My First All Girls Holiday

At last, I'm having an actual holiday... Yipee !!! I just could not believe practically every other day I'll get a message from a friend back home that it's a public holiday, sucks... In my previous company located in Selangor we enjoyed 20 over public holidays ! Now here in Sydney, just miserable 9 days.

I'm heading to the Blue Mountains this long weekend. Yea, this is my second time there (my first visit to Blue Mountains) well it's a different crowd, different kind of fun. As you can see there was a rather large generation gap among the group members in the first trip. This weekend, I'll be joining Michelle, Audrey & Fung in a last minute holiday arrangement. It's really at the last minute. I was casually having a chat with Michelle this morning and boom... I'm heading to Blue Mountains with them. Hiaks! This evening drive there and back on Monday. Then Tuesday I'm heading to Canberra to fix my Malaysian VISA. I'm going to be on a long long holiday Xmas holiday. Stay tune folks....

Since we're on topic of holiday, Monday is Australian Labour Day. I find it rather strange, I thought this was a worldwide holiday on May 1st. Here a little write-up from wikipedia... ;-p


Labour Day is an annual holiday celebrated all over the world that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and socialworkers. The majority of countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1st, and it is popularly known as May Day and International Workers' Day. The celebration of Labour Day has its origins in the eight hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.

Most countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1, known as May Day and International Workers' Day. In Europe the day has older significance as a rural festival which is predominantly more important than that of the Labour Day movement. The holiday has become internationalised and several countries hold multi-day celebrations including parades, shows and other patriotic and labour-oriented events. However, in Northern Europe, Walpurgis Night is celebrated on the preceding night and this holiday merges with the Labour Day in some countries.

Celebrating the Australian labour movement, the Labour Day public holiday is fixed by the various state and territory governments, and so varies considerably. It is the first Monday in October in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and South Australia. In both Victoria and Tasmania, it is the second Monday in March (though the latter calls it Eight Hours Day). In Western Australia, Labour Day is the first Monday in March. In both Queensland and the Northern Territory, it is the first Monday in May.

My Hubby's Happy Friend from Uni

Kyle's friend stopped over at Sydney for a short visit. We had a seafood platter towering high, 3 tiers, at Darling Harbour. We were playing peek-a-boo while trying to talk to each other across the table. Ladies and Gentlemen... we present to you Mon Chai and Mon.

Darling Harbour Two Festival in One Day

KOREA CHUSEOK FESTIVAL

Korea Chuseok Festival at Darling Harbour. In South Korea, Chuseok is the country's biggest festival, celebrating the harvest moon and thanksgiving. In Sydney, visitors can sample hand-made rice noodles called japchae, rice sticks in spicy sauce, dumplings, seaweed rolls and kimchi, the pickled fermented cabbage.

Even the live entertainment will have a food theme. Nanta, a Korean performance group that had a successful silent comedy on Broadway, will perform snippets from its hit show three times a day. Cabbage will fly as four Nanta cooks become sidetracked while preparing a wedding banquet and turn pots, chopping boards, knives and each other into percussion instruments.

Other entertainment includes drumming, taekwondo demonstrations and breakdancing (yes, this is true, I'm not joking...) by members of Sydney's Korean community. Children can get their hands dirty with pottery and make paper lanterns that are used to celebrate special occasions such as Buddha's birthday. They can also try a folk game, jegichagi. Jegichagi is a game played with the foot. It's kicking this ball of ribbons into the air and the person who can keep the ribbon in the air the longest wins. A court dance performed with fans by women in colourful hanboks, the traditional dress for women, may inspire some visitors to try the garments on themselves.

The Korean festival looks so pale compared to the Brazilian party right next door.

Since our first Ritmo Brazilian Festival in 2001, the festival has increasingly welcomed more and more people to learn about Brazilian culture through music, dance and food. Brazil’s cultural diversity is a result of the fusion of indigenous, European and African cultures that have been living together for over 500 years.

Ritmo is an event that gives Australians and people from all different backgrounds an opportunity to meet and have a fun day out whilst learning about the Brazilian culture, and maybe learn a new dance move or two! Come and join the nation that introduced Samba to the world for a day filled with live music and dancing.

You can learn the true meaning of the word Ginga with the amazing display of acrobatic movements that are Capoeira, an African-Brazilian style of martial arts. If you have never tried our delicious Feijoada, a traditional Brazilian dish made with black beans, pork and sausages and eaten with rice, this is the perfect chance. Brazilian cuisine is a mixture of exotic ingredients with a hint of passion and there will be an array of foods to be tasted at the Ritmo Festival.

You can also see arts and crafts from all over Brazil. If dancing is not your thing, bring your picnic rug, slather on the sunscreen, sit back, enjoy the show and have a fun day out. It’s on us!