Shilpi and I headed office in a cab, though it was a short walk from home, (we didn’t know the way). Sandesh was already in office as we were running a little late. We found our way up to our teams and they greeted us warmly. The morning went by quickly -- meeting and greeting many known and unknown faces.
Von invited us for a Yam Cha lunch at the Fish Market. I knew the experience was going to be different and I was super excited about it. To describe Yam Cha, all the food is pre-cooked. Around 10 of us sat on a big round table as some Chinese ladies came in with trolleys loaded with different kinds of dumplings, fried food, etc. Apart from the normal chicken, lamb and veggies, it included pork, beef, chicken feet, squids, fish, prawns, etc. It was a huge variety of food which I never tried before. Some of it was good, absolutely loved the squids, some of it was awful like the chicken feet, which looked so disgusting that I couldn’t dare to try it. Sandesh and Shilpi gave it a try and their screwed-up face said it all. I was sure I didn’t miss anything! Overall experience was great!
Google street view: As the street view on Google maps for our office street was not updated in the last year, the maps team took a video to update it on Google maps. To make the street look more Googly, all of us in office went down and stood on the Pirrama Road, waving and cheering as the video was taken. Super experience on the first dayJ . The Sydney Morning Herald covered it on their news here:
And here’s the video:
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/aussi
e-googlers-gather-for-street-view-stunt-20091106-i1e0.html
Sandesh went off to his friend’s place and we saw him off at the Darling harbor in the evening. The cafes and bars beside the harbor were packed with beautifully dressed girls and handsome guys, ready to wash away the week’s tiredness with some good food and wine. I have to admit, Sydney’s nightlife is absolutely fabulous. We finished our dinner at an Indian restaurant called Vrindavan. Food wasn’t exciting at all, so Shilpi and I did some grocery shopping and got back home.
P.S: Forgot to mention about the horrible shoe bites! First day at office and I had worn my new pair of formal shoes. I never had a clue that in Sydney people walked so much! They made us walk all the way to fish market and back. Result: I had to spend the weekend wearing sandals L!
Awesome :)
ReplyDeleteFeeling hungry --- want to eat fish! :) I have also heard that people there walk a lot!
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