One thing I learnt here, is that chinese as a language doesn’t necessarily equate the chinese we learnt(?) at school. My hongkong/macau classmates all consider cantonese as their first language, except ive always thought it was just a dialect. I havent said so to them yet since I don’t want to offend anyone, especially since my chinese(i.e mandarin) is nothing to shout about (unless u're my chinese teacher). And as such, in anglo-aussie land, I learnt that chinese isnt just plain old chinese, its 1)mandarin,2)putonghua, 3)hokkien, 3)hakka..etc, 4)cantonese, and not just cantonese, but different kinds of cantonese too. Im trying to learn enough of it to order dimsum in chinatown (i.e. hongkongtown) without fear of getting intestines or other dubious parts of pigs. Oh, and the dimsum(aka yumcha) here is really good, and im talking authentic cantonese cuisine, what with the HK chefs migrating here post 1997. Outside chinese restaurants though, you come across a lot of food places that display these crumpled and oily fried wontons/shrimp rolls/etc. and label them 'Dimsims'. I still want to strangle them.

    Dimsum irregardless, I miss the food in singapore. Its not so much the kinds of food, they *do* have asian food here. In fact, around my uni, its not difficult to assume that there are more asian food places than 'western' ones.. I say assume since ive never actually bothered to count them (what do u mean why not). What I miss is the quality. And the chilli crab. But back to the quality. In singapore, when you walk into a food court, restaurant, hawker centre..etc, you can be quite assured the food will be good. Not neccessarily amazing or delectably-scrumptious(and other drool-inducing adjectives), but at the very least, satisfying. However, here in sydney, places with bad food abound. Its so irritating to walk into a place and order something and not want to eat it, and then have that happen to you again somewhere else in the same week. Perhaps that has something to do with the 'greener grass' looking glass, but I still havent yet found a place with good laksa and I miss that. Oh, and the macdonalds here doesn’t have iced-lemon tea, Tragic to an addict. The redeeming factor, however, is that their ice-cream cones are not only fresh and really yummy but also Only 30cents! Someone petition the S'pore McManagement or something. Oh yes, and recently there's this new Triple Cheeseburger thing that's seriously good. I mean, they finally make a cheeseburger big enough to be filling. The ideal staple meal.

  (sorry. cldnt resist it)

Till Whenever~~~ Ta !