Sisca had to fly to the Netherlands today to see our grandmother's sister which was having some heart-attack. Our best wish for her. Dita would be our tour leader from this day onward. Yet Dita was assigned an early morning work-shift at McDonald's (the pay at weekend was 1.5 times higher), so we had basically nothing to do and just waited at the apartment until Dita's shift ended at 3.30PM. Being employed by McDonald's, Dita could buy everything at half-price and in some circumstances could even bring home some free foods. At which that day, Dita brought home some nuggets and French fries (French fries were called "chips" here) for lunch.
The adventure started by visiting Chinatown again. I said "the adventure" because Dita was like more spontaneous in leading our tour, without a very well planned path, map reading, etc. So we sometimes had to wonder here and there about which way to take :-). However it was completely ok because with Sisca, we were practically in safe-arms and need not know anything. With Dita, there comes the chaos :-).
We first tried to find a book store because Dita needed to buy a text-book. Eventually at 4.30PM we finally found the store, but it was closed already at 4PM. Just one example of how spontaneous she was. However next to it was UTS, so we took some pictures there.
We then walked back to Chinatown to have "dinner"; it was still around 5PM, and was like 2PM in Surabaya with sun still high above us. It was in Thainatown, a Thai restaurant. We had kwee-tiauw (thick ride noodle), fried noodle, and a soup noodle. Prices were pretty much a perfect fit for our budget. Whereas Sisca's style was of an executive level dining experience, Dita's style was more of a student-style dining experience :-).In Chinatown, we visited a mall, the Market City. Exactly underneath it was Paddy's market; but it was closed already. We planned to go back to Paddy's next week because you would find a bargain here for almost anything. Tired wondering around, we ate some ice-cream.
An unexpected thing happened then. Dita went to the toilet, left the t-shirt that she'd just bought on some bin, and forgot to take it back afterward. We realized it after about 15 minutes. We got back to the toilet, the bag was there, but nothing was inside. How awful! This explained why we saw so many "Shoplifting will be prosecuted" signs and security cameras all around Sydney. Never leave your belonging unattended!
Anyway, we then walked along George Street. This street was a main road, like Jalan Tunjungan, that went all the way from North to South.
It was about 8PM when we got back to home. Dita did some cleaning stuff, while I relaxed and enjoyed some TV :-).
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