too much convenience?

Just the other day, while I was walking back home from work, I noticed that there is a new 7/11 convenience store near the MRT. Another one?!! But we already have 2?!!

The first one is inside the MRT station itself:


The second one is just about 150 paces away from the first one:


Then the newest one, is also about 150 paces away from the other 2.


*(yes, I counted my steps! just goes to show how bored I am!)

If there weren't any wall in the middle of the three 7/11's, you can simply stand in the center and see all of them!

What the hell is wrong with these people?!
brain-freeze from slurpee?

lost photos...

Apparently, some of our vacation pictures were deleted even before we were able to back them up in the girlfriend's laptop. :( Sadness... :((

The lost photo's include our lunch at Marche, our cable car ride, and some sentosa moments... **sigh**

Oks lang... I guess ang importante ay yung maalala namin sya... Not the details like what we were eating, wearing, or doing, but the bliss that came with those moments. (keso!!!)

On the bright side, mabuti na din at walang documentary evidence ng mga kinain ko... hehehe... :)

Aussie Adventure # 4: A Family Reunion

I went to the wildlife zoo in Darling Harbor. There were a bunch of animals around, but I went there with only one thing in mind... finding the koalas!!!

Just imagine my utter grief to find those lazy bastards sleeping at 5 in the afternoon?!!! what are you? rockstars??? c'mon! 6 hours of flight and 5 missed events for sleeping fur- balls?!

oh well, "shit happens"... or in this case "lazy koalas happen"...

remember those gorilla figurines with "hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil" ? well, this is their snarky version, only it does not involve hearing, seeing, and speaking... just sleeping... lazy tards!!!

this little fellow reminds me of master yoda... can you see the resemblance?

i really don't think this one's asleep. I think he's just faking it to be "in"... tsk..tsk... peer pressure

i think this guy is trying to impersonate a fruit...

i'm really pissed you guys are sleeping... but if you're gonna be THAT cute, then i just might forgive you...

awww... sooooooo cute and sooooooo lazy... kinda reminds me of someone... [ahem]ME!!![ahem]

Aussie Adventure # 3: Eye in the Sky!

I went to the Sydney Tower. Nothing much. It's basically just a high glass tower with an overpriced entrance fee... Enjoy the view... :)

Aussie Adventure # 1: Let's walk around!

Finally, my pictures from "walking around" Sydney... (with the occasional train and taxi rides whenever laziness kicks-in)

The hotel where I stayed. I unfortunately forgot to take pictures of my room... memory gap!

View from my room. It's not as spectacular as it seems. There's a train rail just below the hotel...

North Sydney train station... creepy eh? I'm half-expecting a human-sized cockroach to approach me anytime soon... yeah, I know, saw that movie too...

Double-decker train... now that's cool! if only there weren't too much graffiti

View from the train... the spectacular taxi... er, i mean Sydney Opera House

Aussie shops... exhibiting British influence

The city churches

nope, this one's not a church... it's actually a mall! and if i may quote Queen Victoria, "It's the most beautiful mall in the world." you know why? because it's the Queen Victoria Building!... ah! royal vanity! i may have been royalty in my past life (either that or a very vain peasant!)

a life-size statue of Queen Vicky, now this is creepy-vain...

Queen Victoria Building interiors... it's my first time to see a carpeted mall.

the 3-storey high Christmas tree inside QVB. I suddenly missed UST... :(

Freeze! Aussie police! if they chase a criminal, is it still considered a car chase?

an unusual-looking bird that is actually common in Australia... and i thought i knew all about weird birds... [cough...]jas[cough...]

passing through the Sydney harbour bridge via taxi...

crazy adventurous people doing the 3-hour, 100dollar+ bridge-climb

world-famous Aussie landmark... the Sydney harbour bridge

yet another world-famous Aussie landmark... the Sydney opera house

Sydney opera house up-close

2-for-1!

how will you know?

#1
How will you know if the suicide rate of a country is high?
When they start putting signs like this in the railways...

Train station's "not-so-subtle-do-not-commit-suicide-here-damn-it!" sign

#2
How will you know when journalists here have nothing to write about...
When they waste paper and ink for things like this...

This is news??? One hour power outage??? again, this is news???

#3
How will you know if the accident rate is low?
If you have a small sign that reads "Fatal Accident [Date/Time of Accident] [number you need to call if you have information]"
If this was done in the Philippines, we need a seriously big board... "Fatal Accidents..."

#4
How will you know if you are using a CR in an IT company?
The picture of the toilet bowl contains a CD, mouse, and keyboard...

Yeah, apparently we crap-out computer peripherals

#5
How will you know when you're crazy?
When you go to a grocery store and see a bunch of decorated pumpkins, then at the top of your lungs shout "si mabel!!!"