Best Coasters ever!

I just got the cutest, most awesome coasters. So cute that I've actually decided to blog for the first time in close to half a year just to show them off! They are made by the talented Amelia Ishikawa in two matching designs. Not sure if I bear to use them. weh.

Tagged

I've been tagged by my sister, Amelia. She said that I had to talk about 7 random facts about myself. So here goes...

1. I've not updated my blog or looked at others for so many months that I forgot my password and login name, and I wouldn't have known about this tagging until Amelia told me about it.
2. I always drive past the house and miss the turning into our driveway.
3. I used to get sleepy after drinking coffee and if I do not sleep immediately, I'll get a headache.
4. I always miss having local singapore/malaysian food.
5. I only know the directions to my house, work, airport and shops. Sometimes I get lost driving home from the shops.
6. I used to eat ice-cream everyday.
7. I can never remember what movies or books I've watched/read. Sometimes when I'm halfway through a movie/book, I realise that I've seen or read it.

If anyone actually looks at this blog, I'm tagging Ming and Adeline.

Yay!

Yay!
Originally uploaded by swee

I had to finally take my camera out of its bag when Shiori handed me her toy camera and started posing for me. Besides, Uncle Adib was here.

Strange

Sometimes I wonder if we have a dog or a cat? When I woke up, I thought I saw Chiko jump off a chair. Later I found her on the dining table, sleeping on Faraz's bag.

Camping at Lake Wivenhoe

Over the long Easter weekend, we went camping at Lake Wivenhoe with S&J. Queensland has been going through quite a bit of a dry spell over the years and right now we have a serious water shortage. The camping area was not at the main dam area, but a smaller branch off. Here you see how low the water level has dropped and how dry the banks are.

Anyways, the camping was fun. We brought lots of food and the whole trip seemed to revolve around food, like getting firewood and fishing. Also despite the shortage of water, it was a nice place for camping.

Happy Naw Ruz and Mt. Tambourine

Happy Naw Ruz (New Year) and for those of us who were observing the 19 Day fast, hope it went well and wishing you the best in the year ahead!

It's been quite a while since I've updated my blog. Faraz has been working for a month at a company that creates and tests software for the road transport system in Queensland. eg. traffic lights etc to ease congestion. I managed to find a 3 month temporary position at and archives to do a film appraisal project. Having to work again after such a long break has been hard. Now we totally treasure our weekends. So when it came to Naw Ruz, we took the day off and together with some friends, Josceline, Sanjeev and Soon Kam, we went to Mount Tamborine to visit the town on that mountain. It was most enjoyable and these guys were hilarious! I will pass the rest of the photos to you soon.









At the Tamborine National Park








Picnic lunch at Tamborine Botanical Gardens








Waterfalls at the Tamborine National Park









Cool looking guys at a shop at "the walk" where the row of shops were








Faraz looks great in these blue goggles!!








Looking out at the setting sun on Mount Tambourine









Soon Kam feeling meditative at the end of Naw Ruz

Chiko's new toy

Chiko's got a new toy! Her 'puffin' toy was getting a little old so we got this for her recently. I think its some kind of bird too.

Drive thru Pizza

I was intending to post this photo but totally forgot about it until Faraz reminded me. While driving home from Maryborough, I happened to see this Drive Thru Pizza and I told Faraz. He wanted us to take a photo to show Arman. He said that Arman and him always thought it would be a great idea to have a drive thru pizza. So there you go!