Votings for the Best Local content is now on.

Ranoadidas came as no surprise. But its good to see Maurina and Kurapak up there in the limelight as well. Since all three of them are my friends, i am finding it hard to decide who gets my vote. aku vote tiga tiga lah.. hahaha..

so vote for your favourites now.

I think it was a year ago that i got tagged with this. Tapi tekana aku boring. I might as well add 7 more to my ongoing list of ‘random facts about me, that the world should know’

1. I sleep with my contacts on.
2. I am fussy about my food.
3. I used to drink Coke every day back in high school.
4. I never drank the tap water in boarding school cause i thought they tasted of rusting pipes.
5. I never used the boarding house’s cutlery and plates and opted for plastic ones, cause i thought they were filthy.
6. I enjoyed Nat Choot’s company during my time in the boarding house because she’s one of the funniest girls i’ve ever met..and now she’s leaving melbourne for good 🙁
7. I love nandos.

So the other day i accompanied Natalie to Glenferrie to pay her last visit to the boarding house before she leaves town for good. Caught up with her at the Glenferrie Train Station.

Walked down glenferrie road and passed the two asian grocers that we used to go for our keropok, bubble tea , maggi asam laksa and teh pelangsing needs.

Indo Mart

They were two different indo asian grocers, both located right across the street from each other. yatah aku nda paham, all this while how they were able to make money. hahaha Nat’s theory rang true when she said; “aiya siti, people who are on that side of the road malas to cross so they go to that one, people on this side of the road would prefer going in to Laguna so no need to cross!!!”

Laguna’s the prominent asian grocery there i guess.

There are more shops now than they were 6 years ago. They even have a Starbucks!! Jealous ku. masa kami kesekulah dulu2 ada tampat bubble tea saja. hahaha. On the way to the boarding house we decided to stop by Samurai. This sushi place we used to go to every other day while boarding at MLC. When SITI is not at NANDOS, SITI is at Samurai. if Siti is not at Samurai she’s SLEEPING in her room!!!! hahaha.

Samurai. Can you tell that Natalie is hungry?!?!!??!

I think i had my first meal on Glenferrie here with my cousin Kutirsometime in July 2001. Samurai’s famous for their California Rolls , Rice dishes and Green Tea milkshake. It’s been a few years since i had samurai and people were telling me how it wasn’t as good as it used to be. So i thought i’d give it a go for old time sakes!

Inside Samurai, i notice that they have changed the interior completely. It’s still small but they’ve fitted in new chairs and the walls have been painted a yucky red. It used to look very japanese and now it just looks like any other commercial japanese take out place.

I was pleased that the menu was still the same.

PLASTIK MASIH AH. NADA BUDGET KAH DURANG ANI.

and their Sushi still tasted the same!

and their Greeen tea milk shake is still the best green tea milk shake in this whole wide world.

we then continued our walk down to the boarding school. passed by nandos.

This used to be my second home. if you can’t find me in the house during dinner time, i’d usually be down the street at nandos having my half chicken combo. The boarding house food sucked at that time ok; hari hari spring rolls hari hari spring rolls.. putung spring jua tu. baik tah ku hari hari nandos. huhuhu.

At the boarding house we said Hi (or goodbye, rather) to Miss khoo, one of the boarding house’s headmistress. She’s incharge of the international students at MLC. SINGLE MASIH TU MISS KHOO AH. SIAPA MAU!?!? hahahahaha.

Then we made our way in to the kitchen.

What is Nat hiding!!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

lol. Someone got jealous!!! Printed in gold:- Syazwana Harun Tiddeman Senior Prefects 2002. GO BRUNEI.

AFter nat said her goodbyes. we went home. I have a year to go before i leave melbourne selamanya *tsk*, next year’s my turn to say goodbye to the boarding school – for good.

Friends forever.

kiss me.

Went across the street alone this morning to have eggs benedict at the Coffee club. Haven’t had this for a while. Tried waking Kel up but to no avail. Armed with last month’s issue of Cosmopolitan i decided to go ALONE.. kesian kan?

My tall glass of strong cafe latte.

Eggs Benedict on Smoked Salmon and Turkish bread toast topped with lots and lots of hollandaise.

just how i like it

Coffee Club @ DFO.

Wish i could have this every day.. but for $20 a pop.. err.. baiktah ku makan pasir.

hehe.. i can do my work now.

kwang kwang kwang..

pix from Ujai, Lil , Nasirah & Peia’s open house soon 🙂

Congrats to Siti Juhaidah on her graduation & Shasha for landing herself on a job! I’m envious.

kiss me.

I spent my monday recuperating. The open house was a success. Two roast legs of lamb gone in 4 hours, along with 7kgs of FRIED CHICKEN and 2kilos of RENDANG.

And i’m glad those i invited all came (with presents!!!!) Special shout out to them in my next post. I have pictures, but not ALOT of pictures. I was busy running around the place the whole day, inda lagi sampat..i didn’t even get to blow my pretty hair in to place and fake eyelashes wereeeeeee so out of the question. lol.

so yeah.. pix & a long bitch ass post on my open house next.

again, thanks for coming you guys. i had a blast. walaupun aku sibuk. huhuhuhuhu.

i love you all veli veli much in this whole wide world.

with love,
Syazwana Harun

shit. i just jammed my toe on the sharp edge of my fan stand. stand fan? fan stand? stand fan. *growl* not a good start to the day. Spent the whole night preparing for SUNDAY’s Open house. I have the sambal for the nasi lemak under control and there are currently two roast legS of lamb marinating in the fridge. Figuring out how to prepare coconut rice for 30+ people is next on the list. My current rice cooker can only fill 5 cups of rice max. Which i doubt would be enough. Mom says that cooking rice in a deep pan would not be a good idea as it will burn easily. mcm lagu usher tu eh Burn. hahaha apakan. So. the only answer to my predicament is to cook rice twice. or thrice if needed. and i have no choice but to go through all the trouble of washing and cooking washing and cooking over and over again..

over and over againnnnnnnnnnnnn…. *insert heavy falsetto here*
i try to tell my self thattttttt weeee EEeEee *falsetto*
could neverrr beee moree than friendssss…

even luther’s sultry voice can’t help me with this one. sigh. paning ku eh. Ujai’s open house is at 3. and i had promised them brownies. which, i still have to make. On top of things, we still need to get plastic plates plastic cups. it’s like playing Nip tuck but with plastic culinary! peow. OH. that reminds me. flowers. for table setting.

Big thanks to Maya & Mun who helped with the preparations last night which includes moving our heavy glass topped dining table to the likes of Molly.

kwang kwang kwang..

kiss me.

it’s the weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekenddddddddddddddd!!!!
Exaaaaaaaaaaaaaamssssssss in a weeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!!!!

haha.

off to sydney road to buy meat for sunday’s open house.

love love love this number.

turn your love around..
don’t u turn me down
i can show you how..
turn your love arAAAAAAAuuuuu e e e e e ound.

*in an indian accent* eyyy budddyyyyy!! lets dhiiiisssco.

lol. I also enjoy waking up to the likes of Diana Ross’ ‘I’m Coming’ & Cheryl Lyn’s To Be real. There’s just something about funk-soul that perks me up in the morning!

enjoys!

kiss me.

what is it with women (of all ages) with the tv show “So you think you can dance?” . It’s a reality tv show like Idol the only difference is that it involves dancing. So every week a dance partner gets voted out yada yada yada.. the story of my life yada yada yada. I don’t mind as much pulang, but its just the fact that it goes on for 2hrs ++ pisses me off. Ive been waiting for Nauli to come over dari pukul 7:30 its is now close to half past nine and she’s not here yet. her reason; “Eh, tunggu acara nya yang ini abis dulu ya Sash.. “So you think you can dance”..” mmm.ok. Even my friend upstairs is crazy about the show. I’ll be like Nawa, do u want to walk down and have nandos with me? and she’ll be like “Ok. that’s fine. but can we eat at home? cause im waiting for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE to come on.” So i’m like thinking, ive got an assignment due this same time next week ya..kalau ku nda antar buleh ku ckp;

Teacher, sorry inda abis. Aku meliat So you think you can dance nie.

i started off by roasting the pumpkin. I notice that Australians hardly make pumpkin pie making it hard for me to find canned pumpkin infact i dont think they have ANY in this country. So i had no choice but to puree them myself. Needless to say that the kitchen looked like it was hit So you think you can dance contestants dancing to; GASOLINA.

TADAAAAAAAAAAAA. Oh. I also didnt have a proper pie-baking-dish , resorted to using a spring form baking dish. And because of this, the pastry that i made was JUST enough to cover the base of the dish. As expected, it came out really flaky and thin. *Note to self, Pie CRUST SHOULD BE THICKER. I thought it looked like cheesecake rather than pie.

oh well. I’ll probably be better at it the next time. I LOVE LOVE LOVE desserts containing pumpkin. Its Raya. and i once more miss out on the “Dudul Labu” my mom usually orders for the house. This is probably the closest i can get to it. I’ve also found a recipe for pumpkin-caramel candy, which i am going to try. but seeing the state of the kitchen, rest assured (mal,kel) its not going to be anytime soon 🙂

kiss me.

*slaps forehead*
Banar. and i hate myself for it. i truely do. I dont know why. But i’d remember their birthdays weeks beforehand and when it comes to the date, i somehow LUPA. which is so paloi. and i’m pissed off at myself for not being able to wish my bestfriends on their birthdays.

this year i somehow (carelessly) managed to forget Bonita’s birthday (15th June) and then there was Livie’s (5th September) and now Hana’s (5th Oct.) & Wanah’s (also the 5th of Oct). To my october babies, i’m so sorry. It wasn’t my intention to not wish you guys promptly on the date and it wasn’t my intention to forget it was your birthdaySs. Its just that sometimes there are too many things going on in my life that i tend to miss out on the things that matters the most. I acknowledge that bein “busy” shouldnt be an excuse and I promise to remember next time.

and if it’s not too late.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEAREST HANA BANANAAAAAAAAAAA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WANAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

hope you guys enjoyed your birthdays. and once again i apologize.

i should really move the title to this post to my PROFILE.

asfbdwafeuwfaeuiheuihfiuwefhifheufh
not happy with myself.

OH. and before i LUPA again;

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGLAIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. I hopeee you enjoy your birthday (im guessing you’ll be celebrating it with meng and peng) and may god send you all of the tote bags from this seasons’ Marc Jacobs collection to your doorstep. AMINNNNNNNNN.

lots of love,
Syazwana

ive got photos from sunday’s bss. for nicer ones check out kamy’s album on facebook (only if you are one of her friends) kalau inda tough, ud just have to wait for them here. Havent got any time to post them up just yet. maybe tonight, after my int. business lecture. exams are in two weeks dude, i have to get this one assignment out of the way before i can do proper revising. i feel the pressure rolling in like a storm (????).

on top of things, we’ll be having our open house this sunday. the duck needs roasting, the lamb needs marinating..and i need to get myself a few sticks of sarai. aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

this week’s going to be soo hectic. hahahahahaaaaaaaaa.

mudahan tah ku selamat.
exams & the process of making rendang are evil.

kiss me.

So the photos were abit stretched. lol. i’ll get to the bottom of that later. i can’t believe its monday already. bozeng eh. ive got to go to class now.

kiss me.