Tesselaar Tulip Festival

The annoying ring tone of my handphone woke me up indicating it was time to get up for the road trip to the annual Tesselaar Tulip Festival. The sky wasn't too happy that day. Dark, gloomy and wet were the words to describe what I saw when I opened my eyes. It was 7.30am. With only barely six hours of sleep, I forced myself out of the bed. I put on my intended outfit though it was a totally wrong outfit for the weather. Spaghetti straps. I don't care! I want to look good in the pictures! Then, I took a tram down to the city with two of my friends to pick up our rented car. Errr... I think it was a Subaru!

This road trip was planned for five of us but unfortunately one had to back out due to migraine! Left back four of us to continue with the trip. Oh no... our most talented navigator was gone! But thank god we could manage our way there! I became the first driver of the day. We picked up our friend from his place and we had to turn to the right from his place. Basically I had to cut across two lanes plus two tramlines. I looked left and right and left again. Road was clear without cars and tramlines was clear without trams. I exerted force on the accelerator and WAHHHHHHHH!!! a tram was coming! Oh crap! I was blocking the tram and I could not go into my lane because there were cars blocking! Where the hell did the tram and cars come from?!!! All of us had our first heart attack of the day! Hehe.. Sorry! Sorry! I swear there weren't any cars or tram! The rest of the journey was pretty smooth and I had fun playing with the auto cruise! Great invention because I would not have kept under the speed limit if there wasn't the presence of auto cruise! Total journey time to the tulip farm took about less than an hour.

With such bad weather, I was surprised with the amount of people queuing up at the entrance. Since we are students, we fell under the category of concession. Ticket was priced $3 cheaper than the normal ticket of $15. Once we passed the entrance, it rained cats and dogs! Without any option left, we hid under the canopy. Heavy pouring rain and strong wind for five minutes! We then headed to the first part of the farm. Colourful tulips that greeted us blew the rainy-gloomy-mood away! Our grins became bigger! There were rows and rows and rows of beautiful looking tulips! Yellow, red, orange, pink, peach, purple, white and many more colours.


When we walked further down to the other part of the farm, there were even more tulips arranged nicely in between rows of green grass! The overview of the whole tulip farm was so captivating! Each breath we took was so amazingly fresh! Our minds were so free and relaxing it made us felt like going... Ahhhhhhhhh.....


Rain started pouring again when we were halfway walking on the farm. So potong steam! We had no choice but to endure the freaking cold weather and walking on the muddy path to the canopy. And coincidentally we were at the place where we can pick our own tulips! Crazy rain lasted for about 5 minutes again! Stewwwpeeet Melbourne weather I tell you!


Oh... it wasn't free to pluck the tulips. $1.20 for one stem and $5.00 for five stems. But I got six stems for $5.00! Muahahaha.. I was so cheeky I buat tak tau when the fella said, 'Oh... bunch of five?' My friend who saw it said, 'EHHHHHHH????' so loudly I quickly walked away from the fella. I replied, 'Eh dou kam dai seng! Keng sei yan dei teng em dou hai mai?' ('Eh' so loud! Are you worried the fella could not hear you?) The tulips were so gorgeous I could not resist myself to pluck another one! I was actually intending to pay the extra $1.20 but since the fella did not want, what was I suppose to do? =P

I asked my friend, 'The tulips are so beautiful! Take a picture for me!' And this was what he took...


What I meant was take a picture of the flowers AND me! Arrgh!!!

There was a wishing well in the tulip farm that was so fake because I could see the bottom of the well! =) And guess what was the other thing I saw beside the well?


Oh wow! I did not know there is a price list existed for the type of wishes! Apparently the cash are donated to some organization.

As I have said before I have planned the outfit for the day. Even though the weather was so cold I could not let go the chance of snapping pictures with the outfit! Regardless of the cold, I took off my jacket and started snapping more pictures. Camwhoring moments!





There aren't many things to do in the tulip farm. But just by looking at the tulips, it was all worth it. Because the tulips made me happy. The tulips made us happy. However, lesson learnt of the day was DO NOT WEAR YOUR FAVOURITE PAIR OF HEELS! The path was so muddy, the weight of my heels increased by 2-fold! All the mud and stones were stuck under my heels and this was what I had to do to get rid of the mud...


Tesselaar Tulip Festival
357 Monbulk Rd, Silvan
Melway Map 123 B5

potong steam: turn-off
buat tak tau: act as if I don't know

Flabby Tummy

'Aiyo... jou mei lei kam sau keh?? Lei mou sek yeh ke meh??' (aiyo... why are you so thin? don't you eat?)

'Are you anorexic?'

'I can use you as my light weights!'

'I can break your bone with two fingers!' (In my thoughts... yea right!)

These are the comment I usually get whenever I meet my relatives or new people whom I never met before. The way they said it was as though my parents are not giving me food to eat! People who have known me long enough know that I actually eat A LOT! What anorexic? Me no no anorexic! That word does not even exist in my dictionary! I do not deny that I am quite a petite girl but stop having wrong perceptions about me such as I do not eat at all or I only eat a piece of bread a day! The reason is simple... I do not gain weight easily!

However, ever since I came to Melbourne I have successfully gained 6kg. Yes... I am really proud and hoping that the number will increase more. (I'm not gonna disclose my weight here!) But the weight I put on goes to the wrong place! Where else besides the stomach! My housemate always complains, 'OMG... Look at your tummy! Is so BIG!' No one would ever believe such petite people like me would ever complain about extra flab here and there. The truth is petite people too have fats that turns into a flab! We don't just made out of pure bone! We are just smaller in size...

So there I was trying to find solutions to just lose the bit of extra fats around my tummy area. I used my best friend, Google.com and typed 'ways to lose flabby tummy'. There was this article I read where it displayed the directions to lose the extra fats. It went something like... 'jog for 20 minutes... sit ups about 50 times' Okay... exercise is common... Then I continued reading, 'drink at least 2 glasses of water after the jog' Wow... this website is quite good! Until I reached the part where it talked about the diet, 'toast accompanied by some fruits and daily lunch is fresh garden salad with tuna fish or chicken breast. OMG... breakfast is already so light and it is asking me to take salad for lunch? My stomach probably starts growling before even teatime!

Basically all other websites suggest this simple concept of 'reduce calorie intake so that your body will be forced to burn your fat for energy'. Basically just ask me to lose some weight then I will get a flat tummy! Eh... I want to put on weight for goodness sake! I want to put on weight but at the same time maintain the shape of my stomach! I want to compromise both! Not weigh out the other for the benefit of the other!

I wasn't satisfied with the websites and hence hunted for another one! There was this particular website with the content of tips for thin people to lose the flabby tummy. This website suits me perfectly right?

Not after it suggested to LOSE SOME WEIGHT again!

So ridiculous...

Signs of Aging

@ GPO

When I was back in KL I recalled I never have such many night outings. I used to spend my nights at home watching the television most of the times or maybe head out to the mamak to catch up with friends. Rarely drink. Rarely club. But it is a whole new different story when I came to Melbourne! Nope... that does not mean I am an alcoholic or a clubber-holic! Just that there aren't many things to do in Melbourne at night. I can count it with five fingers. Late night movies, karaoke, drink or club. Oh! Four fingers are sufficient! If you do not drink or club in Melbourne, life seems pretty... plain? Correct me if I am wrong but this is how I feel anyway.

Just last two days when I went for an one-off event at GPO, I recalled my memories when I first (2007) came to Melbourne! All of a sudden I realized how big difference were there between this and last year! OMG! I seriously think I am aging!

@ Baroq House

Number 1

Back then, everything was so inviting and exciting! I was exposed very much to clubbing! I remembered last year I used to go clubbing every weekend without fail! Sometimes once a week, twice a week or even three times a week! Thursday, Friday and Saturday! The number of times I went clubbing this year cannot be compared AT ALL to last year's! No more weekly affair! This year I went like once in three or four weeks? This is a decrease of 91.67% per month! Mathematical solution: 100% - (1/12 X 100%). This is a freaking huge decline in frequency! There was once I asked my friend, 'Eh... not going today?' She replied, 'No lar... Old already lar!' Most of my weekends now are early dinner and go home to rest! WTH?!!


Number 2
Duration in a club last year's was from 10.30pm till the club closes about 4.00am. We would go really early to avoid the long queue. Whenever I go clubbing now, I never enter the club earlier than 11.30pm and never leave the club later than 3.00am! Most of the time I will be leaving the club by 2.00am. Oh... I start yawning at about 1.00am!

@ se7en

Number 3
Usually in the club, there will be two rooms. One room for House music and the other room for RnB music. My friends and I used to be crazy over RnB and totally dislike House. We would rush to the RnB room whenever we heard our favourite song. Then this year, I have no idea how I fell in love with House music! I would rather dance to House than RnB music! I could not even coordinate myself when I dance RnB music!

Number 4
My friends and I used to dance 5-6 songs continuously! And now... after two songs, my feet starts to hurt and I need to go back to the table to sit down!

@ BLVD

Number 5
After every clubbing event, my friends and I would definitely go for supper. We used to love the Big Breakfast at Golden Tower on Swanston St. Eventhough we just had a very energy consuming activity, we still had energy left to sit down and chit chat till the wee hours of the morning. Now? What supper? I rather go home as early as possible to have a good night rest!

Number 6
Hard liquor was the type of alcohol I mostly consume last time. Now I prefer to take sips of champagne or red wine.

Can someone please tell me if these are sign of aging?

I hope not!

Customer is always RIGHT!

Time really flies. I went out the whole afternoon and all I did was eat! The tram ride to St. Kilda took about 40 minutes! During the tram ride, there was a family stood right next to me and gosh! they stink! I could only think of two reasons: they did not shower for a long time or they did not wash their jackets! I endured the smell for the whole long tram ride! YUCKS! If you don't shower, at least spray some perfume to cover up the smell please!

We arrived at Rococos earlier than the birthday boy hoping that we could give him a small surprise. The fella actually eavesdropped on his girlfriend's conversation last night and he found out the whole plan! Spoiler!

All I had for breakfast was a cup of milk and a piece of cake! By the time I ordered my food, my tummy was growling all the way! And the freaking food took about 40 minutes to arrive! Okay never mind... Bean always says, 'Good things come to those who waits'. I patiently waited for my linguine pan-fried prawns with baby spinach, bla bla bla and extra virgin olive oil.

The waitress came with few plates of pastas and she herself got confused! She did not even know which plate was which. A seafood pasta on her hand and she told us was spaghetti pan-fried prawns! Geez man... so many mussels and calamari how could it be pan-fried PRAWNS? A spaghetti pan-fried prawns she told me was LINGUINE pan-fried prawns! Geez man...the plate was so obvious was spaghetti! How could round long pasta be linguine? Linguine is flat okay! Like fettuccine but the smaller width version! She works in a pasta restaurant and doesn't know how to differentiate! WTH! She took like 5 minutes to differentiate the plates of pasta!

Spaghetti:


Linguine:


After she has finally sorted out the seafood pasta was seafood pasta and the spaghetti pan-fried prawns was spaghetti pan-fried prawns, she gave me the plate of spaghetti pan-fried prawns! My friend and I ordered the same pasta but she only wrote one order. We politely told her we did not order this instead of the other one.

She said,
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YOU ORDERED WRONGLY!

She even brought the menu and pointed to us which pasta we ordered, 'This is what you ordered'. What I ordered I don't know is it?

I assume she never heard of the phrase 'Customer is always right' Eh, I did order correctly! I pointed to her in the menu and pronounced word-by-word reading out the freaking long pasta description!

But then in the end she asked me if I would like to change the pasta. I was being so nice I just took the pasta.

Actually... I was too hungry! Hehe...


(pictures courtesy from netbsb.org and pristinefood.ca)

Not Just Flowers...

Bean was so sweet he drew flowers for me on the Facebook graffiti application! It took him 45 minutes but when he was about to save it, the application failed! I shall not waste his effort in drawing such beautiful flowers that literally melted my heart!


I don't know about you, but to me this is the most gorgeous looking piece of art. Because is my man who drew it for me!

Eek... I'm happy!

My friends just came over to my house to have some bonding sessions! And yes... It included alcohol which that is why I am writting this entry! I am happy! I suppose you know what I mean! I guess? Chor Di and Uno Stacko made the night! Gossips made most of the night! =D

I want to talk to Bean! But he has worked hard enough for the day... He needs rest!

I need rest too!

Goodnight people!

Chadstone Spring VIP Sale

I did not take a day off to go shopping instead I took a day off to recover myself AFTER shopping! My friends and I shopped a total of 5 HOURS! I came home about 12.30am and could not wake up in time for lectures! I switched off my alarm and continued sleeping till 12.00pm! Bean called, "Wah... you still in bed?" Hehe... I did not get out of the bed till 4.00pm. Seriously, I did not have any energy to move a single muscle! Yesterday's shopping was too energy and mind exhausting! Imagine non-stop walking and trying clothes and yet have to decide which clothes you should buy when you like every piece of it. Imagine how much of brain cells need to be sacrificed to make a difficult 'buy or don't buy' decision? If choose to buy, you worried you will regret. If choose not to buy, you too worried you will regret. Sigh...

My friends and I were so excited for shopping yesterday, we did not even bother to take lunch! Instead, we packed some sushi and ate during our journey to Chadstone! After taking about 40 minutes tram, train and bus rides, we finally reached our destination. I was surprised that there weren't many people in Chadstone. Hmm... Maybe because it was a weekday. I wasn't complaining! At least there weren't any sardine packed shops and b*tch fights to grab the clothes like there is no tomorrow!

We just charged into the first shop we saw, Supre. Freaking Supre had no sales but I still bought stuff! One blouse and two spaghetti straps. We were just in the first shop and I had already spent $40! My housemate who is a shopaholic came out from the shop with zero dollars spent. Great! Money spent but happy me! I guess is all worth it!


Friend: Where are you girls?
Me: We are in Forever New. Next to Supre!
Friend: Huh? After 30 minutes you guys are just NEXT to Supre?
Me: Hehe... yah...

Oops... we girls didn't know we were spending so much of time in just two shops! Time flies I assume? People who have been following up my blog would know I fell in love with Bardot jeans. I practically rushed my girlfriends to Bardot so that I could get another pair of jeans. But stewwpeeet Bardot disappointed me! Remember the natural, black and charcoal coloured jeans that look so good in the pictures turned out to be some ugly colour that I dislike totally! How disappointing! However, I found another pair that I really like! This pair of jeans gives an ummph to my butt! And look at the back pocket with silver lining! Nice butt + nice back pocket + 25% discount = damn worth it! :D The shop knows I am in love with Bardot so much, it even gave me a 'I *heart* Bardot' bag instead of the common yellow paper bag where everyone else on Earth has it! Ahhh... I feel special! I have a total of three skinny jeans now. I should stop buying until I get back to Malaysia for my summer break. If you know I want to buy another pair of jeans please knock me on the head. Your help will be very much appreciated!

Chaddy has this great way to attract customers by giving free Yellowglen Jewel Sparkling Wine to quench our thirsts. Since after walking three shops, we were so thirsty we headed straight to the table and requested for a glass of sparkling wine. The fella said, "We will start pouring at six o'clock". We looked at our watch and the time was 5.55pm! Fine! Before we even reached the next intended the shop, we saw the other table has already started pouring the sparkling wine! 'Char dou' or not? All us grabbed a glass and continued shopping. When we were out of the shop, we grabbed another glass of again! Out of curiosity, I asked my friend,

Me: Eh... why this sparkling wine yellow in colour?
Friend: Because is called Yellowglen!
Me: ....

I thought she would say something like, "Oh this has lemon in it!" because there was the other type that was in pink colour which I reckon it has raspberry flavouring.

Polo Ralph Lauren that does not usually give discount had a 20% for full price merchandise. I told Bean I would buy him one when the sales arrived. I was so tempted to get him the pink polo tee because I always feel that the one in pink has the nicest colour. Bean who very much disagrees of wearing pink made me did not take the slightest risk to buy. Pink was out which left back aqua blue and yellow. Bean himself decided to go for the aqua blue when I called him and lucky him got himself a polo tee! I was actually thinking to get him a polo tee from MARCS but then I bought one for him few months back where I sent it in the form of parcel back home and it did not arrive! I so gonna curse the fella who took it down nine generation!

By the time I bought a smock (the 'in' fashion in Melbourne now), my feet hurt like crap! The covered rounded head low flat shoes were so tight, my little toes all turned red! Wrong pair of shoes for the day! Slippers would have been the best choice! Even high heels would not hurt as much! Since I was hunting for a pair of new slippers, why not just buy a new pair and change right? I did from Roxy but I ended up not wearing it because it was so new! The silly side of me made me limped home!

Before the shopping started we all said, "No one is allowed to cry and whine to go home before 11.00pm!". No one did and the night ended with fulfilled satisfaction!

My night ended with one blouse, one polo tee, one pair of jeans, one pair of slippers, one smock, two spaghetti straps and a pair of SORE feet!


Now will you excuse me while I get some sleep because I am not planning to skip lectures tomorrow!

Shopping List

CHADSTONE SPRING VIP SALE

Chadstone will be having a VIP sale today, 19th September 2007 from 9am till 11pm! I will definitely not miss out on this huge event! I will only be rushing heading to Chadstone after my lectures that is about 4pm! You see... at least I did not take a whole day off from uni and be there before 9am just to shop! Self-control is the key!

A few exclusive retailer offers that attracted my attention are:
-Bardot: 25% off full priced merchandise (hmm... add a new pair of jeans to my collection?)
-Cotton On: 30% off full priced merchandise
-Dotti: 15% off all merchandise, excludes current promotion
-Kookai: 15% off full priced merchandise
-Marcs: 20% off
-MNG: 25% off
-Nine West: 15% off full priced merchandise, excludes accessories
-Polo Ralph Lauren: 20% off full priced merchandise
-Sportsgirl: 15% off all merchandise
-Tilkah: 20% off full priced merchandise

The above are the minimun shops I would love to pay a visit tomorrow. Guess my shopping list will goes like this:-

Jeans
Handbag
A bag for uni
Blouses
Dresses
Jackets
Necklaces
Bracelets
Earrings
Polo tees
More blouses
More Dresses
More Accessories

But after I have checked the credit balance in my bank,
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I guess I will decide when I see the price of the stuff I REALLY like.

*sob*


(picture courtesy of chadstoneshopping.com.au)

Safe Sex Please!!!

Wow... I did not know we pharmacists need to know about this too! My lecturer asked to watch these few videos. Probably in future I need to counsel patients on the steps to wear a condom.

So boys and girls, men and women, papas and mamas, uncles and aunties, this is a friendly community reminder gladly brought to you by me. Make sure you watch these carefully and practice every steps of it. NO SHORT CUT OKAY??

It Ain't Dainty

Being so sick of all the common restaurants my friends and I usually visit, we planned to try something new the other night. Walking back and forth in Chinatown made us arrived at Dainty Sichuan Restaurant located at Corrs Lane. The word Sichuan has already suggested what I would be facing for our dinner. The first step that we took into the restaurant and the looks pictured on the customers gave us a preview of the food we were about to consume. I could sum it up with two words: HOT AND SPICY. Oh... is that consider three? In my thoughts, "What did I get myself into? Why didn't I just pick one of the 'normal' restaurants?"

I took a flip on the menu. Chillies were all I could see. We took our first bravery step by choosing Slice Pork with Chilli as appetizer. Followed by three main dishes, fried beans with minced pork, Kung Pou Prawns and the famous Chongqing Chicken. We could all foresee what was ahead of us. We prepared ourselves with bottles and bottles of Lipton Ice Tea. On top of that we ordered extra bottle of water and LOADS of serviettes.

Our appetizer arrived in less than 10 minutes. And all our four jaws dropped to the ground.


Slices of pork covered with PURE CHILLI OIL. When we ordered from the menu, I ONLY saw slice pork in the bowl and a bowl of chilli sauce at the side. No no I ever imagined this dish would be flooded by chilli oil! And mind you... this is only rated as 2 chillies. I actually enjoyed this dish. If you are someone who is a pork-lover and is okay with spicy food, I would say order this! It is not as spicy as it seems.

We have not even got our tongues back to senses the second dish arrived. Gosh... I wondered what kind of people were working in the kitchen! Work so fast one???!!! Work slower won't die one you know!


This dish is also rated as 2 chillies. When two dishes with the rating of 2 chillies, the sensation they gave were equivalent to the rating of 4 chillies! Generally, the prawns were not overcooked and I could still taste the sweetness. Thumbs up for this dish too!

By this time, I could see my friends having sweat running down their forehead and downing glasses of water to put out the 'fire' in their mouth. We could not stop scooping the hot steam rice hoping that it could mask the spiciness! I was so stress that every time a waiter walked out from the kitchen, I took a peep hoping that no one would carry the Chongqing Chicken rated 3 chillies (highest rating) to our table!

I was glad we had some mercy to ourselves when we ordered the dishes because one of it was not spicy. Yummy fried beans with minced pork!

Friend: We ordered the Chongqing Chicken. Can you help us to check?

Crap! What was he doing??? Oh no... the dish did not even take more than five minutes to arrive! I swear I saw a grin on the waiter's face when he was carrying the plate to our table!

My gosh... I did not even dare to touch my lips when I was eating the chicken. My lips were red! Grew bigger by an inch! And as though I had anesthesia! My friend kept mumbling, "Think of happy thoughts! Think of happy thoughts!!"

Look at the amount of dried chillies without the chicken! I heard from my friend they actually use SCOOP to take the dried chillies. SCOOP!!! Do you know how big a scoop is???!! Despite the spiciness, this dish was amazingly delicious. This dish did not taste any less than Kentucky Fried Chicken.

The dinner came to about $80.00 for four of us. I would say the pricing is comparable to any other Chinese restaurants. Melbourne eating is never cheap anyway! Well... an unforgettable experience is priceless!

I am glad I went home without having any difficulty going to the toilet! =P

Silly Little Red Riding Hood! Silly Me!

Bean told me a joke recently and I found it really funny. I told few of my friends and managed to crack up some laughters between boring lectures and silent dinners.


Bean: Come come come... let me tell you a joke!
Me: Okay!!
Bean: Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH) lives with her grandma in a cottage in a forest. LRRH is not allowed to leave the house as there are a lot of dangers in the forest. One day, her grandma went out and LRRH thought it would be a great idea to sneak out of the house to do some exploring.
Me: Okay...
Bean: While she was walking in the forest, she saw a Hippopotamus. LRRH was wondering what is it. Hence, she asked the Hippopotamus, "What are you Mr?". Hippopotamus replied, "Suck my d*ck and I will tell you!"
Me: HUH????
Bean: After she did it, Hippopotamus was all satisfied. He said, "I'm a Hippopotamus!". LRRH then continued walking in the forest and met a Lion. She asked the same question again, "What are you Mr?". Lion replied, "Suck my d*ck and I will tell you!"
Me: Okay... then?
Bean: The Lion felt very satisfied after she did it and told her, "I'm a Lion". She continued her journey into the deeper forest and saw a Giraffe. She too asked the same question, "What are you Mr?". The Giraffe replied the same thing, "Suck my d*ck and I will tell you!"
Me: Okay... she did it again yeah?
Bean: Yup... the Giraffe was very satisfied hence told her, "I'm a Giraffe!" After that, LRRH continued walking again. She saw a Liku-Liku.
Me: What is a Liku-Liku?????
Bean: SUCK MY D*CK AND I WILL TELL YOU!

Crap! Shouldn't have asked!

When I told one of my friend the joke, she innocently asked,

"Har? Giraffe got d*ck one mer?"


(picture courtesy of tripod.com)

How to embarass yourself in a supermarket?

Woolworths or Woolies is one of the famous supermarket found in Australia. Being so special and high class, Melbourne wants to be different. Melbourne named it as Safeway! Maybe this supermarket chain wants to bring the impression that it is the safest way to do your grocery shopping there compared to any other supermarket.

I generally prefer to buy my groceries in Safeway because I feel that the stuff are cheaper but the fact is that every other supermarkets sells about the same price. Just say that I am bias towards Safeway! So, the last two days I went grocery shopping with my housemate. I walked into Safeway and grabbed a trolley. My eyes went straight to the trolley without the coin operated trolley lock. I wanted to skip the whole trouble of digging for a dollar coin for the trolley and putting the trolley back to the originated place to retrieve back my dollar coin (kidding! I always put back the trolley okay!).

As soon as I started to push the trolley, I found out the trolley tyres are not working well. The tyres are senget and therefore do not roll in a straight line. As usual, me being too lazy did no bother to change the trolley. I have stated on the above that I wanted to skip the whole trouble of digging for a dollar coin and thought that I am damn smart. I thought I could tame this stupid trolley with my good skills. Honestly, I could handle the trolley really well. Seriously! Just that I did not tell you how stupid I look pushing the freaking trolley!

The trolley was actually still in working condition. Just that when you are trying to push it, you have to slightly shift your body weight to the left giving a harder push on the trolley to roll in the direction you want. What I had to do was to first move my left leg forward and then give a push on the trolley. This whole procedure repeated throughout the whole grocery shopping session that lasted for AN HOUR! The trolley would not even move if you just push it like how you normally push it! Oh... did I mention that I look even more stupid when I am trying to turn my trolley into an aisle?

Don't believe? Watch it yourself...



DAMN! I should have just change the trolley at the very beginning!

Malunya...


(picture courtesy of woolworths.com.au)

Fried Baby Clams with Chilli

Anyone who has known me long enough knows I LUURRRVEEEEE Lala/Clams/Pipi! You know... the little tiny clam in a grey colour shell? My mum always says, "Hou sek meh? Dou mou yuk!" (Why is it so nice? There isn't much flesh!) I totally agree of what she says but I have no idea how this fella captured my taste buds. I love this ever since I was 9 years old? I frantically searched the WHOLE Kuala Lumpur for this the last time I went back for winter break. When I gave up my slightest hope, I found it in a place selling prawn noodle.

After I have finished the first bowl of clams,

Bean: You don't want another bowl?
Me: It's okay...
Bean: You sure?
Me: Hehe... OK LAR!

In the end, I ate two bowls of pure clams! Did not even share a piece with Bean! That is how much I like this mini fella!

Ever since I returned back to Melbourne, I did not have a single taste of clams. It is quite difficult to find it in Melbourne unless you are willing to pay a bomb for it in Chinese restaurant! However, Chinese restaurant serves those of a different species, the thicker shell which I less prefer.

Look what my housemate unintentionally found in an Asian grocery store in Melbourne yesterday!

Bless her for her good eyesight and the guy who manufactured this!

Let me show you the simplest way to savour this fried baby clam with chilli.

Fried Baby Clams with Chilli
Preperation time: 30 seconds
Cooking time: 60 seconds
Serving: 1 person

Ingredients:
1) A can of Fried Baby Clam with Chilli
2) A bowl of hot steaming white rice
3) An egg (optional)

Directions:
1) Open the can. (DUH! Well, just in case you chuck the can into the microwave. =P)


2) Pour the baby clams into a bowl.



3) Heat up the baby clams for a maximum of 60 seconds. Caution: Do not reheat the baby clams as it will turns out to be quite dry.

4) Get ready a bowl of steam rice. (optional: fry an egg)

5) Topple the baby clams onto the steam rice.

6) Serve immediately.

Okay... this might look not so appetizing but it tastes SO DAMN GOOD!
Quote from my housemate, "This is like an ugly duckling that turns out to be a beautiful swan!"

This can of Fried Baby Clams with Chilli only costs you $1.29 and the brand is Smiling Fish Brand.

Oh yeah... I am definitely smiling with you fish!

Go get it now from your nearest Asian grocery!

How persuasive?

About two weeks ago, a society in my university organized a musical concert to raise fund for charity. My gosh... you should see how desperate... oops... I mean enthusiastic this girl was trying to sell the tickets.

I was happily sitting in the lecture theatre when I unintentionally overheard this conversation. Sorry... I wasn't being impolite! I can't help it! Because she was talking too LOUDLY! I was then left with no choice but to eye-witness her great persuading skills.

(purple indicating what was going through my mind at that moment)

She: So are you buying the ticket?
Vivian: Ermmm.. I don't think so.
She: Why?
Vivian: (we had a test coming up on the following week) I need to study.
She: (raised her voice) NO VIVIAN! DON'T USE STUDY AS AN EXCUSE FOR CHARITY!

Me: What the hell?? Great persuading skills she has!

Vivian: Why are you picking on me?
She: I am not picking on you.

Me: Geez... not you then who is?

Vivian: What if I have work?
She: Change your shift!
Vivian: (speechless)
She: You buy the ticket but you can don't attend the concert.

Me: Wahhhhh.. then why don't you buy all the tickets yourself and attend as one person?

In the end, the poor Vivian could not fight back and bought the ticket! The girl felt so satisfied after selling one ticket, she went around trying to find another waterfish.

She: Would you like to attend the concert this Friday?
Guy: Oh... let me see the ticket.
She: (wah... she thought she gonna make another sale) Okay... so are u coming?
Guy: Nah... I don't think so.
She: (and again...) THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SOCIETY EVENT. YOU AS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SHOULD ATTEND!

Me: I don't see you attending university events like the upcoming ball?

Guy: Ermmmm....
She: So?
Guy: I don't think I am interested.

Phew... thank god this guy did not become a waterfish. She thought her tactic could work on everyone else. Too bad... she FAILED miserably. =P I wondered where did she learn her persuading skills from? She was not even persuading. She was more like demanding. If I was her friend, I would definitely have told her off. On second thought, if I was her friend, I would probably be attending without even her asking. Gladly, she wasn't my friend!

Let me teach her some persuading skills lar... probably works better on the guys than her way! This is how I would do it.

Me: Hey... are you guys interested in the concert?
Guy: Hmmm... I don't think so.
Me: Awwwwww... why not?
Guy: I might be busy.
Me: Awwww... It would be fun! COME LAR!!! COME LARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
Guy: Hmmmm....
Me: COME LARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! OKAY?? OK!!!
Guy: (nothing he can do but to buy the ticket!)

You see... what is so difficult? Don't even need to raise your voice or spend more than five minutes!

waterfish: someone who you can easily take advantage of.

P/S: name has been changed.

I remember...

I remember the first day I saw you.
I remember the 'boob-shot' you gave me when we tried out the water balloon game.
I remember the night we cut coupons together.
I remember the breakfast we had alone together.
I remember the note I gave you with the wrong spelling of your name.
I remember the times you teased me while we were folding boxes.
I remember the messages we sent to each other while you were having meeting.
I remember the first glass of barley you bought for me.
I remember the first MSN chat session with you.
I remember the way your tongue were tied when I called you.
I remember the time we spent our Chinese New Year's Eve chatting on MSN.
I remember the first poem you wrote to me.
I remember the emails we wrote to each other that got longer each time.
I remember the tipsy voice of yours.
I remember the weekly phone calls that became daily phone calls.
I remember the morning calls you gave me.
I remember the way you motivated me for exam.
I remember the way you wiped my hair that was stained with mushroom soup.
I remember the way you held my hand for the first time.
I remember the 'look' of yours that I love when I gave you a peck.
I remember the awkward moment when we met my housemate's parents.
I remember the silly game of spotting 'where is the building?' we played in Sky Bar.
I remember the way you tried to hide the first bouquet of flowers you bought for me.
I remember the lunches we had together during your lunch hour.
I remember the amount of nicknames I gave you.
I remember the first and only movie we watched together.
I remember the way you brush my hair.
I remember the silly pictures we posed for.
I remember the birthday present you bought for me.
I remember the lame jokes we told each other.
I remember the way you comforted me by saying "You still have a roof over your head!"

And today,

I remember the day that was exactly three months ago.

Grey's Anatomy

This is the promotional picture of the season 4 cast of Grey's Anatomy.

Notice who is missing from the cast?

Yes... yes... I know... Addison Shepherd @ Kate Walsh. She will be starring in a new tv series, Private Practice.

Besides her???

Is DR. PRESTON BURKE @ Isaiah Washington! Apparently he did not get a contract to continue. I enjoyed watching him!

This is so crap!


(picture courtesy of greysanatomyinsider.com)

Boredom.

Medicinal Chemistry can't kill my boredom.
CSI: Las Vegas can't kill my boredom.
MSN can't kill my boredom.
Internet can't kill my boredom.
Phone calls can't kill my boredom.
Music can't kill my boredom.
Sleep can't kill my boredom.

But...

Boredom kills me.


(picture courtesy of fundandnice.com)

My new found love...

I am so deeply in love... Ahhhhh.....

NOOOOOOOO!!!! Is not a new man! I fell in love with my........... my new pair of jeans... Okay... Don't need to slap your forehead so hard and give me the 'swt' sign.

Sigh... whose fault was it?? It was all Melbourne Central's fault. Why did they have VIP sale? Freaking VIP sale last night made me forgo my favourite lectures notes and went shopping (as if I touched my lecture notes... =P)! Freaking VIP sale last night made me spent money!

The VIP sale started at 5pm and ended about 9pm. Nope, I did not rush down to the city before 5pm. I took a tram down at about 7pm and I only had one thing in my mind. Get a new pair of jeans.

As soon as I arrived, I made my way directly to the ONLY shop I intended to visit (made a slight pit stop at Kookai and found out the dress I bought is on 40% discount!). Bardot. Whoah... the shop was packed with people. I just simply grabbed a few jeans from the shelf and headed to the changing room. Whoah again... there were like 10 people queuing! I stood there all alone. I felt I look quite silly because everyone else within my vicinity was talking to someone else! At last, after fifteen minutes it was my turn! I took three size 6 jeans and was praying hard I could fit in them! If it was last year, they will definitely be too loose for me. Yes... I am petite! Don't need to remind me again! Slided into the first jeans I took. Yay! I could fit in it! I have been putting on weight since last year. This is a good sign for me!

I tried all three and wanted to try a few more other styles and colours. The salesgirl was nice enough to grab a couple of pairs for me. Phew... thank God I did not have to go out to grab other styles myself and queue up all over again! Imagine how troublesome would that be! The salesgirl recommended me another two pair of jeans. Out of the total of 5 pairs of jeans I tried, I was choosing between three jeans. I chose the most expensive pair! On my way out to pay for the jeans, I met a friend who happened to be shopping there as well. Had a short conversation with her and it went like this...

Me: Eh... what a coincidence?
She: Yeah... are you getting anything?
Me: Just a pair of jeans. Shopping with friends?
She: Yup... you?
Me: Just walking by myself.
She: Wahhhh.... why so SAD one? Didn't call anyone else?
Me: (geez... that's a very nice thing to say...)

I did not shop with anyone else not because I am sad okay! My housemate had stuff to do and I intended for a short shopping trip. What is wrong with shopping alone anyway?? At least I can walk to any shop that I wanted not needing to tolerate other people's needs!

All jeans were on 25% discount. So I spent a total of $112.46 after discount. To be honest, this pair of jeans is not exactly a very cheap jeans for me. I wouldn't buy a RM300 jeans back home. But what to do? Love is blind. And I got blind sided by Bardot!

I went home as a happy girl!

I intend to add these to my collection as well:-
















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(pictures courtesy of bardot.com.au)