I went and visited Town Hall as it was said to be where the shopping hub is. If you know me, you'll know that I am a shopaholic and I was, of course, overwhelmed with all the shops and the sales! For me to shop around Sydney in two days was definitely not enough and I regretted not extending my stay just for the shopping.
Remember I mentioned in my previous posts that I met my High school friend, who happened to be in Australia visiting her boyfriend. Well, we managed to meet each other on my last day in Sydney and we went on a shopping spree as well as a hearty lunch together. She and her boyfriend brought me to this SiChuan Hotpot place. The food was great, especially the soups as we ordered two different types of soup based, one is the SiChuan hot soup while the other is the non-spicy chicken essence soup. The thing is that my friend is very Indian and her spice tolerance is exceptionally off the charts crazy, and she kept saying that the SiChuan soup can be spicier and ask for more chili to be added into the soup. I, on the other hand, was dying after my friend requested to add in more chili on the first time and I immediately switched to the chicken soup instead. It was a suitable time to be eating something so spicy and warm as it was raining on that day and the weather was relatively cold, hence, making out hotpot experience even more satisfying and enjoyable.
The friend who came with me to Australia had a separate activity from me as he headed down for a Blue mountain tour whilst I was shopping happily with my High School mate. However, we did meet up with each other for dinner when he joined my High School friend and I. Before I meet up with my friend, I went on a Ferris wheel ride with my high school mate. It was the coolest Ferris wheel ride ever, as we were able to spin our cabin 360 and get a better view of the scenery around us. The Ferris wheel ride was located at Darling Habour and it cost us about AUD$8 each.
To end off not only a very enjoyable day in Sydney but also our last day in Australia, we went for a beef dinner coupled with beer to sort of drown our sorrows as we have to depart Australia the next day!
When the day, for our departure from Australia arrives we carried our heavy hearts to the airport as we waited for our flight. Mind you, every second I was at the airport I felt as though my heart was being eaten bit by bit.
To conclude my 13 days of travel experience in Austraila, I will put it all in just one word - Unforgettable! The people there were super friendly and nice all the time, where it gave me a very warm feeling which made me feel very welcome and homely. A very beautiful country with beautiful scenery and people. Even though I did not manage to do all that I wanted on my itinerary and did not manage to visit more of Australia, I will surely return for more! Being there, it felt like as though I had no worries and felt totally relax. Comparing Singapore to Australia, I would say Australia, of course, which had 100 times better service than Singapore. For example, I was at USS on Friday(04/08/16). My friends wanted to ask the people working at the ride if they could possibly switch the lane they are at as they saw that the first row was not taken. Do you know how the employee responded? Well, he told my friends;" You cannot see Ah, the lane close". What he said left my friends totally speechless, I mean could you not have been more polite (Stay tuned for my USS adventure post). Whilst in Australia, I experienced a totally different kind of treatment, as the employees there were so friendly no matter how annoying we may be or how troublesome we may be, they were super patient and polite in addressing our issues. A friend of mine who recently just came back from Japan and who also accompanied me to USS said that the service here in Singapore in seriously bad. Comparing with an Asian country like Japan with another Asian country like Singapore, we are able to see a stark difference in the services of these two countries. Being back here in Singapore, really made me missed the lifestyle of Australia. The city life of Sydney is way better than that of Singapore.
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