Australia! Sydney.

Salam. Fuh takes longer time than I thought to proceed my story in Australia. Today it is about Sydney. ^_^

 As I mentioned in the previous post, we went to Sydney from Melbourne by Jetstar which arrived at 10.30pm, Sydney time. It was dark. There, we were fetched up by the tour guide whom send us straight to the Sydney Backpackers. We assigned room as usual. Different than the one in Melbourne, there we got larger room so one room may fit up to 10 people. And we got a big hall too in our room plus TV and FREE WIFI. Except Heater! IT IS REALLY CRUCIAL TO HAVE HEATER YET WE DON'T HAVE ONE! Grr. The night went by with us waking up sneezing and shivering on that morning. 

In the morning, 28th August, we were headed to Walsh's Village Pharmacy by public transport. We took 2 buses to get there. It was great being there. The owner of the pharmacy, siblings named Paul Walsh and Richard Walsh were very great and kind. As well as their staffs whom also pharmacists named Shan (from Ipoh, Malaysia), and Aimee. The method they used was excellent. We were treated nicely. We ate lots of foods. They share a lot of their stories and activities and it was great =) . About noon, we thanks them and walk to Maroubra beach. Subhanallah. So beautiful! With such a great scenery, of course we took PLENTY of pictures just don't know whom pictures in whose cameras. There, we took some times to perform prayers. Like other Muslim tourist will do, we spread our coats/sweaters/jackets on the ground and pray as usual. We took the ablution in the nearest toilet beforehand. Quite a lot of foot trained as we do much walking there so we got bit tired. Pose while resting then we took the bus to Darling Harbour where Wildlife is located. 

Food served in Walsh's Pharmacy - First Round hehe

In Wildlife, we visited my long-lost-relatives (*hikhik) named Koala. It, hmmm he lah, he was quite cute but not SOOO cute. Maybe this one is the non-cute species. I thought he was having cute, wide, attractive eyes like the one shown in TV and posters. But this one has Japanese eyes. Sepet. Or is it because they sleep too much? Well I don't even have chance to touch them since they are quite high on trees plus 'is' sleeping throughout our presence there. So we just afford to look them sleep. I guess too much 'sleep' words representing this Koala. Hoho. Aside Koala, we watched snakes, crocodile whom kill his own partner, birds, insects, and other common birds such as parrots.After long sight-seeing  there, we get out when it got darked. We shopped some souvenirs and wait for Dr. Jalal (the IIUM Alumni) to come. He worked there in Sydney and during our meeting, I guess he just got back from work. He looks cool though. Well, watching clock at that time, no wonder everybody got moody, tired etc. We haven't lunch and dinner yet! So we headed to China Town specifically Malay Village. We got a really big surprised there. At that night, Solha and Kimi each brought their friends for dinner. But somehow, Kimi's friend bring along her mates includes; Anwar Hadi. Actually when he arrived, the restaurant was emptied for a while. Leaving out the tiredness, everyone rushed towards Anwar Hadi. I don't have any idea he got such the big wave. After finishing the last bite, we said goodbye to Solha's friends; Logan and Akram. Then, Kimi's friends walked us back to Sydney Backpackers. The China Town is not very far from our hostel. On the way, we stopped by an ice cream shop; Gelatissimo. Kimi's friends treated us the ice cream and they were so yummy! Thanks guys ^_^ Actually I was amazed to hear someone talking Utagha at the restaurant. Rupa2nya, Supian, the colleague of Anwar Hadi and he himself also from Utara. No wonder his pelat quite obvious to be detected. Hahaha! It's funny to recall back. Then we solat and sleep. Still cold as there's no heater even they said they've turned the heater on. ~_~"

With Solha's friends and Kimi's friends. See Anwar Hadi behind us? *muehehe 

On 29th August, we had breakfast on our own and then we headed to town for jalan2. We went to Paddy's Market and we do some shopping and then we ate at aaa (*forgot the name!). P/S: its either we shop then we ate or vice versa. I forgot! It's 2 months already >.<". Then, guess what we do?? We were late AND we were running towards the cruise! Yeeehaaa~~~ we ran in the middle of town just once we touched our foot on ground from the bus. Luckily we managed to get on the cruise. SUCH A GREAT MEMORY. Err, not the run part, but the cruise part hehe. Standing on that cruise while watching the views. Subhanallah! So beautiful. can't describe by words. Owh I just love Sydney <3. On the deck, we were still running! For what righttt?? Just to get our faces in someone's camera. hehehe... wHoever yang start counting, 1...2... then u heard "nanti!nanti!kejap! *gedush2 bunyi lari" haha so funny! Everyone was extremely happy. Adrenaline rushed. Satisfied. Then we were brought by the tour guide to jalan2 with his bus around the town. Only the last place I can recall. We visited Blue Point. There we could see the view of Sydney Harbour. Since it was already dark at that time, the view with the lights from Sydney Town really really can't be described by words. Reaching back to the hostel's area, we went again to China Town to another restaurant which I can't recalled the name. We ate mee and it was plenty, spicy and sedap! we walked back to hostel and fall asleep right after head touch the pillow.

We ate at 'THAT' place 

I am luckily been there!

On our 3rd day and also our last day in Sydney, we visited University of Sydney. Seeing the building right in front of my eyes, I felt so lucky. My sister said, the university was beautiful. And she was totally right. It was sooo beautiful and calm. Just the place you wanna study in. The dream school. I even saw a girl walking without her shoe. What?? But the tar was not hot though. So she can do that freely. The musolla was quite big as compared to Monash University. But Monash itself is upgrading their musolla. Alhamdulillah. The bigger means the increment in the number of Muslim  students there =). After the walk, we ate at the cafe. I ate pizza and take away Nasi Briyani shared with Solha to be eaten during our trip to Wagga Wagga.

We were taking the bus from Sydney to Wagga-Wagga which departed near 4.00pm.  Bye Bye Sydney. It was such a great pleasure to be there. 

Next post will be about Wagga-Wagga, kangaroos, girls cooking etc. See ya! ^______^