Epic good food

Those awesome photos just keep coming! So many to load... everyday there are additions... I really don't know how this is going to work out anymore. I'll just make really uber long posts or something. FTW! =D

These last 2 days have just been awesome good food days. Went to Mum's again last night as we had to do many-a-things today, so I decided to just go sleep over.

Before departing to Mum's, Liong (my awesome homie) decided to treat a bunch of us to Sarawak Laksa. YUM. Josh, Anmol, Alok and Kai came over for the meal... and the boys played some Risk afterwards whilst I nerded away in my room. Love ortho. Anyway. The meal was awesome, and the taste was somewhat familiar but foreign. Quite a weird combination of recognition. I think everyone had 2 helpings to Liong's fabulous cooking and we all enjoyed each other's company.

Not seeing dent friends for a week felt like a long time, so it was similar to a reunion of some sort. Teehee... so weird, I see these people more than I see my family.

Not sure if that's awesome.

So that was epic food day no. 1. The second number came along at Mum's. She steamed scallops. SCALLOPS. With roe attached. Like O M G. They were so succulent, juicy, large, with beautiful colours on display... man, it was seriously magnificent presentation matched with optimum taste. Unbelievably good. The other dishes were also awesome, but the highlight was definitely those scallops. For the win. Actually... another highlight of the night was the warm dessert soup drink that Mum made. It had dried winter melon, white fungus, Chinese dates, ginkgo and maybe some beans/barley. For the win too. Being in the season of winter, warm watery substances are just so comforting. =)

STEAMED SCRUMPTUOS SCALLOP. Funky shaped stir fry vegetables with prawns. Drool.

Chinese soupy sweet dessert. Wholemeal date scone with strawberry jam and whipped cream. Yum.

Tonight we had lamb chops with vegetable and mash, but I'm not really into mash, so I just had the vegetables with lamb. Also YUM, as the lamb was marinated in our all time favourite marinade. Ah... love Mum's.


Today I went to see Lyn, my podiatrist. One awesome, charismatic clinician. My orthotics are fairly ancient, so I thought a check up would be beneficial. Turned out to be valuable. She took new moulds of my feet, and a new pair is being created as I type (well, not literally). The old ones did their magic though, as my feet have been supported better and the outcome of the way I walk now is greatly predictable. Prevention for the win!

Yes, addicted to FTW and FTL. Sigh.

Since we're on the topic of food, I shall load up some other food photos that I have taken over the past week and a half. Tasty.

Malaysian Curry Laksa from the can with authentic ingredients. Coconut milki-goodness.

Vegetable quiche with Colby cheese topping. Ooooozing cheese. Slurp.

Omlette with some yummy Chinese pickled vegetable. Double chocolate mudcake. Decadent.

Uni reopens again soon. Starting to stress already. I really need to learn to relax.

Hui Hui ^^b

Those awesome photos

Back home now in Nedlands! XD

Didn't get to blog last night, as I was busy finishing the feature wall for Wen's 21st birthday. It was his party last night too, so I stayed over and only just got home today. Epic. Watching Rido's level of drunkenness was pure live comedy in front of my eyes. Epically pengilly. Otherwise... met Hillary, 1 cool chick; talked more to Damian, 1 awesome guy, and... was smothered by the smell of moth balls when I finally went to bed at around 5.30am this morning. So epic.

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Back home means... THOSE PHOTOS CAN FINALLY BE POSTED! Collected over the last few days... I probably have to use a few posts to put them all up. Slowly, we will get there. Those awesome photos will come. Yes.

Today... was a mixture of tiredness and muggy headedness. I went around my suburb selling chocolates, to fundraise for my dance crew. Did really well, but was so tired that I somehow lost $5. Sigh. So much for fundraising... where in the end I'm raising myself. Sigh. Anyway, it was so delightful when nice people buy chocolates... and they usually buy more than just 1. Teehee... feels awesome. The record is... $10 worth in 1 go, 8 chocolates. That was the 1st house too! So awesome.

Mnmn... I think in terms of pictures, I'll start with the creation of the feature wall for Wen. Shall start with the most recent and work backwards to those taken down south when I was with Mum. Yeeeeaah!!

My work space =)

Stage 1 and Stage 2 of centre piece painting

Stage 3 of painting

Completed painting! =)

Drawing of a Lamborghini Gallardo. Freshly made Evisu pockets.

Mirror with lipstick doodles to represent "women".

Blank canvas... about to compile the final product.

Proposed finale.


The finale.
Theme based on 3 loves- Bros, Women, Gallardo. And Evisu pockets.

Not all in a day's work. Teehee. It was really enjoyable making the feature wall- it was the first one that I have ever made... which probably explains the lack of in-built hanging mechanism... because the base is a canvas board!


Happy 21st birthday Wen, I sincerely hope you like the present. =)

Thoughts of the day:

Choose wisely.
Make educated decisions.
Continue being spontaneous.
Do not overthink.
Relax.

Hui Hui ^^b

Day 3 Pure Funness

Third day back at Bull Creek. Fun!

OK... before I actually start writing more important stuff, I must say, THIS CHAIR IS SO UNCOMFORTABLE. My shoulders were hurting today... FROM SITTING ON THIS CHAIR AT THIS TABLE. Grr at the height ratio... shoulders tense by themselves! RANT.

Back to today's post. Today was... ... can't sum it up. So this is what happened.

Again, had to snooze a few times when the alarm went off at 8am... I just couldn't do it. Could not get up. Epic sigh. Anyway, today Mum decided to make curry laksa... so off we went to the shops and bought ingredients for today's cooking adventure. This was all again spontaneous and decided by my beloved mother... she'll just consult me for fun, and make real decisions herself. Teehee. All good.

The laksa turned out fabulous, and we had Chin Yee over as our special guest of the day. She thoroughly enjoyed it, as did Dad and probably Bro later on when he tasted it after work. YUM. All this good food at Mum's is seriously killing my health. Oh well, you only live once. =) After the epically awesome feast, I set off to make the mud cake that Mum wanted. Turned out as awesome as last time! So easy to make too... few ingredients, steps in the making process, waiting time etc... too cool for school.

After the baking trip of the day, Mum sent me off to Belle's place so that we could go door-to-door to sell our fundraising chocolates. It was quite a satisfying trip. We started off with kocking on doors of empty houses, to very successfully selling at least 2 chocolates at 1 house (1 household had 2 people buy 8 chocolates even... so good for us, not so sure if it's good for them.. nmnmn). After the short trip, we headed towards the city for dance training.

We carried about 8 boxes of chocolates into the city, so that we could distribute them to our fellow crew members. It was an epic workout. Our arms are so toned now, we could probably break a stainless steel ring wrapped around our biceps as we tense them. OK, exaggeration. Anyway, dance rehearsal was really good tonight! Though our teacher had a slight migraine/headache, she still taught us well. We pretty much learnt 1 whole dance tonight and started to get our choreographed positions. Intensely fast dance. Love. Not everyone was there though, totally missed Cass, Shy, Gem, Mel (haven't seen her in at least 1 month), Viv, Mush... GAH... miss those girls. Dance feels empty without them. Sigh.

Came home... Mum made me a nice dinner... we sat together and watched How I Met Your Mother. Hehe... mum fell asleep half way through an episode. So cute.

It's getting late again... but I still have so many more movies to watch. So little time, so many things I want to do! Holidays are passing by so fast... it's scaring me.

Photos... I really want to post them up! I just can't! ANNOYING. RANT.

Thought of the day: I protect. I don't like to be protected... most of the time. It does get tiring sometimes... but... sigh... too hard to explain. Meh.
Yesterday's goal: Achieved. Boo yeah baby, achieved.

Hui Hui ^^b

Day 2 Retail Therapy

Day 2 at my parent's. Too relaxing. Feels weird.

Today... I made myself wake up earlier at 8.30am... though the goal was 8am... but I snoozed about 3 times before being able to physically get out of bed. It was so warm and nice in today's cold, dark weather! Could not resist the warmth. Ahhh... I love warmth. From a very, very, intensely hot shower; from being under the blanket, trapping my own body heat; from hugs. I think I like the latter the most. Mnmnmn... hugs. Anyway, today was so brainless, I'm scaring myself that I'm actually not under any stress. What a weird feeling.

After finally waking up, I did some exercise to wake myself up more... because I didn't get much sleep last night- was watching The Curious Case of Benjamin Butler till about 1.30am. Didn't manage to finish it, but I did today! Also watched Fast and Furious IV. Pretty good. Love cars. Love. So... amongst much brainless movie watching today, I also went for some retail therapy with my beloved mother.

Garden City was the destination. We walked around qutie aimlessly, looking at all the end of financialyear/mid year sale stuffs. Quite a big variety... but we didn't fancy much of it unfortunately. I still managed to buy 2 tops. Teehee. Me and my clothes. Not as sigh worthy as me and my shoes actually. That's the story, not the clothes. Teehee. Anyway... we just enjoyed spending time together... looking at random things.

Kitchenware. That was something I could not bypass. Found so many bizzare gadgets for the kitchen... and I finally bought an EGG SLICER.

It is finally in my possesion. Y.E.S.

That is one addition that I have been craving since forever. It is now mine! *evil laughs*

Yes, me and my kitchenware is another sigh worthy story. Sigh.

So I went around looking at all the nifty things Kmart had to offer in their kitchenware section... and I took so many awesome photos. Unfortunately... mum's computer's bluetooth ain't working at the moment... so I can't transfer photos from my phone to the computer to upload. Promise photos will be coming. When I'm back home, it'll be all up. =)

Other than Garden City, there was also Bull Creek Shopping Centre. We bought ingredients for our cooking escapade. Finally. We're all set to go, but the first thing that we're making is actually not on our initial collaborated list. Mum just decided that mud cake should be number 1 on the agenda. Because she likes it. I love it when her logic just overrules all no matter what. So cute.

Tonight, I listened to my bro practice electric guitar. Epic. Such awesome melody... such awesome instrument... such joyous beats. He played Yui's tunes, as usual, but the songs had awesome guitar solo bits... ahhhh... loved it.

I think I'm really going insane without my music here. Crave.

Thought of the day: Being too relaxed is scary. Overly busy doing things is normal? So confused.
Tomorrow's goal: do some hip hop. Haven't done proper stuff in so long.

Hui Hui ^^b

Day 1 Array

Day 1 spent at home.

Had the best night sleep ever last night. Don't know if it was due to the comfort of sleeping in my old room, seeing my family, being really epically tired, or... I don't know. Woke up with a random feeling... - feeling of being safe.

Safe. I think I like that word.

Anyway... the day was cloudy and rainy, what looked like 8am was actually 11am. Have not slept so much since uni started probably. Intense good slumber. Yum. So, now that it was 11, it was time to get ready to go out.

Every Tuesday Mum volunteers at this nursing home in Rossmoyne, and I've always wanted to go with her to help out. It was a fantastic experience. I fed an old lady, Julie... and sang songs with Theresa. It was really quite... exhilarating. The people there were all very lovely, the carers beautiful people. The old folks there... well, some were very debilitated so there wasn't much said. Theresa was the most optimistic person I've met in a while... and she told me stories from her teenage years. So cute. Soooo cute. Couldn't even really leave because she had so much to tell me! Her smile made my day.

Her smile can make anyone's day.

After that... we came home and had lunch with Dad. Then... our shopping trip for ingredients to embark on our cooking adventure was pleasantly interrupted by Allen. My little uncle. Haven't seen him in... maybe 8 years or so? He came back to Australia to continue his study... he will be leaving to Sydney soon. Today he stopped by to catch up. It was awesome. Mum made a humongous banquet for him. Man... my weight loss goal for these holidays is totally out the window. I shall persist and still try. I'm quite determined this time. Though interesting... I just read something about Aussie men liking size 14 women the most in terms of body size... so... figure.

He stayed from the arvo all the way till night, and even went to visit my Grandma. Sweet stuff. So we haven't been able to do much today. I sorted out fundraising chocolates though, ready to sell over these holidays so that our crew can survive. Sigh. Even our crew is undergoing an economic crisis. Teehee. Not too serious hopefully... we just need more paying performances.

So now that everything has sort of winded down... I'm back in front of the computer writing away. Ahhh... love writing. Been hearing my Bro practice guitar... it's a beautiful sound. Especially awesome when the electric beats get on. Fender FTW.

A bit disappointing that there has not been many photos taken lately to enable me to upload. I know... plain writing can get a bit dull. Oh well... once this Saturday is over... pictures aplenty will be posted. Teehee.

Thought of the day: Should've brought my laptop. I crave my music.

Hui Hui ^^b

Mum's FTW

Teehee... so today is the start of my week to be spent at Mum and Dad's. Epic. Totally epic.

We shall be embarking on a cooking adventure, where we shall make all the more time consuming but yummy food stuffs. We've chosen quite a few to make... they're mostly sweets. I swear I get my sweet tooth from Mum. If only I didn't have one, I would have a hot body for sure. Sigh. Oh well... I don't mind... I guess... well, I am stuck with it.

Anyway... today was once again another relaxing day. Me time. Love. Did some more shopping today, watched Up and Burn after Reading. Did not quite get the latter movie. I know it was all totally screwed up... but did the CIA people just decided to fire that dude just to see what happens? All the unnecessary deaths? All the deceits? All the adultery? The bad tempers... I couldn't stand that guy. Anyway.

Today was extra sweet because Dad showed me all the videos he took using his beloved camera. There were a few with family/friends... it was really cool to see everyone on screen. Treasured memories for sure. It touches me when things like that get recorded. We had a family one where we sang happy birthday to Mum on her birthday just a couple of weeks ago... and it's hilarious. Dad was being really cliched and cute in it... it would be awesome when we look back at it again as a family some time in the future.

I'm so sentimental. Not sure if that's a good thing.

Otherwise... the other awesome plus today was that, I got to watch movies using that 42 inch giant thing that Mum recently bought. It was awesome. Like, awesome. Luckily the quality of the movie was good too... if not, it would have been totally painful and tiring to watch. Teehee. Ah... big screens. Miss TV. My home TV is about 30 years old. Figure.

" Sometimes love comes around...
and it knocks you down,
just get back up,
when it knocks you down... "
- Keri Hilson

Addicted to that song. Awesome tune, catchy lyrics (though I actually have no idea what they're singing about... and I guess I don't care at the moment, teehee) and she looks HOT in the MTV. I want her hair and her dress sense. Teehee.

Mnmnm... 1.05am... should be in bed. Can't be bothered sleeping.

Wait... is that even possible?

Too tired to think.

This is why I love holidays.

Hui Hui ^^b

Assorted thoughts thrown into 1

Much has happened since exams have ended. Random photos taken. Random phrases caught. All messed up... I'll just post it up as they come along.

1 Exams
They were... ... ... weird. Different. It's the first time in my life that I hardcore crammed. I always crammed for exams, but usually I go into study break a little, no, a lot more prepared. This time... the period leading up to exams was just not as relaxed as before, where I could start preparing notes to cram, so I went into exam week preparing notes. Not productive. Yet, the cramming did not feel too bad. I actually remembered stuff. First time I've freshly remembered things the morning just before an exam. Never happened before. Don't know how to comprehend. So... new.

We'll find out when results come out. *gulps*

One of the wholesome dinners made during exams. It looked really good. Warm too.

2 Wednesday till now
Half a week of holidays have flown by. I only have 2 more weeks left. So many things to do, so little time. Sigh. I need a bigger break! No one ever goes back to school looking refreshed anymore. We all turn up with eye bags, feeling like we never had a break from school. Intense. What a decision I've made. It's OK, I'll live. =)

So... after much partying, getting maggot, staying out late, barely sleeping etc. etc... I finally stayed home to have some me time today. Come to think of it... yes... finished exams on Wednesday morning, then it has been continuous outings all the way till now. Feels so good. Consecutive days of fun, no stress, no worries, wasting time... what an epic feeling. I guess... fellow dents will understand why I crave and love holidays so much... whereas to others, it's an awesome time, but not an orgasmically enjoyable time. I appreciate holidays so much that... people think I'm crazy to love holidays that much. Even my mum wouldn't say I'm special then. That's just how ridiculously rare and precious holidays are to me. OK... I've digressed.

Back into it... so there was partying. Wii Fit for the win... yoga to the max. 28 days- yum. Knock you down by Keri Hilson also for the win. IKEA is orgasmic. KITCHENWARE. Epic.

I've never seen granulated sugar that granulated.

IKEA trolleys! WEEEEEEEEE!!!

Dessert section. Yeah!

Then there was shopping. Clothes. Pretty lingerie. Basics. Jackets. Shoes. Love shoes. Earrings. E.a.r.r.i.n.g.s... shaped like donuts, cup cakes, bows, safety pins, buttons. Newest addition to my collection. Love earrings.

Chocolate make up set I saw whilst shopping. Epic.

Marshmellow sandwich! So cute. A bit gross though.

Then there was the giant gobstopper.
Stop staring at me.
I've been staring at it, trying to figure out how to attack this thing. But I'm so intimidated by it.
It's massive.
Like, massive.
I can feel my tastebuds yelling out in pain just looking at that thing.
Oh, spare me please.
Will attempt one day, when my tongue mans up and stops protesting.
*gulps*



Then there was "mang". BWAHAHA... every time I hear someone say it, I literally laugh out loud. Cass even used it as a weapon against me. We would be having some sort of conversation... she would randomly throw in "mang"... and the next thing is me literally ROFLing. Sigh. That word is just epically hilarious.

Words can kill.

Hui Hui ^^b

OMG realization

Big time realization. It should have came earlier.

Blog, I neglect you way too much.

I'm definitely glad that you exist though... as I can write whatever I feel like on here. Gives me my own space. Gives me a place to share. Gives me a whiteboard to express some sort of artistic flair if I actually possess any.

Will hopefully be religiously updating this awesome space these holidays. I really like writing, yet I don't seem to have enough time in a day to do just that that I love. Sigh.

I guess it all comes down to prioritizing loves. Dentistry >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> blogging. Sigh.

Why does reality have to hit and hurt so hard?

Hui Hui ^^b

Da most ultimately delayed post

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Holidays have started. EPIC YEAH. EPICally EPIC.

Anyway... so this is a LONG AGO happening... when Belle and I spontaneously decided to catch up on one cool Friday evening. We went out for dinner, AN AWESOME AMOUNT OF DESSERT, and a walk to the waste-of-money great Ferris Wheel by the river. Ahh... I just want to laugh out loud whenever I think of that day. =)

So, to the description of this day.

Friday afternoon. Knocked off uni at 5pm. Usual. End of the week- SO TIRED. The amount of stress and work load that piles up by the end of the week is always not a surprise but an expectation. So... feeling like literal crap and hoping for something awesome to happen so that my mood can be lifted, Belle telepathically connected with my thoughts and called me up. It was actually epic. After much indecisiveness and on the spot planning, we decided to meet up in the city for coffee. Which turned out to be dinner. Teehee.

New funky chairs we saw in the city!

We first walked around the city to see what there were. We decided against Northbridge... I don't remember what the reason was... but probably because we're always there... and it's all Asian. On a Friday night. Eww. AND we get enough of it at home. OK... I'll stop right there... can I not be racist against myself. Anyway, I digressed. SO we finally decided on The Merchant's. We went into the cosy cafe, and ordered our meal. YUM. I love that place... so comfortable, homey and wholesome. Yes, to use Ben's wise words- utterly wholesome. Hehe... we enjoyed our meal there... and decided to head to our second chosen destination of the night.

We walked along the street to Exomod, another cafe that is relatively new to town. We could not, like literally just could not, decide on what we wanted, so we ended getting 2 types of dessert each. And tea to accompany our sweet sensations. We were so bloated and full by the end of it... and so tired from laughing in our conversation. Man... Belle and I just have so much to laugh about when we catch up. I really don't know what triggers it, but no matter what we talk about, it leads to laughter. And more laughter. Love.

Word of the night: "LOLtastic!"

Belle: *in her cute as toy voice* "Stop de-icing me!!!" (this was when I was de-icing one of my desserts because it got way too sweet)

Belle: *sexy voice* "Because you're worth it." (context forgotten... sigh)

The whole night summed up- C Cubed. Cafe, Cakes and ... sigh... don't remember the last description!!! *sad face*

Moving on. Afterwards, we still didn't want to go home. It was about 9pm by then. And both of us do not drive. We both had to train/bus home from the city. Anyway, we walked towards the Ferris wheel because the lights shining on it at night made it look quite pretty. We like shiney things. Anyway. As we approached the Ferris wheel though... something distracted us.

Trees.

Not just any tree, but palm trees arranged in a spatial manner. They were situated right in front of the Ferris wheel, and when we both saw it, we though of BOLLYWOOD at once. As in, in synchronization. We both ran up to the trees at the same time, and did the exact same thing.

We each hid behind a tree on opposite sides, and poked our heads out opposite ways like typical lovers in a Bollywood film.

Hilarious. Simply awesome.

What a good night out it was... and after all this time (maybe a month ago by now?), I can still remember clearly what we did. It was awesome. So awesome.

I really appreciate you buddy, hanging out with you is epic.

Hui Hui ^^b

An actual, real, treeeee house!