Category: Aussie Life
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Christmas Day Celebration 2013
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…“, as the famous Christmas song goes. Well it is for me and for the most of us I assume. This year, I’m celebrating it with my “relatives” and friends in Sydney. It’s not my first Christmas here coz we celebrated Christmas 2009 here as well. We had…
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Random Thoughts: Dishwashing
Disclosure: This post contains sponsored links. One of the hardest chore for me is washing the dishes. Why? Let’s enumerate some of the reasons here: 1. The grease in pans after frying is disgusting. 2. The left over food is yucky. 3. The smell of the food together is most of the time foul. 4.…
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Christmas Routine
In less than a week’s time, it will be one of the grand celebrations in the world… Christmas Day! Everyone is so prepped up and excited for this season. A season of joy and love. It is really nice to celebrate it with family and friends. What are you up to for this Christmas? As…
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Advent Season 2013: HOPE
I’m positive that I’ve written something about Advent Season some time in my blog. I just can’t remember when. When I searched for it, it was 2 years ago. Advent Season 2011. What was I doing last year then? Haha! I’m a bit busy with the 12 days of Christmas and work I guess that’s…
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Deepavali – Festival of Lights
Yesterday at St. Mary’s Parish, I helped our friend to participate at Deepavali. It is called Divali or Diwali meaning the Festival of Lights. It is one of the most important Indian tradition celebrated with traditional activities. I was fortunate to witness this celebration this year at our Parish. Apparently, there is a Deepavali Fair…
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2013 October Travel: NSW – Cowra’s Japanese Garden
It’s my first long weekend since I was employed. My family scheduled a trip to the Central NSW and see the famous “Dish”. You will know about it after this post. Anyway, en route to Parkes where the dish is located we decided to visit nearby spots. One of them is the beautiful Japanese Garden…
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International Fleet Review 2013
The Royal Australian Navy International Fleet Review is without doubt one of the largest and most exciting public events held on Sydney Harbour since the Sydney Olympics in 2000. — Navy Government Last October 3-11, 2013 was Sydney’s International Fleet Review. The Review is being held to commemorate the centenary of the first entry of…
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Random Thoughts: Running
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post. As you’ve noticed in my recent posts, I’ve been doing some running here in Sydney. I never ran more than 3k before I moved here. Well, I wanted to but the venue is far from where I live in Manila and it usually starts at 5:00am! Because of that,…
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Birthday Project 2013: Blackmores Bridge Run for the benefit of Starlight Children’s Foundation
It was a beautiful day in Sydney on the day of the Blackmores Sydney marathon. I’ve been in Sydney for 4 months and I’m enjoying every moment of it. A lot of proud firsts in life and would definitely cherish for a lifetime. I was grateful for my friend, Reg who joined me that day.…