Wednesday, May 31, 2006
~ 8:10 PM ~
For as long as I can remember, I have never been able to find a suit that fits me perfectly. A suit is one of those things that needs to fit well, otherwise you'll end up looking like little kiddies playing grown ups, macho and butch with huge shoulders, or just plain ridiculous.
I have looked high and low, am very willing to pay retail or even more than retail as long as I get the perfect suit, in a good quality fabric, that does not require *ANY* alterations...
And I have always ended up empty handed. My search for the perfect suit has been intensified in the last 3 months as I long for quick snap easy dressing in the morning where i can alternate between five suits, and never have to face the question of "what shall i wear today"... but alas, weekly visits to Cue, Country Road, Veronika Maine and all those other suit type places have resulted in nothing.. NOTHING... !!!
I hate that the smallest size in the stores fit as if they're supposed to be one to two sizes larger (but even more so for country road), and I hate the fake labelling of sizing for the purpose of making Australia's larger people feel a bit better about their selves... I've even taken home suits with the intention of getting them altered, only to be confronted by exorbitant alterations cost - ie. Alterations of approximately $100 for a jacket that already costs close to $300!?? I think not..
So in my despair, I am even thinking of flying out to singapore or malaysia just to buy a couple of suits.. *cries in desperation* But before I do that... does anyone know where I can find suits that are made for small people (and fit like their stated sizes)..?
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
~ 8:35 PM ~
Almost everyone I know knows that I am a huge drama addict. I download a lot of tv series and pile them up for the days where I feel like doing nothing, and just veging out on mindless drama. Besides the numerous korean dramas, there's also desperate housewives, prison break, house and grey's anatomy.
Amongst all these, I've noticed a central theme - each of the things I watch reminds me of the frailty of life, and the relationships within. There's the tear jerking korean dramas, the crazy antics of neighbourly relations is desperate housewives, self sacrifice of brotherly love in prison break, and the miracle of medicine in house and grey's anatomy.
And what does tv have to do with real life? Everything it seems - My friend was telling me about how someone at his workplace had a heart attack on the weekends and was in ICU. My workmate has been keeping a constant vigil at her grandfather's hospital bed waiting for the moment he passes through. And my director has a child who is 2 months premature, and has not been taken home in 6 months or even felt the touch of his mother's hand.
So in times where season finales of tv dramas are filled with sadness and loss, and where life deals you the same parallels, I'm grateful for the amazing run I've had in the past 6 months and grateful for the life and the people and things that I've been given...
Hopefully you are too ;)
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Sunday, May 28, 2006
~ 3:02 PM ~
I was thinking about people that I met whilst at uni and were buddies with for a short duration of time, but who disappeared off the face of the earth following a switch of campus or differences in major..
Fellow UWA-ians, does anyone know what happened to these people?
* Andy from first year science (aka Ducky)
* Cuong from first year medicine
* Justine from first year science
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
~ 7:23 PM ~
I've always loved interesting clothes, but this one tops the cake I think ... A dress made purely of condoms.. Very interesting idea, and the dress (from faraway) even looks like it's been amazingly put together.. but up close begs the question.. would YOU wear this dress?
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Saturday, May 20, 2006
~ 10:43 PM ~
My internet is going uber slowly - i wonder if i've been shaped? Anyways, keep it short because i'm tired and can't think at the moment.... I saw the Da Vinci Code last night.. It was okay i suppose - certainly not as bad as the critics made out, but definitely not quite up to the hype although. The main issue was that the story line and the history was underdeveloped, especially when compared to Dan Brown's actual book where he filled hundreds of pages with historical facts and figures - unfortunately, 2.5 hours doesn't allow all that history to be told, so anyone who hasn't read the book may actually find it confusing. The french twanged english was a little difficult to get used to at first, but okay after adjustment... In terms of acting, I think Tom Hanks was poorly cast (not to mention the fact that his receding hairline was by far more entrancing than his fit for the role), the girl who played Sophie was quite a cutie and I thought Lee Teabing and Silas were rather well cast.. Anyways, i probably just followed in the footsteps of trev and wrote incoherently, but oh wellz - time for sleep..
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Tuesday, May 16, 2006
~ 7:19 PM ~
Just because i'm a boring person, and have nothing else to blog about (and am too lazy).. here is a restaurant review of the few places i've eaten at in the last 4 days:
Friday: Cafe 54
Located near my workplace, my pod buddies and I went to eat there for lunch last friday as we were trying to find an eatout to replace stops (which was at that moment occupied by our superiors).. so off we went to Cafe 54 for some yummy gourmet sandwiches. The service was fast, the sandwiches well-priced (between 7.00 and 10.00) and the food delicious. We had our own booth, and everything was pleasant. No hesitations in recommending it as a place for work lunches :)
Saturday : Shilla Korean Restaurant
Located on Majestic Quay in East Perth, Shilla is a stunningly placed restaurant with a gorgeous view. The service was good - but the lack of english speaking , english understanding waitstaff made it a bit of an ordeal to request certain things. The food itself was average - good (i prefer to eat at Seoul Korean BBQ for authentic korean food), and the prices were about $20 per bbq meat. One thing I actually didn't like was the fact that the waitstaff cook your meat at your table for you - i much prefer the fun in cooking my own meat and deciding what I want to eat, and what I want to leave for the company in presence.. I think if you're looking for a nice korean restaurant, Shilla definitely tops it, but if you don't mind the dingyiness of Seoul Korean BBQ, I would recommend that for food..
Sunday : SD Restaurant
Very average restaurant. Previously named Sarawak Delights, "SD" Restaurant has now lost it's authentic Malaysian feel. Gone are the traditional malaysian dishes, and instead, in its place is your generic chinese dishes. The food was okay - the toothfish yummy, the bak kut teh terrible, and everything else in between - the service was very attentive , albeit once again for the waitstaff with minimal english comprehension, and the prices affordable. I think if you want chinese food, you're better off at Billy Lee's - dingy place, but yummy food :D
Monday: Thailand Restaurant
Recommended by several people, the girls and I went to Thailand Restaurant on James St for dinner last night. Once again, lack of english comprehension made ordering a little difficult, especially since we had to instruct him several times that NO PEANUTS or PEANUT OIL were allowed , and even then we weren't sure if he understood us. Besides that, the food itself was delicious. It was very traditionally flavoured, with lots of spices, and lots of variety and full body dishes.. The prices were affordable (about $15 per dish).. would recommend it as a place for thai food if you don't mind the average surroundings (Dusit Thai is probably better if you want a nice atmosphere/location)...
That is all :D Lots of eating indeed!
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Thursday, May 11, 2006
~ 5:58 PM ~
After spending hideous amounts of spare time playing The Sims 2 (hey! I need to relax and do mind numbing things once in awhile), my brother told me off for having unproductive, unchallenging, unstimulating hobbies (to which i shortly replied that I am productive, challenged and stimulated for five days a week at work)...
But anyways, I took heed, and then decided i'd make little toasties .. :D I actually got the idea from a girl who has an online shop and she makes little donuts, and mushrooms and all kinds of foods with faces... so here are my family of toasties :)
Unfortunately, when I was at Spotlight picking up some supplies for the toasties, I was overcome with confusion as to how much polyfill i should buy for my project. There was a bag of 200gm and a 1kg bag.. thinking that I would require TONNES of polyfill, i went for the 1kg bag... and after my little project, I am now stuck with an "almost" 1 kg bag of polyfill.....
hmmm.. maybe i should make some pillows?
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Monday, May 08, 2006
~ 7:47 PM ~
Sorry for the long delay in posting.. I've had a hectic week, and it's still going, so i'm trying to catch up on as much relax time as possible.. but it looks like it's going to be another hectic week :S
Anyways, lots have been happening over the last week...
Last week, I got bitten by the sewing bug and decided to buy myself a little machine - and also because i need to get some stuff altered, and i realized that i really spend way too much on alterations (even when it's discounted by sammy!). But anyways, after visiting a couple of the stores and talking with the consultants , i settled on a Janome 419s which has all the features that i'd need at the moment... Unfortunately, as i have been way too busy over the last week, my little machine is *still* sitting in its box awaiting it's first sew day..
Last week, I was also on-site in kwinana, and I got to encounter first hand the conditions that some of the guys (mainly the tradies - not really the engineers etc) work under. There was so much dust, so much noise, and strange chemical smells at the site I was at .. and to think that the guys out there permanently work a 12 hour shift in those conditions... meanwhile, i was only there to look around and I probably got a total of 2 hours under those conditions, but I can honestly say that it was so much nicer to be back in the office. I got dirty and smelly, but I loved being out on site !
I also spent my weekend in Kalgoorlie predominantly for work purposes, but honestly, I didnt do any work at all. I flew in on the saturday and spent my day with Quan (who lives in Kalgoorlie) and explored the town. We went to the KCGM Superpit, and the Little Boulder Sweet Shop and the Australian Prospectors / Hall of Fame... and ermm.. that's about it. Kalgoorlie is a tiny little town (compared to Perth), and is very very red and kinda ugly :S I suppose the real estate people might say that it's "full of character".. but umm, it's just a bit old looking. We managed to look around the whole town in a few hours , and I noticed that very little things stayed open on the weekends (except for the bars/pubs). 
[ The SuperPit - essentially a very big hole in the ground ]
But to the "serious" side of it - I was actually out there for the Mines Rescue (surface) competition, but I wasn't competing or organizing it , so it was really just a gallery watching exercise. And once again, I loved every bit of it. The competition was done really well , with about 16 teams out competing under a range of emergency scenarios. Rather than bore you with too much text, I think i might just illustrate it :
[ Confined Spaces / HazChem scenario - I *think* this is Minara Resources]
[ Fire Fighting Scenario - LionOre's team competing]
[ Vehicular Extrication - I believe this is KCGM's team]
[ Rope rescue scenario - i believe this is Barrick competing]
And the strangest looking sight was this asian gateway set amongst the mines... odd to say the least :S
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