Flat…

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Sigh… I’m really really feeling very flat these days. Feel so numb too. I don’t know to feel sad or angry. I feel very empty too. Also feeling betrayed. Desperate as well!

Time flies. Soon September will come and I’m still the same old me in certain area. Damn pathetic! Feeling like a failure, why oh why?! Back home, everyone is going into new phase of lives, busy with their new life. Here… I thought I can escape such feeling but apparently same thing happened too to people around me. STRESS! Gonna be 29 and I’m still like that. What is wrong with me?!

Weekend is coming, gonna volunteer at the uni’s open day on Sunday. Will try to take more photos to share with you 😉

Oh I’m so random! Must get one assignment done this week. Cheers!

Heart Matters, Randomness

August Shoes Shopping

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OH! Was quite busy with assignments lately because want to complete it before my birthday ;p One due next week. How time flies, next month exam again!

Anyway, I’ve been shoes shopping in August and bought 3 pairs of shoes! Goodness, I never did this in Malaysia. The most also 2 pairs a year. This time, in just 3 weeks time and I bought 3 pairs at Rundle Mall. Bye bye AUD50 (around RM160! I never spend this much on shoes, my shoes I bought all below RM40)! One week salary gone hahaha… Reason because spring and summer are coming, boots will not be suitable anymore. Still can wear during spring at night but day time it will really depends on the weather. So have to buy some sandals for spring and summer. There’s end season sales now so take the opportunity to buy them. Also I miss wearing high heels!


Bought this for AUD10 from one of the shops at Rundle Mall at Renaissance Arcade, don’t remember the name of the shop. Size 36, slightly big but don’t care ;p First pair of footware I bought in Adelaide.


Then, bought this last Sunday, AUD19.95 from Valleygirl. When I tried it on, it was not that bad but I didn’t really buckle the strap. Then when I wore it for real walking, GOSH! It’s quite torturing, not comfortable at all. I tried to unbuckle it, it was fine. So it’s the strap that made it uncomfortable, contemplating to cut the strap but think of the money I spent on it, RM60+, I don’t have the heart to do so. In fact I did it before back home but that was a RM20 shoes! 😛 Well… If I don’t convert the currency it’s still the same thing. We’ll see later…


The boots from Suite Boutique in Myer Centre that I’ve been eyeing since the ending of autumn! Gosh! Finally I bought it, it was AUD29.90 (AUD35+ before discount) after discount that time but now it gone down to AUD20! How to resist? Winter is ending I know but I’m buying it for next year’s autumn and early winter ;p Also for winter now which will end in half month time! It’s so versatile, it’s over my knee, and can fold it to turn it into calves boots, then can fold it in any pattern you can think of. Most importantly even though it’s high, it’s quite comfortable to wear. Since I haven’t wear any heels ever since I’m here, I need to get used to walking in heels again -.-”

Left: Folded the top part.
Second left: The heels and folded it a bit more far down.
Second right: Original. Over my knee. Can wear it during spring without legging and pair it with short skirt or shorts 😉
Right: folded the top part all the way down.

Due to the angle of the photo taken, it made my feet looked big but in actual fact it’s not like this. I really love this boots, it’s warm too. I was having hard time trying to figure should I get the brown one or the grey one. Black did not have size 6 anymore. I asked the saleperson there and she recommended grey because it’s easier to mix and match. I had to buy it because only 2 pairs left, one brown, one grey. The first time I set my eyes on was black but since I have black boots already I didn’t bother to get it.

So there you go… Can’t spend much until September because I overspent hehehe… Luckily I do have a part-time job else I’ll be in deep trouble ;p

Girl Stuffs

Uyghur Restaurant @ Prospect

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Two weeks ago, after CIBO, we went to Prospect for Xin Jiang cuisine. My very first time having this type of cuisine.


It’s halal! I’m sure some will be delighted. It’s located outside the city though, at Prospect, but I’m not sure of the exact address only know that there’s a petrol station(don’t remember the name also ;p) with Woolworths at the opposite of it. Didn’t expect such small shop to have very good business. Even need to make reservation. We didn’t, so we had to wait for I think half hour for a table.

Here’s what we ordered:

Left: Uyghur Kabab (AUD2 each), minimum order 3 skewers. Nice! I love it!

Right: Goshnan (AUD11), not really a fan of this dish but it’s not bad too. It’s Uyghur style pastry with lamb, onion, and spices.


Left: Dapanji (AUD26), huge portion! You can share this with more than 4 people! Just order this should be enough to make you full if all of you are small to medium eaters. I love the noodle! Spicy chicken, potato stir-fried with special sauce serve with handmade noodle. Mind you, the more you eat, the more spicy it gets. We requested it not to be spicy but at the end it’s still spicy. To those who can’t stand even a bit of spiciness, you might want to skip this. Suddenly I want to eat this again!

Right: This is not spicy but I don’t remember the name -.-” Silly me, forgot to take photo of the menu for this one. It’s a type of lamb dish. HUGE portion too! Lots of lamb fat. Not spicy at all. Looks spicy but it’s not. It’s served with a type of roti canai like bread. Did a search online and apparently some bloggers also forgot to take note of this dish’s name ;p

Overall total for 5 people with quite a number of canned and bottled drinks, the bill came up to about AUD94 or 95, don’t quite remember.

Finding Myself - Adelaide, Food Porn

CIBO Espresso @ Rundle Street

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CIBO Espresso is no stranger to anyone in Adelaide. However, I only knew about it when I attended Marketing Management class when my coursemates mentioned about it. It’s everywhere and with red striking colour yet I never noticed hahaha… I guess I’m not a coffee person so I didn’t really bother.


Had the opportunity to visit the outlet at Rundle Street, if I’m not mistaken, this is the very first outlet in Adelaide. Not only coffee or tea. They also have gelato.


Left: Very advance system too. Well… I guess it’s not new, just that it’s my first time seeing such paging system. It will buzz when your order is ready.

Right: Mini Affogato (AUD4), vanilla gelato doused with espresso.


Left: If not mistaken, this should be Iced Chocolate (AUD3.80).

Right: Hot chocolate (AUD3.40). The hot chocolate was really sweet and thick. Luckily I ordered the smallest cup. Was expecting to see marshmallow with it but there’s none.


Left: There’s wide range of food to choose from also.

Right: The second floor. Great area to hang out with friends, especially the big table with high chairs. Those sofas aren’t really that great though, too low.

Finding Myself - Adelaide, Food Porn

When 3 Girls Meet

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Back home, I have more male friends than female friends. Here in Adelaide, I have soooooo many female friends but male friends can only be counted with less than 5 fingers! That’s all! How pathetic? Some more, it’s so hard to find people within my age bracket be it male or female. They’re mostly way younger than I am. So far, only one I know who is of the same age as me sigh… However, I do not look my age so those younger ones thought that I’m as young as them ;p It’s pretty hard to find a partner here too hahaha… Anybody to intro? *DESPERATE* ;p

Happened that I met 2 coursemates since the start of my studies. They’re both from Malaysia, one about 1 year younger than me and another one my sister’s age (5 years younger). We’ve been planning about hanging out even before exam but never got the time to do it until last Friday. 3 of us went for dinner at Chinatown at 5.30pm then headed back to the apartment with a bottle of Jim Beam(700ml), a bottle of Pepsi(2L), 2 cans of Coke(375ml each), and 3 packets of chips *LOL* It’s a good thing my friend’s housemate had moved out so we had the whole apartment for ourselves to talk with all the privacy we need. It’s not easy to have such privacy here you know…


There you go… I don’t normally drink, even if I did it’s just few sips but last Friday, we finished the whole bottle of alcohol and Pepsi, and a can of coke. We had them with bowls! No cups for it that’s why ;p Started at 7pm. My very first time, surprisingly I wasn’t drunk at all, very much alert the whole night, none of us got drunk, the whole night was just sitting down, talking, drinking, eating, and many toilet trips ;p. I’m quite amaze with myself! Apparently my alcohol tolerant level isn’t that low. I guess it’s not bad for a beginner hahaha… This is my first time drinking so much alcohol and softdrink! Very bad for health. Gosh… I still can’t believe it until today! Good thing, no allergy, no turning red, no headache too. Usually I’ll get itchiness even with few sips.

Guess I’m not allergic to bourbon as few weeks back I had some American Honey too and it got no effect on me while my other friend turned red hahaha… It was very little too. Even so, I won’t make drinking my habit. I don’t like the taste of alcohol, just not my kind of thing to hang out with alcohol, I still prefer to hang out with tea or chocolate in a nice quiet cafe. Clubbing is not my thing. Loud music stresses me out.

We only ended the session at 5.30am (Saturday morning)! Was supposed to end it before 12am and keep the leftover alcohol for next time but hahaha… We finished everything. Unbelievable! We talked non-stop too! Oh well… What to do? We are suffering from the same “sickness” and found out we are pretty much in common. WOW! ;p No wonder we clicked. It was girl talk for 12 hours straight!

Got home and slept at about 6am after shower. Woke up around 11.30am. I guess I’m not that young anymore, in the afternoon I was so damn sleepy but I forced myself to stay awake to do some research for my assignments, dozing on and off. At the end, I gave in, I slept at around 11pm that night. Then again, still not enough, woke up early the next day to church, got back and I was so sleepy, even dozed off in front of my computer doing my research -.-”

There you go… The story of the meeting of 3 “thirsty” girls… *LOL*

Finding Myself - Adelaide, Personal Events