glorious food...

this is the ondeh ondeh made by Xinyan.



this is the banana cake made by Weiting.



whenever they bake or make a certain food, definitely i'll be given a huge portion for my own consumption. with such lovely girls always making superbly tasty food, what more can a guy ask?



more food of course.

and this is the reason why every week without fail, i'll head to the gym 5 days a week to work off all the calories.

Nasi Lemak

this girl had a craving, and all of a sudden, the house was busy cooking for nasi lemak night on friday.


she prepared and made the coconut rice. i was the lab mice for tests.


i helped fry the anchovies.


and cook the sambal chili.


lidong and fantastic fried chicken.


some guests arrived, bringing the rest of the dishes to go with nasi lemak.


playing 'murderer' before dinner was ready.


finally... the eggs were by ivan and georgina. stir fry veg by simran and raj.


coconut rice for everyone.


spring rolls by teresa. and there were cucumber, peanuts.



i volunteered to eat and take pictures.


after dinner game.

full moon

it was the full moon. and i felt like trying my hand on some night sky photography.

heaven [天堂]

Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.

每一个人都想上天堂；却没有人希望自己会死去。

Everybody lies

It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. and when you want to know the truth about someone, that someone is probably the last person you should ask.

I don't ask the reason why people lie, I just assume they all do.

can't always get what you want

many a times when i give encouragement to friends, advice people to get a grip on their own life, console people on relationships and breakups, thrash people with the logic and harsh reality of life, and then act like there's nothing that could affect my world, nobody i need.

who's gonna be my Louie when it comes to me?

City Botanic Gardens

i took so much photos that it takes such a long time to blog, and most of the time i'm lazy to upload photos. this entry is about the time i went to the City Botanical Gardens before the new semester started.

The City Botanic Gardens are only a 10 to 15 minute walk from the City centre and Central or Roma Street railway stations. You can walk into the gardens from the Parliament House entrance (George Street); Alice Street, at the intersection of Edward Street; and at the Albert Street intersection and the Goodwill Bridge. the garden is open 24 hours and entrance is free.






























Several paths around the gardens lead to the 380 metre Mangrove Boardwalk. The boardwalk floats in the mud and its foundations rely on the suction of the mud to hold it in place. All work on the boardwalk was done by hand, mainly at low tide, to keep environmental damage to a minimum.










Queenslander Lindsay Daen created this bronze sculpture. It's on permanent loan from the Queensland Art Gallery. The sculpture is of a 22 year old seaman, James Morrill, who was the sole survivor of a shipwreck on the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef in 1846. Aboriginal people found him and he lived with them for 17 years before returning to European settlement in the Bowen district. He went on to play an important role in improving relations between the Aboriginal people and early settlers.



In 1867 the Walter Hill drinking fountain was built to provide much needed drinking water to the public. It was built at the time of the first reticulated water supply in Brisbane.




The fountain was used until 1930 when new bubble fountains were installed. These were more hygienic than drinking with a cup, which was the case with the ornamental fountain. Water to the ornamental fountain was turned off and remained inoperable until this year. In 1972 the fountain was named the Walter Hill Fountain as a tribute to the first gardens' curator. A plaque was attached to its base.


In 1995 conservation fountain conservation work took place. In June 2005 the fountain was once again open to the public.

first time i've ever seen an arm rest for a tree branch.

Sunset back at the City.