Monday, August 28, 2006

having my usual morning (or rather afternoon) mocha now. yes i've taken to drinking coffee..

went to church yesterday.. the minister said something which amused me - 'speed kills' - relate to my last blog. so ok.. i'm gonna take things easy.. i'm just too restless. aniwae. talking about speed. james has something quite interesting to say : be QUICK to listen, SLOW to speak, SLOW to anger.. hmm..

have been quite adventurous with my food these days. ate an 'ARRACCINI'. i think its some french bakery thingie, more like cheesy mushroom and chicken wrapped with rice. and the whole thing is deep friend till the exterior looks like doughnut. then went to some turkish cafe, with the nice carpet cushions. was so comfortable that i almost fell asleep, so i decided to leave. kinda reminded me of the urumqi kazahstan tents. - i wish i could transform my balcony into a corner that looks like that... complete with turkish goblets, and sheshas.

and i had my vietnamese pork rolls. its quite interesting. i think it had butter and liver paste? then pork ham with the sticky transparent gel-like centers ? plus carrots soaked in vinegar and sugar? fish sauce maybe.. and some cucumbers and lettuce. topped with my favourite maggie sauce. yes. and chilli. its quite good really..

lao-thai food too, was quite interesting. the papaya salad but the sauce is blackish and smells funny. i suspect its prawn paste. there was fried quail too, and semi cooked beef marinated with lots of oninons, chilli, fish sauce, sugar i think.

think i've resorted to finding excitement in the foods i eat. bored to tears here!

ok. friends and lovely bones time.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

i've started to appreciate a quiet life.. a life more laid back.. with more time to think and reflect.. I am just wondering... i've always jam packed my schedules.. is it a form of escapism? what am i running from? i'm not depressed or anything.. why can i just sit still? or maybe i think time is so limited.. too precious...and its a sin to waste time and sit there and not do ANYThing....but then again.. not taking time to do nothing.. and to appreciate life.. to reflect.. and to thank god for the air we breathe, the sky, and the ppl around us.. isnt that worse?

if u know me.. i'm very easily bored.. need too much stimulation... oh well.. hmmm

was teaching snowie to 'roll over' but not succeeding yet. hmm.. oh well.. am going to read my book.s.

Monday, August 07, 2006

Back in oz now.. the weather is lovely.. snowie's still as cute as ever.. if not cuter.. my friends have taken extremely good care of her. and trained her well. she's reallly good.. and she shakes hands now.. though she does have attitude!

shopping's great.. this is terrible.. bought 6 tops, 3 bottoms, 1 skirt, 1 jacket, 1 bag in 2 weeks.. =/ erk.
feel slightly guilty for over-shopping.. but what the heck.

Havent blogged in 3 mths, i realised.

Been in URUMQI, lovely place.. amazing.

南山