL LOL LOL. sucks to be them.

yinyin | says (12:41 AM):
holyshit
that one
that one
cheap and gorgeous
seriosuly
please
please
*hopes totally up*
and GOD THERE ARE FROG PONDS
damn no pets, so i guess cherry can't come then
wynwyn says (12:42 AM):
ROFL
yinyin | says (12:42 AM):
must be in whoopwhoop
wynwyn says (12:42 AM):
frog pond ?
i think it is too
yinyin | says (12:42 AM):
and it's 'not far from cappucino' so val will be happy
yinyin | says (12:43 AM):
i love it
wynwyn says (12:43 AM):
LOL

yesterday i got to be da driver =D we went to the blue mountains which was actually a pretty easy drive. not that far although there were quite a few cars considering. and the weather was really good. like there was a bit of sun and the mountain was actually blue and it was clear and you could see the three sisters pretty clearly. but like any other tourist destination in sydney, its a bloody rip off.. from parking to the skyway and scenic railway rides. and cause my aunt and uncle are so chicken and afraid of heights, we went for a little bit of a track walk instead. didn't stay too long since there wasn't much to see.
we went to canley vale for lunch. and of course, you'd have to have viet food there. and we went to buy fishies!!!
- 5 rosy barb tetras
- 6 black neons
- 2 yoyo loaches
and i got 2 clown loaches the other day here in hurstville. and i have been convinced that i should not be buying discus cause they dont do too well in community tanks not to mention theyre shit expensive.
we took the scenic drive on henry lawson drive home. and you must be pretty stupid to be speeding there cause the cameras were in the jin-est positions but there were about a million speed camera warnings before you get to it. but doing anything over 60 there wouldve been so easy. (valval i feel for u) anyway it started to rain so it got slippery.
came home for a bit and went with mum and aunty to buy groceries and souveniers. and i walked past valerie. hahaha she was carrying this giant green stuff toy that she won from capital (after spendding $20... $40 for two since she was with rach who also allegedly has one) and shaking her head cause i didnt see her. -_- sorry my bad.
and i convinced them all to play 8 rounds of mahjong with me so we didnt go to sleep until 4 am!!! but it took me forever to 'open/eat' my first game. and we bet with real money. so im really really really poor now. but hey, its worth it =D