too hot...too HOT!

holy fricken, it was 45 degrees celcius yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
& guess what happened, the electricity was cut, there was a blackout. First, me & my sis thought that it was just our house, so we went outside to the fusebox. We flicked the switch for electricity but when we did the electricity didn't turn back on, so we called up our parents to tell them & then we sat in the lounge because there was nothing better to do and there was no air con.


How was your day yesterday?


It is 43 degrees celcius today. I sincerly hope that there will not be another blackout. The one yesterday lasted for about 1 1/2 hours, but still! Stuck inside a house that has no air con & can't open windows coz the temp is hotter outside than inside is deadly!!!

It's global warming...

^picture drawn by me :D

Summer, in Australia, is hot. Especially now that global warming is getting worse, summer is gonna get hotter. I wonder how we will cope with this heat when we get back to school...some of our classrooms don't even have an a/c! Umm, well, they could've renovated it on the hols, so i dunno if its still like that or not. Everyone' s gonna be like dead fish in classrooms whenever the temp. reaches 38 degrees +. It's 8 in the morning & its already like 30 degrees celcius!!! Uhhhhhhh. This whole week's temp. are all in the high 30's and low 40's!

I've got sport coaching as one of my school electives...I'll probably get fried if it's in semester 1. T_T Sunburn here i come.

I'm bored and it's hot. I get lazy when it's hot. I already am lazy when it isn't. Heat just makes it worse. :o At least I finished my reading on one of my english books. It's called Of Mice & Men. Anyone read it before? I reackon it was alright, not too boring.

the other book I also have to read is Romeo & Juliet...it seems okay but I can't really understand the words that they use coz it's all.."unmodern".

Anyway, I think I'll go back to lazing about before school starts in 4 days. Cyaa!

CNY Food & Decorations

Last night's dinnerwas sooooo good :D

We had lettuce, mushrooms, fish, prawn, lotus root soup,

Stewed Mushrooms over blanched lettuce leaves

Prawn and Broccoli

Raw Salmon/Salmon Sashimi with wasabi&soy sauce dip

These specific types of food were eaten because their names are homonyms(same sounding words) with other words such as wealth, prosperity, luck...etc.


Here are some more decorations. Flowers for idunno what...& new year candies/treats/snacks

Flowers - i think they're called carnations...& there is a random red one in the bunch as well.

Chinese new year candies/treats/snacks - the red lollies are meant to resemble red pockets/packets & are strawberry flavoured. The round thing in the middle is a new year cake. It is made with glutinous rice & is sticky and sweet. The chinese character on the cake says luck. When it is placed upside down-like it already is-it means to welcome luck or luck is here.

& oranges - again, i don't know what this stands for, but my family does this every year & it is stacked the same each year. 3 oranges on the bottom & 1 on top in the middle.

& as you can see in the photos, the plates/lollies/flower are red. Red = happy. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year!

Mandarin

Xin Nian Quai Le! Gong Xi Fa Chai, Li Si Dao Lai.
新年快乐! 祝你财富。 给我红包。

Cantonese

Sun Nien Fai Lok! Kung Hei Faat Choi, Lei Si Dau Loi.
新年快乐! 祝你财富。 给我红包。




English

Happy new year! Wishing you wealth. Give me red pocket. :D

Chinese New Year!

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone!!!

It's nearing a new year and everyone's busy preparing food and decorations. I myself, have also gotten busy by making origami fish and hanging homemade couplets around the house.

Fish are meant to be lucky and keep you from being broke and red obviously means luck.

Please don't mind my crappy handwriting. T_T

hmm...gtg now, preparing "New years eve" dinner tonight instead of tomorrow night because tomorrow is an unlucky day. Will take pictures of dinner, so check back tomorrow for picture of chinese new year food :D

Yum, Food!

There are still a few categories of my blog that i havent covered so I'll get to it and start posting more.

This post is all about food~! Below are all photos of food that I've made.

Cake - heavily iced & decorated >_<

Pickled cabbage, onion & meat stirfry with rice.

Corn Soup with fish cake, egg and spam(spam all sunk to the bottom)

Hot and Sour soup with bamboo shoots, mushroom, chicken pieces, egg and spring onions

Seafood Udon conatining: fish cake, prawns, fried tofu and sausages.

& an empty abolone shell :D with spring onions on the side of course!

Random surfing on the net

Here are some random/cute/pretty/trendy..etc stuff I found on the net.

Star of Hope Necklace

Loli Necklace

Heart Necklace

Clothing

Panda Hat

Onigiri Earrings

Japanese Magazine Scans - Fashion

Here are some Japanese Magazine scans of fashion.

Colourful

2 ways to wear something

tops, colourful bottoms, denim overalls

3 ways to wear a dress and skirt

3 ways to wear black & blue shorts

Stuff I wanna buy

...stuff i need to buy. I don't have all the clothing staples yet. :( & it's nearing summer...it is summer. Time for a new change of wardrobe.

I need to find a pair of boots. Heel must not be too tall or skinny.

I'm trying to find ankle boots in grey or black, but if i can't find them in ankle boots, i might as well search for knee high ones.

other random clothes i want:

i need a new jacket for winter & this one's just right. Looks nice and warm.

i also need more tops for summer.

cropped pants

Might post some japanese magazine scans of fashion and beauty tomorrow!

bb&gnite

Kiko

Mainstream Music

Mainstream music. Most of the time, this genre of music includes songs from America and Australia. I listen to a lot of music. I have the radio on, all day, everyday whenever I have access to it. I mostly listen to the Fox 101.9 which is a Melbourne radio hit station.

Some songs that I really like right now are:

Kelly Clarkson's - My life would suck without you

i really like this song coz its really catchy and has pretty good lyrics and is very sing-along-able :)

Cassie Davis's - Like it loud

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I liked this song from the first time I heard it. That's how good this song is. I also like how this song is pretty low(vocal wise). Most of the song is sung in alto, so it's good for me coz my vocals don't go up that high.

Good Charlotte's - War

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I'm not exactly sure why I like this song...but it is probably becoz it is catchy and i like the "chanting"(give me a W, give me an A, give me an R..etc) in it.

Taylor Swift's - Lovestory

Her song has nice lyrics. I generally like the tune to it. I kinda dislike her voice...she sounds really countryish.

Demi Lovato's - Get Back

I love her vocals. I really really really like the way that she sings/the technique she uses while singing. If you watch her singing you notice how she sings with an open mouth/throat that enables a louder and stronger voice. She's got some nice songs. Too bad i can't sing all of them. Her vocal range is really vast, I can manage all alto to mezzo-soprano songs but i can't sing anything higher.

Kiko d(~_~)b

Jonas Brothers 2nd Live Webchat! Pics!!!

WOW. The Jonas Brothers 2nd Live Webchat just finished!!! It was so good!!! I was screencapturing heaps and heaps of pics! I wanted to download it, but it's not up yet, so I have to wait. Wanna see some pics? Too bad if youd don't, I'm posting them anyway! >:D

1 hour before the live webchat started

5 mins before the live webchat started

The couch that they were sitting on!

Here are the Jonas Brothers!!! ***fangirl scream

They sang Please Be Mine coz someone from my chat room requested it & they read it!
They also sang Lovebug!

Other people that joined in the live webchat included; their other band members, their father, their mother and Frankie, their younger brother.

Their livechat was delayed by 20 minutes coz everyone was talking/typing too much in the chat rooms... they couldn't log in :s Their livechat went for 1 hour, they couln't make it any longer. T_T

Here they are saying goodbye

Goodbye until next time. *Waiting for their next live webchat :)

Jonas Brothers Live Chat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg. Jonas Brothers Live chat is going to start in 12 hours!!!! Can't wait to see them live and chatting to all their fans and answering questions! I hope that their live chat will be as good as their last one and just as funny! :D

Joe is like LOL. >_<

(Joe: "Umm...you know..I'm testing out the webcam...is this thing on?")

Im really really looking forward to it!!!!! If you want to view their live chat as well, head to www.justin.tv.com/jonasbrothers to watch them live!!!! For everyone in Australia, they are starting at 10am in the morning on Monday 19th. Tomorrow!!! I'm gonna make sure I wake up extra early tomorrow to watch them set up and get a space in one of their chatrooms!

bb&gnite
I need to rest up for tomorrows big morning!!!