Movember: Day 30

Been a long long time since I posted pictures, so I shall make up for lost time and dump them all at once!

Lunch@Dining hall: Choice of huge rib/leg/chunk of meat, or a veggie burger, or tacos!

Leftover fried rice with crumbed squid and sunny-side up

Rocher roses! (Ignore the fingernail, yes I know it's freakishly long.)

Bangers and Mash

Lovely lilac blossoms

Remember that developing pine cone I noticed in the last post? It's grown bigger!

Failed attempt at Mapo Tofu. Tofu used was too soft, disintegrated, and used too much bean paste. Mmm...failure tastes so salty and bean-y.

So it has been a wonderous month of facial hair extrusion, so what are the fruits of my labour?

Hairy face. Should I keep the 'stache? I personally don't think so. A lip-tickler's fun and all but it does get in the way sometimes.

Final Remark:

Juxtaposition

After the FDA clamped down on food safety, the demon barber of fleet street found a new way to dispose of his victims' bodies.

Cold Rice + Mixed veg + Egg + Bratwurst + Crumbled salmon + Heat = Yum

Dessert didn't turn out like the picture... :(

Movember: Day 21

Went to the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for my HOI tutorial this week, looked at art pieces through the history of Western civilisation, ranging from Greek sculptures to Renaissance art. Was a little rushed, didn't manage to get any photos inside, but I did get two shots of the outside of the Gallery.

The nice water feature outside the imposing walls of the Gallery

Some shots I took of the cityscape whilst in the tram

Later in the day, I did my monologue for my Drama exam, doing an excerpt from Frankenstein the novel. Pity I didn't have the good sense to take a snapshot of my getup as Davy Jones, of Pirates of the Carribean fame. Well I guess you guys will have to use your imaginations for that.

Trusty PAM (Potatoes and Meat), I can always count on you for comfort

Fast-forward to Friday, and my package has arrived! Finally, after days of delays due to a messed up address (my bad), my copy of Win7 has reached my hands...from Singapore. Ugh, if I had known they were shipping from Singapore I'd have them mail it to my address back home instead of all the way over here. Note the skilful (not) removal of my personal details.

See how the thread-like leaves nicely fill the gaps in between the tiles

Saturday, woke up early to meet up for a school excursion to the Da Vinci exhibition...except that I saw no one there. I arrived "just on time" according to the schedule, but I think they went in early and didn't have the decency to phone me to see if I was anywhere near. Bah, waste of $15 bucks, and a good Saturday morning.

Mucked around a bit in the cold weather and took some photos of the cityscape

Can you spot the rowing team in the Yarra river?

I must say Angus beef really tastes good, it makes fast food burgers much more palatable. Pictured here is the Angry Angus from Hungry Jacks (aka BK), so much better than the Grand/Mighty Angus from Maccas, maybe because it has two patties compared to one from Maccas. jloh thinks it's the intrinsic quality of the beef used that makes it so yum. Whatever the case, it's a winner to me.

Spotted a developing pine cone in the pine tree opposite my place. Looks so...green.

As we move into the last week of Movember, it's time for a Mo'update. As you can see, I have grown a visible nose-tickler. Now I wouldn't say it's respectable or anything, but it certainly was an interesting experience. Lets hope something happens within this week that will add body to this mo'.

Movember: Day 16

Christmas is in the air... So is the summer heat. Pretty decorations all around in town.

Pictured is the road along Burke St.

Saw this busker along the street. Note the sign below "Albert Stone". He's basically playing a living statue, and a pretty convincing one at that. He was offered a drink by this young kid, and the pic is of him taking a sip through a straw he had. at which afterwards he produced a lolly from his sleeve. So cute.

Had a go at making macaroni salad. Had to use the container as I had no space to place them to cool. Boiling the diced vegs on the other side.

Success! Tasted decent, but didn't have enough mayo, sadly.

Overexposed dinner with store-bought chicken and a chilled can of VB.

Weather's so dry, all the grass is dead and dry. Guess this is how the bushfires burn.

No mo' update this week, forgot to take pic of self.

Movember: Day 9

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted. I'll rectify this problem now.

...with peektures!

Poster for Movember wrapped around a tree in clear plastic

The Trinity Chapel across the Bulpadock

Bio Lab was dissection of sheep's internal organs!

Sheep's heart, and my artist's interpretation of South America

Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of the "开心" as the lab tech removed it before I was done with it, so here's a drawing instead

Next was the kidneys! Forgot to take a photo of my kidney drawing this time. Smell of urine was strong (duh), and it actually got through the latex gloves I was wearing. Thank goodness for hand sanitisers and their sweet alcoholic smell.

The kidneys had this really soft consistency to it as I was cutting/handling it, like tau huay. Now I know how my mom must have felt when she was preparing the pig's kidneys for cooking. Tedious.

Day 9 of Movember, my current progress:

Not much, actually...Hopefully there'll be more as the days go by.

Movember: Day 1

It's November, finally! 6 more weeks and I'm home-bound! (again)

I chanced upon this campaign on TV: Movember

It's a charity event to raise funds for prostate cancer for the guys, just like the pink ribbon project for the ladies. It was started a few years back by a few Aussie blokes who felt that "guy" illnesses like prostate cancer just weren't getting enough attention due to the fact that guys don't talk about such stuff, unlike the ladies.

So what they did was simply to grow a moustache over the month of November, and campaigning of course. It created such a sensation that it has spread to the USA, Europe, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand! Although I've not signed up and pledged anything in any way, I felt that this idea was too novel to pass up.

So here I am, Day 1:

Clean-shaven, cropped for everyone's sake.

Lets just hope I am anywhere close to a sizeable 'stache at the end of the month.

So the weather in Melbourne has been pretty crazy (hot) lately. I've realised that when the sun is up it gets pretty darned warm, but at night it's comfortably cool. The fan's been incredibly helpful in beating the heat, but nothing beats running the air-conditioner. Glad to know that it works, despite it being slightly noisy at times. Hope I'll never reach the point where I have to use it to sleep at night.

Facebook was acting up loads, but has been pretty stable in the past week. When it doesn't work however, my friends list suddenly disappear, and my news feed is all me. Weird. I wonder if it should have a "You have no friends!" message when your friends list is empty, like how Gmail has "Hooray! No spam here!" when you clear your spam box. (I checked.) That would be hilarious. (and sad.)

Some home-style cooking, managed to make 2 dishes this time. Made use of leftover mince meat and preserved "chye sim" hearts to make this sweet-savoury gravy dish, with a side of stir-fried veggies, of course. Bagged mixed vegetables ftw!