While KoolSandra was here during her semester break, we took the opportunity to experience the Tulip Festival they held in Lilydale.  Had to take a total of 1 and a half hours train ride followed by another 30mins bus ride to the actual location. Back in Malaysia - complain about having to drive all the time; here in Melbourne - complain about having to travel by public transport all the time =.=' sigh... the bittersweet of life.

Anyway, they have different theme every week at the Festival and this week was Irish Weekend. It's gold and leprechauns!

Welcome the Dutch Ladies: Maekhoo, Me and KoolSandra

Sandra and I

Playing tourists with the Leprechauns, dutch lady and Dutchmen. 

They had people playing some Irish tunes. At least I think they're Irish. Lol..

Now it's not a festival without some little random stalls right? These are some of the stalls opened that day.

FYI: the Nuts were pretty good! hehe

A quarter of the crowd that day. Believe me, when you see an empty table, RUN FOR IT!

For brunch, I tried this traditional Turkish Pastry with cheese and spinach called Gozleme.

It was pretty good! Just that I thought it'll be tastier if the pastry was a little more crunchy.

As tourist, when we visit a place, any place, picture MUST be taken! PictureS to be exact. And that's what we did after eating - Roam, soaking up the festive feeling and camwhore!!

KoolSandra, Maekhoo and I

Pretty tulips in different colours! Oh the colours! Don't they just make you smile?

The last picture is actually a picture of Daffodales.

PhotoLeon and I

This picture is one of my favourite picture taken that day.

Can you feel the love?

Not so sexy back... Haha! oh well, worthed a try

Of course, it wouldn't be Irish without blowpipes! They walked around the tulip farm playing their pipes.

Will definitely try to go again next year! Another must-go for next year - Royal Melbourne Show! Missed the 1 this year 

Some photos credit to TetLeonPhotography.

Emoticons thanks to The Opposite of Chocolate (though I still don't really know how to work them well.)

KoolSandra came down to Melbourne for 6 days last week, and as a welcoming present, Maekhoo and I baked her a Hello Kitty belated birthday cake. It was my first time customizing a cake and I must say, it was pressuring yet pretty fun at the same time.

First step to this cake, bake a light butter cake and let it cool. Then customize it to the shape you want. As for me, it was the face of a Hello Kitty. 

Looks more like a face of a bear than a Hello Kitty, LOL!

Next, either beat double whipping cream or get those 'Ready Dollop-on Cream'. For her ribbon and nose, I mixed rose pink colouring into a small mixture of icing cream.

Coat a layer of cream all around the cake.

Making sure the sides are nicely coated as well..

Next, the eyes, we underestimated the size of our chocolate chip so we had to settle with 4 per eye, as though Hello Kitty's eyes were sparkling. Lol..

With the coloured icing, I had to make sure my hand was steady while I drew her ribbon.

Lastly, by using Nutella, I drew her whiskers...

And walah~~~ Hello Kitty cake..

Happy Belated Birthday KoolSandra!!! Your favourite disturbing cat 

Ok, it looks a little retarded, but hey, IT's MY FIRST TIME! 

If it wasn't for the ribbon, it wouldn't look anything like Hello Kitty... hahahaha

What shape should I try next?

So sorry people for abandoning this blog for sooooo long...

I have no internet connection at all at home and have been pretty busy travelling...

So that means there will be loads to upload and loads to read and pictures to see with really limited internet connection...

Please bare with me... hahaha

Anyway, Happy New Year to everyone!!!

bet there were tons of partying and loads of fun...

Ok, so bout 2 days before the new year, I went to visit my teacher/mom who just came back from Perth.

And this time, she came back with an extra load...

A very special load.

That is........... *drum roll*

Ta daa~~~

That's our dear new friend/sister - Maxine Ng.

can't remember the full name as we all just refer her to Maxine.

Isn't she adorable?!?!?!

Well, I'm not really one who will go goo goo gaa gaa over babies.

(as my friends know, I would rather go goo goo gaa gaa over animals. hehe)

But towards Maxine...

oh~~~ GOOO GOOO GAAA GAA~~~ haha.

Took quite a few pictures of her... These are my favourites...

Here's her having some tummy time...

There's also some 'pass the baby' session...

Here's her with daddy..

Notice how spiky her hair is?

It's natural spike... Natural mohawk is more like it...

(Andrew, you loose big time there)

and here's a small happy family picture...

Daddy/mummy carrying the baby while daddy/mummy tries to make the baby smile...

everybody go - AWW~~~~

Look how flexible she is!!!

she loves reacher for her toes.. she can do it so easily while we try so damn hard just to reach it...

Now for some real family picture...

Mummy with her 'kids' and kid...

ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY DAY~~~

Merry Jolly Christmas everyone!!!!

I had a great Christmas this year, but too bad I won't be having a great New Year.

Let''s just hope I do...

So I went to Christopher's house with the bunch on eve.

His mom prepared an awesome meal for us to indulge in.

There was chicken chop, lamb, loads of mashed potatoes...

(sorry the pic is a bit of a turn off. but i didn't dare to go over to the parent's table to snap shots of the food... hehe)

and of coz, we can't leave out the healthy stuff (right Z the rapper?)

We had lots of garlic bread as well :)

Our host and photographer of the night...

As usual, after dinner is gaming time.

The boys had a few rounds of football before we started jamming like mad with Guitar Hero!!!

Introducing the Reindeer Bunch.

Look how happy our drummer was that night jamming his way tru...

while the other ones played monopoly...

of coz, it won't be a party without a session of finger-triggering.

Here's Santa with his helper, and reindeers.

Here's santa taking a peek with his 2 favorite deers...

Oh, we had this secret santa thingy,

and I got this really cool christmas cup from my santa (Christopher) which I thought was Andrew at 1st... sorry real secret santa...

Well, at least you saw how excited and jakun I was with that cup...

Why its cool?

This is how the cup originally looks like...

fill it with hot water and...

Walah~~~~~

Santa falls down the chimney...

Cool right?!?!?!

And on Christmas night,

wanted to have a family christmas dinner but...

Parents had dinner at a friend's place,

Sister had a wedding to attend to...

So I decided to join Niniek and the rest for dinner at Souled Out.

We all shared a Nachos...

And I had Bolognese Pasta...

I know the picture looks disgusting,

but the taste is really fantastic!!!!

After that we moved on to Solaris area to this lil cafe called...

Chilled there awhile while enjoying this chocolate moist cake. (which was awesome!!!)

and a grape miracle...

I also took opportunity to use Insmi (my polaroid) to snap some memories during this festive season.

And once again...

Merry Merry Jolly Jolly

Blessed Christmas everyone!!!!