Fujiya, BBQ KING Firecrackers and PHILLIP RUDDOCK

Firstly, before I forget, I saw Phillip Ruddock today at Chinatown. Bahaha. He was surrounded by a crowd of people at a freaking intersection (the start of Chinatown at Market City).  At first, I just noticed the crowd as I was walking towards George St. I mouthed a swear word when I had to propell through the crowd of sticky people and immediately regretted it because I saw a channel 9 camera pointed in my direction.  Sixty minutes? STOP FUDGING FILMING WHERE THE BLOODY TRAFFIC LIGHTS ARE!  Then I saw Phillip Ruddock.  Tick. Two famous people in one week.

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY.

So earlier this morning I was ranting on about how D lost my logbook, etc- well this morning, we both took action and drove to the RTA and bought another logbook. Apparently I just fill out all the hours I did before (wth). I think that's utterly stupid. How easy would it be to fudge hours. Gaaah. $13. Which came from my wallet (wallet and purse = same thing Rohan) and I think it means NO DRINKS FOR BELLE THIS FRIDAY- which is a pity because I'll be in the city all morning and afternoon. Sigh sigh sigh.

After that, I drove to the docs to get a referral letter to some breath test clinic.  I think M had some helio-something bacteria a while back.  I did some research, and apparently, if it's left untreated (killed), it would cause cancer. So I suggested we all get tested sometime this week so that we can be cleansed asap and prevent any unnecessary death. Got there, waited for eons, came out and drove to the dentist (lol) to get a radiology referral letter for K. 

D & I stopped off at home, before heading out again (yes, I drove alot today) to yumcha. Waited for another couple of eons before a table was finally offered to us. Ate $40 worth of food. What the hell. So expensive. I swear I didn't eat that much. T_T;

After that we went home, chilled for a bit, then drove M to Thornleigh and drove out to city with D &K. Yes. I drove even more. :D  By then it was about 5ish and traffic into the city was a breeze. Got there in no time. Geez. I should use bullet points or something. This sounds so disjointed.

• Walked to Ichiban Boshi
• Found out they were having repairs and won't be open until Friday (or something)
• D&K&I had a little debate about where we should go for dinner. K suggested Kinokuniya (yes, I'm serious. D said Gumshara, and I suggested Fujiya)
• We went to Fujiya (after much persuasion) and we didn't regret it at all. All the tense frustration and irritation was stripped from our bodies once we walked into the extremely tiny front door.  Why? Because looks are deceiving.  The outside of Fujiya (the place above Delafrance on George) looks shabby, but the interior is a different story.  It was so spacious and awesome. So serene. It was really quiet when we got there.

Practically the entire floor looked like this. May I suggest we have a big group dinner here sometime? It's so close to work. xD

D: Lemon Squash, K: Calpis (lol) with peach, B: Calpis with grape

K: Sushi Udon Set

B: Salmon- I just craved sashimi so I ordered a whole lot

D: Sushi and sashimi set

When I say I like japanese food, what I really mean to say is I like to eat raw fish.  Seriously, it is like the greatest thing IN THE WORLD- except it may give you the worst.  Worms. Gosh. But I thought, TO HELL WITH THAT, if I die from worm explosion, at least I'll die half happy. :) 

So when we were all content and full and jolly, we came across a blockage.

BOY WAS I GLAD TO SEE THIS. MARTIAL ARTY BOYS IN THEIR FLUFFY PANTS. WOOHOO. I love them. This is why I love Chinese New Year. It's a combination of some of my favourite things.

Fluffy pants and sequins.

Kidding.

Really, I love firecrackers and lion dancing. I also love the fact that men can wear fluffy pants and look manlyish at the same time. With sequins too. lol.  K & I had a good chuckle about this before we realised D was missing. :O Turns out he was across the road.

So we followed him, and got front row seats. Freaking awesome. There were three bunches of firecrackers which were heaps long. At least 5m long each.

When my internet connection improves, I'll upload my CNY video onto youtube to show you how freaking awesome firecrackers are.  I did that last year and triggered this HUGE martial art discussion between martial arty people. Great fun.

After it finished, they got a huge round of applause and we got the car and drove to Thornleigh before going home.  I DROVE SO MUCH. SO HAPPY.

TWILIGHT PARADE IS ON SUNDAY!

fml

I NO LONGER HAVE ANY EVIDENCE THAT I DROVE APPROXIMATELY 60 GENUINE HOURS.

Why? D wanted to keep my logbook "safe" during the hols so he put it in the house- AND NOW IT'S GONE.

Those were seriously some of the most painstaking hours of my life. PLUS MORE actually. T_T; I'm sure I had about 20 hours of "learning" hours D didn't count because he was teaching me to park.

DAMNIT. If it were 2 years ago, I would have already gotten my Ps.  Eff you RTA.

Shall visit RTA today and fish out $X.XX or $XX.XX to get a new one- and possibly start from scratch.

I'm hoping for some good news from the RTA people telling me I can just forget about those 60 or so hours, but seriously, as if.

Gonna drive there now. T_T;

PS Guise, the Twilight Parade is on today, and NO IT IS NOT ABOUT TWILIGHT (in bold just incase you think it's about Edward Cullen *shudder*).  My boss, my workmates and some friends will know that I've been keen to see this parade which is happening tonight.  CLICK HERE to see what I'm talking about.

It's like the mardis gras but the gay are replaced by chinese decked out in funky clothes.

The parade starts at TOWN HALL and finishes in CHINATOWN and there will be FIREWORKS in Cockle Bay. So if you have free time tonight and want to come GIMME A SHOUT (in this case, over the phone please) and join us (miss weenie and I) for a very, very interesting night filled with RED, CHINESE, and starved acrobat kids from China who wear red.

OMG EXCITED. :)