Hello! Finally got the internet up and running at our new apartment. The new place is smaller but it's nice and cozy here. It's also much much warmer than the old place, which is really nice. Can't really tell how cold it is outside sometimes. The windows get all fogged up most of the time but I like it like that.

Things are still messy around but I don't think we'll unpack everything since we'll be moving again the end of the year into this new place that's getting built at the moment. I'm quite excited about that. Meanwhile, here are some pix of when we first moved into the place we're at now...




It was also Pie's birthday last week. We went out for Japanese at Tomodachi with Pie's friends. I was very happy with my salmon teriyaki. MMmmm. That was nice. I was very happy with how big the salmon pieces were, considering most places serve puny salmon pieces when you order salmon teriyaki.

Pueng and Pie

She's so Serene

Oh! And we bought a PS3! + a must have game: Guitar Hero III. Also got Heavenly Sword, which is an awwweesoomee game. If you're thinking of getting a PS3 or a PS3 game, I highly recommend it.

Oh baby

Also went to Mr. Jon Teh's birthday dinner at the peking duck place on Smith street. So fat and yummy. No pictures from that though. Too busy eating. After, we went to Max Brenner... As shown below...


Goodnight!!

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Parents in Melbourne (Part two)

The fourth day was the Christmas day. Everything was shut on Christmas day. EVERYTHING! I guess I hadn't expected it to be like that, seeing this was the first time I spent Christmas out of Bangkok and Christmas in Bangkok is very happening... esp. on the shopping side of things. Anyways, so we went to this beach instead and dad got to use a parking ticket machine for the first time. I think he got to have a bit of his fun.

The beach was alright but it was a lil windy so we didn't really get to hang out long. Plus we got hungry. So we went looking for a place to eat... But everything was shut. Except this nice looking restaurant but it was all booked out. Then we went to the next suburb... and then the next. Nothing was open. We decided to drive back towards the city. Uni was on the way so I thought we could stop and see if any of the restaurants was open and so I could show my parents around uni and where I work. Everything was shut. EVERYTHING... except 7/11.

By the time, we were quite desperate. The 7/11 looked like a five star restaurant to us by then. We managed to get hold of some sandwiches and soup-in-a-cup for lunch. Look how happy we were...

After lunch on the lawn, I showed mom and dad around uni. It was nice I finally got to do so. After like... nearly 5 years. Dad produced some cool photos of the buildings I was so familiar with. Pretty cool seeing them differently through the camera lens.

The rest of the afternoon and since everything was shut, we decided to spend some nice sunny time at the Docklands. That was some of my favourite time off the whole trip I think. Some of the best photos that came out were also of that evening. Check...






Having seen my uni, it was time Cake and pie showed mom and dad around theirs, Melbounre Uni. It was still holiday so the whole place was shut. It was nice in a way, being empty and all. It was also a good opportunity to pay a visit to the ATM that ate my card 3 years ago. Forgive but never forget.


Too lazy to explain the rest of the day. But it looked something like this...






The next morning I woke up to see the most beautiful sky I had seen in a long time. Then I noticed the sky was dotted with some hot air balloons. Some had only taken off not far from our apartment. Very nice to start a day off with a nice morning.

That day we went to Werribee zoo. Woohoo! But we barely saw any animals. I don't know where they all went. I guess that's the problem with them open zoos sometimes. I remember seeing a camel, some zebras, rhinos, a few birds (they weren't even working at the zoo), and plenty of flies. FLIES!!! Annoying summer flies.

At the zoo, I noticed the zebras had some voluptuous asses. So ample and white. I remember having thought about this before but had forgotten how nice zebra asses were until I saw them again that day. Anyways, I'm just saying.

But it got me started taking pictures of some human asses. Probably because there weren't that many animals to see and the ones that were there weren't even doing anything interesting.






The eighth day we went shopping at Brunswick street. Dad went off to check out some pretty cool graffiti around the area.





Ok. I'm sleepy. Stay tuned for the third and final installment. Thanks for looking!

By the way, did you know zebras were the second species to branch off from the most primitive form of horses, just after the asses?

Parents in Melbourne (Part one)

This was the first time I spent x'mas and NY outside of Thailand. It was different. But it was fun taking parents around Australia on their first trip into the country. Thanks to dad's photography skills, we have shit loads of some gorgeous photos.

The first place we went as soon as our parents landed was Queen Victoria market. Where would we be without food! It was rather cold and windy for a start of summer. That didn't stop dad from going crazy with his camera(s). We decided to have lunch at the food court. Food was so so but the French mini pancakes with ice cream definitely got my mom's attention.

Happy with food in our green bags and trolley, we headed back home as it started drizzling. By this time, dad was feeling a little jet-lagged, while mom was still as fit as ever. In fact, I must say mom was superfit throughout the whole trip, and never really seemed to get tired, especially considering how warm it got towards the end of their stay.

After waiting for the rain to clear, we came out to hang around the river bank, where I am pleased to say, we achieved a brand new sighting of another space invader. Photo was taken right away before it got away.


The second day we drove up to Mount Dandenong in a blue Camry we had rented. I had been noticing the new Camry around on the road and thought it was not bad looking. So it was cool I got to drive one to see what it's like. It wasn't all that... The ass was too high, which I felt limited visuals through the rear window.

The weather wasn't much better than the previous day. So we gave the Sunday market by the foot of the mountain a miss. Our first stop up on the mountain was
at the tea leaves shop. It was awesome. I don't really drink tea but
it was fun smelling all the samples of all the weird different scented teas they had. We must have spent over an hour in that little tiny shop 'cause there was just so much to look at.

Lunch was then at Miss Marple's tearoom. Despite the limited number of dishes on the menu, food was as superb as always. The chicken pie was awesome. Should get back up there again soon. We spent pretty much the whole day on the mountain going through collectibles and antique shops.


In the evening, we drove back into the city for dinner and went for a walk into Melbourne Central so dad could do some photography. And so he got his fish eye out an came up with some pretty cool photos. Melbourne Central like I had never seen before...




The next day, we headed to Sunny Ridge strawberry farm expecting to do some strawberry
picking. But due to the rain, the farm itself was closed so we bought some pre-packed strawberries from the shop instead.

With the farm closed, we headed further down Mornington Peninsula, into Sorrento, a nice little town with a beach road, dotted with numerous interesting shops. We spent the whole afternoon walking up and down the road, checking out all the shops... Then headed back.

It was cold and windy that evening but that didn't stop us from going for a walk along the bank of the Yarra, down to Crown for a bit of the fireball action by the casino that brought some much needed warmth, though way too short-lived.

Randomania VI

It has certainly been a long while since the last Randomania. Let's start with some of the food we have enjoyed at home...

Today's lunch: Pie's steamed fish and Cake's Chinese vegetables

Last week's dinner: Chicken salsa field mushrooms. Should have added a bit more salt.

Bibimbab and tofu

More bibimbab

Cake's kaitoon

Pie making some choc chip cookies

Coooookies

A nice day by the river bank and the site for our new apartment... Can't wait til it's finished

How random

Kenny likes it

Cake had been telling us about this Hawthorn Sunday market so we decided to check it out...

We walked in and it turned out to be a granny fair. Hehe... How cakey!

Then we came out and saw this weird looking graffiti on the wall.. took me a while to figure out what it was.

Sean showed me this wall sculpture by his apartment a few weeks ago. Thought it was pretty cool.

39 wolves

Got bored while I was studying for my last exam and had the camera with me so decided to take some pictures...

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One of my favourite projects of cake's

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I got to use this public toilet cubicle a few weeks back. It was pretty cool and hi-tech but I found it quite funny how the sign said the door would open after 10 minutes. Just couldn't help imagining a guy with an upset stomach sitting on the toilet and the door springing open.

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I know manufacturers are obligated to providing such info but this one is a bit obvious, no?

I was writing an email on this computer at uni until I came to a stop as I couldn't find the comma. And then I realised what the problem was...

How peculiar

I think we were walking down brunswick street when we saw this little guy waiting for his master.

Patiently waiting

I don't think I have posted this picture of Popo before. Such a poser cat. He knows he's handsome.

Bella sandwich

We went for these healthy burgers on bridge road. Very yummy. Have to go again soon.

Food... Happy.

I came out yesterday morning to find this moth having left some kids on my shirt. As flattered as I was... I had to let them all go.

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Finally, I came home last night to see this in the empty pond outside my building. Somebody was romantic enough to give up so many tomatoes.