No one tag me on this topic but I just feel like it. Sooner or later we'll leave this place for good, I just thinking about what I would miss if I'm not here one day. Being a sentimentalist today huh. The truth is, I lost track of what I should be doing since I got to sacrifice a whole week last week for not being able to conduct my final project on proteomics (what's that huh..my hubby said protein+comic LOL...), whatever. Last week I got to prepare a presentation to be given to my fellow colleagues and supervisor on proteomics since none of them are doing this for this time being. I also took the oppurtunity to do some cell collections for my very end project-the protein ID (rather than sitting in front of the pc downloading the journals and making more dead cells at my thigh..oh no). I'm not the type of person who like to sit still and that's why i'm in this line-a researcher. I used to have an my own office back at home..but I rarely spend my time in there unless I felt damn tired.
I thought of listing 10 but that's too much huh..I wanna sleep early today ma..
The good things first:
5 things I like about Sydney:
1) Their public transport. ? yea..for some of the locals, they thought that their public transports are crap. But gee..what I like is that the time table of each public transports can be easily accessible from the website and 98% of the transports are on time. Of course for a rarely visited place like eg. Concord Hospital (he..he..who knows if PM Rudd read this, please take note ok), the bus comes every half an hour, but it is still reliable. Of course in the future, we hope that they won't descriminate such places especially hospital meh..moreover, so many old people come to visit that place.
2) Their internet system. Gee..very fast and I like their mapping system. Say if I wanna go to a place that I had not been there before, I just can google the add. straightaway without going into google earth and get the exact picture of that place or that building, or street. It's so helpful especially, if we don't have any idea how's the place look like and if we go to that place by our own. The internet banking here is ok too, I can't comment much on this but we also have internet banking in M'sia but I never tried that one, so no substance to compare.
3) Their supermarket esp. woolworths. Eventhough they produce their homebrand products, but the quality is about the same as the branded one. I had tried a soy sauce of Tesco in M'sia, gee..that taste is really awful and the Giant's diapers that I saw in KL..that's so way out of civilisation. Well, I should be grateful, but those giant companies in M'sia should do something about their homebrand's products. And why on earth we normally get ugly red onions and detached garlic in our country. We deserves more that that. Consumers must act!
4) The air. It's fresh except in CBD of course. But, never experience 'jerebu' thus far.
5) The meat products. Of course we buy the halal one. All are fresh and comes with different names according to tha way it is cut and what kind of meal it can be used for such as osso bucco, curry beaf, backstraps, t-bone steak, lamb cutlets so on and so forth.
5 things I don't like about Sydney:
1) Their clothings and shoes. Gee..most of the products like clothings, shoes, plastic wares, etc are made in China and sometimes are rediculously expensive. Take for an example a decent cotton blouse with not much choice in colour and design can cause about AUD30 but it's ugly okey. The average shoes are not in good quality too. Even Bata shoes are better.
2) Their weekend's TV series. Oh..gees..if u're sports person, this is definitely ur place. Mostly sports in all channel during the weekend.
3) Expensive cooked food. A simple meal like one set of english brekkie consists of egg, bacon and toast (of course I never buy this but always came across it in the menu) can costs around AUD8. Gee..too much eh..I can buy a cut of salmon fish with that price or a chicken. It's no fun too eat outside. Moreover no excessive halal food.
4) The fluctuating weather. The "standard deviations" of the temperature measured in degrees is sometimes about 100%. You can get the weather of 40 degrees today but 20 degrees tommorow. The locals said that the weather never changed drastically as that yearsss before. So? climate change has takes its toll huh. Be ready for a challenging climate. Due to the fluctuating weather, we got to standby all season's clothings in our wardrobe.
5) The immigration/custom. I know 'la, they got to do, what they got to do. But it just piss us off each time we want to go into the country. Don't dare to bring any foods without declaring okey. But the good things is there are many asian's groceries shops here.
Well, that's for now..my 2 cents of opinions. mmm..I like studying at Sydney University too..they provide grants to present paper overseas and grant to buy laptop or books, etc. he..he..waiting the approval to go to Japan soon..
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