#446 - FDOS

This will not be a sad post today because my moods fluctuate quickly. Back to being chirpy.
On Sunday J and I finally experienced our first sushi train at Sushi Bay. Though we were utterly frugal and opted for the cheapest dishes - it was quite an enjoyable experience. Such a fun day :)
So today was first day of semester two and I have to say it was a really great day. For me, it was far better than the first day of semester one.
1) L tute - great topic, have my fave tutor again, didn't see someone I want to avoid for the rest of the course and I'm not friendless! Yay.
2) I tute - I made the right decision in choosing this as an elective. Lot of laughter? Tick. Interesting? Hell yeah. I finally 'clicked' with someone immediately ever since I've started uni. And I don't mean the romantic sense. We get along tremendously well which is so awesome! (:
3) Grabbed so many freebies since MacFest was on and stalls were open. Also joined the Doctor Who Society.
4) Weather was so pleasant today even though I was overdressed as usual and sweating my butt off half the time haha :)  

So that's my feel-good first day back. Or maybe I'm just suffering from "FDOS" - a term coined by Stephy to stand for 'first day optimism syndrome'. Regardless, I think this is going to be a wonderful time.

reunited!

Song of the moment. I'm absolutely adoring this girl.

#445- FUUUUUU WIN 8

I don't know if you've tried a windows 8 desktop computer or not because put simply, they're crap! I recently replaced my desktop because my monitor died so I had choice because I was waiting out for something else other than windows 8 as the operating system- they're designed for tablets, and that's about as user friendly as they get.

First of all, it took  me 15 minutes (legit) to even turn on computer, that's how hard it was to find the button because the button wasn't even a button it's more like a design feature, yeah it's just a slit that doesn't even protrude outwards saying 'Hey press me if you want to start the computer'. Then there's my monitor that I'm yet to figure out how to work because I'm so archaic and I live in a world where I hate change or unnecessary change- I think the monitor is turned on via touch, but honestly I don't know because I just press it firmly until this blue light turns on and that's all I know. Next, the keyboard that I'm typing on is so tiny, like there are no spaces what so ever, everything is crammed in and HAS SHRUNK. I have tiny hands so how the hell is a full grown adult suppose to type of the new keyboards- what kind of idiot invented win 8 let alone let the computer companies redesign their keyboards. Hello, there's a reason why keyboards are universally sized, so people can switch without noticing a difference. Then there's the OS itself, how the hell am I suppose to operate it, the bloody home screen is just packed full of useless squares, half of which I have never heard of so I spent the first few minutes deleting and uninstalling all this crap that was just an eyesore. After that I tried to reach the normal menu that we're all used to and even then to open something I use this search thing on the side- all in all WHYYYYY WINDOWS

Today when I was printing out everything for uni I found that Adobe doesn't recognise my Duplex laser printer so I can't print double sided instead it has to be done manually (it's not that bad but it's still a hassle nonetheless).

I found it hilarious seeing the traffic sources for this blog, glad to know that our blog is I guess synonymous with 'FUUUUU' yup we provide you with our sometimes nonsensical but otherwise enjoyable rants (:

so yeah FUUUUU why the hell do I have win 8 and how long will it take me to be able to navigate my way through it?

#444 - Smile please

Wednesday and Thursday: work, then sleep over at R's new house! Though the sleepover was fun and I saw people I hadn't see in a while, I still have to say that home is truly the best place to be. I bought my textbooks too.
Friday: My first truly unpleasant 'bad' day at work. I just gave up being smiley towards the end for a variety of reasons...urgh. Do you think a person who brings you bad luck exists? I do.

#443- Oh my...

Time sure flies doesn't it, can't believe that uni starts next week. I feel so unprepared and well lazy, unmotivated, etc, etc. I have a strange but not horrid timetable, legit 3 days a week but with peculiar hours, for example on Wednesday I have a 3pm start and a 7:30pm finish (yeah I know what you're thinking). Oh and attention all UNSW commuters, I'll be there on the first Friday so yeah I hope to see lots more people this time around.

I wanted to end on a happy note, congrats to Nole for winning the ESPY tennis player of the year (insert applauding noises). It's so frustrating to vote for the ESPY awards online because 3/4 of the awards are for gridiron, baseball or basketball based purely in the US so obviously I just pick some random guy or girl (cannot forget that there are female athletes). Also, today marks the 7th year anniversary of Nole's first ATP title (insert even louder applauding noises), here's is a video of the final game of that title and omgsh he has barely changed including those around. Can anyone spot two familiar faces that are still by Nole's side in 2013?

#442 - Suddenly

Saturday: happy birthday to my one and only dearest father！The day I fell in love with Pride & Prejudice.Uni results tied the day together in a nice way :D  
Monday: worked then went to watch DM2 with some of my girls yay :)
Wednesday, Friday: more work - it's getting better and I find it to be an enjoyable albeit tiring learning curve. Also did something that I think I needed to do and it made me feel more like a grown up after doing so.

Today was Aroma Festival and although I've been saying I would finally go this year, it turns out my sis couldn't go because she has an exam tomorrow and I just feel like recuperating at home on days where I'm free..so nope didn't go. Hopefully next year! I feel like I need to 'recharge' my batteries because going out requires money, time and energy... all which I don't feel like spending. I've become a rather frivolous spender this year and I'm thinking of instigating a spending ban or doing monthly budgets. I have to remember that money doesn't just fall from trees.  
Besides that...

#441- Long awaited

I'm back on the road- not sure if you should be happy that I have another crack at it or scared for my safety and for those around me...

Last Friday (yeah that was a while ago), I took Sweet to Surry Hills to feast over food and lots of it till we almost wobbled our way back to Central Station. Blog post is finally up so yeah go visit and support my other blog http://thegourmetcouture.blogspot.com.au. You know, apparently according to Urbanspoon my blog is #224 (was previously 238 but apparently I got 2000 views in just one day which is definitely not correct) for Sydney food blogs according to page views which is strange because the number cited on the website is very very different from that on blogger.....

Mum had her fangirl moment when she saw Dynamo on Sunrise, kinda felt like going to city today to see him in person but then I was too lazy and cheap to trek it to the city plus I made panna cotta today. It's still setting but I made two flavours honey and lemon, I hope I got the gelatine right because the lemon is setting properly but not the honey. If anyone has used gelatine leaves tell if it's worth investing in it because it's so much more expensive than powder gelatine.

Anyway, next topic, Aroma Festival is on this Sunday anyone interested let me know and there's going to be a coffee mosaic so hopefully I'll stick around till then and that the weather clears.

#440 - Peek-a-boo

For the past few days I've been pretty much doing nothing but work. Slowly getting turned off the food but I'm improving! Love it when I get really chirpy customers =) Oh yep, I also hit the sack a lot earlier nowadays since I'm too drained to be awake longer. 
Today Bitter took me to eat at the very crowded Chur Burgers (delicious; thanks for the treat :D) and Gelato Messina in Surry Hills. It was basically an outing so we could eat out and chill - you missed out V! I'm a city noob so I thought Central Station yielded pretty much nothing of interest except Chinatown and Haymarket but it turns out I've never ventured out to the other side... Surry Hills. I was hyperventilating when I saw the Billy Kwong restaurant, haha.We also went inside the library and the architecture was so lovely, even better than the state library since it looked like one of the those picturesque dream libraries on tumblr with beautiful spiral stairs, paper birds dangling from the roof, fancy glass, classy and modern decoration. Thanks for a fun day of culinary delights!