Showing posts with label loved ones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loved ones. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
valentine's in the skies
It's almost a tradition for us to not celebrate valentine's on the day itself. It's either cuz we're too busy or that things are just too expensive.
So I made a reservation for 2 at Movida WEEKS before, for Feb 19th.
But when I got my uni schedule for the week, it seemed pretty relaxed, so I told her I could go down to the city. We initially planned just to cook dinner at her place. Then, one thing led to another, and I made last minute reservations (on the day itself) for dinner, and rushingly got movie tickets for 2, without even knowing what movie was on. I even got her a concession ticket by mistake.
It turned out it was a movie about a stray cat... She's horrified by cats.
Dinner was nice, although we were late. Traffic was really bad in the city on Valentine's.
After wolfing down our creme brulee we rushed for the movie. It turned out to be a full blown valentine's day celebration, for the first time, on the day it self.
Beautiful night!
So I made a reservation for 2 at Movida WEEKS before, for Feb 19th.
But when I got my uni schedule for the week, it seemed pretty relaxed, so I told her I could go down to the city. We initially planned just to cook dinner at her place. Then, one thing led to another, and I made last minute reservations (on the day itself) for dinner, and rushingly got movie tickets for 2, without even knowing what movie was on. I even got her a concession ticket by mistake.
It turned out it was a movie about a stray cat... She's horrified by cats.
Dinner was nice, although we were late. Traffic was really bad in the city on Valentine's.
After wolfing down our creme brulee we rushed for the movie. It turned out to be a full blown valentine's day celebration, for the first time, on the day it self.
Beautiful night!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
ocean grovin'
On Australia Day, we decided to go on a short road trip to Ocean Grove. Unfortunately, it was very windy. We were lying on the beach only to have mini missiles of sand blast towards our faces the entire time. We only lasted an hour.
After that we walked around town for a little look-see.
Good times.
After that we walked around town for a little look-see.
Good times.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
it's the LEAST you could do
Be reminded everytime you take a sip of water, the very substance you are swallowing can move cities.
How can you watch these and not do anything?
A 6 minute video on Facebook changed my life. And I thought, I could change someone else's.
It's easier to reach for your wallet than it is to watch the many videos on YouTube. Please, click the following image.
Let's continue praying for our planet.
Thank you.
How can you watch these and not do anything?
A 6 minute video on Facebook changed my life. And I thought, I could change someone else's.
It's easier to reach for your wallet than it is to watch the many videos on YouTube. Please, click the following image.
Let's continue praying for our planet.
Thank you.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
brand new 50's in the bill folder
Since the first day of Chinese New Year happened to fall on Valentine's Day this year, Alicia and I had our little celebration just now.
After going through loads of blogs and reviews, I decided to bring her to Nerovivo, an Italian restaurant famous for its woodfire pizzas along Jalan Ceylon.
Since Melbourne already has its fair share of woodfire pizzas, I didn't order one. For our appetizer, we ordered the "Antipasto di pesce misto per due o quattro persone", which I think means seafood appertizer for 2 or 4 persons. Of course, we ordered the one for 2.
Being categorized under the heading of WARM STARTERS, it was more like a "FINISHER" for us. We were so full after finishing this, we didn't really enjoy the rest of our meal. HOW SAD! It was a great appetizer, nonetheless, but the prawns weren't fresh AT ALL! Hate it when prawns have the texture of mash potatoes.
Alicia ordered the "Spaghetti con capesante crema di peperoni gialli pomodorini ed erbette", which was basically spaghetti with scallops.
To be honest, it tasted kinda like curry. HAHA! I don't know why. But the scallops were OKAY. The spaghetti, however, was slightly undercooked. I know, I know, it's supposed to be al dente, but it was more like al hard-ay.
I had the "Gnocchi sbilunghi ai piselli con emulsione di cozze e pistilli di zafferano". That's a mouthful. I think there's a spelling error there, but that's what I got from their website.
It was a dish of green pea gnocchi with mussels, and unfortunately, I didn't enjoy it. There's this weird smell that comes from putting the gnocchi in your mouth, but the mussels were fresh.
For dessert, we shared a Neromisu, which was actually pretty good. It's TIRAMISU la! They just had to zhng the name up. But we were so stuffed we couldn't finish it.
This is pretty much how the place looked like from where we were sitting. There is a bar, and al fresco seating, but there's no "NON-SMOKING AREA", just so you know. Another thing to note is that this place can get kinda noisy. Go early to avoid this, unless you really like noise.
In a nutshell, Nerovivo didn't really meet my expectations. Previous years at Frangipani and Cafe Cafe were just phenomenal, but Nerovivo's food, ambience and staff knowledge just didn't cut it for me. Perhaps it was just a combination of wrong things, since so many other people find the place out of this world.
After dinner, we headed to GSC Signature for the first time! Haha, wanted to watch Valentine's Day, but there was only ONE seat left. So we watched Wolfman instead. Not too shabby.
Nero = Black. Vivo = Alive.
After going through loads of blogs and reviews, I decided to bring her to Nerovivo, an Italian restaurant famous for its woodfire pizzas along Jalan Ceylon.
Since Melbourne already has its fair share of woodfire pizzas, I didn't order one. For our appetizer, we ordered the "Antipasto di pesce misto per due o quattro persone", which I think means seafood appertizer for 2 or 4 persons. Of course, we ordered the one for 2.
Being categorized under the heading of WARM STARTERS, it was more like a "FINISHER" for us. We were so full after finishing this, we didn't really enjoy the rest of our meal. HOW SAD! It was a great appetizer, nonetheless, but the prawns weren't fresh AT ALL! Hate it when prawns have the texture of mash potatoes.
Alicia ordered the "Spaghetti con capesante crema di peperoni gialli pomodorini ed erbette", which was basically spaghetti with scallops.
To be honest, it tasted kinda like curry. HAHA! I don't know why. But the scallops were OKAY. The spaghetti, however, was slightly undercooked. I know, I know, it's supposed to be al dente, but it was more like al hard-ay.
I had the "Gnocchi sbilunghi ai piselli con emulsione di cozze e pistilli di zafferano". That's a mouthful. I think there's a spelling error there, but that's what I got from their website.
It was a dish of green pea gnocchi with mussels, and unfortunately, I didn't enjoy it. There's this weird smell that comes from putting the gnocchi in your mouth, but the mussels were fresh.
For dessert, we shared a Neromisu, which was actually pretty good. It's TIRAMISU la! They just had to zhng the name up. But we were so stuffed we couldn't finish it.
This is pretty much how the place looked like from where we were sitting. There is a bar, and al fresco seating, but there's no "NON-SMOKING AREA", just so you know. Another thing to note is that this place can get kinda noisy. Go early to avoid this, unless you really like noise.
In a nutshell, Nerovivo didn't really meet my expectations. Previous years at Frangipani and Cafe Cafe were just phenomenal, but Nerovivo's food, ambience and staff knowledge just didn't cut it for me. Perhaps it was just a combination of wrong things, since so many other people find the place out of this world.
After dinner, we headed to GSC Signature for the first time! Haha, wanted to watch Valentine's Day, but there was only ONE seat left. So we watched Wolfman instead. Not too shabby.
Nero = Black. Vivo = Alive.
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