food glorious food!

I'm so excited about my blog finds! They're all on cooking or baking. Thanks to trotski&ash I found these fabulous links and I haven't even start on reading those literature blogs.
My 2 best recommendations: (you can find them under my reads list!)

This is from Cannelle et Vanille, the author's Aran and she has an impeccable taste on food styling and talent in creativity. Her macarons are the prettiest I've ever seen!

A Valentine's Day project from Jewels of NY blog.

The Jewels of New York: what striked me was their first few gothic style food photos that inspired me to do some photo-taking of dark creatures and all for my fashion collection I just drew, plenty of work to do in Singapore!

Enjoy viewing their blogs!

preetty frowers

pretty tulips @ Araluen, 45 min drive from Perth

New layout!

I like new things. Can never get sick of them...for a while.

Was talking to Sean about future career:

Wedding Planner VS Fashion Designer

A wedding planner is much more feasible and practical in Singapore, all you need are contacts and talent to create new things that couples would love, find pretty flowers, pretty cupcakes and pretty venues! It would be cool to work with couples who want something out there, like a goth wedding, quite interesting!

A fashion designer, unless I am really deemed on setting up an online store first while working part-time in case all else fails, and then if the Singapore market is good, rent a shop! And I have Hu Wen to plan all these with :D But a part of me wants to study in a fashion school in NY and see how it goes, the environment is very conducive to get inspired. Plus it would be helpful to find my own style as a designer.

Meanwhile, let me search for alternatives that I can do after I graduate next year.

sometimes I forget to love you like I should

Kellie eating mini Magnum @Schaads' balcony

This will be a happier post!

Just finished doing Financial Markets questions for Monday's exam. Monetary Economics is sucha bother! But at least our lecturer gave us 60 questions to work on, out of which 4 will be in the exam. That's a probability of 1/15. Bleah.

I've been giving myself tons of breaks like facebooking, walking to the vending machine to buy corn chips/chocolate/ cappuccino/moccaccino (I should stop doing it), flipping through designers' book, my new ELLE magazine... not good! And, Sean & I watched Alfie yesterday night. I want to watch What a Girl wants again!

It's good that I haven't been out but staying in to mug, apart from the visits to Esselunga. Cooked salmon, asparagus and potato&egg stir-fry. I miss crispy salmon skin! With tons of Jap terriyaki sauce. I must visit the Robertson Quay Jap Restaurant when I get back. Cooking here has been quite a headache! No space, not enough utensils, no oven! Will definitely appreciate the East Perth kitchen more.

Everybody's moving out of Curriehall! Josh Sim, Raymond, Justin, Yan Yan... Curriehall will be quite empty esp with the graduates already back home! Actually OCF would have some of the new people from Currie, and might be younger than me :D More topics to talk about hehe. Kristi moved to Vic Park! I thought she will move to the apartment 5 doors down our corridor...At least now there're more homes to visit :D EXCITING! And Murdoch people are moving to East Perth so there're definitely more people to hang around with! Sean will be moving to Broadway and there's even more people to get to know!

I was in the pantry when my roomie told me Corporate Finance results were out. It's so hilarious I didn't know that! When I've seen it popping in my face logging into agenda. I hope it's out of 35! Then I'll have 88%! Sucha good way to motivate me to study well in UWA.

angry geri

To the Bastard & Co who tried to steal Sean's wallet from his bag:

First of all, I am glad that I saw your hand reaching for his wallet when he just took out his hp.Second, I am very very very pissed off when YOU KICKED MY BUTT IN PUBLIC WHEN YOU RE IN THE WRONG! COME ON, that's just idiotic. If you hadn't walk away fast, I would have kicked your balls. And you even had the cheek to laugh away with your friends after what you've done. LOWLY CREATURES. I've never been so humiliated and angry before in public. If you're looking for thrills, go do cliff jumping or whatever. If you're begging for money, at least do it sincerely. Kicking a girl whom you've never seen before in your life is sucha despicable act.

I pray that you will not waste your life but work your ass off to get money yourself instead of inflicting pain and loss on people by pickpocketing and using violence when you can't get what you want. TOO BAD you couldn't get your hands on my bf's wallet. I lost all my respect for you, you're obviously not a gentleman.

Seriously, the whole world is full of dodgy people and I am always meeting them these days.

sweet distraction

Both from Granny's Day Out.

Lovely dresses! I think they're vintage without losing that modern edge. I would do some alterations on them if I own them, but they're so expensive! I shopped yesterday :X

Bought a hand-made felt + checkered fabric ring. Very unique! The head-bands are nice too, just a bit too complicated. But they are all very girl-ish and pretty! Bought a printed skirt from H&M, 50% off! very flowy and has tree branches-like prints on navy blue chiffon like fabric.

I'm looking out for big chunky ruby rings, yet pearl ones are nice too! Those embedded on old gold, quite vintage. Of course the the ring has to be quite petite, chunky will be quite in the face.

I wanna make my own gown! Out of the grey satin and chiffon I bought from Palembang. The seamstress was too busy to accept my request. Can't wait to go back to Singapore and start on it.

Back to corporate finance mugging!

Mr. Postman

Being crazy after prayer meet in Currie.


Mugging Day 1
Productivity was alright, 3 chapters of Corporate Finance done and a few teeny bit of Monetary Economics. Sean left for the Bergamo airport at 8am for a 2 pm flight because of a general strike in Italy. Apparently all the trams & trains aren't working except from 6-8.45am and 6-8pm. which means everybody's lives got disrupted! After lunch I got a message from him saying his flight is cancelled! Oh gosh, getting to & fro the airport from Centrale station = 9 euros X 2
And a whole lot of time spent clarifying how to refund. My room-mate says this kinda strikes will happen quite occasionally, not surprised if we have to walk to uni someday!

Received snailmail from Judy yesterday! Hand-made an envelope from 10 Corso Como paper bag and sent it off today. I should have collected stamps while I was young, and use them to make it into an art-piece! Am collecting shoes from magazines now, just to learn how to draw them properly. But I think clothes are a big challenge to master them anyway, plus I need to brush up on fabrics knowledge!

So since Sean didn't make it for Brussels, we're off to Via Torino tomorrow! Seriously I'm sick of my own cooked food, I yearn for some good cafe stuff that we usually have in Perth. It's freaking scarce here! And I haven't even made it to a fresh produce market yet, the one close to our hostel. My favourite salmon is very expensive in restaurants! I'm dying for nice terriyaki ones I tried in Singapore. RAHHH if only there's ultra food delivery from Singapore.

cinque terre

Hearts locked at the entrance of the fourth town where couples place locks everywhere

we reached the second town vernanzza!

tunnel in Monterosso

looks like somebody gave up hiking!

Cinque Terre (five villages) by the coast in Italy was prettty! With pebble beaches and humongous rocks, wheat terraces and the beautiful sun! The first hike from Monterosso was tiring with many many steps and tiny paths, uneven treks and many people trying to go two ways. We took a break at Vernanzza, the second town, had pizzas for lunch by the river filled with people swimming and little paddle boats. Very colourful town, reminded me of Como! Had a good rest and started on the 2nd trek to the third one. It was very difficult after the rest! We lost our momentum, got it back after a while, more steps and uneven roads!

A good thing the rest of the trek to the fifth town was on flat ground! There were quite many people tanning and swimming in the clear waters, very blue. Sean & I sealed a lock at the love town, very interesting! There were hair ties, tree leaves, all sorts of locks everywhere even on benches!

Had crepes for snacks at the last town before heading back to Milan to have Mac's for dinner. Met up with Ryan who just came back from Brussels, his chocolate factory tour sounded exciting! Imagine having a taste of chocolates served to the Royal Family, goodness! Talking about chocolate, the Milan hot chocolate is literally chocolate! I ordered a cup today, could only finish half of it! Dione reminded me of Max Brenner's in Melbourne, I should have tried it when I was there with Mummy :(

Sean's leaving for Brussels tomorrow! That means I will be online more often than ever, trying to study for corporate finance mid sem next tuesday, gosh time flies!

I seriously hope I can get an internship this holidays!!! Really really need it badly.

My heater in the room is pathetic! My room's still cold. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr