Day 6 #weekinthelife

I started this morning with a cup of warm lemon juice.

Then made a banana pancake for breakfast. Start work at 10am today.

After I had my shower, I still had around an hour to kill, so I did a bit of my assignment for my Diploma in Child Care. 

Finished work early today, yah...yah...yah! I know I shouldn't be so happy, after all I am paid by the hour, but whenever I can go home early, it does excite me....I am becoming far too Australian! I called David to pick me up as I had a few things to do today. However, David hadn't had his lunch yet and he said he had something he wanted to show me, so we stopped by at Subway to get a take away and I got a cup of latte from C Coffee.

He then took me to see his surprise at the Salisbury Green Golf Club. He parked the car facing a beautiful lake right in the middle of our suburb. We had a little picnic there, David enjoyed his lunch and I enjoyed my coffee. Unfortunately, it started to rain, but I still managed to capture some beautiful pictures. Thanks for showing me another beautiful place in our backyard, Hon. 

Then we went to the Salisbury Tafe where I needed to pick up some books that I had reserved last week.

Then went to the bank.

On the way to pick up the pizza we were having for tea tonight, I took some pictures of the street. It still amazes me how little traffic there is over here compared to Jakarta!

Here comes David with our pizza.

Tonight, even though I had so many things to do, I took some time out to play Bejeweled, trying to show David that I could get a higher score....

Day 5 #weekinthelife

This morning started with my breakfast, papaya, a custard bun and a cup of coffee (with an Ibuprofen for my damned headache!).

This morning my father in law (Bertie), drove me to work. He was waiting in the drive way when I opened the door. He said, he knew that I was still sick to walk to work and he didn't want me to get worse in the cold weather. Thank God for my wonderful family here.

At work, I had half a homemade spinach quiche for lunch.

Back home, we went to Bertie's place. Tonight, David cooked eggplant lasagna for all of us as David's sister, Julie and her daughter Chloe, are visiting from Townsville. 

Before it was too dark, I quickly picked some mandarins from Bertie's backyard.

After dinner (Tea here is Aus), and another cup of tea (or "cuppa"), we went home. There's an observation I need to type up for work. While I was busy, David asked me to smile and posed for the camera. He said, "Now you have a beautiful picture to finish your day". Thanks Hon....

Day 4 #weekinthelife

When I woke up this morning, I was still feeling a bit off colour, but the show must go on. So I quickly got up and made my breakfast. I had toast with peanut butter and banana (David introduced this for me, it was one of his mum's favourites).

Washed the dishes, before I went to work. 

Took the rubbish out...Tuesday is rubbish collection day. This week is red bin for general waste and yellow bin for recycling waste. 

This morning, David drove me to work.

As I work in child care, everyday is a lot of fun with the children. This morning I made a collage activity for them, then later joined them in the sandpit. 

Back home, there were some lemons from Ian, Dad's best friend. Thanks Ian.

Day 3 #weekinthelife

Woke up this morning and didn't feel well as I kept waking up through the night due to a stomach problem. However we had 8.15 hair cut appointment, so I struggled out of bed because as it would be difficult to fit another appointment with my schedule. We arrived a bit late, but luckily there was nobody else there. David thought I looked like a Puppy Dog with my hair like that.

Back at home, I decided to take the rest of the day off since I was still not feeling well. David did all the chores and prepared toasted sandwiches for our lunch.

We found that the swallows had once again returned to their nest under the carport. Look what is inside!

Later in the afternoon, I relaxed in the backyard with a cup of tea and a good book.

This afternoon, David's cholesterol reducing Betaglucare arrived.

Tonight, I promised my Aussie Dad that I would cook some chicken for dinner. We still had some fried rice leftover from yesterday, so add a bit fried chicken to make it go round.

Day 2 #weekinthelife

This morning, we went to the Gepps Cross Sunday Market. This market, which is quite famous in Adelaide is also known as The Gepps Cross Treasure Market. Besides a variety of fruit and vegetable stalls, there is also a vast array of bric-a-brac vendors. Many selling good quality hand goods at a reasonable price. 

From there we went to The Watershed Cafe, one of our favourite places for a cup of coffee. It offers tranquil scenery and startling native bird life to enjoy while sitting down to a great cup of coffee.  

On the way home, we stopped in at Sam's Warehouse to buy some scrapbooking material for Chloe. 

After lunch, we were busy in the garden. I had to move some of my plants into my new garden beds, courtesy of Michael, Dad's next door neighbour. Also thanks to Noes, my Indonesian friend and surrogate Uncle for the soil and off course, thanks to David and my father in law who put all together. 

And this is, my aloe vera.  My grandma would be very happy if she could see that I have this plant, as she always said that aloe vera cures everything. ^_^

Day 1 #weekinthelife

I started this project a couple days earlier than the start date because my sister in law , Julie and her daughter,  Chloe were visiting from Townsville. Today, together with my father in law, we took Chloe for a ride on Popeye, one of the iconic boats that cruise up and down the Torrens River. Departing from Elder Park, the boat traveled up to the Adelaide Zoo and back. The return trip took around 45 minutes and cost $12 per adult and $6 for kids.

After having lunch at the Elder Park Cafe, we continued our trip to Glenelg by tram. It was a beautiful sunny day, but Chloe and I still felt a bit cold. Maybe others will think we were odd, as most people wore very summery clothes while we wore our thick jackets. That's what you get when you come from a tropical climate. We walked to the jetty, took some more pictures and had a rest at the local shop where Chloe had some some Gelato (Italian ice-cream), while we enjoyed a cuppa. 

Then we visited the Bay Discovery Centre, which is located at the Glenelg Town Hall. We didn't spend too long here as Dad had to get to a Polling booth to vote. The Federal Election was today.

Tonight, the news was all about the election. The result was Australia has a new Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Abbott. A lot of people say that Tony Abbott's Liberal Party won this election not because people like him better than his opposition, but because they had lost faith in the current Labour Party.