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I've been so busy fulfilling items from my bucket list, I haven't had time to add to this blog. It's all good!
I've done a fair few things in the last few years especially after getting through my double-lung transplant in 2004. After having to be so physically limited for so long, it's really no wonder my bucket list is so important to me.
The first item on my list I was able to 'tick off' is the ability to run across the local football field - TICK. It was such an unusual feeling. I would imagine the feeling would be like walking for the first time in your life.
I guess one item on my list that really stands out is my trip to Europe only 18 months after my transplant. This was a recent addition to my bucket because I never really thought it was achievable. More like a dream. That trip will forever have a special place in my heart.
Since Europe, my husband and I have really made the effort to travel more. Almost every year we do an overseas trip and an interstate one. So far, we've been to Malaysia, Thailand twice, New Zealand, This year, we are going to Korea and Philippines. I can't wait!
Anyway, this is all I can add for now. Gotta go back to work...
I've been so busy fulfilling items from my bucket list, I haven't had time to add to this blog. It's all good!
I've done a fair few things in the last few years especially after getting through my double-lung transplant in 2004. After having to be so physically limited for so long, it's really no wonder my bucket list is so important to me.
The first item on my list I was able to 'tick off' is the ability to run across the local football field - TICK. It was such an unusual feeling. I would imagine the feeling would be like walking for the first time in your life.
I guess one item on my list that really stands out is my trip to Europe only 18 months after my transplant. This was a recent addition to my bucket because I never really thought it was achievable. More like a dream. That trip will forever have a special place in my heart.
Since Europe, my husband and I have really made the effort to travel more. Almost every year we do an overseas trip and an interstate one. So far, we've been to Malaysia, Thailand twice, New Zealand, This year, we are going to Korea and Philippines. I can't wait!
Anyway, this is all I can add for now. Gotta go back to work...
I'm pretty sure that many of you, if not all have stopped and thought about our reasons for existing. I, for one, have thought about this too many times, especially when life, itself, isn't going so smoothly.
After surviving some close calls in my life so far,, I decided to start coming up with my own Bucket List much like the same thing in that movie with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. It's basically a list of things to do in your lifetime before life runs out.
I'm going to start telling you about my experiences so far in completing my bucket items. Then, blog about my remaining items from my bucket that I'll be going through. As you enjoy reading through my posts, hopefully you will get to understand who I am and the purpose of this blog. Hope you enjoy reading.
Even a block away from this restaurant, I couldn't help salivating to the awesome smell of Korean BBQ wafting down the street. It's the popular Bassim Korean BBQ restaurant. I've come to this place on numerous occassions and recently as last Saturday night. We took our friend visiting back home from London here. It was a last minute thing but I'm glad we came here rather than the usual "around the corner" cafe.
Parking is always a challenge in this area of Strathfield. It's just a few metres away from Strathfield station and the Strathfield Plaza. Although it usually doen't take to long to wait for parking at the council carpark just a few steps away from the restaurant.
You then just need to follow the scent of yummy BBQ and the trail of smoke to find this place. Once you enter, you might just be overcome by the smoke the place generates. If you've never been to a Korean BBQ restaurant before you will probably be intrigued by what you see. Each table contains their own cooking burner. Usually it's hot coals burning with a hot plate on top to cook the meat on. Bassim has this on every table and also there is a tube vent that is supposed to suck the smoke away as you cook. This concept doesn't seem to work very well when we were there
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I have finally tried this wonderful restaurant. For years working in the building just next door, I have taken this restaurant for granted and not made the effort to try this place out. It wasn't until my friend Daz who decided to celebrate his birthday here that promted me to go.
I believe the reservation took place 2 weeks before the dinner date and lucky for us, we did manage to get squeezed in their busy reservations list. We however got a 8:30 booking on a Friday night. To pass time between finishing work and dinner, we had pre-dinner drinks at ECQ Bar at the "Toaster" next to the Opera House
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This is my favourite time of the year. It's springtime, daylight savings has begun, it's my birthday month, and best of all, it's Oktoberfest TIME!! YAY!!! You can not pass off September and October without experiencing some sort of German festivities. It's a time for thigh slapping fun, dancing, yodeling, hugging!?....and of course BEER!
One thing I learned about Oktoberfest is the majority of the festivities are celebrated in September. From mid-september until the first week of October it is usually celebrated. My hubby and I were very fortunate to be in Munich back in 2005, just in time for the genuine Oktoberfest. The first thing we did as soon has we hit Munich soil was to head for the bier halls at the Oktoberfest festival. I was absolutely amazed. Everyone was so happy and everyone was your friend. We've never met and spoken to so many strangers before! It's amazing how beer can suddenly bring people together
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September 26th 2008 07:49
It is a very exciting month next month. October is not only my birth month, not just because it's mid-spring, it's because it's Good Food Month here in Sydney!!!! YAY!! The Sydney Morning Herald is conducting it's 11th annual Good Food Month (GFM). It's the best month for lovers of good food and wine, much like myself 
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A couple of weeks ago there was some disturbing revelations about some of NSW's restaurants. On the 2nd, July, The Daily Telegraph posted a list of offending restaurants which the state government have identified for breaking the health and hygiene laws.
Just by looking at the pictures they show makes me want to puke. It's so disgusting to even think people would actually eat at these places. Have any of you readers been to any of these restaurants? If so, please share
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Okay, here's another ever popular family restaurant opening up in the changing and expanding Macarthur area, Pancakes on the Rocks. Many of you may think this famous restaurant only exists at "The Rocks", Sydney. Well, that's what I initially thought. I must be the last person that lives in Macarthur who found out about Pancakes opening here. Apparently, Pancakes on the Rocks have also sprouted in Northmead and Darling Harbour. Here are the list of locations.
THE ROCKS
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Of the many, many times I have been to the Hunter Valley, this was my first time to try Hungerford Hill's famous restaurant in the region, Terrior Restaurant. We tried to have lunch here last year by just rocking up there with no reservations. Not only did we get rejected at the door, we felt it too. The waiter, or who ever he was was so rude. There is a pleasant way to say they are fully booked. Oh well. Maybe he was having a bad day at the time.
Although our first impressions were not so good from last year. I was still determined to try this place out. It's been highly recommended by the Hunter Valley tourism booklets. So I made sure I made reservations days before we arrived
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