had the bestest time in Queen Victoria Market today!! it was so much fun..
what can be THAT nice about grocery shopping?? well, for starters, you need to go to a super bustling, super happening place like Queen Vic to get the goods. and when i say goods, i do mean literally anything under the sun... yes, even clothes and sour sticks (yes, me and yi yu saw these super long sour sticks that you can chew on for ages till it melts in your mouth)....
but most of all, i love the organic section for fruits and veggies. for organic stuff, the price range is really cheap man, considering that it's the freshest and least harmful of all foods.... and not to mention ,the gourmet ready made food section that has Greek dips, German bratwrust, marinated baby octopus, exotic coffees, never-before-heard sausages and bread rolls..... it's like a foodie heaven man..... it's been a long time since i last went there and boy did i miss it!!
so my Safeway green Eco friendly shopping bag contained these when i came back:
1) 5 nectarines (they are so darn cheap...)
2) 4 peaches (again, darn cheap too)
3) 1kg of cherries (again, half the normal price and they are sooooo sweeeet *happy sigh*)
4) 2 boxes of blueberries (a good source of antioxidants)
5) 2 Don Viennese frankfurt (it looks tempting in the window display and it's cheap)
6) 1 chicken oregano long sausage (again, it looks tempting)
7) 1 slice of baked cheesecake for Janice (it's her Econs exam tomorrow so a little encouragement for her as i know she LOVES cheesecake) and it's rumored to be the best cheesecake in Melb (that's what the display said anyway)
8) a small container of baby octopus (this is for Shaleen...she can't get enough of the octopus entree we had at Stalactites that day) from the greek gourmet food section....
for me, it's just fruits, fruits and more fruits for me... yums... can't wait to start on my nectarines.....
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Saturday, November 25, 2006
a mixed basket of life...
oh heck, it's the end of the 1st and worst week of exams and boy am i G-L-A-D!!
yep, it's 4 subjects down and 1 more to go and that one more is only on 4 Dec... yay...
still it's freaking bio so memorisation is the key to score and Mel so does not like to memorise. she does better by understanding stuff... wonder why i took up the subject in the first place. probably because i THOUGHT it might give me a headstart on my probable career in medicine and not to mention, i THOUGHT it was so darn easy to score....shucks... i GUESSED wrong then....
anyways, to celebrate the end of chem finals today, we had a sort of impromptu girls shopping trip to Safeway.... yeah yeah yeah, it's only the local supermarket, not some super huge departmental store.. but hey, i haven't see the outisde sunlight in such a long time and can barely remember what it looks like... it's like *open door, blink, blink, blink* "wah, outside look like that one arh??"... okay, i'm exagerrating, but exams can do that to you man... sreiously... long term effects....
and since i'm taking a break from bio revision, shall just put up wacky pictures of the shopping trip where i only bought one HUGE bar of Cadbury Black Forest Choc (my favourite, my only obsession i will NEVER give up), some Lindor Thin Milk Chocs and Who magazine with Tom Cruise and Katie's wedding as the front cover... her reception dress looks so prettyful, designed by Armani and hand made with thousands of Swavaroski crystals... check it out man... absolutely classy and stunning.... still i'm wondering whether Suri, their little baby daughter (some weird name i must say, named after the African sun or something like that) is REALLY the offspring of Tom and Katie. sure, she resembles Katie but definitely NOT Tom.... i smell something scandalous here..... oh well.... celebs and the goss about them.... hmmm... entertaining...
me and qiqi both in our white white white pure white hoodies...
our other two shopping partners, yi yu and shaleen along Drummond St where we live...
qiqi in her "hmmm...." mood.... she was so darn happy today after chem exam was over... i was too....
and courtesy of qiqi , who actually demanded me to take this stupid, pathetic picture of the christmas tree in QV... it's quite pitiful compared to the HUGE on standing just on Swanston Street, around Collins Street.. qiqi was exclaiming all the way about how pretty it was and stuff... but qi arh, ic an find better ones for you rather than waste my MB on this pathetic tree man...
anyways, tomorrow, shaleen promised that we will go out to eat dinner!!! yay,.... finally, after two weekends of take away food..... this girl will go crazy at the sight of Toto's pasta or pizza....shall consult my Foodies' Guide To Melbourne tonight and look for any Japanese restaurants as requested by Shaleen.... that book is seriously good man....
and can't wait for tomorrow when i can go to Queen Vic Market to get my cherries, peaches and nectarines. this will be my second last week to taste such nice fruits man.... after that two weeks, i'm flying home where peaches, nectarines and cherries are bloody expensive... must stuff my face tomorrow. just taht night, shafiq bought some cherries from St Kilda, the local ones and jin sern gave me some. you could see my whole face lit up the moment the cherry MELTED in my mouth. it was so sinfully sweet man and oh-so-refreshing. you can literally see me swoon man. it's that amazing. alright, at least it is to me... as i LOVE my fruits....esp the above three. during the beginning of the year, i bought nectarines and peaches by the armloads. it was in season and so dirt cheeeap. now it's back in season so *goes off dreaming into the distance*...... *happy sigh*
yep, it's 4 subjects down and 1 more to go and that one more is only on 4 Dec... yay...
still it's freaking bio so memorisation is the key to score and Mel so does not like to memorise. she does better by understanding stuff... wonder why i took up the subject in the first place. probably because i THOUGHT it might give me a headstart on my probable career in medicine and not to mention, i THOUGHT it was so darn easy to score....shucks... i GUESSED wrong then....
anyways, to celebrate the end of chem finals today, we had a sort of impromptu girls shopping trip to Safeway.... yeah yeah yeah, it's only the local supermarket, not some super huge departmental store.. but hey, i haven't see the outisde sunlight in such a long time and can barely remember what it looks like... it's like *open door, blink, blink, blink* "wah, outside look like that one arh??"... okay, i'm exagerrating, but exams can do that to you man... sreiously... long term effects....
and since i'm taking a break from bio revision, shall just put up wacky pictures of the shopping trip where i only bought one HUGE bar of Cadbury Black Forest Choc (my favourite, my only obsession i will NEVER give up), some Lindor Thin Milk Chocs and Who magazine with Tom Cruise and Katie's wedding as the front cover... her reception dress looks so prettyful, designed by Armani and hand made with thousands of Swavaroski crystals... check it out man... absolutely classy and stunning.... still i'm wondering whether Suri, their little baby daughter (some weird name i must say, named after the African sun or something like that) is REALLY the offspring of Tom and Katie. sure, she resembles Katie but definitely NOT Tom.... i smell something scandalous here..... oh well.... celebs and the goss about them.... hmmm... entertaining...
me and qiqi both in our white white white pure white hoodies...
our other two shopping partners, yi yu and shaleen along Drummond St where we live...
qiqi in her "hmmm...." mood.... she was so darn happy today after chem exam was over... i was too....
and courtesy of qiqi , who actually demanded me to take this stupid, pathetic picture of the christmas tree in QV... it's quite pitiful compared to the HUGE on standing just on Swanston Street, around Collins Street.. qiqi was exclaiming all the way about how pretty it was and stuff... but qi arh, ic an find better ones for you rather than waste my MB on this pathetic tree man...
anyways, tomorrow, shaleen promised that we will go out to eat dinner!!! yay,.... finally, after two weekends of take away food..... this girl will go crazy at the sight of Toto's pasta or pizza....shall consult my Foodies' Guide To Melbourne tonight and look for any Japanese restaurants as requested by Shaleen.... that book is seriously good man....
and can't wait for tomorrow when i can go to Queen Vic Market to get my cherries, peaches and nectarines. this will be my second last week to taste such nice fruits man.... after that two weeks, i'm flying home where peaches, nectarines and cherries are bloody expensive... must stuff my face tomorrow. just taht night, shafiq bought some cherries from St Kilda, the local ones and jin sern gave me some. you could see my whole face lit up the moment the cherry MELTED in my mouth. it was so sinfully sweet man and oh-so-refreshing. you can literally see me swoon man. it's that amazing. alright, at least it is to me... as i LOVE my fruits....esp the above three. during the beginning of the year, i bought nectarines and peaches by the armloads. it was in season and so dirt cheeeap. now it's back in season so *goes off dreaming into the distance*...... *happy sigh*
Monday, November 20, 2006
of othello and pictures...
rhetoric is divided into 3 types, mainly logos, pathos and ethos. the first one appeals to the logical and reasoning side of humans, the second is the appeal to the emotional state while the last is an appeal to the character and credibility.
now that is what i learnt from Eng Lit... didn't know the powers of persuasion is so complex. oh well, now i know how to get my way around things because different people need different rhetoric techniques to convince them of something. like say a military figure like our dear Othello can be manipulated using both logos and pathos at the same time....
ok, enough of Othello... shall just post pictures instead.....
me, janice and shaleen at our annual class picture day.... love these two girls... they are the two closest friends i have in melb....
the girls from Albert House. it's like one big family portrait man....
more pictures of the girls....
chris, qi and me....
tiana and me!! she along qiqi has tonnes of earrings man.....and they are both trying to convert me into wearing dangling chandeliar earrings which i absolutely detest!!!
me and shaleen in colour coordinated black and white outfits for the day....
now that is what i learnt from Eng Lit... didn't know the powers of persuasion is so complex. oh well, now i know how to get my way around things because different people need different rhetoric techniques to convince them of something. like say a military figure like our dear Othello can be manipulated using both logos and pathos at the same time....
ok, enough of Othello... shall just post pictures instead.....
me, janice and shaleen at our annual class picture day.... love these two girls... they are the two closest friends i have in melb....
the girls from Albert House. it's like one big family portrait man....
more pictures of the girls....
chris, qi and me....
tiana and me!! she along qiqi has tonnes of earrings man.....and they are both trying to convert me into wearing dangling chandeliar earrings which i absolutely detest!!!
me and shaleen in colour coordinated black and white outfits for the day....
Friday, November 17, 2006
now or never...
oh well, am in the Leeper library now checking my email and stuff and yes, also waiting for my turn during drama exams... argh, am still darn pissed that my group is the second last to perform in the whole freaking Trinity College!!!darn it.... i hate being last man... it's like you see so many other performances and let me tell you that they are so darn good man!! it's making me feel so inferior and it's not doing much for my stress level!! i'm supposed to cry in the drama and seeing other people cry so effortlessly in their scenes is so not fun lah!!!
but heck, shouldn't be complaining coz my group is really good and they are tons of fun... and not to mention, drama itself is fun... you get to be someone else for a change and for once in your whole life, you get to live the experience of being watched... it's like the spotlight is on you for once in your life and i do mean it literally... and when you get up there, you feel gazes on you and when you hit the right spot with the right lines and right emotions, you feel the collective suck in their breaths, waiting for the next action....i guess it's the desired effect every actor on stage wants.... it's like we live for the moment, like we are living for the 8 minutes and then, it's over and there's nothing you can do about it....
but for me, the moment i'm on stage is like i get an adrenaline high... yes, i do get the jitters and i can see my hand shaking... but heck, you take a risk and put all your feelings out there and you know that you will be fine....
all i can say is that i'm thankful for my drama group coz without tze, nick, sujana and tiok nee, drama wouldn't be THAT fun...
so cheers to you, guys....
it's now or never....
but heck, shouldn't be complaining coz my group is really good and they are tons of fun... and not to mention, drama itself is fun... you get to be someone else for a change and for once in your whole life, you get to live the experience of being watched... it's like the spotlight is on you for once in your life and i do mean it literally... and when you get up there, you feel gazes on you and when you hit the right spot with the right lines and right emotions, you feel the collective suck in their breaths, waiting for the next action....i guess it's the desired effect every actor on stage wants.... it's like we live for the moment, like we are living for the 8 minutes and then, it's over and there's nothing you can do about it....
but for me, the moment i'm on stage is like i get an adrenaline high... yes, i do get the jitters and i can see my hand shaking... but heck, you take a risk and put all your feelings out there and you know that you will be fine....
all i can say is that i'm thankful for my drama group coz without tze, nick, sujana and tiok nee, drama wouldn't be THAT fun...
so cheers to you, guys....
it's now or never....
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
just found out that janice peh writes really nice blog entries....
go check her recent entry out....
i think it's so great....
now, it's back to chem revision.....
had a brief respite just now and it's MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! (though i would say that janice hardly thinks so btu hey girl, we managed to give it already lah.... now left the monitoring...hehe)
**random entry**
go check her recent entry out....
i think it's so great....
now, it's back to chem revision.....
had a brief respite just now and it's MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! (though i would say that janice hardly thinks so btu hey girl, we managed to give it already lah.... now left the monitoring...hehe)
**random entry**
Monday, November 06, 2006
bone-stuck-in-throat episode
darn it.
i have an anchovy bone stuck in my throat!!
i can feel that it's there... right in my throat!!!
darn it!!
darn the caesar salad that i had in notturno!!!
it's so darn annoying!!
whenever i swallow, i can feel it moving!!
argh!!!
i have an anchovy bone stuck in my throat!!
i can feel that it's there... right in my throat!!!
darn it!!
darn the caesar salad that i had in notturno!!!
it's so darn annoying!!
whenever i swallow, i can feel it moving!!
argh!!!
Saturday, November 04, 2006
diagnosis
** when your expectations soar too high,
you fall the hardest
crashing back to earth
with a dull thud. **
-Mel 2006-
** sometimes you never like the person you've become.
your surroundings and the people in it affect you the most. **
-Mel-in-an-after-prom-mood 2006-
you fall the hardest
crashing back to earth
with a dull thud. **
-Mel 2006-
** sometimes you never like the person you've become.
your surroundings and the people in it affect you the most. **
-Mel-in-an-after-prom-mood 2006-
Thursday, November 02, 2006
wanted:fairy godmother
Why can't I have a fairy godmother??
Then all i need is a wave of her wand and i'll be on my way to prom looking like i just stepped out of Vogue.
Not that i read Vogue. I'm more a Seventeen fan or Girlfriend fan...
oh well....
where's a fairy godmother for hire when you need one??
Then all i need is a wave of her wand and i'll be on my way to prom looking like i just stepped out of Vogue.
Not that i read Vogue. I'm more a Seventeen fan or Girlfriend fan...
oh well....
where's a fairy godmother for hire when you need one??
top 5 prom movies
movies to watch before prom: (for the boost of confidence and happily-ever-afters)
1) Never Been Kissed
2) A Cinderella Story (makes you wish for your very own Prince Charming!)
3) You've Got Mail
4) Howl's Moving Castle (this might be out of league here, but hey! it's a nice movie and you can never go wrong with Miyazaki! Miyazaki rules man!!)
5) The Green Mile (now this is WAY out of context here but heck, it's a great inspiring movie, makes you weep like hell!! maybe this should be an after prom movie, after all you don't want smudged mascara do you?)
gosh, this post is pathetic man... but i needed a break from mathslah...
1) Never Been Kissed
2) A Cinderella Story (makes you wish for your very own Prince Charming!)
3) You've Got Mail
4) Howl's Moving Castle (this might be out of league here, but hey! it's a nice movie and you can never go wrong with Miyazaki! Miyazaki rules man!!)
5) The Green Mile (now this is WAY out of context here but heck, it's a great inspiring movie, makes you weep like hell!! maybe this should be an after prom movie, after all you don't want smudged mascara do you?)
gosh, this post is pathetic man... but i needed a break from mathslah...
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