Over
the Easter long weekend, I had the pleasure of joining 11 of the BLIAYAD
Sydney committee and members on a 4 day weekend away to the Blue
Mountains. We started out from Parramatta Vihara and formed a four car
convoy toward the western plains of the Blue Mountains. The trip was
taken at a very leisurely pace which was much welcomed by all. A very
different pace to the usual non-stop pace of everyday working life.
We spent most of the Saturday daytime exploring the natural beauty of
the Blue Mountains, going on various bush walking tracks to see the
Three Sisters, Leura Falls and Wentworth Falls. On the Sunday, we
visited the world famous Jenolan Caves with some other committee members
that drove up from Sydney on the day to meet up with us, as well as a
total stranger from the UK whom we met during one of the bush walks on
Saturday.
The
aim of the trip was for the committee and members, to get to know each
other better through a very relaxing and fun-filled weekend. It was
great to see that there were a good mixture of people and we certainly
all had a lot of fun! There were lots of laughters around the dinner
table, as well as during the multiple board and card games that we
played. The favourite board games of the group must be Pictionary where
the drawing and creative talents of each members were displayed. Plenty
of music as well as VCDs kept us entertained throughout the night. Even
the cooking was a lot of fun. We made home-made pizza dough one night
and the pizzas made that night you certainly won¡¦t find anywhere else!
There were Australia, heart as well as star-shaped pizzas. People were
certainly very creative!
I had a great time during the trip and I must thank all of the
participants for their contribution to the trip. Special thanks to
Parramatta Vihara for providing all those last minute things we forgot
to bring, as well as Joey for doing most of the cooking during the trip.
We definitely should do this again!
Over
the Easter long weekend, I had the pleasure of joining 11 of the BLIAYAD
Sydney committee and members on a 4 day weekend away to the Blue
Mountains. We started out from Parramatta Vihara and formed a four car
convoy toward the western plains of the Blue Mountains. The trip was
taken at a very leisurely pace which was much welcomed by all. A very
different pace to the usual non-stop pace of everyday working life.
The
aim of the trip was for the committee and members, to get to know each
other better through a very relaxing and fun-filled weekend. It was
great to see that there were a good mixture of people and we certainly
all had a lot of fun! There were lots of laughters around the dinner
table, as well as during the multiple board and card games that we
played. The favourite board games of the group must be Pictionary where
the drawing and creative talents of each members were displayed. Plenty
of music as well as VCDs kept us entertained throughout the night. Even
the cooking was a lot of fun. We made home-made pizza dough one night
and the pizzas made that night you certainly won¡¦t find anywhere else!
There were Australia, heart as well as star-shaped pizzas. People were
certainly very creative!