TheJessicat - Extractions of a Disoriented Mind
  • Entertainment
    • Film & Movies
    • International Artists
    • Live Concerts & Gigs
    • Local Artists
    • Music Festivals/Rave Parties
    • Nightlife/Parties
  • Food
    • American
    • Asian
    • Coffee joints/Cafe hopping
    • French
    • Fusion
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • My Cookbook
    • Others/Fusion
  • Fashion
    • Body Art
    • Cosplay
    • Fashion Shows
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Makeup/Skincare
  • Travels
    • Thailand
    • The Australian Diaries
  • Health & Fitness
    • EatFitSlam: Clean Eating
    • GymJamSlam: Gym/Workouts
    • Sports
  • Current Affairs
Entertainment
    Film & Movies
    International Artists
    Live Concerts & Gigs
    Local Artists
    Music Festivals/Rave Parties
    Nightlife/Parties
Food
    American
    Asian
    Coffee joints/Cafe hopping
    French
    Fusion
    Italian
    Japanese
    My Cookbook
    Others/Fusion
Fashion
    Body Art
    Cosplay
    Fashion Shows
Beauty
    Hair
    Makeup/Skincare
Travels
    Thailand
    The Australian Diaries
Health & Fitness
    EatFitSlam: Clean Eating
    GymJamSlam: Gym/Workouts
    Sports
Current Affairs
TheJessicat - Extractions of a Disoriented Mind
  • Entertainment
    • Film & Movies
    • International Artists
    • Live Concerts & Gigs
    • Local Artists
    • Music Festivals/Rave Parties
    • Nightlife/Parties
  • Food
    • American
    • Asian
    • Coffee joints/Cafe hopping
    • French
    • Fusion
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • My Cookbook
    • Others/Fusion
  • Fashion
    • Body Art
    • Cosplay
    • Fashion Shows
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Makeup/Skincare
  • Travels
    • Thailand
    • The Australian Diaries
  • Health & Fitness
    • EatFitSlam: Clean Eating
    • GymJamSlam: Gym/Workouts
    • Sports
  • Current Affairs

Sea, sand and a sunset evening in Newcastle @ New South Wales with him ♥

October 15, 2011 by thejessicat



On my return trip to Melbourne last month, le boyfie and I took a week up to Sydney and Newcastle.

Clearly, I'm not referring to Newcastle upon Tyne located in the United Kingdom but the predominant city within the Hunter Region, which sits north-east from Sydney.


Upsie daisy!


As Kon's mother mentioned, "You're very lucky to have a beautiful day today!" as the rest of the other days spent in Newcastle were almost always cloudy and a subsequent heavy downpour.

Phew! Yay for sunshine! 


Thank you for parting your clouds & allowing the sun to peek through for me, Newie!


We parked the car and got down to enjoy a stroll along the coastal road


Sunny days ahoy!


Nature


Oh and I forgot to mention, the beautiful coastal line that we are at is called The Foreshore.


Ta-daaa! 


Quite a touristy place, if I do say so myself. It's located pretty close to the CBD as well. 

I caught sight of many with their cameras strapped around their necks too!


So refreshing


Couldn't ask for a lovelier day than this with him! 


Serene


How I love taking in beautiful, calm sights!


Whilst I am having my arms outstretched and basking in the sun, guess who else followed suit? 😛


LOLOLOL


We kept walking along the path and I was pretty much fascinated with whatever I saw that evening.

It takes an enthusiastic tourist to have a local realize what a lovely place it is worth living in.


The roundabout and the immigrations department


Previously, le boyfie has been telling me so much about a certain "penis tower" that Newcastle is famous for.

So…. what is this "penis tower" exactly about and how does it look like? I wanted to see it for myself.


LOL. No wonder! 😛


While we got to the bottom of the "penis tower" I got to know that its official name was Queens Wharf Tower.

Iconic! We decided to climb 40 metres up the spiral staircase to catch the view from a bird's eye view.


Tired! Little bit more! Up up up!


Finally got up there and it sure as well was worth it.

The view was magnificent! I regretted not bringing my DSLR with me at the time.


Taking a rest on the steps


Could've taken heaps of wide-angle to fish-eye shots if I had brought my gear along!! Grrr 


Wonder what's on that little island? 😀


Sssso pretty!


Scenery from up above


Watching the traffic go by


View from another angle!


Camwhoring on the steps 😀


We're 40.3 metres above! 😀 😀


We got down after that and headed back to the car.

I couldn't help running towards the pier to look below at the sea from here 😀


I  the sounds of the sea; especially the waves!


I was taken by surprise 

 

Result : a beautiful shadow!

 

Foreshore was amazing 😀


So we all headed to the beach next, as the sun was about to go down in an hour.

Perfect time to capture the sunset!


Drove past the Newcastle beach


And arrived our destination!

It wasn't exactly a beach; was more of an estuary which beautiful rocks, clearly seen during low-tide.


View from the top!


Took this shot when we were down by the rocks  Looks like a poster/calendar right?

This somehow reminds me of a screenshot off Discovery Channel or something #justsaying


The rocks reflected the sunset rays too. People were seen fishing!


See the rocks below? We walked precariously from rock to rock without slipping.


Taking pretty pictures against the sunset background!

(had to brighten us a tad bit cos we could hardly be seen!)


T'was beautiful indeed


Starfishes, tiny crabs, prawns & other crustaceans were spotted!


While le boyfie was busy crouching around the rocks looking at miniature sea creatures, I parked my arse onto one of the massive rocks and dipped my feet into the crystal clear water below.

So cold!!!! Eeeeeek!

Brrrrr


With each tide of wave that comes periodically, a gush of water runs through these rocks



The waves stopped for a little while


My desktop wallpaper at the moment 


This happened pretty candidly to be honest.

We were talking to each other of what other poses we should do and then *click* goes the camera 😀


I love this photo! Thanks to the mistur!!! 


 

Setting… setting….


Spent quite a while there, the sun began to set into the horizon more and more


Shot with a polarizing filter


It was time to go home & get ready for dinner.

It was Maria's birthday 😀 


Bye bye Newcastle beach!

I had heaps of fun  ^____^


 

Share:

My lucky strike at Star City Casino + Dinner at Kingsleys Australian Steakhouse + Drinks at Ivy, Sydney CBD!

June 23, 2011 by thejessicat

 

I don't know what is it with me and casinos lately.

I've been recently bringing much luck to everyone who I tag along with to casinos, winning them more than triple and quadruple their capital amount! They say I'm their lucky charm, but I say luck comes and goes…

…and I've been enjoying my winning streak thus far!

 

Chilling at Ivy Pub in Sydney CBD

 

With Cousin Bernice over a pint of cider

 

Cousin Ken, Bernice and I then headed off for dinner shortly after

Ken wanted to bring us to this fine, classy place called Kingsleys Australian Steakhouse!

 

Had some garlic bread on the house after we placed our orders

 

Ken suggested we have some wine but since I've already had the whole pint of cider beer in Ivy already, I figured that I didn't feel like having another alchoholic drink. Besides, for a posh restaurant like this, it's going to cost a bomb!

After much persuasion, we ordered 1 glass of wine. I recommended him the Pedro Ximenez Sherry Spain, one of my faves.
 

 

You can see a little of the decoration of the restaurant behind us

 

 

It was classy and dimly lit.. also full of wine bottles everywhere!

The ambience was fab too – good for romantic dates or to celebrate an occasion

 

On to the food!

 

A well-done 500 g T-Bone Steak! It's a 90 day grain fed one too 😀

Loved how the meat was so flavourful and not too tough at the same time

 

A very happy "laughing Buddha" 😛 😛 It was yummy!

 

Roast Kangaroo with Italian coleslaw, Fondant Potatoes and Juniper Jam

Although it was tasty, the roo, as you can see, only came in 4 tiny slices

 

I felt somewhat cheated? How can the main star of the dish be in such a tiny portions?

We were hoping to have more kangaroo on it, at least.

 

Roast Barramundi with Grilled Zucchini, Bush Tomato and Olive Dressing

 

T'was absolutely delicious. What can I say? Pretty obvious that I'll order fish again – just like every other time.

The flesh of the barramundi was so soft and the veggies complemented the dish well

 

Was so happy and satisfied with what I ordered!

 

And finally! Dessert for the sweet-tooths

Although I'm not really big on sweet, sugary stuff, if there's one thing I can't resist, it's chocolate!

 

Dark Chocolate Delice with Coffee Anglaise, English Toffee and Sea Salt

That's one crazy combo, but it worked perfectly well! Who would've thought?

 

Major heaps of love for this dessert!

 

It was SO SMOOTH and creamy, reminds me of mousse but better!

 

After a scrumptious dinner (thanks Ken!) with our happy tummies, we decided to go for a spin at Star City casino – Sydney's one and only largest casino! 😀 😀 Hmmm.. let the dices roll!

 

We arrived and I was pretty impressed by the grand drive-through entrance!

 

The ushers were so friendly and efficient in greeting everyone/opening car doors too

 

The insides of Star City Casino

WOW! You gotta even take an escalator up where security will check your IDs at 2 different spots

 

That's my favorite game I always play at casinos, apart from Roulette and Big vs Small

 

And guess what? I won triple the amount we put in tonight $$$

Three cheers for good luck and masterful gambling skills!!! LOLOL

Share:

Roaming the streets of Sydney: meeting Ivan the talking dog at Queen Victoria Building entrance, George Street

May 20, 2011 by thejessicat

 

As you fabulous peeps would've already known, I've been in Sydney for the Easter break

Took a million photos throughout the week -as usual,  I hope I won't take forever again to blog the whole thing!

 

Walked by the Queen Victoria Building early in the morning

 

Was supposed to wait for my cousins to meet me but couldn't seem to find them anywhere!

 

So I walked and walked the streets of Sydney… taking in all that this city has to offer.

It was huge and busy for such an early hour! I had to drag meself outta bed to even make my way to the city this morning.

 

T'was a slightly wet morning, with the pitter-patter of the drizzle from above

 

I've noticed how certain city centers like Melbourne, Singapore and Sydney has immense volume of pedestrians crossing every other street. Especially when the lights at the zebra crossing turns green, a human stampede will follow thereafter.

Unlike Kuala Lumpur back at home, where everyone pretty much cross the roads anytime they want LOL 😛

 

The city dwellers scurrying for shelter!

 

I soon got tired of roaming around aimlessly after taking pictures of random things and talking to random people.

So I retreated back to where I was supposed to meet my couzzies –

 

At the famous Town Hall steps! (it kinda looks like an ancient temple from this angle LOL)

Apparently, that's the common meeting place for everyone

 

 

So I waited for a bit and finally found them!

Couldn't recognize them at first. Bear in mind that I've not seen them in AGES. Like, really… in 16 years!

 

And they're already in their 30s while I'm still in my 20s. But we clicked instantly

Bernice & Kenneth are my eldest cousins btw (and I'm the youngest!)

 

They took me to where Uncle Shen and Auntie Julie were waiting for us.

As we walked, I couldn't help but to take more pictures of the sights I saw!

 

Ohhh lookie! It's the statue of Queen Victoria!

She was the longest serving monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the 17th century

 

Right behind her, I saw a tiny statue of a dog by a fountain.

And that's when I met Ivan. Yes, say hello to Ivan the talking dog.

 

Make a wish & throw a coin in the well after talking to him

 

When the couzzies told me that he was a talking dog, I scoffed and took it with a pinch of salt.

So I went right up to him and said, "HELLLLOOO" for no reason

 

 

but had a shock of my life when that solitary statue responded to my greeting

Hence, the expression.

 

So Ivan told me his name, introduced himself to me and

went on about something which I don't quite recall anymore.

 

What can I say? I was still flabbergasted with what hit me, as I didn't expect it at all.

So yeah, the poor dog went on talking to someone who wasn't exactly listening LOL

 

Guilty as charged But if you wanna listen to Ivan talk, he can be found along George Street

 

I soon found out that my uncle and aunt were waiting for us inside Queen Victoria Building.

Grrrr. I walked past that place agazillion times earlier just then; could've just gone inside!

 

Here I am again!

 

it was very, very pretty inside… and humongous too!

Lotsa boutiques, novelty shops, deli's and the like 😀 😀

 

I smell…. shopping!

Haha. No time for that now, for we're about to go sight-seeing immediately after meeting up. It's off to the Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge, The Rocks, Darling Habour, Chinatown and more!

More of that in the next blog-episode of this Sydney trip.

 

Oh but before I go, imma leave you with a fairly interesting (but offensive to some)

street art behind a STOP sign in the city.

 

And no, Christ, your penis won't be able to fit in the nail-hole of your palm unless you're well… diminutive in size.

Not that I would know, but hey, I'm just saying 😛

Share:

Oh, hello there!

Hi! Welcome to TheJessicat.com - an urban lifestyle blog established since 2005, written from the perspective of a Malaysian blogger. Discover the latest and all that the city has to offer! Do bear with her occasional rants & musings though. Happy reading! ❤

Your ad here

nuffnang promoted content
proudduck: Mommy Guilt
nuffnang promoted content104,253 views

Sponsors & Affiliates

Follow my stories on Instagram!

Archives

This error message is only visible to WordPress admins

Error: No connected account.

Please go to the Instagram Feed settings page to connect an account.

Copyright © 2005-2017 | TheJessicat.com | All Rights Reserved