It's not getting any worse for me in the stress department but not getting any news either from work search. Oh well.
Nothing much been happening except that I did get called to work casual for a day over the week. Then I got called to go again this coming week to continue similar filing and reorganising at another of the company's office.
During the week I finally got to meet my primary school friend G. We went to walk around the mega shopping mall in Melbourne called Chadstone. Pretty similar to 1 Utama. So we chatted as we walked, had lunch and talked about our interest in designing and design courses. In fact there wasn't much that we could actually catch up on as the gap between the years we haven't seen each other or wrote to each other was too wide. Later we changed venue to Glen Waverly for tea. I have one thing to say about this meet up - she didn't look like she had aged! Unbelievable...
Anyway, we later planned for another meet up this coming Valentine's Day. It's going to be an all girl outing to view an exhibition/ gallery and shop, on graphic designs. Would be fun since I like all these kind of arty things *wink*.
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Yesterday, I decided to go to the city to avoid the scorching heat again. It was later reported that day was the highest record at 46.5 degrees! Just glad I was in trains and buses with air conditioning most of the time.
So first up when I was dropped off by my landlady/housemate at the Glen Waverly train station, the railway staff informed that works for track replacement were underway and that it was too hot for the train to go far. Had to catch the replacement bus to another station nearby and continue the journey by train from there.
By the time I reached the city it was almost mid-day. That means the heat would be at its peak. I was sweating as though I just had an aerobics session even though I had only walked along the flat pavement for 10 minutes! It was quite uncomfortable. So I headed to the State Library of Victoria. It was very nice and cool inside. But I was mesmerised by the architecture of the library. Very modern at the same time there is that feeling where you know you are in a building of heritage. I wanted to climb all the way to the top to the building's highest floor. There is an observation deck there covered by a glass dome. Alas I couldn't explore any further due to the weekend crowd and you can only do that if you go with the day tour. If not mistaken...
So I moved on back to the Flinder's train station and hopped on the next train to look for a restaurant which Pneo recommended. The name is Sofia's Pizza House in Camberwell. It's nearby both Pneo and my bro's university ie Swinburne. I recognised the area when the train passed it. I visited the place a couple of years ago, during my bro's convocation and we had to help him move his things to my uncle's house. :)P
I found Sofia's quickly as it was just opposite the train station and was greeted by a very nice Italian fellow. I asked for a takeaway menu and when ready to order another Italian guy took my order. I just found it a bit odd or rather, not used to it because he kept calling me 'darling'. Oh well. Guess that's how it is here. But he was young? *shrug*
Got myself spaghetti carbonara and a Caesar's salad. The salad was huge. I had a pretty difficult time carrying the box plus the box of hot pasta all the way home, via train and a bus transit halfway.
By the time I got home, I was tired. I actually fell asleep sitting on the couch for a good half and hour! But when I got up to eat the pasta and salad...wow. It was all worth it! The creamy pasta wasn't at all 'jelak' (I can't think of the English equivalent to this term) and there was a lot of bacon pieces in it. The spaghetti was cooked just right - not too soft yet a little crunchy. The salad on the other hand was refreshing. There were lots of big pieces of crunchy greens, mixed with some mayo, lots of cheese bits, a generous amount of bacon as well as ham, a handful of croutons and most funny, 1 poached egg. Yeah. Only 1 egg. And a small one. I laughed when I opened the cover of the box the first time.
All in all it was a pretty satisfying solo outing. Hope to do something similar again soon. Just wondering where to go next...
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I don't know if it's just me or it's the female species thing, I sometimes get really frustrated that I can't seem to be happy with the figure or weight that I am in. I am not satisfied at all that even though I lost weight my figure isn't what I hoped it should become. I know. I'm being such a bitch. I should be contented that I managed to lose the fats around certain areas. But NO! I'm not! I want to do more. I want to make it better! I'm making plans now to further improve on my techniques or change my routine a bit. Maybe more overall exercise rather than just walking. I've become somewhat obsessed with getting a balanced/ trimmer figure. I need to be at peace LOL!
This is what happens when one has got nothing else better to do...
Nothing much been happening except that I did get called to work casual for a day over the week. Then I got called to go again this coming week to continue similar filing and reorganising at another of the company's office.
During the week I finally got to meet my primary school friend G. We went to walk around the mega shopping mall in Melbourne called Chadstone. Pretty similar to 1 Utama. So we chatted as we walked, had lunch and talked about our interest in designing and design courses. In fact there wasn't much that we could actually catch up on as the gap between the years we haven't seen each other or wrote to each other was too wide. Later we changed venue to Glen Waverly for tea. I have one thing to say about this meet up - she didn't look like she had aged! Unbelievable...
Anyway, we later planned for another meet up this coming Valentine's Day. It's going to be an all girl outing to view an exhibition/ gallery and shop, on graphic designs. Would be fun since I like all these kind of arty things *wink*.
***
Yesterday, I decided to go to the city to avoid the scorching heat again. It was later reported that day was the highest record at 46.5 degrees! Just glad I was in trains and buses with air conditioning most of the time.
So first up when I was dropped off by my landlady/housemate at the Glen Waverly train station, the railway staff informed that works for track replacement were underway and that it was too hot for the train to go far. Had to catch the replacement bus to another station nearby and continue the journey by train from there.
By the time I reached the city it was almost mid-day. That means the heat would be at its peak. I was sweating as though I just had an aerobics session even though I had only walked along the flat pavement for 10 minutes! It was quite uncomfortable. So I headed to the State Library of Victoria. It was very nice and cool inside. But I was mesmerised by the architecture of the library. Very modern at the same time there is that feeling where you know you are in a building of heritage. I wanted to climb all the way to the top to the building's highest floor. There is an observation deck there covered by a glass dome. Alas I couldn't explore any further due to the weekend crowd and you can only do that if you go with the day tour. If not mistaken...
So I moved on back to the Flinder's train station and hopped on the next train to look for a restaurant which Pneo recommended. The name is Sofia's Pizza House in Camberwell. It's nearby both Pneo and my bro's university ie Swinburne. I recognised the area when the train passed it. I visited the place a couple of years ago, during my bro's convocation and we had to help him move his things to my uncle's house. :)P
I found Sofia's quickly as it was just opposite the train station and was greeted by a very nice Italian fellow. I asked for a takeaway menu and when ready to order another Italian guy took my order. I just found it a bit odd or rather, not used to it because he kept calling me 'darling'. Oh well. Guess that's how it is here. But he was young? *shrug*
Got myself spaghetti carbonara and a Caesar's salad. The salad was huge. I had a pretty difficult time carrying the box plus the box of hot pasta all the way home, via train and a bus transit halfway.
By the time I got home, I was tired. I actually fell asleep sitting on the couch for a good half and hour! But when I got up to eat the pasta and salad...wow. It was all worth it! The creamy pasta wasn't at all 'jelak' (I can't think of the English equivalent to this term) and there was a lot of bacon pieces in it. The spaghetti was cooked just right - not too soft yet a little crunchy. The salad on the other hand was refreshing. There were lots of big pieces of crunchy greens, mixed with some mayo, lots of cheese bits, a generous amount of bacon as well as ham, a handful of croutons and most funny, 1 poached egg. Yeah. Only 1 egg. And a small one. I laughed when I opened the cover of the box the first time.
All in all it was a pretty satisfying solo outing. Hope to do something similar again soon. Just wondering where to go next...
***
I don't know if it's just me or it's the female species thing, I sometimes get really frustrated that I can't seem to be happy with the figure or weight that I am in. I am not satisfied at all that even though I lost weight my figure isn't what I hoped it should become. I know. I'm being such a bitch. I should be contented that I managed to lose the fats around certain areas. But NO! I'm not! I want to do more. I want to make it better! I'm making plans now to further improve on my techniques or change my routine a bit. Maybe more overall exercise rather than just walking. I've become somewhat obsessed with getting a balanced/ trimmer figure. I need to be at peace LOL!
This is what happens when one has got nothing else better to do...
3 comments:
what an exciting day you had. The places you named brought back some nice memories..=) but the heat! i have no idea how u could stand it..
miss u may..u going back to KL during Jo's wed? I'm gonna force Rob to go..LOL..pls force Rob too when u see him online..keke!!
jelak = overwhelming??? too much???
hahahaha sometimes we just can't find the right word to say coz we are sooo used to saying it in bm and so used to nearly everyone understands it... kakakaka...
rob says its long time more... shall see later due to work and all
yup! memang the female species thingy ;) we're our own worst enemy...impossible to please!
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