This Sydney Trip is All About…

Sydney trip is all about…

Booking the flight with trepidation. Last-minute packing. Qantas on-time. Two-hour train ride. New neighbourhood. Extra umbrella in the rain pick-up. Norwest. Japanese-snow dog. Vacation stickers exchanged with a wine glass. Two-story house. Assigned room with all-white POV. Three-door bathroom. Wrong order of Ayam Penyet Ria – twice. Anxious sleep. Window with a view. Expensive Uber ride. Laugh-crying under the blanket. Piling Temu cart. Spilled coffee on the new marble bench on 141 Walker Street. Interview. Fingerprints. Printed and digital photos. Lens in drinking cup. Meetings. Ditched duties. Thai massage by Kiki. Castle Hills. Rugby. Abandoned $52 cart in UberEats for an Indo meal. Most elaborate, delicious and expensive Japanese bento. Flagged taxi. Hand me down. Luxembourg Hotel booking. Stressing out about abandoned work. Smaller-cozier kitchen. Bare fridge window. Rice cooker. Heated bathroom. All The Beautiful Things You Love. Panda eyes. Nap. Cooking books giveaway. Bella Vista. True Detective Season 3. Phone call with Santy. Lemon tree with half-eaten lemons. Turkey sighting. Timed DSLR. Journal. Journaling. Journalized. Real coffee. Real Boomerang. Real Coffee to a fake Cap with a generous drizzle of chocolate dust. Wasted Baso – Indonesian meatball soup. Loud chewing of a family pack-sized spicy Indo macaroni at midnight. Sketching Sydney. Rainy morning. Sunny afternoons. Cozy nights. Rabbitosh-Eels 32-16. Walk around the lake. Selfie sent to Amma. Wedding talks. Santorini painting on the neighbourhood terrace. Shouting “I am a Slytherin“. Not eating as much. Gaudy purple salwar on weary-looking Indian aunty neighbour. Old-time heater = good night’s sleep. Pinset-less. Better weather. Better mood. No worry about another spilled coffee on another marble desk. Naps. Night shadow. Street light. Amma, did you keep a diary? Good Fella. Two-minded souvenir picking. Loaded avo bagel envy. Unobstructed view. Chinese Folklore book. Vegan Thai Larb. Expensive umeshu. Borrowed Oodie. Rewatching dready Fall Out Guy. Pp-Fafa self-caring in different cafes – in different cities. Kumano Kodo Part 2 planning. The Hills. Alien questions (we’d go, but Fafa said no). Maroon Cotton-On beanie. Washing face with a strawberry Body scrub. Depleting battery. Taking the Sydney metro. Triple grocery shopping on the weekend. Low brain power. Being served and never lifting a finger. Forgotten passion fruit. Two packets of Rendang spice. Falling in love with Nina Mingya Powles’ writing all over again. Merrylands. Carrot jam. Middle-Eastern culture. Neighbourhood sports bar. Ian. Heavy AF backpack. 15-minute flight delayed. “Come anytime!“. A plan of two weeks in Sydney every winter. Promise. 🦘

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