Wealth for toil

SydneyIt now looks like we left Sydney at the right time, because she’s got flash floods and thunderstorms resembling Singapore and Malaysia in December.

But really, though, there isn’t ever a good time to leave Sydney. I spent nine good years from 1992 – 2000, and ten days there last month. One difference between the recent stay and the previous one is that everything there’s really really expensive now.

There was a time when the S$ was a little bit stronger than the $A, making many Singaporeans say things like, ‘Wah, drink coffee here damn cheap hor? The cappucino and latte only $1.80 leh, when you convert back’.

But what the heck, Sydney welcomes everyone who’s ever seen the Pacific’s waves lap at her shores in a way that makes you keep longing to come back, whether or not you gain or lose when you convert back.

It was even more special for me (that I had to show Sydney off to Naomi), as I visited the locality I lived in, bumped into my old landlord (who’s still renting out the flat at a premium – $500 a week, and dat’s cheap already!), and many other places of significance (to me).

Again, I’ll have to tell you about them later, because reservist book-in time beckons, and there’s Combat Live-Firing all of tomorrow.

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Peter the landlord (I forget his last name), who still collects rent personally, as well as tends to the common garden

Sydney
The art-deco Ritz cinema at The Spot, St Paul’s Street, Randwick

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16 responses to “Wealth for toil”

  1. J. Avatar
    J.

    wowee welcome back miyagi!

    from the picture, i see u hv nurtured a little tummy.
    must be resulted from being hoe jiak hoe koon over there..

  2. J. Avatar
    J.

    wowee welcome back miyagi!

    from the picture, i see u hv nurtured a little tummy.
    must be resulted from being hoe jiak hoe koon over there..

  3. vesance Avatar

    Did you guys do the Bondi – Bronte walk? The place look as beautiful in reality as the postcards. Makes you marvel over the wonders of nature.

  4. vesance Avatar

    Did you guys do the Bondi – Bronte walk? The place look as beautiful in reality as the postcards. Makes you marvel over the wonders of nature.

  5. Marcella Avatar
    Marcella

    Ow, I couldn’t help but to comment on this one… your pic of Ritz cinema really brings back memories to me… I stayed in Randwick too when I was still studying. And most of time I’d walked to and from the cinema and sometimes wld dropped by at the pizza place (can’t remember the name) near the cnr of the spot – and enjoyed their chicken satay pizza…..

    thanks for the pic

  6. Marcella Avatar
    Marcella

    Ow, I couldn’t help but to comment on this one… your pic of Ritz cinema really brings back memories to me… I stayed in Randwick too when I was still studying. And most of time I’d walked to and from the cinema and sometimes wld dropped by at the pizza place (can’t remember the name) near the cnr of the spot – and enjoyed their chicken satay pizza…..

    thanks for the pic

  7. uncle sha Avatar

    haiz reservist eh … I’ve 9 more years to go. Kanasai

  8. uncle sha Avatar

    haiz reservist eh … I’ve 9 more years to go. Kanasai

  9. Mr Miyagi Avatar

    Arthur’s Pizza

  10. Mr Miyagi Avatar

    Arthur’s Pizza

  11. Drew Avatar
    Drew

    Yeah Arthur’s Pizza rawks~

    Zelinis is also a good place to hang, excellent brekkies…

  12. Drew Avatar
    Drew

    Yeah Arthur’s Pizza rawks~

    Zelinis is also a good place to hang, excellent brekkies…

  13. Rach Avatar

    Love Zellini’s. I could see Coogee from Randwick. I don’t even mind walking to Coles anymore. Gawd I wanna go back to Sydney.

  14. Rach Avatar

    Love Zellini’s. I could see Coogee from Randwick. I don’t even mind walking to Coles anymore. Gawd I wanna go back to Sydney.

  15. RAM Avatar
    RAM

    i’d pay money to see a pic of a pair of jehovah’s witnesses steppin out of meymotte place 🙂

  16. RAM Avatar
    RAM

    i’d pay money to see a pic of a pair of jehovah’s witnesses steppin out of meymotte place 🙂

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