Happy Apple's Survey (No. 2)

just for the record, even though i did go out everyday except for one day in the break, i wasn't partying all the time. i don't think i even met up with people. well i did go uni 2/3 times, and this week i have 3 days of uni! (well skipping two hours on fri...) but it makes up for it....just so much other stuff in the break. oh, and also, i hate group work.

the only surveys i do are ones written by bloggers i know.

1) What is a first world problem that would bother you very much? 

i think i have a lot. well, if i was to pick one for today, it would be that tripview didn't tell me that m2 services between 10-3pm only started from clarence st, town hall. so i walked allll the way from one side of central, then to railway square to find that the guy said you either wait half an hour or go to town hall, then i was thinking of catching the free shuttle bus, but i didn't recall seeing any since they cancelled some services for the parade, so then i bumped into some friends, and then i walked to town hall. i hate being so limited without a mymulti. ended up not catching the m2 buses, but my normal bus, since they added additional services today.

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2) Predict a song that, in ten years, will remind you of 2013.

 i listen to radio songs, which is not often since i hardly drive these days cause of uni. yeah, idk. btw, can't wait for glee this week. it's the ep where they dedicate it to cory/finn. going to be so sad, but the songs are going to be dnm.

3) Favourite mode of procrastination?

going on my phone

4) Name something that piles up for you.

things to do list, places to go eat list (does this count?).

5) Upload or link a picture that makes you happy.

foood. sorry, ceebs, just scroll down for photos of macarons and cake etc.

6)   Do you use bookmarks (as in physical bookmarks)?

for my own books-yes. use all my nice ones (: for library books, if they're old i'll dog ear them/use an old bookmark. for newer library books, i still use old bookmarks.

7)  How are you feeling about approaching the second decade of your life?

old. but i still look like i'm 15, so idk, mixed feelings.

8) If you could be born as a different nationality, which would you choose?

probs white/european. or a halfie (because halfies are so pretty! have you ever met an ugly halfie? well i haven't). my uncle's friend's daughter, who i've met, and i've probably said this before is half french half indian, but lives in shanghai and can speak other languages not of her nationality. something like that.

9) Slightly dry rice or slightly soggier rice?

probs soggier.

10) Avocado. Describe your associations with this word.

yummmmm. good in any sandwich.  

11)  If you could change one thing about the Year 12 formal, what would you change?

the weather. couldn't take a proper photo of the limo and full length shots since it was all raining and gross ): i love taking photos of these stuff.

12)  Describe your favourite place to drive.

don't have one. i like driving on motorways/highways though. going at such a fast speed =D and it's easy, not steering required (:

13) Name a store that you used to love visiting when you were younger.

Build-a-bear. always visited it, but never got one, and never got invited to a party. i think i'm like the only one whose never had a build-a-bear. ):

14)  What is the nicest thing your dad has done for you?

so many things. actually everything. all my money comes from him. like you can't survive without money to buy the simple things in life. and he works hard as well.

15) Name something that you should be good at by now but are not yet.

passing interviews. no jks.

16) Do you need a haircut?

not yet. dance concert coming up=need long hair to not having bits and pieces coming out. you know, i've had my hair layered ever since yr 3, but i think i'm at the stage where straight-ish cut is just fine. i read somewhere that for a girl/ particularly woman, when something big comes/occasions up in their life, they change their haircuts. so true. well not for me, but i see it in my friends.

17) Name something you have an acquired taste for.

probs coffee. now i don't hate it, but i don't want to love it. since if i did love it, i would crave it/can't focus on getting work done, and also, it would cost another my multi ticket each week. and apparently if you drink too much coffee, you're more prone to getting arthritis/not good for you.

18) Besides the obvious, where is a sensitive place you do not like to be touched?.

when people "zap" you waist. it doesn't tickle for me, it hurts.

19) What is the best hug you have been given this year? 

#foreveralone

20) When you go to a cafe, what do you order?

chai latte (i hate it when people think chai is coffee, IT'S NOT!), mocha or cap. 

NO SUGAR. you're supposed to enjoy the natural spices/good quality coffee beans (if you go to places with good stuff). sugar just makes it sweet, like why not drink a juice or a soft drink. same with wine, if you don't like the taste, just go for coke.

fail rates

gg. mid sem averages: visn-57% (range 21-91), optics ~50%.

i felt bad after both exams, more in optics, and i guess i wasn't the only one. they were going over some feedback, and for this question, only 5/150 got it right. same with these other question with hidden tricks, but apparently if we "read carefully" then we wouldn't skip them, but there's no time to even read the question properly! chem was 60ish, but that came out a few weeks ago. no mid sem for phys, which is a good and bad thing i guess.

so scared. fail rates are so damn high. there's at least 6 people repeating first year. then in 2nd and 3rd year, ~60$ of the year takes a supplementary exam, and then about 20-30% fail/drop off each year. so by the time you get to 4th year, there's less or about 50% of your original cohort left. and with out year, since it started off super big compared to other years, they are sure damn keen to cut off numbers. why do they even accept so many people in the first place?

believe me, i do try. i actually do study.

i hope i survive. but as i said, if i fail a course, i will join everything at uni.

jks. i'm so annoyed/pissed at this one thing "money can't buy". you know for every interview: volunteering, med, scholarships, phone etcetc, i haven't passed a single one. i can write well and know what they want for me to get to the interview stage, but then i can't talk well under pressure. so, joining heaps of volunteering things/extra curricular at uni is actually quite hard, so many freakin interviews.

on a lighter note, SMH good food month! and night noodle markets start tomorrow. couldn't go last year cause of HSC. then all the top hatted and normal restaurants have "specials" just for this month. i found what Ophelia had on Saturday, the 2nd guest eats free. sooooo many choices. i probs won't go to the higher end lunches, since i would rather pay more and have a four course than only one course of fish w/ wine, even though it's discounted. ie, one dish at aria for lunch is 46, but their lunch offer is 38. then again, if i find a restaurant i like and they have food which is super appealing, i might go...skipping a lecture on fri, but probs end up going to the city for foood. pretty sure high tea is the same price, and dinner is still expensive, but the chefs try to do something different, like Peter Guilmore is making spicy stuff. breakfast, and brunch and desserts look so goooooood! which ones to go to?

drifting...

today was the only day this whole break that i haven't stepped outside the house. i was planning for a whole week of staying at home, well that went well...so busy. haven't caught up on much stuff, well i have, just haven't studied anything/nothing sinking in.

i feel like i'm drifting. like i always find things out second hand. Also being invited to stuff. i know some things are trivial,  and some things I probs couldn't have gone anyways, but still...yeah, it's kind of =/ it's the thought that counts. so then i pretend i don't know since they wouldn't know if i knew. ok, i would say more, but it'd probs be too deep for blogging purposes...

then like church...people moving to different services, some people possibly moving churches because of work/relationships, etc...people who i grew up with...like my leaders have all either gone to missionary work overseas/moved overseas/married and moved churches. oh also, i would have love to gone to gilgandra mission trip this long weekend, but then i had a dance eisteddfod yday morning, and then stuff also came up on sat, so even if i didn't pull out a few months ago, i would've had to. there were quite a few meetings this year, at around lunchtime on sunday, and service for me starts at 5pm, so it was an awkward time. next year i'll go again.

what is this, the additional buses in the arvo don't come tmr, but on wed...? and lecturers put up notes today, i was hoping to read them in adv...

i feel sick from eating and not moving all day. there goes my "clean eating". i really want a juicer, well we have a blender, but apparently the heat the blades emit (even though it's a tiny bit) kills the enzymes of the fruits and veggies.

hmmmm....

Fleet Review 2013

so busy this mid sem break, but i decided to go out to see the international fleet review with mum. such a nice day today, didn't put on any sunscreen, so i endured to day wearing a cardigan. the fleet review has been in the news for a while, and they were saying how it's the biggest event in sydney since the olympics, which makes sense since nothing internationally big happens in sydney, and when other ships sail down under, well it's big.

took more pics on my camera, but these are from my phone.

walking towards mrs macquarie chair. 

warships are coming!

there weren't that many at that time period, well about 15ish. i wanted to see the 21 gun salute, but that was across at Bradley's head. saw some aviator show, but that was also more based in bradleys head. it was still cool though. there were quite a few helicopters, with banners/flags, and it was really nice when it passed the sun, since their flags gave you a 2 seconds of shade. where the sun was, there were no clouds. some people fully camped there, ie picnic mats/camping chairs etc, i guess to see the plane show. those news reporters with 4 inch heels walking on very sloping grass/rocks-respect.

different side of sydney (:

the front side of sydney! unlike north syd where i usually go for nye "front on view", but you look at the harbour bridge from the back, so if they have words/pictures it's backwards. never been to mrs macquaries chair though, but it's got such a nice view! so much blue-ish water. also saw a dog on a speed boat with a couple-rich.

royal botanical garderns are also so pretty! i've only been to part of it if i ever had a piano exam in the city. actually went through it today, such nice green grass/garden features/newly fixed park benches.

for those who don't have snap chat.

walked by government house.

i found a castle!

why does the sky looks so blue on computer..? it's actually pretty big and quite a surprising find if you're just casually walking by. first time walking here (: if i ever have time, i would actually like to stroll through this part of the city. adventuring doesn't have to include food, it could just be 

had lunch at Sukjai Thai using groupon vouchers (Tracy, i ended up using my parent's credit card to buy the voucher). pretty funky interior design. also the guy who was serving us, i'm pretty sure he's gay or bi. he was wearing short shorts, and fully stlye his hair, i think he wore contacts, and also had quite a lot of make-up for a guy. well, i guess it's normal in thailand, since there's this really famous show in thailand of guys dressing as girls (and they're actually really pretty as a girl, like 5 inch heels, dresses etc). 

pad thai w/chicken, pad see ew w/beef, thai milk tea, lemon ice tea.

the usual. $6 each. it's normally 13.90 a plate, but they had a lunch special of 7.90 (no drinks), so technically we didn't save much. also, it was smaller than normal, cimpared to full priced customers. however, the people next to us who also had the vouchers had a bigger portion. they were bigger/taller woman, but still....in terms of flavour, this was nice, not too heavily seasoned or oily. the pad see ew rice noodles were really soft. however, the meats of both dishes were quite bland, so you had to eat it with the noodle which has sauce. i guess it's good in a way, don't want things too salty. these two plates of thai dishes are the hottest so far (in terms of temp). service was really good. sat down and they immediately poured you water, and kept helping you pour water when they walked pass (even though we are totally capable of pouring water in a glass by ourselves). they kindly explained how their deal worked (:

mother's crepes: black sesame and tiramisu w/ blueberry sauce, and pink grapefruit soda.

wow, how things have changed. they had two batches of group on vouchers, but the second batch had more limited stuff. and we used this voucher under the second batch of vouchers. there wasn't any green tea this time, but luckily we had it last time. there was nice plastic at the bottom to prevent dripping, also the sodas were heaps smaller. this time it was 300ml each. how do i know? well we knew we wouldn't finish the drinks since we had drinks before, so we brought a bottle w/ measurements and poured the drinks into it (: i was super full after the crepes though. it's weird, when i'm eating i don't think i'm full, but after, i feel as if i can skip dinner.

walked to darling harbour. tall ships, wall ships, ships, ships, ships. sooo many people, and it's only a friday. most people were elderly people w/ grand kids. can't imagine how busy it would be during the long weekend.

the bridge opened! didn't see any boats go past, but i guess they did it because it's fleet review and they can open it for show (:

i would have liked to go on a warship for $3, but tickets already sold out online through ticketek, only the tall ships for $20 haven't been sold out yet. ended up walking past the Australian Maritime Museum. usually they have a gate so you can't go further in, but they opened it this time, and they built extra/temporary flooring (?) wooden planks. you could tell since the wood looked quite brand new, and it's extended beyond the normal wharf.

ended up walking to Pyrmont. the star was just across the road, so Zumbo time! there were heaps of stalls/chairs set up in the grassy area for tmr.

Caramel au Beurre Sale, Salted Butter Caramel on Toast, passionfruit, cherry and coconut, Pecan Danish, lychee and coconut.

the colours match!

yu nuts zu millefeuille
chestnut creme legere, chestnut & lime biscuit, yuzu creme, almond chestnut crunch & caramelised puff pastry

ceebs explaining how each flavour was. maybe later. i've tried every flavour except pineapple and the special ones he sometimes makes on weekends. this time i didn't use my money, so mum chose the chesnut cake, apparently chestnuts are expensive? it was so good, but i think i prefer the other one.

they have 2 more buses between 2.10 and 3.10. now i don't have a massive gap coming home if i end at 2! got through the day and managed to get home by 4 (: productive day out! time to go catch up on so much work which i haven't touched this week. been so busy.

Ocular Therapy Clinical Skills and Lindt Cafe Take 4/5

guys, i don't get out of my way just to get free stuff. i was going to past it/come close to it anways, so i went again.

this time on george st, the person asked for my name, maybe to make sure i won't go back. at george st lindt cafe, you get a free lindor for every hot beverage purchase, but my coffee was free and i still got one (:

mocha

no layers.

i didn't specify dark or hazulnut or whatever mocha, just mocha, but this one didn't have as much dark choc. again, each barista has a different touch, so i guess there isn't any "quality control" over their coffee. this didn't have froth by itself and choc sprinkled on top, but hey incorporated colour into it. it's pretty in it's own way. saw a person eat the dome cake (at 11 in the morning...). i don't get the logic behind it. you pour hot chocolate onto a hard choc case to melt it just to get to the ice cream. like if it was tempered choc it would taste different, but using chocolate to melt other chocolate...?

purple snail

main part of the day. went to uni to help out this post grad clinical skills day since they needed eyes to test on, so i basically opened my eyes for four hours and getting stuff shoved. ok, it wasn't that bad, it was actually pretty cool to get paid to sit and open you eyes and to also eat. it was pretty good pay, i'd say about double the average of what my friends earn per hour (: too bad it was only for a day. should've gone to the lecture in the morning, apparently it was easier to understand than our super disorganised visn1101. ocular therapeutics is a post grad one year course, you don't have to do it, but as a practicing optometrist, a lot of people do to learn more skills/do more stuff in your practice. 

some people i talked to had their own practice for over 13 years. some were about 50-ish, and there were more females as well, i guess the trend still continues. learnt some stuff as well. also, i have a lot of iris processes (no idea what is was), which occurs in about 30% of the population, and may be cause by trauma to the eyes. well i don't remember anyone bashing my eyes, nor any family history. i have a deep field of view, which is pretty good, but then i have inward growing eyelashes, so it was in the way of people checking for gonio. they put these mirrors on your eyes to see different angles of the lens inside your eye. some people were so steady, but there were other optometrists who were so shaky =/ must learn to be steady.

stuff is so expensive. i heard them say stuff like a pair of tweezers they bought were around $150. then they talked about the metal stick which they use to flip your eyelid fully. that must be like 300, even though it's literally a metal stick only about 5cm long. they're both not electronic! can't imagine how much other stuff like lenses/hand held eectronics/big machines would cost.

eyes felt so tired after, one of the test they did was trying to get oil out of our eyes. i was put in that station twice, and the latter group found it difficult, most likely because all my oil was already drained out. at the end of the day, the supervisors checked our eyes to see if it wasn't too badly damaged lol.

free lunch!

it was hard to take a nice photo standing up. but the food was so good! about 6 types of gourmet sandwiches, 2 types of quiches, 3 types of sushi, 3 types of skewers, 3 types of bagels (which were slightly hard), spring rolls, fruit and other stuff. the sushi ran out fast ): i couldn't eat a lot since i was so full form the coffee, but i still stuffed myself =/ i already avoided the biscuits etc. also took home a plate of sanwiches since they were going ot chuck it out. so happy (: 

went again to martin place. different day, completely different staff. this time the person didn't even bother to scan my phone. 

this is the mocha macchiato-$5.90. this is what i had last time! they only have this at martin place. last time i asked for a dark choc mocha, but got this and didn't know this was the mocha macchiato. i only saw signs which said "new" but didn't have any names. this is my favourite! better than the dark choc mocha.

not as pretty this time-layers aren't as distinct, and the choc shot at the bottom isn't as high as last time. also the piece of choc on top seems smaller/fell through the froth more. didn't bother scooping out all the chocolate, since i was stil super duper full from lunch.

i was so looking forward to going on a tram to family friend's house. turns out they had track work to start taking off the monorails, do they just had buses ): they didn't even check for tickets, and i remember last time i went on a tram, they made sure everyone paid/had a tickets.

why did we have to go someone's house for dinner? you know one coffee can last me throughout the day of uni without eating. i had two and a massive lunch, and then bbq for dinner which had steak and lamb cutlets! i literally couldn't fit anymore food into myself ): only ate a tad of each thing. the past few days i've only been eating a little bit of meat/dinner to compensate for all that chocolate in drinks, but today just failed. had sparkling red wine today, wow, it's so carbonated, even more than soft drinks =/

gta 5 is pretty cool. you can fly big planes/do sports. watched now you see me, it's pretty good (:

Le Pain Quotidien Take 2 and Lindt Cafe Take 3

you know how i don't like going to the same place (in terms of cafes) twice unless it's free or super, duper good? well, i went Le Pain again today, using more group on vouchers. they were originally for my cousin who requested them, but he always woke up late, and never had the chance to go. luckily, he still paid us back for it, since i think it's a waste of money to go again.

belgian pot of hot chocolate and danish.

last time we went was July, and boy, there were some huge differences. when we got there, it was about 10.30ish, same as last time. there weren't any almond croissants left, but that was ok since i had that last time, and i managed to get the last danish (: it was nice. not overly sweet and didn't leave your mouth feeling like butter, but was still nice and flaky. with my hot choc this time, i didn't bother scooping every single bit of chocolate since i've had too much sugar these days. 

my mum had the walnut toast. it was nice, except this time, they only had apricot and white choc, or apricot and choc spreads. we ended up with apricot and white choc. both of the spreads were super sweet. last time there was blueberry. they obviously lost some profit from the spreads before eofy, so they most likely ditched the blueberry jam. well, they are expensive, but that jam was so good! also, they used to have their juices in bottles, so it was possible to tke away. we asked for the juices to be taken away, but the guy gave us glasses, and then he transferred it into plastic take away cups. defs filled ripped of in terms of volume. we brought an extra bottle to pour the juice in (outside the cafe, haha), since we knew we wouldn't be able to finish it. turns out the juice was around 350ish mills, heaps less than the 500ml. there was only apple or orange this time, no pineapple, and last time we didn't get the pineapple, so i never tried their pineapple juice ):

sat at this end of the cafe this time.

mirrors in hyde park. waiting to be slightly less full...

went to the lindt cafe at darling harbour. they have a different system to martin place. here you pay and then get a number thing. over there, you sit and then you pay when you leave. once i got there today, i immediately got a mozzie bite, it felt really "damp-ish" or mozzie temperature inside the limited seating in the cafe, so we decided to go outside, but there's minimal shade. the guy at the counter didn't know the "new" product-mocha macchiato. he said they have mocha or macchiato, but not both. then i asked for a dark chocolate mocha, and he said their mochas were all naturally served with dark chocolate. yday at martin places, the mocha was specifically dark choc mocha, and there was another drink called mocha macchiato. also, they didn't have the double glass cups here, so the drink was hot to touch. there's heaps of seating, and even during lunch, more than half the cafe was full. so many kids getting treated to such nice iced chocolates at such a young age. 

hazelnut mocha -$5.70

normal mocha on left, hazelnut on right.

not as pretty, but can't complain cause it's freeee! again, not much coffee in the hazelnut, and not as chocolatey as yesterdays. there were some traces of a hazelnut flavour, and this one was distinctly sweeter than the normal mocha. the normal mocha here, even though it has dark chocolate, had more coffee taste than ydays. just depends on who makes it i guess.

sugar overload. was going to go mother's crepes, but ice cream + soft drink would be way to much. 2.5 drinks and a pastry lasted me until dinner. had an almost vegetarian dinner tonight-had two small pieces of steamed pork ribs. poached eggs are the best in giving natural flavour to udon-like noodles (: must eat healthy at home to compromise all those sugars and calories from just a few drinks.

guess what! our neighbours moved today! finally, i can't stand another year of constant screaming, wooping, partying, revving. yday, my mum noticed that they put heaps of furniture in their garage, and turns out they were moving today. there was a guy at about 7ish putting a sign up, at night (dat logic...), and then the truck came at around 10pm. they didn't have much furniture to begin with, so it only took them an hour. but why on a friday night...? recently they bought this kids petrol toy motorbike, another motorbike and a scooter. not sure if they borrowed it form a friend or what, but past midnight, they rev it up so loud. so glad that they're moving to a house somewhere else. they got a small dog a few months ago, but when it's un attended, it yelps like mad. i'm pretty sure they moved since the house is small, but the owners increased the price about $100, so they might as well pay more for a bigger house which suits their needs. i just hope the next fam coming in is not as "bad-ass". those twins are my brother's age, yet they smoke and drink, since that's what their parents do as well. and they're younger sister always invites the other girls on my street, and they run like crazy on the street, which is super dangerous since cars always go in and out. seriously, what have their parents taught them about street safety? 

bro had his semi today, no idea where. never can get through to him on the phone =/

Lindt Cafe Take 2

thanks Bitter for the link! i have kinda distributed the link to quite a lot of people now...

since i snuck into yday's chem tute, i skipped my 9am tute, and went lindt cafe at Martin Place. my bus stops at martin place so it was super convenient.

dark chocolate mocha

Bitter had it before, so i decided to try it. it's soooo good! not your average mocha! look at those layers! i shoul've also take a pick from the other side, but i wanted to show the "melting" effect. not sure how much this is, couldn't find it on their menu. on the take away list it's $5.70. i love these glasses! not hot too touch, an keeps the inside hot. this glass was made in swiss. aldi sold these a while back, but i didn't buy them since i don't have a coffee machine. this mocha didn't have much coffee in it, very subtle, but i can't complain since if you're at a chocolate cafe, you'd want more chocolate, and they only allowed coffee not hot choc. since it's dark chocolate and coffee, it wasn't sweet at all, and you could taste the authenticity of the chocolate, which is highlighted through the coffee. there are chocolate bits which you could see in your glass, but they melted in your mouth instantly. foam was nice, and the chocolate sauce on the side was chocolate and not sugary syrupy chocolate that you'd find at normal coffee/cafe places. my favourite mocha yet (:

tagged along with Bitter and Better to the "fashion show" at the galeries. let's be honest, i was more in for the free stuff. i do love my fashion, but that's a hundred times more expensive than food. also, i won't be able to pull off more than half the stuff because of my height. i actually have a variety of clothes at home, from normal, to crazy patters, floral, lace, bold stripes and even fob. most of the time i just stick with my normal t-shirt and pants, since uni=moving everywhere + labs and you need to be comfy/don't want nice to dirty. maybe i should actually start wearing some prints which i have but don't wear. 

i think my most expensive shirt was about $40au, which i bought in hk, but i really loved it. btw, everytime i buy normal clothes it's on special/less then 20 bucks. in aus, average shirts you buy at higher end places, which are not "branded" but just higher up one average prices are pretty expensive. places which sell plain singlets for $20, they have nice stuff, but you pick up anything it's most like 3 digits. and then branded stuff, it's 4 digits, and my income is 0 digits. even if i did have an income, fashion is something way too hard to follow, compared with food.

free champagne. 

i know that's not how you hold it, and i'm pretty sure it's fake champagne, ie sparkling wine. there is a major difference which some of my uncles are so passionate about and were willing to explain the concept over dinner back in hk...it's gets quite technical, and it's about where it is made. in short, if it's made in Champagne, France, then it's called champagne. if it's not made in that place in france, it's sparkling wine, but it becomes trivial since people see bubbles and assume and mis-call it champagne. real champagne (ie Moet, which has federer) is expensive!

magaret zhang with models

too short for me to pull off stripes. even if i was tall, i don't think i'm brave enough to wear that.

the macarons were just sweet, and no distinct flavour, but i've had sweeter macarons. my freebies/goodies bag are missing some vouchers. chances are, even if i did have them, 90% i would not use them, since i'm pretty well stocked on make-up, as i don't use a lot, only for dance/some occasions, but i would like to have the option of using those vouchers. someone also took my 10min free make up. oh wells. the notebooks they gave are pretty nice (:

what luck, the last express bus was late about 15min, and i managed to catch it (:

i'm trying to do the healthy thing of eating a bigger breakfast and not eating much at dinner. so far these past two days, breakfast has been bigger than dinner. i guess i had the coffee to sustain my hunger throughout the today, and my milkshake yday. i'm also over free bbqs and maccas. when you think about those sausages, most of it's fat. if i ever have a sausage at home/outside, it has to be lean or gourmet, even though it's more expensive. lean sausages actually have so much less fat. trying to eat healthier these days at uni/home. saving my "quota" of fat for outside/cafe food. during the big mac chant, we got about 5 big macs in our family, since there was a generic voucher. i only had about 1, and my bro had most of it. so over big macs. you know what, so far my lunch yday and today have been vegetarian. i love my meat, but i guess i can survive without meat for lunch. 

also, my mum wants to by a $900 juicer and blender. i'm pretty sure it's commericial, or else it wouldn't be that expensive. apparently it can make purees/hot stuff as well. that money could pay for halfway to america or literally shop-till-you-drop (shopping can become exhausting, walking around the whole day, carrying over ten filled bags...), since everything is so cheap over there! we have a blender we got for free in hk when we bought our rice cooker about 3 years ago, but still haven't used it. i hope we don't get it. there's no room for a coffee machine but room for a massive juicer/blender ): i guess freshly squezzed juices are super healthy, but how many juices do you have to juice to make it worth it? i'm pretty sure buying it from outside would be cheaper. or just use our new and un-used blender.i shall get it out in the end of year break and make healthy smoothies! =D i said that post-hsc, never had the time.