Finally, a new update!

Hi all, it has been quite some time since my last blog update!
Has been very busy recently... with work and the starting of my CA program... Work over here in Sydney is really not a breeze as thought.

Expectations of Sydney audit in Singapore: good budget, good work life balance, professional client

Actual scenario in Sydney: budget can be tight too and WORSE, recoverability is viewed with such importance over here! Thus, pressure from managers and partners can be scary at times. Work life balance wise... nice stressfree weekends till now (except for a couple of weekends in which work stil need to be done at home) and finally, clients I have experienced so far here have been really not up to the mark. Really not as pro as thought. The financial statements drafts have to be modified more than 50% by us! Independence issue but what to do?

Really just want to update you guys that I'm fine, Hazel is good too! Still trying her best to secure a job position over here. Hopefully would be able to relate good news to you all! Wish her luck k!

Hmm, enuff about work. Time for some updates on the fun stuff that we had done over the past 2-3 weekends!

KTV (again!): Fun and good for releasing stress and ensuring that our command of Chinese has not 'de-prove'.. haha.. This time round, Darren joined us! For your info, Darren had left PwC Singapore and is now working with Westpac in Sydney. Cool ya.. A photo for our photo album definitely!

6th year anniversary with Haz:

On the 15th Sep, it's officially the 6th year since Haz and I went steady.. haha.. it hav been eventful, wonderful, sweet, lovely 6 years together with Haz. She has always been so patient, caring, loving and sweet towards me, supporting me throughout the challenging Uni years and then now, the time-consuming, 'no day - no night' audit job. She has even given up her good job in Singapore to join me over here in Sydney. What more can you ask from a girl? hehe.. will dote her more and love her more..

This is her unbelievably delicious gift to me! A japanese teriyaki lunch bento! Look delicious, saliva dripping already? Tell you how it tastes, it is soo delicious and heart warming.. haha.. So sweet of her ya.

What did I get for her? Boring, kinda usual gift for a gal on such anniversary day... Din have time to do something one-of-a-kind like the previous years.. so, it's just a bouquet of roses hand-delivered to her hand in the evening.. She loves it and that's wat it matters to me!

We had a nice, cosy dinner at a famous and well-recommended Japanese restaurant (Asuka). Food is good and most importantly, its our company for each other that matters ya.. haha..

Sep - start of spring (from 1 Sep onwards):

What to do in spring? I'm not sure actually coz this is the first ever spring for me! I had just gone through the first winter... unscathed by the cold (which can be miserable at times when it just get 'un-tahan-able'... haha..)

Finally, we can enjoy the sun warming our skin when we are out (correction: not warming, but burning us as there is little or no clouds in the Sydney sky). On the Sat of 16th Sep, we went to The Rocks, Sydney Opera House and the Royal Botanic Gardens on foot. We set off early in the morning at around 9am and had a great day out!

The Rocks was our first destination and although we were disappointed not able to hav pancakes for breakfast at the Pancakes at the Rocks (closed for renovation), we grabbed a simple breakfast and walked around the weekend Rock market (sort of a flea market). Stuff sold there are soo nice and creatively made! After which, we walked by the Opera House, even more determined to catch our first opera/musical at the famous Opera House!

Royal Botanical Garden is next! We went on a guided tour around the Government House (ancient building built more than a century ago for NSW govenors).

After which, we spent more than an hour walking around the huge botanical gardens which must have stretched more than 2 km in length. We walked alot! But, seeing the beautiful flowers, Hazel just can't resist not taking good shots of them and also shots with them! Here are just some of the great shots of flowers in full bloom that we sighted over there... Nice right?

That's all for now folks. Will definitely update this blog whenever I can and whenever I traveled and visited new places... Next stop: Jenolan Caves... Cheers!