During the flood in Brisbane, many people were affected by the flood and even lost their homes and lives. Many areas are still flooded. But I’m sorry, I feel old, and I think it’s a little dangerous to take pictures in a flooded area. So I just checked around my house to see if it was affected. Fortunately, we are far away the riverside, and nothing was affected for the time being, but there was some mud on the road, and some sections of the road were washed away by the flood.
Everything else is normal, and there are many vehicles on the road, and the grass is dry.
The only thing is that there seems to be some shortage of goods in the supermarket, and there is a panic buy,
but this time, no one is rushing for toilet paper.
Brisbane had three days of non-stop heavy rain, finally clearing up today. However, it was similar to the flooding in 2011. Rocklea, Southbank, oxley and the city were all flooded. Of course, it seemed that the water was shallow, and everyone made preparations early and left early to evacuate.
However, many boats moored on the river were washed away, and the boat even damaged the dock of the city cat. Moreover, the production of water purification facilities was stopped due to heavy rain. Everyone went to the supermarket to buy all distilled water, and everyone was afraid of flooding on the road, so they had no supplies to supermarkets, and they also bought other necessities. I saw that there was no bread in the supermarket!
And 1,5000 households were flooded, schools were closed for two days, and a lot of roads were still closed.
Since a year ago, a friend introduced us to a Taiwanese restaurant in pinelands, Yuanbao, for dinner. After tasting it, I thought it was very delicious, so we had celebrations and Chinese New Year meals recently, so I ordered takeout twice there.
First of all, of course, the most famous one there, Fried Boneless Duck Taro with Vegetable Puree, when I was waiting for takeout, I saw almost every table e ordering this dish, and I believe it is really the signature dish there. The first time I ate it, I thought it was very delicious. It was crispy, crispy in the mouth, and soft in the inside. The duck meat was rich in flavor. However, be sure to eat it while it’s still hot, buy it out the next time, and freeze it a little, it won’t be so crispy.
The second dish was sweet and sour pork without fried powder. There is still pineapple and sweet and sour, very appetizing, and very fragrant.
The last thing is that when the vegetables are fried with minced garlic, they are not too greasy and fragrant. Although they are similar to the ones I bought, they are much better fried, and the heat and control are better than mine, which is attractive and attractive.
For this dinner, I ordered three pieces of food, which cost about 60 dollars. However, the amount is good, and some can be leftover for lunch the next day, and the taste is even better.
Recently I listened to a radio program about I.T. professionals in Hong Kong, and there are T.V. dramas in Hong Kong with the theme of I.T professionals. These make me also want to talk about my Australian I.T. career here. Unfortunately, I have never worked in the Hong Kong I.T. industry as a Hong Kong local employee, so everything is based on what I have seen and heard in Australia.
First of all, of course, to talk about appearance, some people say: “people are not wearing a suit.” But, of course, in the past two decades, it is only a chance to wear a suit, most of them only wear a shirt and trousers (Business casual). However, most of the Brisbane office workers wear it like this. Sometimes they also wear trousers with the company Polo shirt. This does not mean we do not care about what we wear, but it shows the vitality of our industry.
Secondly, some say i.t. people are the first choice to be laid off when any company considers cutting costs. Then, if you are doing internal i.t, you will be laid off because your department is “cost center.” But if your company relies on I.T. to make money, such as fintech or professional services, the impact will be minimal. No one wants to fire anyone can make money.
Of course, there are many people who also think that i.t. people are not good at communicating with people. But I do have meetings from time to time, and i.t. companies generally focus on teamwork, so communication skills are also one of the necessary skills in our industry. Even some companies believe communication skills are more important than programming skills because technology can be learned quickly, and communication skills cannot be learned in a moment.
Every industry has some strange people and crazy things, and they can be exaggerated and made into episodes.
Last week, it rained heavily for several days. The water tank at home is also full. The water dam level in Queensland has finally returned to 70% f. Many new Hong Kong immigrant friends think that our water source is sufficient. We mainly rely on our dams for water supply. Therefore, that depends on the rainfalls. Brisbane had dry years. I remember that around 2006, when we had some water restrictions, we were not allowed to use tap water to wash the cars and water the garden, and we were limited to 110 liters of water per person per day. Fortunately, the dry period was about a year.
A friend said, why don’t we build more water dams because Australia has so many forests and mountains. But, of course, if you don’t need to consider environmental protection, the issue of indigenous land, that is workable. A new dam was proposed more than ten years ago, and construction has only begun in recent years. Therefore, Gold Coast is also a desalination facility. Most houses have water tanks to collect rainwater, which is used to wash cars and shower flowers.
I’m a person who doesn’t like playing computer games. Real-life is exciting enough, so I don’t need to play mobile games for excitement. Therefore, I prefer diversified theme parks. If I want to find a theme park that meets this requirement in Queensland, there is only Sea world, an ocean-themed park with more non-motorized game facilities and more performances than other amusement parks. Appreciate. Moreover, it was the Hong Kong Ocean Park when I was a child.
Of course, I said that I liked the pavilion so much and that there is the theme of the ocean, and there will be an aquarium. There are coral fish, groupers, manta rays, sharks, etc., everything. All are magnificent. You can snorkel there if you pay.
Plus, there are more performances. It’s the treasure of the park, the dolphin. There are two performances every day, which are very popular. The dolphins will make a variety of jumping movements after listening to the trainer’s instructions. The audience was very excited and clapped. In addition to performing, they will swim in the pool at the other area in the park and jump out of the water from time to time, which is very interesting. Of course, paying to get in close contact with them.
The second animal that attracts attention is the seal. Take your show every day.
Moreover, in such a hot place as Brisbane, it would be nice to see some polar animals, so there are penguins and polar bears there too.
Of course, it is a theme park, and there are many rides.
There are roller coasters and things like that. Recently, a large wooden roller coaster has been under construction. And there is also a children’s area, with Fiesta Carousel, children’s roller coasters, etc.
Finally, there are also resorts where you can stay for days.
I think this theme park is very worth visiting, there are performances to enjoy, exhibition halls to see, and fun, and finally, you can stay for a few days.
We Chinese like to eat fresh fish. After coming to Australia, it is more complicated. Generally, supermarkets sell already processed fish fillets. Even if you go to some fish markets, there will only be chilled fish, but they should be the same day processed. I’ve tried steaming, and it’s okay.
If you want to eat seafood, you can go to the opposite side of Times Square at Sunnybank. An Asian fish market on the side of the Korean barbecue shop, Fresco in calamvale, and Fresco in sunny park (if I remember correctly) all have fresh fish to sell.
In addition, whether it is chilled or fresh fish, you can ask the staff to “clean it.” Therefore, the staff will take the internal organs in fish away after returning home. Then, you can cook directly cook them after washing.
BigW in Calamvale central has been closed for a while, and after that, it took a while to renovate. Finally, it was completed this week. The area opened an Asian supermarket, fresco supermarket,
a family game center, billiard room,
and some restaurants.
Last night, I went to fresco supermarket. It is huge and has more than half the area of BigW. It is said that it is the largest Asian supermarket in Australia. It has meat stalls, fish stalls, vegetables, fruits, and general Asian goods. That is comfortable and clean. However, it was expensive. And some area still seems to be getting ready, some shelves are empty, and the bakery department is not open.
Address:662 Compton Rd,
Calamvale
QLD 4116
Business Hours: 8am-9pm (7days)
I’m a durian lover and saw Woolworths have durian egg rolls. Moreover, they had half price last week. So I purchased it, and it should be viral. But, unfortunately, I saw that there were only two bags left at that time.
After I bought it back, of course, I had tried it for the first time. That is a very fragrant durian, but I’m not professional enough to tell whether it is 100% real durian or not. It is perfect, a few fragrant, and a few crispy if you look at it as a snack.
As for the value, it is a little more expensive. If there is no half price, it will cost $4. The package is smaller. After I had a few bites, they were almost enough gone. To sum up, if there is another half price next time, I will buy it again.
Earlier, the company invited a group of our colleagues to have a day trip to the O’Reilly winery. It was beautiful scenery, and it was possible to have close contact with the alpacas. We could take it and walk on the grass for half an hour. At the same time, you can also feed them food. They are so cute and very greedy. They will keep eating. Of course, if you put the feed close to your mouth, they will be crazy to eat on your hand, and sometimes they will not go because they want to eat grass, this is a few exciting experiences.
O’Reilly is an excellent eco-tourism area. They had hosted visitors around Lamington National Park almost a hundred years ago.
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