Mundane Happenings #6

- The above photo is the fruit of my culinary labours. It's supposed to be sujebi à la K.L. style but after looking at the image it really doesn't look like anything at all. But that's okay because it tasted freakin' amazing. And even though it may sound like self-flattery, my praises are actually directed to the one ingredient that makes anything taste infinitely better: sesame oil. 

I maintain that sesame oil is the Asian answer to Nigella Lawson's "quarts of heavy cream" that she seems to add to dishes. Butter be buggered. Sesame oil can sizzle my saucepan any day. ;)


- Instagram is amazing. It makes pictures look better than they actually are. Proof? Above photo. The original really wasn't that appealing.


- Finally went to the dentist to have teeth cleaned. Is it awkward to stare at the dentist's eyes while having any dental work done? I mean, I find it quite fascinating trying to catch a glimpse at my own mouth in the reflection of the dentist's glasses. But then again, I guess it would be unnerving to have someone staring at you for more than ten minutes. Oh well. 


- This site tickled my heart: HJ Story.


- Christmas cheer hasn't hit yet. I'll be the Grinch for a little longer yet. 

Mundane Happenings #5

- As much as my parents like IKEA, I no longer find the novelty of the place that appealing. It might be because the food at IKEA is almost exactly like college food (meatballs and gravy anyone?). So it's not somewhere that I would particularly want to visit every week. But because my parents have held a fondness for the place ever since their twenties, they like to go there as a replacement cafe that provides free coffee. Oh so Asian. 

Anyway, the parents decided to walk to IKEA today and I was coerced gently urged to also go under the guise of 'family bonding'. The results are aching legs, a slight tan and horrendous hat hair. It's times like these when I'm secretly relieved that the chances of anyone I know driving past me are relatively low. I probably looked like the biggest dork ever. 


- Berry picking! So so much fun and so so delicious! Truthfully, I was only interested in the raspberries but the blackberries were pretty good too. The drive to and from was quite hilarious as well, starting with J's 2 minute long struggle of leaving on his right-hand indicator (captured on video for posterity :D) and continuing with the GPS leading us to a 4WD-only dirt track instead of Miss Marples Tea Room.

via waywardwandering.com

- I'm obsessed with We Found Love by Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris. Thank you J for your good taste in music. :D


- Hello summery days! Last week's weather was cold and gloomy :( but I'm glad it's warm and sunny now. 


- Weeding apparently does wonders for the quads (Whittling away thunder thighs since the summer of '11!). 


- G's b-day celebration was awesome and it was so good seeing (almost) everyone. My arms hurt from SingStar Dance. Clearly my arms are not conducive to dancing (as SingStar Dance seemed to agree with it's constant flashings of 'Awful'). 

Mundane Happenings #4

- Property's finally over. Huzzah.

- I hate it when you might be in the middle of eating something (like an avocado) and then the urge to sneeze suddenly just comes. Sometimes I'll be lucky and a tissue will be somewhere nearby but otherwise... Well. Splatter damage is high.

- I consider it an achievement but I wasn't even that desperate for the bathroom after my exam. Yeah, take that bladder!

- It surprised me but there were actually blood oranges in the fruit basket at college. Fresh Agrum, yes please.

- Cram, cram, cram.

- Internet usage is too high! Makes me sad.

Mundane Happenings #3

- I have half an excuse for not blogging. Because Google seems to be almost everywhere I turn to on the internet, I can't seem to log into both Blogger and my uni account at the same time. It's a pain to log into my uni email all the time (and also because I've had a lack of impetus to blog) so most of the time I can't be bothered to press 'log out' and re-sign into another Google account just to blog. 


Yeah, somehow that reason didn't assuage my guilt for not blogging in ages. Dammit. 


- Weather is good. Especially those low 20-ish degree days with sunny blue skies and a warm wind. Add Chocolate Tree as an afternoon locale for study inter amicos, and the result is swotvac happiness :)


- Mangoes are my guilty pleasure. So good and yet so expensive. 


- Waxing! I'll admit that I just got up with the intention of waxing my legs after close inspection of said limbs only to find that I have 2 wax strips left. I wish 2 strips were enough to remove my hairy little friends but unfortunately that's not the case. So the world will just have to suffer from my hirsuteness for a while yet. 


- A has been running wild in Europe but is coming back soon. Yay! 


- During swotvac, my sense of fashion (a term I use very loosely) slips and in my books, anything goes. I even plan to wear track pants to my exams if it's cold, and PLC shorts if it's not. I think I practically lived in my rugby jumper during year 12 swotvac (and there's photographic evidence of it). The sad thing is, I wasn't even aware that I had subconsciously started my swotvac fashion trend until it occurred to me a few days ago that I spent more than 20 hours in the same pair of shorts. I swear I'll do my laundry regularly. Trust me.

Mundane Happenings #2

- I really like black Pilot G-2 0.5 pens. And I mean, über like. I've rejected every other kind of pen since I was first introduced to them back when I still had funky hair.

(via Kaboodle.com)

I've found that they're pretty uncommon in Australia for some reason. It always seems to be the 0.7 pens that populate the shelves. But personally I find that 0.7 is way too thick for my liking (since my handwriting's usually pretty small, thick pens make everything look extra messy and then my writing resembles a messy scrawl). I was pleasantly surprised to find that Unibooks sold the individual black 0.5 pens (for a steep price but the world isn't perfect... yet). In my happiness, I bought one to use when I finished using up all my other pens. Time passed, and when it was finally time to use the new pen, it didn't work. I tried every trick that Yahoo! Answers could provide. I even held up my pen right near my heater to somehow warm its lifeless body but it still wouldn't work. It did annoy me that I spent nearly $5 on a useless pen but it unfortunately didn't detract me from buying a replacement (which works perfectly btw).


My goodness, a paragraph on pens. My life is mundane.


- Still in line with mundane happenings, my umbrella warrants a mention. It's lacking a hinge and won't close properly! I've been emotionally attached to my umbrella for about three years now. My dearest mommy bought it for me and it's been an ever-faithful companion in the rain. It's never turned inside out on me and it has a "fruity" pattern (as A would say). So now I suppose I'll have to become one of the masses with a dreary navy blue or black umbrella. :(


- The weather's bad and I'm missing the warm sunshine. Is this Adelaide's answer to the monsoon season?


- It annoys me when bobby pins have so little grip strength.


- I have a craving for something that I just can't name. I can't even say if I'm craving for something sweet or savoury. I'm just craving for something. Maybe... kimchi?

(via Love That Kimchi.com)

Mundane Happenings #1

- I've been enjoying the spring-like weather that graced the past week. It was a nice change to feel the breeze and not feel cold. I even cracked out the whole alternative thing of cuffing my jeans (which by the by I've always wanted to try and I couldn't care less whether I actually pulled it off successfully or not). Anyway, KP would be proud. 

- Because of the spring-like weather, I felt obliged to wax my legs. So I did, even though it's technically winter and I made a point of not waxing my legs during winter. Now I have legs that are un-tanned (and possibly flabby from the lack of exercise) but gloriously hairless. It's a rarity and I intend to enjoy them while I can, which I envision will be a time period of about 1.5 weeks. 

- For the record, toothpaste is an effective cleaner of white items. It blew my mind. Now a pair of my shoes have a whiff of mint around them. Next target: the white Converse sneakers that belie sweaty feet issues. 

- I'm such a fag hag. Actually, it's probably more accurate to say that I'm a fag fan. Some people get gushy and fangirl-like around Justin Bieber or Miley Cyrus or even George Clooney. I get that. I really do because I'm exactly like that around gay men. That's right. I become overly-excited and overly-eager whenever I see a gay man that I recognise. It's embarrassing for everyone in the immediate area (i.e. crowded food court) but that's okay. I mean, everyone gets to have their little crush, right? 

- Operation Dexter Overhaul has officially begun. It's happening. Trust me.