Relaunch of christham.net website

My personal web site as a modern Jamstack deployment

Rita's birthday

Celebration with 50 friends and family

Annie the musical

Enjoying dinner at Mr Stonepot, followed by performance at Killara High School

Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens

Cool climate botanic gardens

Upper Room RestoCafe

Popular Malaysian restaurant in the city is closing down

Lunch at Omela Cafe

Malaysian cafe in Marrickville serving Kelantan food

Lunch at Enjoy Mie Chatswood

Opening special 15% off at Westfield Chatswood Hawker Lane

Bobbin Head

Ku-ring-gai National Park scenic spot near the river

Post cycling morning tea at Leaf Cafe

It's been a while since I showed up for a Saturday ride.

Hot Dog

Rainy day is a good day to eat an American style hot dog. Actually, who am I kidding? This is a Malaysian style hot dog.

Ee Vonne's birthday lunch at Wai's Kitchen

Surprise birthday lunch organised at this suburban Chinese restaurant at Pennant Hills.

Black dress

Trying on an old dress that barely fits.

Ee Vonne's birthday

Birthday celebration at Ee Vonne's house.

Lunch at Hong Kong Recipe

Discovered a Hong Kong cafe style restaurant - 香港茶餐廳 Hong Kong Recipes in the Korean side of Eastwood.

Autumn at Nurragingy Reserve Chang Lai Gardens

A bit too early for autumn colours but a pleasant warm ANZAC day.

Tokito

I bought this colourful dress from Myer many years ago.

Thornleigh to Eastwood walk

A good walk along the Great North Walk with Sandy.

Temasek Club walk from North Sydney to the city

Walk down to Blues Point reserve, then Lavender Bay, Luna Park, Harbour Bridge.

Lunch at Wowo Fried Chicken and Seafood

This place sells Taiwanese deep fried chicken and a range of Taiwanese benton dishes.

Baby G BG-169R resuscitated

Managed the replace the batteries on an old Baby G watch with a classic design.

LAMY Rose Gold rollerball

LAMY Rose Gold pen matched with a Rose Gold Macbook 12

Lane Covelo zoo ride

It's been a while since I showed up for a Saturday ride.

Association of Independent Retirees Sydney Hills branch meeting

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the branch.

Lunch at The Dolar Shop Sydney

This is a malatang / hot pot shop in Market City. We went during a 20% off "Happy Hour" special.

Dinner at Black Bar and Grill

Classic high end steakhouse located at The Star casino.

Seafood feast at Nanyang Tea Club

Second helping of Nanyang's delightful seafood feast with Margaret and Sandy.

KL Hokkien mee

Finally managed to cook my own version of hokkien mee at home.

Yum cha at Mama Mulan

Modern yum cha in Chatswood.

Modern cheongsam

I bought this loose fitting dress from St Vinnies at Bankstown

Pork lard cooking session and lunch

Lunch at Cat's house plus cooking pork lard.

AWS Summit

AWS Summit is back to being in person at the Sydney International Convention Centre.

Tasmania Trip

We returned back to Tasmania after 5 years on 27 March-3 April 2023 to discover what has changed since the COVID lockdown.

Zeal North

Cycling with the Zeal after last week's accident, followed by second breakfast.

Amah Happy Hour

Anther happy hour session at Amah with some friends.

Dinner at Izakaya Nakano

An authentic Japanese izakaya tucked away in a quiet part of Chatswood.

Seafood feast at Nanyang Tea Club

Sampling Nanyang's seafood feast with Cat and Catherine.

Lunch at Porkfat

A high end and authentic Thai restaurant in Sydney

AI bot version of myself

Encountered a bot on Wagoo RGT that looked like myself.

Gossip gal revisited

Wearing this outfit again for lunch.

Yumcha at The Eight

Sampling some dishes I have never tried before.

Three vegan poke bowls

Fish cake based poke bowl

A very short ride

Decided to abort a ride after someone had an accident

SydneyStreets Stanley St Festival

Wandering around the city, and ending up at Stanley St

Summer dress

I bought this summery mini dress from JB Premium Outlets in Malaysia.

MLC Reunion

Good to catch up with ex work colleagues for a drink (or several)

Ho Jiak 2 for 1

Very early dinner as part of Ho Jiak afternoon special

Katherine

I bought this dress from Newtown.

Masak masak at Adeline's house

Some truly amazing dishes by amazing ladies