Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Natural wonders
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Who removed my fence?
I moved into my current place of residence about one and a half years ago now, and I had grown accustomed to the old, green, wooden fence surrounding the front yard of the townhouse, not to mention the squeaky gate. So upon returning home last Tuesday, I was surprised to find the fence and gate lying disassembled on our small patch of lawn (though I must admit that it’s more of a weed lawn than anything else, if I can even call it a ‘lawn’?).
If you’re wondering why the photo has a sepia tone, it’s because I took it on the day of the dust storm.
When I woke up and saw that the rays of light shining into my room were bright orange, I thought there might have been a major bushfire nearby or something. Looking outside, it was like heavy orange-colored fog. It was not pleasant outdoors that day – the air was dry and it was hard to breathe. There was so much red dust on the cars that it looked like everyone had gone on a holiday to the Outback! Some people waiting for the bus held tissues over their nose and mouth, and a few wore masks. I took a few photos, but I wasn’t up early enough to see the height of the dust storm. There are some good pictures here though:
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Australian Cabaret
The group is made up of 2 very talented brothers and their wives. The ladies accompanied the brothers on the piano and cello, and played a few solos of their own (though I thought they were just average players). The brothers had amazing baritone voices (one of them is/was an opera singer!) sang a variety of songs ranging from classical to Disney to musicals. They were also fantastic actors and comedians. They made up their own lyrics to some well-known songs and acted them out complete with costumes.
It was an immensely entertaining and interactive performance with a high musical standard and hilariously funny. The comments and reactions of the kids in the audience made it even more amusing. I was laughing so hard I almost fell off my chair. If you ever get the chance to see them perform, you should definitely go, and let me know too!^^
Here's a description of them -
http://www.entertainmentdepot.com.au/news/black-tie-cabaret/#more-2216
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Happy 2009!!!
I spent most of Christmas Day in the kitchen preparing food to bring to my aunt's party. Y made apple tart, which was enjoyed by all, and I made a batch of those Chinese almond cookies. Unfortunately I neglected to read the package details and poured in the whole 150g of almond meal when I only needed 100g. No wonder it was so dry...(T_T) But I'm glad some people liked the dry version.(^^)
Boxing day was spent lazing around at home, but the following day I went out with Grandma and other family members to the famous open air pie cafe followed by afternoon tea at a small park in Brooklyn.
New year's eve wasn't very exciting either. Just watched the fireworks on TV...lazy me!
Now it's work as usual...here we go again...