the most mundane things make a nice day.

1. clean, authentic Jap lunch in an understated underground cavern of an Izakaya with fellow foodie, J. S's absence was sorely missed.

2. discovering J has many more quirky habits: being able to choke on enoki mushrooms (I offered to scissor them into shorter strands but J's too embarassed by it) and having what I deemed as a "brown thumb" due to her being able to plantsit a cactus and it withering away in just 3 days. A cactus that is able to survive 50degrees in the hot dessert sun without water can die in her hands. Good on you, J. You're the best.

3. finally finding the hole-in-the-wall that served the yummiest coffee in Melbourne. But I'll still go back to Seven Seeds, coz I'm loyal like that and it was one heck of a cramped hole at BBB. But the hanging chairs on the ceiling make a good convo topic, if they don't suddenly fall from the sky and hit you and your coffee-sipping friends.

4. sitting on the GPO steps, clutching said latte and enjoying live music in the warm sun.

5. said live music piqued my interest and I ended up joining their mailing list, becoming one of their many admirers.

6. watching little girls twirl around hand-in-hand to said live music on said steps.

7. indulging in an AWW magazine, seeing as I was too damn busy to go hangout at Borders' GJ.

8. managing to cook the most awesome "zha jiang" noodles for dinner. lols.

9. a 15-minute impromptu telephone convo with mum.

10. buying ingredients for a lean-mean beef, fennel and veggie soup for tomorrow's dinner. recipe from said AWW!


Dear Sandra, I keep going back to your blog, as if I expect you to pop in with a new post. And I still smile to myself when I go through your archive. You're such an amazing bubbly girl. Yes, you are.