First Sabbath in Perth

It was a bright Sunday morning and we were ready for church.  Together with Bi Ee Ean, we visited Victory Life Centre at Osborne Park, Bi Ee Ean's home church for the past decades.

Love the acoustic during worship although knew none of the songs.  Since it was Pentecostal Sunday, the senior Pastor, Pastor Margaret Court, was led to engage the church in a time of speaking in tongues.  Not much of sharing as a result. 

The children, on the other hand, went to the Children Church.  Elyse and Erwyn were given a Welcome Pack and Elyse was chosen to play a part in a skit.  Consequently, the teacher asked her to keep the AUD3.50 that was used in the play.  The advantage of being the ‘new kid’.  LOL

After the service, we hanged around at the foyer, taking a sip of the coffee served; and browsing through the bookstore.  Interestingly, I found out that the same worship team would lead the exact same songs for all three services.  Pretty tiring for the same group, but it’s a great way to optimizing manpower.

Finally, we made our way to IKEA.  Just when we thought we were early, take a look at the crowd!!!

First call of business was to drop my two kiddos off at “Smaland Magic Forest” play area for up to an hour. Now the adults had one precious hour of uninterrupted shopping time.

The stuff is pretty much the same back in Malaysia.  We glanced through the items loosely, not expecting to carry anything back home.  But hubby set his eyes on one particular item – the sheep fur.  He claimed that it is cheaper here. 

Time’s up and we went back to pick our children up and had lunch at the IKEA Cafe.  Hubby ordered a plate of curry chicken rice for me.  Surprisingly I cleaned the plate with much delight.  First rule of thumb: I can’t take spicy food but I do like the curry taste.  So, this Australian version of curry chicken rice is just perfect for me!

Throughout the past one week we had been having home cooked food by Bi Ee Ean.  Such a blessings!  Tomorrow we'd be flying off to Adelaide, meeting up with Andrew's sis (thus no more home cooked food).  Thank God that I was well and both kids and hubby were not afflicted by my virus.  But poor Bi Ee Ean, she was falling sick instead.  Hope she gets enough rest with us out of the way.

A good night's sleep.  A brand new day.

It was R&R today as we would be traveling to Adelaide in the late afternoon.  Just watched some TV programs, played board games, and re-packed our luggage. 

This was our 2^nd flight and our ETA was around 10pm.  We board the plane anticipating another new escapade.  Hopefully this flight would be much better and thank God it was.  Audrey was already looking out for us at the arrival hall.  The temperature in Adelaide was 8 degrees and we kept ourselves warm with layers of clothes, except Andrew.  He had not used his jacket to this day.  Not even once.  T-shirt and pants.  That’s all he needs.  Pretty cool, isn’t it?

For the next 45 minutes, we hid ourselves in the comfort of Audrey’s car as she drove us straight to Hahndorf, a beautiful small town in South Australia.  We rest our sleepy head in Hahndorf Resort for the night although our hearts were pumping with excitement.