The Misadventures Down Under: Dae Jang Geum?

Had a productive afternoon in the library eating lecture notes. :)

Dad decided that I was malnourished and underfed ever since I came over to Melbourne actually I gained weight and that is not only because the gravitational field here is stronger... so took me out for dinner at Dae Jang Geum, a Korean restaurant in Chinatown. Had gotten lots of positive feedback from friends about the food there, and always wanted to try. But there was no menu on display outside the restaurant so I could never view the price and never had any courage to walk in... ._____________________.

 I like the wallpaper ^_^

 We ordered japchae (glass noodles) , dolsotbab (direct translation: claypot rice?) and pajeon (pancake)

 The rice came with some side dishes.

Sorry for the crappy photos but other people tend to look at you one kind once you whip out your phone camera etc... Or maybe it's just me being paranoid ever since I saw some stalker take photos of people photographing food... (Must... Get... Over... Paranoia...)

Oh well. The food was good, service was good, and price was much more reasonable than expected. Japchae was chewy and umami! Yes, umami is a taste, referring to pleasant savoury taste, I learnt in physiology :) Saved me from a recent memory where the japchae I had was really peppery :/ Pancake and rice were, OK. I think... They could do better with slightly more seafood in the pancake. And now I know where to go when my naengmyun cravings hit ^____^ Was surprised that they sell naengmyun here at the cheapest price among all restaurants I've surveyed...

I'm full ^___^ *Hic!* And I'm going back someday.

The Misadventures Down Under: Starchase at Burch & Purchese

Dad's here again :)

He reached Melbourne at midnight yesterday (or today? I have absolutely no idea which day midnight refers to... :/) , so I assumed he'd have no time to get breakfast things and bought a loaf of bread and some fruits yesterday to spring a surprise breakfast on him. That turned out well (Y)

After breakfast I dragged dad to South Yarra because I got scoop that Kylie and Julia from Masterchef were going to be at Burch & Purchese in South Yarra baking some sweets! :D Really really excited. Kylie and Julia were the "Dessert Queens" of Masterchef Australia 2012, and I would soon be sampling what they're baking *Squeakkk* Who doesn't love desserts? Especially when we're talking Top 6 finalists in Masterchef here, and Julia was the runner-up. I also heard that Ben and Andy were going and actually that was the main point (=.= Crap I am so going to hell for this...) It was a rainy blustery day...

*Siaozhabo mode on*...

Burch and Purchese is run by Darren Purchese, a really famous chef who knows his sweets.

So when we first stepped into the quaint little dessert shop, the first person I spotted was Kylie *starts to hyperventilate*
She was handing around a tray of dainty jammy doughnut pastries. The pastries were light and crunchy, and the cream topping was really light and fluffy. Not being a fan of cream, well, that changed my point of view. xD

Kylie is sooo PWEEEEEDYYYYYYY T________________T (Please kindly ignore my herpderpdurr face which I really wish to mosaic but am lazy to...)

The shop was a really nice, little and quaint... And today it was filled with people (Judging by the looks of the  sweets sold there reckon it'd be always this full...)

Tower of meringues standing on the counter... :9

Those cakes... (Must... Refrain... Self... From... Smashing... Glass...) *Looks at price tags* Oh... (Must... Refrain... Self... From... Smashing... Glass... Even... More...)

So I was going to walk to the back when I spot Julia handing out macarons :D

 Those macarons... Insane... I used to think macarons were sweeeeeet little things which could dry up your throat due to the excessive sugar used, causing your throat to become dry due to the hypertonic external environment... Dafuq I just said... O.o Anyway Julia's macarons were just right, crunchy outside, chewy inside, and a nutty fruity filling :D Awesomeness... (Once again, please kindly ignore my herpderpdurr face which I really wish to mosaic but am lazy to...)

P.S. Julia is really tall... She had to bend down for the photo. Sorry Julia...

 Sneak peek in the kitchen! Ooh, there's Darren Purchese with the blue piping bag.

After snapping some photos around we went back to the CBD. (I would have stayed there all day if dad hadn't pulled me out... I loved the little shop T_T and I wanted to see Ben and Andy in person ahahahaha...) Well, it was really really awesome to see Julia and Kylie in person, and to taste their creations as well, really inspiring too.

Dad said if I wanted to I could open a little dessert store next time. Yeah dad... Yeah... One moment you're asking me to open a pharmacy, another you're asking me to open a bakery... =.= But I'd much much rather run a bakery than a pharmacy... Oh no wait much much rather? "Much much rather" is an understatement. A very understated understatement...

So, my starchase ends here. Didn't get to see the champ? Doesn't matter. Had dessert xD

The Misadventures Down Under: First Taekwondo Training

好像要死掉了……

上个星期偶然看到大学某个 notice board 贴着一个奇奇怪怪的通告，说 Melbourne Uni 的太极武术团在招生。想到自虐是超级好玩的东西 纯粹好奇心之下 e-mail 那个团长问了很多奇奇怪怪的问题。后来不知道怎样按滑鼠按到 Melbourne Uni 跆拳道的网页去，看了非常兴奋，因为脚粗不开刀瘦不了就不如弄给他结实 （其实只是想自虐玩玩而已……）。也问了它主席很多奇奇怪怪的问题，主席受不了叫我去试试看免费两堂训练。今天空闲没事做，上完课就跑去 Melbourne Uni 玩。

去到那边妒忌死那边的学生了。运动设备要什么有什么。游泳池，跑道，健身房，羽球场兼篮球场兼乒乓球空间兼……哎呀你要在那边做什么就做啦……我们大学只有一个奇奇怪怪不像篮球场也不像足球场，小到阳光普照，风和日丽的篮球场兼足球场 =_________________________________=

训练是在那个羽球场兼篮球场兼乒乓球空间兼你要在那边做什么就做场进行。开始主席就命令我们来回跑。不知所措。看到人跑我就跟着跑。后来 선생님（教练）来了就叫我们做非常奇怪可怕的热身运动，跳的部分占了一半，剩下是 crunches，拉筋之类的。然后让我们找来 partner 做 light sparring。热身完了已经要死不死了。

后来整个训练我们穿上护身装轮流踢人。很丢脸……脚已经差不多要跌出来了，踢到也很慢（老实和你说，你从前跟那个魔鬼身材的某某学过什么踢，忘了它，没有用的。学跆拳道的那些变态脚是当作 machine gun 来用的。）

训练结束，才从一个学长的口中知道，下个星期 Melbourne Uni 举行 Sports Week，有比赛，所以今天一直叫人踢来踢去。如果要考带（虽然你不考没有人会逼你吃很多苹果威胁你考）就会学到 poomsae。

为了自己健康，以后还会再去。（今天才知道没有运动那么久，stamina 滚进沟渠了，一字马也开不了 T__________________________________________________T

以后也不能像今天那么丢脸了……

现在大腿很麻，刚才上下楼梯冲凉脱裤穿裤都很想打人……右脚小腿要抽筋不抽筋，平时没有事，不知道是不是那天撞车后遗症。

终于看完 Phantom。很好看。非常值得一看。到此为止。

The Misadventures Down Under: Random...

I am bored and I don't want to sleep...

Why so bored? Assignment not finished, presentation haven't done slides... They say the degree of boredom has a linear relationship with the amount of things to do and both increase proportionally... =____________________________=

This is miserable...

Masterchef 播完了，以为晚餐会吃不出味道，因为没有会 煮东西的靓仔看了 超级变态的参赛者煮很好看的食物给你看了有幻想然后吃得垂涎三尺，老人痴呆。幸好主办当局又拍摄新的系列 Masterchef All-Stars，找了前三季的参赛者回来比赛，都是前五名以内的，所以很变态。其实也很好啦，因为他们主要是帮一些 charity organisation 筹钱。 不过毕竟是比赛，每个星期还是会有人被淘汰。

然后星期三，我最喜欢的那个参赛者被淘汰了！！！ !@#@!$#@!

介绍介绍, Hayden Quinn.

开始觉得哦 OK 啦很好看两下，那天又看到有节目主持人去到他家访问他，好奇心之下去 Google...

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喷鼻血倒数 3, 2, 1...

这个人是救生员，25 岁，也是 Cleo's Bachelor of the Year. 

BACHELOR

*megusta face*...

Oh... Sorry...

这个学期加入了类似补习的东西，一个学长带着10-20 个奇奇怪怪的大学一年级学生，负责教他们化学。我们这班的学长很好看，屁股很翘，所以全班是女生来上也难怪了。

屁股，我们哪里酱肤浅 =_____________________________________= 不过他屁股很翘是真的……

不要问我为什么突然间用华语…… 我想发扬我们炎黄子弟流传两千年的……（讲不出了）=_________________________________=

你背后有壁虎。Kthxbai...

Much ado about nothing?

So... Ends a nail-biting game full of suspense. Once again Lin Dan nabbed gold and our Lee Chong Wei got silver. That moment he knelt on the court, I believe many (Yeah, apparently not all) fellow Malaysians shared that moment, what our badminton star was feeling...

During the medal presentation ceremony...

When he tweeted: I'm sorry

It was heartbreaking... I cried.

He did us proud no matter what. He was recovering from surgery, yet battled it out right to the finals and got this close to beating long-time rival Lin Dan. Once again we have witnessed such a close game which kept us all on the edge of our seats (I almost tore the sofa up...) and gave us so much hypertension tachycardia palpitations etc etc etc...

We're proud of you Lee Chong Wei! :)

And yet, there are some people who worry more about the public holiday and the free ice-cream, passing around rude remarks about not being able to get them.

Now I know why obesity is increasing in Malaysia... Thanks to shallow-minded idiots who care more about holidays and ice-cream than all that hell Lee Chong Wei has gone through to give such a good damn fight.

Who are you to pass these comments?

  On the other end, there are people who are really "supportive" of our Datuk. Lin Dan had his little victory party after the game, which I think is pretty normal? Yet he was also unable to escape bad remarks by this group of people. I wonder why...

You win, you feel happy, you express it. That's normal isn't it? Sure, we all know Lin Dan and his victory parties, starting with him pulling off his shirt and flinging it out to the spectators, the salute to PRC, and an occasional few struts. Sometimes some people just find it a little too far-fetched and overreacted. But hey, it's the Olympics. You were in the fight which gave you one damned hell of a time, you have just bagged gold, you brought glory to your country, who wouldn't be happy? 

You also criticize him of his sportsmanship. OK. We all know Lin Dan is a little cocky but he does have a right to be cocky. We can’t deny that he is a very talented player; we can’t deny that he has played a good game, he bagged gold and most of all we can’t deny that we enjoyed the game. Can't you just let him be instead of calling him all sorts of I-don't-know-if-you-are-even-allowed-to-say-that names? Although you might not have enjoyed his victory party, why the derogatory terms in the comments? Can they do anything to change the results? (Oh DUUUDDEEEE I'd curse every single cuss word which exists when I get bad grades if this was possible...) It just counters your statement and depicts us Malaysians as a bunch of sore losers. So why make such a big fuss? No wonder you're a sports watcher, not a sportsman, thank goodness too. I don't know how many athletes you're gonna murder every bloody time you lose to someone... I mean, turn this situation around. How would YOU feel if the PRC people did the same to Datuk? =.=

And anyway, I personally think Lin Dan is good-looking, and he'd be even hotter if he shaved. So stop calling him yongsui. No I do not side him.

Anyway finally once again, we love you Lee Chong Wei! You're a legend! We salute you!

Aww... ♥