Fruit Salad and Mixed Veg

These 'Scotch Finger' biscuits taste so good when you dip them into someone's tea or coffee, or even hot water

Note to self: Make more hot water


Support poor wine makers.


My auntie got these snow boots from a second hand shop for $2. She wears them around the house


I study a subject where we look at business issues from a global perspective. On Tuesday we were talking about religion and how it can influence business.

Tutor: Does anyone else know another religion?
Guy next to me: Jew...or err what do you call that religion?
Me: *ugh as if you don't know!*
Tutor: Judaism
Guy next to me: Yeah...well, I don't know anything about it. I just know it's a religion
Tutor: *asks someone else* Do you know anything about Judaism?
Other guy: Umm..well..I know that the woman keeps the family together...ummm...errr
Me: *eh?*
Tutor: Hmm yes ok...does anyone else know anything about Judaism?
Me: *talks about Judaism and business in Israel*
Tutor: Yes. Very good!!

After the class the tutor asked me if I was Jewish and how I seemed to know a lot about Judaism even though my last name isn't Jewish (well, it actually is!). There are so many people my age that seem to live under a rock and know NOTHING about other cultures or beliefs! (These same people think fried rice is exotic and are very cautious when they eat it. I'm sure they also think Austria is a region of Australia)

Today, I was eager to find out who had won Opera's Tell a Friend competition. I made an entry and my 'target market' was the off-the-track youth of today who use MySpace. These poor kids need to use something friendly like Opera Intersheep endorsed the project.

Well, I came 4th. There are 3 prizes. Yeah. I guess I'm just an Aussie battler. I got 135 friends...3rd place got 150...5th place got 37...

Additional prizes will be awarded for unique and mentionable entries.

I'm hoping that I'll at least get a pen for my efforts. And a blue pen too... Or some cool Norwegian food because I've never tasted Norwegian food before. I've had such a hard life: only the top 15% at uni, not the top 5% ....I use a backpack with the logo of a broke company on it...the zip is broken...I can't get a replacement...I work in a bar and customers spit in my eye ...the coolest/nicest friend I have lives >15,000km away ...I drink hot water to save teabags...the kettle is broken...I have a brick for a mobile phone...It's second hand...I used to have a stalker on the bus ...I have porridge with water to save milk...PJs are too big for me...I cry at the dentist...an 8 yr old girl made me cry by making me pat her pet chicken (I'm scared of chickens...oh and most dogs too)...I have Raynaud's disease which affects my quality of life ... *sigh*


Anyway....today I had lunch with my sister at the markets. We ate eggplant and mushroom hot pot which is really fattening but REALLY tasty We didn't go to the usual place, The ChinaTown Cafe, but 'Kens something Chinese something restaurant'...or something...

We shared the meal, so $4.50 each...then we had green tea which blew costs out to a whopping $5.50 each! Hard life...so expensive...

After that we went to Just Jeans (a shop for jeans!) to buy JEANS! Well, I tried some on but they didn't fit and I nearly cried Hard life... Then we went to Target and tried on the most horrible clothes we could find. It wasn't difficult to find ugly clothes!

My sister and I....me with a muffin top

Me in the ugliest green dress ever (yes, I wore 2 pairs of socks today)...and me in the ugliest green dress ever AND the ugliest pink jacket ever. It looked like it was made from linoleum.

I always wanted to be a pirate: puffy shirt with elastic, no zip, very high waisted grandma pants

How could anyone NOT want to give this girl a prize?


Have you ever had an Aussie burger? They MUST contain beetroot. That white shirt you spilt beetroot juice on...It's no longer Chinese...it's Aussie! Yes, it seems that whenever you add beetroot to something it becomes 'Aussie'. If you have a burger with lamb and beetroot=super Aussie burger. Aussie waffles...???

For tea my dad had Aussie waffles: Waffles with beetroot (and tuna, mushrooms and parsley...)


The red cross sent me a 'thankyou' thing today. I didn't even collect any money for them! Infact I threw their marketing material into the bin as soon as I got it.

You're welcome You're easy to please, hey?

In summary:
Do nothing= get thankyou letter from Red Cross

Make 135 friends on Myspace, promote Opera, make a huge poster about a lost pig promoting Opera and stick it to a bus stop (it got STOLEN too!! The thief thought it was the best poster EVER!! ), spend lots of time making all these friends, use up some of the 12 GB internet allowance, strain my eyes on computer, feel effects of Raynaud's Disease in my cold room= ????



*cry* Hard life...I made my phots BIGGER and they still go pixely eventhough they look FINE in PaintShop Pro

Warning: Bad quality photos and I don't know why! :'( They look fine in PaintShopPro...Ohhh maybe that's why they look bad!

Three proper days of the uni break left. I still haven't completed any of the assignments I've started though Ugh there's an accounting test next week... My problem is I get distracted too much. I'll be typing and then I need a drink...so I go to the kitchen, get a drink, then see the paper, read the paper, go to the kettle to find the water is cold, boil it again, then the postman will deliver the mail...get dressed to get the mail, get the mail, change back into my PJs (they're comfortable)... More pointless activities follow.

Today I went into town where I met with my sister and Miss C. Why? Too hard to explain. We got takeaway Chinese and took it to the pub. The workers in the Chinese restaurant discriminated me on a basis of being non-Asian; They gave me a fork with my takeaway! I am quite capeable of eating with chopsticks. So, Miss C asked for chopsticks...the girl gave us some...they looked like the ones for use IN the restaurant...we took them anyway...


My lunch (left) Hor Fan or something (rice noodles, some greens, squid I think, tofu, prawns and spicy sauce). I've tasted nearly everything on the restaurant menu, so I wanted to give this a shot. It was a let down My sister's lunch (right) Singapore noodles=yummy


Miss C's lunch: Wedges with cream cheese and chilli sauce. Miss C can eat with chopsticks too


A picture of my water...with ice, a lemon slice and lime cordial. All for $0! Yeah, and I took a photo of it. Little unimportant things like this amuse me.


Who is Anya?


I always look at my surroundings. Today, I found this lemon slice was stuck to the wall. Mr Ramsay wouldn't like that (I think his show is my new favourite show! )


Well, this is why I hardly play the piano anymore. The cat has stolen my chair. (actually, I have been practicing lately- it gets me out of doing uni work )


Ahh! "She looks an absolute dream in this stunning patterned dress..." (New Idea Magazine, April 19 2008 p.120) Who forgot to put in their contacts when they were writing that?

I told my dad I would put the above photo on here. He said something like "You can't do that. She just had a baby, blah blah blah..." Well, I just did... Cate Blanchett had a baby 6 days before this photo was taken and managed to look quite human-like. On the topic of babies: My mum has had nearly 20 years to get back into shape but has failed miserably.

There's still so much more to blog about but it's 12.10am....until next time! There should be a waving smiley