Japan

I haven't been really up to date with what's going on in Japan, not because i don't care, but because i care too much about my favourite country (apart from Hong Kong and Australia, of course). Call me pussy but i am actually scared to know what IS going to happen to this beautiful country. I was once 100% determined, and still am to go to Japan one day to refine my Japanese and be fluent in my best subject, ever. but with the state of the country, i don't know when can i fulfill this dream. I have always believe that the world is on its own track and everything is bound to happen for a reason, but i still hope the people at Japan can overcome this nightmare, and only to grow stronger and better.


i found this picture from Flwrider, and it's a before and after picture of Tokyo, one of the most technologically advanced, beautiful and highest population density city, in the world.

after the earthquake in New Zealand, Flooding in my home town Brisbane, and many many more natural disasters, I have even more faith that something is going to happen in 2012, be it the end of the world or not.

with all these disasters happening, it's really hard to believe that the world is not coming closer, but missiles are still fired between countries, best wishes to the innocents over at Libya too.

Things in my new home

since living by myself, i've been trying to cook as much as i can and started out my new collection:

Whisky

whisky is probably my favourite alcoholic beverage, right next to beer. (mixed drinks not included) 

and now that i have all the time to myself, i have decided to start experimenting and collecting whisky. of course with my financial situation and my on going habits (cds, books, bike, ps3, DVD, shoes, camera, jeans....shit), i can only start off with something SLIGHTLY better than say...Jack Daniels and Black Labels. and to start it off, i got myself a Glenlivet Single Malt 12 years

bonus shots of my cooking

meal

12 Apostles

a while ago, Deena and Chris took me along to a road trip to the 12 Apostles. If you are not familiar with it, it's 12 (used to, it's only 7 or 8 now) limestone stacks off the cliff nearby. i call it a road trip because it's a 4-5 hours drive that felt much like a road trip...


tourist, yeh yeh yeh


the ones having their back against us are Deena and Chris~



you are looking at Jesus' workers


looking at this makes me wonder what Australia really looks like


we all found this pretty funny


windy as fuuuccckkk~

after 5 hrs of drive and 30 minutes of viewing, we decided it's time to go, and on the way back we had fish and chips at the nearest little town and off we go!

ps: i was the driver for the first half on the way back and i was having fun driving chris' integra pretending to be the tofu guy. but then a kangaroo got angry at my reckless driving and decided to play chicken with me~at the end i lost but he still charged at me...but luckily the the car, the kangaroo and all 3 of us are safely back to melbourne!!

it was a great day~

Random photos

just some photos i've been taking that i feel like posting

Grocery Shopping

the first day i move in to my new apartment, i realise there's shit loads i needed to buy before i can "live" there, even for a night. and since my car is down yet, i'd have to walk about 5 mins to the coles or safeway on chapel st to get my stuff (right opposite to each other...why?) and since i have so much to buy, i decided i'll take my mission workshop vandal with me. and after my trip to the bottle shop, coles, asian super market, this is what i got back with me.


when it was fully loaded, but i am sure i've only used up to 70% of its potential


what it looked like at the top


more to come


thats about what's in it, but i couldn't feel any kind of uncomfortableness or anything while i was walking back, one day i'll fully test its capacity!


i've read about this Sunzest orange juice from a few bloggers and sites and all i've heard are good news and OH MY!! it's definitely the best bottled orange juice i've ever had in my life! this thing really deserves its own post. and while it's slightly on the expensive side, it is totally worth it, try it out people!


this is the first dinner that i made in my new home, and funny enough, natto was the food i craved the most since i left brisbane~

life in Melburn

so! it's been 2 full weeks that i have been living in melbourne and things are looking better and better~
i crashed at Carmen's for my first two weeks and met her wonderful housemates(wonderful because they cooked for me, drove me to some places, offered many many electronics and furniture (but i didnt end up taking any lol), and gave me a good foundation of what melbourne is like.
and why isn't carmen doing that? cause she went off to japan after two days of my arrival and not coming back for 3 weeks, great friend.

during my first week there i was busy with house hunting and knowing my ways around melboure~
met up with Deena to get my student ID and had some cheapo dumplings (they were good tho) in this ghetto alleyway~and she also introduced me to Chris, which later on took me to a house inspection and let me chilled at his place bcoz i have nowhere to go and no home to return lol (for the first 30 seconds me and Deena returned to our pre-hk trip awkward no huggy greetings, but i think we overcome that ;))

house hunting was a bitch, but i ended up finding a SO FAR reasonable student housing in Prahran, about 5 min walk from carmen's place and 30 seconds from train or tram~

Uni has been pretty good, made some new friends from all over the world, and FINALLY met one person that speaks cantonese lol and the class seems much more interesting than what i'm used to (maybe it's the new environment) so hopefully this will give my masters degree a handsome report card at the end.

and right now, i am in my own apartment, typing on the floor because i have no router and the lan cable is not long enough, but i can officially say that i have settled down to a livable standard in melbourne, and i am happy.

really glad i made this decision to come!