Moshi Moshi!

Well, it was a little overdue but I finally encountered my first Gold Coast 'let's-mistake-the-asian-girl-as-Japanese' incident today. Nothing too exciting really. But I'll paint a picture anyway. And try to make it as exciting as possible. Just for all the readers out there. Which total to a number less than the fingers on my left hand........excluding my thumb.

I was enjoying my chicken schnitzel and coleslaw sandwich in the food court after seeing a record number of 80+ year olds. It's days like that which make me wish I had a different job. Whilst staring into the mid-distance, halfway through a chew, I notice a 20-something caucasian male kneel down beside me. Just as I give him a 'wtf-are-you-doing-oh-shit-you're-going-to-steal-my-handbag' sideglance, he blurts out "Moshi moshi!" and some other japanese phrase.

While still holding my sandwich to my face, I say (with a surprisingly deep voice) "I'm not Japanese". I think he nearly fell over when he heard my accent. He says "You're not?". I shake my head from side to side. Cabbage falls out of my mouth. Then he says "Oh, you look like someone I know." HOLD ON. How well do you know this person if you managed to mistake her for me? Maybe he met her in the dark? "Sorry about that" he says and left me to finish my meal.

I don't look remotely Japanese.

Yabbies and Pippies

I escaped the rain of the Gold Coast and joined Smee in Sydney for the weekend. It was a 28 degree day, thus a trip to the fish market was deemed compulsory. We indulged in sashimi, prawns and Moreton Bay bugs for lunch by which I, who has been accused of blogging EVERYTHING, surprisingly did not photograph. :P

Then for dinner it was yabbies and pippies! Yum yum! Here are some photos of our dinner preparation.

Smee holding two of his beloved yabbies, Y1 and Y2.


Yabby posing nicely for the camera. Isn't he pretty?


The yabbies and pippies taking a bath together.


Smee proudly holding onto a yabby.


Me proudly holding onto a yabby.

Now, some before and after shots:

Pippies happily soaking in the tub.


Pippies happily soaking up XO sauce.


Team Yabby on the stove. Team Smee photographing.


Team Smee made Team Yabby sleepy by putting them in the freezer for about 10 minutes.

Yabbies in garlic butter. Team Smee 1, Team Yabby 0.

Even More Food

I really just blog rubbish don't I? I think it's partly due to the fact that I'm bored and lonely and that I haven't been outdoors since I've arrived because of the shitty weather!! It has rained every single day I've been here! Super-gay. So there have been no noteworthy photo opportunities. There has not been a blue sky for four days. On a good day, it also thunderstorms. GRRRrrrr...

Anyway, here's a photo of tonight's dinner, chicken curry katsudon (inspired by Smee!). It doesn't look very appetising, but as long as I maintain digestive function, I'm happy. I wish I could have brightened it up with a bit of greenery, but I had eaten the rest of the salad last night. Dessert was an apple.

More food

Yummo! I saw this in the supermarket and just had to buy it. Ok, so it wasn't something I would force everyone to eat, but if you enjoy having a bit of cinnamon in your life, then you must try it!

Dinner time

Eating alone is difficult, especially when you're only staying in one place for four weeks. Too long to eat out every night, too short to bother stocking up the kitchen. As demonstrated with last night's dinner (two chicken pies), it's easy to fall into the trap of eating crap.

In the spirit of anti-crap, I ate something relatively healthy tonight in order to compensate for the gym deficit. Ok, so I admit, half of it was instant pasta, but look! LOOK! I had salad too!

I didn't realise I cooked so much until it was all on the plate. I nearly vomited trying to finish it all. I was intending on eating some yoghurt for dessert, but I think I'll leave that for tomorrow night.

Two upsetting things happened today:

1. My ipod DIED on the bus while I was on the bus home. It just totally crashed and I cant access any of the songs. I can't reset it and I can't plug it up to my laptop because I don't have the cable.
2. Just after my ipod died, it started pouring with rain - not just pitter-patter showers, but proper thunderstorms with lightning. I think the Gold Coast felt my pain and hence, rained in empathy. Lucky I had an umbrella!

Ok, back to watching Grey's Anatomy.

I just realised I've posted blogs for three consecutive days. This must be a testament to how much time I have. Or a demonstration on how poorly I rank my priorities. There are still dishes to wash and Foxtel to channel surf.

**Final note: I didn't include this pic in my previous posts, cos there were too many photos of me and Bao! But I've had a special request to include one more pic of our 'cute' posing and shiny shiny hair.

Arrived in Gold Coast!

Well, here I am, just hours after jetting into the Gold Coast. I was fairly excited about coming here - the sunshine, the beach, the laidback feel. But my excitement died as we touched down on the tarmac. Why? Because it was grey clouds and 18 degrees. 18 degrees!?!?!?! That's how warm it was in Melbourne when I left! I was rather pissed off.

My apartment is adequate. Kinda biggish for one person but I'm not complaining. If there's one thing I hate, it's motel-style couches and that's precisely what I'm sitting on right now. Bleah. Something about them makes me consider them filthy. If I break out in a rash this week, I'll know why.

My apartment's lounge. More photos to follow once it's daylight!

On the upside, I'm directly opposite Pacific Fair where they proudly advertise in their brochure as 'home to the only Myer on the Gold Coast'. Really? There's only one here? I swear there was another one.

I arrived too late in the afternoon for the larger supermarkets to remain open so I had to eat two chicken pies for dinner. I guess I got the nutritional requirement of meat and vegies for the day? aarrgh.. I am dying for that daily morsel of fruit though.