One of reasons I love Brisbane is for jogging. Brisbane is a very good place for Jogging. There are a lot of parks which is a lovely place to jog, such as Calamvale District Park..
Especially, now is in winter, some of trees turned red, they are very beautiful.
Secondly, Brisbane has plenty of fresh air! I love it!
I almost go out for jogging every day!
Recently, I travelled to Hong Kong from Brisbane by Cathay Pacific. The breakfast I had at the flight was a bowl of seafood congee. That was a first times I had congee at the sky! During that flight, I was not very well, I felt I did not want to eat much. That bowl of congee was 100% suitable for myself. Inside that, there two pieces of fish and a prawn. That was great!
Yesterday, A New Asian Supermarket, Zheng Asian Supermarket, were opened at Calamvale Central. She provides the choices of wide ranges Asian Groceries such as Asian fresh vegetables, Asian bottled drinks and BBQ Pork. That is more convenient to buy Asian goods in Calamvale
Address
Shop 41
Calamvale Central
662 Compton Rd
Calamvale QLD 4116
Last night, I went to Garden City for dinner. There were a long queue of cars! I have spent more ten minutes for finding a parking spot!
Well, yesterday, the new extension of Garden city was opened to public. A lot of people , like us, want to experience those new shops during the night shopping!
Wow, I found a lot of new things in there. Firstly, there is a huge new car park at the roof of new extension. I was so silly, I have spent more ten minutes for finding a parking spot in those old car parks.
Secondly, there are a tons of new stores, such as Target, Kmart, ADLI and new spaces.
The new store of Target is very impressive! The store has a lot of open spaces, that is very different than the rest of stores. I found the shopping experience can compare with Muji.
In additional, there is a new DAISO store. If you want to buy $2.8 household goods, you don’t need to go to carindale anymore.
Thirdly, I found there are new few coffee shops too, such as NOOSA Chocolate Factory and Shingle Inn. I think you can find a coffee shop within a minute walking distance.
Well, this new extension is still quite new. Some shops, such as Myer, will opens on next month.
Lastly, there are a new Asian features. For example, a asian supermarket,Sunlit, opened next to Coles. Although this market is not very big, she has every asian goods, such as chinese vegetable, chinese frozen food and Asian sacks.
In additional, the ground level food court is extended and given a new look. There is a new section for Asian restaurants, it calls 8 streets. It will opens soon.
The new extension is really a good place for shopping. Also, it makes Garden City is the largest shopping center in Queensland!
Garden City Westfield Shopping Center
Cnr Logan Road & Kessel Road
Upper Mount Gravatt QLD 4122
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Most of Brisbane People are in a holiday mood again. Yesterday, we had a public holiday for Good Friday. On Monday(21/4). we will have a public holiday for Easter Monday. Most of people can get their usual day off on Saturday and Sunday. That is 4 days off! Then next Friday, that is an ANZAC holiday too! That will a long weekend again. During these two weeks, we only need to work 8 days! Some people (actually, they are quite a lot) took some annual leave to form two weeks holidays. That is very cool!
Chinese New year is coming. Chinese New Year ‘s day is on 01/02/2014. That is around two weeks, but I still cannot feel that will arrive soon. I think that is because not many Chinese live in Brisbane. However, during these recent years, a lot of Chinese migrated to Brisbane. There are something changes. For example, I found Coles, a main stream supermarket, has some Chinese New Year’s foods! Well, you can get them in Chinese Town for a lower price, a big of Chinese New Year Candy costs $.3.65. This is a bit expensive. The main stream supermarket is selling Chinese New Year’s foods, that sounds Chinese New Year is getting popular!
Today is a record breaking day. That is the hottest day on January in Brisbane ever! The maximum temperature is around 40 degree in Afternoon. So, I stayed at home most of time and sat under air-condition. This was the only way to take cold. Even I walked a bit far away from air-condition, I started to feel hot! Fortunately, after the sunset, the temperature is dropping to the “normal” standard!
Today is Boxing Day. A lot of shops are running a crazy discount, including major stores, such as Myer, BigW and Target. This sales is the largest discount during the year! Actually, that is a shopping day. I believe most of people in Brisbane went for shopping today.
I went to Westfield Chermside for the boxing day shopping today. That is the largest Brisbane shopping mall, where has Kmart, BigW, Target, Myer and David Jones. I should be get everything in one spot!
However, that was a painful day. I arrived in there around 11am. I had spent half hour for parking and the whole mall were full of people, I saw even some shops required the people to line up for entry! That was crazy!
Fortunately, I got a 1000 threads fitting sheet in half price at Target. Finally, my hard work got a return! The boxing day sales always has some good stuff.
I believe Brisbane is a multicultural city. Yesterday, when I was in a bus stop, I found the bus information is in multi-languages, including Chinese, Korean and Arabic! I felt even English is not my first language, I am still a part of community.
About a week from the storms and floods, the weather is getting normal. Moreover, it gets too cooler. I love this kind of weather a lot. I hope the crazy weather won’t come back!
