Centennial Park

On Friday, we hit the gym in the morning before heading into Randwick (Pete goes to a podiatrist there). We ate Mad Mex for lunch before heading into Centennial Park, where we did a 9km walk in the late afternoon and early evening, leaving just as the sun was setting. It was a beautiful and slightly exhausting walk!

All The Places I Go, All The Places I Eat, All Because Of Pete

If there isn't a library in a particular suburb, chances are I haven't gone out of my way to get there. It just simply isn't worth it most of the time, with one exception. Pete, as an orchestral musician, travels all over Sydney to rehearse, perform, and record. And quite often, I will be his travel buddy.

It is his work that caused us to meet up in the first place. I was living at Bexley North, he was working at Rockdale. When we decided to meet, after a week or two of emailing, it was a hop, skip, and a bus for me to get to one of the most beautiful parks at Rockdale (that we'd picked off an online map, as it was close enough to his work that day. Here are photos of that day, if you would like to see!)

Incredible also is the food we end up eating on these journeys. While we don't get to eat out that much due to financial restrictions, we nontheless usually get to indulge our foodie side whenever going to a new place.

Recently he was invited to come and work at Rockdale again, and of his many trips, I joined him for a few. While he toiled away, I went to revisit our meeting place, and was so joyful and sentimental to find it as amazingly beautiful as when we'd left it. An improvement to Rockdale since last visit was the addition of Ozburrito: cheap, quick, and beyond delicious, we regret that our meals there were limited.

Most recently we went to Drummoyne, and one night Pete came home from work with a GF brownie for me. When I went to watch him play, we stopped off at Village Bakery beforehand in order to sample every single one of their GF delights.



(Rockdale Town Hall, Rockdale Park, Ozburrito)


(Drummoyne, & Village Bakery: Jaffa brownie, pistachio cookie, orange-almond slice, all GF)

I really am spoiled with this man. He broadens my horizons, literally and figuratively, and I wouldn't change my life in the slightest*.

 

*although, if we won the lottery, I wouldn't necessarily complain... ; )

The Lego Movie

Today we went to a 2 o'clock session of The Lego Movie, and it was pretty fantastic! As you can see from the picture below, we ate far too much for three people (ah... there was only two of us for the most of it though!)

Have you been to see it? I really liked the concepts they were driving to drive home in this movie, i.e. everyone can be special, sharing, taking into consideration those around you, et cetera. Although, every one of us seemed to agree that the dad had some right to keeping the different sorts of worlds apart... (How can you put a spaceman in the Wild West?!) So, realistically, this movie is aimed at us for being potential bad parents already... ;)

Central Park, Sydney

On Thursdays I start school at 11:30, and I often still try to make it in by 8:30. Rather than head straight to the library (which I have to wait outside for it to open anyway), I started wandering, and chanced upon the newly opened Central Park.

This place is absolutely beautiful, and it is strange to say how humbled and peaceful I felt gazing and taking photos of all the curious wonders. It is just so green, and yet so modern. It is literally crying out sustainability in the current day.

Underneath, or round the corner, from the park is a small shopping district, where they have a Woolworths (finally, only seven minutes walk from school, including traffic lights), and Crave Yogurt. I bought some Tahitian Vanilla (vegan) to tide myself over while I browsed the restaurants, shops, and huge mall. There is a Thai place I want to check out on the second or third floor when I have the time.

This place definitely competes with the Powerhouse Museum, in terms of places I want to spend my time.

It probably also helped that there were few people there early in the morning... So tranquil.

If you're a student around this area, chances are you have a lot of coupons for the variety of stores here, so check it out!

Bowling

Tonight we went bowling, quite unexpectantly. The only "outside" thing we do either involves the movies, Westfields for birthday or Christmas related spending, or a gardens or bush of some sort.

I was expecting to have a terrible time, but realistically, when you're only in a small group like this, it is really enjoyable. Since I hadn't been bowling in sixteen years, I was really proud to not come last in the first round (but I came last in the second...)

The whole night was outwardly spent bowling, sipping Cider, eating wedges, and taking advantage of the old arcade. I learned how to play pool, but didn't get to show off my Time Crisis skills. Inwardly, I couldn't help but be appreciative of how wonderful it is to have a group of friends like this (even if they are, technically, Pete's associates, not mine). I think I wasted far too many nights on my own if I am completely over-come by a night out like this.

As Pete would say, "Your life was sad and pathetic." 

No argument here, but I am certainly a very fortunate girl now.