Ouch and Yum

I woke up on the wrong side of bed and pulled my neck and left shoulder muscles. I can't move my head to the left or look up as it hurts like crazy. Driving to work was such a chore especially when I had to look to the left and right for traffic when turning. Never experienced such muscle pain before. I hope the pain goes away soon. Wonder if old age is catching up :(

Keith took a bit of the pain away by cooking up a scrumptious meal tonight. Photos as below. I love the potatoes best.

Dunno what to blog

I check blogs belonging to my friends on a daily basis but yet am so lazy to update my own. Feeling uninspired at the moment and don't know what to blog about. Christmas has come and gone. 2008 is fast approaching but have no resolutions. Wanted to watch the fireworks in Melbourne but Keith's working until 10pm NY's eve so I'll just have to watch it on TV.

We are almost done with the unpacking. Truth be told, Keith did most of the unpacking and arranging of stuff. If it was me, most of the things would still be in the boxes. So thanks for the hardwork darl! :)

Boxing day and year end sales have started but I've been staying away from the shops. Wonder how long it'll last. I've got a list of things I want to get like a pair of thongs (sandals :P), a pair of shorts, knee length cotton pants and a few baby tees/ polos. I've put on weight so my old baby tees are too tight now... don't like over clingy tops that show my fats. And yes, I'm shopping for summer clothes cos it's getting rather hot. The temperature went up to 37 degrees C today and is forecasted to be 43 degrees C on new year's eve. Help.

Anyway, I'm off to play on the PS3 :) If I don't blog before year end, I'd like to wish my family and friends a very happy new year. Cheers to 2008!

Unpack, unpack, unpack *sigh*

Friday 14th December, we moved into our new place in Highton. It took the movers 13 hours to load our stuff from Torquay and to unload in Highton. There were just two of them and they were working at a really slow pace hence the long hours. We had to help them too. It was 10pm by the time they finished.

First thing we set up was our bed. Next was the computer. Saturday we had to go back to Torquay to clean the house, took us 5 hours. By the time we finished, our body was aching all over. Back in Highton, we still had to unpack and Keith got his hifi set up. Our first meal at home was Indian takeaway. Sunday we got the TV, ps3 and wii hooked :) Went to JB Hifi to get some cables and a new ps3 game, Assassin. Doubt I'll have much time to play it though. Also bought a Kris Kringle pressie for a colleague which we are going to exchange at work tomorrow.

There's still heaps of stuff to unpack, don't know how long it's going to take us. The good thing about this place is there's a dishwasher, ducted air conditioning and heating. The night scene is also beautiful with the city lights. Plus we have a special study where Keith and I get to sit next to one another on our own computers haha. So there's 3 computers to play on now, ie. 2 desktops and 1 laptop :) The other thing that I'm happy about is finding my long lost childhood friend. Imagine having no contact with her ever since Standard 3, only to find her on facebook. The sweet thing is she remembers me too! Cheers to facebook :)

Now that we are living in Highton, we are slowly discovering more of Geelong. Ate at a chinese restaurant which is the only place that serves dim sum! It wasn't good at all. So looks like we still have to drive to Melbourne for our dim sum fix. Not complaining though ;) Anyway, good night for now.

Christmas Party

Keith hosted a Christmas party for his forum mates from stereonet. I've taken photos of the leftovers :P Sorry didn't have a chance to take them beforehand as there were too many people and felt embarassed snapping photos with so many people around.

1) Prawn served with seafood cocktail sauce

2) Raw salmon slices with Asian salad, fried shallots and Keith's secret sauce. Sorry no slices of salmon left in the photo :(

3) Caesar Salad. Sorry no croutons, bacon or cheese left.

4) Roast leg of ham with cloves, honey mustard and fennel.

5) 1/8th left of a strawberry mousse with sponge cake

6) Some of the wine we had. There were more but did not bother taking photos of them all.

We also had 2 roast chickens with stuffing but they were wiped clean so no photos of that unless you want to see carcasses :P hehe. It was a very yummy lunch and Keith did all the cooking while I did the washing :)

P/S: I was thinking of KatKat when having the strawberry mousse cake too! I know sleepiekoala's cake looks nicer though :P Hmm... I wonder what cake KatKat is having since we all have cakes to eat to celebrate KatKat's birthday. By the way, I love those old photos sleepiekoala posted of KatKat in college and uni days :)

Hello New House

We will be moving out of our existing house in Torquay as the owners want to move back in. We have also secured a new place to rent in Highton, Geelong. I have about 2 weeks to pack and unpack. So it's going to be a busy month, with Christmas and New Year coming up as well.

Our new place in Highton is far away from the beach but sits on very high ground. So we get to have a very scenic view of Geelong from the balcony. It's a fairly new housing estate and is nice and quiet. It'll be much closer to my workplace and Melbourne. Plus, the weather will be at least 2 degrees Celcius warmer than Torquay. I'm already picturing in my mind how to decorate the house. Some random shots of the new house.