Due to some jet-lag and exhausting experience yesterday, it was like 11AM already when I woke up. I took a quick shower and was ready to explore Sydney. Our first destination was the famous Opera House. But before we went there, Sisca wanted to treat us for a lunch. We took a CityRail again from St. Leonards to TownHall (or was it Wynyard?), where we then proceeded to yet another Malaysian restaurant. We ordered Hokkien fried noodle and laksa. Well, I had to admit that meal portion was huge, just like in America. One plate of typical meal was comparable to two in Indonesia. After lunch, Siska went back to work, and we (I, my wife, and Dita) walked to the nearby Opera House.
Opera House was located near the harbor (Circular Quay). There you would also have a great view of the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge, which connected the southern part of Sydney (main city/CBD/downtown) and its northern part. The walkway here was very nice and clean.
We encountered lots of street performers, one of which was pretty funny and attracted quite a lot of people. He was doing some sort of sword juggling. It was quite entertaining as he involved the spectators and threw some funny jokes to passing-by people while performing his act, such as "Watch out mom, you have two strangers following you", "Hey lady, do you find me attractive?", "That man, carrying a large bag, is a professional shoplifter".
We kept walking 'till we ended up at the Opera House itself. The unique architecture of the building was what made it interesting. There were lots of tourists here. We walked around the building and took lots of pictures here. There were no activity inside the building and it was closed, so we could not go inside the building. I think we spent about one hour here.
We then took a Sydney bus to the Chinatown. Bus fare was calculated based on section length, and you could pay the bus on board to the driver or you could buy a pre-paid card (which was cheaper, of course). It was Friday evening and there was this night market, so it was pretty crowded there. IMO, the Chinatown here was a little bit bigger than the one in LA, but smaller than the one in SF. Dita bumped into her friend, Etha, here. All of us then went to have a nice chocolate at Max Brenner. Make sure you ordered the Suckao.It was about 6PM already, so we headed back home because Sisca planned to take us for a dinner. We then went to yet another Malaysian restaurant, Kuali, for dinner, where Sisca had waited there as she went directly from work. Weird, huh? I just realized that 3 out of the 4 meals we'd had during our first 2 days in Sydney were Malay food. But this time, it was a really huge dinner. We had crabs as our main course, and many various entrees and desert as well. Dan, Sisca's boyfriend, joined us shortly afterward as his apartment was just around the area.
Dan brought a car and night was still pretty young, so Dan & Sisca took us to the lower part of Milsons point. There we had a great night view of downtown Sydney and the harbor bridge. Just around the corner was the Luna Park. This amusement park was closed already though. At around 11PM, we decided to return home.
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