feel the beat pumping

so it's been a flurry of birthdays lately! happy birthday to jien and my darling !

and my camera too has arrived ! yum yum, sexy sleek white lx5, i love you! you are an awesome buy!


a few of our gorgeous test shots!

photo in low lighting

macro mode

this kinda cool slow shutter speed thing

some photos of the nights coz they were just too awesome.
jien's birthday dinner at zen japanese restaurant and my darling's at bacash and attica. der raum still to come ! woo.

Jien's Dinner

the old housemates back together - minus ivan

group picca

birthday cake

Wilson's Bacash Dinner

onward to wilson's birthday dinner at bacash

the cousins

the viola minus maddie

more of the cousins

with the loved one

and a group picca

no photos of the dinner attica coz by time we finished dinner it was so late so we had to hurry home and sleep, teehee.

ALL PHOTOS CAN BE SEEN ON MY FB under the album 'old(er) and slightly wiser'

also congrats to vinny :) we all in the work force now yo !

may the force be with the many celebrations yet to come,
cheers~

arintji

heading over to arintji to celebrate my belated birthday with my sister this weekend( i know, my birthday is lasting for like a week and two days, how awesome is that? ahahha). i've been reading rather contradicting reviews about this place.. the age said it was horrible and was revamped to become something awesome(ish)
however bloggers and some other food places strongly recommend we NOT go there.

hmm, however as a rule, i always follow the age epicure - 9/10 they are true to their word and places they do recommend are usually on the money. verge, comme, madame sousous and various others.. the epicure is hardly ever wrong !

oh well, just made my booking. its too late to change now!

i do however approve that they have their meals tailor-made - they can either be entree size and meant to be shared or it can be a huge-ass plate meant as a main. with 6 of us going methinks we're gonna have our very own little degustation menu set up. plus the restaurant is situated on fed square so its gonna be rather scenic to munch our food overlooking the yarra river.

oh have i mentioned that this was opened my jacques reymond? although as his second restaurant its probably NOWHERE near his first, i'm hoping he took enough time out after its whole 'revamp'ing thing to make it almost as awesome as his first.

i know, i can't expect it to be as awesome as the first.. a meal in jacques reymond is likely to cost you at least 180 (they only do degustations on the weekend) and this one you can get a meal for as low as 30, ahhaha!

owh well. wish me luck on my choice of restaurant people!

link to restaurant here!

may the force be with arintji,
cheers~

chocolate sunrise

so now that its all over (my birthday that is) a proper proper update about what i did and what i've been up to.

so, the party itself was a blast. so awesome that everyone i invited turned up :)
also thankschus to my kulis of the day.. my family, wilson and maddie's mum. lol ! don't know what i'll hv done without them.

madison baked me a cake.. supposedly with nancy's help but by time nancy reached around 3 the cake was already all done ! just needed the candles but the cake looked awesome - and tasted awesome to boot. thanks ;)

both of us dealt with the menu of the day aside from the bbq and deep fried stuff and i believe it was a success, teehee.

bbq boys were really cham all night - my bro and wilson barely ate coz they spent all their time cooking.

some photos from the night. the rest can be seen on my fb acc under choco bears attack!






teehee, i like prezzies ! and the prezzies were ORRSOMEEE :)
tiffany and cos necklace, jammies, jackets, chef's blowtorch, lingerie, shoes, candles, etc. etc.

ME LIKE! :)

we headed to lavish after that.. yawns, i'm too old for these kinda things! teehee.

nxt day spent the WHOLE day cleaning up T_T parties aren't easy yo. lotsa cleanup *cries*
but then again with my army of kulis behind me it got all done up i guess. my poor bro and maddie.. at least i had the next day off. and the day after.. and the day after that.. lol !

also, had... to lug our trash to the yongs coz there wasn't enough place in our bin ! T_T

spent monday in, having my hair cut! LOL its now super short and according to lotsa ppl i know look like an anime character. wilson says i now look like nico robin. lol, sigh. i really don't know if that is a good thing or not.



he made me do a treasure hunt for my present at 12midnight. twas kinda fun but i realise i'm none too smart-i can't solve riddles! if gollum ever caught me (ala bilbo baggins style) i'll defo die k ! lol
he gave me a marcs jacket, aww *heart*

watched predators on tues and then dinner at comme, some french/spanish fusion restaurant.


i just got back from daylesford - went to the choco mill, the spa and lakehouse. actually wanted to go to some lakes and parks around that area but started raining NON stop. meh. oh well, still an awesome awesome day.







plenty of chocolate and a relaxing spa later, i'm back in pt cook and i'm well satisfied :)
thanks baby.. twas awesome.

also thankschus to all my friends and family.

woo, chie's coming down nxt week to celebrate my birthday coz she couldn't come down last week or this coz she's working (my birthday lasts THAT long, i know! its awesome)

CANNOT wait, mwah ha ha! MORE PRESENTS, whee !

may the force be with greedy bears,
cheers~

more to come !

i am the luckiest girl in the world.

had an awesome awesome party last night with dollops of help(90% of what was done probably) from madison, my bro, maddy's mum and my darling. not bad for two days of running around and heaps of cleaning up today.

more on my birthday party and other stories coming up soon ! on the birthday gift list from friends are a blow torch for kitchen use (Creme brulee here i come!), sexy lingerie, and some cute jammies to (not really) match (they're both peter alexander!), TIFFANY AND CO necklace (ZOMG!), beautiful stussy jacket, nine west shoes (slobbers) and heaps more. proper update when i'm properly free (probably next week)

i LOVE my friends (;

and my family. they the best.

and my darling. he's the best although he's so tired now i doubt he'll be in working condition till mid afternoon.


may the force be with turning 23,
cheers

ushering in the tiger

so happy cny everyone ! i know i'm a bit late but i'm in the midst of like moving, and packing and stuff.

HAPPY CNY to my girls back home ! missing you all like crazy :( too bad can't have reunion dinner with u ppl *sigh*

anyway a little of what i did over the cny weekend -


i picked up my 'new' car ! awesome ride that's gonna cost me loads for ever :(
amma broke *sobs* but looking at the beauty of it makes me feel its worthed it :)






and cny dinner with my family and some friends ! twas awesome.. not many photos of food coz i'm too lazy to upload but a quick run down on what we had is -
suckling pig, salmon yee sang (pictured above), sharkfin soup, lobster noodles, scallops with salted egg, abalone-mushroom-sea cucumber, coral trout and crispy chicken. the restaurant even threw in a fruit platter and red bean soup for free ! amma love red emperor *hearts*


valentines - he surprised me with a thomas sabo charm bracelet with.. lol, one charm on it. he says he'll get me an additional charm for every event we celebrate together so if i want a pretty charm bracelet i gotta stay with him, lol. so cute. feel kinda bad though.. each charm is like a hundred bucks, so crazy ex >.< also got some breakfast in bed, teehee. tis bread with salmon, pate, double brie and either caviar or the usual fish roe. mmm, taste so awesome. and some port which taste good but i don't remember what brand it is. oh, and a walk around docklands and we're going to the moonlight cinema tomorrow night, so excited *wobbleswithexcitement*

anyway, amma gonna roll around a bit.

hope you people out there had an AWESOME cny and valentines.. i know i did !

may the force be with the year of the tiger,
cheers~

xx

wedding bells pealing

the days are passing in a flash. unfortunately, its already the second week of february and i'm gearing up and cleaning up to move house ! already all my housemates have left and if it wasn't for wilson methinks my life will be rather depressing.
this year, however, marks very different going ons in my life - not like any other i've ever had.

1. my sis got married, woot woot ! and to the most awesome guy imaginable so i'm fairly ecstatic at this time.

siblings

wedding cuppacakes!

the garden wedding

my very gorgeous sister, or should i say, mrs. lian.

sister and her bestie scattering rose petals on the red carpet

the nervous bridegroom awaiting his bride

my dad walking my sister down the aisle

exchanging of rings

you may kiss the bride
*awww*melts*

needless to say, this was an awesome awesome ceremony. too see these two ppl whom waited so many years for each other finally tie the knot is truly one of the best moments of my life.

congratulations chie, me loves !

anyway, onward with my countdown.
2. i'm moving in with my bro ! even though it's kinda of on the other side of the world, life's life and i'm happy i'm moving in with my bro.
3. i *might* be getting to be the owner of a 2002 mazda protege, pending loan approval. but regardless, i'm very proud to have put the downpayment on my car AND that i actually AM buying the car on my own steam. so what if its second hand, the car is in inpeccable condition and its lovely ! green's not my favourite colour but hey, its an awesomeeeee car.
and i need a car when living with my bro.

now only to pray my loan request gets approved. more on that in a while however (;

more photos soon to come when i've more time ! heading off to tiesto soonish so i need to clean up my room somewhat and do my usual sunday routine. ie. clean house, do laundry, iron, etc. etc :(

and, if my loan approval gets through, a photo of my *hopefully* car too !

may the force be with mazda proteges and loan agents,
cheers~