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vanessafrida
03 July 2009 @ 11:59
I might be kickstarting cooking classes once a week real soon.  Details have to be ironed out first, but it is starting to shape up. 

This time it is gonna to be at a proper shop front....in a pretty central location and all.  So we are going pro, to the extent of getting name cards done and all. 

I need help coming up with a fun job designation  for my cooking class namecard. I want something fun....something funny....eg: my friend who was managing a restaurant had "Smooth Operator" as his designation. Suggestions???

So far, I like this "Crouching cook, hidden talent"

Help me come up with other fun job designations?
 
 
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Stop and Stare - One Republic
 
 
vanessafrida
03 July 2009 @ 10:21



Light travels faster than sound
 

This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak
 

 
 
Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: Closer - Travis
 
 
vanessafrida
02 July 2009 @ 07:55


Cooling off after their race (it was a really warm day)

One of the things I like about Aussies....their work hard and play hard attitude.  That was one of the first thing i noticed about them when i first moved to Australia at a tender age of 16. 

They took their studies very seriously, sports was not just a chore but something they tried hard to excel in and of course when it came time to party....they really carved it up. 

Well it is no difference with this group of dragonboaters.  They trained really hard leading up to the race......they got up early for training before work, they turned up after work for even more training. 

Days leading up to the race, they stayed away from alcohol.....one of them even holed himself at home straight after work so that he wouldn't be tempted to have a beer.  For a Aussie...that is mighty effort.  hahaha.

The weekend of the race (and most were involved in multiple events), they were mindful of what they ate, ensuring that whatever they ate will digest in time for their race, they were even concerned about ingredients in the food because some stuff like onions take longer to digest. 

I am proud to say the mince chicken pasta and shepherds pie I brought over the weekend got inhaled in supersonic time.  *grin*  And i made like a turkey tray full of pasta or pie each day.

One of the boaters with a really sweeeeet camera just posted up pictures of the weeend, and they are honestly too nice not to share.  It shows not just the serious race side of the team, but also the fun and zany bits. 
 

click for the pictures )



 
 
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Another Way To Die - Jack White and Alicia Keys
 
 
vanessafrida
01 July 2009 @ 11:08

bloody irritating but true

The Difference between Sporeans & Australians.... 


click to be amused )

 
 
Current Mood: amused
 
 
vanessafrida
30 June 2009 @ 15:47

It has been a crazy mad mad week but thank goodness it will all end by late Friday....with that in mind, I have been on my caffeine overload yet again.

 

The same colleague bumped into me at the lift lobby, saw my grin, and the first thing out of his mouth was “Ness….You be good now.” All I could do was giggle. 

 

I saw a friend walk into the lift, so I gave her a hug…my friend thought I was going through one of my caffeine high…and promptly ran out of the lift…poor guy walked up 2 flights of stairs to our floor.  My galfriend and I just laffed. 

 

But…but…I behaved!!

 

Ok back to work…sorry no time for TOTD today.


 
 
Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: Gotta Be Somebody - Nickelback
 
 
vanessafrida
29 June 2009 @ 14:29

 

The mandatory team shot
 

A weekend of dragonboat races, sun, aussie aussie oi oi oi and beer.  We collected 2 Golds and 1 silver. Can I say we lost to the Singapore Dragonboat Team by less than a second!!  That is a pretty good effort.  Anyway I will let the pictures do the “talking”.

 

  

click for HEAPS of pictures )

 




 
 
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Give It Away - Peppers
 
 
vanessafrida
29 June 2009 @ 10:00

Why is lemon juice mostly artificial ingredients but dishwashing liquid contains real lemons?
 
 
Current Mood: amused
 
 
vanessafrida
Great idea I picked up from ickle.

Whether you're tagged or not,I want you to tell me one memory you had with me. Doesn't matter if you know me well or not so ok? When you reply I'll do my part to tell you my memory with you!
 
 
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Moment of Surrender - U2
 
 
vanessafrida
26 June 2009 @ 11:14

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited inventory.

 
 
Current Mood: busy
 
 
vanessafrida
25 June 2009 @ 13:50

Being the sentimental gal that I am…I brought one of my new name cards back home and left it on the dining table for Dad.  I wanted him to be the first to receive my new card.  

 

When I got up this morning for work, Dad was already out of the house but the name card was still on the table, which is very strange.  I picked it up….and man…what I read made me tear!

 

Dad had crossed out my new designation, and scribbled “best daughter a father could ask for”.

 

 
 
Current Mood: touched
Current Music: Starlight - Muse
 
 
vanessafrida
25 June 2009 @ 13:49

A hard-on does not count as personal growth.


 
 
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Starlight - Muse
 
 
vanessafrida
24 June 2009 @ 11:28
I want to remember it....part of the stopping and smelling the roses....

I got my new name cards today.....they can't take their promotion back now! hahahahahaha 

I am still waiting to know what the pay raise is like.....hmmm.....
 
 
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Standup Comedy - U2
 
 
vanessafrida
24 June 2009 @ 10:03

What is invisable and smells like carrots?
Rabbit farts.


 
 
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Moment of Surrender - U2
 
 
vanessafrida

I ran across the road for my “one too many” coffees a couple of minutes again.  Well the caffeine kicked in faster than expected and I was being so silly…my colleague who was with me wanted to strangle me.  

 

 

click to read what i got up too )

 

 

I bet the people who were sharing our lift ride must have thought I was mad.  My colleagues has vowed never to share a lift with me when I have had too much coffee…hehehehe

Seriously try it! It's fun! Tell me how you go :)

 

 
 
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: With or Without You - U2
 
 
vanessafrida
23 June 2009 @ 13:55

 

 

Ming and I finally caught up for lunch and did our speed catch up.  Everytime we meet up, it is for a super quick catch up.  Either he has something he is rushing, or I have to get something done.  Today was no different.  Ming decreed that it was a quick lunch.

click for pictures )
 
 
Current Mood: happy
Current Music: City of Blinding Lights - U2
 
 
vanessafrida
23 June 2009 @ 10:58


                                Ready?

Time trials were a couple of weeks back for the dragonboat races taking place this weekend.  Everyone who wants to take part in the races have to do time trials… You have to paddle on the right for a specified distance, and then on the left.  They will note down your timings and then decide on which boat you will be placed in, whether you sit on the right or the left…and then depending on your weight how far front should you be placed.


I always stress when we start moving people from one boat to another .... why can't they do it where it isn't like deep?!

click to read on (putting under cut cos picture heavy) )
 
 
Current Mood: sleepy
Current Music: I still haven't found what I am looking for - U2
 
 
vanessafrida
23 June 2009 @ 08:26


 

Click to check out some seriously BIG fish )
Pictures courtesy of Ming

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
 
 
Current Mood: busy
Current Music: Man Next Door - Massive Attack
 
 
vanessafrida
22 June 2009 @ 10:27

 

I thought I lost my baby yesterday and I really panicked!  I remember running into the house all pale faced and stressed…dad took one look at me and got all concerned while I ran around the house like a headless chicken.  He kept going “what’s wrong?! What has happened?!”

 

I couldn’t imagine spending a whole day without my baby.  It was just too painful to think about.  I seriously had trouble breathing!  What am I going on about?   

click click to read about silly Ness )

 

 
 
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: I'm Still Breathing - Katy Perry
 
 
vanessafrida
22 June 2009 @ 09:59

If you judge people, you have no time to love them.

 
 
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: One of The Boys - Katy Perry
 
 
vanessafrida
20 June 2009 @ 23:33
I did NO exercise this week in the end due to work commitments and my back acting up.  My back has been really quite sore, and i thought just resting it will help and i will be able to get my exercise done over the weekend.  But it really isn't getting better...instead it has gotten worse.  So rest is the only medication.

It isn't all bad.  I hardly have any back pains since I started exercising and even with the back pains this time round it sure isn't as bad as before.  I don't take half an hour to get out of bed...i can still get out immediately.  The spasms are there but bearable....so that is another perk to all this exercise.

Mentally more focused, fitter, losing weight, gaining self confidence and generally just happy thanks to the E Buzz.

I can't wait for the back pains to go, then i can get started on my exercise.  I actually miss it! 
 
 
Current Mood: happy