as of late..

book: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - interesting concept and crazy cool illustrations.
song: push me to the floor by the parlotones - my south african friend Casey introduced me to this awesome band. Definitely worth checking out.
movie: the kings speech
recent buy: a ticket to 'lady chatterleys lover' and a watermelon blended ice with coconut jelly from bubble cup
what i want to buy: another watermelon blended ice with coconut jelly from bubblecup, and a red skirt.
addicted to: red lips, curly hair and cinnamon hot chocolate
what i want to accomplish: the perfect pin curl
restaurant of the moment: Rose Garden BBQ, 435 Elizabeth street - this is one of my favourite places to eat when i'm in the city, most of the dishes are under $10 and are amazingly delicious. I normally get the fried rice with BBQ or Roast pork and Duck but i recommend the Spicy Chicken ribs that are to die for.



thanks to Munching in Melbourne for the picture :)

love,

i've been dreaming..

theres a lot that im bad at blog, but i admit that alice is right and one of my worst faults is that i'm terrible at posting.

i know, im a shocker.. i really should make the time, there is no excuse.

i'm telling the truth when i say that not much has happened as of late - came back from america, started school, went to a few parties and spent some afternoons with a picnic or two.. i did go to a nude play but all in all its been as boring as usual..

I've got a new dream though - to go to my dads native south america and teach english to little kids.. I'm not sure if i'd do jungle very well though - i dont like spiders and snakes and i dont really rock the 3/4 shorts and sneakers look (which is all we see humanitarians in nowadays) but whats a dream for? its something to think about one night when im 30, drowning my sorrows in chocolate and wondering what i should do with the rest of my life after a failed career.. i mean hopefully my life doesnt turn out like that but really.. who knows?

i'll be thirty in 14 years..

time is going to fast fellow bloggers..

love,

the aussies made them do it (:

i have to say that a month away from home felt like a great idea 5 months ago when i applied for the Kansas Exchange..

it still is a great idea and i've had the most amazing experience of my life while being here but i am definitely ready to go home..

so i thought i'd list 3 things that i love about this country (thats america for those who were unsure)

1. Teenage driving ; Life has never been so simple! the fact that i can ask Caitlin (my host sister) to take me anywhere and we dont have to wait for her parents to be ready is awesome!

2. New american friends ; my host sister Caitlin and alice's (alice being the creator and writer of Wonder the alice land) host sister Jessica.. I cant imagine being on the opposite side of the world from them in only 5 days..

3. Kick-ass TV ; you know its a wonderfull world when MTV is a free TV chanel :)

and 3 things that i love and miss about australia!

1. Family time! ; because everyone can drive so early on here i feel like family time is quite a rare thing, as opposed to my life back in aus when every night is family time!

2. The indecisive melbourne weather! ; i'd take rain one moment and sunshine the next with no complaints if it meant i wouldnt have to see snow for awhile..

3. Roast Pumpkin! ; strange as it seems, for someone who has roast pumpkin atleast once a week the idea of living in a place that eats pumpkin once a year (on halloween.. pumpkin pie anyone?) weirds me out a little..

so thats all for now readers!

fudgy (:

so its been a long long while since i last posted..

since then i've finished year 10, been to sydney and back and now - in 5 days i'm off to Kansas City, America on exchange!

i know i havent written about how excited i am about going.. so i'll write it now..

I'm so excited about going!

i'm also excited about christmas! because christmas is the best (: when i was younger christmas was the only time of year i'd ever remember seeing all my family in one place.. so christmas was never really about presents or the amazng food but more about spending time with loved ones..

anyway, christmas reminds me of yummy food and nothing is yummier than choc chip cookies.. so i thought i'd share one of my favourite recipes that i often give out as presents after parties.. they are super delicious and stay nice and fudgy (1. is that even how you spell that? and 2. when did people start using words like 'fudgy' to descrbe nice foods?) for days (:

Choc Chip Cookies

180g of softened butter
1/3 cup of caster sugar
125ml of condensed milk (though i always like to add a little extra for extra 'fudgy'-ness)
1 1/2 cups of self raising flour
and Chocolate chip bits

Method:

1). Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Using an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar together untill light a creamy. Beat in condensed milk. Add in sifted flour and mix on low speed untill smooth. Add Chocolate chips and mix.

2). Roll about 2 teaspoons full of the mixture into balls and place on baking paper lined trays.

3). Bake for 12-15 minutes (though this really depends on taste, my family like their cookies cooked for only 10 minutes)

with this recipe i ususally get 30-36 cookies (:

And finally, If i dont post agan untill christmas which, is probebly likely.. then Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

x

charmed life.

Joy Williams - Charmed Life

not a big post today, i'm much to exhausted! just a preety song (:

much love!

x

so exciting!

I've decided to take a leaf out of The Black Leather Jacket's book and start a 'currently' .

book: The Hunger Games Trilogy - its awesome. read it.
song: All these things that i've done by the Killers - Brandon Flowers is amazing and the other guys from the killers are amazing too so its like amazing^2 (:
movie: Monsters - its quite an odd concept but its actually one of the most amazing
movies known to man kind.
recent buy: jeans!
what i want to buy: halo reach - so exciting!!!
addicted to: manly shoes and girly socks.
what i want to accomplish: to stop thinking about iced coffee.. and exams.. :(


much love!

x

Sudoku!

so this weekend annalisa and i were thinking we'd take Kathleen to the Mycube Cafe , its a board games cafe which is arguably the coolest thing ever? anna and i think its quite original, so we are very excited to try it out and post it up on the food blog :)

lately i've been obsessed with Maroon 5 to a point that i actually dream about them.. that and sudoku..

is that weird?

Sudoku is quite fun, i think that everyone should try it out.. i read somewhere that its like a workout for your brain..

but if your not into Sudoku you should definitely check out Give a little more by Maroon 5, i have to admit i'd rather watch Adam Levine than sit down with a book full of numbers..

oh and this song to!
Only the Young is a new Brandon Flowers song, and it is amazing so watch it!

moving on..

Daisy and i spend quite abit of time pondering the whole meaning of the world was in Italian today which, evidently, was a lot more amusing than reading about the workplace in Italy..

love,
x

Uhh.. I mean Sexy?

oh blog :(

i'm so sorry to have abandoned you.. what kind of blogger am i? its actually been a month and 4 days since i last posted.. how awful is that!?! there is really no excuse..

but if i could give excuses i would tell you that

a) i was hideously missing Singapore and went into this kind of depressing phase where i couldnt do anything

b) i had a hell of a load of homework to catch up on..

and

c) subject selection threw my off my normal state of mind for a bit..

trust me - i havent been a lot of fun lately..

but its been okay - and i'm over it.. so much so that its only one more weekend untill my dad's home for good (meaning that he'll start working in sydney, obviously?)

theres just nothing good about a Man living in Melbourne, working in Sydney.

has any body heard of the rivalry between the two cities? sheesh..

so not a big post today - but i do have two youtube videos..



I swear - Brandon Flowers is the preetiest man in the world.. and it also has Charlize Thernon kicking Ninja ass! who knew there were so many Ninja's in Hollywood?



I actually think that this video clip might be one of the best things i've ever seen.. the whole time i was watching it i was speechless.. i actually had to watch it a few times to get over the awesomeness and i'm still not even fully over it..

i think its maybe because it has Megan Fox in it and as my close friends know i think she is the most amazingly beautiful woman in the world.. it actually hurts..

and i also think that Dominic Monaghan is extremelly good looking (uhhh.. i mean sexy) in the short, not obviously attractive way..

x

here's to great love.

my amazing friend Lucy is both talented artist and witty blogger.

i've already posted her link on here but you can check her out at llamas scarves and trousers - lucy's blog

shes defiently my blogger of the month.. if i did something like that :)

but yes - shes very awesome.

the reason i'm raving about lucy's awesome-ness is that she designed and drew my amazing new header..

which i love.

undoubtedly.

and will continue loving for quite some time..

hooray for lucy! and hooray for awesome blog headers! :)

love x

cute little drummer man.

when my nanna sent me a facebook message asking me to send her my email i sure wasnt expecting this :) this kid is so awesome! i mean seriously.. apparently he's only 4 years old and here he is playing the drums like a pro.. i love his facial expressions towards the end.. i mean - how can one get anymore skilled :)

only a short post today - i dont have a lot to talk about (:

love

1# Wing Seong Fatty's Restaurant

its been awhile since i've done a first post..

even though this is actually my 68th post on no lies. just love. this 68th post feels like a first post.

this is because this is my first 'the food blog' post.

for those of you who are thinking.

'what.the.hell'

then i'm very sorry to have confused you. (you should probebly check out my 'pages' underneath my header and then you'll maybe understand)

anyway.. back to my first 'the food blog' post.

i'm lucky enough for my first (or 68th) post to be a review on a Singaporean Restaurant - Wing Seong Fatty's (Fatty's)

type of place: restaurant
type of food: asian, chinese
address: 175 Bencoolen Street #01-31 Burlington Square

at 12.30 (with no breakfast mind you - dad is an early early riser who doesnt need any food in the morning) we were all so hungry we ordered up a feast of roast duck, combination char siew and roast pork, singapore noodles and fried Man Tao buns..

even as i was eating those amazing little buns i was thinking..

i could write amazing things about you.

Fatty's Man Tao buns are Michealangelo's David of the bun world.

when doing some research on Fatty's one food review stuck in my mind

"I found the roast duck really ordinary.... there was nothing special about it. The skin wasn't crispy and the meat wasn't particularly tender.."

with no offence intended to this fellow reviewer..

you are wrong.. very very wrong..

the roast duck had an amazing skin that was crispy and had the ability to melt in your mouth, and the meat was completely unique with the softest texture..

i am sure that their duck was just old and grumpy.

type of meal: lunch, dinner, night dining
occasion: children/family, after ork
atmosphere: hidden find, noisy/vibrant

must tries: Man Tao fried buns, Roast Duck

snail tales.

so its been awhile since i last posted, sorry about that blog..

It seems that i go through phases.. at one point i'll post everyday and then at another i just cant ever be bothered.

moving on from this i'd like to tell you all a story..

I arrived in singapore around 6.45pm local time.. which means that for all my australian friends and family it was 8.45pm.. i like adding 'local time' after '6.45' because thats that the pilots on the planes say..

as you should know, i've come up to singapore 3 times now, because my dads working here, because of this i know the entrance to singapore like the back of my hand.

so as we're walking out of the Qantas terminal at 7.15 (i know, the baggage terminal took FOREVER to return our bags) we get into the taxi and i'm feeling quite relaxed and happy, which ofcourse, is quite nice..

sometime later we arrive at the apartment and go down for dinner, as we're walking my dad tells us of the.. wait for it..

GIANT SNAILS!

thats right, GIANT SNAILS that make their way on to the path we need to cross to get home.. and apparently they come in PACKS! which would be impossible for any other kind of snail but not the SINGAPORE GIANT SNAILS!

its actually quite unbelieveable i had not yet seen a SINGAPORE GIANT SNAIL!

anyway, all was well and good untill the next day, after dinner, when Kathleen and I were discussing how nice Bradley Cooper was looking in the A-Team (awesome movie by the way, you should totally check that out)




as i said, nice right? oh and sorry about the poor quality of the picture, first i typed in "bradley cooper" but couldnt find a picture that expressed his 'nice-ness' and then i typed in "bradley cooper, a-team" and singapore said "bradley cooper, a-team" may return explicit adult content and has been filtered by your Bing SafeSearch settings.Your country or region requires a strict Bing SafeSearch setting, which filters out results that might return adult content

so apparently Singapore thinks i'm being dirty by googling bradley cooper..

interesting huh?

anyway, back on track..

as we were disussing Bradley Cooper and the A-Team i saw a hideous big blob of mush on the concrete next to a big rock thing.. i cant really remember what happened next but Kathleen says i screamed like a little girl, did a star jump in the air - while screaming (which i think takes skill), and ran for 5 meteres before screaming again "WHAT WAS THAT!"

The worst thing is that i did this near a construction site, so preety much all of singapore's workers heard me..

heres a picture -



this is actually a GIANT 'african' SNAIL from africa.. i got the picture from wiklipedia so thats not even my foot, personally that colour nail polish doesnt do jusice to my skin tone. anyway, overlook the fact that this is an 'african' GIANT SNAIL, and just imagine its a SINGAPOREAN GIANT SNAIL!

you can not tell me you wouldnt be scared of that thing.. its like a breed between a normal small sized snail and another medium sized invertebrate..

So that was my GIANT SNAIL story, i have quite a few others, not GIANT SNAIL stories but others..

lie when we went to see A-Team and after the movie we got ito the lift and there were all these asian boy teenagers and the were muttering in chinese or something and then one of them pulled out his phone and they all started singing along to Justin Beiber.. complete with hand movements.. i must admit i was impressed :)

love x

Sigh.

normally i'd be opposed to posting twice in one day - but i forgot something in my first post..

and it is this.

what is 'this' you ask.. well 'this' is probebly my favourite song of the moment..

its amazing that the killers can be top 40 and yet so totally and awesomely unique at the same time..

no one has a voice like brandon flowers..

-sigh-

he is a god.

so i think you should check it out (or him out - because at around 1.14 to 1.42 he is d.i.v.i.n.e)

dont ask me what it is about him, i just think he's gorgeous..

happy..

so, i think its time for something new.

the past few months have worn me down... completely..

i think that i maybe need this trip to Singapore a lot sooner than i thought.. thank god its only a week away..

and i really need to pay more attention to this blog, which i have undoubtedly placed in the back of my mind since the 9th of May..

and this problem has an easy fix - re-decorating..

its such an amazing thing,

replacing my pink flowers with a nice french linen from Shabby Blogs , and adding some new buttons is going to make my blog seem so much.. happier..

so i think thats what i'll get onto when i finish this post..

love x

mothers day.

May 9th brings some worry to me.

if you dont understand why then you obviously have your dad or older brother/sister worrying about what to get your mum.

yes. thats right. its mothers day!

but i dont have that luxury, as my dad is currently abroad. in fact, im the oldest sibling so hooraah to that!

being the oldest has its good things, like being able to go to the movies when your little sister cant, and being able to say 'i can go to the movies' to your little sister in italian ( posso andare al cinema. ) i mean, not all people can say that but i thought i'd put it out there.

but it also has its bad things, im sure kathleen has been able to do some stuff i couldnt even dream of doing at her age, even if i cant remember anything for the sake of this blog.

but i'm getting off track, what i really wanted to say was thankyou.

to my amazing mum, who somehow manages to keep me and my crazy 10 year old sister at bay.

i honestly believe that without her we would become modern day cave-women.

she is unbelieveably caring, inexplicably beautiful and astonishingly strong, and i love her very berry much :)

so thankyou mum.

and happy mothers day.

love,

Cherry Bomb.

oh.my.gosh

i am extremely excited world.

what about? you may ask.

well, to answer that i think i need to supply you with some background inromation.

today, i was busy doing some science revision and then i thought -

'i am going to die if i look at one more nucleus'

this thought was followed by -

'what can i do to restore some of my sanity?'

and then -

'hey! i know! i'll look up movie trailers on youtube!'

i also think that i need to tell you all that i have a thing for movie trailers, i think that they are perfection. What more could you ask for? its the perfect combination of video, music and diologue all summed up in 3-4 minutes!

so i was preety excited when i came across..

THE RUNAWAYS!

if i failed to ignite excitement in you then i am truly sorry, but there is something wrong with you.

The Runaways were a 70's all girl american rock band, i think they were actually the first all girl american rockband but dont quote me on that.

anyway, they are completely amazing.

plus they have really cool names like Joan Jett and Cherie Currie.

and Cherie Currie once wore lingerie on stage, which is preety cool.

so i clicked on the little youtube tab thing and up pops Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart which just about broke my heart.

but its actually okay because they arent that bad at portraying the originals.

Here's the link to Fanning and Stewart singing 'Cherry Bomb' which is freaking awesome. The Runaways - Movie.

and heres a link to Joan Jett and Currie singing it. The Runaways - Original.

if you watch them both, i actually think that Fanning and Stewart didnt do a bad job, even though i actually havent seen it :)

but i will! as soon as it comes out!

dreamworks vs. disney

normally i'd cringe at posting a disney song,

actually, thats not true because i love all the old-school disney movies like the beauty and the beast and snow white and most obviously, mulan.

but this song if different, mostly because it doesnt fall into the princess category and its not something out of a lame-but-cute musical and also because its from 'dreamworks' not 'disney' so therefore, its all okay :)

that being said, click at your own risk.

Jonsi - Sticks and Stones.

happy birthday alice :)

just a quick post today, maybe i'll blog abit more later..

but for now i'll just let you all know that it is alice's birthday!

for those who dont know who alice is then thats probebly a good thing, considering that if you did you are probebly a stalker.

but you should all check out her blog. because shes actually a great writer :)

Space Monkey!

thanks to the latest episode of glee, i've rediscovered my love for the doors.

for those who dont know who the doors are then you.are.dumb.

no offence ofcourse, 'hello, i love you' is the song that was sung by finn in glee.

heres the link to the original, i gotta tell you its awesome :)

the doors ~ hello, i love you.

and as i've already got you on youtube you might as well check out the new world wildlife fund clip with music by ben lee, normally, i wouldnt have thought i'd like Ben Lee, but i like this song, it fits it perfectly :) so youtube 'space monkey', it sounds weird but you wont regret, atleast i think you wont. just trust me and stick it out, its boring at first but its worth it. oh and if you didnt cry like i did you are a heartless person.

no offence, ofcourse.

but, if you decided to ignore my linkage to the doors then heres the link to Space Monkey

the song is 'songs for the divine mother'

so thats it for today,

love x

boys? or girls?

the other day i came to a realisation.

whats that? you ask.

i dont like the sound of girls singing.

it was really a shock, completely unfeministic of me. sorry girls, i have to say.. boys sing better :)

all of my favourite bands have male lead singers like -

~ the cure

~ the horrors

~ a rocket to the moon

~ the friday night boys ( <- told you! boys! )

Not that i'm saying Girls dont sing well, i love Fiona Apple's voice. the song paper bag is amazing. also, Norah Jones is quite talented.

but they both sing jazz, not the mainstream crap. who really wants to hear a girl whine about 'showing her where your dicks at', i say whine because usually, they have crap voices and they are massively slutty.

and dont even get me started on Jusin Beiber.