Blog (page 1 of 14)

Blog (page 1 of 14)

Articles I write from time to time

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Rita's birthday

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Celebration with 50 friends and family

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Annie the musical

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

Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens featured image

Mt Tomah Botanic Gardens

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Cool climate botanic gardens

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Upper Room RestoCafe

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Popular Malaysian restaurant in the city is closing down

Lunch at Omela Cafe featured image

Lunch at Omela Cafe

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Malaysian cafe in Marrickville serving Kelantan food

Lunch at Enjoy Mie Chatswood featured image

Lunch at Enjoy Mie Chatswood

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Opening special 15% off at Westfield Chatswood Hawker Lane

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Bobbin Head

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

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Post cycling morning tea at Leaf Cafe

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

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Hot Dog

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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 featured image

Ee Vonne's birthday lunch at Wai's Kitchen

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

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Black dress

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Trying on an old dress that barely fits.

Ee Vonne's birthday featured image

Ee Vonne's birthday

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Birthday celebration at Ee Vonne's house.

Lunch at Hong Kong Recipe featured image

Lunch at Hong Kong Recipe

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

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Tokito

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I bought this colourful dress from Myer many years ago.

Thornleigh to Eastwood walk featured image

Thornleigh to Eastwood walk

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A good walk along the Great North Walk with Sandy.

Lunch at Wowo Fried Chicken and Seafood featured image

Lunch at Wowo Fried Chicken and Seafood

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

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Baby G BG-169R resuscitated

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

LAMY Rose Gold rollerball featured image

LAMY Rose Gold rollerball

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LAMY Rose Gold pen matched with a Rose Gold Macbook 12

Lane Covelo zoo ride featured image

Lane Covelo zoo ride

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

Lunch at The Dolar Shop Sydney featured image

Lunch at The Dolar Shop Sydney

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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 featured image

Dinner at Black Bar and Grill

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Classic high end steakhouse located at The Star casino.

Seafood feast at Nanyang Tea Club featured image

Seafood feast at Nanyang Tea Club

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

KL Hokkien mee featured image

KL Hokkien mee

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

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Modern cheongsam

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I bought this loose fitting dress from St Vinnies at Bankstown

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AWS Summit

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

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Tasmania Trip

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

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Zeal North

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

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Amah Happy Hour

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Anther happy hour session at Amah with some friends.

Dinner at Izakaya Nakano featured image

Dinner at Izakaya Nakano

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

Seafood feast at Nanyang Tea Club featured image

Seafood feast at Nanyang Tea Club

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Sampling Nanyang's seafood feast with Cat and Catherine.

Lunch at Porkfat featured image

Lunch at Porkfat

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A high end and authentic Thai restaurant in Sydney

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AI bot version of myself

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Encountered a bot on Wagoo RGT that looked like myself.

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Gossip gal revisited

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Wearing this outfit again for lunch.

Yumcha at The Eight featured image

Yumcha at The Eight

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Sampling some dishes I have never tried before.

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Three vegan poke bowls

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Fish cake based poke bowl

A very short ride featured image

A very short ride

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Decided to abort a ride after someone had an accident

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SydneyStreets Stanley St Festival

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Wandering around the city, and ending up at Stanley St

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Summer dress

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

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MLC Reunion

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

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Ho Jiak 2 for 1

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Very early dinner as part of Ho Jiak afternoon special

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Katherine

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I bought this dress from Newtown.

Masak masak at Adeline's house featured image

Masak masak at Adeline's house

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Some truly amazing dishes by amazing ladies