Finally, we booked almost the last room in Sydney!

Recently, Rebecca almost can not sleep well, because the end of each year is the high season of travelling in Sydney. Almost all tourists around the world crowded into Sydney in order to watch the fireworks upon the Sydney Harbour Bridge to embrace the coming of new year, so it is extremely difficult to request a available room. In the beginning, I did not believe her when she complained to me, because it is around 4 months from our sojourning in Sydney. However, after I involved with the suffering from nightmare of yearning for availability, I found this is a tough work which will propel you to despair.
Fortunately, we didn't loose our faith and patience. After endless enquiry, Rebecca and I separately found a hotel which has available room for us, and when Rebecca told me the name of hotel, we found it is the same one. What a coincidence!

Last night, Rebecca called her friends to login MSN. They confirmed whether everyone agree with sojourning in this hotel, and I kept trying to check if there is any other hotel still have available rooms. Why did I keep looking for other hotels? It is because that the room we found now contains 1 double bed and 1 single bunk, but we are 4 persons. In the end, we decided to dial hotel directly, and ask whether the room can sleep up to 4 adults. Thank Lidia. She help us bring good news. The staff answered her "Yes." It is 3:15 am until we accomplished this arduous challenge. We all were exhausted after an excited night, but we all definitely will have a sweet night.

The name of hotel we booked is "Formule 1 King Cross", and check its location below.


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YHA of Blue Mountains - Katoomba

This morning, Rebecca called me in haste and said, "I have booked the YHA in Blue Mountains - Katoomba for 2 night 3 day, but I abruptly find I should postpone the sojourning duration. Could you help me to send email to YHA, and ask them to posepone my order?" I was expecting I will receive their feedback in 2 or 3 days after I send the email, and if they don't answer me in 2 days, I will recommend Rebecca to cancel the order first and book it again.

Surprisingly, Rebecca called me again and said she has received their adjourned confirm. It takes only around 2 hours. Truth be told, I would like to score them 5 stars for this high efficiency.

In addition, when I chased up a picture for this article, I found the official website of Blue Mountains. In case someone doesn't know where it is, please check it HERE. Furthermore, I also read the legend of the Three Sisters.

It is a aboriginal legend. There were three sisters who were the members of Katoomba tribe lived in the Jamison Valley. These three beautiful ladies fell in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, however the tribal law prohibit them from marriage.

The brothers were not willing to obey this traditional ban and decided to capture the three sisters. This rebellion eventually leaded a tribal battle.

During the battle, the lives of the three sisters were seriously jeopardous, and therefore a witchdoctor from Katoomba tribe conjured to turn the three sisters into stone in order to protect them from any harm. The witchdoctor was intending to reverse the spell when the battle was over, but he was killed. The witchdoctor was the only one who can reverse the spell to return the ladies to their former beauty, so the three sisters remain in their spectacular rock formation as a reminder of this battle for posterity.

15 things must be done in Sydney

After we decided to accept this ordeal and booked the round-trip tickets. My wife, Rebecca, start striving to seek every information about sojourning in Sydney. In addition to which hotel we should stay for saving our traveling expenses, she try to find out where we can see the spectacular scenery. Today, she surmounts her handicap of fearing for reading English, and gives me a list about 15 things must be done in Sydney which she read in the book store yesterday.

15 THINGS MUST BE DONE IN SYDNEY:
1. Go to the AMP Tower (Sydeny Tower) and see the view.
2. Visit Taronga Zoo.
3. Wander around The Rock and visit the weekend market.
4. Visit the Botanic Gardens and have a picnic.
5. Stroll around the Opera House and take a guided hour.
6. Walk across the Harbour Bridge.
7. Visit the Sydney Town Hall and Queen Victoric Building and watch the clock strike the hour.
8. Go to the NSW Art Gallery which is near the Domain and Botanic Gardens.
9. Go shopping at the weekend markets - Paddy's, Paddington, Glebe, and The Rocks.
10. Get a weekend return ticket to the Blue Mountain and see the Three Sisters.
11. Amble, eat or shop at Darling Harbour.
12. Go to the movies in George Street on Tuesday because it is cheap.
13. Catch a bus to Palm Beach from Wynyard.
14. Walk along Oxford street, darlinghirst and Paddington and be prepare for a few shocks.
15. Visit Homebush Bay, site of the 2000 Olympics, and catch the train to Strathfield, then the shuttle bus.

Finally, we take this incredible challenge!!!

One month ago, my wife, Rebecca, surfed the internet aimlessly, and suddenly found there is a promotion in the website of Singapore Airline, which is a special discount about round-trip ticket from Taiwan to Sydney. She was excited, and then asked me immediately "How about planning to watch the fireworks in Sydney in the end of this year?"

In the beginning, I was excited, but we soon found it is almost impossible after only 1 day. We had a lot of tasks needed to be done, for example passing TOEFL test, selling our house, (maybe)submitting application to University in USA, etc. The time is insufficient for us. Thus, if we increased this plan in this year, it is a action of committing suicide. So, we gave up it.

Last weekend, we went to Mountain Young-Ming, and after dinner, we visited Secret Garden to had some drinks. During that, we chatted a lot of stupid and crazy anecdotes happended on us in University. After that, when we arrived our sweet home, Rebecca told me she found her life is so dull, and she was jealous of us.

I felt she was depressed, and then I asked her "Do you want to create a crazy story of your life? How about taking the challenge of visiting Sydney in the end of this year?" In the following days, I made a lot of efforts on convining her that if we don't try it now, we will never have chance to try it. There is a word in the movie of Island Etude said "If you don't try to accomplish something now, you will never have chance to do it."

Today, my wife screws up her courage to ask vice-president for leave and book the round-trip tickets. Finally, we take this incredible challenge!!!