Cafe/Casual Eats
Collective Espresso – hipster find in Camberwell
I thought I’d squeeze in a short food post before the Christmas festivities… The only criteria was to be near a train station, preferably in the ‘burbs. So with a bit of research (seriously, where would we be without GoogleMaps?), Collective Espresso was the chosen spot for a quick catch up before a dear friend [...]
Desserts/Sweets
a lesson from my dad
When we celebrated my dad’s birthday last year… He told me stories of his childhood and the kind of life he lived when he first came to Australia. I let him muse about how fast time flies. He recounted the days when he used to live near Bondi Beach before moving to Melbourne, working long hours at different jobs in various restaurants, in the [...]
Food
Love being an ABC
When this post is published (thanks to the wonders of scheduled post possibilities), our side of the world will be 12:01am on 26th January 2012 and so…. HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!! It’s only fitting that I spend a few moments to say how much I love being an Australian. I love our tendencies to fight for [...]
Recipes
Easy Zucchini and Rice Slice
This has got to be the quickest turnaround of ‘event’ to ‘post’ – I made this for us to munch on as Mum and I spent the day preparing a dish for our special Australia Day dinner tonight (recipe to follow soon!). Easy Zucchini and Rice Slice Taken from Coles Summer Magazine 2012, page 49 :) [...]
Restaurants
Sam Turns Twenty at Sha Tin
With a number of birthday gatherings floating around, I thought it was about time I caught up on a post I promised before the inevitable hiatus announcement. A few months ago, my brother turned 20 years old. TWENTY YEARS OLD!! How did that happen? To be honest, it really is a miracle that we’ve stayed [...]
More Articles
10 days in…
It really is quite extraordinary what can be accomplished when you set your mind to it! As previously mentioned, I’ve been attempting to re-learn the guitar for at least the last 10 years and in the last 10 days I’ve learnt: 9 chords, 2 scales and 4 songs that I can somewhat comfortably pick away [...]
Try something new for 30 days
I really found this video a great challenge: I’m going to give it a try. I’m going to try to NOT blog or Facebook for 30 days lol so that I can learn to play the guitar in 30 days. Learning to play the guitar has been on my ‘to-do list’ since forever and though I’ve [...]
what you find when you clean…
With the onslaught of social activities in December, we began undergoing a big cleanup of our house last month which has continued into the new year. I found a few items that caught my eye: This letter sadly never got sent but I do find lil Ames pretty cute… Lol at ‘writing back is a [...]
10 Myths About Introverts | CarlKingdom.com :: Writer. Director. Artist.
Lol, this is so me. 10 Myths About Introverts | CarlKingdom.com :: Writer. Director. Artist.. Totally explains why I need my own space to recharge and I’m not a fan of rollercoasters! – Ames.
2011 in review (brought to you by the WP monkeys)
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this 6 month old blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,200 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 37 trips to carry that many people. Click [...]
2011 was the year…
I don’t know about you guys, but 2011 has been a year of lots of changes and personal growth. I think the most important lesson I’ve learnt this year is to let go of things I have no need for (more of that in a later post). On a more light-hearted note, 2011 was the [...]
Christmas in a few snaps…
First Christmas with a ‘new’ church family and some new family members: So much to be thankful for :). Hope you had a blessed Christmas with friends and family! ♥ Ames
Merry Christmas!
As promised… Not the greatest quality and I’ve yet to get used to adjusting the volume on the high notes for recording purposes but hope you enjoyed it nonetheless :). Be safe wherever you are in the world and may you have a chance to experience the true joy, peace and hope that is celebrated [...]
’tis the season
The year is wrapping up and that means that piano teaching is also being put on hold for the holiday season. We had our annual ‘Purely Piano Play-out’ concert on the weekend and it was so great to see the improvement that’s taken place over the course of the year. A number of the students [...]
not tonight
Hey little blog (and readers as well)! Apologies for abandoning you this past week… I feel especially guilty since I said “be prepared for some exciting foodie adventures” and haven’t posted since >.<. It’s been a week of replacing uni work with full-time work (though it’s mainly been training and inductions this week, the long days have been tiring) and [...]
