Of Funny Mountain Soya Bean and Black Jelly

By now all of you should know about MJ's death.

Anyway I was in town today and bought bottles of soya bean and black jelly drink from none other than Funny Mountain stall. Not to forget tau foo fah.

And I was reminded how the name of the drink Michael Jackson came about from mixing soya bean and black jelly together. I only heard about it first during pre-university days in Sunway. And I didn't believe you could actually order the drink by telling the waiter "One Michael Jackson ice" and thought it was some lame joke my friend was making up but he proved me wrong.

Random.

Anyways, someone is finally back !

Can't wait to meet up with friends finallyyyy. Not to mention KL in a couple of days. But as those days draw nearer, it also means my departure for Australia creeps in slowly as well. Its not that I resent going back to Australia, I'm actually kinda looking forward to going back but now that I'm getting comfortable at home, I don't really feel like leaving at the same time.

Why is change constant in life?

To expand one's growth.

WTF SOUNDS LIKE MY ENGLISH LESSON BACK IN MUFY DAYS HAHAHA.

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Lavish at Docklands

Yeah a very late post I owe to lil ol vodkacolafreak. *barfs

This was back in June? A couple of weeks before the finals and the girls decided to have one more night out at Lavish somewhere at Docklands before nerding it out. I like how the outdoor section of this place is by the Docklands harbour (? is that what you call it) as it overlooks the skyline and some pretty lights which are reflected in the water.

Pretty much like this !

Squirrel hat ! All the way from Korea from Mr. Jin Hee ParK!

Manda !

Sarah hahah it looks as though she's pinching Jin Hee's nose


On the way back to Sarah's crib after bah kuh teh and late night supper.

Foggy night in Melbourne City.

Aww Odie loves me

Korean with tiny eyes.

Sleeping kimchi.

Morning morning ! And what's Odie sniffing -.-

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Eating out in Malaysia isn't helping me maintain a proper diet at all. Not to say I'm on diet that way (I'm no where close to being on diet), its just that the food I consume in Melbourne is so much more healthier? Like I eat an apple daily in Melbourne but since I got back to Malaysia I only had two -__-

Not to mention the 7 different cakes I had already hahahah. What would I do without butter and cream?

Anyways, I'll be in KL next week ! My mom actually allowed me to have a few short days catching up with friends from Ipoh who are now in KL and other KL friends too. There's no one in Ipoh nowadays except family.

Ipoh, Ipoh..

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Update in Ipoh

Hello fatties.

So I've been a lazy sloth at home.

Okay this entry is a failure. Kinda lost the enthusiasm to update. Maybe its because I have nothing to write about but heck, its my first time back home from studying overseas. I should have something to write about, shouldn't I?

Well, other than the fact that I am rather suprised on how I gained 4kg from living in Australia for about 5months, I don't have anything to say for now. Being weighed over a certain number of kilograms feels weird cause I've never been so heavy in my life. Its also the first time I am not underweight -___-

It's a good thing I guess. But I'm not used to it. I miss being underweight *GAY. And my great mom keeps on rubbing in how fat I've become so that's not helping either.

What else can I say? It's good to be home that's for sure, and I've been eating lots of durians ! Durian cake that Lena's mom makes is sinful.

And been drowning in bubble milk tea too. So freaking cheap here compared to Melbourne.

Ipoh price = RM2.50
Melbourne price = AUD4.50 = more than RM10



Yay for bubble tea !

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25 hours

Its funny how I stay up later when I don't have exams. Guess its because I don't have to worry about having a fresh mind the next day.

My flight back to my home country is tomorrow and I haven't done a single thing to do with packing. Not to mention how I haven't even put away the stuff I bought today and two days ago -____-

Can't wait to see my family, some closer friends, indulge in authentic Asian food and breathe Malaysian air. Yeah, rather weird but I guess you know where home really is when you start missing a certain something.

Right. I suddenly have the mood to clean up the mess in my room and start packing !

Random picture taken an hour ago and I happened to empty my cam pic's into the notebook so yeah, this is what my room currently looks like.


Sigh. So lazy. Just lost the mood to clean up hahah.

Oh, and I had wonderful korean bbq with dearest Grace in the city for dinner just now. I found out that I am truly a beef lover.

See you soon Malaysians !

Oh one more thing, do pray that I don't get infected with swine flu on the way back. Plus I spent 16bucks to buy 2 lame masks. 16bucks !! That's like 12 + 3 = 15 Krispy Kreme donuts ! Or even a top. hahah.

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H1N1

Just want to upload this picture I took after my third paper last week in the exam hall.

Cheee-nah girl wearing a mask as a means of swine flu protection? Cheee-nah dot com.

My parents were nagging me about taking care of my health and they kind of grounded me as they told me its not advisable to go out and stuff since I'm heading back to Malaysia this weekend but what, stay in a dead suburb during my last few days in Melbourne ? No wayyyy hahah. But I am going to have to buy some masks to wear in the airport and in the plane -__-

Anyways, was in the city last weekend, yet again. Had a warm dinner with fellow Mufians, class of 2008 and outcast A-Level student, Grace haha, at Papa Gino's; quite a famous Italian restaurant on Lygon Street. Later on had Freddo's gelato which was sooo self-indulgent as Brandon and I had 3 huge scoops each. I love how they are so generous with the scooping of the ice-cream, no wait, its gelato (what's the difference again?)


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Last paper is on Friday. Don't have the mood at all to work for that..... All I'm thinking about is going home.....

And I've been watching Korean drama My Lovely Kim Sam Soon all over again for the 4th time(?) on Youtube a lot now. Like in one day I'm nearly done with the series. I heart the show.. they have the sweetest moments and cutest couple. Not to mention hot actors <3.

Long day out tomorrow. Time for bed.

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T #2 for Tom Yam

In one of my older entries I wanted to post a picture of my homemade tom yam. Well here it is.

It really kinda reminds me of the one you can get at Secret Recipe, only I'm missing out on the cauliflowers and the soup looks grossly oily in the picture because I boiled the soup with one chicken drumstick in it; was too lazy to debone it and I didn't have chicken fillets at that time.

Anyways, I've been chilling at home alot. I like spending time on my own sometimes, like its for me to fully indulge in myself. Lol that doesn't sound too right but you know what I mean.

Since my 3rd paper, I've been getting some fine sleep and managed to clean up my room. But my closet is still a mess.

But one gay thing that I've been doing is sleeping after 3am like KL days again and waking up after 10.30am. Its really odd for me to sleep at such hours here in Melbourne already. I guess its because now that I'm nearly done with my exams, I just like the carefree mode I am able to indulge in by surfing the net into the late night like nobody's business. lol. That isn't really a good thing -__-.

And I no longer have that crave for morning breakfasts. Maybe its all that hype in me waiting to fly back to Malaysia !!

Yes, I will be flying back tomorrow if it were next week. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you soon my darlings and have a great weekend.

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They call steamboat hotpot here.

Last weekend, we had a little all-girls steamboat to start off winter season at Sarah's crib. I've been going there quite often now hmm.

Anyways back to steamboat, or hotpot; that's what the Australians call it here. We ate soo much and it was pretty funny how we just kept on gobbling down the food although we had already reached the limit for a satisfied stomach. I think it's just human nature to eat whatever that looks good in front of you. This would mean gluttony is a natural thing in human beings.

(Sorry for this GAY line of interruption but I CAN FREAKING HEAR MY INDONESIAN HOUSEMATE TALKING IN HER ANNOYING INDONESIAN LINGO WHICH IS REALLY GETTING ON MY NERVES AS SHE JUST HAS TO SHOUT OUT LOUD WHATEVER SHE IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH HER IT'S NEARLY 1AM AND SHE'S TALKING LIKE THE LOUDEST MOTHER IN THE WORLD GIMME A BREAK)

Good to let out some frustration. I might just delete that line tomorrow.

Anyways, back to steamboat yet again, Amanda made the base for the soup which was fantabulous. The tom yam soup she made comprised of several types of tom yam pastes which made the soup really authentic, just not spicy enough. She even brought lemon for us to squeeze to get the tom yam soup sour. Seriously, the little squirts of lemon juice make a big difference in the taste of tom yam.

Lisha bought loads of fish cakes/ fish tofus, beef balls, beef slices, dumplings, sausages and all sorts of other stuff to dunk into the hotpot. It was really fun just having 4 of us girls sitting around the table yacking away while gobbling down hot food in winter. I enjoyed the beef slices
most and we went "shabu shabu" while dipping the beef into the soup haha. Man I think I will head to Little Lamb at Russell Street one more time before I fly back to Malaysia in less than two weeks.

Hotpot pictures !Before.

After. YUMMM!


Poor Odie, having to watch us 4 fatties eat and cook for more than two hours hahah.

Hahah Manda and the lovely beef slices.

Aftermath.

When we were finally done with the food, we played mah jong. Aunties, much. But it was good fun though I felt a little guilty for not studying at all the whole Saturday but it was just good to get away from the books for a while. I hadn't played mah jong in ages, more specific, since highschool. Sarah and I were the amatures that night at the table but I kinda picked up the game and won a couple of rounds towards the end of the night although Lisha and Amanda were the pros knowing all the rules for the game.

I brought grapes from some market in Carnegie too which were so cheap. AUD1 for the packet and the girls were delighted to hear about the grapes I had in the fridge heh heh.

We called it the night at what, 3am? hahah seriously aunties playing mah jong late into the night.

Check out the paper with the chinese writings. They were written by Manda for me to refer to while playing mah jong hahah sucks to be a banana sometimes. I kinda made the pace of the game slower as I had to refer to the paper when I got those tiles with such writings.

Night view of Docklands (?) from Sarah's.

Grapes !

Odie all tired = adorable.

Attended Jo's church the next morning. Been attending quite frequent now although I do not show any interest in mixing with the congregation or community there which is not really a good thing but at the moment, I just don't see myself mixing with the community there but really I attend the service for some time with God and the praise and worship sessions. People tell me I need a Christian community to mix with but I don't know, I like hanging out with my non-Christian friends here in Melbourne. I realised this since I arrived in Melbourne, and also since my studies away from home in KL, that my Christian community back in Ipoh was a really secured one; easy to mix with and stuff but away from Ipoh, it's quite different. In fact, its really different. Hmm. Talk about this some other time.

I am also done with my third paper today :D

Last paper would be next Friday, the day before I fly home to Malaysia...

Oh how I wait for that day but in the mean time, I am taking every opportunity to enjoy as much Australian dairy products as possible. Like today, I finished my Blue Ribbon Vanilla buttercream ice cream tub and also ate Cadbury Triple Chocolate ice cream which am now left with maybe 5 scoops in the tub? This calls for some ice cream restocking.

Or maybe ice-cream control?

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