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!

The day before

Oh the chaos.

Oh my sleep deprived mornings. Poor neighbours.

D wakes up at 7am in the morning to use his chainsaw to cut down trees. Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a loverly dayyy.

I have been breathing nothing but fresh grass scent mixed with petrol fumes. Kill me now.  My morning begins at 3.30 tomorrow. We will head down to Mohammed's at Campbelldown and he'll drive us to airport/look after our car. Oh. My. Goodness. Campbelltown.

After that, we'll board a freaking morning plane- which will be delayed- no doubt. And I'll enjoy a blissful 9 hours watching movies/tvshows/standupcomedians. Boy, I can't wait.

In the meantime, chaos is breaking out inside the house. In one corner of our humble abode, one person is screaming "WHO TOOK MY GIORDANA POLO?!", in the other corner, one will be muttering to herself packing, and unpacking, packing and unpacking- another will be revving up the whippersnipper - for HOURS (this, my friends, is why you should always opt for the most expensive garden tools as they usually last/ don't take hours to fire up), and of course this one is all packed- all ready to go: camera, phone, keys, money and all. Righteo.

I believe in packing light when going to an asian country. However, I brought an excess number of long sleeved undershirts- because all the ones they sell in HK are designed for people with stumpy bodies and arms. T_T; I can easily fit into an XL there, but a size S in Sydney. Oh, how obese.

Once I get to HK airport I plan to buy a prepaid sim for my phone and put HK$500 into my octopus card. Woopdidoo. Then I will go pig out at Aji Ichiban, and find a way to withdraw HK monies to put some in my Chip n Dale wallet. Oh yes, speaking of that, I think it's time for it to enjoy retirement. I think having a disney wallet will cause many embarassing scenes in the future. Time to opt for something black, sleek and sophisicated. =.= sucks.


Time to go mope and play guitar. Just kidding. By playing I mean tuning. =.=.

KEEP SAFE TAKE CARE ET CETERA ET CETERA

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This week has been nothing but ZOOMZOOMZOOM for me. M + D+ K + I have been rushing around Sydney trying to get everything ready before we leave - eg cancelling our paper delivery for 1.5 months, buying quality uggs for various members of the extremely large family overseas, lanolin stuff (ew ew ew), finding a place to take a good family photo and developing many copies =.=. 

UNFORTUNATELY YESTERDAY D DECIDED WE WERE TOO BUSY TO DRIVE UP TO FORRESTER'S BEACH. So we just hung around in the backyard sweating our asses off drilling wood into whatever out side gate is made of. D's paranoid that during our trip, it's going to collapse and give robbers a good entry, but I beg to differ. Firstly, when I climbed over that gate a while ago, I found it damn hard. I pushed and shoved, heaved and sighed, but the gate didn't budge. In the end I had to stand ontop of the bins and leap over the gate. Dootdidoot.

It was so hot. SO SO HOT. Then afterwards M said "LETS BASK IN SOME AIRCONDITIONING". Instead of pressing a button and turning on the aircon, she dragged me into the car and drove to C court. There I did lots of vegetable/fruit shopping and ate a $5 feed at Maccas. Damn these shopping trips. All I seem to eat nowadays is $5 feeds! WHAT CRAZY ISTHIS?!

But apart from that, I'm cooking a lot more. Which is terrible, really. It's not the weather to be cooking in, unless I'm in a really whacked up kitchen with air conditioning. The only moment of joy I experience is when I'm opening the fridge to get stuff out or put bottles/jars back in. OH the domestic life.

Phone is still dead. R.I.T.P Rest in Temporary Peace, for I am now departing the house to get it FIXED. >:(

Hope you all have a lovely day/week. take caree

Karaoke, Kasumi, Bosco's, Bondi- by night and day

HELLO WONDERFUL PEOPLE

I have been so busy/pooped I haven't really had time to blog. The past few days have been quite fun, and I can't believe the end of the HSC feels so far away already.  Hope you're all doing well/ everything is running smoothly. I feel like I've left everything to the last minute- NO NEW CAMERA- but it's okay. I'm considering purchasing a DSLR in HK at Fortress in HK where its cheaper :D.  Mum wants a DSLR too because her photography interest is growing at an extremely rapid rate.

So .. yes. This will be interesting.

I realise this post is long overdue-

WEDNESDAY:

Bosco was wonderful and has already posted about this :) READ HERE

My story- Trained from Epping - Central. There was a massive delay because there was some guy who didn't want to get off the train- but was "forcibly removed" afterwards. Took them ages. How long does it take for a bunch of guys to get one guy off the train. T_T; Was supposed to meet the others at Syd K- and I was going to get off at Town Hall- except this train didn't get there; it terminated at Central. So I got off and got on a city circle train. Big mistake. Stopped at Museum, St James, C. Quay and Wynyard before getting to Town Hall. Next time I'm just walking from Central.

Met the others and karaoked.

lol Yoon's expression.

We got an extra 20 mins, all thanks to Michael's korean ethnicity. :D  Then when the time + 20 mins was up, we departed to get to dinner on time.

Ate at Kasumi Izakaya 8) Interesting place for dinner. Slightly disappointed they didn't have the noodle slide thingy- that I had seen on GYF's blog. :( Nevertheless, we had a good time- especially after a round of drinks ;)  Lemonade Midori (Rex), Strawberry mocktail (Bonnie), Green Tea Milkshake (Sam), Coke (Lis :P:P), Sunset coast (Mindy), China Blue (mine) and I forgot any others. xD  And of course we ordered food.

My view. xD

Lemonade Midori, Strawberry mocktail, Greentea Milk Shake, China Blue

Forgot what this was. Some kinda chicken entre.

WOO Drink sharing. Normally- I'm against this sort of saliva swapping- but I let loose; all in the name of experimentation

Yakisoba I think

Beef something. Terriyaki? Gosh. I've forgotten

Teriyaki Chicken

Takoyaki anyone?

Japanese Fried Rice with Shrimp

Ooh these there interesting

tip

about to get run over

mamak. didn't go- wanted to though

instead...

gelatissimo!

On the train home- we were uber loud- and borbitch was talking about oral sex and chimpanzees; i looked around, and everyone was giving us disapproving stares. ==;

that concludes my recount of wednesday,

which brings me to Thursday

Sign out day- Originally, my plan was to rock up to school super late- because I wanted to go to the mini party at Mawson's place (okay not a party- just lunch). However, I was up bright and early and got a call from the bestie- so I sprinted to school in my mismatched clothes, odd socks wild hair through the bush. It was quite an ordeal. Was attacked (not really) by a couple of spiders which happened cling onto webs I had run through. :( I was shrieking and slapping wildly at my legs while still running. I had forgotten how to stop and I just ran all the way to school :( 

Signed out with Cheryl (well- she finished WAY earlier before me), got my $100 and we headed off to C. Court for some lunch. Haha. All this walking/running had made me ravenous and I treated myself to an upsized ultimate burger meal. MM-MM. THEN, Cheryl called Ambert to pick us up and take us to Connie's cos we were too full/fat from eating. :D

Watch movies (lol the neverending story was so gay), and rent, and played monopoly before going home and resting my weary feet. After dinner I sat on the couch and fell asleep almost immediately. :) I don't recall watching any tv that night.

FRIDAY

Woke up early to catch the early bus to meet everyone at school to go to Bosco's to plan our HK trip.  Got to school at 9ish. Saw Bosco, and we just sat around for ages with Lee, waiting for the sleepover people to wake up and amble to school. We waited for ages and then found out Sam was going home first, and Mawson/Drew were already at Bosco's house! LOL!  THEN, Quentin, Bosco and I caught 3 buses to get to his place- and had lotsa fun. His house is way cool.  PICS

There are shrunken. Ask for bigger ones :)

LOL DREW'S FACE!!

Mawson taking over Shanghai

lalala. Then I had an optom appointment. Right eye has gotten a bit worse- no biggie. I am as blind as a bat anyway.  Went home- then went out again to Bondi. M wanted to see the Sculptures.

B: It's night time. You can't see anything

M: I want to go

B: you won't be able to see anything

M: I want to go

B: tomorrow morning?

M: NONE OF YOU WILL WAKE UP IN THE MORNING

B: Then just take D

M: HURRY UP AND GET IN THE CAR.

So we went.

The thing about going to see the Sculptures at night is that everything looks like this.

Bondi is beautiful at night. But it's even better during the day.

WE WENT the next morning. Left the house super early- used the cross city tunnel- $5 toll, bitches. $10 parking- bitches, $25 breakfast at McDonalds- mmm. BE-YOO-TI-FOOL.

OHMYGOSH

THIS POST HAS TAKEN AGES.

NO MORE.

I'll save it for tomorrow ;D I have photos from a Poporo lunch with K yesterday. So yes. :) TILL THEN, TAKE CARE, GLAM UP/GET SOME SLEEP EVERYONE.