I am speechless with Heath Ledger’s acting as the Joker. He is so damn good. Period.
Christian Bale as Batman *drools*
Harvey Two-face character looked more like the aliens from Mars Attack.
Overall, it was a superb movie. We reached home just after midnight and this morning I woke up after my alarmed snoozed for the fifth time 
I kept on saying “Why so serious” to DJ and he answered back “Why so dumb” -_-
Posted: July 30th, 2008 under Journal.
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1 week till LK arrives to Melbourne
1 month to Bali
198 days to Japan
Today I am not feeling 100% well. It was 3 degrees this morning when DJ dropped me off at the train station. Brrrr #$%^@!
After I stepped out from the train, I started sneezing and now I have a runny nose. GREAT. In addition, I do not have any aloe vera tissues with me and I had to use kitchen towel as a substitute. I feel sorry for my poor nose >.<
We didn’t do anything yesterday. We were so exhausted after the dinner party at No.3 on Saturday night.
I woke up at noon, cooked a packet of instant noodle and decided to be a couch potato for the rest of the day. It was heaven… I don’t get to sleep in anymore during my weekends so I was glad that DJ did not wake me up at 8am otherwise I would be super cranky.
Posted: July 28th, 2008 under Journal.
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A screen capture of Capital 17 competition winner.
20 years later DJ will tell this story to his grandchildren about how he became a winner in a snowboard competition 
Posted: July 27th, 2008 under Journal.
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It felt like Christmas today. I was jumping with joy when I saw the receptionist carried a massive box to my desk. My first Ebay purchase arrived from USA. Hooray!!
BURTON snowboard wheelie double deck bag.
Online shopping is wicked 
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Lovely Lynn came to visit me during my lunch time and we went for coffee at this tiny cafe hidden somewhere secluded in Richmond.
Whenever we met up, we will have verbal diarrhea sessions – Talk, bitch and goss with no pause. lol.
Today’s topics was about LL’s blog stalker, LK’s visit and Japan 09. We got all hyped up talking about our Japan trip 
. This will be our second time traveling together. I can’t wait!
Posted: July 24th, 2008 under Journal, Spending money.
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Surprisingly this year the snow season is very good. I am so rapt that I still remember how to snowboard . My whole body is very sore now but it’s worth it. I hope I can do another run before the season ends.
Posted: July 22nd, 2008 under Journal.
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I have never tasted paella before so I was excited about Saturday night dinner at this tiny Spanish restaurant in Middle Park. Wednesday and Saturday nights are Paella Nights at Santiago.
We ordered 2 paellas to share between the 7 of us but it was a disappointment because the paella was a little bit too soggy; taste almost like a risotto.
Traditional Paella (sorry no proper pic of the paella because everyone was very hungry) and Black Squid Ink Paella.
Tapas dishes L-R:
PIMIENTOS del PIQUILLO RELLENOS de ATUN* – House specialty! Sweet roasted peppers stuffed with fresh tuna, dressed with a parsley, cream and red pepper coulis. A visual and taste sensation.
QUESO de CABRA FRITO con MIEL – Rich, hot goat’s cheese drizzled with honey & parsley.
PANCETA FRESCA ASADA con COMPOTA de MANZANAS y ALBAHACA – Roasted pork belly with stewed apple drizzled with basil oil.
CHORIZO al VINO – Santiago famous homemade Spanish sausage cooked in red wine and topped with a dollop of crème fraiche
ZANCARRON de CORDERO GUISADO – Braised lamb shank, slow cooked to perfection
ALBONDIGAS – Traditional meatball dish, served in our chef’s famous tomato sauce.
The braised lamb shank was absolutely delicious and was cook to perfection.
GRAN SANTIAGO BOARD – A board of Spanish cheeses including Manchego 100% sheep from Castilla, Valdeon Azul (blue goat/cow from Asturias, Mahon 100% cow from Baleares, Serrano Jamon (cured Spanish ham), roasted almonds with paprika and Salchichon (Spanish salami). Served on a board with dried fruits and quince paste.
There were more quinces than cheese in the cheese platter *scratches head*. I tried the Mahon cheese and a small piece of the Serrano Jamon ham since DJ insisted its different from other ham. Liked the cheese but not the ham. Too porky to my likings.
I highly recommend their traditional Spanish hot chocolate with real melted Spanish chocolate if you are a serious chocolate lover. *two thumbs up*
Sorry no photo of the hot chocolate because it was too yummy and I finished it within minutes 
Overall, the food in Santiago was just moderate. Be prepared to wait for your orders because there is only 1 waiting staff working at the dining room upstairs. I still do think Movida serves better tapas and I am still on a search for a Spanish restaurant that serves good paella.
Posted: July 22nd, 2008 under Munchies.
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I was assign to bake cookies for our next coming event Christmas in July at No.3.
I tried out a simple recipe that I saw in the Coles 2007 Christmas edition catalog
Golden rule for baking – preheat the oven to 180 degrees before starting on the ingredients.
Ingredients
2 cups plain floor
2 cups icing sugar mix (Is there a difference between icing sugar mix and pure icing sugar. DJ says they are the same)
200g butter (I used salt reduced because it did not say what type of butter to use and I guess since it’s biscuit/cookie it should not be salty rite? Or no? )
DJ suggested I should use my Hello Kitty cutter since it has been lying inside the drawer for years. He even volunteered to help me to colour up the cookie.
I did not really follow the full instruction because I don’t have a food processor so I had to substitute it with my bare hands. DJ was really impatient because I was mixing the ingredients very slowly (that’s according to him la)
Anyway fast forward 30 minutes –> DJ helped me with rolling the dough because I didn’t get the hang on how a rolling pin works.
According to the instruction:
Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter. Place onto tray, and bake for about 12 minutes, until golden brown.
About 10 minutes later I went to check on the cookies and to my horror they have turned out to look like “The Thing”
Here are a few possibilities why this baking was unsuccessful:
Maybe the mix had too much butter
Maybe the dough was rolled too thin
May I should have use icing sugar mix instead of pure icing sugar.
Or
Maybe the recipe sucks
Posted: July 16th, 2008 under Journal.
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It’s always good to give yourself a treat when things do not fall into place as expected.
My strawberrynet purchase arrived this morning. Thanked gawd! I was very worried about my face condition because I ran out of make up remover for almost a week.
During lunchtime, I went to Bridge road and got myself some retail therapy fix.
I know, I should be saving my money for Japan instead of spending but it was very tempting tho when I saw “take a further 50% off the reduced price”.
I ended up buying necessity items (that’s what I reckon!) – Country Road super comfy seam free camisoles and scraves (it was reduced from $14.95 –> $2.50!!)
Total money spend was less than $30. Good hey… I love bargains
Man, I absolutely love this year’s financial sale. The sales has been on for almost 5 weeks and it gets better each week.
Posted: July 10th, 2008 under Spending money.
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I’ve decided to close my friendster account since now I’m spending almost 90% of my time devoted to Facebook.
Dear Friendster,
Thank you so much for your social-networking services. Without you I think I would not have the chance to be in touch with all my long lost friends from all around the world.
Sorry that I had to leave after being with you for almost 5 years.
I guess it is about time to move on….
xoxo
Posted: July 9th, 2008 under Journal.
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2 months to go to Bali and Wii Fit is still not back in stock. Arrgghh… ridiculous.
So far, the Bali accommodations have been sorted. Will be staying at Legian area for the first 4 days and later when the M’sia crew arrives we will move to our villa at Seminyak.
I’ve even pre-booked my spa and massage package.
I love planning my holidays in advance. Time is too precious to be wasted.
Surprisingly DJ has started planning where to have dinner for our first year wedding anniversary. I suggested going for degustation dinner instead of 3 course because knowing DJ’s eating habit (he likes to gobble up his food) instead of spending quality time during dinner, we will probably be home within 1 hour.
Still deciding where to have dinner but definitely not spending our money at Vue de Monde.
Posted: July 8th, 2008 under Journal.
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