I've been REALLY slack with posting things on this blog. In the time away I've been busy trying to get some sort of plan for the futeure going. Chasing up the school, trying to find a job. I now have two assesments to do for school, reading logs and a direction assesment for drama. I plan to finish them then go to University for the next Trimester. I helped out at Wellington High with a reuinion weekend, unpaid.
On friday I got drunk for the first time, this was weird. I tried to remember to take photos but had trouble remembering that I had a plate of sandwiches on my lap. I was unable to stand for long as my inner-ear balance was thrown out of wack really fast. I had quite a bit of fun so maybe after I've recovered a bit I'll try it all again, in like a month, or two.
It's all Food and Games 'till something else takes my interest.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
It is only ham!
Friends used to be one the biggest things in my life but due to my plans for the year all falling in on themselves, I only see people once a week or so. I've started joining Corey and Treble in their weightlifting and general manly activities. Last Tuesday I pushed myself to my limit and my arms still hurt. I'm a pathetic little weakling.
This weekend is an exciting one for me, Armaggedon, pop expo has come to Wellington. It's actually quite pathetic compared to other expos around the world and has had the gaming pumped out of it. That means you see more Anime and Manga taking it's place. Still, the nerd in me loves this weekend and one day I'll actually dress up in something so very obscure, like Lord Nerevar. :D
I guess I'll be spending the weekend with Corey and I'm so very excited to catch up with my other good mates. Like Indya, the best artist I know and my closest female friend. She bullies me, I let her, it's a good relationship. Floyd, the nicest guy I've ever had the pleasure of knowing, he's pretty massive and part maori so he could easily be a massive prick but he manages to be gentle-awesome-nice. Treble and his Girlfriend will be there later so I'm keen to catch up her and share some disturbing stories. There are also many other friends going so I'm like so eager I may just take a nap.
Sadly Jayden's not coming but that's because he doesn't really enjoy the drawing side of things that has taken over the gaming side of things. We're sort of similar in views, I'm just more of a sucker for punishment than he is. I'm hoping we're going to hang out soon, pull an all-nighter, eat junk, play Heavy Rain. The food I've had a Jayden's usually defies description, we are mages meddling with things that should not be meddled with in his kitchen. We nearly lost our minds one time when the Ham on our cheese on toast was of the same mass if not bigger. Then we slathered it with relish. The Ham still haunts me. The Ham.
I'll try and remember to take my camera this weekend and post masses of pictures! maybe throw something really budget together as a costume.
Praise Azura.
This weekend is an exciting one for me, Armaggedon, pop expo has come to Wellington. It's actually quite pathetic compared to other expos around the world and has had the gaming pumped out of it. That means you see more Anime and Manga taking it's place. Still, the nerd in me loves this weekend and one day I'll actually dress up in something so very obscure, like Lord Nerevar. :D
I guess I'll be spending the weekend with Corey and I'm so very excited to catch up with my other good mates. Like Indya, the best artist I know and my closest female friend. She bullies me, I let her, it's a good relationship. Floyd, the nicest guy I've ever had the pleasure of knowing, he's pretty massive and part maori so he could easily be a massive prick but he manages to be gentle-awesome-nice. Treble and his Girlfriend will be there later so I'm keen to catch up her and share some disturbing stories. There are also many other friends going so I'm like so eager I may just take a nap.
Sadly Jayden's not coming but that's because he doesn't really enjoy the drawing side of things that has taken over the gaming side of things. We're sort of similar in views, I'm just more of a sucker for punishment than he is. I'm hoping we're going to hang out soon, pull an all-nighter, eat junk, play Heavy Rain. The food I've had a Jayden's usually defies description, we are mages meddling with things that should not be meddled with in his kitchen. We nearly lost our minds one time when the Ham on our cheese on toast was of the same mass if not bigger. Then we slathered it with relish. The Ham still haunts me. The Ham.
I'll try and remember to take my camera this weekend and post masses of pictures! maybe throw something really budget together as a costume.
Praise Azura.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Still Alive
I've kinda been in a slump the last two weeks, so blogging has been non-existant. I'm back and still un-employed. I've been helping my Dad with preparing our house for the demolition of our kitchen, a scary glass-roofed, rotting room that freezes in winter, leaks when it rains, howls when the wind blows and turns into a greenhouse in the summer. By the end of April it will be all gone and building of the new kitchen will commence. I'm very excited for the new kitchen, in particular the lino floor as I'm sick of getting splinters from the weet-bix board floor.
It looks like I'm going to take a course or two at Uni next trimester but first I have to make sure I can get in. This means taking some papers at high school if they'll let me to get University Entrance. My other option is to take a course of preparation at Victoria University. I have some decisions to make, and I have to make them soon.
To bring things back on a lighter note, I've started lifting small weights after being inspired by a visit to Corey's house last week and watching him and Treble lift more than I possibly could. If I don't start working on this, Treble will be able to break out of my death-grip.
Today I gave making a Mee Goreng a go and it turned out quite well, I took photo's of the process so if you folks at home want you can make one too.
These were all the ingredients I used: Noodles, Bean Curd (Deep fried tofu), Fish cake, bean sprouts, onions, eggs, lemon (Wouldn't recomend the lemon), Oil (Ghee is probably better), Soy Sauce, Tomato Sauce (I'd recomend a spicier sauce than watties, or at least find something less sweet), chilli powder and Tumeric powder.
I put the noodles on to cook with some oil and salt, this was only because I used dried pasta but if you have fresh noodles than this step should be skipped.
Next I prepared all the other ingredients, sliced the onions roughly, sliced the fish cake and bean curd into edible pieces, lightly beat the eggs, and just got the bean sprouts out of the bag.
I started on the sauce paste, I had less chilli than the 2 tbsp's I needed so I added some chilli flakes.
Next I added 1 tbsp of tumeric, 1 tbsp of soy sauce and 3 tbsp's of tomato sauce. After mixing that up I added 1 tbsp of water.
The noodles are done so it's time to start frying.
After waiting 'till the the wok was "Smoking hot" I added 4 tbsp's of oil and then the onions. I love the smell of frying onions.
Next I added the sauce paste and let it reduce and thicken.
Next I added the noodles and coated them in the sauce and let the fry for a while.
I added the sprouts, bean curd and fish cake, I let those fry while tossing them around getting it all well mixed.
I pushed all the goreng (Fry) to oe side and poured the egg into the hole after added some more oil.
Cover the egg with the noodles and leave for about a minute to let the egg actually cook.
I tossed the whole mixture together, I broke up the egg and fried for about three more minutes.
I quickly ran outside and grabbed a sprig onion, chopped it up and sprinkled it on top. You may noticed I left out the lemon, that was because it tasted kinda bad. Don't add lemon juice. Just don't. In the end it was quite tasty but the spices weren't right and watties sauce gave it a sweet taste that really wasn't right.
Amateur chef, out!
It looks like I'm going to take a course or two at Uni next trimester but first I have to make sure I can get in. This means taking some papers at high school if they'll let me to get University Entrance. My other option is to take a course of preparation at Victoria University. I have some decisions to make, and I have to make them soon.
To bring things back on a lighter note, I've started lifting small weights after being inspired by a visit to Corey's house last week and watching him and Treble lift more than I possibly could. If I don't start working on this, Treble will be able to break out of my death-grip.
Today I gave making a Mee Goreng a go and it turned out quite well, I took photo's of the process so if you folks at home want you can make one too.
These were all the ingredients I used: Noodles, Bean Curd (Deep fried tofu), Fish cake, bean sprouts, onions, eggs, lemon (Wouldn't recomend the lemon), Oil (Ghee is probably better), Soy Sauce, Tomato Sauce (I'd recomend a spicier sauce than watties, or at least find something less sweet), chilli powder and Tumeric powder.
I put the noodles on to cook with some oil and salt, this was only because I used dried pasta but if you have fresh noodles than this step should be skipped.
Next I prepared all the other ingredients, sliced the onions roughly, sliced the fish cake and bean curd into edible pieces, lightly beat the eggs, and just got the bean sprouts out of the bag.
I started on the sauce paste, I had less chilli than the 2 tbsp's I needed so I added some chilli flakes.
Next I added 1 tbsp of tumeric, 1 tbsp of soy sauce and 3 tbsp's of tomato sauce. After mixing that up I added 1 tbsp of water.
The noodles are done so it's time to start frying.
After waiting 'till the the wok was "Smoking hot" I added 4 tbsp's of oil and then the onions. I love the smell of frying onions.
Next I added the sauce paste and let it reduce and thicken.
Next I added the noodles and coated them in the sauce and let the fry for a while.
I added the sprouts, bean curd and fish cake, I let those fry while tossing them around getting it all well mixed.
I pushed all the goreng (Fry) to oe side and poured the egg into the hole after added some more oil.
Cover the egg with the noodles and leave for about a minute to let the egg actually cook.
I tossed the whole mixture together, I broke up the egg and fried for about three more minutes.
I quickly ran outside and grabbed a sprig onion, chopped it up and sprinkled it on top. You may noticed I left out the lemon, that was because it tasted kinda bad. Don't add lemon juice. Just don't. In the end it was quite tasty but the spices weren't right and watties sauce gave it a sweet taste that really wasn't right.
Amateur chef, out!
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Kratos likes to kill things
So my day didn't end with my lovely lunch, actually it was just the beginning of my day. After giving out two free hugs in town my confidence was boosted and felt bubblier and happier.
I went to Jayden's house later that day and met up with Treble and Corey and started to help the set up of the night’s events. When I got there, Jayden was confused by the TV he wanted to unplug seeming to have no cord for the power. It had power; we just couldn't work out where the power was coming from. Others started to arrive and I helped bring the Pc's, monitors and cables in. We were setting up for a LAN party.
Everyone but Me, Corey and Treble had brought at least one pc(Corey and Treble with their Macs, my pc being too large and my inability to move it), Corey and Treble set up Jayden's Ps3 and proceeded to play Little Big Planet with a "No Slap pact". The pact didn't last long because once they started a level with trains being the safe platforms over electrical floors and ceilings. Corey had great fun killing Treble with slaps. I hurt myself laughing at the image and Treble's protests.
The rest of the night was a haze of games, Single player and Multi player, but it was while Treble played God of War 3 I realised how much Kratos has lost all sense of humanity and really just enjoyed murdering people. That could have just been Treble's playing style.
Just a little recap of what I've been up to. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch some TV with my folks.
I went to Jayden's house later that day and met up with Treble and Corey and started to help the set up of the night’s events. When I got there, Jayden was confused by the TV he wanted to unplug seeming to have no cord for the power. It had power; we just couldn't work out where the power was coming from. Others started to arrive and I helped bring the Pc's, monitors and cables in. We were setting up for a LAN party.
Everyone but Me, Corey and Treble had brought at least one pc(Corey and Treble with their Macs, my pc being too large and my inability to move it), Corey and Treble set up Jayden's Ps3 and proceeded to play Little Big Planet with a "No Slap pact". The pact didn't last long because once they started a level with trains being the safe platforms over electrical floors and ceilings. Corey had great fun killing Treble with slaps. I hurt myself laughing at the image and Treble's protests.
The rest of the night was a haze of games, Single player and Multi player, but it was while Treble played God of War 3 I realised how much Kratos has lost all sense of humanity and really just enjoyed murdering people. That could have just been Treble's playing style.
Just a little recap of what I've been up to. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch some TV with my folks.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Meow and KK
The celebration of my Dad's friend's Birthday was pretty awesome. I was still feeling quite down and tired when we got there and had made the foolish mistake of brushing my teeth with plenty of toothpaste before leaving. The reason it was foolish was once I got there I was thirsty (I'm kinda always thirsty) so I decided to try a Phoenix cola with honey in it. Honey Cola they called it. It was nice but the toothpaste made it taste weird. It seems me and the rest of the family turned up early and was sharing the table with a bunch of people that were not part of the party. About this point I realised how tired I was. The next hour or so was just me having a non-sweet non-gingery ginger beer, looking at old photos of the birthday boy and chatting to people.
Then it came time to order dinner, I hadn't been really interested in anything on the menu as I'm a Asian food, spice freak. When put on the spot I decided to try the beef steak. IT WAS AMAZING! A good inch and a half think but cooked perfectly, it came on a sweet potato rosti and had tomato and mushroom on top. That was a good meal.
By now some people were starting get a bit drunk and I joined into a conversation with a College teacher at Aotea College who has a band that couldn't play that night due a lack of drummer. When I asked what type of music they play he told me it was "Genre defying" "progressive" and finally settled on "Surf Prog".
I didn't understand this but he explained that it was Surf music and Prog rock. So, a bit strange.
The band that did play was apparently a punk band but was an aged band that sounded more country-ish at first.
All in all it was a pretty cool night. Meow does not serve cat.
Today I caught with few mates and went to favourite restaurant, KK Malaysian. (Again, Asian food, spice freak) Me, Corey, Nathan, Jayden and Treble all caught up and explained to each other what we have been up to.
From left to right: Me, Treble, Corey
Nathan, cool as ever!
I also decided to take photos of all the awesome food we got too!
Nathan got himself a Roti Chanai and said he enjoyed it. Look at all that Roti!
Treble is was the least adventurous with his fried chicken but hey, can't begrudge a guy for liking chicken.
Corey got confused and ordered number 29. He couldn't remember the name of it. (It was Wan Tan Hor)
"How do I eat this?"
I was the fatty of the group and got myself the delectable Mee Goreng...
...and Spring rolls. :D
Jayden was late and ordered himself a Char Kuey Teow.
All in all, most of us had a good lunch, a good chat and I satisfied my craving for spicy noodles for the time being.
Then it came time to order dinner, I hadn't been really interested in anything on the menu as I'm a Asian food, spice freak. When put on the spot I decided to try the beef steak. IT WAS AMAZING! A good inch and a half think but cooked perfectly, it came on a sweet potato rosti and had tomato and mushroom on top. That was a good meal.
By now some people were starting get a bit drunk and I joined into a conversation with a College teacher at Aotea College who has a band that couldn't play that night due a lack of drummer. When I asked what type of music they play he told me it was "Genre defying" "progressive" and finally settled on "Surf Prog".
I didn't understand this but he explained that it was Surf music and Prog rock. So, a bit strange.
The band that did play was apparently a punk band but was an aged band that sounded more country-ish at first.
All in all it was a pretty cool night. Meow does not serve cat.
Today I caught with few mates and went to favourite restaurant, KK Malaysian. (Again, Asian food, spice freak) Me, Corey, Nathan, Jayden and Treble all caught up and explained to each other what we have been up to.
I also decided to take photos of all the awesome food we got too!
Nathan got himself a Roti Chanai and said he enjoyed it. Look at all that Roti!
Treble is was the least adventurous with his fried chicken but hey, can't begrudge a guy for liking chicken.
Corey got confused and ordered number 29. He couldn't remember the name of it. (It was Wan Tan Hor)
"How do I eat this?"
I was the fatty of the group and got myself the delectable Mee Goreng...
...and Spring rolls. :D
Jayden was late and ordered himself a Char Kuey Teow.
All in all, most of us had a good lunch, a good chat and I satisfied my craving for spicy noodles for the time being.
Friday, March 11, 2011
I hate sleepless nights
Yeah, I couldn't sleep last night and that has put me in a horrible mood for the whole day. Woke up sore and had a shower that competed with the washing machine. Not a great start. My day didn't really progress from there but it also didn't go downhill. Things should pick up as I'm going with the Family to a restaurant called Meow for my Dad's friends 50th. Whether or not they serve cat will be discovered.
Tomorrow I'm going to catch up my mates and go to my favourite restaurant, KK Malaysia!
I'm extremely keen for this and have been planning it for weeks.
Any this is going to be a short post because I believe we will be leaving for the Cat restaurant soon!
Stay classy!
Tomorrow I'm going to catch up my mates and go to my favourite restaurant, KK Malaysia!
I'm extremely keen for this and have been planning it for weeks.
Any this is going to be a short post because I believe we will be leaving for the Cat restaurant soon!
Stay classy!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
I made a Sandwich
Actually I made two and stacked them on each other. One was ham and Lettuce, the other was Tuna, mayo and spring onion. Both were very tasty. That has been the high point of my day, apart from playing a little bit of Dark Crusade.
Yesterday I handed in an application form at my local Supermarket, I had planned to meet up with one of my best mates, Jayden, and eat microwave popcorn that I had picked up at the Supermarket before leaving. Sadly he wasn't home so I drank the rest of my V Iced coffee (Quite nice by the way) and drew a Dino-Guar before leaving. Apparently it is quite sad to sit on someone's doorstep for forty minutes but I'm sure he'll forgive me.
I then popped into Corey’s place because he lives quite close by, He wasn't home either but I had a good chat with his brother and showed him the Dino-Guar. He thought it was brilliant and could "Blow Treble out of the water".
Treble is a friend of mine who I torment and tease constantly; I know he loves me though. I'm saying "treble" because he has issues with me using his real name on the internet. He likes to draw me and my closest friends into Web comic called "Comic Book Book" I'm the second favourite according to his fans! That tickles my ego something nice.
So today and yesterday were pretty much flops, not much happened and I lost some of the respect of my friends. Right now I'd like some ideas for a title for my Blog. If you like picture of me shouting Morrowind I recommend you look Corey’s Deviantart. Yeah, my friends are talented. Should I post my Dino-Guar? Also to the friends I have been mentioning, is it alright if I just use your names?
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