New venture

Merry Christmas 2011

2012-01-01T13:42:00.002+11:00

Decided to cook a Christmas dinner because well, commitments.

Our Christmas ended up to be a two day feast. This is one of it and another was the following day at my elder sisters house. She had her in-laws over and we had fun.

But preparing this dinner was not easy task. :\

My grocery list for stuff we don't have includes the following.

Had to buy them early because nothing is open during Christmas day.

2 small brown onions, halved, finely chopped
55g (1/3 cup) unsalted pistachio kernels, finely chopped
245g (3 1/2 cups) fresh breadcrumbs (made from day-old bread)
2 eggs, lightly whisked
1/3 cup finely chopped fresh continental parsley
250g dried maccheroni pasta (see note)

1 1/5kg Chicken
    4 cooked chicken drumsticks
    100g baby spinach leaves
    300ml light thickened cream

4 strips bacon
1 bunch of chives
sour cream
    3/4 cup semi-dried tomatoes
    1 1/2 cups grated parmesan cheese
    1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
2 cups (500ml) thickened cream
    1 x 250g packet Arnott’s Choc Ripple biscuits
    Raspberries or seasonal berries to decorate

(probably my longest grocery list every)

According to Sam, it rains every Christmas lol and so this year it hailed while we were prepping.

Hailing is really quite common here.

Nearing the end it was so messy. -_- couldn't stand the clutter.

Stuffing at its second stage. I like how the cranberry makes it look so colourful.

I'm super crazy over sun dried tomatoes.So good.

I usually put whatever I want inside it. Left over roast chicken, sun dried tomatoes, bacon, whatever you like really.

We had a lot of problems with the stuffing because we didn't have a food processor to chop up the bread to make breadcrumbs. So we resorted to a variety of measures.

Using a microplane and scissors.

At first I thought we wouldn't succeed because of the amount of ingredients we had to chop, dice, peel, wash, and cook looked so overwhelming. Thank goodness we prevailed at the end.

Looking forward to this sort of challenge again. well not so soon.

1 too many

2011-12-13T03:12:00.000+11:00

5 times??

that's just effing too many times in a day.
my goodness.
It's record breaking but for sure it will never be repeated again anytime soon.

Letting yourself go

2011-12-12T13:34:00.000+11:00

So I've been sieving through some of my old posts recently to look for old pictures and guess what.. I'm so disgusted at myself. -___-

I have literally let myself GO, I've turned into a chubby ball, no I'm not even proportionately round like a ball. I'm LUMPY. I have lumps of fats distributed to random areas that do not look attractive at ALL.

I totally blame myself for getting so comfortable. I stopped taking care of myself to care for others. I have to quickly fix this shit before it becomes permanent otherwise I'll hate myself forever.

It's not like I didn't see this weight gain coming but I think it's about time that I go back to normal. Back to my normal portion and not a Nick sized portion. I cannot compete with you man.

iPod Nano 7th Gen

2011-12-11T12:52:00.000+11:00

time to go digital.

got it couple days ago as a birthday present,

super belated birthday present.

I'm not really a fan of d i g i t a l and battery powered watches to be honest but this and my running watch is an exception. It might even take over as my running watch. I was worried at first that the nano would look like a monster on my arm but it actually fits nicely and together with the strap it's still super lightweight.Shocking.

My name is engraved on it. It's SO tiny.

Wonder if people buy second hand engraved iPods.

Few faces that I like. They have 18 in total.

Really liking it so far, like the various faces and how lightweight it is.

Now I don't have to carry around my phone to listen to songs while I'm jogging.

Hope in the future they upgrade it to retina display and quicker sleep/wake response time.

it wud be so awesome.

Happay

2011-11-23T14:54:00.000+11:00

Go karted.

what surprised me was when i got back from the gym.

Nick had already gotten ready his backpack filled with buns, biscuits and even energy drinks. I thought it was kinda cute, mama syndrome scared no food.

coz we were going to be out the whole day that day.

Lindt cake and Brunetti profiterole tower.

The tower is supposed to feed 10. LOL assuming that each person got 2. glutton

Overall I loved the day, eventho it was so tiring at the end of it.

Take Away

2011-11-23T13:21:00.000+11:00

So the weeks before our exams. I was super lazy to cook.
So we basically survived on take away food.

To save money we usually hunt for cheap makan like closing hour sales when food goes cheap.

Instead of paying like 8 bucks or 10 bucks per-meal we got off with 5 boxes for just $27!

Ranges from $3.50-$6.00 epic.

The above had stuff like lamb rogan josh, red curry, massaman beef curry, black bean beef, green curry.

Only drawback is that I get fat.

This wasn't cheap makan finds but shows how we depend on take away -_-.

Compared to the cheap find above this is $45.. the horror.

Half a chicken for $3.00 bucks epic. Quater for $1.80.

Thank god exams are over and im back to cooking again. typing this post made me feel grossed out.

2011-11-19T17:28:00.002+11:00

I thought I was sure but now my answer is I really don't know.

2011-11-05T17:45:00.000+11:00

my mouth can tell you things you want to hear. my head thinks otherwise.

2011-10-17T15:21:00.000+11:00

doesn't mean i'm lonely when i'm alone. o_O

catch ball

2011-10-12T01:41:00.000+11:00

I'm planning on getting a pair of baseball gloves and couple of baseballs.

Something about playing catch that makes the little kid in me happy. I practically used to play 'catch' with myself if no one is around... that's if you count throwing something up in the air and catching it again to be 'catch' worthy. I used shuttlecocks, basketballs, tennis balls, ping pong balls, bottles, pens, sticks, rocks... so fun! God I sound like a sad kid. But in all seriousness, who needs video games when you can be outside doing something and breathing fresh air.

argh

2011-10-11T17:26:00.000+11:00

... but boys they're all the same, they've innately inherited social marketing skills to lure the innocent and naive.

Bling

2011-10-09T01:00:00.000+11:00

got this a week ago? solid piece. i like

got a zulu strap with the pvd buckle. first time using one of these, very comfortable and easy to hook up surprisingly. Can say its as/more comfortable than leather straps.

Char Siew

2011-10-08T01:23:00.000+11:00

Wanted to make wan tan mee the other day, well not make.

More like buy the char siew and 'lou' the noodle, the end. But Nick doesn't like char siew here so he surprisingly volunteered to make the char siew. least i didn't have to cook that night win-win.

I cincai lou-ed the noodles and made the sauce, guess what's important to add is the sesame oil, makes all the difference.

satisfying nom, least it tastes better than what you get outside.

take your things and get out

2011-10-03T14:35:00.000+11:00

looks like you don't feel so safe anymore.

Amigos @ St. Kilda

2011-09-24T14:41:00.003+10:00

Went to Amigos mexican restaurant @ St. Kilda the other night with Gessie.

They claim to serve gourmet mexican inspired food and drinks.

But anyhoo they have 3 branches in Melbourne and we got ourselves a scoopon :D

I didn;t take pictures so I had to go and steal some from googles images.

for $40 bucks we got a jug of Sangria, two paella's and a sizzling chocolate brownie

One paella itself already costs $29 normally @_@

We got the chicken with chorizo and seafood combination. At first I was skeptical bout the portion size when the waiter told me that one paella each would be enough to make us full.

He was sure as hell right @_@.. they're really generous with the amount of meat they put in them. The seafood combination had really nice scallops, prawns and a realllly large king prawn I assume.

Should have ordered two seafood.

This was entertaining for the senses.

Homemade brownie topped with melted Spanish chocolate flavoured with Kahlua and served on a sizzling plate with vanilla ice cream.

So they pour the chocolate on a sizzling plate and it starts to bubble.. smells incredible like burnt chocolate/caramel. Then the hot chocolate and ice cream gives you that hot and cold effect on your palette which is fun.

All in all, I think the price is bit overrated but with a scoopon or any other deal it's definitely worth having a go.
We both left really full and satisfied.

Snowthie

2011-09-24T14:18:00.000+10:00

don't you think they should have come up with a better name...

got the peanut and black sesame one

anything that has nuts in them, i'm sold.

pissy blur face as per usual

catch-up

2011-09-24T13:45:00.001+10:00

yesterday i met up with Olivia my college friend like way back in 2007. lol epic how time flies.. makes me feel old! i really had heaps of fun catching up with herrr :D our original group shattered a long time ago. a couple of them went back home last year, some found other groups and some got themselves attached. You're oblivious if you think any group you make at school will stay.

2011-09-20T16:17:00.000+10:00

So I recently got two new bottles. One insulated and one not.

I like to buy bottles like these, kinda grossed out using normal plastic bottles.

So anyhoo, if you've read my sigg post I tend to get extra caps o_o. So for this one I got an extra cap to make it look more retro, but i still prefer the sigg one. :\

I always wanted a thermos, think its cool. I got the 16oz insulated Klean Kanteen. It claims to be able to keep things hot for 4-6hours and stuff cold

for 24hrs? epic

Tried it out with coke and ice. The ice remained its shape for at least 6-7hrs. crazy!

For hot drink im not too sure, because after an hour it was still pipping hot. I had to open the cap and let it cool off a bit before drinking.

So yeah currently in love with a bottle.

Team Names

2011-09-20T16:06:00.001+10:00

Team names created by other groups.

Spot Beyonce's Babes and Asian Avengers. I found it funneh.

CP is quite funny too. Since everyone picked HD they chose CP (conceded pass) its just 45-49mark lol.

one too many

2011-09-14T00:00:00.000+10:00

bit too many for one household don't you think?

the last time i checked there was only two.

think he bought it coz it was on special.

anyhoo, I l o v e having carbs for breakfast.

Love having my toast, my cereal and my muesli.

These days i've been toasting away. Peanut butter + jam is preferred. Peanut butter and anything is always good. always.

Ooh La La

2011-09-13T22:24:00.001+10:00

X

2011-09-13T22:15:00.002+10:00

nope. not pregnant.

Lock Fail

2011-09-12T23:13:00.002+10:00

Did a random visit to the storage cage and realized how dumb the neighbour locked theirs.

I don't know if it was put like that on purpose?

maybe they're just hanging their locks there.
maybe they're trying to scare people psychologically with two locks.

The bottom picture is me demonstrating how the locks served no purpose...

(of course i did not take anything, I did close it back)

You still can open it normally

All they did was put two padlocks beside the handle... not safe

This is ours.

2011-09-11T18:13:00.000+10:00

Had take away for dinner. Got a pad thai, crab meat fried rice and a deep fried pork shank.

I don't know how to explain to you the size of this pork shank. It's so big and tastes epicc... god. The inside is not really fatty but lean moist and niceeeee.

Even if there are boys in this world i still think girls end up doing the hard work
like opening the coconut..

Decided to add a picture of a waffle coz there was an extra space to add a picture. the waffle was guuuud.

Indulge

2011-09-10T10:22:00.000+10:00

I'm quite a firm believer when it comes to indulging. Although I also believe that we should be thrifty and/or cheap when it comes to food. So what I'm trying to say is that once in a while I don't mind splurging on nom noms.

We went to Provenance Food + Bar @ Smith St

We got the chef's sharing plate consisting of cold meats, olives, bread and dip. We also got 3 small plates to share consisting of two little tiny pieces of pork belly, half a quail that's half the size of my fist and the smoked tuna. Thing about ang moh food that I don't like is how small the portions are -_-.

Since it was so little we ended up getting a main to share. Maybe I just developed a big appetite?

In total we ended up spending 80sth to be full :\.

I lost an eye. And gessie lost half of her face.

Later headed to Brunswick St for some churros and hot chocolate, super cold.

3 Days

2011-09-07T22:03:00.001+10:00

So basically i'm supposed to bleed from ma lady parts in 3 days.

Well that's only if it works.

If i don't then i guess im preggers? lol

i'll let you know in 3 days!

The red labeled part is supposed to be taken when you're having your period. Then you slowly spiral till you come back to the start. When you are in the red zone you take the white pills and the other days you take the yellow pills (hormones). So basically i've been taking the yellow pills for 3 weeks now... If it all goes to plan my vajayjay should be unleashing it's wrath on the first or second white pill.

Ain't this gross to read.

oh wellz.

Rant

2011-09-06T14:15:00.000+10:00

Ah. I need a change. I'm so bored of this.

I need variation.

I don't wanna give a shit.

I wanna do what I wanna do.

I wanna go when I want to go.

I need to achieve more -_-.

I'm itching for change.

Lazy Food

2011-09-06T13:55:00.000+10:00

Made pasta yesterday, got me thinking how it's one of my all time lazy foods.

You can create whatever concoction you want and still make it edible. o_o

I like to cook, makes me happy but being the sloth that I am, I tend to cook shit food for myself.

Only tend to cook nice stuff when it's for other people

or when it doesn't feel like a chore. (so demanding hey)

But lol, I know that when I have a family

that mentality will be the first

to fly out the window.

Manage to find a few others of my "lazy food" creations.

I know Gessie's lazy food is of course instant noodles.

I'm planing on compiling recipes that I usually make so that I can easily have something to fall back on later in life lol, sounds epic. Anyway, living with a second person makes cooking a responsibility.. :\

I keep going back and forth, like I know I like doing it but during those lazy days I feel like

the "responsibility" is too soon -.-

like there is this benchmark of expectations that I have to fulfill.

oh well, another day. got to take it as it is.

Chili Shit

2011-09-05T11:59:00.000+10:00

Bet we all have chili shitted once in our lives.
It's when you shit and ass burn so bad at the same time.

Btw, that's that toilet paper cardboard tube after I finished chili diarrhea shitting.

was lazy to throw it in the bin so I decided to decorate the person still sleeping.

Yesterday I went to Rich Maha, the only authentic mamak place I found here at Melbourne so far. Like seriously the indians are like malaysian indians. lol.

anyhoo, the source of my pain is from Chicken 65.
don't know if any of you heard of it before, coz i haven't,
but you definitely will know it when you taste it.

Deep fried with so much cayenne pepper and dried chili, Nick shat straight away when he came back.

guess the taste is well worth the ass burning sensation. :\ i think.
getting a bit old. don't think my bowels can handle it
anymore.

Open

2011-09-05T11:35:00.001+10:00

Sebastian Krieg - Brooklyn (Russ Chimes Re-Hash) by Russ Chimes

russ chimes i adore.
he's so professional at what he does. pity that he doesn't get the credit that he deserves (yet).
the excitement he creates in his songs are erpic.especially for his midnight club mixes. i remember going ape shit all over it.

might not be liked by most of you.

so don't diss, coz we all know i have a shitastic sense of music.
maaf, bein defensive, traumatic past. got bullied and hurt. LOL. some of you should know this.

you know, i don't really get the people that say, "Oh, i don't like music without lyrics." or "Oh, i don't like music that's sung in another language". Firstly, I respect your opinion but it irritates me when people really rub it in your face through disgust or whatever means necessary. Don't get me wrong, I'm not the kind who will defend or even look remotely passionate about anything, it doesn't make me like you any less. But tone it down a little man.

To me and I'm sure many others as well view music as sound, rhythms, melodies which are meant to entertain, enlighten, express, emote emotion.. and the list goes on. Who said that it was purely lyrical? It doesn't matter what shitastic genre a person likes (except for irritating people who pick genre's to stand out), it's still music that appeals to them. Get a grip man, be more open minded.

WAY HO

2011-09-05T00:19:00.002+10:00

One of my fav's

"come on everybody say way ho!"

"WAY HO!"

"boom boom boom everybody say way ho"

She might not be as popular as Rebecca Black but

she definitely has more likes than her.

If you don't get why the video is funny other than her out of tune singing it's because the lyric is supposed to be "WAY OH" but she pronounces it as "WAY HOEE"

funny shizz.

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Colored Blocks

2011-09-04T23:12:00.000+10:00

You all should know this. I had fun guessing!

maxie is a great seller

2011-09-02T18:10:00.000+10:00

Oh you guys didn't know?

Random Nom

2011-09-02T17:52:00.000+10:00

So yesterday I was lazy to think of what to cook.

Gessie had just bought tom yum paste,

so what the hey lets have a steamboat.

Whipped out the induction stove and tried

to find whatever to ingredients. At first we were unsure whether we could get enough variety but

we ended up with a decent amount o_o

prawns, chicken, tofu, wombok, beans, dumplings, thai fish cakes

Learned that if you marinade the chicken with a little bit of chinese cooking wine will alter the texture of the chicken slightly. It becomes smooth and soft?

Thin and crispy nom

Since Gessie and I do most of the cooking Nick offered to make crepes for dessert this time.

Watermark @ Docklands

2011-08-30T23:10:00.000+10:00

Had makan at Watermark Bar at Docklands. Their mains were well priced at $15.

Food was so so. Their kitchen closes at 8pm and we came at 7.50pm o_O, so we had to scramble and eventually decided on

6 mains and 3 entrees for the 5 of us.

Portion wise, wasn't too big. Hopefully they enjoyed themselves.

Tour guide

2011-08-29T00:35:00.001+10:00

State Library

So Gessie's friends came over, mei chen and jessie saw

Took them around the city

here are some random pictures that I bothered taking.

Ate a lot that day, my highlight of the trip was La Belle Miette macarons!

Also managed to buy a pair of ankle boots as well. hot :D

Reading Room, State Library

Real cool place to come and study.
They also have a games room with all the gaming consoles.

Bratwurst and Donuts at Queen Victoria Market

T2 at Melbourne Central

Went past lil alley ways fill with Melbourne lil cafes, pass arcades,

Bourke street performers, Federation Square and Flinders Street Station.

Stack Pie

Today ...

2011-08-17T23:45:00.000+10:00

-i saw the tram driver get out of the tram to yell at a car that didn't stop for him
-it rained
-i spent a total of 8hours at school
-i saw someone say "sorry" to a door.
-i only took one pen to school
-i sold my text books ++$ :D
-i got my electricity bill $250 -$ :| ugh

Cdoms

2011-08-16T00:36:00.000+10:00

Since I've already blogged about birth control pills, might as well just blog about this. They're sexy free condoms from the school clinic.

vanilla and cola flavored condoms to be exact. o_o and lubricant to go with. Least they decided to get funky. Last year when I went they were giving out tasteless normal ones. lol

I wasn't the greedy person that took all of these btw. I was there to see the doctor while someone tagged along.

On the pill

2011-08-15T17:36:00.001+10:00

So I got put on birth control pills whether I like it or not.

Surprisingly there were also boys there accompanying their girlfriends I suppose.

Majority were young girls and what I observed were asian girls. loll.

Can't imagine if I were in their shoes being preggers there alone o_o.

Oh yeah, lol the receptionist whispered and asked me if im here because i'm pregnant. I said no.
Like that's not enough she had to call me up again and ask me, are you sure you aren't pregnant? You use protection?
I said pretty sure cause I'm having my period now? lol

apparently its so that it stabilizes my hormones.

A plus is that I can play "GOD" in a way. I can control when I like my period to come. o_o

So I guess this applies to me now.

Fertility

2011-08-15T01:09:00.001+10:00

So tomorrow I have an appointment at the Fertility Clinic. Fantastic.

Before you think I'm planning on having a baby or an abortion, I'm not. Just getting ma ovaries checked. I get a bit anal when my lady parts go a bit whack.

Hope I don't get stares tomorrow. I wanna see if there are losta lil kids lining up to get abortions. :D

Hello

2011-08-13T15:59:00.000+10:00

hello again,

Please excuse me for my last post and the whole negative vibe that I've been jiving the past year.

It is safe to say that all's good now.

A sense of balance and stability emerged subsequently when the chaos of last semester slowly dwindled off. It was one of those mini moments in life when you're waiting to bounce back up again or see that little ray of hope once you hit rock bottom. I guess my rock bottom was not evident up till 1 1/2 years later, before that it was always just bottom.

Anyhoo, skool started. yay..no..but yay.
Will try to update my blog on the random crap I go through everyday.

Peter Gray

2011-07-09T18:00:00.001+10:00

Peter Gray is a licensed real estate agent works for Planinsek Property Group.

The unit that I'm renting was listed for sale since end of last year, 8 months and counting it's still for sale. Every week without fail there will be at least one inspection, maximum three. Regardless, after a couple of months it starts to get real annoying to constantly remember when are the inspections, when to wake up and disappear when they come. Like hello? you think my life revolves around you and your inspection time? I pay rent and deserve to use the space whenever and however I like to, you are disturbing me. Understand that.

He usually notifies me through text on inspection dates and times. Rules are that they are supposed to notify tenants 24hrs prior to inspection. So few days ago, I got a text from him at 2:57AM notifying me about an inspection tomorrow at 5:30pm and another on Saturday. Obviously I figured out that it could be a technical problem on his end but because this inspection crap that has been going on for such a looong time I decided to send him an email saying that I got an email from him at such a ridiculous time of the night and that it is not acceptable, I am not happy and hope that it will not reoccur in the future. Hoping that he would apologize and explain that it was due to some technical difficulty he decides to blame me?

Oh shucks, I'm sorry I forgot that unit 409/377 is in another timezone! my bad. I love how he conveys his professionalism through spelling mistakes and improper sentencing. The worse thing you can do in a service based industry is to blame the customer. It is no surprise as to why the unit is not selling, no matter how much I clean and tidy up the place.

I've had another similar experience with this company which was equally as HORRIBLE and EXCRUCIATING as this one by another staff of theirs named Anne Ridolfi. I am not going to play the race card by saying that I am Asian and international therefore they can brush me off like dandruff. I will say that because they think I am a student they can easily get away with it by saying something to scare me off... hmm I suggest you try harder.

Anne Ridolfi is one of the laziest real estate agents I've ever seen. I had problems connecting a phone line to the unit to activate my internet connection. I didn't have access to the room with all the telephone connections and requested her assistance. She shrugged me off saying that she doesn't know what I am saying and that she has no authority.

If you noticed, I sent it to all the staff at Planinsek that had nothing to do with this problem.. but guess what she replied -_-..

It seems that formality lacks throughout the whole company. I took the number and called the body corporate, I could not even get past the receptionist because I am not the owner. They will not listen to me a tenant, requests like these can only be asked by the property manager that the owner nominated. I told them my problem, they even felt bad for me and said they can't do anything... because I am not the owner. I was so desperate to get past the receptionist and talk to Kate the manager in charge of my apartment that I got one of their staffs number from their site and asked her to pass a message to Kate, it obviously didn't work she got freaked out. hahaha

I was left with no other option but my property manager Anne Ridolfi. I had to get some sort of evidence to show that all she was doing is making me call them, know that before all of this I have had countless phone calls with her and her reply is always the same that she doesn't know or that she has not responsibility. Like wth?

I told her that I would contact Consumer Affairs if she did not do anything about it and as usual she replied me the Planinsek Property Group style.. she threatened me back..

She said she contacted the Body Corporate several times and have advised her to tell me to call them? What a joke, she is accusing me of lying to her when my previous email stated that the Body Corporate told me that only the property manager nominated or owner can speak to them, they will not assist tenants.

Mad and filled with rage.. but happy that she said that. To my avail, I decided to use it to against her.

I sent Body Corporate an email saying,

To the Body Corporate(Ross Hunt) of building 377 Burwood Road Hawthorn,

I am requesting to speak to the Body Corp regarding problems that I am having with fixing a phone line to this unit(409). Full details of the problem are outlined in purple below. According to Anne Ridolfi my property manager from Planinsek Property(highlighted in yellow), I am able to speak to someone regarding this. However, I have tried calling Body Corp several times and was told that only the owner or selected representative/agent can only be put through. Please advise on further actions that should be taken.

Maxie Ng

I am not sure that you understand that I have given you a few numbers to call. I have contacted Body Corporate several times and they advised me for you to call them. If you like you can contact consumer affairs I have being going back and forwards with this matter.

They replied Anne, I rejoice

So that's my crappy story.

Oh yea, she replied me so nicely after that.. even started with Dear, Maxie... Lol

Carlton Draught Brewery Tour

2011-05-15T22:43:00.000+10:00

We went for it a few weeks back.

It only lasted for an hour, mostly walking around the factory.

It was pretty insightful. Carlton Brewery takes up

quite a lot of land. 4 MCG's according to the guide.

Factory runs 24hrs everyday, making sure the alcoholics never get

thirsty.

mom and dad

Dad was super happay.

Wasn't allowed to take pictures during the tour.

At the end of the tour we got to sample the 12? varieties that they make on site.

Then we got to put on the props from the recent Carlton Draught advertisement.

check out the guy in the yellow jumpsuit at the back.

the two alcoholics in the family.

Two glasses hovering

2011-05-15T22:25:00.000+10:00

my mom is the best photographer

Rich Maha

2011-05-15T19:40:00.000+10:00

$10 for Biryani only on the weekends.

very average tasting.

Last year we discovered Rich Maha,

Malaysian Indian food. Gessie and I felt as though we found gold.

haha.

They have everything you wish to find all the curries and rotis.

tried their sambal chicken and the other one I forgot/didn't care.

Only because the sambal chicken was so epic,

we all chili shat the next day.

Super bigass tosai ftw.

We walked

2011-05-15T16:32:00.001+10:00

So we went to Taman Pertanian?

The jet lag worked to our advantage.

We woke up early.

Wanted to cycle but the line was so long

that when it got to our turn they ran out.

So we walked.

Found out that it was better to

walk than cycle imo. There were some steep parts

the crappy bicycles just wouldn't cut it.

Saw many people end up getting off

and pushing them bicycles.

the morning sun, oh no.

self entertaining.

collecting rocks.

There's apparently quite a lot to do there,

really big area.

If yous gots the times and the ability to

rise before dawn, you probs would be able to get more done

than we three lazy bums did.

Quite a lot happened over the years.

Every year we visit this place and,

even though the original person that introduced us to this place is now long dead and gone in memory,

we still come back and order the same thing.

We land

2011-05-15T15:44:00.000+10:00

Way outdated post,

but I have nothing else better to blog about.

lol. So bear with me.

Sat Emirates for the first time, wasn't as
wow-ing as I thought it would be.

Phwa, awesome as usual.
We stayed at KL for a week before going back to Taiping.
Bunked at her place, drove her car.
She sacrificed going back home for new years eve.
THANK YOU.

Yess, I feel bad but on the upside you got to see
me?
:D

first meal, hungry, jet lagged.

someone had to get her

daily instant noodle fix.

2011-04-16T01:32:00.001+10:00

sucks. i like to think that it doesn't exist.

2011-04-06T01:14:00.002+10:00

:\

just won't work if you can't be yourself.

Sad Panda

2011-03-25T04:44:00.000+11:00

lol my sad panda.

No one

2011-03-12T21:58:00.002+11:00

I guess there are some things that only you and I will know,

no one else..

doesn't seem to go away

babushkups

2011-02-28T16:24:00.000+11:00

i got babuska measuring cups from my sister

pretty wicked eh.

3/4 cup ftw

I'm totally revamping the study/play area again. Am selling tables and chairs,

managed to sell my study table. Gonna buy tables later. :) It's going to look so different! me and gessie are going to be facing each other. Oh and I moved my bed into the room, now we have plenty of space.

omg

2011-02-28T11:51:00.000+11:00

i like you

in so many ways.

2011-01-23T20:30:00.000+11:00

Well it's time to go back again. Bring it.

2010 was a tough one, can't say I hated it but I definitely disliked it.

Going home this time was different, happiness was short lived.

Hopeful that recent decisions will mellow me out.

rock

2011-01-23T19:55:00.000+11:00

i got reminded today.
it's just so tiring.
i need to find my rock.

dodgy

2011-01-16T05:07:00.000+11:00

yeah i'm a dodgy person that doesn't play fair. fear me. -.- judge me.

2011-01-02T17:40:00.002+11:00

get away

əˈnoi-iNG

2010-12-26T21:17:00.000+11:00

an·noy·ing/əˈnoi-iNG/

Adjective: Causing irritation or annoyance: "annoying habits".

annoy

1. Irritate (someone); make (someone) a little angry 2. Harm or attack repeatedly

I am running out space to pendam. The least you can do is gimme some time.

2010-12-23T01:30:00.000+11:00

oh where is b

Run away

2010-12-17T23:58:00.000+11:00

Check out the 3rd one that came up.

I was looking for a song.

2010-12-17T12:50:00.002+11:00

what i really want is just to be left alone.

Received

2010-12-08T04:14:00.002+11:00

Maxie Ng: i feel sleepy

Brian: hmmmmm

Brian: i wonder why

Brian: so weird isnt it?

Brian: oh wait

Maxie Ng: lol

Brian: ITS 4AM

Maxie Ng: sarcasm received

Brian:

2010-12-02T03:14:00.000+11:00

spent nearly an hour there today. was happy for a while.

best weather, rain just ended, no sun.

missed it a lot.

it's where i sat and waited for pizza and risotto. where i heard someone listening to the entire daft punk album, like wow someone with good taste. hahah.

Anyhoo, i don't feel entirely happy even though it's the holidays. I think i did pretty bad in my exams, won't feel better till the results are out. Just have to wait it out. :\ hard to have fun like this.

2010-11-30T13:05:00.001+11:00

grapes

lol

2010-11-20T22:15:00.002+11:00

2010-11-15T19:18:00.000+11:00

Off course I find it weird if my friend likes my sister. Awkward as hell. blagh -.-

Will be my nightmare if I found out only after they got together.

:D

2010-11-06T23:24:00.002+11:00

hahahah

2010-11-06T10:32:00.000+11:00

Word of the Day!

self-implode

Vomit

2010-11-03T01:32:00.002+11:00

the line that's going into the oval shape is supposed to be vomit.

the picture illustrates how you can projectile vomit while kicking the wall at the same time.

*phwa's funny attempt at explaining to me how she vomited.

i was like "... please don't tell me that line is your vomit"

Healesville Sanctuary

2010-11-03T01:06:00.003+11:00

got drinks and went on a short road trip last Sat.

pink.

nhu lan. vietnamese roll yo.

we totally missed the experience.

"i wanna go to the Wildlife Hospital!"

"oh look, the sign is here"

*snaps picture

"hahah, it even says we shouldn't miss the experience"

I was so AMUSED by this that I had to upload it on youtube.
it kept circling round and round.
hahaha

Cannot be bothered to post up the animal picts, already put a couple up on twitpict. The bird show was not bad, not the kind you see at Malacca or Singapore zoo. They show birds of prey the cool-carnivorious-hunter birds. woo.

Also saw a guy throw a boomerang.

2010-11-02T23:35:00.000+11:00

sometimes i wonder if you do.

nyeh

2010-11-02T23:23:00.000+11:00

nyeh nyeh...

Group Shot

2010-10-27T22:16:00.000+11:00

How often do you see me posting group shots ? ... zip

In short

2010-10-23T23:37:00.000+11:00

how time flies.

I personally like this even though

you cannot really consider it

as a cake

On the way to dinner

Tokyo Teppanyaki @ Chapel street.

I got the $85 Kobe set, was alright. They made you catch your food with your mouth

and stuff, quite fun.

not the best picture

Practically rained during my birthday, but it was all good

i like the rain :)

reminds me of Taiping

Pre-hot pot

Ordered too much.

Best card ever, my face got stormtrooper-ed

Omg, wes and kev gave me stupid presents like bronchitis cough syrup and diet milk.

wth. lol

Cake from Wes and Kev. lol <3

It was a real bbusy weekend. Felt like shizz at the end of the day but it was worth it. :))

Bla

2010-10-22T11:45:00.000+11:00

Who cares if you disagree?

you are not me, who made you king of anything?

So you dare tell me who to be?

who died and made you king of anything?

- Sara Bareilles

21

2010-10-15T01:08:00.001+11:00

It's that time of the year again yo

ges is always teh first.
Hope to get damn many cakes gain this year

:)/:(

2010-10-10T23:28:00.002+11:00

gonna start tearing people to pieces if they keep thinking about themselves.

2010-10-10T00:56:00.000+11:00

zomg, like you can never imagine. ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Woo

2010-10-06T12:43:00.003+11:00

The crazy urge to cook has crept its way back. :D

but before I can do anything I have to get rid of this horrible cramp and big ass headache that has been bugging me these couple of days. annoying as hell and I look like a retard with some constipated face the whole day trying to look cool as though I feel no pain.

2010-09-28T14:11:00.000+10:00

crazy. i wish the holidays were longer.

Best Customer Service Survey Ever

2010-09-24T11:39:00.001+10:00

LOL.

Dell just called me to ask if my replacement monitor was alright. I said yeap, everything is good. She then asked me if I wanted to answer a 15 second survey, I said okay and got directed to some automated voice that proceeded to ask me the following questions

"Was your problem resolved? Press 1, Was your problem not resolved? Press 2"

*Presses 1

" THANK YOU. GOODBYE"

I just didn't expect it to be thatttt short. hahah

2010-09-20T00:01:00.001+10:00

o m g

Wai

2010-09-19T12:01:00.002+10:00

My version of a why question is, ~~why do i not like you at times~~. turn off.

Sims 3

2010-09-18T01:24:00.001+10:00

my life.

a.hole burglar trying to enter my crib yo.

2010-09-13T15:31:00.000+10:00

Fly Away

get lost

and never be found.

2010-09-05T13:33:00.000+10:00

I don't know why but I'm not eating. I'm not doing it on purpose.

My Timetable

2010-09-04T12:40:00.000+10:00

8hrs of classes back to back to back to back to back to back

White Spot

2010-09-04T01:11:00.000+10:00

2010-09-01T23:00:00.003+10:00

i met a guy.

Planinsek Property

2010-09-01T12:54:00.002+10:00

Fack you Anne. Here's one win for us consumers.
It was worth it.

Blackberry Bold 9700 HEADSHOT*

2010-08-31T21:08:00.001+10:00

I won. It's only 2 months old :D

I bid 4 minutes before the auction ended but someone snipe 1 minute before and I returned headshot 30secs before end. :)

Ponteng

2010-08-28T09:42:00.007+10:00

lol, skipped lecture, waiting for my tute

Dumb

2010-08-25T12:11:00.000+10:00

You don't know how ignorant my property manager can be. She fails at customer service and I am not satisfied at all.

Camera

2010-08-22T10:33:00.002+10:00

but I don't have money :(

Usually I'm not bothered not having one, am perfectly fine with my phone cause most of the time DSLR's are so ugly and bulky. Not that I don't care bout the quality it produces and everything else but then again all DSLR's already can perform, so why put that attribute into account?

Finally saw one the other day that looked so awesome. deng.

I can hear my heartbeat in my ears. I'm serious, not being poetic or an indie rocker. :P

Heart

2010-08-21T20:44:00.000+10:00

you

Hey, guess what

2010-08-15T14:25:00.003+10:00

nothing interesting happened.

But what I find interesting is that my wall clock has been stuck at 3:14 for a couple of days.

So here are some pictures which I think will temporarily fill the void that is my blog until some life changing event decides to happen...

Tongues in a can, woow these are the things that get people's attention (sarcasm)

The traffic light at Flinders Street is killer. Only 2 cars get to go through when it's green. So when we were around car number 8 in the queue we got Gessie to run down to the bubble tea shop to get us this and quickly hop back in the car.

1litre Asahi Beer can?!

I seriously haven't seen one before.

Pardon my jakun-ness, cause its such a big can.

Realised that no matter how wrong or accidental a picture that I am trying to take will always end up having my freaking foot in it.

Brown pants look very ugly? -.- Gessie hates it like so bad.

mushroom hats

2010-08-12T02:33:00.002+10:00

Brian says:
02:25:30
i went look at the editior
so many things to do
i lazy
must choose like at this time
what the character does
what camera doing
what buttons
where th ebuttons
I say:
02:27:10
omg
im sorry
hahah
Brian says:
02:27:26
?
I say:
02:27:27
i so dont have the attention span to read
Brian says:
02:27:28
sorry?
I say:
02:27:28
i dont know why
i keep thinking of mushroom hats?
.....
Brian says:
02:27:34
@_@
I say:
02:27:43
i read a bit then think of mushroom hats
I say:
02:31:13
haha i bet you will wear
Brian says:
02:32:06
why not

Maxie Rambles

2010-08-11T15:16:00.003+10:00

School started, "reunion".

Rain and lots of rain. Current weather? Rain, wet and cold. (Gloomy +1up)

Went pick up a 90x90 table with 4 chairs for $50 at Armadale, didn't like the table after a while, went advertised and two days later found buyer, sold table for $30 kept chairs. Going to buy table later.

Washing machine $865 :(
I have fridge now.
Bookcase was so bloody heavy.

i need more wii games. need to go to the bookshop.
Tv cable? Sweet and sour chicken with fried rice mmmm

Disorganized chaos...

Summer

2010-08-07T22:02:00.000+10:00

OHHH I love these couple of months because new summer beats are released and I will explore beyond the electro bubble I live in.

Electro #2

2010-08-05T00:50:00.000+10:00

I'm a sucker for happy tunes.