Sydney Getaway 2009
Some photos from my weekend getaway in Sydney some weeks ago. Great eggplant and mushroom pizza from Pancakes On The Rocks, great latte from Cellini’s at QVB. Had a superb afternoon nap under a tree at Hyde Park.
Originals are available from the photoset page on Flickr.
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Dioni's Wedding
I went to Sydney over the weekend to attend my good friend Dioni’s wedding. She’s the girl I referred to when I told my friends in Melbourne, “I know someone who works on a Star Wars game title at LucasArts.” Yes, she’s a game programmer and she spits code as part of the job.
Me, on the left, with the happy couple Dioni & Rendy.
The ceremony was held at Castlereagh Chapel, near Penrith.
The weekend itself was a nice short break right after a project I had been working on since last July. I decided to disconnect myself from the Internet for 3 days and not check my emails, feeds, tweets, and fb updates. Instead, I had a lot of conversations with people irl about various non-technology topics. Some of the interesting ones were on a different interpretation of “the will of the heavens” in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and on various rescue skills you will learn when you join the SES.
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Sydney Trip 2007
Having lived in Melbourne, Australia, for almost 9 years, I finally travelled to Sydney for the first time ever last week.
Planning the trip was easy and quick with Bezurk (a Ruby on Rails application, made in Singapore, I’ve lost faith in travel agents since a long time ago), Wotif (a JEE application, Australian made, works like a charm but they really need a design makeover), and Google Maps (I want my goddamn placemarks on the print result).
I must admit that I like Sydney CBD better than Melbourne’s. My favourite hangout in Sydney was a little cafe in QVB (great ambiance), totally loved the chocolate croissant accompanied by a glass of latte. Another favourite spot was Royal Botanic Gardens, it was totally relaxing, lying on the grass just looking at the blue sky. Last but not least, I think Makoto serves the best sushi.
As for the touristy activity, I took a 2-hour train ride to Katoomba followed by a bus ride to Blue Mountains. And yes, I did all the Scenic World’s Skyway, Flyway, Railway, and Walkway. I also did the bushwalk thingy to Echo Point’s The Three Sisters.
Some pictures from Sydney:
Royal Botanic Gardens