WARNING: This post will be very boring because all I am doing/am going to do is study at Frank's. Actually, you know what, I can't be bothered to write anything. I'm too tired from studying. From 1 June till after exams, I am only gonna record what I eat, when I go to the gym and what I study. (for my own reference)
I EAT SO MUCH WHEN I STUDY...IT'S ABSURD!!!
Wednesday 17 June 2009
Finance 1 Paper
ARA 4-7 + 12
Calorie Count:
-Chicken nuggets + potato nuggets (lunch)
-Chicken a la king (dinner)
-Cookies (supper)
-Cheerios (supper)
Tuesday 16 June 2009
Gym (arms + cardio)
Calorie Count:
-Chicken nuggets + potato nuggets (lunch)
-Noodle soup (dinner)
Monday 15 June 2009
Gym (arms + cardio)
Finance 8-12
Calorie Count:
-Left-over noodles (lunch)
-Kaya sandwich + hot chocolate (tea)
-Cheerios (tea)
-Chicken and mushroom rice (dinner)
-Chips (supper)
Sunday 14 June 2009
Gym (legs + cardio)
Laundry, vacuuming, cleaning, etc...
Finance 6-7
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Left-over noodles (lunch)
-Beef ravioli + eggplant (dinner)
-Flapjacks (dessert)
Saturday 13 June 2009
Finance 1-5
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Left-over noodles (lunch)
-Beef curry with rice (dinner)
Friday 12 June 2009
Gym (legs)
ARA 9-11
ARA budgeting
ARA 2006 Semester 1, Question 6-9
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Pizza (lunch)
-Hot chocolate (tea)
-Noodles with black bean sauce, beef, capsicum, fishball and chinese sausage (dinner)
-Caramel slice (dessert)
Thursday 11 June 2009
Happy 18th Birthday Rachel!
Gym (arms)
ARA 7-9
Calorie Count:
-Chicken and harira soup with bread and butter (lunch)
-Roast beef panini (lunch)
-Pasta with mince beef and vege (dinner)
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Happy Birthday Daddy!
Microecons Exam-ugghhh!!!
ARA bank reconciliation
ARA 4-6
Calorie Count:
-Beef pie (lunch)
-Hot chocolate with marshmallows (tea)
-Pizza & garlic bread (dinner)
Tuesday 9 June 2009
PBL Exam-ugghhh!!!
2006 Semester 1 Microecons paper
More Microecons revision
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Fish and potato nuggets (lunch)
-Waffle with chocolate sauce (tea)
-Steak and mash potatoes (dinner)
Monday 8 June 2009
Re-read PBL 4-11 plus more revision.
Calorie Count:
-Cheerios & milk (lunch)
-Cookies & hot chocolate (tea)
-Chicken stew & rice (dinner)
-Caramel slice & chocolate (dessert)
-Mee goreng (supper)
Sunday 7 June 2009
Laundry, vacuuming, dishes, dusting.
Calorie Count:
-Fish and potato nuggets (lunch)
-Mixed meat, pita & dip and haricot bean soup (dinner)
-Caramel slice (dessert)
Saturday 6 June 2009
Gym (cardio)
Microecons 17-24
2007 Semester 1 Microecons paper (and I did very well for that too :D)
Calorie Count:
-Kaya sandwich (breakfast)
-Pb&j sandwich (lunch)
-Quavers (lunch)
-Cheerios & milk (tea)
-Beef stew & buttered rice (dinner)
-Max Brener's American hot milk chocolate with marshmallows (dessert)
Friday 5 June 2009
Gym (legs)
Mircoecons 13-16
Calorie Count:
-Bircher museli (lunch)
-Oats (tea)
-Cheese sandwich + cookie (tea)
-Salmon & prawn pasta (dinner)
-Chocolate (dessert)
Thursday 4 June 2009
Microecons 6-12
Calorie Count:
-Bircher museli (lunch)
-Bubble tea (tea)
-Slice of banana loaf (tea)
-Crab cake + caprese (starter)
-Mixed meat platter + porcini mushroom risotto (mains)
-Hot chocolate (dessert)
Wednesday 3 June 2009
Gym (arms)
PBL 11 + case studies
Intro to microecons 1-5
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Cheese sandwich (lunch)
-Pita & dip (tea)
-Chicken rice (dinner)
-1 slice of banana loaf (dessert)
Tuesday 2 June 2009
PBL 8-11
Jogging/walking-->more of the walking
Calorie Count:
-Burito (lunch)
-Sushi, beef and rice (dinner)
-Cookies (dessert)
Monday 1 June 2009
Gym (legs)
PBL 4-7
Calorie Count:
-Kellogs twist breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Burito (lunch)
-Spaghetti bolognese (dinner)
-A ton of chocolate (dessert)
-Pita & dip (supper)
-Left-over chicken with rice (supper)
Sunday 31 May 2009
I woke up just in time for church. Unfortunately, I was very late for church for various reasons. Sara wasn't down in time and the tram got diverted. Thus we had to trudge down the whole of Elizabeth Street just to get on 109 at Collins. The pastor from Texas was awesome. He was really funny and oh so Texan.
Aunty Grace, Nadia, Jo, Sara, Claire and I went to Starbucks after church. The museli slice is quite nice. We bumped into Hanson on our way out then Sara, Claire and I went to take-away from stalactites.
I ate dinner then did my laundry. I had a lot of jeans to wash, soo many that the dryer was over-loaded. Vacuumed and wiped everything while my laundry was in the machines. Did I mention how badly tailored my jeans are?? Oh gosh! I'm thinking of taking them back to Singapore to be re-done but I think they might be too short to re-alter...
Calorie Count:
-Beef patty with bread (lunch)
-Museli slice (tea)
-Pita bread and tamara dip (starter)
-Beef patty with cheese and bread (dinner)
Saturday 30 May 2009
Sara and I met Jo at Flinders and we trammed to Aunty Grace's house. Did tutorial 6 of ARA before dinner.
Bert and Eric (Aunty Grace's classmates from her hospitality school) dropped by for dinner too. We had steamboat and Erick tried to teach me the basics of salsa. I ain't got no co-ordination...
Bert dropped us home after dinner. Sara and I changed then we followed Jo to his place so that he could change then we went to Crown for a super banana split. There was this weird ass Chinese mafia guy at Velvetbar. He creeped the shit out of me for a number of reasons...a) he kept giving us creepy looks b) he put his beer on our table even though he was so far away from us c) he ushered this group of girls to sit next to him in a very creepy fashion d) he popped into a photo with these girls who were equally if not more creeped out by him. What's with Sara and always sitting next to creepy guys???
We popped by BP and Macs after our drink then it was back to Jo's house for videos. Only got back home at like 5.30a.m.
Calorie Count:
-Beef patty with bread (lunch)
-Steamboat (dinner)
-Super banana split (dessert)
-Not so deluxe cheeseburger (supper)
-Doritos (supper)
Friday 29 May 2009
I didn't do very well for my ARA assignment :( but at least I did it almost completely on my own. After the tute and lunch I took a quick nap. Sara followed me to my Microecons tute because she missed hers on Monday. Collected my jeans after school. They were not well tailored at all...
I continued to look for flights back to Singapore but as you can imagine, there are no cheap flights that you can book the day before you intend on flying. In the end, I didn't book anything because Daddy said he would cancel my trip to London if I flew back for the sale :(
Made buritos for dinner. Sara and I popped by Starbucks after dinner then we met Jo again at Frank's.
I quit Finance and proceeded with ARA. UGGHHH!!! I didn't understand a thing!!! It was as if I hadn't taken the subject, I was a complete noob! Started off with tutorial 4 because that was when the real work started. We only left at like 2a.m. and I only managed to finish two tutorials. We did have a little fun in between though. Under the table we go!
Calorie Count:
-Left-over pasta with a chicken and mushroom cream sauce (lunch)
-Buritos (dinner)
-Starbucks hot chocolate (dessert)
Thursday 28 May 2009
I was back at the gym on Thursday. After I dropped my jeans off at the tailors...ten pairs of them. Cute guy alert!!! I kinda stole his treadmill because we were both heading towards the same treadmill. After someone else got off their treadmill he ended up two treadmills away from me. Good looking and good smelling :) I like natural scents, without all that awful cologne. My arms got a good workout then it was back to College Square.
Sara and I went to Frank's when I was ready. More Finance...
We had dinner at Chinabar but made a small detour along the way. Guess was having a sale so I bought a dress for $50. Chinabar's food was pretty good but it was also pretty oily which is very typical of Melbourne's Chinese food. I grabbed hot chocolate from Max Brenner's on our way back to Frank's.
We were working, we we were working... :s
Bryan met Sara to study just after I left which was at like midnight. When I got back, Mummy skyped me and showed me the few things that she bought for me at the club21 sale. I was absolutely horrified! A dress that is too small for me, a dress that is too big for me and ugly shoes! I then planned a surprise trip back to Singapore, hoped to leave on Friday or Saturday so I would make it in time for the last day of the sale on Sunday. I was so excited, I couldn't sleep till 4a.m.
Calorie Count:
-Cheerios (lunch)
-Ham sandwich (lunch)
-Soba (tea)
-Rice with chicken, mushroom and egg (dinner)
-Max Brenner's hot chocolate (dessert)
Wednesday 27 May 2009
I got my Finance assignment back. H1! :D After my lunch, I went to the College Square gym because it was pouring and I didn't feel like dragging my sorry soul out in the rain to get to the Melb Uni gym. 20 minutes on the treadmill plus a bit of ab work.
As I was leaving the gym, I passed these 4 boys playing poker in the lounge. They had one of their ipods on loud speaker and you will never guess what song was playing..."you're one in a million, it's once in a lifetime, you made me discover one of the stars above us...". I chuckled to myself as I walked away.
The rain stopped kinda after I showered so Sara and I went to Frank's. More Finance for me. Ugghhh!!! I can't really remember anything...
Calorie Count:
-Cheerios (lunch)
-Ham sandwich (lunch)
-Ham sandwich (tea)
-Digestive biscuit (tea)
-dinner
Tuesday 26 May 2009
After lunch, it was PBL lecture. We aren't tested on week 12 but Sara and I went anyway. PBL was followed by Microecons lecture. Then it was movie time!
I bought a new hairdryer at QV, it's so powerful! Sara and I met Jo at QV then we walked to Melbourne Central for dinner. Sara and I shared pasta at Groove Train. It was quite nice. Night at the Museum 2 was not as good as the first one but it was alright.
We headed to Coles after the movie then home. Tuesday was the day of rest.
Calorie Count:
-Ham & cheese sandwich (lunch)
-Creamy pesto chickpea chicken penne pasta (dinner)
Monday 25 May 2009
After my Finance lecture I was off to the gym. I worked on my legs this time. It wasn't as good as my work out on Thursday because there was this annoying trainer who just had to bring her trainee to the exact spot I was using for lunges and she stepped on my phone! What a b****!
I showered and ate lunch after I got back then Sara and I went off to Frank Tate's to study. I finished up the rest of lecture 2 and I did tutorial 2 of Finance. Cooked dinner back at College Square when I was done with tutorial 2. It was alright but I need whipping cream! It's not the same as thickened cream! More studying after dinner...lecture 3. Bryan joined us too.
Sara and I went for supper after our study session. Pitas and dips at stalactites :D Yum! I've finally settled on my favourite dips, the eggplant and tamara dips!
My hairdryer broke :( I couldn't turn it off after I blow dried my hair...
Calorie Count:
-Kellogs twist breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Soba with a ham sandwich (lunch)
-Mushroom and chicken cream sauce with fusilli (dinner)
-Lots of chocolate (snack)
-Pita bread and dip (supper)
XOXO
K
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
You drove me up the wall but I kinda miss you...
You're the only one I can be 110% honest with
Come back quick quick ok?
Why do I care so much??? You don't want me to, so why do I?? Why do I try so hard??? You don't even wanna listen!
I seriously need to exercise...I am seriously fat!!!
Seriously annoyed...
Original DVDs I want to buy (although I may already have some):
-The Devil Wears Prada
-She's The Man
-Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
-Material Girls
-Step Up
-Bring it on
-Bring it on again
-Bring it on all or nothing
-Bring it on in it to win it
-Pink Panther 1 & 2
-Centre Stage
-White Chicks
-Twilight
-John Tucker Must Die
-Fired Up
Sunday 24 May 2009
Woke up just in time to eat and go to church. So much for going to the gym. Ok tomorrow I will go! Church was kinda scary today...the pastor smashed/started beating up an umbrella on stage. I'm not judging but it just freaked me out a bit.
Aunty Grace, Nadia, Claire, Sara, Jo and I went for dinner at stalactites (Nat says it's a restaurant and bat caves are full of bat guano) after church. The dips were yummy and the portions were enormous! Jo doesn't like our busking :(:(:(!!!
Lots of laundry and cleaning that had to be done so I set off working when I returned to College Square. Now, it is finally done :)
Calorie Count:
-Ham & cheese sandwich (lunch)
-Pita bread + dip + lamb souvlaki + galactoboureko (dinner)
-Milky way rolls (supper)
Saturday 23 May 2009
Sara and I went to the Myer sale and both of us walked out with nothing. What a miracle! We had tea at Melb Central after our uneventful shopping trip. Tea was pretty good although the waiter was kinda strange. His afro was so big that he stuck a pen (for taking down orders) in his hair.
I met Jo, Aunty Grace and Nadia after that for Day 6. Jo and I were having a competition on who would have the most people say hi to them. I won, hands down! Claire and Kara were there too so Claire followed Jo and I for dinner after Day 6.
Jo called Rachel to find out which was the restaurant she recommended along Lygon. "Along the row with all the Italian restaurants, red and white table cloths and a guy who invites you inside"....that is 90% of the restaurants along Lygon Street!!! We eventually settled for this restaurant where the host was a guy who looked like Santa Claus. He and all the waiters were Italian. Downstairs was super full so they took us upstairs where there was nobody, our own private dining room. The walls of the restaurant had murals of Italy on them. Jo couldn't pronounce tagliatelle la spaghettata so we were all poking fun at him, including the Italian waiter. Yayy!! The pasta wasn't overcooked!!! Finally a restaurant along Lygon that I like! I'll go back there again.
Home after dinner and it was a quiet night for Kimberley Ong.
Calorie Count:
-Ham & cheese sandwich (lunch)
-Grilled chicken sandwich (tea)
-Spaghetti marinara (dinner)
Friday 22 May 2009
I was pretty lost during our ARA tute and we didn't get our assignments back. I tried very hard to take a nap after lunch but something was making an absolute racket downstairs. I can hear absolutely everything from that space they call my bedroom. I pity poor old Dennis who is on the first floor.
I got my Microecons assignment back. H1 but barely. Game theory confuses me...
Met Jo at the State Library after class. First we sat on these seats near the door then Sara came to join us. Jo left to buy an adaptor because he forgot to bring his. We then moved upstairs because it was too noisy but when Jo returned, there weren't enough seats thus we moved to this other room. The chair was shaped in a such way that it poked my bottom plus there was no power plug for Jo's laptop thus we moved back to the first room and we found seats a few metres further away from the door. We did get some work done until this annoying group of three sat down opposite us. Gosh! They talked so darn loudly till none of us could concentrate! We were chased out of the library just before 6pm because they were closing. Who knew the library closed so early?
Dinner at Melbourne Central was gross! Seriously gross! We headed back to the College Square seminar rooms after dinner to continue our studying. Not much studying done there. More video taking and wrestling...I shan't elaborate on that. Not a pretty sight. All in all, I finished going through two lectures and one tutorial for Finance 1. Not too shabby for one day.
We went to Crown after our studying to reward ourselves for studying. Super toblerone <3! All these strangers kept trying our super toblerone :( I don't like strangers trying our drink! This creepy guy wanted to pick Sara up. He said he was married but Jo didn't see a wedding ring.
More singing and videos at Jo's apartment. We only left at like 5am! Oh what a night!
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Macaroni soup (lunch)
-Dumplings + 6" meatball sub + cookie (dinner)
-Spaghetti bolognese (supper)
-Super Toblerone (super supper)
Thursday 21 May 2009
I obviously woke up pretty late due to karaoke. I managed to go to the Melb Uni gym for the first time this semester! I actually intended on going to the College Square gym but the treadmill was broken and people were using the other machines. Thus it was off to Melb Uni. Quite a good work out, focused on my arms, now all I have to do is keep it up!
As I was cooking lunch, I logged on to my email account. I found an email telling me about a sale on designer denim. I called Sara a million times but she didn't pick up! Thus I called Jo and thank goodness he picked up! Made him meet me at Flinders immediately.
True Religion, 7 for all mankind, Joe's jeans, Paige Premium Denim, etc...<333!!! I restricted myself to 3 pairs of jeans. My original plan was to get one pair of True Religion, one pair of Paige and one pair of 7 for all mankind. Unfortunately I couldn't find a pair of 7 for all mankind jeans that I liked. Thus I bought one True Religion and two Paige jeans. Jo bought a pair of Joe's jeans and a shirt, go figure.
I interrupted Jo's lunch so I followed him to eat after the sale. We tried to find this cafe that Sara spoke about. I think I found the right cafe but they didn't have the cheesecake that Sara raved about. I had a very unusual, quite nice dessert while Jo had his lunch (at like 5pm).
Met Shiyou for dinner after I got back. We went to Taste of Asia at Lygon, it was alright. Bryan Xie came in with his friend after we had ordered our food.
Bryan: Hi Shiyou.
Shiyou: Hi
Kim: Hi Kim!
Bryan: OMG! It's Kim!
Kim: Yeah it's me.
Bryan: Omg! You and you, you two together!
Kim: Yeah, we were classmates in MG.
Bryan: I know! But you're like separate friends!!
Shiyou: What?!
He was sooo shocked to see Shiyou and I having dinner together. I bought a ton of chocolates after dinner. The lolly store recently received stock of all my favourite chocolates! Milky way rolls, raisin yorkies, minstrels, fruit salad, etc...!!! I don't think I did much after that...
Calorie Count:
-Macaroni soup (lunch)
-Chocolate and mascarpone cheese tart with pear poached in balsamic vinegar (tea)
-Penang kway teoh (dinner)
Wednesday 20 May 2009
I actually did my Finance tutorial and went to my Finance tutorial and didn't get back my Finance assignment :(:(:(...Although, I might not want it back because I didn't know what in the world I was doing.
I think I took a short nap before I cooked dinner. Mummy's peas with sour cream. The sweetness of peas balanced perfectly with sour cream. Unfortunately, they aren't as good as Mummy's...I tried.
I met Jo at Melbourne Central after dinner and a long long while later, Sara met us. We karaoked till like 3am! Jo's Aunty Cynthia and her friend joined us after a few songs. Oh gosh, we looked like fools! Plus Jo kept videoing us, but I took care of that. After karaoke we took a slow walk back to College Square.
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Ham & cheese sandwich (lunch)
-Oats (lunch)
-Pork chop, peas and roast potatoes (dinner)
Tuesday 19 May 2009
I had a quick lunch then it was off to class. Dragged my laptop to class for the first time. Oh the joys of a mini laptop :) Configured the laptop wireless in between classes. Agency is confusing and game theory is stupid.
It gets dark awful early these days. I don't like the dark :(
I almost thought I had to go grocery shopping alone in the dark but I found Sara in the end. I told Chris to call the cops if I wasn't back by 7.30pm. Bought tons of stuff at Safeway. It was too late to cook by the time I got back so I ate a sandwich and oats for dinner.
Calorie Count:
-Vegetable sandwich (lunch)
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (tea)
-Ham & cheese sandwich (dinner)
-Oats (dinner)
-Chocolate (dessert)
Monday 18 May 2009
I cooked fried rice before school. I'm doing a good job of emptying out my fridge. After our Finance lecture, Sara and I went to the music department to find out more about taking Choir as our breadth subject next semester. No auditions and attendance=a pass! I like the sound of that.
The price of student movie tickets increased...boooo!!!! I bought a mirror screen protector for my iphone at Union House. Now I can see myself when I look at my iphone :D
Let me tell you how much of a genius I am...I tried to set up the YMCA internet connection on my new mini hp laptop. I followed all the instructions on the paper very carefully but it didn't seem to work. After a while of trying to figure out what I did wrong, I finally got my answer. Instead of plugging the LAN cable into my laptop, I plugged the printer cable into the laptop. Thus no internet connection.
Well now my internet works and I installed a lot of other things onto that laptop. I just can't figure out why my msn doesn't work. Something to do with the stupid firewall :s
I was supposed to go to the gym but I ended up eating a sandwich then falling asleep. What a way to lose weight! After I woke up, I ate again!!!
One simple thing. One thing that means so much to me, means absolutely nothing to you. So much for "I love you"...
Calorie Count:
-Fried rice (lunch)
-Chocolate covered swiss roll (dessert)
-Vegetable sandwich (snack)
-Porkchop with applesauce (dinner)
Sunday 17 May 2009
It's that time of the month people. Be warned, serious temper tantrums ahead.
I had left-over kway teoh for lunch and I spent the rest of the day in bed because of my cramps. After dinner I did my laundry because that was way overdue. Boy! That was a lot a lot of laundry! Did a bit of vacuuming as well but not much because my cramps would not allow me to.
Yeah that was pretty much how I spent my Sunday, in bed.
Calorie Count:
-Char kway teoh (lunch)
-Fish, potato nuggets & baked potato (dinner)
-Lots of chocolate (dessert)
Saturday 16 May 2009
I cooked char kway teoh for lunch today :D It wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. I wanted to go to Toorak because it was like the last free Saturday we will have in a long time but someone slept till like 3pm!!! When someone finally woke up, we went to Melbourne Central to buy movie tickets then we went grocery shopping at the asian grocer.
We hung about at home for a while before heading out again for our movie. Ghost of Girlfriends Past is such a nice show!!! I cried so many times!!! Jo met us at Melbourne Central after our movie. I shall not comment on what happened next but yeah Jo and I walked all the way to Crown.
We went to the arcade and some boy actually won 1000 tickets on the spinny machine!!! The machine ran out of tickets so Jo and I played it after other people did then we complained that our tickets wouldn't come out. A staff member came to re-fill the tickets so all the tickets owed to people came out. We felt bad for taking everyone else's tickets so we looked for the people in front of us who didn't get their tickets and we gave them some tickets. They were very grateful that we returned their tickets. We won a make your own bouncy ball kit and 8 tattoos with 370 tickets.
Velvetbar was soooo crowded so we decided to take away dessert back to Jo's place. Sam wanted KFC so after buying dessert, we headed back in the direction of the arcade to get his KFC. There was this rather strange man at KFC. He was wearing a cartoon shirt and he wasn't being very nice to the KFC staff. We dropped by BP on the way back to Jo's place to pick up milk and water. We decided to take a rain check on make your own toblerone.
Spent the rest of the night making bouncy balls, putting on tattoos, taking stupid photos and singing songs.
Calorie Count:
-Char kway teoh (lunch)
-Fish & chips (dinner)
-Mixed berry cheesecake (dessert)
Friday 15 May 2009
Mummy woke me up superr early to go to Hyatt for breakfast. After breakfast she passed me some stuff and some money then she sent me back to College Square. Oh what a mess my apartment is because of all her stuff. Most mothers clean up their kid's apartments but my mother does the opposite.
I went to ARA tutorial completely unprepared but it was fine in the end because apparently it was quite hard so our tutor would be surprised if we had done it. I took a nap after my tute then I studied PBL for an hour before my next tute.
I've left 3 of my microecons tutes early because of PBL, 1 of the tutes was on Good Friday and I was absent for 1 of them...Sara is surprised my tutor even knows my name. I think she is actually one of the only tutors that knows my name.
PBL was not cool at alllll....
Sara and I went shopping for Aunty Grace's present after school. We went to JR Duty Free and found the perfect present for Aunty Grace! It was this set of 5 mini Bvlgari perfumes and they were the nice ones as well. The sales assistant told us that we could only purchase it if we were leaving the country and that they needed to see our travel documents. I asked him if we needed to show the product we purchased to the customs people at the airport but he said that we didn't need to, all we needed to show them was the receipt. Thus Sara and I travelled all the way back to College Square to get my e-ticket and passport.
Upon our return to JR Duty Free, we attempted to purchase the perfumes. The lady at the cashier was soooo damn rude!!! We stood in front of her at the cashier for agess and she didn't even look at us. She was holding this pair of shades and pressing the same button on the cash register furiously. After a while, she finally acknowledged our presence and the conversation went something like this...
Lady: Do you have ticket??
Me: Yes
*I passed her my ticket*
*She ignored us for a further few minutes*
Lady: Poto id, poto id
Me: HUH???
*I finally got it and I passed her my passport*
*She scanned my passport and ticket and passed me a form to sign then she continued pressing the same button*
Me: Sara, what's this?? I'm not signing something without understanding what I'm signing.
Sara: Let me read it.
Sara: Excuse me, what does this mean?
Lady: You have to come back in one week to collect it. You have to bring it to airport. You cannot open in this country.
(ok well that's not what she said, she said everything in broken english so it took us a while to figure out what she was saying but that's the general gist of what she said)
Sara & I: Huh??? So we can't bring it back now and we can't open it??
Lady: Ya
Sara & I: Ok we don't want it anymore.
*The rude lady grabbed the photocopy and shoved it at us and we walked out*
We then realized that we were screwed because we didn't have a present. It was a mad dash to Myers where we eventually decided on mac lipstick. Kara and Claire met us at Bourke Street and we split flowers for Aunty Grace. Jo met us at Flinders and we trammed to Aunty Grace's house.
We made the strangest card for Aunty Grace on the tram. After writing a nice message on the card, we started kissing it so it had lipgloss marks all over it. I also drew a jalapeno that looked like a carrot and an ice-cream. Jo got us seriously lost from the tram stop to Aunty Grace's house because he was trying to think of an excuse as to why he did not have a present for her.
At like 8p.m. plus, we finally arrived at Aunty Grace's house. Everyone was waiting for us :s After dinner, I was forced to sing a song for Aunty Grace. How embarrassing!!! Ted turned on the karaoke machine and passed the mic to me. My hands were shaking...Jo played the guitar while I sung a rather shakey version of Bless the Broken Road. Nadia sung two songs after that then Sara and I spent the rest of the night singing along to Jo/Ted playing the guitar (without an audience, thank goodness!).
Calorie Count:
-Cheese string (snack)
-Sausage roll (lunch)
-Half a potato with cheese, beef ball, coconut rice, pork and vege (dinner)
Thursday 14 May 2009
After school, Mummy and I went to see apartments in Verve. I like them a lot a lot!! The maintenance fee covers cleaners who come once every two weeks to clean the apartments. The apartments are nice too. Nice kitchen, decent bathroom and windows in the bedroom! I lovee the 2 + study but it's $629,000 :( There are 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 study, a big living and dining area, a separate laundry room and car park space. The 1 + study is $438,000 but it's much smaller and it doesn't come with a car park.
We picked Sara up then drove to DFO Essendon again! Back for the Ralph Lauren sale! Mummy spent $887!!! Only $170 of that was mine! I had a quick lunch after that then it was back to the city to pick up Aunty Grace, Sam, Jo and Claire. The traffic was awful! Mummy was supposed to cook chicken rice but we had no time in the end.
We had dinner at some Chinese restaurant near Aunty Grace's house after we picked Nadia up. Most of the stuff was spicy so I couldn't eat it. After dinner, we rushed back to College Square because Sara and I had to study for our PBL test. I actually did spend the rest of the night studying although I didn't remember much of it.
Calorie Count:
-Ramen soup (lunch)
-Duck, chicken, vege, tofu +rice (dinner)
Wednesday 13 May 2009
Mummy did not like my apartment so she checked herself into the Park Hyatt. Her room was awesome! It had a fire place/chaise lounge/walk-in-wardrobe!!!
Mummy and I went to see another apartment at QV, I was hoping it was a different layout from the other apartment we saw but unfortunately it wasn't. The door was lilac and the view wasn't as great as the other apartment. I went for Finance lecture after that then I met Mummy again. She ordered room service and boy! the mash was awesome!
We met the rudest estate agent after that! She was awful!!! I texted her saying that we couldn't make the first viewing but we would be there for the second one. She called me up to scold me because aparently she didn't look at her phone so she didn't know we weren't coming. It wasn't even my fault anyway! It was Mummy's! I wasn't even interested in those apartment too and I made that clear to her but she insisted that I see them. We met her at the second apartment and while I was paying for the parking ticket, she called me up again.
Stoopid Lady: Where are you?? I thought we arranged to meet???
Me: I'm paying for parking (fool!!!)
Stoopid Lady: Where???
Me: At the parking meter
Stoopid Lady: Oh I see you
There was one other guy from Malaysia looking at the apartment. This girl who was staying in the apartment came down to get us. The poor girl was interrogated by the stoopid lady. The stoopid lady was asking her all sorts of questions about the apartment in the rudest way possible. Shouldn't she as the estate agent know about the apartment she is selling??? Mummy was so offended when the stoopid lady tapped her on the shoulder. The apartment was actually quite nice, it's a loft apartment and it's really spacious. Not a location I'm interested in though. When we were done looking at the apartment, the stoopid lady was like "oh you can go now"!! She didn't even show us to the door!
I studied chapter 7 of PBL in the lounge at Hyatt. A really conducive place to study. We had tea at the lounge then drove off to see another apartment. We had to pick up my stuff from Hyatt after the viewing then we had dinner at China Town. Dinner was alright, nothing great.
Mummy dropped me back after dinner and I don't know what I did after that.
Calorie Count:
-Osso bucco with mash (lunch)
-Siew mai, samosas, smoked salmon, cheese + crackers (tea)
-Fried rice, beef + peking duck (dinner)
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Mummy and Daddy picked me up then we went to DFO Essendon. Mummy entered every store we walked past!!! Everytime Daddy and I turned around, she was missing! They bought lots! I only bought a polo t and sweater for myself. Saving up for London! (I need to keep reminding myself that) The lady at Ralph Lauren only told us that there was a storewide 50% off on Thursday after we spent $700 there!!!
We dropped Daddy off at the airport after getting very very lost. We then returned to DFO because the lady at House said that Curtis Stone was popping by their store. Mummy thought Curtis Stone was Jamie Oliver :s For those of you who don't know (which is most of you), Curtis Stone had a tv show here in Australia called Surf The Menu then he went to the US to do a tv show called Take Home Chef. I used to watch that all the time on Discovery Home & Health in Singapore. We watched a cooking demonstration and without any actual cooking because there was no stove. He signed my cookbook! Then I took a photo with him...I'm shorter than his shoulder :s!
After buying tons of stuff from House, Mummy and I dropped our stuff back at College Square then we met Jo at Crown for dinner. Mummy was so impressed with her free parking at Crown. She somehow got herself upgraded to a silver Crown card. Sho noodle bar wasn't bad compared to the awful food we eat in China Town.
Jo and I went to the arcade after dinner while Mummy played the jackpot machines. The stoopid machine that didn't give Jo his tickets last time still wouldn't give him his tickets so we called for help. The girl who worked there tried playing the game but no tickets came out so she pressed the reset button and all the tickets the machine owed people came out. We got almost 400 tickets from that! We played my favourite spinny game. Jo got 150 tickets then I got 150 tickets. Jo said, "you won't get lucky twice in a row" then I said, "third time's a charm" and I spun it and I got 150 again!!! We eventually accumulated enough tickets to get the silicon shot glass ice cube thing! 1,150 tickets!!! We even had 40 tickets left over to get Jo a mini whoopee cushion!
Mummy thought we abandoned her because we took so long. When we finally returned, she was so relieved. Super toblerone!!! When Mummy took her first sip, the first thing she said was "yummm, can we bring Natty here? She would love this! Oh wait, she's underage". They even played Single Ladies for us!
Calorie Count:
-Japanese curry with pork and rice (lunch)
-Peking duck spring rolls + tempura prawns (starter/dinner)
-Braised hokkien noodles with pork (mains/dinner)
-Super toblerone (dessert)
Monday 11 May 2009
I FINALLY FINISHED THAT DARN FINANCE ASSIGNMENT!!! HOORAYYY!!!
I met my parents at Spencer St DFO. Didn't buy anything! Saving up for London! What an accomplishment!
We dropped Daddy off at the hotel while Mummy and I went back to College Square so I could change for dinner. It took us agesss to get back to the Hyatt because of awful traffic. We met Daddy in the lounge when we finally arrived.
Unlce Ken and Aunty Joanne met us for dinner at fifteen. The pasta was really good but the mains weren't as great. We were too full for dessert and I was falling asleep at the table. My parents sent me home after dinner and I can't remember what I did after that.
Calorie Count:
-Crisps sandwich (lunch)
-Nachos (tea)
-Butternut pumpkin ravioli + beef ragu tagliatini (starter/dinner)
-Beef with potatoes roasted in duck fat (mains/dinner)
Sunday 10 May 2009
Happy Mother's Day Mummy! Happy Birthday Dennis!
Sara, Jo and I woke up super early so we could meet my parents at the Hyatt. I got ready, called Jo many times then I packed a brown bag full of sandwiches and snacks while Sara was getting ready yet I was still down earlier than her. Aunty Joanne, Uncle Ken and my parents were all waiting for us at the sofas when we finally arrived.
My parents rented an Estima so we all piled in and we were off to the wineries. Uncle Ken and Aunty Joanne took their own car so I had space to sleep on the back seat. Wine...how interesting, oh how I love wine... :s Obviously it wasn't a very eventful morning/afternoon for me.
Lunch was at Willow Creek. We sat ouside on the deck, overlooking the grape vines on a bright sunny day. Problem with a bright sunny day is that I was followed by this darn bee, I swear that bee was in love with my sweetness. The food was really good! The seafood was really fresh, my beef was really tender and the chocolate panna cotta was real yummy!
Apparently Natty went to a birthday party one week early so my mum was freaking out trying to get someone to pick her up. Mum spoke to Rachel, Angelica and Natty but none of them wished her Happy Mother's Day. Mum passed the phone to me and I spoke to Rachel.
Kim: What day is it?
Rachel: I don't know!
Kim: What day is it?
Rachel: Urrgghhh I don't know!!!
Kim: What day is it? It's not a birthday or Father's Day...
Rachel: Mother's day?
Kim: Yeah! And you didn't wish Mummy!!!
Rachel: Oh but I got her a present.
Kim: I bet my present is better than yours!
Rachel: My present is thoughtful!
Kim: I got her Versace.
Rachel: I got her a mug.
Kim: HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Our last stop was this chocolate factory. I burnt my tongue on the hot chocolate :( They had the exact same chocolate as Koko Black but for one third of the price. After we bought lots of chocolate, we were off. I've never needed to pee more in my entire life...I almost died in the car!
Finally when we reached College Square, I ran to the toilet like a fool. I then went upstairs to change. Wore my new Versace dress :) It was pretty. When I was done, we piled into the car again and Jo dropped my parents off at the Hyatt.
I followed him back to his apartment so he could change. Apparently Aunty Grace has his garage key so we couldn't get the car into the carpark. We left the car on the road while he ran up to change then we tried to get a parking space at Crown. The carparks were full and the valet was full! Thus we ended up on some highway :s What an adventure...Well, finally we did find parking then we rushed to the restaurant.
The stoopid restaurant wouldn't let me serve my Mother's Day cake to my mum...if I wanted to do that, there would be a $20 per head charge. The cake only cost $27! That would cost us an extra $80 just to eat the darn cake! Not only was I not allowed to serve the cake, they took my ratatouille off the menu! That was the best damn ratatouille on the planet and it's gone! I thought I ordered what my mum had the last time we went there but apparently, I didn't. My mum had whole livers the last time but I ended up with pate. There was sooo much steak on the menu but I was sooo sick of steak so I had the fish.
Mummy finally told Daddy that we are going to England in June. Like I said, Daddy's not stupid, he already knew. YAYYYYY LONDON BABYY LONDON!!!
My parents went off to the casino after dinner while Jo and I left for the carpark. "Please present to the parking attending" was written on the free parking coupon. When we arrived at the barrier, there was no parking attending. Jo pressed the help button and this guy came out. He told us that we should have exchanged the coupon for a ticket at the cloak desk. How in the world we were supposed to know that? I have no idea. He let us off this time and we ended up back on the highway again.
Jo drove to some deserted road because he was going to teach me how to drive. Oh what an experience...
*Kim takes of her Zanotti's*
Jo: Look at the rear-view mirror
*Kim looks at the rear-view mirror*
Jo: Ok, put your foot on the brake
Kim: Err which one is the brake???
Jo: The one on the left.
Kim: I can't see the pedals! I don't know where they are!
*Kim finally finds the pedals with the help of a handphone light*
Jo: Press the break and put the gear stick on drive
*Kim puts gear stick on neutral*
*Jo puts gear stick on drive*
Jo: Release the brake
*Kim releases the brake and we are off diagonally across the road*
Jo: Slowly press the accelerator
*Kim presses it too hard and we jerk*
Kim: AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Kim: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH the cops are here!!!!!
*Not only is the car jerking like crazy, it isn't going in a straight line*
Jo: They aren't cops, they are just security
Kim: AAAAHHHHHHHHH policeeeee!!!!!!!!
Jo: Ok lets switch, press the brake
*Kim slams foot on brake, car jerks, we fly forward and so does the cake*
Kim: AAAAAHHHHHHHH frick!!! It's the police!!!!!!!
Thank goodness we didn't get caught by the police! He dropped me home after that and I continued with my Finance assignment after my shower.
Calorie Count:
-Chips and cheese sandwich (breakfast)
-Seafood platter (starter/lunch)
-Rib-eye steak with mashed potatoes, beans and spinach (mains/lunch)
-Chocolate panna cotta and cheese!!! (dessert/lunch)
-Chicken and duck liver parfait with brioche (starter/dinner)
-Pan-fried snapper with mashed potatoes and peas (mains/dinner)
Saturday 9 May 2009
Happy Birthday Shiyou!
Mummy and Daddy arrived so I met them at the Grand Hyatt at 11am. We hung around for a while then went for lunch at Lygon Street. Daddy was not impressed...I collected a cake for Mummy at Brunetti's while Mummy and Daddy walked around. After dropping it in the apartment, I met up with them again. Ian met us while we were walking to QV. We looked around at Big W then sat down for a drink. Ian left while we went to view the QV apartment.
I love the location but oh boy was that place run down! If we bought that apartment, we would have to replace the carpets and all the tiles in the bathroom and kitchen, paint the place, change the toilet, etc...I wouldn't call that liveable condition. The guy staying there has one room completely empty...I can't understand why he rented a 2 bedroom apartment.
Mummy and Daddy went back to the Hyatt after the viewing while I went back to College Square to do my Finance assignment. Stoopid Finance assignment!!! So bloody hard!!!
Mummy, Daddy, Aunty Grace, Uncle Mark, Ted, Nadia, Jo, Sara, Ian and I went for dinner at Federation Square. Some Australian restuarant with real Australian cuisine. Kangaroo, emu, wallaby, crocodile, etc...I was boring and I stuck to steak.
Jo, Sara, Ian and I went to Crown after dinner. We went to the arcade and Ian blew $70 there. Sara and I won 4 magic wands, three slinkies and one keychain at the arcade while Ian and Jo played shooting games. Stoopid Ian said he was just going to look at the people playing blackjack but he ended up disappearing for ages because he was off playing casino wars. We had a super banana split, Sara's new favourite drink. Creme de banane, vanilla, kahlua, etc...It was nice!
After Ian had his supper, he sent Sara and I home. I was soooo pooped by the time I got back because I only had a few hours of sleep the night before but I think I ended up blogging for hours instead of sleeping.
Calorie Count:
-Pizza (lunch)
-Cheese sandwich (tea)
-Porterhouse steak with potatoes (dinner)
-Super banana split (supper)
-Wedges (supper)
XOXO K
You're the only one I can be 110% honest with
Come back quick quick ok?
Why do I care so much??? You don't want me to, so why do I?? Why do I try so hard??? You don't even wanna listen!
I seriously need to exercise...I am seriously fat!!!
Seriously annoyed...
Original DVDs I want to buy (although I may already have some):
-The Devil Wears Prada
-She's The Man
-Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
-Material Girls
-Step Up
-Bring it on
-Bring it on again
-Bring it on all or nothing
-Bring it on in it to win it
-Pink Panther 1 & 2
-Centre Stage
-White Chicks
-Twilight
-John Tucker Must Die
-Fired Up
Sunday 24 May 2009
Woke up just in time to eat and go to church. So much for going to the gym. Ok tomorrow I will go! Church was kinda scary today...the pastor smashed/started beating up an umbrella on stage. I'm not judging but it just freaked me out a bit.
Aunty Grace, Nadia, Claire, Sara, Jo and I went for dinner at stalactites (Nat says it's a restaurant and bat caves are full of bat guano) after church. The dips were yummy and the portions were enormous! Jo doesn't like our busking :(:(:(!!!
Lots of laundry and cleaning that had to be done so I set off working when I returned to College Square. Now, it is finally done :)
Calorie Count:
-Ham & cheese sandwich (lunch)
-Pita bread + dip + lamb souvlaki + galactoboureko (dinner)
-Milky way rolls (supper)
Saturday 23 May 2009
Sara and I went to the Myer sale and both of us walked out with nothing. What a miracle! We had tea at Melb Central after our uneventful shopping trip. Tea was pretty good although the waiter was kinda strange. His afro was so big that he stuck a pen (for taking down orders) in his hair.
I met Jo, Aunty Grace and Nadia after that for Day 6. Jo and I were having a competition on who would have the most people say hi to them. I won, hands down! Claire and Kara were there too so Claire followed Jo and I for dinner after Day 6.
Jo called Rachel to find out which was the restaurant she recommended along Lygon. "Along the row with all the Italian restaurants, red and white table cloths and a guy who invites you inside"....that is 90% of the restaurants along Lygon Street!!! We eventually settled for this restaurant where the host was a guy who looked like Santa Claus. He and all the waiters were Italian. Downstairs was super full so they took us upstairs where there was nobody, our own private dining room. The walls of the restaurant had murals of Italy on them. Jo couldn't pronounce tagliatelle la spaghettata so we were all poking fun at him, including the Italian waiter. Yayy!! The pasta wasn't overcooked!!! Finally a restaurant along Lygon that I like! I'll go back there again.
Home after dinner and it was a quiet night for Kimberley Ong.
Calorie Count:
-Ham & cheese sandwich (lunch)
-Grilled chicken sandwich (tea)
-Spaghetti marinara (dinner)
Friday 22 May 2009
I was pretty lost during our ARA tute and we didn't get our assignments back. I tried very hard to take a nap after lunch but something was making an absolute racket downstairs. I can hear absolutely everything from that space they call my bedroom. I pity poor old Dennis who is on the first floor.
I got my Microecons assignment back. H1 but barely. Game theory confuses me...
Met Jo at the State Library after class. First we sat on these seats near the door then Sara came to join us. Jo left to buy an adaptor because he forgot to bring his. We then moved upstairs because it was too noisy but when Jo returned, there weren't enough seats thus we moved to this other room. The chair was shaped in a such way that it poked my bottom plus there was no power plug for Jo's laptop thus we moved back to the first room and we found seats a few metres further away from the door. We did get some work done until this annoying group of three sat down opposite us. Gosh! They talked so darn loudly till none of us could concentrate! We were chased out of the library just before 6pm because they were closing. Who knew the library closed so early?
Dinner at Melbourne Central was gross! Seriously gross! We headed back to the College Square seminar rooms after dinner to continue our studying. Not much studying done there. More video taking and wrestling...I shan't elaborate on that. Not a pretty sight. All in all, I finished going through two lectures and one tutorial for Finance 1. Not too shabby for one day.
We went to Crown after our studying to reward ourselves for studying. Super toblerone <3! All these strangers kept trying our super toblerone :( I don't like strangers trying our drink! This creepy guy wanted to pick Sara up. He said he was married but Jo didn't see a wedding ring.
More singing and videos at Jo's apartment. We only left at like 5am! Oh what a night!
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Macaroni soup (lunch)
-Dumplings + 6" meatball sub + cookie (dinner)
-Spaghetti bolognese (supper)
-Super Toblerone (super supper)
Thursday 21 May 2009
I obviously woke up pretty late due to karaoke. I managed to go to the Melb Uni gym for the first time this semester! I actually intended on going to the College Square gym but the treadmill was broken and people were using the other machines. Thus it was off to Melb Uni. Quite a good work out, focused on my arms, now all I have to do is keep it up!
As I was cooking lunch, I logged on to my email account. I found an email telling me about a sale on designer denim. I called Sara a million times but she didn't pick up! Thus I called Jo and thank goodness he picked up! Made him meet me at Flinders immediately.
True Religion, 7 for all mankind, Joe's jeans, Paige Premium Denim, etc...<333!!! I restricted myself to 3 pairs of jeans. My original plan was to get one pair of True Religion, one pair of Paige and one pair of 7 for all mankind. Unfortunately I couldn't find a pair of 7 for all mankind jeans that I liked. Thus I bought one True Religion and two Paige jeans. Jo bought a pair of Joe's jeans and a shirt, go figure.
I interrupted Jo's lunch so I followed him to eat after the sale. We tried to find this cafe that Sara spoke about. I think I found the right cafe but they didn't have the cheesecake that Sara raved about. I had a very unusual, quite nice dessert while Jo had his lunch (at like 5pm).
Met Shiyou for dinner after I got back. We went to Taste of Asia at Lygon, it was alright. Bryan Xie came in with his friend after we had ordered our food.
Bryan: Hi Shiyou.
Shiyou: Hi
Kim: Hi Kim!
Bryan: OMG! It's Kim!
Kim: Yeah it's me.
Bryan: Omg! You and you, you two together!
Kim: Yeah, we were classmates in MG.
Bryan: I know! But you're like separate friends!!
Shiyou: What?!
He was sooo shocked to see Shiyou and I having dinner together. I bought a ton of chocolates after dinner. The lolly store recently received stock of all my favourite chocolates! Milky way rolls, raisin yorkies, minstrels, fruit salad, etc...!!! I don't think I did much after that...
Calorie Count:
-Macaroni soup (lunch)
-Chocolate and mascarpone cheese tart with pear poached in balsamic vinegar (tea)
-Penang kway teoh (dinner)
Wednesday 20 May 2009
I actually did my Finance tutorial and went to my Finance tutorial and didn't get back my Finance assignment :(:(:(...Although, I might not want it back because I didn't know what in the world I was doing.
I think I took a short nap before I cooked dinner. Mummy's peas with sour cream. The sweetness of peas balanced perfectly with sour cream. Unfortunately, they aren't as good as Mummy's...I tried.
I met Jo at Melbourne Central after dinner and a long long while later, Sara met us. We karaoked till like 3am! Jo's Aunty Cynthia and her friend joined us after a few songs. Oh gosh, we looked like fools! Plus Jo kept videoing us, but I took care of that. After karaoke we took a slow walk back to College Square.
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Ham & cheese sandwich (lunch)
-Oats (lunch)
-Pork chop, peas and roast potatoes (dinner)
Tuesday 19 May 2009
I had a quick lunch then it was off to class. Dragged my laptop to class for the first time. Oh the joys of a mini laptop :) Configured the laptop wireless in between classes. Agency is confusing and game theory is stupid.
It gets dark awful early these days. I don't like the dark :(
I almost thought I had to go grocery shopping alone in the dark but I found Sara in the end. I told Chris to call the cops if I wasn't back by 7.30pm. Bought tons of stuff at Safeway. It was too late to cook by the time I got back so I ate a sandwich and oats for dinner.
Calorie Count:
-Vegetable sandwich (lunch)
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (tea)
-Ham & cheese sandwich (dinner)
-Oats (dinner)
-Chocolate (dessert)
Monday 18 May 2009
I cooked fried rice before school. I'm doing a good job of emptying out my fridge. After our Finance lecture, Sara and I went to the music department to find out more about taking Choir as our breadth subject next semester. No auditions and attendance=a pass! I like the sound of that.
The price of student movie tickets increased...boooo!!!! I bought a mirror screen protector for my iphone at Union House. Now I can see myself when I look at my iphone :D
Let me tell you how much of a genius I am...I tried to set up the YMCA internet connection on my new mini hp laptop. I followed all the instructions on the paper very carefully but it didn't seem to work. After a while of trying to figure out what I did wrong, I finally got my answer. Instead of plugging the LAN cable into my laptop, I plugged the printer cable into the laptop. Thus no internet connection.
Well now my internet works and I installed a lot of other things onto that laptop. I just can't figure out why my msn doesn't work. Something to do with the stupid firewall :s
I was supposed to go to the gym but I ended up eating a sandwich then falling asleep. What a way to lose weight! After I woke up, I ate again!!!
One simple thing. One thing that means so much to me, means absolutely nothing to you. So much for "I love you"...
Calorie Count:
-Fried rice (lunch)
-Chocolate covered swiss roll (dessert)
-Vegetable sandwich (snack)
-Porkchop with applesauce (dinner)
Sunday 17 May 2009
It's that time of the month people. Be warned, serious temper tantrums ahead.
I had left-over kway teoh for lunch and I spent the rest of the day in bed because of my cramps. After dinner I did my laundry because that was way overdue. Boy! That was a lot a lot of laundry! Did a bit of vacuuming as well but not much because my cramps would not allow me to.
Yeah that was pretty much how I spent my Sunday, in bed.
Calorie Count:
-Char kway teoh (lunch)
-Fish, potato nuggets & baked potato (dinner)
-Lots of chocolate (dessert)
Saturday 16 May 2009
I cooked char kway teoh for lunch today :D It wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. I wanted to go to Toorak because it was like the last free Saturday we will have in a long time but someone slept till like 3pm!!! When someone finally woke up, we went to Melbourne Central to buy movie tickets then we went grocery shopping at the asian grocer.
We hung about at home for a while before heading out again for our movie. Ghost of Girlfriends Past is such a nice show!!! I cried so many times!!! Jo met us at Melbourne Central after our movie. I shall not comment on what happened next but yeah Jo and I walked all the way to Crown.
We went to the arcade and some boy actually won 1000 tickets on the spinny machine!!! The machine ran out of tickets so Jo and I played it after other people did then we complained that our tickets wouldn't come out. A staff member came to re-fill the tickets so all the tickets owed to people came out. We felt bad for taking everyone else's tickets so we looked for the people in front of us who didn't get their tickets and we gave them some tickets. They were very grateful that we returned their tickets. We won a make your own bouncy ball kit and 8 tattoos with 370 tickets.
Velvetbar was soooo crowded so we decided to take away dessert back to Jo's place. Sam wanted KFC so after buying dessert, we headed back in the direction of the arcade to get his KFC. There was this rather strange man at KFC. He was wearing a cartoon shirt and he wasn't being very nice to the KFC staff. We dropped by BP on the way back to Jo's place to pick up milk and water. We decided to take a rain check on make your own toblerone.
Spent the rest of the night making bouncy balls, putting on tattoos, taking stupid photos and singing songs.
Calorie Count:
-Char kway teoh (lunch)
-Fish & chips (dinner)
-Mixed berry cheesecake (dessert)
Friday 15 May 2009
Mummy woke me up superr early to go to Hyatt for breakfast. After breakfast she passed me some stuff and some money then she sent me back to College Square. Oh what a mess my apartment is because of all her stuff. Most mothers clean up their kid's apartments but my mother does the opposite.
I went to ARA tutorial completely unprepared but it was fine in the end because apparently it was quite hard so our tutor would be surprised if we had done it. I took a nap after my tute then I studied PBL for an hour before my next tute.
I've left 3 of my microecons tutes early because of PBL, 1 of the tutes was on Good Friday and I was absent for 1 of them...Sara is surprised my tutor even knows my name. I think she is actually one of the only tutors that knows my name.
PBL was not cool at alllll....
Sara and I went shopping for Aunty Grace's present after school. We went to JR Duty Free and found the perfect present for Aunty Grace! It was this set of 5 mini Bvlgari perfumes and they were the nice ones as well. The sales assistant told us that we could only purchase it if we were leaving the country and that they needed to see our travel documents. I asked him if we needed to show the product we purchased to the customs people at the airport but he said that we didn't need to, all we needed to show them was the receipt. Thus Sara and I travelled all the way back to College Square to get my e-ticket and passport.
Upon our return to JR Duty Free, we attempted to purchase the perfumes. The lady at the cashier was soooo damn rude!!! We stood in front of her at the cashier for agess and she didn't even look at us. She was holding this pair of shades and pressing the same button on the cash register furiously. After a while, she finally acknowledged our presence and the conversation went something like this...
Lady: Do you have ticket??
Me: Yes
*I passed her my ticket*
*She ignored us for a further few minutes*
Lady: Poto id, poto id
Me: HUH???
*I finally got it and I passed her my passport*
*She scanned my passport and ticket and passed me a form to sign then she continued pressing the same button*
Me: Sara, what's this?? I'm not signing something without understanding what I'm signing.
Sara: Let me read it.
Sara: Excuse me, what does this mean?
Lady: You have to come back in one week to collect it. You have to bring it to airport. You cannot open in this country.
(ok well that's not what she said, she said everything in broken english so it took us a while to figure out what she was saying but that's the general gist of what she said)
Sara & I: Huh??? So we can't bring it back now and we can't open it??
Lady: Ya
Sara & I: Ok we don't want it anymore.
*The rude lady grabbed the photocopy and shoved it at us and we walked out*
We then realized that we were screwed because we didn't have a present. It was a mad dash to Myers where we eventually decided on mac lipstick. Kara and Claire met us at Bourke Street and we split flowers for Aunty Grace. Jo met us at Flinders and we trammed to Aunty Grace's house.
We made the strangest card for Aunty Grace on the tram. After writing a nice message on the card, we started kissing it so it had lipgloss marks all over it. I also drew a jalapeno that looked like a carrot and an ice-cream. Jo got us seriously lost from the tram stop to Aunty Grace's house because he was trying to think of an excuse as to why he did not have a present for her.
At like 8p.m. plus, we finally arrived at Aunty Grace's house. Everyone was waiting for us :s After dinner, I was forced to sing a song for Aunty Grace. How embarrassing!!! Ted turned on the karaoke machine and passed the mic to me. My hands were shaking...Jo played the guitar while I sung a rather shakey version of Bless the Broken Road. Nadia sung two songs after that then Sara and I spent the rest of the night singing along to Jo/Ted playing the guitar (without an audience, thank goodness!).
Calorie Count:
-Cheese string (snack)
-Sausage roll (lunch)
-Half a potato with cheese, beef ball, coconut rice, pork and vege (dinner)
Thursday 14 May 2009
After school, Mummy and I went to see apartments in Verve. I like them a lot a lot!! The maintenance fee covers cleaners who come once every two weeks to clean the apartments. The apartments are nice too. Nice kitchen, decent bathroom and windows in the bedroom! I lovee the 2 + study but it's $629,000 :( There are 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 study, a big living and dining area, a separate laundry room and car park space. The 1 + study is $438,000 but it's much smaller and it doesn't come with a car park.
We picked Sara up then drove to DFO Essendon again! Back for the Ralph Lauren sale! Mummy spent $887!!! Only $170 of that was mine! I had a quick lunch after that then it was back to the city to pick up Aunty Grace, Sam, Jo and Claire. The traffic was awful! Mummy was supposed to cook chicken rice but we had no time in the end.
We had dinner at some Chinese restaurant near Aunty Grace's house after we picked Nadia up. Most of the stuff was spicy so I couldn't eat it. After dinner, we rushed back to College Square because Sara and I had to study for our PBL test. I actually did spend the rest of the night studying although I didn't remember much of it.
Calorie Count:
-Ramen soup (lunch)
-Duck, chicken, vege, tofu +rice (dinner)
Wednesday 13 May 2009
Mummy did not like my apartment so she checked herself into the Park Hyatt. Her room was awesome! It had a fire place/chaise lounge/walk-in-wardrobe!!!
Mummy and I went to see another apartment at QV, I was hoping it was a different layout from the other apartment we saw but unfortunately it wasn't. The door was lilac and the view wasn't as great as the other apartment. I went for Finance lecture after that then I met Mummy again. She ordered room service and boy! the mash was awesome!
We met the rudest estate agent after that! She was awful!!! I texted her saying that we couldn't make the first viewing but we would be there for the second one. She called me up to scold me because aparently she didn't look at her phone so she didn't know we weren't coming. It wasn't even my fault anyway! It was Mummy's! I wasn't even interested in those apartment too and I made that clear to her but she insisted that I see them. We met her at the second apartment and while I was paying for the parking ticket, she called me up again.
Stoopid Lady: Where are you?? I thought we arranged to meet???
Me: I'm paying for parking (fool!!!)
Stoopid Lady: Where???
Me: At the parking meter
Stoopid Lady: Oh I see you
There was one other guy from Malaysia looking at the apartment. This girl who was staying in the apartment came down to get us. The poor girl was interrogated by the stoopid lady. The stoopid lady was asking her all sorts of questions about the apartment in the rudest way possible. Shouldn't she as the estate agent know about the apartment she is selling??? Mummy was so offended when the stoopid lady tapped her on the shoulder. The apartment was actually quite nice, it's a loft apartment and it's really spacious. Not a location I'm interested in though. When we were done looking at the apartment, the stoopid lady was like "oh you can go now"!! She didn't even show us to the door!
I studied chapter 7 of PBL in the lounge at Hyatt. A really conducive place to study. We had tea at the lounge then drove off to see another apartment. We had to pick up my stuff from Hyatt after the viewing then we had dinner at China Town. Dinner was alright, nothing great.
Mummy dropped me back after dinner and I don't know what I did after that.
Calorie Count:
-Osso bucco with mash (lunch)
-Siew mai, samosas, smoked salmon, cheese + crackers (tea)
-Fried rice, beef + peking duck (dinner)
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Mummy and Daddy picked me up then we went to DFO Essendon. Mummy entered every store we walked past!!! Everytime Daddy and I turned around, she was missing! They bought lots! I only bought a polo t and sweater for myself. Saving up for London! (I need to keep reminding myself that) The lady at Ralph Lauren only told us that there was a storewide 50% off on Thursday after we spent $700 there!!!
We dropped Daddy off at the airport after getting very very lost. We then returned to DFO because the lady at House said that Curtis Stone was popping by their store. Mummy thought Curtis Stone was Jamie Oliver :s For those of you who don't know (which is most of you), Curtis Stone had a tv show here in Australia called Surf The Menu then he went to the US to do a tv show called Take Home Chef. I used to watch that all the time on Discovery Home & Health in Singapore. We watched a cooking demonstration and without any actual cooking because there was no stove. He signed my cookbook! Then I took a photo with him...I'm shorter than his shoulder :s!
After buying tons of stuff from House, Mummy and I dropped our stuff back at College Square then we met Jo at Crown for dinner. Mummy was so impressed with her free parking at Crown. She somehow got herself upgraded to a silver Crown card. Sho noodle bar wasn't bad compared to the awful food we eat in China Town.
Jo and I went to the arcade after dinner while Mummy played the jackpot machines. The stoopid machine that didn't give Jo his tickets last time still wouldn't give him his tickets so we called for help. The girl who worked there tried playing the game but no tickets came out so she pressed the reset button and all the tickets the machine owed people came out. We got almost 400 tickets from that! We played my favourite spinny game. Jo got 150 tickets then I got 150 tickets. Jo said, "you won't get lucky twice in a row" then I said, "third time's a charm" and I spun it and I got 150 again!!! We eventually accumulated enough tickets to get the silicon shot glass ice cube thing! 1,150 tickets!!! We even had 40 tickets left over to get Jo a mini whoopee cushion!
Mummy thought we abandoned her because we took so long. When we finally returned, she was so relieved. Super toblerone!!! When Mummy took her first sip, the first thing she said was "yummm, can we bring Natty here? She would love this! Oh wait, she's underage". They even played Single Ladies for us!
Calorie Count:
-Japanese curry with pork and rice (lunch)
-Peking duck spring rolls + tempura prawns (starter/dinner)
-Braised hokkien noodles with pork (mains/dinner)
-Super toblerone (dessert)
Monday 11 May 2009
I FINALLY FINISHED THAT DARN FINANCE ASSIGNMENT!!! HOORAYYY!!!
I met my parents at Spencer St DFO. Didn't buy anything! Saving up for London! What an accomplishment!
We dropped Daddy off at the hotel while Mummy and I went back to College Square so I could change for dinner. It took us agesss to get back to the Hyatt because of awful traffic. We met Daddy in the lounge when we finally arrived.
Unlce Ken and Aunty Joanne met us for dinner at fifteen. The pasta was really good but the mains weren't as great. We were too full for dessert and I was falling asleep at the table. My parents sent me home after dinner and I can't remember what I did after that.
Calorie Count:
-Crisps sandwich (lunch)
-Nachos (tea)
-Butternut pumpkin ravioli + beef ragu tagliatini (starter/dinner)
-Beef with potatoes roasted in duck fat (mains/dinner)
Sunday 10 May 2009
Happy Mother's Day Mummy! Happy Birthday Dennis!
Sara, Jo and I woke up super early so we could meet my parents at the Hyatt. I got ready, called Jo many times then I packed a brown bag full of sandwiches and snacks while Sara was getting ready yet I was still down earlier than her. Aunty Joanne, Uncle Ken and my parents were all waiting for us at the sofas when we finally arrived.
My parents rented an Estima so we all piled in and we were off to the wineries. Uncle Ken and Aunty Joanne took their own car so I had space to sleep on the back seat. Wine...how interesting, oh how I love wine... :s Obviously it wasn't a very eventful morning/afternoon for me.
Lunch was at Willow Creek. We sat ouside on the deck, overlooking the grape vines on a bright sunny day. Problem with a bright sunny day is that I was followed by this darn bee, I swear that bee was in love with my sweetness. The food was really good! The seafood was really fresh, my beef was really tender and the chocolate panna cotta was real yummy!
Apparently Natty went to a birthday party one week early so my mum was freaking out trying to get someone to pick her up. Mum spoke to Rachel, Angelica and Natty but none of them wished her Happy Mother's Day. Mum passed the phone to me and I spoke to Rachel.
Kim: What day is it?
Rachel: I don't know!
Kim: What day is it?
Rachel: Urrgghhh I don't know!!!
Kim: What day is it? It's not a birthday or Father's Day...
Rachel: Mother's day?
Kim: Yeah! And you didn't wish Mummy!!!
Rachel: Oh but I got her a present.
Kim: I bet my present is better than yours!
Rachel: My present is thoughtful!
Kim: I got her Versace.
Rachel: I got her a mug.
Kim: HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Our last stop was this chocolate factory. I burnt my tongue on the hot chocolate :( They had the exact same chocolate as Koko Black but for one third of the price. After we bought lots of chocolate, we were off. I've never needed to pee more in my entire life...I almost died in the car!
Finally when we reached College Square, I ran to the toilet like a fool. I then went upstairs to change. Wore my new Versace dress :) It was pretty. When I was done, we piled into the car again and Jo dropped my parents off at the Hyatt.
I followed him back to his apartment so he could change. Apparently Aunty Grace has his garage key so we couldn't get the car into the carpark. We left the car on the road while he ran up to change then we tried to get a parking space at Crown. The carparks were full and the valet was full! Thus we ended up on some highway :s What an adventure...Well, finally we did find parking then we rushed to the restaurant.
The stoopid restaurant wouldn't let me serve my Mother's Day cake to my mum...if I wanted to do that, there would be a $20 per head charge. The cake only cost $27! That would cost us an extra $80 just to eat the darn cake! Not only was I not allowed to serve the cake, they took my ratatouille off the menu! That was the best damn ratatouille on the planet and it's gone! I thought I ordered what my mum had the last time we went there but apparently, I didn't. My mum had whole livers the last time but I ended up with pate. There was sooo much steak on the menu but I was sooo sick of steak so I had the fish.
Mummy finally told Daddy that we are going to England in June. Like I said, Daddy's not stupid, he already knew. YAYYYYY LONDON BABYY LONDON!!!
My parents went off to the casino after dinner while Jo and I left for the carpark. "Please present to the parking attending" was written on the free parking coupon. When we arrived at the barrier, there was no parking attending. Jo pressed the help button and this guy came out. He told us that we should have exchanged the coupon for a ticket at the cloak desk. How in the world we were supposed to know that? I have no idea. He let us off this time and we ended up back on the highway again.
Jo drove to some deserted road because he was going to teach me how to drive. Oh what an experience...
*Kim takes of her Zanotti's*
Jo: Look at the rear-view mirror
*Kim looks at the rear-view mirror*
Jo: Ok, put your foot on the brake
Kim: Err which one is the brake???
Jo: The one on the left.
Kim: I can't see the pedals! I don't know where they are!
*Kim finally finds the pedals with the help of a handphone light*
Jo: Press the break and put the gear stick on drive
*Kim puts gear stick on neutral*
*Jo puts gear stick on drive*
Jo: Release the brake
*Kim releases the brake and we are off diagonally across the road*
Jo: Slowly press the accelerator
*Kim presses it too hard and we jerk*
Kim: AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Kim: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH the cops are here!!!!!
*Not only is the car jerking like crazy, it isn't going in a straight line*
Jo: They aren't cops, they are just security
Kim: AAAAHHHHHHHHH policeeeee!!!!!!!!
Jo: Ok lets switch, press the brake
*Kim slams foot on brake, car jerks, we fly forward and so does the cake*
Kim: AAAAAHHHHHHHH frick!!! It's the police!!!!!!!
Thank goodness we didn't get caught by the police! He dropped me home after that and I continued with my Finance assignment after my shower.
Calorie Count:
-Chips and cheese sandwich (breakfast)
-Seafood platter (starter/lunch)
-Rib-eye steak with mashed potatoes, beans and spinach (mains/lunch)
-Chocolate panna cotta and cheese!!! (dessert/lunch)
-Chicken and duck liver parfait with brioche (starter/dinner)
-Pan-fried snapper with mashed potatoes and peas (mains/dinner)
Saturday 9 May 2009
Happy Birthday Shiyou!
Mummy and Daddy arrived so I met them at the Grand Hyatt at 11am. We hung around for a while then went for lunch at Lygon Street. Daddy was not impressed...I collected a cake for Mummy at Brunetti's while Mummy and Daddy walked around. After dropping it in the apartment, I met up with them again. Ian met us while we were walking to QV. We looked around at Big W then sat down for a drink. Ian left while we went to view the QV apartment.
I love the location but oh boy was that place run down! If we bought that apartment, we would have to replace the carpets and all the tiles in the bathroom and kitchen, paint the place, change the toilet, etc...I wouldn't call that liveable condition. The guy staying there has one room completely empty...I can't understand why he rented a 2 bedroom apartment.
Mummy and Daddy went back to the Hyatt after the viewing while I went back to College Square to do my Finance assignment. Stoopid Finance assignment!!! So bloody hard!!!
Mummy, Daddy, Aunty Grace, Uncle Mark, Ted, Nadia, Jo, Sara, Ian and I went for dinner at Federation Square. Some Australian restuarant with real Australian cuisine. Kangaroo, emu, wallaby, crocodile, etc...I was boring and I stuck to steak.
Jo, Sara, Ian and I went to Crown after dinner. We went to the arcade and Ian blew $70 there. Sara and I won 4 magic wands, three slinkies and one keychain at the arcade while Ian and Jo played shooting games. Stoopid Ian said he was just going to look at the people playing blackjack but he ended up disappearing for ages because he was off playing casino wars. We had a super banana split, Sara's new favourite drink. Creme de banane, vanilla, kahlua, etc...It was nice!
After Ian had his supper, he sent Sara and I home. I was soooo pooped by the time I got back because I only had a few hours of sleep the night before but I think I ended up blogging for hours instead of sleeping.
Calorie Count:
-Pizza (lunch)
-Cheese sandwich (tea)
-Porterhouse steak with potatoes (dinner)
-Super banana split (supper)
-Wedges (supper)
XOXO K
Sunday, May 3, 2009
You're an ass, not the man for me.
THOU SHALL NOT SPEND MUCH MONEY, THOU SHALL REALLY REALLY NOT SPEND MUCH MONEY! THOU SHALL SAVE UP FOR L***** BABYY L*****!!!
Friday 8 May 2009
A relief teacher came in today for my ARA tute. Sara said she's the hot tutor Dennis told us about. The one day I actually did my work and my teacher wasn't there. Sara and I completely miscalculated our ARA decision making task thus all our answers were wrong.
I took a nap after lunch then I went for my microecons tute. The annoying girl didn't have the boy to flirt with today because he was absent...hoorayyy!!! She's sooo annoying, I don't think anyone likes her, everyone avoided her table because she is just nastyyy!
I took another nap after school...I sleep a lot. I actually intended to doing my Finance assignment but as soon as I took out all my notes, I crawled into bed and slept. When I woke up, Sara, Claire, Bryan Xie and I went to Papa Gino's for dinner. The waiting area is right in front of the pizza making station, I became even hungrier after watching all those pizzas being made. Sara said that they probably do that on purpose so people order more when they finally get their table. Bryan treated us to dinner because he won at roulette that day at Crown. He won $65, dinner was $63.10. That means his total winnings add up to $1.90.
Brunetti's was superrr crowdeddd!!! They finally had my profiteroles though :D!!! I ordered it to have there but ended up packing it because there were no seats. I also ordered a mother's day cake for Mummy.
I have yet to do my Finance assignment. I spent the rest of the night cleaning up my apartment in preparation for the parents who arrive at 7a.m. on Saturday. My apartment looks too neat, they will know it's all a scam! Everything down to the paper on my desk is alligned so nicely, the floor is vacuumed and every surface is dusted.
Calorie Count:
-Bread with cheese spread (breakfast)
-Choc chip muffin bar (breakfast)
-Left-over pasta (lunch)
-Aussie pizza (dinner)
-Profiterole (dessert)
Thursday 7 May 2009
Ian and I met Sara and Bryan Xie downstairs in the afternoon. The conversation between Sara and Byran was so funny!
Sara: Oh you're posting a Mother's Day card to your mum too? Can you help me post mine?
*Sara takes out her card wanting to pass it to Bryan*
Bryan: Oh help me post mine, thanks!
*He passes the card to Sara*
*Sara, Kim & Ian with stunned looks on their faces*
*Kim & Ian start laughing*
Sara, Ian and I went for lunch at Collins Place then Sara and I went to the post office while Ian and Bryan Tan went, well actually I don't know where they went. I bought a Mother's Day card for Mummy at the post office...what an expensive card!
Grocery shopping at QV after that. I only bought two bags worth of groceries! Unbelievable I know. Ian met us at Safeway, he was cursing at me the whole time because apparently it was my fault that he didn't bring his passport to Western Union so he couldn't collect his money. The asian grocer still didn't have soba sauce but I did buy enough ingredients to make char kway teoh. I can always count on Ian to dampen my mood...He was so disgusted with the chinese sausage...I was so happy with my desire to attempt cooking char kway teoh but he had to go and say, "I'm not eating it, that's so gross".
I did a bit of laundry when I got back then Ian and I went for dinner. Having to pick up after him is an absolute nightmare! Dinner was at Ying Thai. Ian was complaining the whole time, apparently all the food was horrible. His favourite word is "horrible!". He's never said anything is nice...anything nice is "okay" to him but most things are "horrible".
Calorie Count:
-Japanese curry with pork and rice (lunch)
-Thai food (dinner)
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Ian cooked lunch while I finished up the rest of my econs assignment. I rushed to Qantas after submitting my assignment. Apparently there were no seats available for me to change my return flight from Melbourne to Singapore from 28 June to 20 June. If I paid an extra $475 then there would be a seat available...what rubbish?!?! I called Mummy and she said that that was ridiculous so she booked a flight for me on SIA on 20 June, returning on 25 July. I AM SOOOO EXCITED FOR THE HOLIDAY THAT I GET TO GO ON BECAUSE I AM GOING BACK TO SINGAPORE EARLY!!! Thus I changed my Qantas return ticket to 17 Septmeber...they wouldn't give me 19 Septmeber...I hope I don't have a test on Friday 18 Septmeber.
Sara and I met Jo for dinner. We were supposed to meet Aunty Grace too but she didn't see Jo's message till she was on the tram on the way home. We couldn't figure out where we wanted to eat so we ended up watching fired up at Melbourne Central again! What an awesome movie...although, chocolate tofu is not a nice thing to eat during that movie or everrr!
Calorie Count:
-Pasta with beef, chicken, tomato, zucchini and bell pepper (lunch)
-Beef burger (dinner)
-Chocolate tofu (dessert)
-Chocolate covered banana ice-cream (dessert)
Tuesday 5 May 2009
I met Sara for lunch at Rice Bar. I ordered crispy chicken on rice but it turned out to be chicken rice. The dark sauce tasted like malt candy!!! We met Dennis along the way to the computer lab. I finally finished my damn ARA assignment!!!! Hoorayyyy!!!!!
I met Jo at Melbourne Central and we watched Wolverine! I hadn't heard very good things about the movie but I quite liked it. We trammed to Crown after the movie for dinner. Ian was playing in a poker tournament at Crown so while waiting for him, Jo and I went to the arcade. My favourite game in the arcade is feeding the tickets into the ticket counting machine. We tried very very hard to win this crap toilet paper for 410 tickets. It's toilet paper with crap jokes on it! Better quality than Jo's toilet paper too.
A) How does a crazy person find their way through a forest??
B) What do you get from a pampered cow???
After more than an hour in the arcade, Ian was still not done so Jo and I went to Velvetbar. Super cocktails $24 on Tuesdays as oppose to $35 on other days. I really really wanted to try a super drink so Jo asked if they could make me a super mocktail but they said no. Thus the next best alternative was the least alcoholic drink which was the super toblerone. Super toblerone: Frangelico, Kahlua, Balieys, cream, chocolate, etc...It wasn't too bad but it was ginormous!!!
Ian finally finished and he was hungry as usual so we went to east to west which is next door to velvetbar. East to west is also next door to Margo's which was where Jo and I had dinner. They sold the same chicken parmagiana that I had for dinner at Margo's for half the price!!! I was miffed!! We went home after Ian's meal.
Calorie Count:
-Chicken rice (lunch)
-Potato chips (tea)
-Chicken parmagiana (dinner)
-Super Toblerone (dessert)
A) They use a psycho-path!!
B) Spoiled milk!!!
Monday 4 May 2009
I met Sara for our Finance lecture then Ian brought some cakes over to the apartment. I cooked dinner then we went to Koko black for dessert. Gee whiz this is a short entry...my memory is failing me.
Calorie Count:
-Left over pasta (lunch)
-Cakes (tea)
-Noodles with corn, chicken, mushroom and carrots (dinner)
-Chocolate mousse (dessert)
-Ham sandwich (supper)
-Honey soy chicken potato chips (supper)
Sunday 3 May 2009
Ian and I had lunch at Dessert House Eatery. He wastes so much food, it's unbelievable! After lunch, we went to the Sass & Bide sale for the third time. Despite promising not to be an ass, he still was. He walked out again, I wonder when he'll eventually learn his lesson. I didn't buy much because I had bought practically everything in my size already. I got a pair of shorts and a skirt for Nat.
Back to Via Reale for us. I got another dress, in my defense it is a very pretty dress and everyone said it looked good on me. Ian got another white jacket.
Laurent bakery has very pretty cakes but terrible service. I think Brunetti's tastes better. Plus Laurent bakery charges you a surcharge on Sundays and public holidays and they charge extra for dining in. Although, I think I will still go back because I want to try some of the other cakes. Ian doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who orders soy lattes. I ordered this apple juice but when I sat down, I realized it was sparkling apple juice and being the supertaster that I am, I don't like fizzy drinks. Thus I tried shaking the drink to get some of the gas out. Not such a smart idea...when I opened the drink, apple juice fizz spilt everywhere!
We did laundry when we got back so we had to wait for the laundry to be done before we could go for dinner. Dinner was at like 8.30p.m. at some Italian restaurant along Lygon. As usual, the boy was sooo critical about every little thing. Everything tastes like shit to him, nothing is good enough for him.
Calorie Count:
-Fried rice (lunch)
-Charlotte aux fraises (tea)
-Chips and dip (snack)
-Ham with bread (snack)
-Pumpkin and sage ravioli with blue cheese sauce (dinner)
Saturday 2 May 2009
I cooked lunch for Ian and Sara then we went to the Sass & Bide sale again. This time, there were further reductions!!! I bought a pair of jeans on Friday for $30 and I found it on Saturday for $10 so I bought another pair. All the $70 jeans were reduced to $50 and the $50 jeans were reduced to $30!!! Plus there was a whole table filled with $10 pants!!! I ended up buying 9 pairs of pants and one skirt, all at $10 each!!! Between Sara and I, we have 18 pairs of Sass & Bide pants :s
Dinner was at the brasserie by Philippe Mouchel. I made a resevation at 8.30p.m. but we didn't get our table till like 9!!! While waiting for our table, we met Aunty Grace, Uncle Mark, Nadia, Ted, Siska, Meg and Ming inside the casino and we arranged to meet them after dinner again. Zhen Yang and I turned down the complimentary champagne at the restaurant because we didn't know that it was F.O.C. The french onion soup was yummy!!! L'occitaine soap was given in the bathroom and thick, soft towels for drying your hands :). I should be a bathroom critic...
We had a chat with Aunty Grace and the gang after dinner and Sara and Bryan came to join us. Ian, Zhen Yang and Uncle Mark went off to play blackjack while we hung around the food court for a while longer. Sara and I helped Bryan win at roulette. We were very good regulators :D
It was almost 3.30am when we left Crown... :s
Calorie Count:
-Beef, broccoli, green pepper and rice (lunch)
-Escargot, chicken liver and fois gras terrine (starters)
-Zucchini flower risotto (mains)
-Dessert platter (dessert)
-Mee goreng (supper)
Friday 1 May 2009
The only day I force myself to wake up early for class. Thank goodness we didn't need to do the tute before hand or I would have died. Ian cooked lunch for me after my ARA tute then I headed off for my microecons tute.
After school, Ian, Zhen Yang and I went to Bridge Road because Via Reale was having a clearance sale. They made me wait so long at the tram stop because Ian was too busy gambling at Players on Lygon. Ian bought a pair of Versace pants for himself while I bought a pair for Mummy and a keychain for Daddy. We then trudged all the way to 140 Hoddle Street without knowing where it was.
Sass & Bide sale!!! I bought a skirt, three pairs of jeans and a spag for $170!!! I wasn't allowed to bring my bag in because it was too large so I passed it to Ian to hold. My bag contained my wallet and handphone. Ian left my bag on the floor and walked off. Lovely boy he is.
Instead of helping me carry my shopping bags like a real man should, he made me carry my own shopping bags and his shopping bag. You wonder why I'll never get back together with you...
Dinner was at Pacific BBQ...what an experience...While we were waiting for a table, this short, white, curly-haired, fat lady (she was very unkempt) entered the restaurant wanting to take-away food. She wasn't the most polite person around.
*The lady pushed her way to the cashier*
Lady: I want to take-away one nasi goreng. (ordering Malay food in a Chinese restaurant???)
*Kimberley's eyes widened*
Cashier: We don't have nasi goreng.
Lady: Do you have mee goreng?
*we all started to giggle*
Head waiter (he spoke with a very thick China accent): We don't have no nasi goreng or mee goreng. This is a traditional Chinese restaurant, we don't serve no Malaysian food. (It's Malay food, not Malaysian food)
*the giggling got louder*
Lady: Do you have vegetarian fried rice?
Head waiter: Yes.
Lady: I want bok choy, cauliflower, peas,...in my fried rice.
Head waiter: No no no, we don't do no special orders. We only have what is on the menu.
Lady: Can I see the menu???
*cashier passed her the menu*
Lady: Where is the vegetarian fried rice???
Head waiter: Number 138.
Lady: Do you have bok choy? Do you have cauliflower? Do you have peas???
I'm not sure what happened after that because our table was ready so we left that area. I think eventually she ordered something and left. I finally got to try the Iced Coconut Three Colours Drink...it's not what I thought it would be. I thought it would be some coconut drink with three layers of pink, green and white...turns out, it's chendol!!
Dessert was at San Churros <3! I can't really remember what happened after that...
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Tomato sauce with spaghetti and beef (lunch)
-Duck rice (dinner)
-Chocolate dipped churros (dessert)
Thursday 30 April 2009
Sara and I met Bryan and Chris for lunch at Melbourne GPO. We hung around Myers after lunch. I bought Micheal Kors Bermuda <3 and Harajuku Lovers Music!!! Just what I need, more perfume...
Sara and I went to Bridge Road after that. I bought another two tops from Jeanswest and a hell lot of stuff from Brands United. CK underwear spaghetti straps for $10...who could say no?
I cooked dinner once I was back home then Ian took a taxi from the airport to my apartment. It was so weird seeing him here...so strange.
We went to Brunetti's for dessert after he ate my left overs from dinner. Zhen Yang met us at Safeway and we bought a lot a lot of stuff. Once we dropped the stuff off at the apartment, we headed back out to KFC because the boy was hungry. He barely ate...so much for being hungry. Zhen Yang and Ian both bought tram tickets after supper.
I set up a bed for Ian on the floor after supper then we turned in for the night.
Calorie Count:
-Crumbed pork and rice (lunch)
-Chicken, baby corn and rice (dinner)
-Strawberry cheesecake (dessert)
-Popcorn chicken nacho cheese wrap (supper)
XOXO K
THOU SHALL NOT SPEND MUCH MONEY, THOU SHALL REALLY REALLY NOT SPEND MUCH MONEY! THOU SHALL SAVE UP FOR L***** BABYY L*****!!!
Friday 8 May 2009
A relief teacher came in today for my ARA tute. Sara said she's the hot tutor Dennis told us about. The one day I actually did my work and my teacher wasn't there. Sara and I completely miscalculated our ARA decision making task thus all our answers were wrong.
I took a nap after lunch then I went for my microecons tute. The annoying girl didn't have the boy to flirt with today because he was absent...hoorayyy!!! She's sooo annoying, I don't think anyone likes her, everyone avoided her table because she is just nastyyy!
I took another nap after school...I sleep a lot. I actually intended to doing my Finance assignment but as soon as I took out all my notes, I crawled into bed and slept. When I woke up, Sara, Claire, Bryan Xie and I went to Papa Gino's for dinner. The waiting area is right in front of the pizza making station, I became even hungrier after watching all those pizzas being made. Sara said that they probably do that on purpose so people order more when they finally get their table. Bryan treated us to dinner because he won at roulette that day at Crown. He won $65, dinner was $63.10. That means his total winnings add up to $1.90.
Brunetti's was superrr crowdeddd!!! They finally had my profiteroles though :D!!! I ordered it to have there but ended up packing it because there were no seats. I also ordered a mother's day cake for Mummy.
I have yet to do my Finance assignment. I spent the rest of the night cleaning up my apartment in preparation for the parents who arrive at 7a.m. on Saturday. My apartment looks too neat, they will know it's all a scam! Everything down to the paper on my desk is alligned so nicely, the floor is vacuumed and every surface is dusted.
Calorie Count:
-Bread with cheese spread (breakfast)
-Choc chip muffin bar (breakfast)
-Left-over pasta (lunch)
-Aussie pizza (dinner)
-Profiterole (dessert)
Thursday 7 May 2009
Ian and I met Sara and Bryan Xie downstairs in the afternoon. The conversation between Sara and Byran was so funny!
Sara: Oh you're posting a Mother's Day card to your mum too? Can you help me post mine?
*Sara takes out her card wanting to pass it to Bryan*
Bryan: Oh help me post mine, thanks!
*He passes the card to Sara*
*Sara, Kim & Ian with stunned looks on their faces*
*Kim & Ian start laughing*
Sara, Ian and I went for lunch at Collins Place then Sara and I went to the post office while Ian and Bryan Tan went, well actually I don't know where they went. I bought a Mother's Day card for Mummy at the post office...what an expensive card!
Grocery shopping at QV after that. I only bought two bags worth of groceries! Unbelievable I know. Ian met us at Safeway, he was cursing at me the whole time because apparently it was my fault that he didn't bring his passport to Western Union so he couldn't collect his money. The asian grocer still didn't have soba sauce but I did buy enough ingredients to make char kway teoh. I can always count on Ian to dampen my mood...He was so disgusted with the chinese sausage...I was so happy with my desire to attempt cooking char kway teoh but he had to go and say, "I'm not eating it, that's so gross".
I did a bit of laundry when I got back then Ian and I went for dinner. Having to pick up after him is an absolute nightmare! Dinner was at Ying Thai. Ian was complaining the whole time, apparently all the food was horrible. His favourite word is "horrible!". He's never said anything is nice...anything nice is "okay" to him but most things are "horrible".
Calorie Count:
-Japanese curry with pork and rice (lunch)
-Thai food (dinner)
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Ian cooked lunch while I finished up the rest of my econs assignment. I rushed to Qantas after submitting my assignment. Apparently there were no seats available for me to change my return flight from Melbourne to Singapore from 28 June to 20 June. If I paid an extra $475 then there would be a seat available...what rubbish?!?! I called Mummy and she said that that was ridiculous so she booked a flight for me on SIA on 20 June, returning on 25 July. I AM SOOOO EXCITED FOR THE HOLIDAY THAT I GET TO GO ON BECAUSE I AM GOING BACK TO SINGAPORE EARLY!!! Thus I changed my Qantas return ticket to 17 Septmeber...they wouldn't give me 19 Septmeber...I hope I don't have a test on Friday 18 Septmeber.
Sara and I met Jo for dinner. We were supposed to meet Aunty Grace too but she didn't see Jo's message till she was on the tram on the way home. We couldn't figure out where we wanted to eat so we ended up watching fired up at Melbourne Central again! What an awesome movie...although, chocolate tofu is not a nice thing to eat during that movie or everrr!
Calorie Count:
-Pasta with beef, chicken, tomato, zucchini and bell pepper (lunch)
-Beef burger (dinner)
-Chocolate tofu (dessert)
-Chocolate covered banana ice-cream (dessert)
Tuesday 5 May 2009
I met Sara for lunch at Rice Bar. I ordered crispy chicken on rice but it turned out to be chicken rice. The dark sauce tasted like malt candy!!! We met Dennis along the way to the computer lab. I finally finished my damn ARA assignment!!!! Hoorayyyy!!!!!
I met Jo at Melbourne Central and we watched Wolverine! I hadn't heard very good things about the movie but I quite liked it. We trammed to Crown after the movie for dinner. Ian was playing in a poker tournament at Crown so while waiting for him, Jo and I went to the arcade. My favourite game in the arcade is feeding the tickets into the ticket counting machine. We tried very very hard to win this crap toilet paper for 410 tickets. It's toilet paper with crap jokes on it! Better quality than Jo's toilet paper too.
A) How does a crazy person find their way through a forest??
B) What do you get from a pampered cow???
After more than an hour in the arcade, Ian was still not done so Jo and I went to Velvetbar. Super cocktails $24 on Tuesdays as oppose to $35 on other days. I really really wanted to try a super drink so Jo asked if they could make me a super mocktail but they said no. Thus the next best alternative was the least alcoholic drink which was the super toblerone. Super toblerone: Frangelico, Kahlua, Balieys, cream, chocolate, etc...It wasn't too bad but it was ginormous!!!
Ian finally finished and he was hungry as usual so we went to east to west which is next door to velvetbar. East to west is also next door to Margo's which was where Jo and I had dinner. They sold the same chicken parmagiana that I had for dinner at Margo's for half the price!!! I was miffed!! We went home after Ian's meal.
Calorie Count:
-Chicken rice (lunch)
-Potato chips (tea)
-Chicken parmagiana (dinner)
-Super Toblerone (dessert)
A) They use a psycho-path!!
B) Spoiled milk!!!
Monday 4 May 2009
I met Sara for our Finance lecture then Ian brought some cakes over to the apartment. I cooked dinner then we went to Koko black for dessert. Gee whiz this is a short entry...my memory is failing me.
Calorie Count:
-Left over pasta (lunch)
-Cakes (tea)
-Noodles with corn, chicken, mushroom and carrots (dinner)
-Chocolate mousse (dessert)
-Ham sandwich (supper)
-Honey soy chicken potato chips (supper)
Sunday 3 May 2009
Ian and I had lunch at Dessert House Eatery. He wastes so much food, it's unbelievable! After lunch, we went to the Sass & Bide sale for the third time. Despite promising not to be an ass, he still was. He walked out again, I wonder when he'll eventually learn his lesson. I didn't buy much because I had bought practically everything in my size already. I got a pair of shorts and a skirt for Nat.
Back to Via Reale for us. I got another dress, in my defense it is a very pretty dress and everyone said it looked good on me. Ian got another white jacket.
Laurent bakery has very pretty cakes but terrible service. I think Brunetti's tastes better. Plus Laurent bakery charges you a surcharge on Sundays and public holidays and they charge extra for dining in. Although, I think I will still go back because I want to try some of the other cakes. Ian doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who orders soy lattes. I ordered this apple juice but when I sat down, I realized it was sparkling apple juice and being the supertaster that I am, I don't like fizzy drinks. Thus I tried shaking the drink to get some of the gas out. Not such a smart idea...when I opened the drink, apple juice fizz spilt everywhere!
We did laundry when we got back so we had to wait for the laundry to be done before we could go for dinner. Dinner was at like 8.30p.m. at some Italian restaurant along Lygon. As usual, the boy was sooo critical about every little thing. Everything tastes like shit to him, nothing is good enough for him.
Calorie Count:
-Fried rice (lunch)
-Charlotte aux fraises (tea)
-Chips and dip (snack)
-Ham with bread (snack)
-Pumpkin and sage ravioli with blue cheese sauce (dinner)
Saturday 2 May 2009
I cooked lunch for Ian and Sara then we went to the Sass & Bide sale again. This time, there were further reductions!!! I bought a pair of jeans on Friday for $30 and I found it on Saturday for $10 so I bought another pair. All the $70 jeans were reduced to $50 and the $50 jeans were reduced to $30!!! Plus there was a whole table filled with $10 pants!!! I ended up buying 9 pairs of pants and one skirt, all at $10 each!!! Between Sara and I, we have 18 pairs of Sass & Bide pants :s
Dinner was at the brasserie by Philippe Mouchel. I made a resevation at 8.30p.m. but we didn't get our table till like 9!!! While waiting for our table, we met Aunty Grace, Uncle Mark, Nadia, Ted, Siska, Meg and Ming inside the casino and we arranged to meet them after dinner again. Zhen Yang and I turned down the complimentary champagne at the restaurant because we didn't know that it was F.O.C. The french onion soup was yummy!!! L'occitaine soap was given in the bathroom and thick, soft towels for drying your hands :). I should be a bathroom critic...
We had a chat with Aunty Grace and the gang after dinner and Sara and Bryan came to join us. Ian, Zhen Yang and Uncle Mark went off to play blackjack while we hung around the food court for a while longer. Sara and I helped Bryan win at roulette. We were very good regulators :D
It was almost 3.30am when we left Crown... :s
Calorie Count:
-Beef, broccoli, green pepper and rice (lunch)
-Escargot, chicken liver and fois gras terrine (starters)
-Zucchini flower risotto (mains)
-Dessert platter (dessert)
-Mee goreng (supper)
Friday 1 May 2009
The only day I force myself to wake up early for class. Thank goodness we didn't need to do the tute before hand or I would have died. Ian cooked lunch for me after my ARA tute then I headed off for my microecons tute.
After school, Ian, Zhen Yang and I went to Bridge Road because Via Reale was having a clearance sale. They made me wait so long at the tram stop because Ian was too busy gambling at Players on Lygon. Ian bought a pair of Versace pants for himself while I bought a pair for Mummy and a keychain for Daddy. We then trudged all the way to 140 Hoddle Street without knowing where it was.
Sass & Bide sale!!! I bought a skirt, three pairs of jeans and a spag for $170!!! I wasn't allowed to bring my bag in because it was too large so I passed it to Ian to hold. My bag contained my wallet and handphone. Ian left my bag on the floor and walked off. Lovely boy he is.
Instead of helping me carry my shopping bags like a real man should, he made me carry my own shopping bags and his shopping bag. You wonder why I'll never get back together with you...
Dinner was at Pacific BBQ...what an experience...While we were waiting for a table, this short, white, curly-haired, fat lady (she was very unkempt) entered the restaurant wanting to take-away food. She wasn't the most polite person around.
*The lady pushed her way to the cashier*
Lady: I want to take-away one nasi goreng. (ordering Malay food in a Chinese restaurant???)
*Kimberley's eyes widened*
Cashier: We don't have nasi goreng.
Lady: Do you have mee goreng?
*we all started to giggle*
Head waiter (he spoke with a very thick China accent): We don't have no nasi goreng or mee goreng. This is a traditional Chinese restaurant, we don't serve no Malaysian food. (It's Malay food, not Malaysian food)
*the giggling got louder*
Lady: Do you have vegetarian fried rice?
Head waiter: Yes.
Lady: I want bok choy, cauliflower, peas,...in my fried rice.
Head waiter: No no no, we don't do no special orders. We only have what is on the menu.
Lady: Can I see the menu???
*cashier passed her the menu*
Lady: Where is the vegetarian fried rice???
Head waiter: Number 138.
Lady: Do you have bok choy? Do you have cauliflower? Do you have peas???
I'm not sure what happened after that because our table was ready so we left that area. I think eventually she ordered something and left. I finally got to try the Iced Coconut Three Colours Drink...it's not what I thought it would be. I thought it would be some coconut drink with three layers of pink, green and white...turns out, it's chendol!!
Dessert was at San Churros <3! I can't really remember what happened after that...
Calorie Count:
-Uncle Toby's breakfast bar (breakfast)
-Tomato sauce with spaghetti and beef (lunch)
-Duck rice (dinner)
-Chocolate dipped churros (dessert)
Thursday 30 April 2009
Sara and I met Bryan and Chris for lunch at Melbourne GPO. We hung around Myers after lunch. I bought Micheal Kors Bermuda <3 and Harajuku Lovers Music!!! Just what I need, more perfume...
Sara and I went to Bridge Road after that. I bought another two tops from Jeanswest and a hell lot of stuff from Brands United. CK underwear spaghetti straps for $10...who could say no?
I cooked dinner once I was back home then Ian took a taxi from the airport to my apartment. It was so weird seeing him here...so strange.
We went to Brunetti's for dessert after he ate my left overs from dinner. Zhen Yang met us at Safeway and we bought a lot a lot of stuff. Once we dropped the stuff off at the apartment, we headed back out to KFC because the boy was hungry. He barely ate...so much for being hungry. Zhen Yang and Ian both bought tram tickets after supper.
I set up a bed for Ian on the floor after supper then we turned in for the night.
Calorie Count:
-Crumbed pork and rice (lunch)
-Chicken, baby corn and rice (dinner)
-Strawberry cheesecake (dessert)
-Popcorn chicken nacho cheese wrap (supper)
XOXO K
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