Birthday Post Part II, III and etc

Well it's been a while since my last update for my blog.
After all these, im done with my 3rd year law degree. Another year to go!
Perhaps all will be well :D *fingers crossed*

Oh well, after the part I party with my legal peeps,
The next morning, my boy took me to brunch place called Zest Cafe Gallery in Glenelg. (according to the web, it's one of the best restaurants in Glenelg). Just for your information, Glenelg is a famous tourist spot which is next to the beach in South Australia. It's easy to get there by bus, tram, car or you can walk there. I dont normally do that! HAHA!

Baked Eggs with the bread.

A greek salad with chicken breast!

And yes, we watched movie in the afternoon at my fav cinema - Event Cinema at Marion Shopping centre. And this lovely boy spoiled me with another birthday gift. Just cant stop lovin him. 

Another celebrations with my lovely girls from iconnect! special thanks to Colleen and Doreen our dearest iconnect leaders for organising these. Karen and I have the birthday dates like really close, so we decided to celebrate it together at Ginza Japanese Restaurant! Woohoo, another fav place of mine in Adelaide.

The Girls! 

Birthday gals, me and Karen! 

Of course not forgetting to celebrate it within my 'LO YEN TING' group with the ladies: YS and Juliana. We went to Amalfi Pizzaria Risorante along Rundle St. Well! FOODS pics of the restaurant are always uploaded. So we just skip it!

These gals are just too creative and lovely. They put an effort despite of the busy assignments and tests during that period. Really get so touched when i receive their love every now and then.


1. Handmade Scrapbook for me! 
 I just couldnt stop myself from laughing non stop when i first saw these! Their way of promoting themselves. Couldnt stop myself from not posting this pic!!

HAHA... so gentlemen. please be ware of these two ladies below. the details are as clear as crystal except for phone numbers. JUST TAKE ACTIONS!

this is the last page of the scrapbook.

2. Homemade Japanese Fluffy Cheesecake

HAHA as requested Ju made her first cake for me with the help of YS
and of cox i translated the recipe from mandarin to en to her! This was YUM!
They carried it and i only found this when we were chilling after our dinner!

3. birthday gifts

And this came from them too!

 And Guess what. this came few days later. The padlock necklace from legal peeps. The first necklace came in smaller size of pendant, so it was return and exchanged for a bigger one! With the love note written down too!

they wanna lock me in the heart!

Did i tell u that i have this friendship that started last year only. i met this gal, Vega in my translation class. How amazing is that, she's from China and I am from Malaysia, we have a mutual friend!! And surprisingly she knew about my hometown name! ever since then, we hang out alot and she's always my study friend in uni although we are doing different degree. And now she's doing her master in Sydney. I miss her like crazy :( I needa make a trip to Sydney soon! Please wait for me!! So she got me this for my birthday and told me to keep blossom !

a Pinkish lipgloss

This is another one from my babe, Hui Ming. although she posted this like a month later, i still love it. Thanks for the love and she always writes me a long winded message for the birthday!! though it's long, i am reading it word by word! thanks babe!

So, she posted the pandora fixed clip and posted it all the way from Brisbane. 

 
... and the second last, the RealStore backpack from my dearest bro, Richard!!
However, he wants me to claim it when im back in KL. this gonna make me more looking forward to go back KL! Thanks for the heart and he remembered it when we went taiwan this early year.

and this even surprised me more. FYI, im not a big fan of crayon shin chan, but My boy is. he took few days to make this and posted this to me. All i can see is the hardwork he put in, from getting the colour papers till the cutting of the papers to make the figure! SO TOUCHING ! Feel warm! 

Now, im so thankful for everyone that is always here for me! And especially those who made effort for my birthday! Blessed is the word! thank god!

SINCERELY, BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE OF YOU!!

p/s: counting down days to Melbourne and Homebound in less than a week! WOOHOO!

Breakfast Like a King

after so many years studying in Australia, im madly in love with Australia style breakfast.
this is one of the favourite breakfast or brunch place in Adelaide.

Venue: Bar 9
96 Glen Osmond Road, Parkside SA 5063. 

mocha

I am not a super fans of coffee but i like to drink coffee once in a while as it helps my digestive system 

! Anyway, Bar 9 is a breakfast or brunch place that serves breakfast all day from morning till afternoon! for any coffee lover or tea lover, u're more than welcomed to pay a visit to this lovely place. im not writing to receive any benefits from the cafe but simply because it is one of my favourite breakfast spot. Therefore, it is worth for me to share with u guys about the place. 

lovely breakfast partner aka my housemate Sze Ching

ignore my awkward smile (morning look)

my fav: Creamy Truffled Mushroom Ragu with poached eggs

the typical Bacon & scrambled eggs

this is why i love breakfast? they said Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.

this is a good guidance for those who wanna know about coffee.
i started with mocha and now i can have more choices like cappuccino, latte and flat white. 

for more details please refer to bar9.com.au

happy 22th birthday part 1

Birthday!

生日本來不是什麼很大件事，但是對於我來說那是個感恩快樂的日子。 今年的生日，我心中抱著的心情錯綜不合，既期待又想忘記。只因為我今年邁入22歲了，還有就是我清楚知道他在慶祝完我的生日後就必須踏入新的旅程，到新的環境開始他人生中的第一份正式的工作了- mount gambier 一個鳥不生蛋的地方？ 但是這份工作像是上帝為他特別安排的一樣，他並沒有去申請，反之還是他之前打工時的上司把他推薦給現在的雇主！很多剛畢業的留學生還在掙扎著尋找一份穩定的工作，只能說他真是個幸運的小孩阿！

31.05. 2013

如往年一樣，我的生日必須分開來慶祝幾次。 生日前夕，我與友人一同去了阿德萊德出名的越南餐廳 "vietnam restaurant" 吃了晚餐。 食物的照片來去都那幾張，因為我實在是太常去那裡啦！ 我的他沒有與我們一起用餐，因為他又自己的離別晚餐。但是很慶幸的是，他把他心愛的車讓給我駕去我的生日晚餐。（他說： “這是我們的車。”）

my dearest Jacky boy! 

我好喜歡今年的生日蛋糕喔。 今年的蛋糕很特別。這是法式甜點 hazelnut plaisir.
plaisir 是在法文的意思是快樂或愉快。 吃這蛋糕絕對要配上熱騰騰的茶。 

許願啦。

 我親愛的朋友們啦。 雖然沒有時hang out 但是生日必到！ 當然，話還是一樣多咯。還有就是禮物一定到！

the lovely gang of Adelaide.

許願了就到了切蛋糕時刻啦！他在晚餐後就一起來啦！  

超喜歡這張！

 還以為吃了蛋糕就各自回家睡覺，他說他必須幫他友人做些事情。（還真的有點不開心一下，至少要過了十二點吧）。
十二點了，陸陸續續收到許多生日祝福短信，我的他也whatsapp了我。
當我準備去洗澡時也已經一點了，也不去理他是不是睡覺了。
我洗澡後準備去沖杯熱茶來洗洗肥油時，室友們一直跟我說話。突然，他們把我的房間的燈關了，然後就是我親愛的他一邊捧著他人生中第一次做的cheesecake，一邊唱著生日歌！ 我當時還真的是嚇到了！ 太感動了！

 choc cheesecake with blueberry 。蛋糕上還寫著我的英文名字喔！ 這蛋糕真的很好吃，不是因為我情人眼裡出西施，就連我的室友們都覺得好吃喔！ 好甜喔！ 因為是生日，他要我把A 的那部分吃完！幸好他跟我一起分擔，不然我凌晨一點多吃著蛋糕 （重點是我還飽著），我差點對cheesecake有phobia了！

當然最後還獻上我的生日禮物啦！ 猜猜是什麼呢？
我感覺我好幸福喔！

生日慶祝篇 （一）就先告此一段落。

another random trip

it's not my uni holiday now, but i just thank god for having flexible timetable that allows me to travel as random as i can. It's really a random trip until i booked my flight ticket to Melbourne very last minute for a short escape.
so yea, my partners in crime to melbourne. Juliana, Doreen and Aman those who actually planned this early just for SHOPPING~  the main reason i joined them very last minute just because my boy was gonna melbourne to settle his working stuff in Mt. Gambier.

so the shopping kaki went to melbourne few days before us as they have no class and work.

our joyful face after our flight got delayed 2.5hours.
thank God we were there safely!!

the random one

Chloe and me after 4months and 10days ! 

my boy and i in Melbourne again.

Finally got the chance to update my blog. it's almost the end of May, i have plenty to do but so little time. Im here to update my recent news. Gotta appreciate every single moment with my lovely boy, Jacky before he starts to move on his job in Mt. Gambier (gotta be 5 hours drive from my place :S) *sob sob*

thank god for having him by my side. We knew each other from church about a year (if i m not mistaken) and developed our friendship day by day. From friendship to close friends, and we even went to road trip to Melbourne for countdown with another friend. Yeah, NOW HE'S MINE! <3 br="">
thanks for such a naughty bf that always pamper me and gives me the best he can! spending as much time as he can though he's tired after work. He's caring, friendly and outgoing. So my friends and family! DONT WORRY about me ! i will be fine!

in a month time, we treasure each other much ! we cook, we play, we laugh, we quarrel, we travel tgt! we did so much stuff and SELFIE tgt! thanks for the love and care. thanks for taking good care of me when im sick. thanks for putting me first as always! because i know he loves me just as how much i love him. even though we have some language barrier sometime (as he's Hk chinese, im malaysian chinese) but thank god we can still communicate in English! WOOHOO.

it's the fate that connect us to meet, it's our choice to develop our friendship but i just couldnt help to fall in love with you, baby! :)

APPRECIATE!

two weeks to my birthday....
he's starting to work soon! :)

親愛的路人

曾經以為你會是那最親愛的人， 怎麼知道轉眼又變成了路人甲。
我從來都不把過去的戀情當作是不好的回憶，只能說那是過程，謝謝每一個走進你生命中的人。 錯的人怎麼留你都留不住，適合你的人自然會留下啦。
如果你還沒遇見你的她／他，耐心等候。只因為對的人總會來到！


劉若英

親愛的路人

作詞：林夕
作曲：木村充利

一個一個笑窩 一段一段淚光
每一次都以為 是永遠的寄託
承受不起的傷　來不及痊癒就解脫
我們　已經各得其所

所謂承諾　都要分了手　才承認是枷鎖
所謂辜負　都是浪漫的蹉跎
所以別問　還差什麼　我們沒結果
都結了果　卻由他來收穫

那時候　年輕得不甘寂寞　錯把磨練當成折磨
對的人終於會來到　因為犯得錯夠多
總要為想愛的人不想活　才跟該愛的人生活
來過　走過　是親愛的路人成全我

轉載來自 ※ Mojim.com　魔鏡歌詞網 
塵埃落定之後　回憶別來挑撥
何必刻意難過　去證明快樂過
時間改變你我　來不及回看就看破
灑脫　是必要的執著

那時候　只懂得愛誰最多　忘了誰最懂得愛我
對的人會成為一對　因為才不怕犯錯
沒有錯　讓最愛的人錯過　才知道最後愛什麼
來吧　來吧　讓親愛的路人珍惜我
沒有你們愛過　沒有我

Random

Finally there's one Chocolate San Churro newly open in March. It's very famous all over Australia and they finally bring it to Adelaide.

One place that open till late (they normally close around 11ish).

So what's good about this dessert house: if you are a dessert person, you probably like here.

Intro you to the Spanish donut, so called churro! :) I once thought that it has the normal shape like donut but it is actually not. Again, random people dated me out for this dessert. we wanted to go somewhere else but it's not open till late.

my forever Random Friends, that can always call you out super randomly!!
Juliana, Aman, Yen Shiang, Me and Doreen 

Banana sundae with churro. 

one of the hot items - Hot and Cold.
hot b.c of the hot chocolate topped with ice cream! 

cookies and cream cheesecake (probably not available daily)

the lovely gal always requests a pic with the food.

the healthy combo? with fruits, nougat, peanut
for two people.

the environment

these friends are too lovely to give me such pose! HAHA!!



overall it's a good place for dessert, but it's quite noisy until u might need to talk with high volume! (freaks!)

Day trip to hahndorf

Hahndorf - once again I gotta talk about this little town. This is somewhere in South Australia.

The so called - German village as it was occupied by lotsa German those days. So apparently it has become the tourist slot which means its a must to visit whenever you come to south Australia ! Especially during autumn! It has the best view! it's easily reachable. you can take bus but it might takes up to an hour to reach there. 56 stops FTW. thank god, we drove there!

So we decided to pay a visit there for our guest, hui ming all the way from Brisbane! ;) tag along with Danny and Wallace that came from Melbourne!

Woohoo! What's the best here, ice cream German feast (hahndorf inn), homemade fudge, puppet shop and lots more!

guest of the day - CHONG HUI MING! 

maple leaf 

german platter for two people - sausages and pork knuckles!
(personally think that it's really big we shared among four)

Polaroid is a must for this special occasion. 

chicken wings! with the special sauce! WIN WIN!

in love with maple leaves!

liking the weather and especially the tree leaves colour!!


p/s: short visit to German Village just to try the german feast and the view! Nothing much, time was greatly spent!
Thanks god for the good weather and view! WHoo! 

1 April

this photo is really nice (from fb?)

run when u can, dont walk,

or else u will have to speed up with more efforts at the end of the day.

that's why i have to take up my part time jobs while studying, i might not have the bonus (the very rich family background) but at least i m blessed with jobs. im really glad to take up different kind of jobs while im still studying and im earning too! it really motivates me to be better and better !!

RUN + RUN + RUN!

one day,  u might see urself in a better position.

to the future xiaoqinsamantha,
thank you lord for bringing you here with the successful and established position.
this is not a joke on april's fool, but u just have to be thankful and grateful for all you have now, try to help ppl as much as you can with the wealth, intelligence and so forth that are truly blessed by Abba Father. and thank you for each of the ppl that stays with you every now and then. with their support and encouragement, you're here!

my super random countdown trip

well, talking about this. it's a super overdue post!

road trip on the go to end 2012 and start 2013 !
thanks god for all the fun and laughters we had! More to come! the super random trip off to melbourne just for countdown together with Juliana and Jacky. Thanks to Jacky that drove all the way to Melbourne (8hours) and back to Adelaide (12hours) all by himself. simply because he owned a Manual car. CANT HELP U :P

p/s: the reason why it's 12 hours as we used great ocean road to travel back to Adelaide, another random idea! since i missed the one that my legal peeps had in nov.

Day 1 - 30th dec 2012

Camwhoring is one of the must during road trip
GALS defs see eye to eye to me :)

p.s: jacky was trying to act like he's driving super carefully!!

finally after an 8 hour drive, we reached MELBOURNE! SMELL the fresh cold air in melbourne! simply make us excited just because we're hungry and the korean restaurant was still open at 12am! YAY!!
FEAST TIME after a whole day in the car. 

YAY to 2013. another random stuff. use Great Ocean Road to travel back to Adelaide instead of
Juliana on the left and jacky on the right 

the 12 apostles.
(Limestone) one of the scenic view along great ocean road 

12 Apostles.
How amazing this is! captured by my iphone5

travelling can be fun if u go with the right people ! YAY!

Flinders station Melbourne

one of the must try- LORD OF FRIES in melbourne
what's so special was the sauces variety.

managed to get someone to help taking group pic without the help of tripod!
Christmas decor for 2012 

The start of Great Ocean Road

London Bridge's falling down.
the middle part was missing due to erosion. 

not forgetting to take polaroid with the signature post of Jacky.

captured this in a random public toilet along the way to melb.
but it's so TRUE

thanks to Wallace for the free accommodation for our random presence in melb

his smile is so cute here

with our dearly princess Juliana

Blue Lake in Mount Gambier!
(on the way back to Adelaide)
once in a blue moon.
it only turns blue during summer! 

a good start to begin my 2013! thanks god for the fulfilling trip! short but fun time with my dearest friends!