the week I ate lots of kiwis because M bought heaps

Thanks guys - for all the nice comments in my last post :)

I did so much today. Nothing was related to study, but who cares - exam is on Wednesday, I'll worry about it when I wake up. [FYI, its not bad study ethic if you know the course material well, and all notes have been written up. :D I'm all ok for Wednesday's exam].

Highlight of the day - 30 minute photo shoot session before the cake was cut.  Note, if you think I'm a big phototakerthingymabob, you should meet D. He's even bossier than me when it comes to taking photos of the birthday girl/man in the house.  But poor K. She had an early morning at school, and a long night at tutoring before coming home around 8ish for dinner and cake. Birthdays are happytimes. K thanked M + D for creation, and me for wrapping her up in nappies for YEARS. Haha. That's right. Years.

Instagram goodness. I realised K's name is here, but w/e I'm sure I've mentioned it a bajillion times before.

 If you've been reading my blog during stuvac, you know I've been subject to cooking lessons by M. And by cooking lessons, I mean her barking at me to get dinner started haha. Tonight's menu included ABALONE.

This was one tasty shellfish :D

Unfortunately, because I was serving, I had to leave myself with the ugliest abalone.  The things I do for this family.

This week shall be dubbed "The week I ate lots of kiwi because M bought heaps".  Persimmons + kiwi is a funderful combination. It's sweet and tangy and the perfect afternoon snack / dessert. Had my first golden kiwi a few days ago and I am IN LOVE. Never buying green ones AGAIN if the golden ones are in season.

SO SO SO sweet, golden kiwi

Persimmons + kiwi fruit

Oranges + kiwi fruit

Pink lady apples + kiwi fruit - hooray! a dessert fork!

Onto some other stuff - I'm a bit sick of seeing kiwi now. (funfact, apparently our stomachs can't digest the little seeds in the fruit and so they just come out in our poop. Apparently it's true. My Gma told me that she was changing my nappy once (many, many years ago) and found lots of little black dots after I was fed kiwi. mmm. TMI for sure, but yeah, hahaha - maybe I'll edit this out later...

Food List.
If anyone's thinking of going to TW anytime soon, maybe eat your way through this list. After making a rough estimate of how much it will cost to travel the US over the summer hols, I've realised that I won't have enough money to go anywhere else (esp if I want to hold a 21st - eek, these cost so much!). 

Long time followers will know I am a huge fan of the 大腸包小腸 aka sticky rice sausage. The little TW dessert shop in Dixon makes my ABSOLUTE fave pickled relish. I swear, I could eat that all day. I love anything pickled, sweet, sour and tangy! Back in the old days, when M left the house to hang the washing, I'd tear into the fridge and feast on pickled gherkins!  When I'm in New York, I'm definitely hitting up pickle stores owned by Jewish people. (I'm starting to think that a week in NYC won't be enough for me!).


A few days ago, I was on Cnet looking at camera reviews for one from the Panasonic Lumix range. In the end, I decided that since I already have a nice point and shoot, there really is no point in buying a more luxurious one, especially if I'm not going to pursue photography as a hobby. So instead, I hopped on Ebay and bought a spare battery.  Oh man. It costed me $18.   I need to cut down on spending this month.

But I also need new work clothes.

Ahh what a quandary I'm in (and an embarrassing one at that!). I've gone down a size since I stopped working.  All the work clothes I bought, I bought in anticipation of going up a size. BUT I WENT DOWN! So my lovely Tokito skirts are too loose on me now. I so regret buying the bigger size. Why did I underestimate myself?!

Ok. I'm gonna hit the sack before this turns into a full blow rant about clothes. Not a very deep post today - too full on cake to think, really.


But anyway, have a lovely week guys :) Not sure if I'll be posting in these few days. I really need to get a crackdown on finance and corps law.   Keep me updated with post-exam plans.


PS. Anyone who's keen on going to the snow, I found some really good deals to NZ. There are ones within Aus too. Won't be going this year - but these deals are so good. $138 flight to NZ?!?!

PPS. You also have to check out this hilarious article by CNNGO. It's titled "How to converse around the world with 5 conversation topics" - a 'how to' guide for awkward travellers. The one for Australia is pretty on the dot I think.

*EDIT* PPPS. REMEMBER THIS POST?!  I talked about my friend who was looking through engagement ring catalogues - deep discussion 100 grand diamonds and how I was looking forward to getting engaged.... well HE BOUGHT A RING. He didn't disclose the diamond grade (harhar) BUT WOOHOO SO HAPPY (for him and his gf). This means there's another wedding to go to in the not-so-distant future (provided that she says yes, of course!).