It's Snow Season!

Well here in Victoria, it's been snowing since even back in May!

I hear global warming scream from people.

Anyways my 2 separate experience last year, one with 23's family. First time ever playing with snow and the second time with My Man, trying out snow boarding and skiing for the first time ever again.

I love this "first" experiences.

So this Sunday, to celebrate My Man's brother birthday. All of us 3 couples, My Man, Bro and Housemate are all trekking to Mt Buller.

This time I will stick to Skiing thank you! My memories of snow boarding last year wasn't too pleasant. Let's say, I had a few episodes of melt down and just sat on top watching people and the view.

So deck with my new Ski outfit that My Man and I recently bought for such a bargain at surprise surprise ALDI! Siap it was in my favourite colour- Purple. Swanky!

• Sunnies - Check
• Sun Screen - Check
• Food to bring so we don't spend - Check
• Extra clothing in case we get wet - Check

So now I will need gloves. Going to find some matching ones for my new outfit this Friday.

Weee, as much as I am quite daunted with the cold and the skiing, I know we will have a great time.

So to this Sunday!

23 is asking me about.. Concerts

This is part of a mini series of 23 is asking me about.... Due to my lack of updating this said blog. 23 is what I fondly cally my favourite 2nd cousin-in-law.. she also happen to be the only girl 1st or 2nd cousin-in-law I have hehehe....)

Concerts... For those who knows me. knows I splurge on concerts. I pay top money to watch not only my favourite musicians but even for the latest "big" thing at the moment.

Once I'm there, I will splurge on Tees. These only-at-concerts-mechandise starts from AUD60 for a rather low quality tee.

And yet I love buying them! There's no stopping for me

The latest one I've been too that is still fresh in my mind and makes me sing out loud and do small dances in random place... is P!NK!

Check out the photos in my Facebook. You migh spy the latest photo of me with my new hair-do. Note I was all sweaty and gross looking, and the concert has yet to begin!

P!NK was truely amazing. Her physically demanding concerts. Doing trapeze acts, bungee droping, in super high heels. And all this while REALLY singing. No lip-synching for this punkish lady!

You can even hear her when she gets all breathless. Truely a class act.

And the set, oh mi gosh. So elaborate, so mesmerzing. I was just at awe and trying to take it all in was actually overwhemling!

With P!NK still playing in my head... I recently bought my all-time-favourite punk band that most people labeled as power chords trio, angry wannabies rockstars,... GREEN DAY. Yet to sample any of their latest music but I am stoked! However I have to wait rather patiently till December the 14th..

I still have Jason Mraz to upload photos and talk about!

A Change...

I did it! It was not even pre-planned. She asked me, I said OK.

I was a bit taken back but somewhat was confident in her suggestion.

I was even calm when it happen.

I sat there just engross in a magazine.

And when it was all over... I was pleasantly surprise...

Yes it was good...

What the F*** am I talking about you ask?

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I've cut my hair short!

I'm talking short takleh ikat nyer rambut.

And and when I wear a beanie, I look like a short (and uglier hahaha) version of a Russian model. (My Man's words ah! No not the short or ugly word- that's mine)

So hello to the New Me!

I'm coming home babeh...Michael Buble

Since 2005.

It's now 2009

4 years...

4 Hari Raya Aidilfitire I have missed.

I missed the festivity of familiarity and tradition.

I missed the kueh raya, the rendang, the ketupat

I missed listening to the sayu-ness of the takbir raya


All of these I did manage to relive in here in Melbourne with the ever expanding malaysian community here.

Most of all I missed minta zahir and batin face to face, salaming my mom, cium her hands, asking her for forgiveness for any wrong doings, to halalkan makan minum, dari hujung kaki ker hujung rambut.

And that I can't do with full sincerity over the phone. It's not the same

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So....

THIS YEAR I WILL BE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT!

Save the date! 18th of September! Open houses invitation is most welcomed!!! Weeeee

Melbourne is brimming with events!

Last, last weekend me and my man went for the Food and Wine Show.

At first I was appalled at the AUD27.50 entry fee. If you wanted to see Gordan Ramsay in the flesh, cooking in a big hall for only half an hour, you would have to fork out AUD48.50. That nearly 100 buck between us! So we opt NO.

However even with the 27 odd dollars, I wasn't sure at the start it was worth it. My man, the usual miser he is (hee hee bukanler kedekut, suka simpan duit jer) sort of had to agree to go with me because I told a bestie that I can't go with her since I made plans with him.

So my man is hopping is not just a show per se but with loads of freebie food.

And boy, was there a plenty! Best giler. Try this, try that. Gourmet Cheese, Crackers,Homemade Biccies (biskut slang orang aussie), fresh pasta, chocolates, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, loads of wine!, pastries, sweets.

After 2 hours scrambling for freebies, we were actually stuffed! So with a few show bags in hands, we got home and had fine cheese and premium crackers! Fooh!

Last Friday night, I did something out of the ordinary in my entertainment world.

I attended a Ballet!

The Australian Ballet: Nutcracker- The story of Clara was amazing. The grace of the dancers, the sorrow and the joy of each performance. Tersedak when I see them dance.

Graeme Murphy's quintessentially Australian Nutcracker makes a long-awaited
return to the stage.

Nutcracker is one of the best known and most loved
ballets of all time. In 1992 Graeme Murphy created a brand-new interpretation
that took audiences deeper into the story of Clara. It has gone on to become an
Australian classic.

This Nutcracker is set on a sweltering Melbourne
Christmas Eve in the late 1950s. Clara is not a child but a frail ex-ballerina,
reliving her rich and eventful life in one night of feverish dreams.

Conceived jointly by Murphy and designer Kristian Fredrikson, this ballet
unlocks far deeper emotions than a traditional Nutcracker, while retaining the
luscious dancing, inimitable score and wonderful sense of escapism that makes it
such a favourite of children and adults alike.

Murphy's Nutcracker complements Peter Wright's traditional version, which entered The Australian Ballet's repertoire in 2007. This classical masterpiece is a feast for the senses not to be missed.

So was pretty open to going for more shows at the Melbourne Art Center be it Operas, more Ballets and whatever Melbourne is showcasing next!

This week I have Australia vs Japan for the World Cup Qualifying. Both country has qualify so it will be more of a friendly I suppose. And P!nk! Concert weeee.

23 is asking me about.. My Exams

Yahoo Habis!

This is part of a mini series of 23 is asking me about.... Due to my lack of updating this said blog. 23 is what I fondly cally my favourite 2nd cousin-in-law.. she also happen to be the only girl 1st or 2nd cousin-in-law I have hehehe....)

EDIT: I forgot that this was one of the things 23 wanted me to write about. Probably more how the exam went then the post-exam. Well this post sum it all kaan.

I PASSS I PASSSS YAAAAAY!!

Aiyoh I sound likeI actually pass the entire CPA program! But this paper on Australia Tax was super hard. Imagine 13 modules all different taxes in Australia! Dahler income tax bracket bukan main tinggi, pas tu ader Capital Gain Tax laa, Goods and Service Tax laaa, Fringe Benefit Tax laaa...

But I PASSSSSS!!!

And this coming semester I am attempting two subject pulak... oooeerr wish me luck!

Do women really emasculate men?

Do we? Do you? AskMen.com editor Emma-Kate Dobbin write in her latest blog on that topic and it made me laugh and lauuugh.

She writes that "These emasculating acts included: women asking men to hold their handbags; women beating men at sport; and worst of all, women saying “be a man”. "

And what I have been observing around here is that, I see not only men carrying "man" bags but some men are carrying their girl's handbags! And for some reason, it's always the Asian doing so.

You see this little, precious princess like girl, wearing super high heels and skinny jeans. Plaster in makeup looking rival to snow white.

Then her man, usually in a bigger size physique (I didn't meant muscularly..) will be carrying their little princess's massive LV/GUCCI/CHANEL bag.

Talk about being maanly.

I suppose with headline of bag snatcher getting ladies hurt or even killed, we might see the trend of your pakcik and uncles carrying their partners handbag soon.

And what's with some girls wanting their men to be "metro"? Do you really want your men to spend more money on skin products then you do? Borrow you foundation or concelear because *gasp* there's a blemish showing? Dressing better then you?!

Give me my rugged, a bit of a slob, manly MAN anytime!

23 is asking me about.. The Birthday and the 8km run

This is part of a mini series of 23 is asking me about.... Due to my lack of updating this said blog. 23 is what I fondly cally my favourite 2nd cousin-in-law.. she also happen to be the only girl 1st or 2nd cousin-in-law I have hehehe....)

I combined the both because yes, they were on the same day!

So on my 28th Birthday, I attempted the 8k Mother Day Classic.

The Mother days Classic is a charity event to help raise money for the breast cancer research. The’re a walk or run and it’s a fun filled family event on Mother’s Day.

Since 1998, the Mother’s Day Classic has raised $4.4 million for the National Breast Cancer Foundation’s research programs. This is my 2nd year running for the event.

Last year I did only the 4k seeing that was my second charity run and was still not that quite fit.

I’ve done 10K run last year and proudly did that in 1:04:01. So with this 8K run, naturally I set myself some quite impossible goals.

I wanted to do it in 45mins!

That’s an average of 5.6 mins a kilometre! At first I was being bold, set the impossible goal!!

Then even after suffering through Run Club , I wasn’t quite sure I could even finish in an hour! The shame, after a 10K last year.

So the day came… Woke up at 6am to get all pumped up and ready to meet the rest of the run clubbers at 7am.

Part of my birthday present that I requested from My Man is that he come along and watch me finish the run. I've done 4 so far and not once was he is game to wake up at the crack of dawn on a Sunday to do so!

So he did hee hee. The night before he treated me to a yummy scrumptious Greek banquet. Kinda regretting it the next morning of the run but ow well.

I was all psyche. With my old nike top from my run last year, my new nike running ¾ pants with small slip pocket at the back, my new nike thermal head band that kept my ears warm and toasty, my nike arms band to put my phone that worked as an mp3 player. Hehehe what who’s sponsoring me? No one, it’s all me. Oh and reebok shoes HOWEVER I am planning to buy a nike one from this shop Active Feet

Podiatrists that sells sports shoes. That’s another entry.

So the run started. We were gearing each other for who shall set the pace. Apart from 1 guy who happens to be super tall, I was next in line as a pace setter.

But I didn’t realise aderenaline strike through that quick.

It seems I shot through the crowd like a bolt and got lost in the masses of people so none of my running clubbers even saw me ahead!

KM 1 past by – yay!

KM 2 came- waaateeer hmmm and oer is that a stitch coming up

KM 3 breath in through nose quickly breath out through mouth is “loosen” the stitch

KM 4- argh arghh pain pain and whaat? Did someone just finish the 8K race? Bloody hell. (He did it in 23:57, 24 bloody minutes!!) The first girl (3rd overall) came in 26:54

KM 5-7 I was seriously struggling, breathing in and out to get rid of that stitch at the same time focusing in front of me. All this while I didn’t see not one familiar face boo. Music pumping…

KM 7.5 ruuuuun ruuuun ruuuun oh my gawd only 500 meters

KM 8 Whoa 50 mins whoooa cough cough sputter. I nearly threw up when I pass the finish line

So awww Nadia didn’t achieve her impossible goal. Actually she nearly did. The official time on the timming chip strapped to my shoe showed

WHoooooooooooaaaaaaa kan kan only 2 minutes lebih and with the stitch!

So rather proud of myself and to celebrate that (part of my whole day birthday pressy) My man treated me to a big lunch.

Later that day, part of my birthday gift is to drive me around Richmond to find me a chest of drawers. Because I was to tired (tua kan hahaha), took a nap till 5. And we know all shops on a Sunday closes at that time.

Malam tu jer watch my man main futsal with his mate.

So the day was great, I achieved my fitness goals and tick a small one of the relationship goal. Good fun

In another post, I shall feast you with photos.