embracing the wilderness

Last weekend we (the little urbanites that we are) left the safety of the city and headed out to embrace the wilderness! we travelled about 2hrs northwest of sydney to the newnes, a national park area just on the other side of the Blue Mountains. Reknowned for being absolutely f**cking cold this time of the year, i packed 5 layers on top (3 for the bottom) and off we went on our camping trip.










when i say camp, i mean camp. tents, fires... and not much else! i was bursting with excitement at the thought of going camping because i hadn't done it since, what, school? and we won't devulge how long ago that was.












the drive there was an adventure and a half. the roads were not roads at all, but rocky dirt tracks. at times the boys had to stop the cars, get out and actually figure out the best way to maneuver our cars around the enormous drops and potholes without breaking the cars. aaron did lose a hubcap somewhere along the way though...












enroute to the campsite we dropped by the Glow Worm Tunnel, checked out the little glowing buggers, and continued on our merry way...



















once there we built fire, pitched tents, poked sausages on sticks and cooked them in the fire. i loved it. i even loved wandering off into the bush to do my "business", squatting there in the pitch black, praying that the rustling i heard was nothing more than possums and not some venomous snake about to take aim and bite me right on my bare ass!

what the?!

so i'm having lunch today at Level 41, which has amazing views over the east of Sydney... I look at the gorgeous scenery and notice a little pyramid, a greenhouse of some sort. I notice there are lovely manicured hedges around the pyramid, which is always very nice. The hedges spell out some words... I squint. what does it say?

oh.

"sex + death"

riiiiiight....

i *heart* jason bourne

we went to watch a preview screening of The Bourne Ultimatum last night. all I can say is, every woman needs a man like Jason Bourne. what. a. man.

i'm it :)

Sha tagged me ages ago, and i've been really slack at getting on with it. but here i am! and here it is!

Foods you hate: i have a sinful, lustful relationship with food so it's really very hard to think of something that i hate. but if i really had to pick something? maybe mexican. cos it's all just beans. beans beans beans. and you know what happens when you have too many beans!

Fruits you hate: considering i have been force fed fruit from a very delicate age you'd think i'd have a deep seeded hatred for fruit. But alas, I dont. I do find some of them boring tho, like apples. *yawn* you know what I love? durian!

Vegies you hate: celery! *eeeeeewwwwwwwwww* *puKe*

Celebrities or people you hate: oh this changes on a daily basis depending on what goss i've just read! today.. probably Britney... she just. can't. get. it. right.

Events/Situations you hate: when you go to work and everyone's looking at your a little funny but you think "hey I look good today!". and then you realised your top is on inside out. oh wait, that was just the other day...

TV Shows/Movies you hate: somebody tell me what the f*** Bondi Rescue is all about. I'm guessing only Sydney-siders have seen this show but really, what a waste of good quality viewing time! Also can't stand anything bollywood *grin* and kath & kim!

Types of music you hate: heavy-frickin'-metal.

Household chores you hate: though it's my most hated chore, i vacuum incessantly, probably because i was an asthmatic child. i guess right after that would be scrubbing the bathtub!

Things you hate about the world: right now? the whole "green" hype. i know i know, i should think about my children's children's children's dog, but what about me now? what if i want to shower for 10 minutes twice a day?? *sigh* i do my bit for the environment but now it seems all "trendy"...

Things you hate about yourself: OooOOo... where to start. if you think i talk a lot out loud, imagine how much i talk in my head! *Hehe*.. seriously, that's a fact ~ i think too much about everything. I'm also extremely detached, which is good and bad. And if I had a genie? I would also lose some belly flab and extend my legs by oh maybe 5 inches..

Man, this is one hateful blog! I'm only gonna tag 2, maybe 3 people i think ~ justin & christine you're it! and may ching if you have time!

the big M.O.V.E.

it's not really a big move as such. the actual move was relatively small, but its the act of the move that was huge. so maybe this post should be entitled "the big move IN".

for those of you who have been in close priximity to me over the last few weeks ~ both physically and virtually ~ you'll have been exposed to my anguish of packing, cleaning, selling... followed by more packing, cleaning, selling.. and offloading. God bless eBay.

and as of saturday, i officially moved in with Panu! Oh My God, i know. I've whittled into nothing more than a co-dependant female, I may as well sign up with the I cry when he goes out too late club now! Hehe.. cynicism will get you nowhere.

I'm actually very excited to be co-habiting with someone, and extremely intrigued as to whether little miss cat is prone to sharing. I've lived more or less alone for the past decade, and with the exception of my relationship with my husband Loreen, all other flatmate relationships have more or less been independant.

Interesting times ahead and if nothing else, this gives us great training for living together in no more than a shoebox, a vital skill to have when we make the really big move.

bubbas!

congratulations to both my cousins may ching & may lin for giving birth last week 2 days apart. talk about sisters sticking together! i'm so looking forward to meeting keira & yong, my little niece and nephew!

didn't I tell you that everyone around me is having babies?

beef & bonding

Jase & Bec were in town this week. I took a day off to babysit, and when asked what they wanted to do, all i was instructed was "big shopping centre please". easy! so we headed off and spent the day at the mother of all Westfields, Bondi Junction.

We shopped, ate, shopped, drank, shopped... and eventually were reduced to exhausted piles of bones sitting outside Cafe Chocolat for a spot of people watching. Mind you, people watching is enormously hard work. After a while we were famished and found ourselves digging into the best steaks at Kelly's Bar & Grill. Very yum, albeit a little small, but hey its me the porker writing here.










They are now in the Blue Mountains for a friend's wedding and whilst they are offline, let me show you the many faces of Bec!! Enjoy, cos once she's back online I'm sure I'll be directed to remove these photos.... hehehe love ya!

clucky?

This is Lara, she's just over 6 months old and belongs to my friend Sophia. And every time I see her I just want to gobble her up cos isn't she just the most delicious thing you have ever laid eyes on?












I'm already clucky... and compounded by the fact that everyone around me seem to have bubbas or pregnant or trying (in other words they are having sex all the time), you can't expect me to be anything but!

However, tis not the time for me yet. So for now I'll keep on enjoying everyone else's bundles of joy and hand them back whenever they get a little stinky!