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I bought myself flowers

November 19, 2010

Just to add a little colour, a little perfume. Flowers are something that have grown on me over the years. I think it was 6 years ago today-ish that we first properly came to Canberra. I didn’t stay permanently for another 6 months, but was here enough. No wonder people are starting to think I’m [...]

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Clouds

November 14, 2010

Week 407… Freezing :: cold Bikers :: leather Infrequently :: seldom Mickey :: mouse School:: girl Textile :: designs Obstinate :: lout Guard :: guarded Release ::me Authentic :: cuisine

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Shanghai Dumpling Cafe, Acton

November 7, 2010

Everyone loves a cheap feed, hey? Especially when they’ve been drinking and celebrating Rish submitting his thesis! Woo! Grabbed a table on Friday night at Shanghai Dumpling Cafe under Uni Lodge for a dinner that worked out at 10.70/head. I’m not really sure what we ordered, a bunch of noodles and dumplings, 10 dishes for [...]

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Masala Hut, Weston

October 19, 2010

Mmm Brown lentil dahl. Yums! I love my garlic naan Chicken Curry Vegetable Korma Honestly, could have just left me, the dahl and the naan alone and I’d have been quite happy :)

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Canberra / Nara Festival

September 23, 2010

I didn’t stay for the lighting of the candles, but I was there for some squid balls (and the queue for them), some cakes, caligraphy, and some martial arts demonstrations… Rish getting thrown around

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Why are you doing that Asian thing?!?!!… or dinner at Chairman & Yip

July 30, 2010

Backstory: Last week while I was off on sick leave, all hell broke loose over some comment at Chocolate Suze’s Blog… comments about Asians always taking photos of food and blogging them. So, you can understand my amusement when I’m out for dinner with a mostly Asian group of friends at The Chairman & Yip, [...]

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Grey Canberra Day

July 13, 2010

The fog across the oval at work this afternoon. Nothing a little tights action couldn’t brighten up!

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Packing (aka German weather in Spring looks like Newcastle in June)

May 26, 2010

Okay. Here is my itinerary in yahoo weather widgets. Towards the end my packing dilemma will be revealed. First stop, Vienna. Fly into Frankfurt Saturday with Malaysian Airlines, then hop straight onto an Air Berlin flight to Vienna. Were supposed to be meeting friends there, but they’ve pulled out… plans to date: apple strudel (for [...]

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382 Reflections

May 23, 2010

Reflections on Lake Burley Griffin Cream :: get on top Be with you :: always Pancakes :: cheesecake Believe :: skeptic 45 :: 54 Eat :: drink Background :: music Pane :: pain Aim :: higher Collapse :: in a heap (Week 382)

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The Fog sets in.

May 10, 2010

Canberra winter mornings… on my walk to work.

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Turning of the Leaves

April 27, 2010

I love Autumn in Canberra. I love the seasons here. No, I don’t really care for the sub-zero mornings of winter, but I love how pretty they are. I love how we have a real turn of the leave here, not something I had in Newcastle. It’s beautiful.

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Around

March 16, 2010

Bit of a pin cushion. Blood tests. Let’s see what’s wrong. Is it okay to eat lots of things that might be bad for you in case you’re told to never eat them again? Uni. Assignements. eeee Porno sheep getting mentioned on national radio. I wanna be famous, I wanna be a star, I wanna [...]

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