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Sydney

Where Did The Trains Go?

Cityrail had a breakdown last night and trains stopped running to the North Shore. Alec and I made the best of the situation and had dinner at our favourite Spanish tapas restaurant, Miro. It’s named after the artist and has some nice Miro murals painted on some of the walls.

Nice interior.

Stealthy Alec shot.

The tasty food arrives.

Walking home.



You are Milk Chocolate

A total dreamer, you spend most of your time with your head in the clouds.
You often think of the future, and you are always working toward your ideal life.
Also nostalgic, you rarely forget a meaningful moment… even those from long ago.

Transformer … Robots in Disguise!

After many months of waiting, Alec and I saw Transformers this weekend. I didn’t have very high expectations of the movie, so was happy to come out of the movie wanting to see it again as soon as possible.

The CGI was fabulous – seamlessly integrated into the live action. The storyline was better than I had expected, and the writing was great – some really funny lines as well as some tributes to the original cartoon.

“I bought a car. Turned out to be an alien robot. Who knew?” Ha ha ha 🙂 Can’t wait to see it again.

I have started to go a bit crazy with my snappy cam, taking pictures in places like the movie cinema, as seen below.



IKEA

I am totally hooked on IKEA. I am transforming our junk cupboard in the hall into a shoe cupboard a la Carrie Bradshaw. I find their food somewhat disturbing though.

IKEA “chocolate”. Yeah, suuuuure it is.

IKEA $1 hotdog. Is there actually any meat in there?

Don’t do it Alec!

Bibs and Bobs … as my Nanna would say

Alec took me to Gould’s Bookstore in Newtown. HUGE!

Before Saturday brunch in Chatswood. Capturing the happy moment.

Pretty wattle blooms.

This blur of motion is Alec with out grocery shopping and my awesome new black leather boots.

Flame On!


A hectic day today. An early morning climb with Mel, Vanessa’s baby shower, dropping by to see Mum and Dad, then dinner and the new Fantastic 4 movie, Rise of the Silver Surfer, with Alec.

I love superhero movies – with the exception of Spider-Man (I don’t like emo superheroes. How can they save me if they’re having a cry?). I thought the first Fantastic 4 movie was pretty average, but I really enjoyed this one. Maybe it was some much needed escapism. Whatever. I still enjoyed it immensely.

I do however have a problem with Jessica Alba having blonde hair and blue eyes. What the? If they want someone fitting that description, why don’t they hire one of the many blonde hair, blue-eyed actresses loitering around Hollywood and give them the role instead of making a dark girl blonde? So unnatural-looking.

Out of all the powers, I would like to be the human torch – getting to fly and controlling fire. In case of an apocalypse, I’d be fully sorted.

Fabulous Saturday

The sun came out and I had one of those really rare, wonderful days.

Alec and I went to brunch at our favourite Chatswood cafe. I then met up with Shelley and went shopping. Lastly was the Make-A-Wish charity ball. Why can’t I have more days like this?

The “Chatswood Express” plus tomato.

Alec and I capture the moment.

All dressed up with a ball to go to!

Lazy Sunday

Alec and I attempted to see the 3:05pm session of As It Is In Heaven in Roseville, but were thwarted by a massive line of people who obviously had the same idea that we did.

Instead we went to Chatswood BBQ Kitchen for some Chinese. Alec hates it when I take random photos of him. Too bad. Suck it up, bitch!




We then went home to watch Finding Nemo. I love that movie. “Mine, mine, mine, mine!” Ha ha ha ha 🙂

Ocean’s 13

Alec and I braved Westfield’s Liverpool to see Ocean’s 13 last night. I loved the first Ocean’s movie, but wasn’t sold on the sequel. Nonetheless, in the greater (south) west, there is a shortage of good movies on, so Ocean’s 13 it was.

It was actually a lot of fun. I do love Brad Pitt (the holder he gets, the hotter he is. How does that work?) and I find George Clooney charming. I was pleasantly surprised by Matt Damon as well – he has a few scenes with a fabulous fake nose that is hysterical.

A very pleasant way to spend a few hours on a rainy day. I’d just advise not seeing it in Liverpool!

From Baghdad With Love

I just finished reading this book, about a US marine who befriends a stray puppy while on deployment in Baghdad, and his fight to save the puppy’s life.

While set against a background of war, the core story is about the friendship between the puppy and the marine, and how saving the puppy becomes a symbol of saving the humanity of the marine and his numerous friends who also risk their lives to save this one puppy.

The book gives some really interesting history on how the army trains its soldiers to be able to kill other humans and the rules they live by that are supposed to help them be able to perform their jobs. One of the major rules is no pets while on deployment. So for these marines, some of whom, like the author, see them selves solely as marines, to break these rules is a major deal.

The puppy and the compassion they show for him show that at core, you can never fully train the humanity out of a person. And that can only be a good thing.

Shrek 3


Alec and I saw Shrek 3 today at Liverpool, where they have recently started to have allocated seats. Usually I would ignore the allocation and sit wherever I pleased, but the cinema was looking like it was going to fill, so I obliged. I need to say right now that I am not a fan of allocated movie seats.

Anyway, on to the movie. I love the Shrek films, and number three didn’t disappoint me. It had the same fun characters from the previous films, with some added bonuses – all of the famous princesses were in attendance as seen in the pic. Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel and Beauty.

I love the mashing together of multiple fairytales and legends, such as the new characters from the King Arther legend, as well as the way they turned typical fairytales upside down. For example, the princesses save themselves instead of waiting to be saved. Girl power, fairytale-style.

Cutest new characters: The baby dragon x donkeys (disturbing but so cute I want one).
Funniest moment: The three little pigs doing sausage rolls.