Greeting from Sydney
Dear Friends,
It is great to be back online! It has
been a long 2 weeks, without the net.
Sorry for not able to keep you guys up
to date with my Epic Journey (relocating from Belfast to Sydney; well
to be exact my new place is Mona Vale, one of the towns on the
Northern Beaches of Sydney.)
It is the end of winter here in
Australia, weather have been great! Can’t believe it that I am
walking around town just in my T-Shirt. Day time temperature can be
as high as 25 C, that is about as hot as you get in summer in
Belfast. There is one thing that I could not leave home without, is
the sunglasses.
The Mona Vale Hospital is 50 meter from
the beach. The paediatrics ward is on the top floor. My first day,
walking into the ward, i was stunned by the view. Took some photos,
but these photos is far from as sensational as being able to see it
for yourself. My workmates in Belfast, please do not envy me:P BTW,
the nursing staff told me that they do whale watching from the ward.
The paediatrics unit has 20 beds.
Average occupancy is about 10. Hehe… I am sure the bed managers in
RBHSC would love to be here.
Currently, I am staying in the hospital
hostel. The facility is basic, however, it only take me 1 min to walk
to the hospital and 2 min to the beach. This place reminds me of
Biggart House, minus the barbarians. Most important of all, the rent
is at least 6 times cheaper than renting a one bed room flat in this
area.
Now that I have Internet access, I
shall keep bloging.
PS. I have a new mirror site on BIGBLOG which all visitors get to leave comments. Please visit my BIGBLOG site to leave your comments if you cannot do so in this site.
Pic1. View from the Paeds Ward.
Pic2. Sun rise from Mona Vale beach, 2 mins from my hostel.
August 26th, 2006 at 9:45 am
Bloody hell matey….do they need psychiatrists over there….seriously….i’ll come and join you and we’ll be barbarians by the sea again….
CICAK KING!!
August 26th, 2006 at 4:12 pm
There is a child and adolence psy service on site, and a drug and alcohol dependency unit as well. But sorry lah… the psy patients do not get the same view:P there are on ground floor.
August 27th, 2006 at 5:22 am
Great Blog site,
Really enjoyed reading about Lee’s Cardiology in-flight experience.
Good luck in your new job Lee. Setting looks fantastic.
David Sweet
August 27th, 2006 at 5:23 am
Lee
Glad to hear you arrived safely and are settling in ok. I saw the pictures on the website and am very jealous - looking out my window now I can see a brick wall and a very fetching fire escape, with an overcast sky. Not exactly a sunny beach! I was sorry to hear of your brush with HM immigration - stupid people. Your comments on N.I. were very gracious. Hopefully you will get back to see us again some time.
I’ll forward your mail to the crew. Best wishes
RT
August 27th, 2006 at 5:24 am
dear cheng hiang,
U R STILL ALIVE!!!! tried calling u before u left but didnt get through, ur fon was switched off….that was more tha hour before ur flight to m’sia. anyway, sorry didnt make it to the airport….was so tired and overslept.
whale watching from hospital….bastard!! i am so so so jealous….sure i’ll do some bonfire watching from the tower block (BCH that is, if u have forgotten dear old belfast). life hasnt turned out too bad for u after all, huh? any leng loi? any m’sian community at all?
anyway,will visit ur block and tell u wat i think.u take care.
azlin
August 27th, 2006 at 5:25 am
Hallo Cheng
thank you for keeping us up-to date what youare currently doing!
Keep in touch and tell us which whales you see..
Brigitte
August 29th, 2006 at 6:38 am
Tanzeel
Tuesday 29 August, 2006 - 08:23PM
Hey Cheng Hiang! Beautiful views of the sea. Hope you’re having fun and learning some surfing!
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catherine armstrong
Tuesday 29 August, 2006 - 11:18PM
Hi Lee! very jealous!!! glad you’ve managed to get there in one piece! Keep us up to date with life in Oz. P.s looks a lot nicer than Daisy (Crazy) Hill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!