Fruit Salad and Mixed Veg

On Sunday I lost my teenager-hood. I also lost my voice. I don't know if it was from smoke or talking to loud...but my voice decided to go on holiday. It arrived back yesterday But now I'm a bit sick

Anyway, the birthday....I didn't have a party. I couldn't be bothered organising a party. So, as usual we went for lunch at my grandma's house.

After lunch, I asked my dad if he wanted to go for a walk up a hill. He said no, because it makes him too tired. So, I went by myself. It took me only 12 minutes to get to the top; no pauses! It used to take me mroe than 30 minutes!

Then, my sister and her 'friend' went for another walk with me in the evening. They must have felt sorry for me. I think my hobby is walking up hills. My dad thinks I should go in a walking competition


View from half way up the hill


We took walkie talkies with us. We discovered that you can hear other people and talk to other people. We talked to a guy named Troy.

Then we went to McDonalds because I wanted to have an icecream. And because I can afford to eat icecream at McDonalds; $0.50/icecream


No, we didn't buy one for the Hoff. Yes, we were too lazy to get out of the car, so we got drive-through


Eating the icecream in the car, in the car park. Is that bogan?

Then we went home and I did my assignment....and my auntie and uncle visited me.


But today was better than my birthday! Because, I got some mail from Germany, from my favourite German No one else got me such a nice present.... This parcel was a very special for Intersheep....because....


Intersheep's SISTER was inside!


Now I have three sheep in my flock I must have shown signs of being a good shepherd, and so that's why I have another sheep


This little sheep was very hungry and the first thing she did was run to the fridge...


Then she grabbed a spoon and ate lots of icecream. Next time, I'll just buy chocolate...


Today's German Lesson:
In today's lesson, we will learn some ingredients commonly used in 'Du bist ein Engel' German chocolate bars:


Vollmilch-Schokolade = full milk chocolate = milk chocolate
Zutaten = ingredients
Zucker = sugar
Kakaobutter = cocoa butter
Vollmilchpulver= full milk powder
Kakaomasse = cocoa mass
Suessmolkenpulver= I have no idea about what the English is. Sweet whey powder?
Milchzucker= lactose...milk sugar
Emulgator = emulsifying agent
Aroma: natuerliche Vanille= flavour: natural vanilla

Kann Spuren von Nuessen und Erdnuesen enthalten = May contain traces of nuts and peanuts.
(German people, please explain Erdnuessen and Nuessen )

Now you should be able to understand some German chocolate bar wrappers

And now it's time for me to go to sleep.

At uni, it's week 9, so here's what happend....


In my house, we get a new point and shoot camera nearly every week.

Up until a month or so ago, I was using a Samsung Digimax A40 (I think). It's 3 years old and has 3 or 4 MP. The view finder screen thing was VERY clear. I liked it. Only problem, you couldn't change any settings (well, I couldn't find a way to)

Then I used 4 other cameras and they all annoyed me for various reasons.

• The screens were pixely and noisy
  
• One didn't have an 'on button'...instead there was an 'on wheel'
  
• Too big and if it could talk this particular camera would say 'Hi, I'm Cameron the camera. I'm a point and shoot but in my dreams, I'm a DSLR'
  
• One kept grizzling that it was flat
  
• One had a 'shield' thing over the lens, that you had to slide across when you wanted to take a photo.
  

For the past few days I have been using a Kodak M1033 HD(but mine is black) for a while. It looks better than all the others...but it's kind of weird. However, I am able to change the settings such as exposure times and other stuff that only people who know lots about cameras can explain. So, lets see if this one annoys me too.

Some photos (these are not here to show you how good/bad the camera is...because I only worked out how to make it take GOOD pictures 5 minutes ago)


The Hoff lives in a car in my driveway


Water is precious in Australia. You're only allowed a shower once every two weeks


It's everyone's favourite friend/sheep/crime fighter/celebrity chef...INTERSHEEP!


Please put your gum into the bin!!

Smelly guy:
Yesterday a guy with an extreme case of BODY ODOUR sat next to me in the computer pool. It was HORRIBLE! I was going to move, but there were no other free computers Come on, get yourself some anti perspirant!

Echidna
I went walking yesterday and saw an echidna. I didn't have a camera This echidna has a camera though...and a better one than mine!

FREE icecream
Miss D and I went to McDonalds yesterday afternoon for icecream. The staff made an icecream for someone in the drive though, but the customer didn't want it. The girl asked me if I wanted it. YESSSS! So, I got a free icecream

That's all for today my friends.

I thought there was an agreement between my mum and me: Don't buy me clothes because when you do, they're ugly and/or always 1000000 sizes to big for me.

I don't know what happened to that agreement because today she bought me some stuff

• Summer T-shirt: Umm isn't it Winter? Aren't I always saying how COLD it is?
  
• Slippers: Too small and they look as bad as a Nissan Micra (That's why their share price went down!)
  
• Tracky dacks for PJs: Too long. They're high waisted too , so if I wear them low they're even longer...
  

I'll finally get some exercise tomorrow when I walk to the shops to take all of it back

This recipe is from my favourite cooking show, The Cook and the Chef. It's a really yummy lemony cake


What you need to find/buy/steal/borrow

• 3 eggs
  
• 150g caster sugar
  
• 4 tablespoons olive oil (I think I forgot to put this in my cake, so save money and don't put it in)
  
• 60g butter, melted
  
• 5 tablespoons milk
  
• 200g plain flour
  
• 1/2 tablespoon baking powder (this is 1/2 the original recipe..and I think it was still too much)
  
• Zest of 2 lemons
  
• nutmeg
  
• 3 cups of sultana grapes (little ones are good. Or, just cut bigger ones in half)
  
• Some crushed/chopped walnuts (cracked open with a wire stripper)
  

What to do

Heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Grease a springform tin (Or a normal one if your mum doesn't randomly go to the shop and buy cake tins)

Beat the eggs and sugar. Add the butter, milk and if you remember, the oil and mix it all together. Then, add the lemon zest.

Sift in the plain flor and baking soda, a bit at a time. Add 2.25 cups of the sultana grapes. Now taste some of the mix. Yes, it's raw egg, but it tastes really good

Put the mix in the tin and bake it for 15 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.

Next, open the oven door and put the remaining 3/4 cup of grapes and walnuts on top of the cake. Bake it for a further 40 minutes.

Then you can eat it and make some new friends. Everyone knows you can make friends with food


My new friend It's a possum (I don't know if you can get them outside Australia...)

Oh, nearly forgot! I need to be socially responsible: Please eat cake in moderation. Exercise is an important part of keeping healthy. Be careful with hot ovens. Here's (WARNING-disturbing image!) some inspiration to make you exercise after eating the delicious cake