The Professional Shell

What do i keep doing wrong?

dianatdn — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:45:35 +0000

What?

Staring Back at You

dianatdn — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:21:21 +0000

It been on my mind, since the clock struck 2010. Do I really want to be with u. Literally. I never expected this from me. I dont want to put 2 years down the drain. I dont want to lose you. But like u said, when u do something special, I dont feel a thing. Truth is I dont, and I dont know why. It pains me to see me doing this to u. I dont want to hurt you. I dont want… Yet i want…

All that has changed.

2009 was painful and the stepping moments into 2010 was worse. Every step I make is tender. I hate to make you mad, because I dont know what you’ll do to yourself.

“This moment” has gone? Really? I dont want to think that Yetsometimeseverymomentwithyouissoclearandperfect.

Our future. You want this, and i want that. I dont want to discuss about it and you’ve set your mind to it. How?

Cuts, burns and tears

dianatdn — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:45:53 +0000

“Can’t I be a kid once in a while?”

I’m pretty sure thats what everyone wants, then again, society doesn’t allow that for us to happen. Okay forget it.

I lurve Melbourne! Big city, good shopping areas, no racism! Good food and at CHEAPER prices! If i were to become a PR here, I choose Melbourne! Melbourne Melbourne so much fun. Night life and all. Adelaide, small town, can’t disapper from the people that u don’t like! Grr. Okay i’m not going to start.

My com’s down with virus again! ARGH! First repair wat 100bucks, what’s next! *Rant Rant Rant*

Anyway after very careful thoughts, i’ve decided not to do my pastry course in Australia anymore, wanna travel wanna meet new people, wanna go to…PARIS! Wei Jie if ur going count me in! PS: someone please tell him back home K!

My baby’s coming! 16 more dayssssss…..yes i’m slowly counting down, dreading why time passes so slowlyy when u are waiting for someone, but goes by reallyy fastt when u don’t think about it. On a bigger brighter side…i’m heading back home in 2months time! YES home sweet home, back to sweet old comfy enviro. But i still won’t be able to meet the boys! Well most of them are in army.. Never mind there are still the girls!! Wee… FUN FUN FUN! Hmm might consider inking again.

Random! – Shall i pierce my belly button? XD

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Things i wanna eat when i’m back home:

Black Carrot cake! Big fat craving for black carrot cake! I can eat days and days of it without getting sick of it. The crispy burnt black carrot cake dissolving in my mouth! YUMMMMY… Xiao Long Bao, Laksa, Fish/Seafood/STEAMBOAT! Mee siam, HOR FUN, all sorts of roti prata except the ones with egg, cheapo ice-cream from orchard – the one dollar ones at the corner of taka and what’s that hotel again?? Cant remember. Hmm.. BBQ chix wings, hokkien mee, authentic chix rice, wierdly pasta de waraku – haa think its because it was the last meal that i had with p-group Wanton Mee!!!!

Teh Beng, ice lemon tea, milo dinosaur, what’s that drink that dan always drink err.. its the lime with sugar water… I shall ask him next time. OH wait its ice le mao! Hee.

*List will go on…

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I guess i forgot that not everyone can accept me for who i am. Straight foward, random most of the time, adjusting to the people ard me… i miss da ni! I miss all my friends! I miss joyner! I miss kris! I miss everyone.

Age over EQ

dianatdn — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:53:46 +0000

Hello, back again. Just annoyed still with the people who think just because that they are older than u think that they ARE WAY… better than u. Its just disgusting. The best part is, she thinks that i have a LOW EQ! Wow. Disgusting disgusting disgusting. Plain disgusting. Sigh the things that i have to put up with to lead a nice and easy life over here.

She totally ruined my trip to melbourne and now plans to ruin my remaining time here. Fear not, my indian is coming! Wahaha. 21 more days to go baby!

As u can see, this is how much fun i’m having here.

Anyway, lets not talk bout her. I can go on on and on bout her. Will say more when asked back home. I’ve got food and wine class soon at a chinese restaurant. Free food and wine. YAY! Then it’s back home to do many many projects. They are piling up! 3′s due in 2 weeks time and think 2 are due in a months time. Heavy duty projects. The start of the engines. Brum Brum!

Looking forward toward my indian coming over. Finally get to see him, touch him and smell him!

Melbourne

dianatdn — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:29:58 +0000

Hello Friends from HOME! I miss u guys and girls alot! So sick of the people here. Need a change of friends and enviroment! ARGH!

Its so sickening, just because i’m younger in age doesn’t mean that i haven’t been through anything okay.. Age is just a freaking number…its what’s up in the head ie the BRAIN that matters!!!!!! Think i’m some spoilt kid that does not noe anything! Fucked up. Okay so what ur 24, the way u think is exactly like some child. Childish thoughts. I’m spoilt because i’m the only girl and the youngest, but that does not mean i haven’t seen the world, I HAVE gone through some experience.

The other one, sigh. Sometimes can connect, on the other hand, sometimes cannot. Sigh…

I can’t wait to go back home to see all my friends. Miss them so so much! 29th NOV i’m coming back with a BANG! Joyner..my random coming back with a BANG. Wait for it.

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Now to tell u the exciting that my road trip to Melbourne: Whahaha…

1. First was the detour that we had to make, coz we took the wrong turning out and headed back to ADELAIDE!

2. Stopped half way for a toilet break, opened the booth and found the milk that we brought had spilled all over in the boot! Freaked out, used loads of tissues to soak up…

3. We reached Melbourne city BUT got lost in the city. Apparently there are 2 streets of the same name in the city! Took us an hour or so to find the correct street!

4. Checked in and….we found the apartment really shitty! It was suppose to be a serviced apartment, meaning that there is a kitchen attached, guess what, kitchen has no KNIVES!

5. Took out the carpet and the board of the boot to wash/clean, realised that the tissue we used was stuck to the board. Messy clean up job needed!

6. On Tuesday, we got lost in the city AT NIGHT after my birthday dinner. Forgot where we parked the car and we ended up walking ard the city for a good 45mins to an hour to look for it. When looking for it, we kinda had a scary experience..there was this guy, he was walking towards the street we were on, we were in front and he was behind. He was chanting some thing – apparently drunk. We got scared, so picked up our pace, he too seemed to picked up his pace towards us… Lucky for us, we found the car and he walked into another street… Whew…

7. Near death experience, when Mel was turning the car to the opposite direction, din look out that there was a tram oncoming and….

8. On driving along the Great Ocean Road, Jo was letting the other cars behind her go by coz they were really close to us, so we turned out. Then when it was time to go, in stead of pressing the accelerator she steped on the break, so we jearked forward. HAA!!! LOL.

9. We were driving to Victor Harbour at 1-ish am. Really really dark roads and had many many scary experience all thanks to animals. First was this animal – i think it was a cat/cub that was sitting in the middle of the road of the opposite direction eyes staring back at u. A raccoon/ possom was found dead on the road – we didn’t hit it!! Then was the rabbit that dashed across the road suddenly, thus a scream was let our. Then we saw a wambat that slowly walked across – no scream. Then a kangaroo attempted to cross but failed – surve of the car and scream again. We din reach Victor Harbour till 2.30am. Really really scary and errie. The pitch black is still stuck in my head. But the stars at night really blew my mind! Bright and there were zillions of them! Beautiful…

I think that’s about it. But if i remember some more i’ll update again! Had alot of fun in Melbourne! Shopped till i dropped. Hee. My most expensive buy is….my Oakley’s sunnies. Gold in colour! Wahaha and daddy’s paying for it! Whoots.

Dim Sim – 7th Sept 2008

dianatdn — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:52:05 +0000

Forgive me! I haven’t been updating, kinda lazyy blah blah..let me finish this post first then i’ll post a new one right up! :X

Had Dim Sim last saturday morning at Chinatown. YUM! Can’t wait to go eat again! Esp the egg tart! Melt in your mouth custard, pastry nice and thin, not too thick and filling. Yam cake sweet and crispy.

Haven’t been blogging coz i got kinda lazy, hee. The weather here is getting warmer..spring is here soon! Haa. I can walk ard in slippers and berms/shorts soon. My flight is changed to the 29th NOV. I’m coming back early! Yippee. Start booking me ppl, haa coz i might not be ard mid to end Dec. Sorry!

1 month and 13 days to go….exactly 43 days. HAA!

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Food and Wine Philosophy

Snapper Bouillabaisse

Last week during class one of our classmates suddenly fainted/backout-i’m guessing halfway through class. She fell with a loud “thud” as her head hit the floor. OMG. Everyone went into shock, esp my lec, he did not expect this. Never in his life. He freaked out, stood for a long while before one of us said to call the ambulance, then he started to move to call someone. Everyone cluttered around the fainted girl, someone said to push back her tongue thinking that she had fits. Thing is she was not HAVING fits. Weird ppl and their annologies.

Grilled Flathead

Looks good? It is GOOD! Hee.

That week, we had

Mushroom Risotto

and

Ratatouille

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Cruisine B

The previous week we made:

Supreme of Salmon in Flakey Pastry with Spinach and Scrambled Eggs

Passionfruit Mousse with Almond Tuile Biscuits

And that week we had/made

For Starters..

Brioche with Potted Duck, Shallot Confit and Mesclum Salad

For mains..

Breast of Chicken Filled with Crab and CorianderLastly desserts..Apple Galette

Hee..

Seasons Of Love – Rent

dianatdn — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:47:45 +0000

Rent Musical

Seasons of Love

ALL
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.

In five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love? Measure in love

Seasons of love. Seasons of love

HOMELESS WOMAN
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes!
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?

COLLINS
In truths that she learned,
Or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned,
Or the way that she died.

ALL
It’s time now to sing out,
Tho’ the story never ends
Let’s celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Seasons of love!

HOMELESS WOMAN (while ALL sing)
Oh you got to got to
Remember the love!
You know that love is a gift from up above
Share love, give love spread love
Measure measure your life in love.

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Rented a couple of movies and shows since i was here, caught a few good ones. Rent, August Rush, Batman, Crazy Beautiful, BONES! How i met your mother, i am sam.. there are alot more, just kinda forgotten. Songs from Rent and August Rush! Really good. I recommend. HAA.

Cherio

Annoyance?

dianatdn — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:01:30 +0000

As time goes by and get to know the whole better and better – so much so that some of them really..irks and ANNOYS me! Grr…so irritating! *Rant Rant Rant!* Breath…looking towards the brighter side..i’m NOT going to get my license anymore bcause i’m horrible on the road – period and i can depent on all my other driver friends! Hee i’m happy being the passenger! I’m counting down to 21st Oct – i cant wait! I’m looking for a job so that i can pay for a road trip up to melbourne (22-29 Sept). I’ve booked my ticket back 5Dec – pray i can go back earlier 29Nov, tix are fully booked!!

Hee suppose to update last week but got lazy to do them!

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Food and Wine Philosophy

Salmon Gravalax

Poached Salmon

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Crusine B

Magret a la Montmerency / Duck with Cherries

Made another dish Omelette Baveuse aux Fine Herbs / Omelette with fine herbs, but i din plate the dish so din take a pic of it.

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The Grange – Hilton Adelaide

“If i’m game you’re game” – Game themed

The Menu

Went for a little fine dining last thurs, the grange’s chef (Cheong Liew) is one of the top 10 chef’s in the world, so how can i miss that!? Budget and all was right too, so how can i miss it! He’s previous themed dinner was 4yrs ago. Here are some of the dishes…BEWARE!

Crocodile and Monkey Broth

Desserts!

Daquiose

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=147189&l=31692&id=550165556, for all the pictures!

Cheers!

October!

dianatdn — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:07:13 +0000

Haa! i cant wait for October! YAY! My indian is coming! Tix bought alrdy! Yippe…. 2 more months! YAY! And i’ll be back in dec too! For a month. Before going to Port Douglas’s Sheraton Mirage, under the starwood hotels. It’s a resort and if i’m lucky i can ask the chef’s if i could help out with the kitchen. The lecture’s recommended Sheraton Mirage bcoz i wanted to do resorts rather than hotels and its a 5-4 star resort.

Its so cold this few days! Really really cold, plus the rain and the wind! OMG! Bitingly chilly. Brr…

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Food and Wine Philosphy

Oyster au natural

Oyster Kilpatrick

Garlic Prawns

Chilli Prawns

This week, we had all these yummylicious food with wine. Last week was just fruit juices to get our taste buds running. 100% pure juices of apple, orange, lime, lemon, grapefruit and black currant. Next week is…poached salmon and salmon gravalax. From this class, i have this habit of smelling everything before i drink and the letting the drink roll around my mouth before i swallow just to take in the taste slowly. Haa. Interesting ya?

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Crusine B

Cote de Porc, Sauce Charcutiere/ Pork Cutlet with Charcutiere Sauce with Croquettes

The pork is cut up bcoz Stephen had to cut it up to check if it was well cooked anot. It was perfectly cooked k.

Making: Croquettes de Pommes de Terre/Croquettes Potatoes

Petits Sables aux Noisettes/ Small French Hazlenuts Shortbreads

Hee, my partner cutting gingerbread man from the remaining dough

My partner is from Taiwan and he’s a pastry chef. Kool beans. Cant wait to be like him.

Stephen, our chef caramalizing the pears

Stephen's display

Petits Sables aux Noisettes et Poire Caramelisee/ Small French Hazlenuts Shortbreads with Caramelised Pear

My display’s not that great as Stephen’s coz i din caramelise the pears with the torch – kinda forgot. Haa. But he say it’s alright.

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October October October! I cant wait. 84 more days to go! Hurry Hurry Hurry baby!

Boo…

dianatdn — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:53:15 +0000

Just got off msn with da ni, sigh, miss everyone back home so much! The hard part bout leaving all of what u know and have back home is the friends and my indian. Its not that bad for me with regards to my family bcause, i think i’m so used to be with my friends 24/7 and that i noe my family will never forget bout me. Friends…once u leave them, u leave out a part of life, like a piece in the puzzle is always missing, something that cannot be found, cannot be fitted back, the lost moments. Sigh.

Then its the making new friends all over again. Back home i can act any way i want to be, the kid, the random, the nonsense, the matured, the watever, but here, everyone’s on pretense. I’m not talking bout my click, but the classmates, ang mo slang, acting kool, grr. I din sign up skool for this. Seriously being here is the same back in tp htm. The air everyone carries, pretense and stuck upness, come on man, ur in the hospitality industry. Fuck the attitude. Can the attitude. What’s with the attitude? To prove ur better than the rest? To stand out? Grr.

Its my indian’s birthday soon and i’m not with him. It hurts to be so far away, to not be able to hug him, to kiss him and wish him a happy birthday. Our first time of celebration of our birthdays is to be far apart. Sigh. Cant wait for him to come in oct to vist me! yay! Cant wait to hug him, cant wait to kiss him, cant wait to hold his hand, cant wait cant wait!

I’m in the process of chosing my intern company. Decided to do it in Cairns coz of the beautiful beaches and i can learn surfing! Hee.

Silky Oaks Lodge – http://www.silkyoakslodge.com.au/

The Sheraton Mirage – http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=370

Mantra Treetops – http://www.mantratreetops.com.au/

Angsana Resort – http://www.angsana.com/gbr/index.html

The Sebel Reef House – http://www.reefhouse.com.au/

Peppers Beach Club – http://www.peppers.com.au/Beach-Club

Cairns Shangri La – http://www.shangri-la.com/

Cairns Hilton – http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/CRNHITW-Hilton-Cairns-hotel/index.do

Cairns International – http://www.cairnsinternational.com.au/

Cairns Hoilday Inn – http://www.hotelclub.net/hotel.reservations/Holiday_Inn_Cairns.htm

Sofitel Reef Casino – http://www.reefcasino.com.au/

Thinking of doing it in either Shangri la or Sheraton mirage. Which is better? Help me decide if u can please!

Tml, food and wine philosophy again! Chilli/garlic prawns and oysters with wine. What a day to start breakfast. Hee.