5/2/10

dinner

got up today on the right side of the bed,
for once haha.
went grocery shopping
and made dinner

something about going out and gathering supplies
then coming home and cooking for 3 hours straight
is so satisfying.

like u know
hunting and gathering
but at my local Safeway instead of the bush

making garlic bread has so many good memories associated
queenscliff with gi and trace
queenscliff again with xiang
bri's place from ages 10 till 15

yummmmmmm

but decided to go with green onion bread today
wasnt sure how to work it

but i loved the result




2 cups plain flour, caster sugar, sea salt, knead, let it sit for an hour, mix with oilve oil and finely sliced green onion, place in tray and dust with milk and egg yolk. bake for 45 minutes.

served it with truffle olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salted butter and Syahir's recipe: crushed garlic and rosemary infused oilve oil

TAH DAH

i am bad at following recipes, explains why i m really bad at desserts
so i usually try to create my own dishes
sometimes it fails
but luckily this didnt

main: pinenut onion stuffed chicken leg with lemon apricot glazed ham dressing

rub chicken leg with salt and oilve oil, stuff with mix, glaze with apricot syrup, wrap in ham and bake with lemon slice and rosemary

mix: 1 finely diced onion, minced garlic, salt, pepper, pinenuts

made it up as i went along, but it turned out perfect.
drizzled it with chicken stock while it slow cooked in the oven
took about 2 hours


can see the stuffing

served with lime leaf and lime garnish, and peas boiled in lemon juice. if i have more time in future, i ll make a gravy

ummm.

dessert was Grand Marnier pudding with sticky dates, fresh mandarin, mandarin with white chocolate glaze and whipped cream.

desserts arent really my strong point haha


love lommy, my willing guinea pig!

now that i m properly fed and watered, going to dye my hair
my visible roots are annoying me to no end!

5/1/10

hp lines

been getting back into fan fiction lately
:p

i love love loveeeee
managed to track down pdf copies of maya and cassandra claire
so going to enjoy them next weekend

in the spirit of things
found some pretty awsome HP pick-up lines

and this sounds weird
but it would totally work for me!

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We may not be in Professor Flitwick's class, but you still are charming.

My love for you burns like a dying phoenix.

You know, when I said, "Accio hottie," I didn't expect it to work!

Will you be my horcrux tonight, so l can give a piece of my soul to you?

You must not be a Muggle, because you cast a spell on me.

Are you using the Confundus charm or are you just naturally mind blowing?

I must need Occlumency, because I can't get you out of my thoughts.

I might as well be under the Imperius curse, because I'd do anything for you.

Your smile's like expelliarmus: simple but disarming.

Did you survive Avada Kedavra? 'Cause you're drop dead gorgeous.

I need a pensieve because my head is filled with thoughts about you.

Cho Chang? More like Cha-Ching! Cause I just hit the jackpot.

I don't need the mirror of Erised to know that you're everything I desire.

Did you use Relashio? 'Cause there's sparks between us.

Did you slip some Firewhiskey into my drink, or are you just getting hotter?

I want to get my basilisk into your chamber of secrets.

You know, Hagrid's not the only giant on campus.

You know, the Sorting Hat placed me in Gryffindor. I think it's because like Godric Gryffindor himself, I too have an impressive sword.

Want to have a Tri-Wizards Tournament? Well not really "Tri-Wizard," I was thinking more one wizard and two witches.

I've been whomping my willow thinking about you.

Do you know the Petrificus Totalus spell? Because you make me stiff.

I'm not an Animagus but sometimes I can be real animal.

You know Platform 9 and 3/4? Well I know something else with the same exact measurements.

A couple nights with me and Moaning Myrtle will have to get a new nickname.

Wanna practice making what looks like a mandrake?

You look like you'd be a good Quidditch player. Want to ride my broomstick?

The thought of you makes something vast and silver erupt from my wand.

They say I'm like the horn of a crumple-horned snorkack. Explosive.

You're like a bottle of Skele-Gro: growing me a bone.

Why don't I make like Salazar and Slyther inside of you?

I can be your house elf. I'll do whatever you want and I don't need any clothes.

Why don't you come tame my dragon?

I don't know a thing about Merlin's pants, but I'd love to get into yours!

You don't have to worry about me, I've been tested for Hogwarts, if you know what I mean.

Engorgio! Oh wait I don't need magic to enlarge this!

Did you say "Wingardium Leviosa"? Cause you've got me rising, baby.

Would you like a butterbeer? It's a portkey. Next thing you know we'll be back at my place.


I must have had some Felix Felicis because I think I'm about to get lucky.

How 'bout you and me go look for the Room of Requirement?

If I try hard enough, I can get a really big patronus. All I have to do is think of happy things.

Will you be my horcrux tonight, so l can give a piece of my soul to you?

I know you want me to manage your mischief!

You don't need defense against my dark arts.

If I were a Seeker and you were a Snitch, would you let me catch you?

I don't have any muggle money, but I do have a sickle and two knuts. (HAHAHAH)

Are you a bogart? 'Cause I have a fear of hot girls.

After a romantic night with me, you are going to need a timeturner because you are going to want to experience it again and again.

Are you speaking parseltongue? 'Cause you're talking to my snake.

My heart's splinched without you.

I'm goblin. Let me stroke your vault.

How do I get into your Department of Mysteries?

Just like the Slytherin common room, how 'bout my snake in your dungeons?

If you were a basilisk, I wouldn't mind dying just to look into your eyes.

Are you a dementor? Because you send chills up my spine.

I'm just like Oliver Wood, baby... I'm a keeper!

Firenze and I have a lot in common, we both have parts like a horse.

Could I borrow your wand? I need to practice my 'swish and flick.'

Yeah girls call me "Aguamenti." Every time they hear my name, they get wet.

It's a portkey.... once you touch it, it will take you somewhere you ain't never been before.

Want to learn to speak troll? I can get you grunting in no time.

I'm like the spine on a care of magical creatures book; if you stroke me right I'll open wide for you.

I know you're taken, but if I had a time-turner, you'd be mine.

Is your name "Avada Kedavra"? 'Cause you've got a killer bod.

The sorting hat says you should be in my house...wait ...whats that...it also says you should be in my bed.

Not even Veritaserum could make me express how much I’m truly attracted to you.

If you were a Dementor I would turn criminal just to get your kiss.

You don't have to say "Lumos Maxima" to turn me on.

4/30/10

random

in a queer sort of mood tonight. think its a combination of insomnia the past week and hectic rushing about this afternoon looking at cruise ships and ball locations for MDSS events. i m lying in bed feeling sleepy, yet more awake than i have been for some time. its hard to explain.

Been ultra productive since Tuesday. i like to work this way. working in spurts, finishing things in one go before falling back into a spell of lethargy.

Had book club last night. really liked it, started reading Fyodor Dotovesky The Karamazov Brothers. Properly this time. I m going to savour it.

i dont know what annoys me more. efficiency or lack thereof.

i know what i m feeling. Disjointed!

now isnt this the sweetest image.

xkcd.com

you ve disappeared so completely from my life i dont even know what to feel
or had the time to sit and think
you are here one minute, gone the next
so adruptly it makes me wonder if it was a daydream from start to finish
if i was the only one who cared
if you were actually even here to begin with

but then the heartprint-nothing really remains of the outline.

yet i wonder if i keep so busy, frenetic even
so i dont have time to realise we ve drifted

even something as simple as you not replying an email still annoys me
but now i think its a efficiency issue

my epiphany from last night
i might well and truly turning into Madame Bovary.

give me jewels people, and let me drip in them for now.



i find it difficult to explain to some friends why androgeny is so compelling

i just find it hard to look away from.


A voice said, Look me in the stars
And tell me truly, men of earth,
If all the soul-and-body scars
Were not too much to pay for birth

So many people have told me i am heartless
maybe i really am.
i do think so.

ah frost. i wish i knew you.
man after my own (arguably non-exsistent) heart.

am i making sense tonight?

4/19/10

queensland

busy busy busy!
what with soccer, patient work, sailing and dent stuff
i feel swamped.
and my car is in the workshop for 3 weeks,
i hate having to completely rely on public transport!

has it only been a week since i was in Sunshine coast?
i wish i was still in queensland with Jin!

and my best friends are absolutely lousy.
travelling to korea and new york, leaving little ole me in melbourne suffering
and pining
i want to graduate and goooooo tooooooo

:(

but i ve matured hehe
i have thought this through carefully
i can now look on the bright side.
i get goodies!
:D hem hem.



some photos from easter break

lakeside dental

noosa beach

lunch at noosa, bistro 3

shopping

Ginger factory.

Jin's mum's amazing dinners

veeners

giant pineapple

cottage art gallery


aww jie i miss you!

4/11/10

ammo

just got back from sunshine coast yesterday after the BEST week with my dajie.
eating, shopping (haha), beaches and dent
JIN I ALREADY MISS YOU.

will blog with photos on tuesday. have to go to bed now.
have a oral medicine group presentation to give tomorrow
and i'm STRESSED!

but here is the link to the AMMO store show i covered during fashion week
enjoy!
http://stylemelbourne.com/2010/03/ammo-fall-secrets-aw-2010-launch/

3/29/10

lina

so many things have happened since i last updated this blog!
but i m sort of up to date now on Project 365

the Japanese exchange students were here from Tsurumi university
Loreal Melbourne fashion festival was on
Lyn was hospitalised
Randall had his 3 birthday celebrations
Soccer pre-season started
and mum had a million tea parties

most recent event was Lina's 21st yesterday at the Willows
what a gorgeous place!





i ve missed catching up with the Lauriston girls


smoked salmon and creme fraiche canapes were so good, i kept sneaking back in for more!

pretty meringues

lemon curds were good too, but the best were definitely the salmon canapes!





was a beautiful few hours, the weather was perfect during the party, though it rained before and after



i should really practice the sax more! he made me feel so guilty everytime i looked at him

speeches!





wore my new shiny black Anna Sui eyeliner, discovered it at the bottom of my handcarry i brought to singapore (score!) and the Clinique mascara Jason gave me. was too lazy to curl the lashes though.

i dont get how anyone can look at this picture and not see my need for a nose job.
lee, you see it right? my nose is a 4/10. i need it to be at least a 7.5. it has a 80 deg angle to the plane of my face, i need it to be at least 65!

please ignore blemishes, i m breaking out.





p.s i was looking at this picture from Randall's 21st, and found their evil faces hilarious. fail!

3/18/10

louis koo

Louis Koo used to be

drumroll
a Gangster!

'before he was famous, Hong Kong actor Louis Koo was a bona fide, womanizing triad member who frequented bars almost every other night - you know, typical Hong Kong gangster movie stuff. In fact, Louis, who did not have a proper education, spent almost 2 years in jail for robbery. '

be still my beating heart.
he just became a million times hotter.
i want!

okay i thought i was over this phase as when bri and i were watching backstreet boys videos over the weekend
i reallised i actually love kevin and not aj
i congratulated myself on moving on from bad boys
and finally noticing the chiselled quiet mature serious type
(he even plays the piano!)

he is smoking in Larger than Life

but yes, back to my point
clearly i havent, because
Louis Koo is like, whoa now.



man, he can cut off his arm, wait 16 years, and master yue nu jian fa with me anyday.

and as an aside
i love japanese exchange students.
honto. sugoi. taiski.

(really. awesome. i love.)
:)

i miss japan, i want to move there. like, now.

3/12/10

photo

my first official foray into fashion photography


click here
http://stylemelbourne.com/2010/03/dr-denim-collection-launch/

and here s a couple more i didnt send in





stay tuned for more fashion week snaps!



cant wait till the cold weather finally hits.
i love winter fashion

i just bought a yellow coat, a ridiculous puffy put-on-10-pounds sort of down coat
but i love it
yellow doesnt work with my asian skin tone
but i m determined to pull it off!

photos soon!

1st soccer match on saturday
playing in the first division team, and i m excited!

i m not good at all, but its promising to be an awesome day

3/9/10

thank you all for the deluge of emails/sms/calls
i feel much better!
its a bit embarrassing being emo and all over the place
but its really cathartic blogging about it

dont worry,
the icky problem has gone to the land where all good little issues end up
the land of denial

hahaha.
and it will stay there till i cant ignore it anymore
which right now, doesnt seem that improbable.

its getting a bit tricky to simultaneously upload both on project 365 and on here
so unfortunately the updates on this one is lagging a little bit.

but here's some photos anyway!

awesome night view from Ron's

hotpot at home! SUPER YUM. i crave.

and CAMP PHOTOS!
love camp, always have and always will. its a blast!
toga party

toyota style photos

flour fight. utterly spontaneous

evil trampoline

ropes course. navigation is hilarious, and i of course, failed miserably with my non exsistent sense of balance

on a side note, i just discovered this photo, and


i LOVE trace, jaypee and syhizzle.



can you blame me? cutttteeeeee!

spending time with them is effortless.

3/6/10

i wonder if its a singaporean thing to be so disgustingly neurotic
maybe its our lifestyle/environment/singaporean air
at least i know i m not the only one

but i am so sick of trying to be practical or sensible
not that its even particularly successful

i just want to spend all day in bed
and have someone come save me from self destructing

i m tired of dealing with this all by myself
all of this independent new age woman crap
i just want to close my eyes

i hate that i am so stupid
its like i never remember lessons learnt. should just get it tattooed

when will i finally start living the life i want

friends are transient, true contentment is a myth

hollywood has a lot to answer for if you ask me.

i should just up and move and disappear, and let melbourne become like the singapore i left behind

perhaps only by looking through my camera lenses am i able to differentiate reality from fantasy and remember through photos

2/25/10

you know that feeling
the- damn we should have never broken up- feeling?

yes.
its sucks.

so sue me, i m pathetic and want to crawl back with my tail between my legs

omg
someone stop me from drunk texting

2/24/10

what day is it, why is it all dark
what time is it, why am i hungry
where am i?

welcome to my morning thought process

my lights are on
its 5 am
and its a wednesday

damn i m disoriented!!

2/22/10

ngvsailing

one of the things on my day zero list was to visit the National Gallery of Victoria twice a year

went with Jason on friday
wanted to see the Re-view photography exhibit
but we also checked out the asian, european and post-modern galleries
as well as the Draping fashion exhibit.

took heaps of photos but here are a few highlights

Andy Warhol's self portrait

Houkusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa. love the 36 views of Mt Fuji, was really excited to see this wood block print as i didnt get to the last time


the portrait of a girl we secretly called 'the slut', haha, but unfortunately the title and artist is just too small to make out! remind me to check her name out properly the next time i visit. i really like this though, her gaze is so intense.



Cecil Beaton's photo of evening dresses, Rodin's the Thinker, some Wedgewood and some pieces from the photography exhibit

really like Yee i-lan's Huminodun
it had a nice story behind it, and was a lightjet photograph so it looked really different
unfortunately because of the glass casing i couldnt get a good photograph so you ll have to google it!
its beautiful though


went sailing all day sunday
it was Docklands Boat Festival so we opened the ship for people to inspect
and ran 3 voyages

was on the foredeck for all three, mostly portside
and learnt heaps, as most of the lines were there
sailing is a whole different language, but very rewarding

i m so glad i took it up, its tiring but pretty kickass!
got to furl sail on jig boom at the end
which is always special cause i get to harness up



isnt she pretty?