the infrequent daily update

Had a couple of friends over for dinner tonight. Mother outdid herself in the kitchen (thanks). We ran the whole gamut from fried chicken, to char siew, to ginger-stewed duck. Amazing. Oh and the company was great as well. Thoroughly enjoyed, and embarrassed myself. I shall never again utter the words "girls wont play soccer" ever again. Having said that, one of the girls from my high school was a state soccer player, and my skills (or the lack of) are limited in any case. Just another incident of foot-in-mouth disease.

I also spent most of the day cleaning, and watching the cricket alternatively. I suspect inviting friends for dinner may be a ploy by my mother to coerce us into cleaning the house (joke). Oh, and church this morning was interesting. Out of necessity, I had to learn to operate the mixer (albeit at a very basic level). At one point, I was so frustrated with myself I was about to emulate the Monkey Scene in Zoolander ("where are the files???")... ahh well, worked it out at the end.

inconclusive post eh?

Happy New Year

First and foremost, Happy Chinese New Year to everyone who reads this blog =)

Being in Perth, CNY is celebrated with a little less joie de vivre than back home, but I did manage to get into some food action over the weekend, with a reunion dinner at my uncle's place. What did I do on the day itself? Sat an exam...

For those of you not in the know, I've been sitting a summer unit for the last 5 weeks, and now only a 7-page research assignment stands in the way of my summer holidays. Having said that, it is worth 50% and thus probably needs some effort.

On another note, on my last trip to KL, I told some of you guys that Perth is bone-dry during the summer, and it never rains. How wrong I was. It absolutely poured yesterday and the day before as well... In fact, it was almost Malaysian standard (couldn't see beyond 10m when i was driving yesterday noon). This prompted several realisations:

• Perth drivers (particularly the elderly) are particularly dangerous... I was doing 70km/h towards the library, when an old lady pulled out 20m in front of me. I obviously had no chance of stopping, and thus had to swerve ever so wildly to the next lane... the sad thing is i actually had my lights on, and yet she pulled out ever so slowly. I felt so sorry for her i didn't even use my horn.
  
• Australia may be a 1st world country, but its public drainage isn't exactly the best. Apparently there were floods in Sydney after just one day of rain...
• I need to get a move on. This isn't strictly related to the rain, but I was lying in my bed last night, and I realized that i really need to just take opportunities in my life. The notion actually kept me awake for a while. I've probably been a bit too apathetic this summer.
  

so that's it for me, for now...
have a good one everyone.

ps: the exam went ok.