A little love from Japan

This is Miho.

Miho is a pretty little handmade ceramic doll on a golden keychain. (I call her Miho cos she looks like one of my Japanese students called Miho!)



Miho is standing in a sea of tiny packets of delicious crispy peanut rice cakes, freshly made in a shop in a street in Tokyo before they were packaged.

Miho and the rice cakes had travelled all the way from Japan to Brisbane as thoughtful little souvenirs from Raymond, who was there for a holiday! :)

(No pictures of the TDF preserved scallops in equally tiny packets cos they're all gone. I WAN GO JAPAN. NAO. T_T)

Mobile uploads

More random shots from my phone!

Passionfruit freshly-picked from a colleague's mom's backyard...



My first ever passionfruit too! I've never seen bright yellow passionfruit like this before, and I expected it to be really sour too but it wasn't at all. It was just beautiful. Yum.

Went down to the Gold Coast weekend before the last and satisfied our hankering for our favourite dish at our favourite Korean restaurant, Arirang.



Dol-sot-something (can never remember the name, ergh.. but it's basically bulgogi beef drowned in cream cheese and mayo!)

Another one of my cozy little corner at work..



Last week Tanya and I brought the students to the Powerhouse for the World Press photo exhibition



Pictures say a thousand words...



... but the narratives that accompanied these images made them even more powerful.

This one really made an impact on me- It portrays the gruesome details we as consumers oversee/don't think about when we reach for those neatly packaged meat from the meat section at the supermarket



The last picture of the three lambs looking at their friends being skinned made me sad :(

This photo is of a mother helping her son out of bed.



You can't really see from this angle, but the poor guy has a humongous crater on the left side of his head. Part of his brain was blown away while serving as a soldier in the conflict in Iraq :(

This one looked like a painting!!!



It's an amazing underwater shot of a kingfisher snapping up its meal, its eyes closed with membrane-thin eyelids to protect them from the water.

Anyhoos.

Eddie's latest haul..

The super-bright-orange-heeled boots so many players are donning at the World Cup this year! The man acts like a kid in a candy store when he's at Rebel Sports :)

Eddie's also on a cooking frenzy this week... The spicy garlic butter prawns he whipped up for dinner on Monday was sooOOoo TDF I couldn't stop licking my plate clean

It was so hard to resist finishing up the portion I put aside for lunch at work the next day.

Mmm just looking at this picture is making me drool again. O.O

Friday Night Love

Skipped after-work drinks with colleagues today for some much needed chill-&-pamper time at home.

Just had my favourite sushi and some darn good strawberry tiramisu...



Blogging to Amel Larrieux now, planning to do my nails in a bit and spend some quality time with my book, after a nice long hot shower and a hot cuppa tea.

:)

Anyway, I got a pressie from two of my favourite (ex) students who graduated today.



I don't know what it's called but it's a beautiful decorative ornamental thingy they'd brought from Korea



It's especially meaningful to me because these two lovebirds met in my class and got together! ♥



Hung it on my notice board at work.

Who says school has to be boring? Magic does happen in classrooms :)

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LONG WEEKEND HURRAH

World Cup partay @ FTP tonight!

Kitteh ♥ daddeh

Food lust

More photos of breakfast/lunch/dinner! (Sorry I just like taking photos of my food.)

Got meself a beef n' potato pie for breakfast last Thursday when I went to Michel's to get a birthday cake for one of my students.



Met up with Eddie in the city on Monday for a dinner date ;) Both of us had noodle cravings so we finally decided to go to Wagamama cos we've been wanting to try it out for ages.

Ordered the duck gyoza for starters, which sucked... Nothing compared to what we had in Sydney *disappointed*



Mains- Eddie ordered the house ramen which was kinda bland, but the grilled salmon ramen I had was pretty good!

Or maybe I was just hungry.



Dessert was banana katsu which was another disappointment. The banana was unripe and starchy, while the coconut ice-cream that accompanied it was only so-so.

Pricing was a little steep for the level of satisfaction we got, so looks like we won't be going back anytime soon.

Yesterday's lunch was café-grilled sandwich again- This time I had the roast chicken with caramelized pumpkin, pinenuts, greens and shaved parmesan. Too goood.



More food photos from our little getaway to Sydney last weekend! [ Click here ] for Facebook photos kthxbai.

Masquerade

Got my beautiful mask and dress laid out but I'm not sure if I wanna go to the party now



It's freezing outside and I'm too tired.

Would rather stay home in my pyjamas with a hot bowl of herbal chicken soup.

Kitteh in a Bag

Mobile uploads

Feeling much better now after taking a sickie yesterday and being back at work today. Work makes me happy :)

Anyway, random photos from my phone camera.

Cutest birthday gift from my sister, all the way from Perth!



JODIESAURUS sits on my desk at work and guards all my change for emergency junk food :P

Cuddly teddy bear from a sweet (ex) student..



I supervised a boomerang painting session a couple of weeks ago, and this is my shitty piece of work (as compared to some of the unbelievably beautiful ones the students produced)



Bought breakfast from the café next door last Friday- Peach, ginger and mango muffin + a cappucino.



The muffin from the café wasn't that great, but I l♥ve their gourmet sandwiches; my faves include the turkey/cranberry/brie sandwich, and today I had the roast beef bearnaise with shaved parmesan and semi-dried tomatoes. Toasted of course, to melt all that lovely gooey cheese!

Tempura udon for lunch..



The perks of working in the city :)

Guess who's been super clingy lately..



Kitteh can has warmth cos is colds nao!

And oh.

I bought it.



But no, not the Noe. Caved in to sensibility/practicality and got the Neverfull MM, main reason being that I have plenty of casual bags already but no work bag.

Wait for me my Noe, I will come for you.