ICHY FACE!!

Yes folks my face is killing me... my allergies have played up something shocking and my entire body is covered in a red dotted rash sort of similar to chicken pox... and it's just as itchy!! All I want to do is scratch, but obviously that's the worst thing I can do so I need something to distract me, like chewing gum... 

Also tonight Andrew and I are going to dinner since he hasn't taken me out for a while. Not sure which resturant to go to this time though, usually we go to the local Chinese place but I'm not keen on going there for personal reasons. The Irish pub usually has good food, so we'll probablly go there. In reality we'll probably put a few names in a hat and pull one out... so we'll see ^^

On another note, today after work as I was waiting with Andrew for my caramel latte frappe (which are to DIE for) my boss walked in and called out accross the resurant "Guess who's Crew Person of The Month?" I was like um... ?? Thinking Andrew had gotten it again as we were seated across from each other. Then she pointed at ME!

WHAT

THE

HELL

O_O

So now my photo is going to be on the wall near the door with all the other winners and I'm all icky looking from allergies EEEEW... However I'm happy as since I actually feel like people really do appreciate my work (even if it just is McDonalds) plus I get extra pay that I can put towards doing something nice with. 

Hmm other than that I've got my cert two classes tomorrow then I don't work till Wednesday for wash up. Mostly this week will be lesure. ^o^

Anyway since this week will mostly be a lazy one (on account of many birthdays and general lack of shifts) I'm tossing up the idea of doing a video on where I live. It could be fun and it'll show anyone who reads this where I come from. Plus the weather has taken a change for the better and the place looks really pretty at the moment... Well lets see anyway ^^

~ Cooking with Cuteness ~

Well this is getting posted far later than I had hoped... due to circumstances beyond my control I was unable to post at midnight like planned. However at least it's the right day ^^;;;

Plans for the week ~

♥ meet Lawrence at the airport, or at least see him soon after he gets back from Argentina

♥ cook cute bento!

♥ get a better recording of RE 

♥ WOOOOORK

♥ perhaps exercise... lol. Well really I should.

What I actually achieved ~

♥ Worked (more on that topic in a minute)

♥ Recorded RE, Beth mixed it, and if you think you get to hear it you are so very wrong!!

♥ Cute bento! (also more on that to come)

What I haven't done as of yet ~

♥ Exercise... go figure

♥ Met up with Lawrence. Not sure when his flight comes in :/

Anyway onto those topics I said I'd abriviate on... As for work I've been enrolled into a certificate class (meaning at the end of my course I'll have certificate II in retail) I'm pretty happy about this as my resume is otherwise devoid of qualifications. Even better is that my friend Jess is my study buddy person! Also  my pay rate will stay the same rather than dropping just because I'm a trainee.

Now for the fun part of this post!

おーべんと

This is my first real attempt at making a cute bento. It contains:

♥ Seasoned rice

♥ Carrots and green beans

♥ Onigri (rice ball)

♥ A shaped coloured egg with candy sprinkles

I wasn't too keen on the carrots and beans, but the seasoned rice and onigri were yummy! The egg was ok but I did a really poor job dying it... 

~Instructions~

Haru's Seasoned rice 

Make up as much sushi rice as necessary, let it cool slightly, add rice wine vinegar, chilli powder, garlic flakes, thin strips of nori and paper thin shreds of shitake mushrooms. Use as desired or just eat YUM!

You could add curry instead of chili if you prefered.

Shaped and Coloured Eggs

Hard boil an egg. When it has cooked immediately shell and press into a container the shape you want it to come out as. Apply even pressure to the opening and submerge in cold water for about 5-10 minutes. When the egg is completely cool fill a bowl with cold water and add food dye till you get the colour you want (Please don't over do this!! Food dye is more potent than one would first assume...) submerge the egg untill you get a cute coloured agg!

Onigri

I make mine by hand (because I don't have any proper shapers) but basically I wait till the rice is cool and the wine vinegar has been added then roll it up in my hands until it's firm then put it in the box... simple. As for decoration that's just shapes cut out of nori I put on. Neko Onigri!!

Todays lunch consists of my seasoned rice, freshly husked peas, lunch meat, jelly (jello) fresh berries and candy sprinkles ♥

I love sugar!!

I might make one tomorrow too since I have to work. So many ideas ^_^

♥  いただきます ♥

♥ Craziness + Cuteness + Cooking ♥

It's funny how the best plans are the ones made on the spot, with no prior thought or planning. On Sunday morning after work I (as usual) ended up on MSN lurking, when my friend Jess signed on and we started talking. We ended up chatting about work and how it was easy to get bored on days off when we randomly decided to walk down town for cheeseburgers. However since I'm lazy, I'd already switched my uniform for pajamas. Yes I wear them all day >.> They're warm k! So anyway we decided to head into town just as is. Fairly tame compared to my initial plans for the weekend, but hey it was a hell of a lot of fun!

At Maccas (McDonald's for you non Australian speaking peoples) we got our munchies and spent some time just hanging out talking with staff and reading random stuff in the paper. Was great! Then we walked back to my place and she kicked my butt at Guitar Hero III...then Andrew made us both look epically bad! >o<>

♥

Today was just a normal work day, but I did find a package from Japan waiting on the kitchen bench when I got home. MY BENTO BOX CAME! It's so pretty, I'd almost rather use it as a box for jewellery... then again it'll be fun to bring tasty healthy food to work. I'm currently looking at recipes to use during the week.

Plans for the week are as follows

♥ meet Lawrence at the airport, or at least see him soon after he gets back from Argentina

♥ cook cute bento!

♥ get a better recording of RE (tried this afternoon but failed)

♥ WOOOOORK

♥ perhaps exercise... lol. Well really I should.

Anyway we shall see on Friday.

♥ MWA! ♥

Deadlines & Dramatics

Well as I expected I failed my mission to publish on time. However I've had a pretty interesting week by my standards, and it seems set to stay that week for a while...

Monday

After work I met with a friend and someone we both know to sort out a few issues I had with that person. Thankfully we managed to complete this exchange with minimal confrontation, no tears or dramatics and it wound up being for the most part fairly enjoyable. I think it definitely helped that our mutual friend was there, because if she hadn't been there I wouldn't have even wanted to speak to the other girl. I'm still not happy with her, and don't really believe her explanation for the events that led to this but I'm not going to be petty and make more problems for everyone. I just wish she hadn't said she still considers me a friend. Because I certainly don't think of her as one anymore. Too much has happened and so much has come out about her that still irks me... 

But on a happier note, I got to hang out with the other friend after on our walk home. (we live in the same area of town)

Tuesday

Well that was mostly work, although I picked up my engagement ring from the jewellers... which is now too big. Obviously my finger was still swollen when I went to get sized >.> the good news was that it only cost $50 to fix, and although a size too big is actually WEARABLE NOW!! I really should have gotten a photo of it when it was broken, but I just felt sick looking at it.

Also I got invited to a "tickle party" on Friday... that should be fun!!

Wednesday

Today has been the bearer of good news. One of my close friends who is currently on student exchange to Argentina (and not liking it) is coming home early so he'll be here within the next ten days! I'm so excited, when I saw the message saying he was coming home I almost screamed/cried. I can't wait to see him ^^

There's not much else to say really. I probably wont be able to post on Friday either (I'll be out) but by Saturday afternoon I'll have more to say ^^;; I have devious plans to recreate something one of my friends did about a week or so ago... shan't say much more but I hope there will be less dramatics and stupidity in the aftermath!!