"The Devil Wears Prada" movie

So is your boss as mean as Meryl Streep's character in the movie? Did you think she looked like Cruella De Vil?

My coworker Melinda, who just moved here from the bay area (thank goodness, a fellow bay arean - is that what you call people from the bay area? - to talk to and someone I can relate), had joined a lawyer's club and received four tickets for a pre-screening of this movie. She invited me along with her husband and Emma, another coworker, to see it at Dendy's theatre in Circular Quay (pronounced 'key', not 'kwey' as what a newly arrived tourist would say).

Dendy's at Circular Quay usually only shows independent films or special screenings. It was my first time watching a movie there. I normally go to Greater Union at George St or Hoyts at Broadway. I heard the Hoyts theatres at Ryde is really cool. Gotta check it out sometime.

Anyway, there were also some pre screening drinks with a bunch of lawyers at the Lenin Bar about 2 mins walk from the theatre. So I met up with my coworkers at the bar and Melinda says, "just tell them you're with the 'X' party and they'll charge the drinks to this club/organization." Ok. So I go to the bar, order my drink, and I tell the bartender that I'm with the party. He asks, "which party?" I said, "what?" He replied, "the 'X' party?"...and I was like, "Yes, yes. That party!" I sounded like I was crashing the party and trying to get a free drink from whoever was giving out free drinks. Haha. Anyway, a few sips and it was time to go.

The movie was funny. And yes, I have / have had bosses like that. You guys have heard me complain about some of my bosses. Shhh!!! I don't know who's reading my blog.

A couple of weeks later, my friend sends me this voucher for free tickets to see a French movie ("Story of My Life") at the same theatre. It was a first come, first seating for this movie. I wanted to pass the voucher around the office but I thought, hmmm, I'll be fighting for seats with these people. Nevermind. Hehehhee. So I just went with a bunch of friends, two of them were French and said, translation was a little bit bad. Some were Lost in Translation. Oh well, good enough for me.

Golf Anyone?

A day after YouTube was bought out by Google in early Oct 2006, I jumped on the bandwagon and put myself on YouTube. Here is the video I took when I went to the Olympic Park to hit some balls.



I swear - this only took one shot...not that I'm any good at it anyway.

Floriade - Canberra

Ahhh! The smell of spring...in the month of September.

Every year, Canberra (in case you didn't know, it is the capital of Oz land) hosts the flower festival. Thousands of visitors come every year to see this attraction.

Canberra is about 2.5hrs south of Sydney. This past Saturday, my friend invited me to tag along with some friends (who seem to make this pilgrimage every year). I had an early start, 5am, to get to my friend's place at Strathfield (which is probably like a 10-15min drive but with someone who doesn't have a car, no choice but to take a 45min walk + public transportation. Lots of adjusting with that considering I've been driving for close to 15 years. There's just no way you can get anywhere in the bay area without a car!!!). Anyway, meeting up with the people, driving there, stopping for breakfast, then lunch at Canberra, we didn't actually get to the place til 1-130pm. And we were there for about 4hrs. Here are some pictures from the Floriade: