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!