Back in Sydney after a long weekend of blue skies and roads and bliss. More later.
weekends
It’s Friday! Time for:
a) Getting hyped up about the weekend. Mine consists of a lunch by the ‘godfather’ of French cuisine, Michel Roux Snr, possibly a trip to the beach because it’s meant to be 39c in Sydney tomorrow AND having my fingers, toes and probably eyes as well crossed for Monday on where a lot of stuff will be happening. Huge! Excited!
b) Friday Five!! Have been totally slack (as usual) and so here’s me trying to catch up with the ones I’ve missed.. in 2010.. which is ALL of them so far.. thankfully 2010 isn’t that far along or I might be here all night..
Friday 5 for January 22: Personal Adds
1. What’s your favorite “just add water!” food?
Instant mash potatoes. Those terrible reconstituted Maggi ones. That come with “just add water!” gravy. Love!
2. What’s your favorite thing to add vinegar to?
Xiao loong bao (Shanghainese dumplings) mmmmmmmm!
3. What’s something weird you’ve added to normal food?
I can think of a few:
- Sambal to my pasta
- Japanese mayonnaise (amongst other things like english mustard, orange marmalade, mint sauce etc) to my mash potatoes. Poor mash always suffers when I feel like being experimental with whatever random stuff I have on hand but I totally endorse the addition of Japanese mayonnaise!
- Japanese mayonnaise to instant tom yum noodles
- Chilli flakes to chocolate mousse (OK maybe this isn’t so weird..)
4. What’s your favorite thing to add whipped cream to?
DESSERT HELLO!
5. What’s something you refuse to add anything to, even though most people add something?
My two cents on the ‘Allah Feud’; I get too riled up..
Friday 5 for January 15: Misses
1. What’s something you frequently misplace?
It used to be my mobile phone. These days I always seem to know where it is! My second most misplaced item would be my glasses followed by my keys..
2. For whom are you often mistaken?
Possibly her. When I was younger (like, ten years ago!) people used to tell me I bear a close resemblance to Malaysian model Ling Tan.. which is kinda funny.
3. When were you last misinformed about something important?
When someone told me that (again on the Allah Feud issue) Christians have taken to bombing Muslim homes WTF (for the record that did not happen)
4. Where in your home do you have a seemingly random collection of miscellanea?
Mainly in hidden spaces. I have a bad habit of doing a ‘boy tidy’ when I need to clean up quick and things end up in the strangest/first most convenient stash location..
5. Upon meeting someone for the first time, what qualities in the other person are likely to cause you to misjudge him or her?
I’ve learnt not to… judge a person by their shoes..
Friday 5 for January 8: Last Resorts
1. What’s something you wear only when you’re just about out of clean clothes?
Clothes that used to fit me well and are now two sizes too small!
2. Who’s someone you hang out with only if nobody else is available?
My cat.
3. What’s something you eat only when the budget is really, really tight?
Haven’t really, really been there. Instant noodles I guess, but even then I tend to have a go at it with anything else I have in the kitchen (eggs, sauces, etc). But I have instant noodle cravings randomly!
4. Who’s someone you call for help only if you absolutely must?
As a last resort.. probably the parentals :)
5. What’s something you’ll watch on television only because it’s slightly better than watching nothing?
News. Bad American sitcoms.
Friday Five for January 1: Newness
1. What’s something that’s better when the newness has worn off?
Shoes. Wine. Men.
2. What’s something you already own that could stand to be replaced by the newer version?
My Macbook, my TV, my non-existent microwave oven.
3. What’s something that was better before someone made it “new and improved?”
Cash. At least you always knew how much you had left before the advent of credit cards hmm?
4. Of geographic locations whose names begin with the word “new,” which seems like the most interesting place to visit?
New York, New York.
5. On what date will 2010 no longer feel like the new year?
After my birthday, when I am a year older :(
c) Some mandatory Friday beers. Am off. Have a great weekend! :)
I used to hang around the internet a lot.. so much that if I wasn’t at class or at a yum cha session, you would probably find me online. And way back when, there used to be this camgirl that used to be really popular. I’m not a fan or anything, but the blog circle wasn’t very big then and every now and then I would come across her site, or a picture somewhere and I remember there was a scandal once when she posted her driving license online with all her deets – address, etc – and that went everywhere. I remembered that she was pretty funny. It must have been like, 8 or 9 years ago now, and for some silly reason this morning I thought about her and decided to find out if she’s still around. Most people I know from that time aren’t around anymore (much less run a 10 year old blog, like me.. pfft) so to my surprise my first Google search came up with a lot of links to her..
.. and it made me really, really sad to find out that in all that time she’s been unemployed, got a (botched) boob job, miscarriages, a baby, ran a pay site for soft porn for income and (wtf) her parents leaked shower videos of her online.. that cannot have been a nice run of years. I think I was kind of hoping I wouldn’t find her at all. Actually I wasn’t sure what I was expecting to find.. but not this, for sure.
Anyway… enough sad nonsense for a Friday arvo. What are your plans this weekend?
I’m going to be busy with a bunch of birthdays (tell me again why so many of you are September babies! hehe) and hopefully I will be able to stick to the rest of my 20-day detox (today is day #11) without drinking too much… I’m also checking out some markets on the weekend. I love weekend markets, especially the one I went to with Dr G and Craig last weekend! More later. Have a good one, wherever you are! x
