9 Days

I have 9 dentistry-free days in a row!!!

Spent the first day away from dentistry setting everything in the house in order so that when I come back from my hiatus I come back to a clean, immaculate home that is stress free.

Will be heading up to Sydney for a couple of days and will be spending the rest in Country Victoria and New South Wales. Cannot wait to go back to Bright again. After all, it is autumn - and how can anybody resist spending autumn in Bright?

Back to packing.

Look At Me, Mommy! I'm Inside.

I came home from work yesterday and Milton greeted me at the front door.

I brushed it off as my own forgetfulness - I must have somehow forgot to put him back into the yard after lunch.

This morning I let him out again and what do you know - 5 minutes later he was back in the house.

Put him out again and watched what he was up to.

Turns out he has finally worked out how to use the cat flap. Yes, we have a cat flap at home and Milton is small enough to squeeze through it. Only took him a year to figure out how to use it.

I suppose he is well-behaved enough to be trusted indoors even when we're not at home now... so I guess this was his way of letting us know he wants to be an indoor dog.

The Wake Up At 7am Challenge

It was my intention to get up bright and early at 7am today and make the most of my morning off.

Except when the alarm clock rang at 7am, I honestly could not be bothered.

It wasn't like I was sleep deprived and couldn't get up. If anything, I've probably been oversleeping for the past year or so. But I just could not get myself out of bed.

I did everything people suggest you do to stick to it. Make a list of things you're going to do with your extra time in the morning (bathe Milton, cook, clean, wash, tidy). Decide the night before that you are going to get up. Give yourself a reward for sticking to it.

Didn't happen.

Will try again tomorrow morning.

Do You Remember?

Hey! Jay Sean
Yeah! Sean Paul
Lil Jon!
This one right here is for all the ladies
Ladies who want to take it back
Holler at them Jay

I've been thinking about you
And how we used to be then
Back when we didn't have to live we could start again

There's nothing left to say
Don't waste another day
Just you and me tonight
Everything will be okay
If it's alright with you then it's alright with me
Baby let's take this time let's make new memories

Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Let's bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let's bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let's bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let's bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let's bring it back

(Yo Jay Sing for these ladies!)

So long since you've been missing
It's good to see you again
How you how you doing
And how about we don't let this happen again

There's nothing left to say
Don't waste another day
Just you and me tonight
Everything will be okay
If it's alright with you then it's alright with me
Baby let's take this time let's make new memories

Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Let's bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let's bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let's bring it back (Bring it back!)
Let's bring it back (Bring it back!)

Yo ay girl yo bring it back to the time when you and me had just begun
When I was still your number one
Well it might seem far-fetched baby girl but it can't be done
I've got this feeling fire blazing and it's hot just like the sun
Know you feel it too my girl just freeze up may the good vibes run ...
Girl take a sip of the champange take a lil trip down my lane my girl
While you noe every night you'll feel alright look I tell you dis girl atta My world
Dont change imma na Rearange Ay girl imma tell you straight dis atta my world
How many years do you want come kiss dis I know you miss this
That's what I heard that's what I heard that's what I heard word girl

There's nothing left to say
Don't waste another day
Just you and me tonight
Everything will be okay
If it's alright with you then it's alright with me
Baby let's take this time let's make new memories

Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Do you remember do you remember do you remember
All of the times we had
Let's bring it back (Let's bring it back)
Let's bring it back (Bring it back)
Let's bring it back (Let's bring it back)
Let's bring it back (Oh)
Let's bring it back

Me and my housemate are totally addicted to this song right now. It applies to almost everything good that's in the past... we just replace 'girl' for whatever it is we miss.

By the way, Jay Sean was in 2nd year Med when he dropped out and decided to pursue his career in music. I have to say I admire his courage to take that huge step. I don't think I would ever have the nerve to do anything like that.

No. 83 - Degustation at Vue de Monde

For my friend's 23rd birthday, we decided to go to Vue de Monde and sit through a 14 course degustation.

The photos did not turn out that well - the restaurant was dimly lit but we tried our best.

What did I think of it?

Well. I love Echire butter! Lurpak has just been dethroned. The butter was so creamy and flavorsome it was almost like eating cheese.

Aside from the bread and butter, the food was good. It didn't really blow me away, but it was good. They presented it very creatively and there were a lot of little things to keep you entertained throughout the very very long meal (we were there for almost 5 hours, although the actual food part was probably 4 hours and 15 minutes. Yes, it was a marathon!)

Anyway, here are photos of the food and us.

I am not going to review every single dish (that would take forever) but my favourites were the truffle risotto, the waghyu beef and the deconstructed cheesecake. Oh, and the toothpick holder - I thought that was very nice, although really - who uses toothpicks these days?

At the end of the night, we paid the astronomical bill and walked out... and the ladies of the party received a paper bag.

As we exclaimed and opened the bags...

Guy friend: Whatever it is in there, it's for you girls to prepare for us!!
Us: No way...right...?

Looked inside and this was what they had.

A sachet of tea, 2 raw eggs, 2 chocolate cookies and a mini loaf of bread. With a recipe for scrambled eggs or french toast.

I guess the way it was meant to go would have been guy takes girl out for dinner and pays for it, least the girl can do is cook breakfast for the next morning.

Sexist? Or a nice touch?

A memorable evening.

Words

I've been so far removed from the Malaysian culture (none of my friends here are Malaysian, and I am in rural Australia) that sometimes when I suddenly hear a Malay word it amuses me.

Like nyanyuk. Don't you think that's a funny word?

Nyanyuk.

I bought a marble slab from Aldi for the low low price of AUD12.

Am currently practicing my chocolate work on it. Photos will follow.