Piccies...

Contented after nasi padang
Mel and her mum...the cake cutting session
Awwwwww

Us at the end of the whole function

I know this is crapy and abit off BUT our poster for the CPO presentation on monday

Last Presentation For My Bachelors...

I had my final presentation this morning. It will be the last one in University Of Sydney (hopefully not). It went pretty good i must say. I think we were doing our best since it was the last one for our university life. It was a huge relief once it was over. One module down. So fast huh? My classmates will probably agree with me. I can still vividly rememeber the day i got back from my Newcastle attachment and dreaded the start of the semester. NOW!!! I am almost through it. Mixed emotions i guess. Pardon me for the short entries as i just write whatever i feel at the point of writing and mind you i have no intentions to write long essays. Don't want to bore you guys for too long. Hhaha...till the next entry...

Oh well...

I do not know what to write about but just felt like feeling up some space in my blog. I know it lame but what to do gotta give my faithful readers at least some lines to read.

I just heard a car squeking to a halt outside my house. To come to think of it, i have heard noises of so many would be accidents..haha.. i always expect a crash but nothing happens. I guess the drivers are pretty apt in avoiding near car crashes...

The Last Day...

Yup! The day has finally arrived. I sat for my last lecture from one to three in the afternoon. I had a test in the morning. Thats the end of tertiary education life (for NOW). There is a sense of dread. It has finally hit me that i am REALLY REALLY REALLY going to enter the work force proper. I am not prepared yet!!! I still want to dwell in my student's life abit longer!!!! Can i be a student all my life?!?!?!

So before the day came to an end, i decided to commerate this day by watching a movie. Yup i finally caught the movie The Davinci Code. The ticket burnt a whole in my pocket though. Looks like i would have to cut down on my outings. hehe

I really did enjoy the movie. But i thought the book had more details. The movie allowed me to understand the book and story better. It suddenly made alot of sense.

The weather is getting colder and colder and i am thankful for the new sweaters and jackets i bought. I will be heading down to Wagga Wagga in two weeks. The temperature there NOW is -5 degrees celcius and it is NOT winter yet. Winter begins next thursday. So i am wondering how cold winter is going to be there?!?! Oh man...i think i will just freeze my ass off.

Opportunities present themselves to those that are willing to introduce themselves to opportunities.

Adelyn Ortilieb

The Month Of May...

tI realised that the month of May is a busy month for me in terms of birthdays. I have an uncountable number of birthdays to celebrate. I have too many Tauruses in my life !

In fact i have been put in charge of arranging for a birthday cake this saturday. So here i am trying to wrack my brains trying to think of a nice bakery. Its unlike Singapore where even neighbourhood bakeries do birthday cakes. I have a choice between Gloria Jeans and Michelle's pasteries. But i think i have no other choice but to wait and go down to the shops and look for myself. Caramel and chocolate are a must have. So i am keeping my fingers crossed.

Anyways for all the May babies...This entry goes out especially to you guys!

Farsi Anyone?!?

I do not know why but my laptop has been blasting Farsi music recently. Its obviously because the owner is playing the music...like Duhhhhhhh...But i have got a sudden liking for farsi music..

From Sydney To Singapore...Metaphorically!!

So if you scroll down, you will understand what my title means. This entry specially goes out to the minah in Kembangan - my best buddy. Thanks a million for helping me get the gift to her. I really do appreciate it! Thanks gal! For the other readers, the cupcakes are yet another amazing creation by the one and only - Sofia Ahmad Magad

The Cupcakes ALMOST completed

The cupcakes all wrapped up and ready to go :)

The mystery behind the cupcakes - up close and personal

Home Base...

20th May 2006 - My phua's 50th birthday. Unfortunatly, i will not be able to celebrate the occassion with her so here i am dedicating the entry to her. I love you phua! Happy Birthday!

The snaps were given to me by Gulshan who also had her part to play in the surprise birthday party for my aunt. My entire family went over to my aunt's place at midnight thus you can see that my aunt was actually not appropriately dressed...haha

The birthday cake :) Yummmmmmmmmmyyyy

My old man and the birthday gal

My cute grandmother - Mother and daughter picture
The two most IMPORTANT women in my life - My Phuas

All smilezzzzz :)

My Weekend So far...

Well it started of on thursday night when the minah from Francis street and i decided decided to head out together. We ended up at Parammata. We did some shopping and finally had out long overdue coffee session. HAHA...No! No cheesecake this time. She had to do some shooping but since our stomachs were growling we decided to head the food court to have some lunch and ended up having north indian cuisine. The minah was craving for rice so she got her stomach satisfied :)

I finally bought myself the Escada perfume i have been wanting to get myself!!!! Hehehe.. So anyway...

On friday,I went out with Mellishia and her friends Rashid for coffee. We had a great time together as a trio. We were at Gloria Jeans till midnight. I got a ride home but they stayed in my kitchen for a while longer while we snacked on cadboury's three wishes. It was quite some time before the night came to an end.

It was tiring but i had fun :)

Mellishia and I outside Gloria Jeans!











The extra between is Rashid. He was great company :)

Presenting The New Arrivals In Parvin Kairon's Collection...

My favourite among the two. I like the fact that it zips up all the way forming a turtle neck kind of design.
Isn't it sweet and pretty. I fell in love with the ribbons by the side. Just like me - sweet and pretty....awwwwwwwww (Stop Puking!!!!!)

Been A Long Time...

Nope you guessed wrong! The title of this entry does not refer to the frequency of my blogging but..In my previous entry i told you guys that i was going to meet up with my cousin fromMalaysia. Thats exactly how i spent my tuesday evening actually.

I met up with her at the hotel she was staying - Avilion Hotel. Thats the hotel where the Msian crew stays. I am seeing her after nearly two years. So as expected we had alot to catch up on. But she had a shopping list to sort out first. She had a number of chocolates to buy for people. She even bought chips, pastries, dips and wraps to bring back home. Thats the advantage of being a stewardess. You travel so frequently that you have so much of variety from different places in the world. Her kitchen is a mini 'world' by itself..haha

We had kebabs for dinner. We then proceeded to Circular Quay for a walk before coming down to Darling Harbour for coffee. We were both tempted by the sight of cheesecakes on the display shelf. She is a cheesecake lover just like me!!!!!!!! So we shared a caramel cheesecake which was delicious. Just the thought of it brings a smile to my face :)

I had a lot of catching up to do with my dad's relatives from Kluang. My niece has grown so big. She is now two years old and is just like her dad. She eats and sleeps. Haha...really! My cousin Palay owns a pub in KL and has put on alot of weight...Thingay Thingay...(thats what we call him). My cousin Amrit is gonna finish her biomedical degree and will be entering the workforce. Everypne there has grown (like duhhh). It been some time since i visited them so.....

She brought her wedding pictures with her and left four copies for me but unfortunately its all in hard copies so i can't put them up. Unless i can get a scanner whichis abit impossible.

She flew back to KL today but will be back on Sunday again :) Haaha so i am planning what to do. But for now i have a dinner date on friday! :)

Facing The Reality?!?!

I had a talk with kelvin in the evening. It was a reality hitting session but i have to admit whatever he said did make sense. I cannot escape from the reality of life. Whether i return now or ten months down the road, things will still be the same. Hmmm.. Sometimes in life you need people to knock some sense into you.

Well lets talk about my day. It was a pretty eventful one. Felt like a sunday though. Except for the bit where i had to go to uni. I handed in my module report and was offf to the city with Mel to collect her pay. But i had some shopping in mind. I wanted to get a jacket, photo frames and a wallet. I accomplished only 2/3 of the tasks BUT i shall wait patiently for the wallet to comee my way..haha

So we started off with tea cum dinner at the restaurant she works at. We shared two nuns, chicken curry and aloo gobi and WAIT!!!! How could i go without my vegetarian samosa?!?!?! It was FANTASTIC i must say but i found the crust too thick but it was nevertheless good. Oh ya and to top it of..we had cookies from subway as dessert. While walking back to the train station we stopped by EasyWay and picked up bubble tea.

So in between all this eating and drinking, i did my shopping!!! I bought two jackets and a photo frame to put a picture of me and the bhai. I will put up the pictures of my jackets in my next entry and soon i will take pictures of them on me..heheh which will definately look better than the pictures with just the jackets lying on my bed :)

I came back tired but satisfied because i have been looking around for the perfect jacket and i came back with NOT one but two perfect jackets.

I will be heading to the city again tomorrow. My cousin from Kluang will be down. I missed her wedding last decemeber so i made sure she brought all her wedding pictures. I did not care about the weight because she is an air stewardess and won't have much luggage with her since its a short trip.

Ok i will end here now! Just keep a lookout for future entries :)

Kelvin...

The BRIGHTEST colour of my life...

Being Yourself, Becoming Real..

I heard a story once about an eagle's egg that had gotten lost or abandoned and was found by chickens. When the eagle hatched, it was loved and cared for by chickens, brought up to act and behave as if it was a chicken. It knew nothing else. Until one day, the eagle was with his brothers and sisters pecking the ground, like a chicken, when something made him look up at the sky, High above, he saw a majestic sight, a beautiful bird soaring gracefully. something was stirred inside him, a remembrance, a recognition of 'home'...

He asked the chickens, 'What is the beautiful bird up there?'. The chicken looked up and said,' Oh! Thats an eagle, king of the birds but forget about him. You are one of us, you are a chicken..'. I don't know how the story eneded but to me it is not a case of an eagle being superior to the chicken but just DIFFERENT. The same story has been told about a duck;s egg and one day the duck arrives at a great lake, just swims, because HE CAN....Its natural, leaving his family on shore.

As i understand it, its all about remembering who/what we really are regardless of what we have been told by others or how we have been brought up. A rose will grow into a rose even if it is in the middle of a field of tulips.

There is an ancient Indian word 'Dharma' which has two meanings. The first is 'Your nature, your true real essential nature'. The second is 'your purpose in life'. To me the two are inseparable. I believe the word literally translates as Truth.

Whatever we are at our most fundamental level, at our most base, whether that be something metaphysical, or something like DNA,I belive that to discover or remember it is out 'raison d'etre. To live in accord, harmony with our deepest slaves in the meaning of success.

Its been said that when we dies and return to our'creator', we will never be asked why we didn't cure the common cold, why we never made a billion pounds or anything else along that line BUT simply be asked, " Why didn't you just BE YOURSELF?"

Simon Heighwaya

Leaving On A Jet Plane?!?!?

So...

I picked up the phone and booked my ticket back to Singapore unwillingly.

Feeling A little Under The Weather...

Sometimes life can be unfair or maybe its just plain BAD luck. Well either way, i have to accept the reality and move on. As much as i dread doing so, i have NO other choice unless i decide to do something drastic but the consequences of my actions will fall on my family. Selfish isn't it?


I have always tried to be the best i can but somehow i never seemed to be good enough. Either as a friend, daughter, sister or girlfriend. Always lacking faults here and there. There are times i wish i could just drop everything. I bet many of you feel that way as well. Probably telling you something you already know. Sometimes i wonder if there will be ever a day if i get to make my own decision without having anyone to tell me NOOOO. The damn stinky part of living in a traditional sikh home. Nobody understands. Being the stinking eldest you have to show a good example for the younger one. BUT HELLLLLLOOOOOOO!! the younger ones tend to be the bigger devils with dual sided characters. As much as i know i should not say it but i can't stand the thought of heading back home and sharing the room with my irritating sister. Back to her usual,...checking my smses....looking through my stuff and later denying it...she makes a damn fucking good liar. I just don't want to go back home. ya the thruth is out!!!! i just don't wanna heads back home. I spent a year here without the unnecessary rubbish i have to face at home. As my friends always tell me i lead a very dramatic life. i can never predict whats going to happen next. Maybe they are right and i HATE living that way!!!!!!!!!!


i am just so down right now. Going back home will be a nightmare. Back to reality of my life. No more independance....freedom....back to asking dad if i can this ...if i can thaat.....F***

Surprise...Surprise...

As i walked back home today with my bag of Lebanese Mix Nuts, i thought of what i was going to eat for dinner. I was not really that hungry because of the heavy lunch Melishia and I had. I made my chicken tikka and we had it with bread. So i was super sleepy after a heavy lunch but anywayzz it was SATISFYING..haha


Tomorrow i have made plans with my housemates and the other minah in Francis street to head down to Auburn to get some grocery shopping done and of course the usual dinner and coffee session :) I am looking forward to that.


Well so back to my story on the part where i was thinking of what to have for dinner. When i openend my door, i noticed a parcel lying on the bed!!! So of course it brought a huge smile to my face. It was from my better half...hhahaha Kelvin! In the box, was the entire set of Dan Brown' s books which i have been dying to get my hands on!!!!!! and i got a beautiful woolen caramel scarf (much needed) and IPOD socks to place my ipod in. I have been eyeing the socks for quite some time but it did not make sense to get six (they sell it in sets of six) So i will probably give him three of the socks for him to place his ipod in. So i am have not unwrapped the plastic sheet that is wrapped around the books cause it looks so nice. I just do not want to spoil it. Will admire it for a few days before i start reading it...hehehe

Its the beginning of another week...

Its Monday yet again! I do not know how often i am going to be saying this as i will be meeting monday god knows how many times in my life. No its not moday blues! I am frightened at the rate time is flying past. I just feel that i can't get enough of it. I want MORE! Can someone please invent a thirty hour day?? Can you imagine what riot it would cause throughout the world? I am sure people won't mind the extra six hours BUT think of changes in terms of calanders, clocks and biological clocks!! The twelve hour dial won't be valid anymore. We would have to get a 15 hour dial..haha...well something like that would never come true but HEY!!! who ever said that there were 24 hours in a day?!?!?!?! Obviously some smart alec thought 24 hours in a day were sufficient for him and thus taddah.....we are stuck with having 24 hours in a day!

So anyways enough of my philosophical views. I was supposed to have a presentation today. But there was not enough time so thus our presentation is pushed to tomorrow. Thank god! I was not really in a mood for a presentation. Someone got me real pissed today! Well three of us were supposed to meet a lecturer today. One of them told me bright and early in the morning that she could not make due to a project meeting and she would inform the other girl to meet me directly at the office. So i waited till it was ten minutes pass the time and all this while i kept calling her and she did not answer any of my calls. So i just gave up waiting and went ahead with the meeting. She came up after the lecture to apologise. But i was like why couldn't you tell me in the first place that you were not going to be able to makeit. It would even have helped if you just have picked up the freaking phone!!!!! But no!!!! Oh well....

Lets talk about something more interesting like..hmmmm ... What should i cook for tomorrow's lunch and dinner. Since i am already cooking, i might as well just make the two meals together..haha Well i thought of chicken tikka. For those of you who have no idea what chicken tikka is, i have a picture below. But i don't think mine will look as nice but edible la ah.

Ok i think i have bored you enough with this entry. Hope you guys have a good week ahead!

Let your light shine where others may see the beauty, talent

and glory of your true self.

Dellesa Kirk-Johnson

Mortal Sin?!?

Well this entry is about food AGAIN!But this time its more on the dessert section. Hehe..My best friend was complaining about the fact that Starbucks in Singapore does not serve its cheesecake like it normally does. Its now smaller and in a rectangular shape (if i recall correctly). Thats dreadful man! How?!?!?! Do i have to slurge on that pathetic slice?Looks like i have to find other sources of cheesecakes. Not everyone can do a good cheesecake. Its got to be in the right propotion. I am looking around for the Thai Green curry recipe. I have not found a relatively easy one though. Anyone out there has an idea on how to go about it?

Give me Starbucks coffee anytime!!! It will just bring a smile to my face. Its relatively cheaper in Sydney than in Singapore so i do indulge in it pretty OFTEN. My friend even suggested that i should marry the owner of Starbucks. Haha

Doesn't it look so good? I like the way the cake was served to allow a great picture to be taken. Its some caramel chip cheesecake.

My all time favourite - Oreo Cheesecake

This goes EXCEPTIONALLY well with the Starbucks coffee.

I think this is some chocolate truffle cheesecake. Once again its the way the picture was taken.

Well as you can see from above, I have propbably nothing better to do BUT to pu up entries that will make you hungry!!!!!

The Meaning Of Life

Some years ago in India, a famous Guru was giving a talk to thousands of people. In the crowd, there were holy men, presidents, film starts, musicians and many others. Apparently when this man talked, his voice was kind of 'hypnotic' and people bacame entranced by his words.


When he had finished speaking, the Guru asked if there were any further questions. There was a silence as people absorbed what they had just heard until a man stood up. He was a business type, a western, skeptical man and half-laughing he said to the Guru, 'Alright then, if you know everything, whats the meaning of life?'.


The man was trying to embarrass the guru, to kind of belittle him. But the guru answered,' I'll answer your question but first tell me something about yourself'.


Now the man was the one that everyone was looking at and he became uncomfortable.


'You have never been in love, have you?? Real deep, true love?'

'No' the man replied now slightly embarrassed with himself. 'No i have not'.


'Because...' said the Guru, '... a person who asks the questions that you asked me, about the meaning of life is really only telling you something about themseleves. They have mised out on, or not experiences...Love. Basically a person who knew real love, from their own direct, personal experience would never even be able to ask the question, ' What is the meaning of life' because they already know'.

Lets see..

Its been a pretty hectic week but alas its over. I went down to Parammata yesterday to get some things. Bought my friend her birthday gift and i also bought two giant rocky road bars for the minah back who is probably salivating as she reads this (thats if 1/4 of the bar that was left is already gone). I had a good dinner from KFC last night. My first in Sydney actually. And of course coffee from Gloria Jeans. I tried a new flavour - mocha caramellate. It was nice but the coffee was rather strong. Then it hit me that i had ordered the expresso series and i was like damn! But nevertheless it was NICE!


The weekend is already here. I rented two dvds and will probably watch it over the weekend. I have not decided what i am actually gonna do cause i have not actually made plans. Might just hang around BUT wait! I wanted to get a new perfume. I kinda am in love with the Escada perfume and might get it. The thought of it definately does bring a smile to my face...heheh


Does anyone have any other brand to recommend?

Mmmmmmmm...

My all time favourite..'Makcik Kuih' . My best buddy Sofia always teases me with the fact that i will be craving for the kuih in the middle of night when i am expecting and where the hell is my husband supposed to get kuih in the middle of the night?? Hmmmmm..I don't know BUT when i want it ...I REALLY want it :p
The UNBEATABLE!
My favourite among the three pictures. Everytime there is a rojak stall in any of the food courts or hawker centres, my aunts will always turn to me and say 'Go order'. It just goes without saying...A kinda written rule..hehe

The First Examination Of My Final Semester...

From my title, you would have noticed that i said blah blah of my FINAL semester BUT not the final semester in University Of Sydney. Haha.. *hopefully* There are so many things i want to do but i need to be realistic and choose either or. Unfortunately or maybe fortunately i am not so millionare's daughter that i will just have to ak and woylah! ITS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!!!


Well the paper was shitty so i am not going to waste time talking about in it. Hmmm but on the other hand i am sure some kaypohs in Singapore are itching to know. Haha..Well first and foremost, the examination venue was wrong although the lecturer insisted that she was right. When we arrived at the supposed exam venue, we were faced with a screen (probably some warehouse) so DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH how to do exam like that?!?!?!?! She was so bloody arrogant about it still. Probably racist as well cause she only agreed she made a mistake when an Australian went up to her and oh ya! She is known as a 'cow' by her other students. Hehe.. So then came the paper. We had to answer four structured questions in one house. Bloody hell!! I write and write till i could not even finish the damn paper. The invigilator was like sorry love...but you have to hand it in now...all the best! Hmmmmmm I seriously think i need to work on my time management skills badly.. So that summarises the stupid paper which was actually a bloody waste of time BUT then again aren't examninations a pure waste of time?!!!?!?!?

So i came back and stared at the laptop. Kelvin called so spoke to him. He missed the walking back from the station with me. Even i do miss that. Its still quite painful actually but i am thankful for the chance given to us. It made us stronger. Don't ask me how can ten days do that BUT thrust me..it does!!!

I am having coffee with Arnotts Shortbread Cream. Its heavenly but super fattening but i don't care. It leaves me with a great sense of satisfaction! ARNOTTS SHORTBREAD CREAM ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!