Just Blogging Around

and some misc WTF(s)”

Yep, now it makes the complete title (and perfect sense) of the day.

Strange things happen thesedays.

1. I pissed off a customer about 6 months ago. She worth ~10k to the business, I think.  Obviously, it wasn’t impressive at all, especially for an intern like me who just started my placementship. I couldn’t care much (obviously) because she was such a high demanding beeyoch. Honestly. I think I can do better than that to gain more happy customers for the business. Throughout all these times, I still see her around, riding in her electronic scooter. But, she never came into our place. Not until 2 days ago, she came in in her scooter. WTF? This is crazy or what? And bloody hell, she even dared to ask for 20% discount. She acts exactly like her dog in her scooter.

2. Another WTF fink — I kena flashed big time 2 weeks ago at Ranford Rd, on my way home from work. I believe I will be receiving the fine soon because I say the big F word. Bad sign.
Kian wasn’t impressed at all. Trust me, I won’t get him to pay for my fines. I’m just annoyed at myself –WHY? Why on earth I put my foot down so hard at the first place? Right!! sigh. tah mah deh!

3. Lucky! — I was attending my tut at the Council. Toward the end session, my tutor told us she has a book to give away. I couldn’t care much because I know there is no way I would win anything. Never in my entire life, I Cynthia Foo win a fxxking thing. Never in my life, I Cynthia Foo buy a Lotto ticket. Because, I know these things just don’t happen to me. I hardly put my name in into any lucky draws even it was a free entry. Sad huh? I just don’t believe in gambling, and naturally, I don’t give a pig’s bum in any activities which involve luck.

My tutor wanted us to guess a number — from 1 to 100. She would give it to the intern who gives the best answer. My lucky numbers were 68. Deep down, I love 44. My initial answer would be 69, but I’m afraid some other interns get offended lar! Just few moment she announced the lucky one, I told the girl standing next to me: serisouly, I never win anything in my life, so I don’t expect this from her (the tutor). Turn out, my tutor pointed at me, the ‘winner’ is me.

WTF? Me? Holy cow! I just won an AUSDI?? WOW! serisouly, this is really w-t-f man! slap me! tell me, it is real!

Anyway, as you can see, I got my camera back!!!!! Yay! So happy!

Kian took some photo of me. Heehee, I’m abit camera-shy after all — haven’t been taking photos for awhile. Awhile..as in 1-2 weeks?

I couldn’t help but take plenty of photos!
Me and Kian went to City of Perth last Friday. The last time we went to City was about 5-6 months ago! We walked around the City. It was another typically chilly night in the West Coast. I love it when I was holding Kian’s hand all the time. I can never get enough cuddles from Kian. I hold his hand all the time, even when I go to bed.

I did a bit of research for dinner. My gf at work told me, there is this Korean Restaurant at Pier St does very good food. So, we decided to check it out.
The Korean waitress served us some little Korean cuisine. Holy Moly! They are so preeeeetttty!!!

And they are so cute!!!

I look at the dishes — oh my Buddha! I was totally amazed by those colours!

I didn’t wanna upload the macro-shot of the photos, but hey! I haven’t taking photos for awhile, allow me to shiok sama sendiri, can?

While we were enjoying the little Korean dishes..and over the spicy Kimchee, I overheard *ahem* some conversation from other table.

a bimbo said to an ang moh :”Malaysian girls are prettier…” I insisted she is refering to herself. 
“Girls from XX country are not so pretty” Again, I insisted she refering someone else.
“Oh! u reckon?” the ang moh asked.

I nearly wanted to stand up and said to the bimbo who made such a senseless statement: are you mentally retard or what? there is no such thing like girls from here or there are prettier.

That brainless bimbotic opinion! Seriously embarassing the entire female population mannn!

Anyway, I get over it very quickly. Come on! Came and think of it, there are plenty of bimbos out there. Sometimes at the end of the day,  I need those ppl to keep us entertained, right?

let’s move on to Korean pancake. It was bloody awesome!! It tasted fantastic with an awesome load of seafood and vege in it! It is a must-try dish at that restaurant!

Speaking of awesomeness, hey! You know what? You gotta watch Kung Fu Panda! It was so cute!!! and they heavily use the word ‘awesome’ in the movie! It was so awesome!!

The waitress continuously brought out the dishes. Again, I was very excited over the awesomeness. I started taking photos again. This time, she was kind enough to arrange those dishes nicely on the table.

Look at that! What a total awesomeness!

Kian ordered a BBQ squid dish. I swear I can eat 3 bowls of white rice alone with this dish itself. The squid is cooked in full Korean BBQ flavour in plenty of vegetable such as carrot, white raddish, onion, spring onion. And guess what? It is awesome!

I ordered a hot and spicy seafood dish. I thought I need something really hot and spicy to clear my staffy nose.
Speaking of seafood, most of the restaurants out there replace their seafood ingredients with fake crap sticks, fish balls and all the non-sense fake meat.

But this one, I swear to Buddha, I didn’t have any fake shheeat in it! They are all real seafood!
Look at this! Half of the crab! some prawns, mussels, and fish pieces!

It was so so so awesome!!

I can’t believe is July now. WOW! Seriously, time does fly so quickly, eh?

June was a hectic month for me. There were so many trainings and meetings. I even did my Senior First Aid course last week. It was hillarious! At the end of the course, the instructor said I failed the course. I was totally stunned! Me? Failed? I knew I did some mistakes.. but no way I was making more than 10! Of course, I was totally fooled! I passed — 39/40.
What a geek I am.

I hope July will be a better month. I have less training nights. I’m stopping salsa at the mo. I’m trying to focus more on my studies. I need to complete another half of my portfolio by the end of this month. Eeeeep! I’m not hoping to loose weight during Winter. But oh please! Please don’t put on weight! I’ve been eating like a pig, for heaven’ sake!

One more resolution for July: I will definitely drive abit slower.

xoxo

WOW! I can’t believe it is JUNE already. Time goes really quickly, issit? 

Me and Kian went out for dinner the other night at Red Herring, Fremantle. I kept this plan from Kian because he had Viva Voce** last week. I thought, erm.. bugga it off. No matter he get thru or not, I somehow still want to do something special for him for all his hard work.

**Viva Voce is like a registration ‘thing’ for being a licensed pharmacist. If you want to put it in that way

Blah blah blah..
The food is pretty average. Kian ordered a platter of BBQ seafood. Turn out, the BBQ = DEEP FRIED. Oh! And it wasn’t even good at all. It was bland. The oil wasn’t hot enough. The coating is hard.

The steak. Nuff said. Very average.

Anyway, the food wasn’t the point. I wanted to make sure our night didn’t get ruined by all other reasons. So, I managed to make the entire evening abit more exciting!

Again, I’ve already organised this surprise 2 weeks ago. Kian thought I went out for some Congress business. *ngek*

Shuddup, you! It is not a ring lah. In case you are wondering. Im not desperate at all.

It is a stamp!!

It is a stamp for Kian. He passed his Viva Voce!

Yes, I went down to local Officeworks the other day to get him a stamp. Cheecky me. Oh well, I thought this is something very useful. Probably better than a ring?  He is going to use it most of the time at work now. WOW! How exciting?

MPS= Member of Pharmaceutical Society; CD = Comission of Declaration

Wondering when is moin turn? *deep breath*

Oh! I think I’ve “coughed out” enough for my internship portfolio. argh. I had so much to do. When I organised all my work in a ring-file, I amazed myself. I nearly wanted to cry. Crazy.

Location: Brissy

You guess it right. The JAEGER BOMBS!!! Yay!

On Wednesday night..

Bloody awesome.

The photos are slightly pointless. really. Im just feeling abit emo. I want a big hug. I got scared this morning when I heard the thunderstorm. Remember the old couple that I was talking about. I made my last visit to theirs. I swear to god, I didn’t know it was coming for real. *slap me* I was so afraid that karma bits back..and I might kena strike by lightening this arvo on my way there. I made an good effort to organise a new person to look after them.

So far so good, I guess. Thank Buddha! moi is still alive. phew!

It was sometimes ago, I found this restaurant from a blog review.
I personally not a very huge fan of buffet, I believe a tasteful dinner comes from succulent flavour, not the quantity itself.

One of the weeknights, we decided to head down to Shimizu Grand at Floreat Forum.

Some foodie’ photos first, ya?

Round ONE:
(A little bit of everything to try first)

Clock wise:

• salmon sushi — exactly the one I’ve made at home.
• Una sushi — disappointingly dry
• jellyfish sald — not something very fantastic
• spring roll — judging by its colour, you can tell they are severely underfried. pretty tasteless.
• squid mayo salad(?) — pretty awesome
• gyoza - the skin/wrapping tasted like cardboard ;pretty much like leftover gyoza being steamed again, again and again. nuff.
• raw tuna: (hiding behind the Chiwan Mushi): hmmm…
• Chiwan mushi: pretty fantastic.

Round TWO:
clock wise:
raw salmon: yes.. you can pretty much tell that there isn’t much awesomeness served on the table.
pickle: commercially available everywhere, not something that will amaze you.
random salad 1: I paid 38 bucks, I must at least try that.. for a tiny bit
random salad 2: comment same as above
raw beef: 2-3 slices are the max, but I just had one.

The only reason I like about the food is raw salmon. If you are salmon person, you might as well buy a chunk from Coles, and slice it off yourself at home.

I’ve never been a fan of jellyfish, but ever since I got stung by stingers, I am very,very, very determined to eat jellyfish whenever I go for Japanese. Damn you, jellyfish! The rash flared up few days ago.. and they are still fairly reddish and itchy.

Tempura: poorly done.

Beef: hard as rock. The slice garlic was overfried, leaving a after pungent bitter taste.

Squid balls: where is the squid? yep! very classic! they only give you a tiny tiny bit of squid, whereas the flour was obviously overpowering.

Japaneses noodle: I felt like they got this straight from the packaging. The texture of noodle is smooth; the brooth.. ordinary.

I personally think the owner put too much effort into the restaurant design. The ambient was good. Perfect for dating, group meeting.
But the owner musta forget to apply some passion, energy and effort into the food.
The hot food was very very disappointed too. They look more than the less like those cheapo Chinese buffet. and again, pretty tastleless.

And speaking of variation, I can understand there were only 2 choices of cakes.. but again, back to hot food. G! You don’t expect the amount of money you paid for for this kind of buffet.

So, I decided to come out with some top tips.
1. NO! You don’t pay 35. You will pay 38 bucks now. Price has gone up, just like the fuel. bloody hell.
2. NO! You don’t get their iconic chopsticks either.
3. NO! absolutely not worthy.
4. NO! You won’t even think of going there.for once.

p/s: despite the food wasn’t that great, I still had a lovely night out with Kian. At the end, Kian made the night pretty much, very tasteful.

Kian took my camera with him. I took few interesting photos with my mobile. The problem is, I can’t upload them because I can’t fine the what-ever card connection. Consequently, no photos till he gets back in Town, which is going to be another few more days. Accidentally, I might be spending Chinese New Year alone, too. Great!

I feel this is so not ‘Cynthia’ for having NO photos in the post. OK. At the end of the day, I must admit I do suffer slight ‘camwhore’ syndrome. Happy?

I don’t really feel like being home alone, so far. strangely.

Dab, I have two goldfishes. For the first time, I remember to feed them. Check your email. I defined Aussie Culture clearly. You will be impressed.

Fish Fish, being home alone is actually OK. There is so much lesser laundry to do. Not much cooking to be done. I cooked a dish the other day - vege and chicken. It lasted me THREE meals!! Holy cow. Single life is not THAT bad after all. For time being, I would say so. But, I miss Kian’s cuddle so badly. He blankets me every night. He kisses my forehead before I go to sleep. For all the sudden, I have to ’sendiri makan sendiri’. Mannn.

May..probably. You know the best, I guess. I don’t feel ‘alone’ much. I work thru’ out the long weekend. Each night, I go lepaking for abit with my friends. By 10-ish, I’m in my bed, reading book. Or else, I put my legs up, watch more Top Gear. Classic.

Day Dreamer, I was always alone since I was 15. I moved out from parents. G! This reminds me that ageing is kicking in. Damn. ;P

Oh! Today is public holiday. It was Australia Day last Saturaday. I didn’t go down to the Foreshore to watch the skywork. So, lady and gentleman, please allow me to say this out loud: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! OI! OI! OI!

niiice
 

Hello and Welcome !!!
 Happy 2008, everybody! How’s your day going?  I hope you already had a good start since the first day of new year.
 

For me, 2008 doesn’t actually start until last Saturday. Yes, not until I finally cleaned up the mess all over the place on my desk at work. I’m so proud.
 Note to GNA, if you reading this, I will keep your words in my mind: never stay back at work.
New Year, New Lesson. *nice* 

 These are some photos from New Year Eve night out with a bunch of smart-ass amigos. We went Broken Hill Hotel for NYE. I like it there a lot – cosy-ness, cheap drink, safe place to club. Personally, any night out in suburb is preferable over Northbridge.
 Some photos to share with you folks: 

We were given some party packs(stuffs), which we ended up gone crazy with.
 Kian and me, obviously. “oh..so sweet…” I can hear you saying that. I know, very sweet. Obviously. *wink*
 

We meet some new people down there as well. It was all great fun. I hear so much good stuff about these people, abut I never really meet them in real life.
 Accroding to the sequence from left to right: Smartest –> Smarter. *pause* A total no-brianer.
 

I couldn’t help thinking food, sex, and alcohol are still the best topic in the world of socialism. Shall I say it again, food, sex, dru alcohol == great stuffs!

 NO! I wasn’t look very impressed at all. Apparently, Johnny Boy was trying to touch my nen-nen (boobs). Moi on the other hand, was trying to strangle him with my right hand, and using my left arm to protect my nipple! Wahaha! It is all part of the joke, anyway. You can tell Kian was laughing his head off over our craziness. p/s: certainly not THE drunkenness.