New ride

New year, new house, new car, new phone! The year has been good so far despite my boyfriend moving to Canberra and my bunny catching myxo which is like one of the deadliest viruses they could catch. He actually looks better than before so I'm hoping he will pull through seeing as it's the year of the rabbit! Graduating from my 4 year degree on the 17th which should be good. My new Mini Cooper S (blue one) was my graduation present. So in love with my new car! :D

Happy year of the rabbit!

I am back from the land of Canberra! Had a blast there, attended my friend's 21st which was really lovely held in a garden area decorated with fairy lights and paper lanterns and pom poms.


Spent my 23rd in Canberra, had bacon & eggs for breakfast made by the lovely boyfriend and then had the loveliest time exploring the city with some friends, went to the War memorial, the new Parliament house and visited the National Portrait Gallery.


The Martin Schoeller: Close up exhibition was on which was really good. He takes extreme close up pictures of celebrities and some non-celebrities. It was a very busy day so we went to Koko black to chill out and have some of the best chocolates I've ever had.

We had the Summer spoil for two which consisted of passionfruit sorbett, strawberry salad, chocolate mousse, orange poppy seed muffin and two mouth watering chocolates - passion and candied orange.

After dropping off a friend at the airport we headed to The Deck at Regatta Point which by the way has the most gorgeous view of the lake burley griffin, the national gallery and the parliament house. Met up with some friends, such a beautiful place and we had sangria and stayed there til' night. It was such a good birthday, thoroughly enjoyed it!

Photo courtesy of The Deck

Holidaying in the Capital City

Just a quick update, as I have been very slack. I am now residing in Canberra for the next week and a half, visiting the boyfriend and attending my friend's 21st. I am still committed to my 365 project surprisingly, the photos may be viewed on my Tumblr and my Flickr.
I have visited the War memorial, Yarralumla gardens, Regetta Point and the Canberra centre. The other night, we made tacos and the oven caught on fire (View brief story here) and yesterday evening we had a few games of lawn bowls and finished it off with some yummy Chicken snitzel. Heading to Sydney for the weekend, can't wait!

Happy 2011~!

The new year is a time to reflect and make amendments and resolve things that we want to change. What are your new year’s resolutions? Having a look at my last year’s resolutions I managed to fulfill half of them so will work on completing the rest this year. They were;

1. Fitness
2. Keep track of my spendings
3. Learn to use my camera
4. Plan another trip
5. Relax more
6. Read more books

This year however, I am going to attempt to take on the 365 Project of documenting my year by taking a daily photo on tumblr. I hope everyone enjoyed celebrating new year’s day and all the best for 2011. Stay safe and remember to enjoy the little things!

My Flickr

My Tumblr

Diana Mini Love

Lately I have been keeping up to date with Lomography on Twitter and joining in on the lomojeopardy fun and winning piggies! I managed to get 40 piggies and bought myself a Diana F+ Flash for my Diana Mini! I can't wait to take all kinds of shots. I never realised there were so many different things you can do with the Diana Mini. Here are a bunch of tips found on Lomography. P.S. Free shipping until 20th of December.

All I want for Christmas

I have been on Christmas Island for the past week, and the weather was miserably grey almost the entire time Robbie & I were there however it was sunny on the day that we left. Fantastic! We did, however, manage to go snorkelling at Lily Beach three days in a row! Not as great as Flying Fish Cove reefs but there were still some fishes to see. The jetty was closed due to the bad swell season. Pretty decent week despite the rain, very relaxing atmosphere on the island.

Fish.
Fish.
And more fishes.


Brown Booby Bird.

The famous red crab.

Perth Upmarket 2010

I attended the Perth upmarket held on Sunday. Perth upmarket is quarterly market that showcases 140 of Perth's most talented artists, designers, craftsmen and gourmets all under one roof at the UWA Winthrop Hall. It was crawling with people and wonderfully crafted items and lots of food & pattiseries and singing as well.

Singing

Very adorable chairs

My first time trying these mini Dutch pancakes, they are delightful! I thoroughly recommend them to everyone! It was also very interesting watching them making the pancakes.


"Poffertjes are mini Dutch treats similar to a pancake but sweeter. Traditionally Poffertjes are cooked and served hot with a topping of butter and icing sugar."


I also tried these French macarons by Passion Gourmet which were a treat for the tastebuds!

Upcoming markets:

Subi Upmarket - 2nd December, 5 - 9pm
Joondalup Upmarket - 17th December, 6 - 9pm

(Further details at www.perthupmarket.com.au)

Satsuki & Churros

Went to Satsuki & San Churros with the uni friends to celebrate the completion of our very long four year degree! Satsuki is a Japanese restaurant located in Subiaco Square just next to the train station. It is the sister restaurant to the highly successful Ha-Lu located in Mt Hawthorn which I am yet to try. This Japanese restaurant specialises in Edomae style, which is known for its attention to detail in preparation. The food was very well presented and tasty however the serving sizes were a tad tiny in comparison to the prices.

Wagyu Beef tataki

Soft shell crab with white miso sauce

Assortment of sushi

Pork Belly Kakuni

We also ordered Octopus Vinaigrette Salad, 2xChicken Karage, White Fish, Scallops 'Otukuri', Chicken with onion Vianigrette 'nanban'. The waitress recommended 2 dishes each (there was 7 of us) however it would have been really pricey, we ended up getting 11 dishes but was still hungry. So for dessert we decided to head to San Churros, which was just down the road from Satsuki.

Quote
Forget about Love, I'd rather fall into chocolate

Thick, bubbly & rich hot chocolate
Iced Chocolate
Churros fiesta!

Do you like my chocolate mo?

Awesome Festival 2010

19 - 28 November 2010

There are certainly a lot of AWESOME things occuring around the Perth CBD this week. The AWESOME International Arts Festival for Bright Young Things showcases the latest contemporary arts from around the world. It aims to engage with the younger crowd however still entertaining for the adults with programs including media, film, animation, dance, sculpture and theatre. The highlight of the festival would probably be the Luminarium - Levity III which appears like a big bouncy castle in the middle of Forrest place, hard to miss. I would recommend 'Track' which is a live film performance streamed live via a projection which all happens in a sea container! Very clever and unique showcase of DIY filmmaking and street theatre.

Cup Roc - creating pictures with coloured cups

Befriending a big pretty bird sculpture

Theatre
The Library of Nearly Lost Moments To capture your moment: check pockets and belongings to see if you have anything to leave behind. This might be as simple as a lolly wrapper, or an old shopping list you've been carrying around pointlessly for months. Write a story and seal in a bag to share your moments.

I liked this one.
The story of the shoe: shoe's partner was lost in Ikea and this shoe has been carried around in the bottom of a bag for months.

Cute!

Fel & I left our own macaroon polaroid moment! :)

We had Mocha & Blackberry flavoured macarons & white choc cheesecake for lunch (dessert) at some cafe at the Enex100 food court.

Whilst taking many instax pictures!

On another note, we found this random street art on Hay Street. Bunny ears!

The month of the dirty mo's

Me and my dirty Mexican bf

After a long day at work, I was looking forward to attending this year's Lomovember event held by Pigeonhole. There was plenty of music, cupcakes and drinks to go around. I enjoyed walking around admiring the artworks of other Lomographers. There were over 90 images up for grabs in a silent auction - all proceeds going to Movember - supporting research for men's prostate cancer. Rob ended up purchasing a Spinner 360! The spinner 360 camera takes awesome 360 panoramic photos. Can't wait to capture my world in 360 degrees on film! If you missed out on the opening night, the photos are still being displayed on Saturday November 20 - Sunday November 21st (Opening times: 11am - 5pm).

My tiny Aloe(mo) Vera lomograph displaying at the lomovember exhibition.

Yummy, moist, delicious chocolate VEGAN cupcakes

Lomovember Raffle & Registration table as well as Lomography shop

Lomographs displayed on the walls
Awesome blinged-up Holga camera - I want one

More artwork

Snowflake turns two

Snowflake officially turned two on the 16th of November! I am so grateful for my bunny companion that has offered me his love, loyalty and affection through the good times and bad. He stole my heart from the very first day and I am so lucky to have my furry friend. Happy 2nd birthday Snowflake!

Fujifilm Instax love

My impulsive shopping has paid off with the arrival of my new Fujifilm Instax 7s camera! Thank god for the revival of instant photography, this little baby produces near-instant, vivid, high-quality credit card sized photos. I can't wait to take many more photos!

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