Morning Tea with International Flavor

The Central Finance in GWF is a team of 12 different nationalities:
1 - true blue Aussie with a Russian ex-hubby
1 - Slovak origin with an Aussie hubby
2 - Filipinos
2 - Fijian Indians
1 - Indian
1 - Armenian
1 - Kenyan
2 - Chinese
1 - Korean

With this diverse culture, we decided to have a morning tea with each one bringing a dish from their own country... and here are what we had last Wednesday (too bad I didn't get the name of the food, hehehe)

Leche Flan from Pinas (from the Filipino Store, hehehe)

From India (the round one is spicy but oily)

From the Fijian Indian - with almonds and ginger. this is sweet

Flossy sweet food from India. I can taste ginger.

tasted cinnamon on this one from Kenya

yummy pastry filled with sugar and butter (cholesterol!!!) from Armenia

Didn't have a photo of the Scone (Oz), Spring Rolls (China), Fried Rice (China), Curry Chips (India) and Choco Cookie (Korea).

I ate almost everything. Im getting fat!!!

:-)

ps... they LOVED the leche flan... creme brulee but not as sweet. :-)

Sandstorm in Sydney

Sydneysiders woke up to a sandstorm and orange/red sky today, 23 September 2009.

view from our balcony @ 7am in the morning








another angle

on my way to the office, outside the train station @ 7:35am

along Lane Cove Road @ 7:40 am.

New Name

I was complaining to my lunchmates how incompetent our receptionists were because it took them so long to order my new name plate. Its been three months since I sent the email and until today, i haven't received it yet. And before we even finished lunch, the HR lady handed me my old name plate saying maybe I wanted it as a memorabilia. :-)

I spoke to soon. hahaha. sorry dear receptionist.



ps... the flower below my name was from my previous seatmate Catherine. When I moved from Trade Spend to GL, I also moved seats. And when I was cleaning my new desk and putting on my things, everyone commented how empty my wall looks like coz I dont have any photos nor paper on it. So, she drew these two flowers on a post it note and sticky taped it to my wall. hehehe. so cute of her.

Hanap Bahay

hirap maghanap ng bahay!!!

simple lang naman gusto ko --- mura, may train, 3 rooms, may konting backyard...

pero bakit wala? meron ngang malapit sa train, pero di kagandahan. meron maganda, pero malayo. meron maganda, malapit, 3 rooms pero ang mahal naman.

haayyy.

ilang sabado naba kami nag h-house viewing? ay, ang tanong pala dapat ay ilang buwan na ba kaming nag h-house viewing? Gusto ko na sumigaw "I want my Saturdays back!!!".

sabi nila, ganyan daw talaga. tyaga. pasensya. at dasal. madaming madaming dasal.

pero kahit na wala pa din kaming nahahanap, kahit na minsan gusto ko na mag give-up, sige pa din, hanap pa din ng hanap. malay mo, isang araw, pag gising mo, yung matagal mo nang hinahanap, andyan na, ibibigay na ni Lord sayo.

Mabait si Lord. Alam nya kelan ang tamang panahon na magkabahay kayo. Di bale nang bumaba ang First HOme Owners Grant sa Sept 30. May December 30 pa naman. May next year. Malay mo, bumaba din ang presyo ng mga bahay. At yung minimithi mong mura, malapit sa tren, tatlong kwarto at may konting back yard ay abot kamay mo na. :-)

Sana lang, wag akong makatagpo ng swapang na Property Agent.

Sana, sana, sana.