Thai Food

Ying Thai is one of our favourite restaurants in Melbourne. We used to go there quite regularly but last night was the first time in two months. We ordered our usal dishes, vegetarian green curry, fried vegetables and cashew nuts and fresh coconut juice.
I like it during the summer holiday because the shop is more quiet and the service is faster.

Oishikatta!

My very first Christmas card

I can never thank all my friends enough for their continuous supprt and their love and care for me.

I love you so much girls!!!!!!! This beautiful pop-up card was sent from Japan and arrived just yesterday. It truly made my day. The card was from someone very special and I love! Thanks Ms S!

The View

The view from our apartment window never changes, but sometimes it can look very foreign and other times it can look quite friendly. It all depends on my mood how I see it. It's often hard to change the object itself, all you have to do is to change your perspective and the view automatically will start to look different. Happy mind makes no enemy nor negativity.

The Melbourne city looks calm and peaceful tonight.

How's your city looking right now? :-)

Homemade sandwich

My eating habit had drastically changed over the last couple of years. It's hard to find an authentic Japanese restaurant where they serve fresh food (though there are heaps of sushi shops in the city, none are really owned by Japanese and the ingredients are quite different from the traditional Japanese sushi rolls)....or to simply find restaurants where I can eat non-greasy, healthy and simple taste vegetarian-based dishes. Fortunately, they sell natto at the Asian groceries in Melbourne so they've been taking a large part of my daily diet. Today I made myself a fresh sandwich for lunch. One thing I miss the most about Japan is for its simple but tasty food...tsukemono, nimono, miso soup, yakizakana, tsukudani etc. Oh how I miss my mom's home-cooked meal!

Brother Baba Budan

Brother Baba Budan is a famous coffee place for many Melburnian. It is located in CBD where it's a great place for a latte, cappuccino and espresso. The place is small and you need to be very lucky to get a seat as it's usually packed with people purchasing their coffees. It is all worth it for the intimate setting to exchange goss while the flavour and aroma of coffee permeate your consciousness and relax your whole body. When you look up at the ceiling, you will find the jumble of old chairs overhanging; creating a unique artificial sky. I personally felt that the coffee was served slightly under my ideal temperature (I like steaming hot coffees!) but overall their service was good.

Street Art

Melbourne is renowned as one of the world's great street art capitals for its unique form of expression displayed on approved outdoor spaces throughout the city. The city of Melbourne believes that legal street art contributes to a vibrant urban environment and it changes on a daily basis.
People were working on their paintings in a narrow alley on Bourke street today.
I might be able to see the completed work of art by tomorrow!

Excited!

Sprite

This is a photo I took long long time ago, when I was still studying. Carlton Park was the place where I often used to visit when I was going through an academic meltdown...or simply going out for a walk during the break. This park was my witness...the trees were listening and watching me cry at those times when my professor told me it's better to throw away my essay in the rubbish as it wasn't worth reading at all. The trees were watching over me when I was so happy when my grade boosted up from H3 to H1 after spending insane hours in front of the desk. The park knows me very well. The trees are my witness. I'm happy I have this place.