Ba Guo Bu Yi

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This happened early in August, before we girls had our girls night. We went to Chinatown for dinner. They suggested to go to Ba Guo Bu Yi (located at 98 Gouger St). I got no clue what’s that, I just followed them ;p


It’s a restaurant. Looked like need to pay a lot for it. *GULP* My first Szechuan cuisine in Adelaide.


Left: The pickle, spicy, salty, and sweet. It’s there on the table.

Right: Boiled Pork Slices with Garlic Paste (AUD14.80), it’s spicy but not that spicy for me. Then again those who can’t stand spiciness, then it’s another story.


Left: Dried Beancurd Dice with Spicy Sauce (AUD5.80), it’s even spicier but I love it! It’s quite oily though, due to the chili oil, still I just couldn’t stop eating them!

Right: Sauteed Shreeded Pork with Spricy Garlic Sauce (AUD14.80), this wasn’t spicy at all, strange… Or is it because the previous dishes were all spicy enough and couldn’t taste any spiciness in this? I tasted it as sweet and salty. No hint of spicy.

Overall, the food was good. Environment not bad. No complain. The bill of the night including white rice and a bottle of drink, it was AUD42+ for 3 girls. We almost cleared the plates ;p I wanted to dig more into the beancurd dish but they took it away hehehe…

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UniSA Open Day 2011

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The weather is sooooo good today! It’s the UniSA Open Day 2011, happening at City West campus. I had signed up to be a volunteer for this event. In the morning I volunteered for the uni and in the afternoon I volunteered for Unilife. Both were great! It was fun. In case you’ve been wondering where on earth I am studying now in Adelaide, this is it! πŸ˜‰


Left: A photo of me before heading out there. I was given the task to provide direction to visitors. I really enjoyed it. I wish I could help until the end of the event but I had signed up for the other volunteer task in the afternoon with Unilife (a change of t-shirt from blue to yellow and just realized that I didn’t take a photo of me in it ;p).

Right: The welcome booth, I was around this area. Since this was where most people came in and started to locate their destinations, I was practically running around from one person/group to another to help them with the direction. Only one directional staff available at each location. Time flies so fast and it was the end of my shift in the morning.

The following is all the photos I had taken after the end of my shift before starting another shift.



Booths around city west campus.


This is the most interesting booth ;p I saw students from civil aviation and their instructors having coffee break around the area I was working. GOSH! They’re all so handsome and pretty!

Visitors even got to experience flight simulator. Too bad I didn’t get the chance to try it out.


There’s fun activities going on too. I missed the red bull girls!! I thought I would be able to get a can today but I was in the toilet when they were at our booth! Too bad…

It’s a very fun and fulfilling day! This is my first and my last, won’t be here anymore next year to assist in this event unless I continue to do few more subjects to get a master (now, I’m doing graduate diploma, people would go… huh? Let’s put this this way, you can consider it as pre-master, add on 4 more subjects and you’ll get a master degree) hehehe… We’ll see…

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Pho Ba Ria 2

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Had Vietnamese food again! Went there for a very late lunch after church.


Pho Ba Ria 2 is located on Hanson Road. Many said that you must try the smoothie especially durian smoothie (AUD3.50)! I don’t think you can find durian smoothie in Malaysia but you can find them in Australia in Vietnamese eateries. It’s real durian! I didn’t dare to try because it can smell unpleasant to people after that especially if you’re not in Asia hahaha… Reminded me someone had durian in the computer pool in uni before -.-” Stunk the whole place!



Sugar cane prawn rolls (AUD13), we ordered the unwrapped rolls so that we could wrap it ourselves. What an experience. You need to dip the sheet into hot water to soften it, then place the ingredients on the sheet and roll! Not easy. Don’t forget to drizzle it with the chili sauce.

The sugar can prawn is quite nice. No more taste for the sugar cane because the flavour is already infused into the prawn. Very tasty dish. I like it.


Broken Rice Combination (small, AUD9.50) with peanut sauce. In fact, we had the peanut sauce with the rolls, it was nice too. YUMMY! Everything was nice, the meat you see here is pork. If not mistaken, you have to mix the peanut sauce with the rice but we didn’t. It’s still good.


Left: Fresh and cooked beef (small, AUD9).

Right: This should be Laksa Spicy Thai Noodle Soup (small, AUD9). Hmm… I don’t understand why my friend ordered Thai noodle here! *LOL*

There you go… My second Vietnamese food experience. I’m getting a hang of Vietnamese food! Oh dear… Gonna miss it when I’m home for sure.

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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 πŸ˜‰

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

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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! πŸ˜› 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 πŸ˜‰
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

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