Food Fight to the Max

LOL


I dunno whether I should say that the guy that made this is brilliant! lol
or
What a waste of food!! lol

hahahaha

Sometimes, being too optimistic seems to cloud your judgement

I have a girlfriend that just recently found out that she is pregnant (actually, last week). Her bf, whose the father, just turned 20. (my friend is my age, fyi)

I dunno... people say that friendship is unconditional. And you should support them and be by there side no matter what.

Well, first thing she told me that she was pregnant I got pissed off. No no no, "pissed" is an understatement.
I got infuriated.

I've been warning her from before, that she should use protection because there's no way she can support a kid. To afford a kid, to be exact.
But did she listen? Obviously not.

The same day that she told me, I went straight to her house after work and told her what I had to say.
She told me that she's been told that her body is close to sterile, and if she ever wants to have a baby, she will need to have a medical treatment. Thus, she thought it was safe to not use protection.
Well so much for a risk management!

Well I'm not going to mention everything that I said to her and the bf (few stuff went on like me crying a little), but in the end I told her that I'm too disappointed with you, that I can't see you for a while.
I haven't contacted her since.

Now don't get me wrong. I feel like crap telling my best friend off like the way I did. I still consider her as my best friend and if she is going to raise this kid, I will support her in whatever way I can. Since the child is not guilty of anything.
But at the moment, I know if I see her I won't be able to say anything nice to her. So I'm keeping a distance until I'm ready to smile at her again.
Anyway she's still love blinded so I don't think having one less friend is going to be much of anything, sad to say...

Two days later she told others about her being pregnant. So I guess she decided to raise the baby.

Although I won't go into details, I wouldn't be this angry if her life wasn't as complicated as it already is.

I believe that if you want a child, you should prepare the environment first.
Like, being financially ready, emotionally ready, and obviously talk about it with your partner if both of you are ready to have kids. For the sake of your child.
Not the other way around.

She doesn't have a job, and her bf has a part-time job (no uni digree).
Good luck to them both. Coz it ain't easy road ahead of you two.

You can't feed a kid by just being an optimist.

Samurai Champloo

One of my favourite anime these days.
Awesome. Check it out if you can.
Jin's voice is so darn sexy :p

Online Videos by Veoh.com

Moving

No, not house. But office.

Hellooo... sorry for disappearing from the internet lol. Have been quite busy with work and life (yes, da same ol' excuse everyone uses :p)
Well... about a week ago, my manager told me that I will be moving to another office.
The thing is, our company has contract with all these other company, such as Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and so on. At the moment my office is in Deutsche Bank and our clients are the Deutsche Bank people. Think of it this way, it's like having McDonald's in your school cafeteria.
Anyway, the manager told me that our company will be running a new office (or site) in Morgan Stanley from this month, and they want someone who can speak English. So... it seems that I was the right person. well... we will see about that lol.

I'm starting there from next week, and I have been told what my new job is going to be like. (Since it's going to be totally different from the job I'm doing right now)
This Friday I will be going to our company headquarter to meet the other staffs that will be working with me. Nervous nervous nervous.

At least Morgan Stanley is going to be closer to my home than Deutsche Bank, and waaaay closer to Shibuya! yay!

Wish me luck people. *sigh*

So now that I'm moving, my co-workers here in Deutsche Bank seem to be planning my farewell party kinda thing. Well 'party' is too big a word. Probably just head to a Japanese pub (or maybe Irish pub nearby) and have some drink. I think I don't have to pay so it doesn't matter! ha!

Always & Forever

I luuuuurrrrveeee this song at the moment.
It's used in one of my body pump lessons at the gym (the remix version anyway).




I think the singer, David Goncalves is pretty cute :)
Never knew men from Netherlands can be this hot lol.

That was fun :D

It's been almost 3 years since I was last in the dating scene. Well anyway I did go on a date yesterday.
Seems like I haven't lost my touch ;)



Had a great beef patty. yum!

I swear I saw...

Ok, I am fully aware of the fact that this is going to sound crazy.
But I swear I saw an UFO tonight.

No, I don't know if it's a spaceship from outer space.
But it was DEFINITELY Unidentified Flying Object.

So the story goes like this...
I was walking down my apartment hallway, back from work, and I think it was about 8~8:30pm.
I noticed the moon was out. So as I listened to my i-pod and walked on, I enjoyed the bright moon shining at me.

Then I noticed something moving across the sky.

At first I thought it to be an airplane.
But you know how any airplane (or helicopter for that matter) would have a blinking light?
Well this one wasn't blinking, and believe me I was staring at it hard enough so there's no way I missed it.
And it wasn't making any sound. (yes I stopped my i-pod and tried to listen to the engine sound)

I thought perhaps it's the satellite. But it looked too close. Definitely inside the atmosphere, not outer space. But too slow for it to be a shooting star.

It did look like a orange star (something that looked like a bright Jupiter or something), but planet or star don't move that fast. If it did... whoa Nellie!

Anyway it was none of those things.
Then what the hell is this? What is this thing that's flying across the sky so smoothly?

I kept staring at it, until the "thing" flew towards a cloud. You know the freaky thing was?
The moment it went in the cloud, it faded away like a fire slowly fading away from a match stick. Then, it disappeared.
I stayed there for about 5 minutes to see the thing coming out from the cloud but it never did.
And NO, it wasn't a dense cloud. Hardly. It was one of those very very thin cloud that looks almost like a fog. So how could that flying object just disappear like that?

I'm very confused. I'm darn sure of what I saw and I'm not bluffing or over exaggerating the story. I swear to god I saw an "UFO".


So anyway, if I don't update my blog anytime soon, you know what have happened to me.
Probably mutilated like those cattle you see on UFO documentaries.
Whoa NELLIE!

E-mail from my brother

Couple of days ago my brother sent me an e-mail to my mobile.

The rough translation is this:
While on the way to Grandma's place, I found this.
P**** is completely bare, and pubi* hair is covered all over it.
It even has a p** hole, and sets of realistic looking boobs.
Found out that this doll is going to be burnt....

From your beloved brother


And with that message, this picture was attached:



I don't know where he gets these ideas.
shame shame shame.
Well I would never have thought of such thing. *sigh*

Mmmm... to be or not to be...

yay I have bit of muscle on my arms!
I know it's not much. Should I work out at the gym more to bulk up a little bit more?

Please please please say it isn't so!

Ok, I'm sorry it was all my fault, I appologize from the bottom of my heart.

So please, don't humilate me! Please! You guys are mentally raping my brain!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I thought Dragon Ball Z as Hollywood movie was bad enough...

There's a rumour that now, Cowboy Bebop may become the next victim of Hollywood.


Oh god, now THIS is humiliating.

No no no no no, let this just be a rumour. Leave it the way it is, I can't picture Spike with a different voice other than THAT voice (sexy voice indeed... *drools*). Or that looks for that matter!

To be honest I really don't think current Hollywood can produce the same or better atmosphere like the anime.



see what I mean?

Curse you Hollywood with your unoriginality!!

Curse you Hollywood

Yes, I know they're making the film, yes I know of the plot, and YES I KNOW WHOSE IN IT.
Goku a school nerd....
But to actually see the sneak peak of the film itself? I hate it before I've even seen the darn film.
No I don't personally hate the acters, they're just doing there job. But...

HOW DARE YOU HOLLYWOOD.

Are you seriously expecting me to accept the fact that this man is acting as Goku???????

Not just him, Master Roshi sure looks younger with lot of hair doesn't he!

YOU
ARE
ACTUALLY
TELLING
ME
THAT
THIS
IS
SUPPOSE
TO
BE
THE
SAME
CHARACTER



This is going to be the Dark Age for Dragon Ball Z...

How cool is that?

I found out that my grandma in America has recently passed away. I did meet her 2 years ago and she was pretty sick already (of course that didn't discourage her for being full with sense of humour lol), and few month ago they found out she had a pretty bad lung cancer, so I guess she is free from her pain.

But the episode made me smile. Why?
Well, when my Aunt was with her, Grandma said, "I walked with Jesus".

Those were her last words.

How cool is that? I bet she really did walk with him :)

Miss you Grandma!

Dead meat on the simmering hot iron!... souds like some punk rock song doesn't it?

Ok... so like I mentioned previously, I went to my friend, Ai's BBQ party held on the roof top of her house. hahaha, it sounds so funny when it's in English. but there you go. that's what is like to live in Tokyo. hell, at least Ai's house has a roof top we could all walk about!

Anyway,
IT WAS.... SO... FRIGGIN.... HOT....
and unlike summer in Perth, it's so ridiculously humid lol.

By the time I got there the party juuuust started so there weren't that many people. Still, everyone enjoyed the hot sun in a different way.

Some chat and smoked


Some pretend they were from a rural village selling vegetables,


Some sang and played the fan guitar,


Some tried to get the fire going, (owww... how nice of him ;D )


Some like me and Ai enjoyed the cold water to chill



Then came Nao, Ai's bf to disturb our slumber, so we decided to pinch his nipples.
And yes he loved it so. His facial expression is proof enough!


In between, the temporary summer storm passed by but it lasted for just about an hour or so, thus we resumed the BBQ afterwards.
Gradually more people came and had BBQ til dawn. yay, lunch BBQ and dinner BBQ and alcohol! woot!




afterwards late at night we cleaned up the mess and went inside one of Ai's room (coz we can't stay out for the whole night partying. Neighbours would complain. *sigh*) and continued on with the drinking ;)



Hahaha, this pic really looks like there's lesbian action going on lol.


yeah, can you tell it's that late night atmosphere, where everyone still wants to stay awake but the energy isn't much there? lol

or just go plan nuts.


Some of us ended up staying the whole night at Ai's place. Next thing in the morning one of our friend came over and decided to try on one of the girl's swim suit.
how random is that? He's such an idiot, seriously lol.



I had a great time made my mind freshen up a little bit! Should do this again next year :)

She's Baaaack ;)

Everyone, thanks for the warm and kind messages. I am getting better now. I'm my "usual" self as long as I'm with other people. Not when I'm alone though. *sigh*
Still I'm having hard time getting back home. I don't want to go home. Yeah, I even try to work overtime just so I don't have to go home sooner.
Every single thing in the house reminds me of her. Darn lol.
Anyway enough with the depressing talk. I will be ok :)

So... my dog came back home yesterday. Changed a little in shape and size though lol.

Yeah, she has been cremated. But I don't believe that she's actually inside this urn or anything like that. But we will keep it as sort of like a "beacon" for her to find the way back home easily. You know, whenever she feels like visiting us, so-to-speak.

Anyway, my gf's organising BBQ party on Saturday so I think I'm going to enjoy it.
Must DRINK! woot!

Empty space inside my chest

Thanks to all my friends that came over on Sunday to say their last farewell to Maruko. Thank you for the beautiful flowers. Thank you for making me laugh.
And thank you for those of you that sent me messages through the internet for emotional support. It means so much. I'm glad to have you all as a friend, seriously :)
(and yes I mean it)

This morning me and mum carried Maruko back to the vet to ask for cremation.
God, I never knew dead body can be so darn heavy.
I didn't really have a big problem carrying my 14kg dog before, but now she's dead, whoa.

We left her body at the vet. I wanted to stay with her as much as I can but I had to go to work.

Today was the first time I thought "I don't want to go home"
There's so so many things that reminds me of her. I feel like she will be laying down on the floor waiting for me to come back.

Last night, I spent a while with my dog. Touching her cold body was such heart aching thing. But her fur was so soft, just like when she was alive.
I touched her furry tail. I couldn't believe that tonight will be the last time I will ever pat her and rub her fur.

So I cut a little bit of fur off her tail for me to keep. Do you think it's crazy? Maybe.
But I think those who has/had pets would understand.

I feel so empty today. I don't feel much of anything anymore. Perhaps I'm over exaggerating but I've sorta lost part of my life that I cherish the most. It must be the grieving stage. I'm sure I will eventually move on but right now...
I miss her so much I don't know what to do. It's sorta driving me nuts.
I can't even type properly coz of my darn tears (probably looking at my dog's pictures were a very bad idea).
Back in my head, there's part of me thinking "Maruko went on a trip and I'm going to see her soon" or "She's not dead, she's sleeping on my bed just like she used to".

But every time I check, she's not there. Why...

Gosh, I hope I'm not going mad...

I don't know if I could ever have a dog again.
No dog can replace her.

I will miss you

My dog has passed away early this morning.

In my previous blog entry I mentioned she was greatly ill. I took her to the doctor yesterday morning but things weren't any better.
She still vomited blood, and her feces contained blood.

After she had her medicine, I took her back home. On the way, she vomited and her feces came out uncontrollably.
Finally I let her rest in her bed, cleaned her mess, and try to be beside her as much as we can.
But I didn't want to do that too much, because I knew she could sense us worrying about her, and she may try to hold on to herself more than she should be.

I wanted her to be in peace. I didn't want her to go through such pain as she already is.

Late last night about 2am, Maruko's breathing changed. She looked like she can't breathe properly. Very weak breathing pattern. Her eyes didn't move at all. She looked like she was ready to go. Yet, her heart (although very weak) thumped, and she kept breathing.

Me and mum stayed with her for a while, touching her and patting her telling her it's okay.

We had to wake up early tomorrow morning to take her to the vet (6am), so I went to sleep.

I woke up at 5:30am by the alarm. I went to check my dog.

She was already stiff.

But still warm.

She has left us.

She was a great dog. A family, I know since I was 8-years-old. She was there for our ups and downs.

You've been great.
I'm sure she is running around as much as she wants now she's free from her body.

I will miss you so much.
I love you.

My dog's sick

well where should I start...

As I was trying to leave the house today to go to work, my dog, Maruko started puking. I wasn't that surprised because she was already 17-years-old and she did throw up occasionally when she either ate too quickly or drank too much water at one go.

However I had to leave so I asked my mum to take care of her.
During lunch break I checked my phone and got a message from my mum telling me that our dog's condition worsened and had to take her to our vet.
Apparently she had a fever as well (about 39C-ish).

After work, I went to pick up Maruko from the vet, and the vet told me that Maruko is having a kidney failure. Not good.
Seems that she was vomiting the whole day at the vet's practice. Wimping and growling because of the pain. Poor girl...
She had to get a dripping injection. *sigh*
She couldn't walk anymore so I had to carry my 14kg dog back home. Whoa, what a work out.

By the time I got in front of our door, she vomited again and collapsed.
I made a place for her to lay down and wiped her vomit.
As I pat my dog and trying to soothe her, what the vet told me earlier dawned upon me.

He told me to bring her back again tomorrow and will give her some more dripping injection and see if her fever will go down a little.
If not... well he said that we should be ready for anything.

I knew that one day something like this will happen, but so soon.
Yes, she has been doing pretty darn good for her age, but that still doesn't get rid of the pain in your chest from the fear of losing your family does it?

As I was typing this blog entry, she threw up again. She's in pain and all I can do is to sit near her and watch.

But this is what it's like to having a pet. They most likely will die before you do, and it's not easy at all.
Even my brother's prairie dog's dying. He's already 8-years-old (pretty good for a prairie dog) and is getting thinner by the day, or so I've heard. Won't eat anymore. Pretty much the vet's dripping injection is the thing that's keeping him alive. I don't know how my bro's going to react if something happens to the prairie dog. He loves that little thing so much.

However, I'm the type that believes that although her bodily form is destroyed, the 'being' once was called Maruko will never vanish, and we will meet again in some form or another. Hell, who knows she may be reincarnate to my baby, yeah? Sounds crazy? well that's just my opinion.

Actually, what I'm worried is about my mother. She has been doing fine ever since her medicine started kicking in and since she started her new job. But I'm afraid she may break down if anything happens to our dog...

Plus, we both work at day so if Maruko is bedridden, what the hell are we suppose to do? Both of us can't afford to quit our jobs. But I really want putting-her-down option as the last straw. That's the last thing I want to do to her. Of course, if she was suffering terribly and is in constant pain... then that's a different story. But I don't know how I can bare the idea though.

My head hurts from thinking too much. Can't eat much.
*sigh*

Since some people can't seem to understand...

In my previous blog entry I mentioned poo attached to a stick.
Seems that some people are in doubt that this can be done (*cough* David *cough).

Anyway to make yourself a poo-attached-stick, one must find a coiled up poo.
Then you put the stick into the poo and there you go!
What do you use it for? Well to poke people with it of course!

I saw it on anime, therefore it's true.

See?

Some people can be so... grrrrr....

Took TOEIC this morning. Was easier than I thought so hope I can get a high score, so if I did go look for a job in the near future, TOEIC's gonna make my resume look better lol.

Anyway, after the exam, I head straight to the gym to attend the Powerfit lesson (similar to Body Pump). I definitely didn't want to miss today's lesson, because the Powerfit instructor was quitting her job as an instructor. I heard she was getting married, and that's why she's going to quit. Thus today was her last lesson.
She is a quiet girl with a nice smile, but once the lesson starts, she gets really pumped up and energetic. Whoa, her lessons are tough. But thanks to her, I'm starting to get six pack :p I've been taking her lessons for more than a year now, so it's kinda sad to see her go :(

But alas, by the time I got to the gym, the lesson was already full. Sunday lessons usually doesn't get that full easily but since it was her last day, people who doesn't come on Sundays that often seemed show up. I was really disappointed but I thought at least I will go and talk to the instructor. As I was talking to the instructor we found out that there seemed to be a cancellation and there was one place available for me! yes! yes yes yesssss!!!!

So for 60min I worked out as much as I can. yeah... I think I worked out too much...
I was sweating like a fountain.
Next day muscle pain all over my body, confirmed.

Towards the end of the lesson, few people brought flowers for her, and she ended up crying, which made me wanna cry too lol.
I wish all the best for her!!


Oh, and another thing. After I had a shower at the gym, my friend there told me something really unpleasant. There is this another male instructor which I will name him K. (yeah, he's the guy that used to teach me yoga and I had the hots for him lol. yes, past tense :p)
I noticed that I haven't seen him around much, and I always see him working at the swimming pool section. And yes, today I found out why.

It seems that someone complained to the gym about K because of his attitude. To be specific, this person was apparently annoyed by the fact that he was chit-chatting with few particular customers quite often.
I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Ok, K is a very friendly and nice person, but he is like that to everyone, and I mean EVERYONE. He greets every customer and is very easy to make friends with customers as well. Plus, if the customer comes and talks to you, as an instructor you can't ignore can you?
It's not like he doesn't do his job. He's very serious about his job and he loves it.
So what kind of idiot can complain about this?
It's not just about K. I heard that couple of the lesson schedule had to be rearranged because some customers complained that the lesson was boring or didn't like the instructor, or some crap like that.
I mean come on, if you don't enjoy it, just don't bother attending the friggin lesson.
Do you have to be an asshole to complain and make a fuss about it?
Geez... some people can be so self-centred.

If I ever did find out who is responsible, I should poke this person with a poo attached to a stick.

Um... I think I will make you all jealous

Today, I will introduce you all to THE BEST ramen noodles I have had so far.
It's where I used to work, where my friend's mother runs the place. She is a brilliant chef.
She uses all organic and absolutely healthy and safe ingredients (she's really strick about that).
She mainly makes two types of ramen here. one is the usual ramen noodles in hot soup, and the other one is cold noodles separated from hot soup, where you dip the noodle into the soup.
I personally prefer the cold noodles.
And this is my all time favourite:


This one's soup contains chili oil, almond paste, chili powder, and their well known ramen soup (mainly using seafood).

and the noodles... chewy (in a good way) and absolutely yummy.



combine these two together?
HEAVEN


The normal ramen is also very popular. mmmm...


If any of you did come visit me in Tokyo, I could bring you here.
Ask Karen, she LOVED it ;)

Hahahahaha

From: Bill Gates
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:05 AM
To: Jim Allchin
Cc: Chris Jones (WINDOWS); Bharat Shah (NT); Joe Peterson; Will Poole; Brian Valentine; Anoop Gupta (RESEARCH)
Subject: Windows Usability Systematic degradation flame

I am quite disappointed at how Windows Usability has been going backwards and the program management groups don’t drive usability issues.

Let me give you my experience from yesterday.

I decided to download (Moviemaker) and buy the Digital Plus pack … so I went to Microsoft.com. They have a download place so I went there.

he first 5 times I used the site it timed out while trying to bring up the download page. Then after an 8 second delay I got it to come up.

This site is so slow it is unusable.

It wasn’t in the top 5 so I expanded the other 45.

These 45 names are totally confusing. These names make stuff like: C:\Documents and Settings\billg\My Documents\My Pictures seem clear.

They are not filtered by the system … and so many of the things are strange.

I tried scoping to Media stuff. Still no moviemaker. I typed in movie. Nothing. I typed in movie maker. Nothing.

So I gave up and sent mail to Amir saying - where is this Moviemaker download? Does it exist?

So they told me that using the download page to download something was not something they anticipated.

They told me to go to the main page search button and type movie maker (not moviemaker!).

I tried that. The site was pathetically slow but after 6 seconds of waiting up it came.

I thought for sure now I would see a button to just go do the download.

In fact it is more like a puzzle that you get to solve. It told me to go to Windows Update and do a bunch of incantations.

This struck me as completely odd. Why should I have to go somewhere else and do a scan to download moviemaker?

So I went to Windows update. Windows Update decides I need to download a bunch of controls. (Not) just once but multiple times where I get to see weird dialog boxes.

Doesn’t Windows update know some key to talk to Windows?

Then I did the scan. This took quite some time and I was told it was critical for me to download 17megs of stuff.

This is after I was told we were doing delta patches to things but instead just to get 6 things that are labeled in the SCARIEST possible way I had to download 17meg.

So I did the download. That part was fast. Then it wanted to do an install. This took 6 minutes and the machine was so slow I couldn’t use it for anything else during this time.

What the heck is going on during those 6 minutes? That is crazy. This is after the download was finished.

Then it told me to reboot my machine. Why should I do that? I reboot every night — why should I reboot at that time?

So I did the reboot because it INSISTED on it. Of course that meant completely getting rid of all my Outlook state.

So I got back up and running and went to Windows Updale again. I forgot why I was in Windows Update at all since all I wanted was to get Moviemaker.

So I went back to Microsoft.com and looked at the instructions. I have to click on a folder called WindowsXP. Why should I do that? Windows Update knows I am on Windows XP.

What does it mean to have to click on that folder? So I get a bunch of confusing stuff but sure enough one of them is Moviemaker.

So I do the download. The download is fast but the Install takes many minutes. Amazing how slow this thing is.

At some point I get told I need to go get Windows Media Series 9 to download.

So I decide I will go do that. This time I get dialogs saying things like "Open" or "Save". No guidance in the instructions which to do. I have no clue which to do.

The download is fast and the install takes 7 minutes for this thing.

So now I think I am going to have Moviemaker. I go to my add/remove programs place to make sure it is there.

It is not there.

What is there? The following garbage is there. Microsoft Autoupdate Exclusive test package, Microsoft Autoupdate Reboot test package, Microsoft Autoupdate testpackage1. Microsoft AUtoupdate testpackage2, Microsoft Autoupdate Test package3.

Someone decided to trash the one part of Windows that was usable? The file system is no longer usable. The registry is not usable. This program listing was one sane place but now it is all crapped up.

But that is just the start of the crap. Later I have listed things like Windows XP Hotfix see Q329048 for more information. What is Q329048? Why are these series of patches listed here? Some of the patches just things like Q810655 instead of saying see Q329048 for more information.

What an absolute mess.

Moviemaker is just not there at all.

So I give up on Moviemaker and decide to download the Digital Plus Package.

I get told I need to go enter a bunch of information about myself.

I enter it all in and because it decides I have mistyped something I have to try again. Of course it has cleared out most of what I typed.

I try (typing) the right stuff in 5 times and it just keeps clearing things out for me to type them in again.

So after more than an hour of craziness and making my programs list garbage and being scared and seeing that Microsoft.com is a terrible website I haven’t run Moviemaker and I haven’t got the plus package.

The lack of attention to usability represented by these experiences blows my mind. I thought we had reached a low with Windows Network places or the messages I get when I try to use 802.11. (don’t you just love that root certificate message?)

When I really get to use the stuff I am sure I will have more feedback.”

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/06/25/gates-sends-angry-e-mail-sounds-just-like-a-customer/

Ok, yes I'm alive thank you

yoo hoo... anyone out there? hehehe
sorry for the long 'no-I'm-in-no-mood-of-trying-to-update-my-blog' period. It's been tough. Yup, no doubt about that.

Anyway cut the long story short, I didn't work out with my previous job (yes my boss was a total... well that's another story), but now I've began a new job which I enjoy much more (and relatively good pay) and my mum is starting to work as well so gradually we're back on track... I think?

So... what have I missed out these days? Any sweet gossips from my good ol' Perth town? I know that Julian is in Brisbane but how about everyone else? oh! Honey is visiting Tokyo in August, so that would be exciting :)


Since I don't have much exciting stuff to talk about, lets talk about kiviak (or giviak) shall we? :D

So who DOES know of a thing called kiviak? I'm guessing almost none. Well I didn't know about it until last year or so.

Hint 1: It's a traditional food of the Inuits.

Hint 2: It's got to do with seals.

ok, I will introduce you the recipe of this delicacy.

Ingredients are simple. All you need is a seal and some couple of sea birds.

Step 1: Cut open the seal and take out everything (yes, take out all the internal organs)

Step 2: Shove in the sea birds inside the seal, and no you don't pluck the feather or do anything with the bird. Leave the bird just the way it is, and put them inside the seal. That's all you need to do.

Step 3: Sew the seal up and make sure you put some seal oil on the the sewed area to prevent flies to lay eggs (aka. maggots. ewww).

Step 4: Bury the seal under the ground. Leave it there to ferment from few month to couple of years.

The cooking part is complete!
Now to the "how to eat"

Dig out the seal, and cut the seal open. Oh, and the great thing about kiviak is that you don't need no plate, fork, knife or spoon to eat this thing.
All you have to do is get rid of the tail feathers, and put your mouth to the bird's anus and suck. Due to the fermentation, the bird's internal organs, meat and everything has sort of liquified, so you can suck all in like a... jello.

The closest taste would be blue cheese or yogurt. Apparently it tastes really good but stinks like hell. probably as bad as Surstromming (Swedish delicacy consisting of fermented Baltic herring. you know the one which is in a can but it's swelled up coz of the fermented gas inside?)

Anyone interested? :D

Check out this anime to watch the eating scene (no it's not a horror anime lol). Watch especially the 8:10 part.

Online Videos by Veoh.com

I'm Alive... for now :)

I'm going to be brutally honest. I was having a very difficult time these couple of weeks.

Since last year, my mum became bi-polar (manic depression). About last June, she became very hyper active and acting all weird. At that time, I didn't know what was going on. In August, she became depressed and cried every night. I didn't know what to do. I thought time will heal her.
Around November, she begin to recover and I thought everything turned out fine.

Then, about couple of weeks ago, she became hyper active again. She was restless, buys expensive things without thinking or checking the price. Won't listen to others. Do and say things that doesn't make any sense.

She couldn't work anymore. I couldn't work either because I had to keep my eyes on her. God knows what she might have done if I didn't.
So I took her to the doctor last week and he told us that she is having manic depression, and gave us medicine that will control her emotions and bring her back the way she was.
But, it's going to take time (for the medicine to kick in, it would take about 2 weeks). That means no income till she gets better.
I'm hiding all her bank cards and credit cards right now. I hate doing this but I can't trust her with it just yet.

It's tough. I feel like I'm going through depression. I can't laugh at the things that used to make me laugh. it's hard to smile these days. all I can think of is negative thoughts. Sometimes I couldn't stand how she was acting so I yelled and screamed while I cried. I seriously thought about committing suicide just to escape from this pain and suffering. But that's not going to solve anything. I have to live with it. I feel like breaking down but I gotta pull myself together. I'm the only one she got, and same goes for me.

These couple of days she is getting better and better. Not perfectly well but getting there. Then my friend told me that a friend of hers runs a company and is looking for someone to work for him ASAP. I gave it a shot. I contacted him and had a job interview today.

I've got the job :)
Starting from tomorrow. It's a company that deals with online advertisement (at the moment they're working for Nissin, the company that sells products such as Cup Noodle), and I will be helping out with that (no, I don't know exactly what yet lol).

I know, this doesn't mean everything is solved, but it's a start.

Wish me luck

Dolphin saves whales stuck on New Zealand beach

I dunno, this story made my eyes wet :)
http://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKWEL1524120080313

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The case of two stranded whales saved by a dolphin off the coast of New Zealand could be the first such case in the world, a conservation worker said on Thursday.

Moko the dolphin, a regular visitor to the coast of Mahia on the east Coast of New Zealand's North Island, became an instant hero after leading two pygmy whales that had repeatedly stranded into deep water on Monday.

"As far as I know it's the only documented instance of this happening," said local Department of Conservation officer Malcolm Smith, adding he had checked with whale stranding specialists who were also unaware of any similar dolphin rescues.

Moko, who had been visiting the beach at Mahia on and off over the summer, arrived at the beach in the nick of time, Smith said.

The disoriented mother and calf had resisted attempts to herd them out to sea, and kept restranding on the beach, to the point where Smith said the pair would likely have to be killed.

Then Moko appeared, and came right up to the whales before leading them out to sea.

"Quite clearly the attitude of the whales changed when the dolphin arrived on the scene. They responded virtually straight away," Smith said.

"The dolphin managed in a couple of minutes what we had failed to do in an hour and a half."

Smith said the whales had not been sighted again in the area.

Silversmith

I've completed my 7th work of silversmith.
Here it is:


I've made a Japanese hair ornament. It's suppose to be water lily. can you tell? lol

May He Rest In Peace

I still can't believe Heath Ledger has passed away

RIP 1979-2008

It's 2008!

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!
WISH YOU ALL THAT THIS YEAR WILL BE BETTER THAN THE LAST ;)