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!

Anticlimax

Today was another school day.  More interesting/bludge-ful than any other day it turned out to be.  I was expecting another day to pass by slowly- 4 hours of sleep does that to you (I KNOW WHAT THE HELL!), and it seemed like time would just NOT GO BY during mourning class until cheryl made it more interesting by initiating a pentopaper conversation. :)

After that, we walked into the senior common room and saw Sharon EVERYWHERE!

Exhibit A- I sure hope she doesn't kill me for this

Sharon hiding her face from the camera. Poor thing.  "One guy [Phat] ruined my [Sharon's] entire life in one day!" Said Sharon :) It was very funny.

Exhibit B- Photoshopped muscly man on the fridge and on the lockers

Muscle woman tears down the big poster

RARARA

Exhibit C- The blown up pic from the front cover of the school diary

It was great. Today was filled with laughs~ mostly between Sharon and I at Topher :) and his former perplexing quandary. However, none of us really did anything productive today. 

The day began with mourning class, then hilarious 15 mins of free time in the common room, then year meeting where we got like 3 different notes (DON'T FORGET TO HAND STUFF IN ON TIME!), then maths free, then bio- sort of productive, not really, then recess - longish talk with sim about future/present/BIRTHDAY PARTIES NEXT YEAR *wiggles eyebrows* Ahm. Maths = not much done, Jap = fun vocab revising lesson with Yvonne and Cat (HI YVONNE IF YOU'RE READING THIS!) then it was Lunch.  I spent most of lunch chatting with some people I haven't talked to in a LONG TIME.  Reminded me of the old days and I'll really miss it :( 

After that was double eco- and it's always fun/interesting/educational, but I was so tired I was on the verge of falling asleep. HOMETIME = trip to epping to try the legendary burger Michael wouldn't stop raving on and on about.

So this is the place- Epping

I used to always just walk past it and not notice

Drew, Rohan, Michael, Winnie and I were present.

Menu

I ordered the Special Plaiin Burger and Chips $4.50

Was feeling a bit excited when my packaged goods arrived.

Looked pretty good yes?

Beef patty, onions, beetroot, tomato and a bit of lettuce.

Omnomnom

Verdict?  I thought that for the number of times Rohan and Michael raved on about this burger was a tad unnecessary- it was a bit of a let down honestly. I expected SO much more - the one I had yesterday was much better, but I have to say; for the $4.50 I paid, what I got was worth every cent and it is a cheap eat for a poor student.  However, I didn't feel full afterwards, but that's probably just me... OR freeloaders taking my chips...

Would I go there again? Probably.  I think my burger would have been better with a slice of cheese inside- I'll order the cheese burger next time.  There's nothing nicer in a burger than melting cheese on a beef patty.

mmmm

SO. Got home, and here I am. Pigging out on a box of french pies because I'm still hungry as.  I think my dad's right in saying I'll eat the family poor.

:(

Have a nice week everyone! 11 days till the end of year 12 !

PS. Dad came home and reminded me we still have sashimi in the fridge. :D

PPS: BUDDHA PEARS Dunkerly was talking about them today in class. I'm proud to say I was the only one who knew what he was talking about

PPPS: Michael's post about the burger shop