? The Shoes Factory

Saturday, June 27, 2009

My Belated 26th Birthday Celebration Part 2

Harbourtown shopping

Then we head to Harbour Town for shopping..my ideal birthday celebration..lol..(my face starting to look a bit weird.., I just caught the winter flu bug!) argh..hate the flu and cough..but anyway this is a really nice place to shop..there are so many famous brand factory outlet stores..one day is not enough..(Gavin's parents spent two days when they came to visit..I think my big sis would probably need three..lol)

It's really a shopping ADVENTURE..I have my map with me..marked out the stores that I wanted to go..very organised this time..lol

hahaha..my favourite store Valleygirl is on SALE!..haha..I think I spent like 1.5 hours inside..tried like over 20 pieces of clothing..(oh..Gavin went straight to the Tourism Lounge and took a nap there..hahah)

There are so many outlet stores, there's even Polo Ralph and such...I shopped until very high..lol..It's the end of financial year sale EOFYS(pronounced as eee--oo..first)..lots of stuff are going at 50%, 70% off..some are 50% off the marked sale price...

Luckily I control the urge to buy more.. bought a few items..and they are real cheap..all less than $10 due to the sale..I was struggling whether to buy the pink satin party dress or the dangling lace dress..but then I have no occasion to wear to..so bo bian I put back into the rack..

...I even bought a muffin tray! haha..cheap wat.$5 for a good quality bakeware leh..I can bake my muffins and cupcakes very soon..when I recover from my flu..just went to the local TCM store for my chesty cough today.. the TCM doc say I 着凉, got 气管炎.

It's my first time brewing the Chinese herbs from scratch..I can only say its a very complicated process. There's the 1st soak and boil and then you need to strain the herbs and boil another round then combine the two together. and of cos the terminology we always see in Chinese movie, the 3碗水煮成1碗水 that sort of stuff..

hope the cough go away asap..

Saturday, June 27, 2009

My Belated 26th Birthday Celebration Part 1
Gold Coast (Labrador Park & Harbour Town)

We did not managed to celebrate on the actual day cos the whole weekend was raining..its impossible to go out..the only thing we did is buy drive through KFC and ate Original Recipe fried chicken and large chips..lol

We went to another part of Gold Coast for a simple birthday celebration on the following Thursday when the weather finally cleared up..My idea of simple is lunch then shopping, shopping and more shopping..hahaha..we first went to this Labrador place, which is somewhere north of Surfers Paradise for lunch.

Phototaking...the weather quite cold..around 13 to 15 deg ba..

Lots of pelican and other birds behind us..they will gather around you and wait for you to throw food at them..

then Lunch..this place called Charis Seafood comes highly recommended by my housemate..for its tasty and huge serving of fish and chips....its quite famous in Gold Coast...its a place that sells both fresh and cooked seafood...whenever I go any seaside location, I will always go the Best Fish & Chips in town..this one got award leh..good..my next stop shall be the best fish and chips award winner in Brisbane...the Aust Prime Minister Kevin Rudd always go and buy one..call The Fishmonger's Wife

really very huge serving..the seafood platter only $14.50.. the calamari rings are so big..

Photo taking before we leave for our next destination..Harbour Town

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009

More and More Cooking

The winter evenings are very cold and often raining, so we have been cooking more at home. Gavin's been very supportive of my food adventures, often driving out to get those ingredients that we need at the nearby asian grocery stores..so our pantry now is very compact..lol..these are a couple of dishes we made over a couple of occasions..

White wine and basil lamb stew for the cold winter night (supposedly to be red wine according to the recipe, but only have white wine..but turns out ok leh) ..

then, chicken curry noodles for another freezing evening...hot sia..

chicken and ham baked rice one the left, baked alfredo pasta on the right..

pork wonton soup with scallop soup (boiled using chicken bones and dried scallop)..the wontons gavin made are all so are out of shape..hahha..

Monday, June 22, 2009

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

GREENFEST 2009

Its the long weekend..so we head out to the City Botanic Gardens for a very high calibre festival..Greenfest ,,its all about like creative energy ideas like wind energy, solar energy, new ideas to win the race against climate change. There are also other stalls that are very high calibre as well, like against animal cruelty, battery farming and organic and fair trade food..

The botanic garden is certainly a charmer, I guess it would look very pretty in spring with all the flowers...winter is too gloomy to enjoy..but I think it does look abit like Central Park in New York where they usually film those romantic comedies..

There's the Save the Whales stuff, some stalls are all for fundraising..but some are just to create awareness..some are using the Greenfest to get people to sign up petitions for some of their campaigns..

The only thing that interests Gavin in the whole show is this Telsa car..made by the world famous electric car company..

Got a tree seedling to support against climate change from one of the stalls but I forgot to bring it back..hahah

The new 3Rs with love..

they re-uphosltered these old chairs with very cute materials like packaging or posters..

I love this logo...I'm very tempted to get the tshirt with the same logo..

Mini Cooper is fuel efficient too!

ahhh...Din know such a lovely treat can come in a organic way...

ah ha,,this is interesting..(they sell takoyaki balls only lah..)

a stall against battery farming...I took a look at the pics ...quite sad..to be trapped in the small area for their whole life..I did signed a petition with them to raise funds..along with some other stalls like the RSPCA..

Its Sunday, so most of the shops in the city are closed..but Krispy Kreme is not!..haha

First time here, heard alot of good reviews from those who went US and try it before..and true to their words, it really taste good.. the shop is very cute too..

gavin's stone face from walking too much...lol

They even have a combo..we got the double doughnut and milkshake combo.its around $7 here...taste great..but real fattening...

but i guess its ok...once in a while only...me enjoying my milkshake..

I'm planning to go for a picnic in one of the parklands here when the weather is more sunny..

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Monday, June 8, 2009

The place we are currently renting..much better than the 'Du lan"-della place..its a newly built house.. its a suburb at Sunnybank..where its a Chinese area..so there are lots of asian shops around..

We are becoming regulars at this place soon..they serve quite authentic Chinese food here,, like char kway teow, nasi lemak and bak kut teh that sort of stuff in VERY HUGE portions..

Thats the chinese supermarket..they really sell all things asian..they even got those drinks that has those Taiwanese celebrity faces on it..(P.S: wyn, i saw one drink that has SHE face on it)

There's a Little Singapore..

A Little Hongkong..apparently by the same boss..

and a little Taipei too..

even a chinese dessert shop...but don taste thaaaaatttt fantastic though...

even a Sanrio giftstore..lots of Hello Kitty inside..hahah...

Monday, June 08, 2009