Retail Research and Musical Experience

After today's conference, I did a little retail research at Birkenhead Point (outlet shopping centre). It is a nice shopping centre. I bought clothes for my girls and for myself lol. :) Was stuck in the pet shop, The Pet Centre for a while because I was attracted by the adorable kittens. A grey tabby came straight for me when it saw me walking towards the enclosure and started meowing at me. Aww, so CUTE!! :)

Tried Turkish Chicken Gozleme (AUD$9) with chicken, spices, cheese, spinach and onion. It was like the prata in Singapore with the filling inside. At first, I thought I could finish it easily because it was flat. But it was a decepticon. I only managed to finish half and had to pack the rest home.

In the evening, I walked to Darling Harbour for dinner beacuse I was watching a musical, Legally Blonde, 8pm at Lyric Theatre, The Star with the Berliners and Darling Harbour is just a 5-minute walk to The Star. I managed to get a table at Pancakes on The Rocks (my favourite restaurant in Australia) at 6.30pm, just before the crowd arrived as it was late night shopping in the city. I tried The Ultimate (AUD$12.95) - crepes filled with cream cheese and sultanas, served with raspberry coulis and vanilla ice cream.  It was very sweet and delicious and extremely filling! I could only eat one and a half crepes. :P

After my "dessert crepe as main meal" dinner, I walked slowly over to The Star. It was easy enough  and near enough to find. The show, Legally Blonde was absolutely delightful, funny and brilliant. I thought the movie was funny but the musical is tons better with the jokes and the singing! :) I am very glad that I watched Legally Blonde. Really enjoyed myself! :) The show ended at 10.40pm with the Berliners dropping me off at my apartment on their way back to their accommodation.

Tomorrow I would be checking out of my apartment and going to stay with my best friend, Min and her family for the weekend. I am really looking forward to it! :)

AERA 2010: Last Day

It's the last day of the conference. Time really flies. I attended one final session today by David who is an expert in Assessment. I managed to pose him a question from my good friend back home as well as gotten him to autograph my copy of his book lol. He wrote encouraging words in my book. Thanks. :)

On my way back to my apartment, I took some photos of the Rocky Mountains from the Denver Performing Arts Complex where I will be watching an award-winning Broadway musical show, In The Heights tonight at 8pm Denver time (10am Singapore time).



I was moved to a new apartment today because there was a leaking pipe in my former one and with the repair works going on in the apartment, there was too much dust for my eye to take. I was moved from 19D to 15D, but still facing the Rocky Mountains. :) The layout of the new apartment is the same as the previous one, just the difference in furnishing. It is still as cosy. :)

My colleague, Luis and I met up for an early dinner at 5.30pm before catching the Broadway musical, In The Heights. We went to Katie Mullen's Irish Pub & Restaurant. We shared Scotch Eggs (US$5.95): hard boiled egg, sausage wrapping and breadcrumb coating. I have been searching for this since I last had it in UK several years ago. :) Of course, it was delicious lol. I had one of the Traditional Dishes, Trawlerman's Baked Fish Pie (US$13.95): cod, salmon, clams, crab, vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes. It was really yummy. :) I love pies lol. My colleague had the Mullen's Harp-Battered Fish & Chips (US$14.95). The portion was huge!






"In The Heights" was a 2.5 hours musical with a 15 minute recess in between. Our seats were upgraded when we went to collect the tickets. Our seats were now just a couple of rows away from the stage and right smacked in the middle of the stage. :) The musical was great, the singing, the music, the dialogue. Thanks to Ursula who recommended me to watch it. :) It was almost 11pm when the show ended. I am really glad that I caught the musical at Denver Performing Arts Complex which is the second largest in the USA.


It has been an eventful day for me. :) I am beat lol.