Read half of this. Like the later Adrian Mole diaries, when he's an only semi-successful adult and the joys of his youth aren't quite the same, it is bittersweet.
Met CM at his CBD workplace, so I could stash my bag. This was the first photo I took. I guess when JA became free, they blacked over that part. Long may he stay so!
I was craving potato wedges, so we went to the 3 Wise Monkeys pub. Served with the traditional sweet-chilli sauce and sour cream, they satisfied the hankering.
Next was the Nat. Maritime Museum, for the "Treasures Of The Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard" exhibition. I wanna steal the idea below for an RPG module!
Afterwards, cutting through the Entertainment Centre due to rain, we spotted this vending machine containing only high-vis vests. Wish I'd checked the price.
Bought a Pokemon card I "needed" from Pidoof, then we headed to gaming bar Fortress Sydney for a pint of the house lager in faux-Medieval surroundings.
Upstairs from FS is the JF. "S/T/O" is a video diary of a Japanese artist's journey to Cowra, site of an infamous WW2 POW uprising. We found it poetic and moving.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowra_breakout
I crashed at CM and AM's place for the two nights. Our first dinner was at a Chinese restaurant which recently opened in their street. I opted for a simple beef dish.
C. always has new figures. This fig of Motoko Kusanagi from "Ghost In The Shell" he 3D printed (using resin) and painted himself. Commercial quality, I reckon.
Because none of us had seen it, we sat through the following. Barely scifi and one of the worst movies ever made. Even so, LN's antics raised the odd chuckle.
On the second day, I arrived in Randwick an hour early for a medical appointment. Spent it on the campus of my former uni. This is their resident bilby sculpture.
Having gotten the thumbs up from my specialist, I ate a Subway sub. Then: WW1 postcards exhibition at the War Memorial. The librarian shared a few cool stories.
"Avatar: Forms Of Vishnu" at the Art Gallery Of NSW was impressively large and full of wonders, although it left me with more questions than it answered!
I'd planned to spectate on park Chess at this point, but was too tired. Returned to the lads' joint. Dinner was Turkish fare at Sahara, Burwood, a past fave of mine.
With fancy ice-creams for dessert, we watched actual scifi (shorts) on the Dust channel on YouTube 'til it was time to call stumps. I trained it home the next morning.
