Positano rest + Yanchep lagoon

As currently is sch holiday.. nothing much to do.. basically.. hanging out with friends.. working.. activities..etc..

Met up with emilly for dinner @ northbridge.. thought city was open till late on 27th Dec.. as it was PH.. who knows.. reached at 5pm.. almost all the shops in the city are closing.. even the restaurants.. so got to walk around .. n eventually..landed at northbridge.. italian restaurant called "Positano" was recommended by the restaurant owner "Sorrento" who call herself "Mama".. to the opp restaurant as they are fully booked.. Ordered Adratic seafood platter.. Cost $90 buck for 2 pp to share.. portion was just right.. filling but not overloaded.. The platter comprises of Clayfish or lobster (Suppose to be Mortal bay bug - but it was out of stock = arr that's the main reason why i ordered the platter, but the waitress did not tell me that it was out of stock, only when i asked where's my bug.. she said it had being replaced by the lobster) + Oysters + Prawn + Scallops + Squids + Fishes + Mussels + Chips & Salad..

Then after.. headed off to Utopias for bubble teas.. so full till i cant even walked..haa.. had a nice time.. 

Ytd was planning to go to Yanchep National park - bought huggy along..who knows.. dog r not allow as it's a national park.. ended up..got to back track.. n head to the lagoon instead..but.. it was actually a nice n serene place.. nice blue skies.. with crystal clear water.. not to windy nor to hot.. had a picnic.. when huggy got off the car.. he simply gone bersek again.. ran across the road n headed towards the beach.. my gosh.. he nearly ran down a cliff.. everybody stopped and looked at huggy..when he was ontop of the cliff.. i was so worried that he might actually jump down..u never know what my dog will do.. as he is good in his "stance"..n usual silly performance.. thank God he din't.. i got to call out to him..gently and sweet.. come huggy.. eventually he did.. phew.. what a relieve..

Had a nice time at the beach.. dropped our shoes at the beach.. started walking around.. enjoying the sea breeze.. cooling water..sun... splashing around.. looking for crabs.. halfway through.. realised that we left our shoes "somewhere" on the shore.. and the tides was coming in.. got to scramble back quickly.. to locate our shoes..luckily..managed to get our shoes back in time.. before the wave "swallowed" it.. headed back to the BBQ areas..had a rest.. ran around with hug.. headed to the chocolate factory for ice cream.. to cool ourself down..

Gonna be 31st Dec tml.. new year to come in 24hrs time.. got to make some new year resolution in a min..tml gonna be a good day.. fingercross..my policy still stand:

"Alway look on the Bright sides of LIFE, and lived your life to the fullest".. Cheerios..

Christmas - Egg noc cheesecake

Basically, christmas will never be the same w/o your family around.. missed the period whr the whole lim's gang will gather together to celebrate christmas.. exchanging gifts.. chatting.. doing random stuff.. mmh..but..tat's life.. since i'm here.. just gt to make do.. 

Working on christmas eve, christmas day, boxing day n public holiday.. besides working.. meeting up with friends.. attending lunch n dinner.. colleagues place for gathering and visiting various location for christmas light decos..

Received a couples of gifts..ah.. think ppl here really fancy choco.. or choco is the most common gifts u can ever buy and give to the other.. received so many boxes of choco.. from colleagues... resident families.. friends.. 

Below is a pics of some of the choco i received..haa.. the rest.. i ate it.. too many.. to spare.. feel free to ring me up..if u want a pack of choco.. even my workplace coordinator.. give me a bottle of aromatherapy gift.. haa..the best n surprised gift i received is.. to take a flight to rottnest island..haa.. yeah.. expiry on 2011.. so i gt time to think about it..planning when to go.. wohoo.. 

Baked Egg noc cheesecake (Coated with choco & coconut).. forgotten to take a pic.. baked it for friend xmas party.. 

Ingredients:

500gm of cream cheese 

300ml of sour cream

1/2 cup of castor sugar

1 tsp of vanilla essence

1/4 cup of brandy

1/2 tsp of cinnamon / ground nutmeg

3 eggs

Based - Biscuits crushed with butter

Methods:

1) Place the mixed biscuits with butter as base onto the cake tray - refridge 

2) Place cheese, sour cream, sugar, vanilla essence, brandy and cinnamon powder in a electric mixed and beat till smooth.

3) Add in one egg at a time

4) Pour the mixture into the cake tray - baked for 1hr or till set. Turn off the oven and cool in the oven with door ajar till room temp. Refridge overnight. 

5) Coated with choco coating - 165gm of choco chips + 1/2 cup of milk + 5tsp of butter = mixed and spread over the cake.

 

Now.. got to think of a place for new year eve count down.. n looking forward for my trip back to SG..

This is a video of hug - drinking pop passion 8.5% v/v drink..during summer.. helps to cool him down..

Passed my exams.. busy working.. huggy silly.. Nutcracker @ burswood

Hurray !! Got my results.. Passed with more than what i have expected.. Thanks God for his all time assistance.. haa.. Now looking forward for the coming year.. new semester..new challenge.. 

Currently, busy working as it's my sch holiday.. thank god for all the shift he had given me.. mmh.. doesnt matter how many shift i got..so long i can reach my target.. that's fine for me.. 

Ytd, took a silly video of huggy.. because of food.. he can sacrifice his beautiful coat .. n crawl under the car just to get his food.. haa.. cant believe how greedy a dog can be.. but no matter what.. his still the most beloved dog in the whole wide world.. we might get angry.. unhappy.. with each other..but after a cool down period.. we are best pal again.. whenever I wake up...seeing his sleepy doggy face.. wagging his tail happily @ me.. brightens my day.. xoxo Hug..

Went to burswood.. watched "The nutcracker".. performed by the youth ballet Wa.. overall rating .. 6.5/10.. reason was.. more suitable for young children.. not much storyline.. feel that it's an opportunity for the youth ballerina dancer to show their talents.. those little ballerina are so adorable.. haa.. even though some missed a few move.. but.. their child like.. sweet nature.. cuteness.. covers it all.. liked the last part of the performance..

Part III

The Prince escorts Clara to the Land of Sweets where they are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy.  The Prince tells her about their daring battle with the army of mice and she rewards them with a celebration of dances.

• The Spanish Dance
• The Arabian Dance --> nice
• The Russian Dance
• The Chinese Dance
• The Mirliton Dance
• The Waltz of Flowers

As a finale, the Sugar Plum Fairy and the Cavalier dance a beautiful Pas De Deux.

It was so beautiful and mesmerizing ballet dance.. love it to the max..Manage to take a shot of the play ..but not as clear.. A good family event to attend.. till now.. still prefer the "phantom of the opera"..

Tired now..gtg to bed.. working tml.. good nite loves..

Catamaran @ south perth

Went catamarans @ south perth, first time experience. Nice, sunny, windy weather. Perfect day for catamarans. Basically, what you gt to do is: 

1) Apply lots of sun block - high UV in OZ.

2) Clothes - light clothing

3) So long you are physically fit - able to handle the tacking and gybing, how to trim the sails and take the helm you will be able to set sails..

Initially, was alittle confuse about how to take the helm and manoveurs around, braking, shifting from left to right, getting the right direction, and to trim the sail - beware and becareful of your head, as when the sails is shifted from L to R or likewise, rmb to duck your head under if not you gonna get a bruise or knock on your head.. 

Had a couple of perfect turn, halfway through, nearly got toppled over as we were going to fast and forgotten about balancing and controlling the sail and helm. Luckily, we quickly shifted ourself back onto the right track. Got a shock of our life, but it was pretty fun and exciting..haa.. couldnt imagine how we can turn the boat back if we really got toppled over.. phew.. 

When heading back to foreshore, as we are not skilful.. haa.. couldnt gt our catamaran back onto the right track to sail back to shore.. ended up.. the guy from shop gt to sail out on his motor boat to direct us.. haa.. he nearly screamed his head off trying to direct us back.. tink he should just relax.. but.. glad for his direction and guidance on the right place to position our catamaran.. n using the helm.. finally after nearly 30mins of being trapped in water.. we manage to sail safely back to shore.. took us 2 hours instead of 1hr.. din even know that if you move the helm all the way to the end = brake.. haa.. all the time i'm actually braking i/o of sailing.. that's funny.. Important : Understand the wind direction and strength.  

 

Thenafter, washed up and headed for coffee.. Gt a apple crumble and mud cake + Long black & Chai Latte.. Had a fun & tiring day.. 

Got a new recipe for preparing cabonara sauce - less fattening and healthier choice. I/o using carbonara sauce, use lite thickened cream + egg.. Warm up the thickened cream, when cooled to room temperature, add in beaten egg.. stirred over low heat till well mixed.. but..rmb not to overcook.. if not the sauce will be too eggy and clumpy..

Tasted good.. not to creamy..

Sis in perth 4th dec - 12th dec **ding ding ding..

Nice having sis over for a holiday in perth.. there's fun n enjoyable n squabbling as usual.. Did a couple of things

Day 1 - arrived in perth (went for supper @ hungry jack)

Day 2 - Went shopping + Dim sum @ dragon palace Brunch (Bought abundant of clothes - as they matches n suits her), Sis cooked dinner (Udon - chinese style)

Chinese style udon -- nice tasted like "hokkien mee"..

Day 3 - Went shopping in city.. sis bought tons of clothes n clothes.. she simply cant get enough of clothes..

Day 4 - Went to Christmas paegant in the City (Carnival + Pool + Pancake place)

Mexican style crepes 

Honey original pancakes topped with cream and icecream

Jaffa orange pancake w/ choco sauce n ice cream

Day 5 - Went to Jarradale forrest, Visited Cafe on the Dam & Serpentine Dam (Dried n lotsa flies)..climbed all the way down to the nearly dried dam.. sis gt poked by branches.. huggy ran wild as usual.. attacked by Oz flies.. hot n humid weather.. but interesting walk.. Had ice choco n ice coffee @ the cafe (recommended on paper).. Huggy busy eating flies.. believe he's annoyed by those flies.. so he tried his best.. to EAT up all the flies around him.. banging dragging knocking onto the tables.. chair n us..  

 -  Evening, bought hug to freo beach.. windy but fantastic weather.. hug ran freely n wild @ the beach.. interacting with everybody.. human n dog.. drinking sea water.. built sand castles.. just when we were heading back to our car.. it started pouring heavily, got to give hug a quickie bath.. n up into the car.. on our way.. bought nice thick n hot choco from Santurio.. with choco chip cookie.. headed home.. dried ourself n prepared dinner.. bought pizza n drinks.. cant finish "passion pop".. hence decided to give it to hug the next day.. alway thought that whenever u gonna drink (only 8% v/v).. it's important to have some food in the stomach.. who know.. hug vomitted out the drink + food that i fed him.. what a waste.. felt sorry about that.. therefore.. helped to clean him up.. n treat him nicer than before the nxt day..

Jas + Hug + Mine footprints..

Day 6 - Met up with Emilly - Went to Ciao italia famous for their homemade pasta n tiramisu dessert.. ordered Calmari n pasta (Penne w/ mushroom, olives, capisicum, wine, tomato based sauce -prefer carbonara style thou.. tasted nice)

Yum yum calamari..

 

After eaten @ Ciao italia - headed to kings park for open cinema called "Moonlight cinema fiesta" .. watched Paranormal activity 2 - weather was chilling, lotsa mosqi.. sis gt bitten all over her fleshy legs.. haa.. boughts some tibits n drink.. had a enjoyable nite.. movie rated 5.5/10.. fed the hungry ducky there..  

 

Using Jas illusion camera.. she is 2 headed.. haa

Day 7 - Went for a swim @ willeton sport complex.. swam about 8 laps.. exhausted but feeling good.. worked out.. haa.. however.. headed to Sizzle for Salad bar after our swim.. Nice salad bar.. healthy.. with a varieties of salads to choose from.. n soup.. pasta.. dessert.. drinks..   

- Went for Bonjovi concert @ night - @ patersons stadium.. was pretty crowded.. lotsa of ppl.. all excited and ready for Bon Jovi.. nice experience for a outdoor concert.. some songs are nice - Its my Life, freedom.. Got a Bon jovi T-shirt.. haa.. coolz..

Day 8 - Decided to stay home n chill out..relax.. watch movie (She's a legend), cooked lunch (Homemade beef patties in pitta.. topped wth lettuce, cucumber, mustard, bbq, salt n pepper) --yum yum.. plus side dish "Garlic w/ cheese pizza).. Bought hug out for a walk in the park.. 

 

For dinner - Prepared tom yum soup + Oyster sauce chicken + Veg + Noodles.. although the dishes looks almost identical (As they are the same color to me).. tasted nice.. sis wanted HOME COOKED food.. so we gt to cook.. no rice as usual.. as we dont like rice.. haa..

Day 9 - Went over to friend place for dinner.. mmh.. scrumptous grilled cheesy prawn, garlic butter prawn, garlic bread, sauced cumcumber + cherries pancakes w/ sour cream and mixxed berries sauce.. played x-box game..we r the winner.. haa.. then after.. headed to leederville for cakes.. bought "Choco hazelnut triangles + Mulberry crumble cake".. nice n delicious..  

 

 

Day 10 - Wanted to bring sis to visit bell tower in the city.. as it was their 10th Anniversary.. free entrance.. however.. came back home from work.. she's still watching youtube as usual.. laz back style.. cant wait for her.. headed to buy some stuff.. came back home.. still as laz as ever.. had small squabbling.. wanted to go for some korean bbq.. but one was closed down..the other require booking as it was weekend.. ended up.. no korean bbq... no bell tower.. tempted mood.. finally when cooled down.. headed to nandos.. had extra hot 2 platter meal.. with spicy rice n chip.. mmmh.. indeed hot n spicy.. cant even feel our tongue.. haa.. but enjoyed.. 

 

Reached home.. decided to walk around the areas to experience the christmas festive mood.. to see the christmas lights.. they hv it yearly.. during christmas season..where the resident will decorate the exterior of their house..with christmas decos.. hoping to be the christmas light winner.. of the year.. bought hug along.. enjoyed the walked.. interesting to see all the different decos.. however.. there isn't much participant this year in comparison to last year.. Was happily walking around.. looking at the decos.. n houses.. n taking random shots of huggy.. infront of that big snoppy dog.. out of sudden.. hug gone berserk again.. ran away.. sniffing n exploring the houses nearby.. Sis n I..went chasing after him.. called out.. ignored my command.. ran across a small road.. nearly gt knocked by car.. thank God the car stopped for him.. hug ignored the car too.. ran all the way to the park.. (think he is paying the ducky in the pond a visit, or thinking of going for a swim in the pond again).. it was so dark.. cant even see where's hug.. called out again.. luckily he's white in color..if not.. i believe.. we'll nv be able to find him in the dark.. gave hug a BIG scolding + punishment for running away.. cross the road w/o looking out for the car.. I suppose.. he's helping us to digest our food.. giving both of us a run after dinner.. tiring but it's an experience for both sis n him.. for me.. i'm kind of getting use to him running away.. mmh..what can i say.. he's still a puppy.. 1.5yrs.. ppl said.. a dog will b more well behaved when he's 3-5 yrs old.. aiyo.. I still have few more years to go..before he reached his maturity age.. pls help.. but.. by saying that.. it was lovely n great to hv hug in my family.. kind of brighten my days.. with both.. happy n terrible memorable memories.. haa.. hoho..

This is hug.. right before he zoom off towards the park..running like free willy.. horrible doggy..

Day 11 - Day where sis is going back to Sg.. Just right before we are to leave.. checking on net some random stuff.. sis realised that she missed her flight.. ha.. initially.. when i first heard it.. found it amusing n hilarious.. as this kind of thing doesnt happen often.. she was suppose to be on the flight back to Sg ytd night @ 2135.. however.. same time ytd night.. we were busy chasing huggy.. as he ran away to pay the park a visit while we are strolling thru the christmas decos around our areas.. no wonder huggy ran away.. haa..he wanted to warn us that my sis flight had "ran away" too.. so immediately.. we checked online for any ticket avail.. called the airline.. cant change the ticket as it was considered forfeited.. no hope.. ended up.. gt to buy another ticket back to SG.. the cost of the total ticket for sis to visit perth is equalibrium for her to take SQ to perth.. i/o tiger..haa..poor girl.. help her..but instalment still apply..

 

After sorting out the neccessary stuff.. decided to head to Icy ice to cool ourself down.. on our way.. still find it hilarious.. gt reprimanded by dad.. haa.. felt heart pain.. cant help it.. moral of the story..be more careful n cautious.. n more responsible ... not alway take life for granted.. 

Posing with hug.. trying to squash hug head.. in b/w us.. he's the third party aka family in our life..

Giving hug a hug..

Fuit basket - w/ bananas, honeydew, rockmelon, watermelon, strawberries, nuts, choco sauce, ice flakes..

Random pic @ icy ice

Sis dinner @ airport - red rooster..

 Wao..finally... finished uploading the pic.. n my blog.. fingers are numb now.. gtg.. mei.. good luck n all the best to ur work..pls work hard..ha.. u r in debt.. hohoho... loved u to b around.. but realised my pocket hole is getting bigger.. (^.~,).. love ya.. cya soon..