Because I love to eat…

So I’m dedicating a whole entry to ALL the food I ate in Japan!!! My friends and I always used to say that we’re eating fake takoyaki, fake ramen, fake sushi etc etc since it was'nt really 'authentic'.

Well well, HERE is the REAL DEAL!!

REAL Takoyaki

REAL Soba

REAL Sushi


REAL Macha IceCream

REAL Salmon Sashimi


REAL Udon


REAL Mochi

REAL BentoBox

REAL Unagi

REAL Karaage

REAL Strawberry Sponge Cake with REAL strawberry layering!!

REAL Giant Parfait

REAL okonomiyaki

Thanks to all this, I actually put on 3kgs!! Got an ear-bashing from my mama as soon as I got back to aussieLand. But can I just say…IT WAS REALLY REALLY WORTH IT!! xD

The Celebration Continues...

So as the title suggests, the celebration continues =)
On my birthday DAY, My family and I went to dinner at East Ocean in Chinatown:

Although slightly overpriced, I have to say the dishes were really really fresh~! On the left is the Wasabi Beef, which was one of their 'specialties', I think. And special, it was!! Tender beef marinated with wasabi (somehow) and then you dip it in some mayo. Thoroughly delicious and a MUST TRY if you go there! One the right is the very very super fresh Barramundi~ so fresh that they actually brought it out live to us before they cooked it!

Typical 'overpriced-chinese-restaurant' setting, but for once, the asian waiters/waitresses were'nt rude. They were actually really polite and accomodating!

For the first time this year, we didnt have a proper birthday cake (no one bought one!!). But that day, one of my friends kindly bought me some cake-thing for my birthday from her favourite cake shop. I have no idea why she bought me two, but just as well, since we were celebrating my sister's bday at the same time. We do that every year since I'm born a day after my sister ~ I always tell her that I'M her present XD

and SURPRISE surprise: Some of my closest girlfriends from this year dropped by my house randomly and shoved this cake in my face...

I know, its such a "WhatTheHellIsThis" kinda cake. HAHA they actually made this!
The base: SaraLee cheesecake
and the rest?

I think its frozen yoghurt/ice cream, with random pieces of kinder surprise chocolate (with the kinder surprise toy in it) and oreas, decorated with pink and white marshmalows and lollipops, and topping it all of is the SUPERMAN HERO picture!!. Hmmmm I was almost afraid to eat it!

And suprise present- TIFFANYssssss! =)

Or as my friend Joycie likes to call them: TIT FANNIESSS!

=) My first pair. I always think that getting Tiffany's is like a rites of passage. In fact, I told my sister that if I didnt get one by my 21st, the she has to get one for me! But this is the first time I have ever felt truly touched by my friends. Definitely a birthday to remember! Celebrating the ToYoTa style

Still a TEENager

SO I'm now twenty!! But I'd like to think of it as twenteeeeeeeen! Because being a teenager is fun-ER! and cool-ER! and bet-tER!

*my girlies tal.joycie.sxcMel*

*The food at I'm Angus! *

simply delicious! so tender, so scrumptions...let me tell you, it melts in you mouth! (literally!)

*Cupcake from Cupcake on Pitt as an alternate bday cake =)*

*Getting carried away at Shark Hotel*

All in all, such a great night! got home at 7am in the morning (making my dad angry was worth it!). Bumped into my bro and his friend before and after clubbing, obviously drunk, so was very embarassing! Always wonder why (oh WHY?) my brother is everywhere I am when I'm not being 'good'? =(

Did everything possible that you could do on a night out in Sydney:

Eat, Drink, Club and Karaoke XD

the fun-nEST and cool-EST and best-EST night ever!

The Life of Death

This topic seems to be coming up alot these days. I dont really know why. Somehow, this is probly the ONE topic that always makes me nervous and panic. Personally, I have never encountered death at a close range before. Both my parents are still with me (thank god!), my grandparents died before I was born, and with the exception of a *distant* uncle who passed away two years ago, I never experienced what losing someone feels like.

And quite frankly, I never want to. Sometimes, I would like to think that when people die, they go to a better place. But do they really? I'm not sure I believe in heaven or hell, or life after death. In that place, there is nothingness. A black hole? Cant really imagine anything. My small feeble brain cant even comprehend it, and that's how overwhelming Death makes me.

Recently, I found out that one of my friend's dad passed away almost three years ago. On one hand, I cant really empathise with her. I'm ashamed to say that. I had nothing to say. "I'm sorry". But somehow, that doesnt really cut the cake. Silence ensues into awkwardness. All I can do is pat her arm.

But on the other hand, I think she is one of the most courageous person I have yet to meet. She is so young. Yet she has already experienced such heartache. I have only become close to her this year, and I have to say, she is one of the nicest, most easy going person ever. Just looking at her, I would have never guessed that just a few years ago, she lost her father. Not only that, it happened during her HSC year. I wonder how she got through it?

Personally, I cant even imagine any one of my family members passing away. Sometimes, I try to think of the future when I'm attending my dad's funeral, or any one of my uncles or autie's in Malaysia. I mean, they are quite old (60yrs- almost 80yrs!), and one of them quite sick as well. In a way, I try to prepare myself. But I just cant comprehend that 'future'. I try to think of it, but my heart pounds so fast, my chest starts to ache, and there is that familiar prickling at the corner of my eyes.



I just cant.

I remember I once asked my dad, "What will happen if one of us dies?".
And he said: Life will just go on.

Just as simple as that? Apparently so.
"Won't you cry, or feel numb, sick, depressed etc?"
He said: "sure, I'll feel sad. But when I die, you shouldnt cry. Just think that I have had a good life, and its now my time to move on".

wow. like...f***! I would totally sink into depression! Even just thinking about it now, I cant even see the future. What would I do? What will I think? I dont think I could ever function!


...what a weakling =(



I remember the time back in high school when I thought of Death as such a trivial matter. Or rather, Life was trivial. I used to be depressed everytime I got into a fight with my sister (which is almost every second day!), and then I would wish that she was dead. Or that I was dead. I even have a suicide letter to prove it! Now when I think back to those naive times, I think I was really stupid. In many ways, I'm still not mature. But to think that I used to talk about and handle such matters so lightly...



I really admire those who have gone through this painful stage in their life. Its not easy. I dont know it. But just the fact that I cant even think of that phase in my life...


I'm too scared to even go there. Yet, I know that it will come.

Why cant life just go on....

...and on...

A Million Paws

...literally!

My friends and I attended the Million Paws Walk hosted by RSPCA (all donations go to RSPCA). It was super fun, but super tiring, and super crowded!!

At the beginning of the day, Handsome Rob was the KING OF THE WORLD!

On the 3km walk, he made some friends. Some were too cool for school,

*BUMBLEBEEEE / a cutie in a hat*

Others, he didnt like, so he tried to eat them:


But at the end of the day, it was happy families all around!

*Jny, Tommy and Chloe / Dixon, Joycie and SamSam*


*all together*

All in all, a succesful day! Handsome didnt bite, jump, scratch, murder, pee or poo randomly. His second social outing, and I'm so proud of him! =)

Welcome into 'o8 !!!

Its a brand new year...yet again!

so, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! LET US KICKASS!!