Tea Break: Beautiful Canberra

Johanna and I flew to Canberra over the weekend to celebrate her brother - Moses' birthday. It was actually the idea of his girlfriend - Charis.

We arrived early in the morning by the new budget airline - Tiger Airways. It is really a budget airline compared to Virgin Blue - warehouse-like terminal, without proper walkway to the plane, very little leg room even though it's a brand new Airbus A320.

We were picked up by Moses, Charis and their "Chisel-Stone" friend Jonathan who is kind enough to allow us to use his car throughout the weekend.

The first place we visited was the War Memorial, which is also a museum. Johanna and I had visited it 2 years ago during our one-week holiday in Australia. But we didn't manage to visit the memorial itself as we ran out of time.

The War Memorial

The price of war

Reliving World War I

Vietnam War

Then we had picnic somewhere nearby. Moses, Charis and Jonathan had made some chap che (Korean food) for everyone.

After lunch, we visited Australia National University (ANU), where Moses, Charis and Jonathan is studying. Moses' office is right opposite his student accomodation, nearer than from my apartment to my workplace. The office is really nice - with air conditioning, big workstation, nice view outside the window and even a lazy chair!

Moses' student accomodation

ANU is so beautiful in autumn, with abundance of trees with leaves in different hues - red, orange, yellow and green.

We then visited Charis' accomodation which is about 5 minutes' drive away. Her place is very nice. We were then brought around the university, including a visit to Jacky Chan Science Centre - named after Jacky Chan because he donated to the university.

On the way to Charis' place

Jacky Chan Science Centre

Later in the evening we celebrated Moses' birthday at Hog's Breath - a steak restaurant, together with Moses' friends. After a sumptious dinner, we proceed to the famous Pankcake Parlour Restaurant for cake cutting.

Hog's Breath

The Pancake Parlour

The next day, we visited auntie Esther - Johanna and Moses' aunt. We had lunch together before watching TV together. She was very happy that we helped her to set up digital channels on her Samsung Digital TV as not only she gets better quality screen but also more channels.