Sleepless Travels Reloaded

Today I’m going to write one of those typical boring blog posts about my day (e.g. do I really need to know you ate toast for breakfast, or forgot your homework during Math class?!!!). But I figure it’s okay to be self-indulgent today, for today is…

MY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Speaking of bloggers. I really cannot stand those teens who type with super bad grammar and using teeny net abreviations/lingo (example). Even though I have a penchant for bimbo blogs I have to draw the line somewhere.

Maybe my proofreading is not perfect either but at least I don’t spell badly on purpose. And whatever I wrote before 2005 does not count because I have mended my ways! In fact I’m so disgusted by this teeny bopper speech I’m thinking of using perfect English in chats too >_>
… but Lolcat speech is still cool!

Went to town today to get a garment bag. Got one at David Jones - $149 for a rather solid bag - had a $100 DJs gift voucher my parents gave me as a graduation present but they said they’d top up the extra $49. Yay!

Yep, I’ve been dragging my suit(s) around in the cheap plastic bag they came in. I decided finally that I’ve been putting off the purchase of a proper garment bag for too long!!

I have a job interview via video conferencing for a research assistant position at the Federal Court on Wednesday 10am. It’s going to be mega intensive…1 hour interview then 90 minute TEST. Plz to be dying now.

Then I have a flight to Canberra on the same day at 3.30 PM. It’s going to be tight but I should be alright.

Got another interview in Sydney on the following weekend, 4 August. And that’s why I had to get the garment bag. BECAUSE I AM NOT DRAGGING MY SUIT AROUND IN THAT STUPID FLIMSY PLASTIC BAG ANY LONGER!!!!!!

Whee!

It’s got so many pockets and things! You could almost not pack another bag >_>
Bit heavy though; 3 kilos.

Visited the Bourke St DJs food market place for the first time. I really like it! It’s very busy and there’s tons of people there eating. I enjoyed looking at the $300/kg spanish prosciutto o.O. And I thought the $120/kg wagyu beef prosciutto was bad enough!!

However their vanilla slice is much much crappier than Adelaide’s
I’m just going to have to pig out on vanilla slice when/if I go back to Adelaide. Normally I say I only eat vanilla slice from DJs, but I suppose now I’ll have to specify *Adelaide DJs* now. Yur. Normal vanilla slice is always too thick and dense for me. Adelaide’s is light and fluffy >_<

I was at the food market area because I wanted to buy my birthday cake - DJs chocolate mousse cake! Which after Cheesecake Shoppe's Pavlova topper is probably my most favouritest of cakes. Light and fluffy! Yes. I dislike dense sweets - too cloying.

And here's my bag count for the day:
1 Chloe
2 LVs
2 Balenciagas (1 fake?)

Not really many, but then I wasn't there for very long and I spent a long time obsessing over which garment bag to buy too.

Over the last few days I have been enthralled by Snapfish. It’s one of those sites that make their money off photo printing. You can have online photo albums (unlimited storage) too that you can invite your friends/relatives to see, however, and here’s the crux, you can’t use the images externally. Have to say the uploading process is very interestingly coded!! It’s MSIE only though (blegh). Anyway the only reason I’m using it is because you can get a free 20 page 11.5″ x 8.5″ hardback photo album. Just pay $4.95 shipping. Normal price is $39.95. After obsessing over it for days I have just ordered my album!! It looks sooooo good, and dare I say it, professional? It will be a great coffee table book~~

If anyone wants an account let me refer you because then I can get 20 free prints ._.

BIRTHDAY WISHLIST
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Here’s another wishlist that I don’t really intend to fulfill because I prefer seeing money in my bank account but oh well.

• Tokidoki for Le Sportsac Notte Solid Trenino
• Tokidoki for Le Sportsac Notte Solid Braccialetto
• Tokidoki for Le Sportsac Notte Solid Zucca (awesome for travelling)
• Louis Vuitton Black Epi Pochette Accesoires
• Louis Vuitton Manhatten GM
• A new iPod screen
• Nikon D40 and 18-200mm VR lens…and all the other lenses I mentioned in my other post.
• Erm, for some reason that’s *all* I can think of right now. So I’ll this with “Etc.”

And finally, my birthday dinner photos!

I asked my mom to surprise me, and she came up with a menu of my favourite foods.

I had prawn toast, deepfried salmon skin, deep fried gold coin egg tofu, salmon yu sang, steamed oysters in ginger and shallot sauce and finally to round it off there was prawn and scallop ee-mein.

I think homecooked food is still the best
Definitely better than the Japanese (which was ‘meh’ even though the tempura was the best I’ve had, ever) and Lebanese (which was really good!) pre-birthday dinners I had.