Tired of traipsing
15 days on a trip. Longest I've been away. Actually still away, going home in 2 days time. Travelling with people other than my usual travel partners LiKai Sam etc is another experience..
Today I finally tire of the trip. Bad weather has dogged us all the way since the trip started. Arriving in GoldCoast right at the beginning of their "worst weather in 20 years" was bad enough. Its been tiring trying to plan where to go / what to do when things are affected by wild weather. After only 2 days of sunshine here, its been rain rain rain gloomy dark skies rain rain rain blabla you get the idea. Today wasn't the rain - it was the wind. Gusts of winds were so bad it almost blew us off our feet. Went to Fox Studios in the morning and while they had a Sunday market on, it felt sooo unsafe as the winds almost blew the marquees away. Many stalls actually packed up and left due to the wild weather. Wanted to go up the pylon of the Bridge but gave up the idea after looking at the skies..
Quick recap of past few days: places visited - touristy places eg Circular Quay, The Rocks, Paddy's, Opera Hse... no Blue Mountains though.. cos I spent the money on something else -- climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge =) muahhah it was really expensive n blew my budget to smithereens but worth every cent!! went up on Thursday morning, with a group of 11 others.
more on it when I "properly" blog bout the trip..
Nothing really special bout trip so far..cept went for one of Hillsong Conference's (open to) public sessions at the Sydney Superdome at Olympic Park. Due to the massive number of delegates, almost couldn't get into the stadium. They set up bigscreens at the Sportscentre but I decided to stay in the queue although the organisers kept emphasizing there was only a teeny weeny chance of getting in.. Persistence paid off though! During my session there wasn't any preaching, pure worship, with Michael W Smith onstage for over an hour. Great voice that man has, and he puts it to good use too..
Another highlight... went for performance at the Opera House - Scotland the Brave at Concert Hall. A night of music and dance, complete with bagpipes and (reminiscent of Riverdance) dances.. Audience participated as well, culminating with a big singalong at the end.. Sydneysiders love their arts thats for sure judging by the enjoyment n enthusiasm showed..
Went for another concert yesterday, this time at Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. This time its free! as part of the Winter Concert Series. Yesterday's was at the open air amphitheatre with a floating platform supporting the orchestra and the leads. This week's "Opera at the Bay" and next week's a Queen tribute. Ended VERY nicely with a fireworks finale to match Verdi I think.. very nice event, but very very cold too, due to the seabreeze.. will post pics when I get back..
Abit melancholy these days, realizing the hols are over soon. Uni beckons, and YAA stuff too.. So many things depends on soon-to-be released results. Whether I stay on or not, enrolment to be sorted out, possible interviews etc.. Haven't kept in touch with so many people for so long. Its abit weird really, the less contact, the less I miss 'em. Life just seems to go on, for everyone. So does it make a difference? to me, to them, to us?
Thats the question.
Today I finally tire of the trip. Bad weather has dogged us all the way since the trip started. Arriving in GoldCoast right at the beginning of their "worst weather in 20 years" was bad enough. Its been tiring trying to plan where to go / what to do when things are affected by wild weather. After only 2 days of sunshine here, its been rain rain rain gloomy dark skies rain rain rain blabla you get the idea. Today wasn't the rain - it was the wind. Gusts of winds were so bad it almost blew us off our feet. Went to Fox Studios in the morning and while they had a Sunday market on, it felt sooo unsafe as the winds almost blew the marquees away. Many stalls actually packed up and left due to the wild weather. Wanted to go up the pylon of the Bridge but gave up the idea after looking at the skies..
Quick recap of past few days: places visited - touristy places eg Circular Quay, The Rocks, Paddy's, Opera Hse... no Blue Mountains though.. cos I spent the money on something else -- climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge =) muahhah it was really expensive n blew my budget to smithereens but worth every cent!! went up on Thursday morning, with a group of 11 others.
more on it when I "properly" blog bout the trip..
Nothing really special bout trip so far..cept went for one of Hillsong Conference's (open to) public sessions at the Sydney Superdome at Olympic Park. Due to the massive number of delegates, almost couldn't get into the stadium. They set up bigscreens at the Sportscentre but I decided to stay in the queue although the organisers kept emphasizing there was only a teeny weeny chance of getting in.. Persistence paid off though! During my session there wasn't any preaching, pure worship, with Michael W Smith onstage for over an hour. Great voice that man has, and he puts it to good use too..
Another highlight... went for performance at the Opera House - Scotland the Brave at Concert Hall. A night of music and dance, complete with bagpipes and (reminiscent of Riverdance) dances.. Audience participated as well, culminating with a big singalong at the end.. Sydneysiders love their arts thats for sure judging by the enjoyment n enthusiasm showed..
Went for another concert yesterday, this time at Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour. This time its free! as part of the Winter Concert Series. Yesterday's was at the open air amphitheatre with a floating platform supporting the orchestra and the leads. This week's "Opera at the Bay" and next week's a Queen tribute. Ended VERY nicely with a fireworks finale to match Verdi I think.. very nice event, but very very cold too, due to the seabreeze.. will post pics when I get back..
Abit melancholy these days, realizing the hols are over soon. Uni beckons, and YAA stuff too.. So many things depends on soon-to-be released results. Whether I stay on or not, enrolment to be sorted out, possible interviews etc.. Haven't kept in touch with so many people for so long. Its abit weird really, the less contact, the less I miss 'em. Life just seems to go on, for everyone. So does it make a difference? to me, to them, to us?
Thats the question.
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