Happy 30th Birthday To Me
Yesterday was my 30th birthday! The big 30! I am no longer in the 20+ years old range =(
Sydney Trip
Just came back from Sydney, Australia after spending a week there for holidays with Li Xiang! Sydney is a good place to retire but generally prices there are so much more expensive than Singapore (maybe except for houses and cars). I got a shocked when I paid AU$20 for a 2-hour parking!
![Sydney Opera House Sydney Opera House](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/13344091324_189123a755_c.jpg)
![Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney Harbour Bridge](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3671/13344086304_2c925f01d4_c.jpg)
We stayed in Surry Hills at an Airbnb Aparment because hotels there are so expensive. A decent hotel cost more than S$200 per night but with Airbnb, I only paid S$120 per night.
![Bourke Street Bakery Bourke Street Bakery](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2834/13343728005_034edeeb37_c.jpg)
We love Surry Hills, there are so many cafes there with good coffee and breakfast! We tried Pieno, Bills, Bangbang, Single Origin Roasters and Bourke Street Bakery.
![Harry's Cafe de Wheels Harry's Cafe de Wheels](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7307/13344145234_cf9b4d2fd8_c.jpg)
We prefer Pieno than Bills for breakfast because the prices at Bills is a little overpriced! Bourke Street Bakery’s chocolate tart is good but their pies are just average. For pies, we like Micks Bake House and Harry’s Cafe de Wheels!
![Single Origin Roasters Single Origin Roasters](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3722/13344088464_3de02892dc_c.jpg)
For coffee, we like the latte from Pieno, Bangbang and Bourke Street Bakery. For some reason, we don’t really fancy coffee from Bills or Single Origin Roasters.
![Tempus Two Wine Tempus Two Wine](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7111/13344137574_64ba62d4b7_c.jpg)
We also went to Hunter’s Valley for wine tasting. Stopping for lunch at Tempus Two Wine before heading to Scarborough Wine and David Hook Wines for the actual wine tasting!
![Museum of Contemporary Art Australia Museum of Contemporary Art Australia](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2874/13343763775_19a7284969_c.jpg)
![Cockatoo Island Cockatoo Island](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2839/13343773335_431a1b7908_c.jpg)
The day before we depart Sydney, Sydney is having it’s 19th Biennale (21st March 2014 – 9th June 2014) and we visited Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Cockatoo Island!
![Bondi Beach Bondi Beach](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3797/13343729595_fe9c231e29_c.jpg)
![Three Sisters Three Sisters](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7086/13343743445_e931ccd157_c.jpg)
![Sydney Fish Market Sydney Fish Market](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7267/13343759185_543ac07e16_c.jpg)
Besides the above places, we also visited Bondi Beach, Three Sisters at Blue Mountains, Featherdale Wildlife Park and Sydney Fish Market!
Presents/Dinner/Cake
Thanks to my Wifey, Li Xiang, for the Dragonball cake and the Dragonball Z Kame School Emblem t-shirt (coming soon)!
![Dragonball Cake Dragonball Cake](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3822/13381232774_c2a19bee93_c.jpg)
![Dragonball Z Kame School Emblem t-shirt Dragonball Z Kame School Emblem t-shirt](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3740/13380875345_3ffb0188e1_o.jpg)
Thanks to my brother, Leroy and Huimin for the Crumpler Bell – Action iPad Pouch!
![Crumpler Bell - Action iPad Pouch - Front Crumpler Bell - Action iPad Pouch - Front](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7029/13380653845_a65728803f_c.jpg)
Also thanks to my parents for bringing me up for 3 decades and counting and for the Long Beach Seafood dinner treat!
![Long Beach - Pepper Crab Long Beach - Pepper Crab](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3786/13380872365_54c005b100_c.jpg)
Thank You
And a big thank you to all of you for the birthday greetings on my Facebook, Skype, Instagram, Whatsapp & SMS! THANK YOU!
![30th Birthday Wishes on Facebook 30th Birthday Wishes on Facebook](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2828/13392947574_95f62856d8_o.png)
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