tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-357236822011-09-02T17:25:08.435+10:00yes i know, the url is misleading. this is a prime example of my inability to plan ahead. this is a hodge podge of my random thoughts, crazy ideas, projects and stories of marriage mishaps, adventures & misadventures.Manila Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09910023334038962769noreply@blogger.comBlogger2381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35723682.post-31065995523733429802009-11-11T18:16:00.002+10:002009-11-11T19:44:33.628+10:00

It's a year long project for my little bub.I hope I can last the distance.

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At 9 days overdue, my doctor sent me to Fetal Monitoring in Monash Medical (Clayton) for some tests. These tests are regularly done for overdue pregnancies once they reach Day 9/10 post due. What they usually do is check the baby's heart rate pattern and do a short ultrasound to check the level of amniotic fluid.At that point, baby wasn't engaged and I hadn't experienced any contractions, not

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Only 1 week+ old and my newborn has more photos than I ever had in my first year as a baby. The wonders of digital age.

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Need I say more?

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I have this list of projects I want to do while I have the time. I'm on my third week of maternity leave and after the organising, clean up, getting the guest/baby room ready, I haven't even started on my list of projects.Up until now.Our bedhead has been bothering me for some time. Especially during the last stage of my pregnancy as I couldn't sit up comfortably without a million pillows

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Seriously, I'm getting way too massive. Over it.

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So, I'm in the last stretch of pregnancy. Let's blame preggy brain for not being online during that loongg stretch of non-blogness.One thing I have learned during this pregnancy (amongst other things)? I do NOT like being pregnant. Seriously.

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And we're off!View Caravan Adventure in a larger map

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But I've got a good excuse, I think.I've been busy gestating a baby...

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One of my favourite parts is around the 6:35 mark. Looks like s/he's going to be a big eater -- like mum and dad!

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So, yes, I got myself up the duff (as they call it here in oz).13 weeks and counting.It's still all a bit odd.

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The death toll is over 130 and still counting. This is heartbreaking.

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Read moreThis is ridiculous. You'd think we were living in the Sahara. I wish we had AC.

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I know my posts have been a bit piecemeal but you take what you can get, hey?

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Found this nifty tool in google maps so I decided to do a summary of our trip using it.View Larger MapSuggest you click on the larger map link.More details to follow...

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I've managed to upload some photos onto my facebook so if you're interested, follow this link.I am still aiming to blog about our trip but in due time. I went sky diving!

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No, I'm not dead. We just went for a quick holiday in New Zealand, which I will blog about when I get the chance (feel like it).Holiday was brilliant!Going back to work tomorrow, not so.

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Why watch this (drivel)?When you can watch this?Now, I haven't watched either but I think I'd rather watch the latter. No offense to the rabid fans of the series out there.P.S. Thanks to sparks for the link.

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If you ever want to be frightened out of your skin one of these days, go watch El Orfanato (directed by first time director Juan Antonio Bayona and produced by Guillermo del Toro).Seriously freaky stuff. I had my eyes closed most of the time (for those who know me, you'd know this is my way of watching horror movies) and still I couldn't shake off the eeriness of the film.D, who LOVES getting

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I've always wanted those fridge letter magnets but I found them to be too pricey (seriously, $30?!?).Me, being a cheapskate, decided to make my own. I found out that it wasn't too hard. I'm even thinking of giving them as gifts, if I ever get un-lazy enough.What you need:a computer and a printerphoto papermagnet tape (the most brilliant invention)a rulercutter/scissors/guillotineWhat to do:

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A mug of french vanilla coffee and treats from the local bakery.Too bad D's on a fishing trip that he can't share my yummy pastries.Yum Yum.

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A bit delayed but here's a photo blog of our weekend away in October:Clockwise from top left:1) Happy birthday Shivani!2) WTF? Avocado = Testicle? Gross.3) Our cozy bedroom4) The group minus sleepy D5) The boys fishing but not catching anything

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This a really delayed post but I wanted to put up pictures from my birthday BBQ.D and I decided to drive up to Sky High Mt. Dandenong (one of our favourite picnic spots) to have a picnic BBQ. For once, the weather cooperated and it was a gorgeous spring day.And yes, the lettuce is from my garden.The weather was perfect, the food was yum and I had my D. It was a good birthday.P.S.Obviously the

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They came for a weekend and although it was a short visit we had fun with them. Charlie's so adorable.It was great having them here.

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I think I'm getting slightly obsessive about my makeshift veggie garden. Can you blame me?I bought special tomato fertilizer so that my tomatoes get red already.I transplanted (and likely killed) my coriander and rocket onto the ground as they had seeded and aren't good for eating. I'm hoping they seed out new eatable plants but I've started afresh anyway. I've planted new seeds hoping they

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Since it's miserable outside today (it was hailing, for goodness sake. in spring!), we decided to ditch our usual cafe brunch. Well, I did anyway. D sort of went with my decision.So, I went to experiment in the kitchen with the hope of recreating one of our favourite cafe breakfasts, the Eggs Benedict.I thought making the hollandaise sauce would be the toughest bit as I didn't even have a clue

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I was supposed to upload these pics a couple of weeks back. My garden has flourished even more since then but I'll leave you with these images for now.

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Update 19 Dec 08: this mixtape is going to be defunct by end of 2008 because of closed minded, greedy corporate types. Read more about it here. Oh well, it was a really cool idea while it lasted.

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Obama won. Convincingly.Americans aren't as stupid as I thought. There's hope yet.

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I'm so on-the-pulse, that I found out about this cool thing only months after the fact (well, 3 years+ really if you count when it first started).There was a Melbourne Zombie Shuffle last June, wherein hundreds of zombie-wannabes shuffled through the streets of Melbourne. Why? No apparent reason, really. Just to honour the zombies, I guess.It's the coolest thing I've heard about in a while.

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I got hooked on this show. I had just finished watching the first season of Project Runway Australia (which was great to watch as well, especially since it was filmed in Melbourne) and I happened upon a link for this one.Needless to say, I watched the first episode. Then the next. And the next. By that time, I was hooked.It's not the most brilliant production nor do they have the smartest

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So, I logged into Friendster after a long, long while. It feels so dated. Maybe because it was the first ever networking site I got acquainted with. Or maybe because most of my "friends" on that site are from the olden days. I mean, seriously, ancient. Some go as far back as high school. The bizarre thing is friendster allows you to take a peek into other people's lives. People you may have

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D bought me a wii today for my birthday (which is 3 weeks from now but who's counting). It came with wii sports.It's been so much fun! We spent the last 5 hours playing with it. Now my body's sore in places that have laid dormant for quite some time.In addition, I bought myself a wii fit which I'm hoping gets me off my ass and doing some exercising at least.In the last few hours, I've played

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I'm going on a blog holiday for a couple of weeks. I just don't have much to say. Or feel like it anyway. I'll be back.Check back in a couple of weeks. I should have my head sorted by then.

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Work's been a bitch lately. Too much work, too much stress. I usually manage my work load pretty well, mainly because I'm efficient. And I become bored easily. So I try to work quickly before I get bored with a task, any task.But lately, more and more work has been piled on my plate and I've already cried uncle a couple of times with no relief. I know everyone's under the pump at the moment

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D and I met up with our friends K and T for brunch last Sunday. K suggested The Galleon Cafe in St Kilda, which was featured in a couple of breakfast blogs.They were quite busy but there was only a few minutes wait for a table. Off to a good start.The breakfast menu was quite extensive and it took us a while to decode, decipher and decide what to order.Coffee was a bit slow but nothing

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So, almost a week ago, we celebrated our second anniversary. I was planning to give D a photo book of our 3 1/2 years together but I wasn't able to finish it on time (I'm still not done) so I had to rearrange my schedule last Tuesday to get him some Koko Black chocolates from the city. They're lovely lovely chocolates. Very yum.As I've previously mentioned, D took me to Donovans. It was very

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I've never had a green thumb. I tend to kill most plants I try to grow. I think I got it from my mom. Between the two of us, we've probably become mass murderers to plants by now.Which is why it gets me all excited when plants actually grow, and even thrive.I had my doubts about this rosemary as it was on life support for a few months but come spring 2 years ago, it started growing and growing

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I've been salivating after the iPhone ever since I first read about it. Thing is, it's been available in oz for a while now and I still haven't gotten myself one.First off, I'm a tightwad and I don't want to pay a ridiculous sum of money for a phone. Even one that's as cool as that. And I didn't want to be swept along with the hype.Also, I wanted them to fix all the bugs first before I got one

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Today's our second wedding anniversary. Time sure does fly.Last weekend, D had the best idea for our anniversary weekend (well, Saturday anyway) which was to go have brunch at the restaurant where we had our wedding reception then walk through the Treasury Gardens, where we had our wedding photos taken.It was Grand Final day but we don't follow AFL at all so it had no bearing on our plans. We

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I found out about this book because it was on the cover of some magazine I was reading. Actually, the actors from the movie based on the book was on the cover of the magazine. It's called Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. The novel was all hyped up in the article and so I was intrigued enough to borrow it from the library.I knew it was a young adult novel when I picked it up but, boy, did I not

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One of the drawbacks of being pinoy is we need a visa to travel most anywhere (other than South East Asia of course and Morocco!). Other than the hassle of providing documentation, I've hardly had any trouble getting a visa (if you exclude the bleeping USA, that is).My European visa was surprisingly easy to get, given that when I applied I was an unemployed design student. My Australian tourist

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My sister turned me onto this site where people submit pictures of their old selves and similar pics of their new ones. It's really cute and now I want to do it. I especially want to do it with my sisters and my sis and I were chatting on which baby pics would be the funniest. I'm getting her to scan me photos and we'll see how we go. I might have to wait for her to come here for us to do our

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So, I've started to read John Le Carre's Smiley's People without knowing anything about Le Carre or the book. I was on Amazon searching for this book for reviews when I found out that this is part of a "trilogy" and this is the last in the series.So now I'm faced with a dilemma -- read this book anyway and backtrack to the other books if I like it enough OR go back to the library to get the

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I'm finding it a challenge maintaining two active blogs.Although the other blog doesn't have a lot of words, thinking of photo subjects, taking the actual photos and then thinking of ways to be creative about the caption and the blurb takes a lot of energy. So much energy in fact that this blog is beginning to suffer. I don't know how prevent this blog from languishing especially since that

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D and I have been obsessed with Battlestar Galactica (BG) for the past couple of weeks now. We borrowed the 3 season box set (including the introductory mini-series) and Razor (a between mini-series) from the boys' library. We finished all that and now have to wait for Season 4 (which isn't showing in the US yet, I think).It's surprisingly good for the most part and when the storylines revolve

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I have been noticeably absent from this blog for over a week now and it's mainly because we haven't gotten our internet connection sorted yet. That's a story in itself, actually.D finally broke down middle of last week and called Bigpond to complain about the lack of network access. After being on hold and on the phone for the best part of his life, the customer service person (this would've been

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We have a godawful office chair at home that I use for sewing. D's had it for ages and I've been using it for lack of a better one. I've been meaning to do something about it but I've been busy (lazy).Last Sunday afternoon, I had enough energy to re-upholster the chair and I'm happy with the results.I basically stripped the chair seat of the rubber that was lining it (lots of staple wires),

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We're having trouble with our internet connection at home which is why I haven't blogged in a few days. Don't know when we'll get sorted but I will try to blog during lunch break at work.At least my other blog has scheduled posts so you can just visit that one if you need a blog fix.We should be back to regular programming soon.

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I've decided to start a new blog. I know, I know, I can't even manage this one (or my defunct ones). The purpose of this new blog is to encourage me to take more photos so that my creative juices don't dry up. Haha.I'm still working on the layout at this stage but you can visit it here. Wordpress will be a challenge as the layout is different to blogger but I'll work it out.Here's hoping it

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I was leaving for work when I grabbed my bag and realised my wallet wasn't in the bag. I thought I had left it at home and had gone the whole day without it.I got home and looked half-heartedly for it in the usual places but didn't find it. I wasn't too worried cos I misplace things all the time. But, after dinner, I decided to do a serious search but came up empty. I racked my brain for

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Woohoo! It's spring! Winter's gone!Although today wasn't the best indication of spring weather, what with the mostly overcast day and random freak showers, I'm still feeling hopeful.Speaking of freak showers, I was on my way to the post office during my lunch break when it started drizzling. And then the drizzling quickly turned into pouring down real hard. And then I got drenched. Of course

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I'm loving Marjane Satrapi and her graphic novels. I read Persepolis and Persepolis 2 in, like, two days because they were easy to read and very engrossing.The first book is about a young girl growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and the war with Iraq. It's a humorous yet poignant take on Iran and its internal crises.The second novel continues her story but this time she's a migrant

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I was aiming to blog regularly and this week long gap between posts is unacceptable. But life happens. What can you do?We were at our friends' wedding over the weekend in Metung (over 300kms from Melbourne) and it was great fun. We also had to go to a friend's baby christening which was good but became tiresome as we went straight from Metung to the church on Sunday. Lunch was yum but long.As

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I'm an accountant by profession (although not in practice) but I've never, ever, done a personal budget before. Ever.I did my first one today and it's all very exciting. I can't believe I've never budgeted before. If I knew it was going to be so fun and rewarding, I'd have done it ages ago.Of course, I had to make it pretty in Excel/Numbers and I even created charts. I guess that makes me

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On our last day in Hobart, we took it pretty easy. We had to check out by 10am and return the car before 11am, so after having breakfast at the apartment, we headed out to put fuel in the car and drop it off.We had a small problem about lugging our bags while we waiting for our airport pickup (2pm) and luckily, the guy at Thrifty let us leave our bags in their office. Righteous.We tried to do

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I've been sick since the hot springs -- I firmly believe my flu was caused by the public bathing. Either it was the cold/hot/cold/hot combination or I caught someone else's bacteria/germs/virus. I've been sick for 4 days now, which is crap.On another note, I've been addicted to Australia's Next Top Model (Cycle 3) via YouTube and Spooks (we're up to Season 5 now) via some loaned DVDs. I've

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Home stretch! Last 2 posts then I'm done.What's Port Arthur, you ask? Good question, as I didn't know what it was all about until I went there.From wikipedia:"Port Arthur is a small town and former convict settlement on the Tasman Peninsula, in Tasmania, Australia. Port Arthur is one of Australia's most significant heritage areas and the open air museum is officially Tasmania's top tourist

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This feels like the longest trip, doesn't it? Certainly documenting it is taking longer than the actual trip.To help you along, why don't you listen to Jack Johnson while browsing through this day's pictures.Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack JohnsonSunday was bright and sunny. Perfect for a road trip. Our main destination was Port Arthur but we stopped at all the touristy and scenic spots along

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After the tour, we decided to drive up to Richmond, which was an historic town 30 minutes away from Hobart. While we were there, we saw the "oldest bridge in Australia", the Richmond Gaol and some pretty churches. It was a really pretty town and looked more like Europe than Australia.A couple of old churchesAt the Richmond Gaol($7/person)You won't believe the reasons why some women were jailed

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I'm so over documenting the Tassie trip, it's not funny. Why did I think I would have the stamina to see it through? Ugh. And why didn't anyone think to warn me? Ugh.Today, I'm going to try to do some tidying as our house is a bomb (not the good way) again. I bought 2 organising books from amazon in my quest for tidiness and order. They're really good and I can't wait to get organisin'.

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The Cascade factory was gorgeous. And it's setting was really picturesque.While waiting for our tour, we walked through the Cascade Gardens. It was great but then it started drizzling.So we headed back inside the tourist centre and just read our books. We had cake and coffees while waiting.The tour ($20/person) wasn't all that great but the tour guide was quite entertaining and informative.

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Lately, I've been scheduling my blogs so I at least had a post a day, especially with this Tasmanian series I've been on.I'm too tired today, unfortunately, to do another Tassie post so I've decided to put that on hold for now. Work's been real hectic since I got back from my short break and I just don't have the energy at the moment.Why don't you listen to some Dishwalla while I'm resting?Today

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As with all things, I'm getting daunted by the task of documenting this trip. And I'm only on Day 2! Maybe I shouldn't have taken so many pictures. Then I wouldn't have so much to go through. Oh well, I will persevere.Our second day was a Saturday which meant that the Salamanca Market was on. D's a market freak so there was no way we would've missed it. We were on our way, bright and

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On our way back to Hobart after our afternoon of sightseeing, we decided to check out Mt. Wellington. It was only a slight detour anyway.There was snow in them mountains and boy, was it cold. Fuh-reezing, actually. It was still fun though. Needless to say, I had left my jumper back at the apartment. Good thing, my thick jacket held up. I still froze my ass off, though.Pictures from D's

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We drove around for a couple of hours, stopped at a few places that looked interesting and a few that weren't so interesting (we were catching on to the fact that the tourist guides' definition of view-worthy didn't exactly match ours).Regardless, we still had fun touring around.Our trusty little rentalSome touring highlightsSome artsy shots

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We flew from Melbourne to Hobart early Friday morning. Flight time was about an hour and a bit. Short and sweet.Took the shuttle from the airport to the city (Airporter, $13/one way, $23/return) which took about 20 minutes.We had booked a serviced apartment in the city (Abbey Apartments, $100/night) and since there were no renters the previous night, we were able to get in straight away.The

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We got back yesterday, touched down at around 5 o'clock in the afternoon. It was a GREAT weekend away. We were blessed with mostly good weather with Sunday and Monday bright, sunny and not too cold.Since I took about a gazillion photos, the Tassie trip rundown will have to be a serial. I'm serious -- I had 1gb of memory on my camera and I had 9 shots left by the time we got back.I'm still

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We're going to Tasmania for a 4-day weekend on a short break.We're leaving early tomorrow and coming back late Monday. It's going to be absolutely freezing!I'll be on blog hiatus until we get back.

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D and I have passed the 3 year mark -- we've been together for 3 years now (if you don't count the days when we were "on break" and it was totally D's fault anyway, hehe).When we first started going out, we took oodles and oodles of pictures. As time has progressed, it seems that our together photos have dwindled down a bit (it may not seem that way with the amount of pictures I've been putting

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We're watching the new Batman movie later tonight. I can't wait.The Dark Knight - trailer #3 - Warner Bros. PicturesI wanted to watch in Gold Class but it's near impossible to get seats for any decent movie that comes around, unless you want to wait a month for it. Oh well.Update: Watched it and loved it. For one thing, Katie Holmes isn't in it, so you couldn't go wrong there. Didn't

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I went to wordle to get my blog's word cloud and this is what I got.Interesting.

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Stained glass windows in the church, which was fuh-reezing by the wayMy pink tights. I'm still not too sure my outfit today worked.The couple. As it was their day after all, here are their pictures.We were taking pictures instead of paying attention to the ceremony. Shh!!K & T -- they do make a lovely couple, don't they? At the lunch reception. The food was yummy!

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Our friends E & S got married in Malaysia a month ago and today was their Wedding Blessing in Melbourne. As they were an "inter-faith" couple, they had a Hindu wedding and a Catholic blessing.That bit of info actually has nothing to do with this entry as it's all about our wedding gift for them. This is the first time they are ever living together so they're basically just starting out. They

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I can't remember why I reserved this book in my library. It's not part of my 1001 list so I'm guessing I must've read a good review on it.It's a bit difficult to explain the plot of the story (not that it's a David Markson novel or anything) without giving away too much. It begins with the story of a girl who wants to be a detective and has a stuffed monkey in a suit as a sidekick. Cute, huh?

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Just finished editing my iMovie project of pictures from the get-together at the boys' house for Jim and Tuan's birthdays last month.The music is by The Dandy Warhols (Bohemian Like You).

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As our museum membership was running out, D and I decided to avail of our free entry privilege to Scienceworks last month.It was great! Very kid-oriented but still fun.Here are the highlights:A salt and pepper collection (shot specially for my sis)D clowning aroundI look really excitedGiant washing machine!Giant faucet! And it's dripping Ds!D trying to scale the walls -- operative word, tryingD

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D says I blog about anything and everything and as much as I'm loathe to prove him right, here I am posting an entry about what I'm currently snacking on.Just because it's there. And because it's very yummy. Seriously, how can you go wrong with brie, red pepper dip and some crackers?Excuse me while I go and devour my food. You want some? I'm happy to share.

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I've got a serious case of book backlog. I've just gotten three new books from the library and I"m still trying to get through the last batch.I'm struggling through Drop City at the moment. I'm not too sure I'm even inclined to finish it. It's a bit all over the place and I keep waiting for it to converge somehow but I'm more than halfway and I still can't see what this book is about. The

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Went to DFO (Direct Factory Outlet) last Sunday and boy, did I score.I spent less than $65 for 4 pairs of shoes (I have the brown in black as well) and a fancy dress (I have 2 weddings and a christening to attend in the next couple of months). How good is that?The shoes were from Novo and Steve Madden. The dress was a sample dress (I'm back to my old size!) from Ojay and they had a Samples Sale

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I didn't start my fitness routine today. I'm slack, I know.Maybe tomorrow?Then again, maybe not.

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I'm trying to get myself motivated enough to start exercising. This morning, I pulled out all the DVDs, books and equipment I bought a couple of weeks back in my bid to get motivated.Kick ass pilates mat, 1kg weights, exercise ball and accompanying book and DVD,Pilates book with DVD(Yes, I went all out. What can I say? Rebel Sport had a sale. They did! No, really.)I'm going to try and set aside

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Since our friends Tyrima hadn't been to Daylesford, like, ever, we decided to do a couples weekend away last month. We booked a cottage for the weekend and away we went.Some photo highlights:Friday night: T & D at the cottage, drinking beer and having a momentSat morning: K, impatient to get on with Daylesford-ing, hurrying the boys alongThe boys, pretending to be a gay couple, outside The

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Last Thursday night, we met up with D's family in Box Hill for a night of no-meat meals at Vegie Hut. For those who know me, you would know that this would certainly not have been my choice and it would've been a less than ideal dining out experience for me.But I went with an open mind anyway. At least, as open a mind as a meat-lover can be.D decided we were going to order a few things from the

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What a concept. Get the recipe from the NY Times here.My taste buds can't wait to try it but the rest of me can't even imagine drinking a cold coffee now as we're in the middle of winter. I'll have to wait til summer, I think.This morning it was foggy and 4C. We did have a high of 14C -- how lovely (insert heavy sarcasm here). On a positive note, the heater man came over this morning and

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We went to see Hancock tonight and I was going to blog about it but decided it didn't merit its own entry. It wasn't bad. Just not good enough, imho anyway. It was a somewhat different concept, I give you that, but at the same time it was familiar in that it was still a Hollywood movie with rehashed themes. Oh well, not a bad way to spend a couple of hours with the hubby.Right after the movie

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War of Hearts and Minds - BambooThey're called Bamboo and they're Pinoy. How cool is that? Listen to more of their music here.They even do a decent cover of Pearl Jam's Alive.I can't listen to them enough. I bought their new albums when I was back home and promptly left one of them in my parents' house. Now, if only my family can mail it to me soon (not so subtle hint, yes).

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As part of my goal to become more organised, I decided to make over the hallway as it looked crap, to put it mildly.This is what it looked like:You can see why I had to take action. It grated on my aesthetic self every time I looked at it. Which was everyday, as it is the hallway.Now it looks a bit better.Recognise the chest of drawers? That's the one I bought from Ikea. The bowl was a

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I got my ordered books from amazon.com a few weeks back. They came in a big heavy box through the mail. It was so cool. It was like Christmas.Surprisingly, the books were cheaper from amazon.com than from any Oz bookstore. Even with international shipping. I will definitely be ordering more. Especially now that I have space in the shelf (more on that later).(The blue graphic design one is

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Just wanted to give an update on our heater situation. The repair man came around this morning to check it out and discovered that the motor has died.He has to go see whether they have a replacement motor in stock in Melbourne, otherwise, he will have to order the part from Adelaide. No idea on how long this will take. A week?If my body is discovered in a frozen state, at least you know what

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Today I found this blog and thought it was utterly hilarious.It's called Lost in Emoticons and it's about "Online conversations between a mother and her daughter. The mother is from China. The daughter was born in America. The language barrier gets wider by the day. Thank god for emoticons."I was reading it at work during one of my rare lull moments and I was giggling like an idiot at my desk.

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I'm in an organising mood these days. So much so that I went to Ikea last night. On a weeknight (unheard of). By myself (even more unheard of). I even managed to move a very heavy box from the cart to the boot of my car (yes, I say boot now. cringe.) without any help at all. I am woman, hear me roar.I let D carry the box into the house though. I am woman, I know my limitations.I decided to

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I woke up this morning to the smell of burnt plastic. And my husband berating me for not caring enough that the house might burn down.Let me explain.Shortly after 5 o'clock this morning (an ungodly hour if there ever was one), my husband nudges me awake and asks me if I could smell plastic burning. I take a sniff and say yes. I promptly fall back asleep.I wake up again (seemingly 5 seconds

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I completely forgot to write about the best news ever in my last post (shows how much I'm slipping in my blogging skills).I've lost 5kgs!! For real. D and I went on this 21-day "wonder" diet where there's a recipe for every meal of the 21 days, which made it super easy to follow. There was also a weekly shopping list at the back to make it even easier. After 21 days, I had lost about 4kgs and

Manila Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09910023334038962769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35723682.post-75008350952918082682008-07-02T21:36:00.006+10:002008-12-09T17:03:27.804+10:00

I haven't blogged in a million years. And it's not like I have a good excuse at all. I've thought of blogging. I've read a dozen other blogs. I've even looked at my blog to see if it had changed from the last time I looked at it. But, amidst all that, I was still blog-less.After we got back from holidays, there were a gazillion of things to do -- work was hectic, caught up with friends,

Manila Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09910023334038962769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35723682.post-80340322901993272642008-03-21T19:56:00.009+10:002008-07-05T23:43:58.743+10:00

We finally got ourselves to the beach and it was great.We went to Palawan which is an hour away by plane. Small town, friendly people, great little resort.We took pictures while we were snorkeling but we're having technical difficulties with transferring pics from D's camera to the comp so that'll have to wait.

Manila Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09910023334038962769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35723682.post-31303133868665624252008-03-21T19:30:00.003+10:002008-07-05T23:43:40.934+10:00

We went to Tagaytay (about an hour and a half drive from Manila) to spend the weekend with the family. It was good, very relaxing.We stayed at this cute B&B and just basically ate the weekend away. =)Here are some pics:

Manila Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09910023334038962769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35723682.post-68727402089062123802008-03-09T18:18:00.003+10:002008-07-05T23:45:22.982+10:00

As if my posting wasn't intermittent enough, I'll be on holiday starting midnight, 12 March.We'll be in the Philippines for 3 weeks -- catching up with family, meeting up with friends and beach bumming.Can't hardly wait.

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