SYDNEY 2006 (Part 1 - Day 1)

It didn't take me too long to get to my next post of my trip to Sydney knowing I have not much time to spare in the year 2006. This month I am going to forego my rules of 1 post = 1 day because I have many post to go up still.

My trip to Sydney came the day after my Results Announcement Ceremony. It was from 17th December 2006 till 22nd December 2006. Though only 6 days 5 nights but it was a worth trip there.

1st day - Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Kingsford Smith International Airport, Sydney

Flight MH 121 - KLIA to Sydney (0945 [M'sia time] - 2200 [Sydney time])

My inflight lunch - Nasi Lemak

Immigration Clearance at Kingsford Smith Int. Airport (No cameras allowed but I risked it)

Limousine transfer to my hotel. Don't ask me why, please?

Initially, the hotels booked by our travel agency was fully booked and they put our family in 2 rooms instead. That's not what my dad wanted. At the same time, my dad submitted his leave application to his boss, his boss saw that my dad wanted to go to Sydney for holiday in the form. So he decided to booked us in Star City Hotels and Casinos where my dad and his colleagues went there last September for business purposes. My dad's boss is a hardcore gambler in Sydney so all arrangements were done by my dad's boss. This is how the Limousine transfer came into picture.

THE APARTMENT:

Now that we are living in the Star City Hotel & Casino (it's something like Genting where there's a huge casinos in it), let me give you an overview of the place we lived in for the next 5 nights. We lived in the serviced apartment with 3 bedrooms (Master, medium & small) with 3 toilets, a kitchen, a dining hall, a living room, 3 televisions, a balcony overlooking the city of Sydney and Darling Harbour was just in front of us).

For more information, please visit the Star City Hotel & Casino.
Address: Star City Hotel & Casino, 80 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont NSW 2009

The medium room which I shared with my brother

Upstairs balcony overlooking downstairs entrance and the dark area is the Kitchen

The master bedroom which my parents slept in

The WC and the bathtub in the Master Bedroom

The sink area and the shower stall in the Master Bedroom

The toilet which we siblings shared since there is no toilet in our rooms

The Kitchen (it's fully equipped)

The dining hall

Since we just arrived late at night and we only had our dinner at 11pm (Sydney time), we decided to look for Chinese food to fill our stomach. Jetlag and we were so tired to search for food, so we ended up in this restaurant. Hong Kie food, not bad but pricey. Roughly about AU$ 8.00 - AU$ 10.00 a plate on those shown below.

The restaurant - not sure of its name

Black Pepper Bean Curd Rice - my bro ordered

Chinese Fried Rice (not Yong Chow to them) - my parents shared

My Char Siew Fun in Star City (our dinner on 1st night)

Because I was too hungry enjoying my food, I didn't manage to capture my sister's mee hoon soup.

The back of Star City - fountain

My mum and my brother

Me sitting beside the fountain

Star City - Pyrmont Al Porto


~ End of Part 1 - Day 1 ~

[Next:] Part 2 - Day 2: 18th December 2006
to be continued . . .