Day 3 of my ''offiicial'' trip is almost over.. 1 more day & I'll be immersed into my holiday.. But sadly, w/o my bf.. I started Day 1 w/o sleep on the flight here.. Checked into my hotel room, washed up & went back down to the reception asking how long it will take for me to reach the Sydney office if i took a taxi.. The exact words from the guy @ the reception was 'The traffic will be BRUTAL.. It'll be better for you to take the cityrail there.' me 'how long will it take for me to reach Chatswood by train from here?' he 'It's about a 15mins train ride.' me 'what about by Taxi?' he 'with the peak hour traffic, it's gonna be a minumum of 30mins.' me 'ok.. Can you show me how to get to the train station?' And so I set out on my 'adventure' to the cityrail station on the 1st day i landed w/o a night of sleep... How happening is that? A single trip from my hotel to the office (8 train stations) cost me AUD 3.40.. With SGD 3.40, it can take me from home to office & 1/2 the journey home.. =.= Lunch cost me AUD 13.90 for a plate of rice + chicken (and it was the set lunch of the day).. & It's the cheapest set available on the menu.. >.< Dinner? Room service & straight to bed that night to make up for loss of sleep the night b4.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 2 The same as day 1.. took the cityrail to work but lunched by myself cos my colleagues left the office @ lunch time.. 2 caught a flt to Melb & 1 off to a customer visit.. Leaving me alone in the office.. So i wandered off to a nearby Chinese cafe @ the office& tabao-ed 'Wan Ton Noodles'... And that cost me AUD 7.50... The taxi fare back to the hotel from the office? AUD 35.. SGD 35 can take me from Jurong right up to Changi and with some change back into my pocket.. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 3 TODAY! Left the hotel @ 7.45am.. Took a taxi to my colleague's house & we set off on our way to visit a customer.. A happening 3 hour drive.. Taking us slightly past the blue mountains... The temperature took a sharp turn from 18 degrees C when i first sat in the car to a happening 6.5 degrees C when i arrived at the school campus.. And I was only wearing a long sleve shirt, skirt, stockings, boots + a windbreaker.. I was so afraid my nose & ears & toes will all start dropping off.. After the visit to the customer, another 3 hours drive back to Sydney City Centre.. There goes a whole day.. spent almost 7 hours on the journey with 'pit stops' on the way for a take away breakfast & a eat-in lunch - both @ McDonalds... Here I am, back in my cosy hotel room with the aroma of my Room Service dinner filling up my room.. I'll going to dig in & head to bed in preparation for Mummy & Marl's arrival tomorrow morning + my LAST DAY @ work in the Sydney office! | 
