Here she is! Meet Miss Carex, she's 5 meters long but will spend the rest of her limited time lying down in the Conservatory of the Fitzroy Gardens.
She is named after the grass that is used for her hair, her face is made of moss and most of her is made of all-round grass over wire-mesh and coconut-fibre padding.
I found an old PCI Matrox Millenium video card and stuck it into the last PCI slot of the motherboard of my PC. Yes I know my computer is very old but it still does what I need so I'll keep it for a few more years. Needs a bit of cleaning though.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
We have been coming to PJ Malaysian Restaurant for years now but I think its time I blog about it. Just so happened that we went there on Saturday to meet up with friends for dinner.
Named after Petaling Jaya this restaurant is especially famous for its one special dish, the butter prawns! The place attracts a big crowd every Saturday night so bookings is most essential.
We had the typical chinese dinner with rice and a few other dishes to go with it so we ordered the Crispy Honey Beef which is not too bad but its nothing to be excited about. You can get that just about anywhere nowadays.
We also ordered the Sambal Eggplant which is one of the 'must have' everytime we come here. Talk about small serving! I think the servings have gone smaller and smaller everytime I come here! Haha!
Next we have the Chilli Fish which by the way is bream. Nice but again nothing to write home about coz once you have fish, you've had fish!
This is the dish the restaurant is so famous for! The Butter Prawns! Shelled Butter Prawns with curry leaves, talk about yummy! I haven't tasted any better from elsewhere so they're still number 1 for butter prawns in Melbourne! So now you know where to get the best butter prawns in Melbourne, its PJ in Glen Waverley!
But I did managed to learn something from it and that is how to raise a marquee! They were having a party on Saturday night and a marquee is the best thing for a party. No more people walking all over your clean floor and knocking over your furnitures. 
Step 2, erect the main poles where the canvas will be hanging off. Secure them anywhere you can, be it the tree trunk or the fence! Just make sure you do it right coz a good start is half the success!
Step 3, after half an hour progress has been made and the marquee is starting to take shape! Better hammer more supporting rods into the ground for the ropes to be tied down.
Step 4, another half an hour and all is not well..we seem to have hit a snag. The whole thing is leaning to one side, oh dear! maybe we need to tighten the ropes.
Step 5, we've done it! We managed to get the roof up and now proceeding to install the side canvas which will act as the walls of the marquee.
Even stuffs like this interests me so you can imagine how exciting my life gets! Or maybe I'm just more observant than others. Can you see what caught my eyes?
Some tradesman wanted to do the right thing by not bringing his muddy gumboots into his van! Great idea mate! So do you find that interesting or boring? (I so need to get out more..)
I didn't tell you that while I was entering the complex I saw 2 police officers apprehended a couple of youngsters probably for shoplifting or some other minor offence. Here you can see the officers talking to the boy behind the officer on the left and seated on the floor.
This shot was taken from a few meters away and not focus properly but there's another girl with handcuff sitting on the floor while the police questioned them. Later I found out there were 3 youngsters all rounded up and taken to the police station for questioning. Not so glamourous at the Jam Factory anymore huh?!
Would you pay $10 for a pair of these? How about $15 for the 'World Cup' version? Seriously who in their right minds would pay so much for a pair of 'kiam hu'? Would you buy them? I bet they're made in China too, I'm in the wrong business...
This is Chapel Street in South Yarra, its a tourist precinct and a very 'hip' area with young hoons with their 'doff doff' cars cruising down here everyday especially the weekends. Its got all kind of people, the best and the worst and I used to live here for a few years!
And this is Village Jam Factory where we will be watching our movie tonight. The reason its called Jam Factory is because a long time ago this building was really a jam factory! You can still see the original wall of the building even with years of transformation. I'm glad they kept the name alive for its heritage.
As we walk along the entrance to the Jam Factory we can see that the original sky-lights above are still preserved. Apart from the Village cinema complex, it has a variety of shops as well like Borders and Sanity.
Here we have the main lobby area of the cinema complex with its round colourful glass roof. When it was built years ago it won the title of the most beautiful cinema in the world and after all these years it still looks pretty good eh?
The complex has over 10 cinemas and part of them are located above these grand staircase. The rest of the cinemas are on the opposite side of this staircase. So there's virtually 2 parts to the complex.
But the World Cup fever is still on! Here at my local supermarket I saw this bottle of olive oil imported from Italy in the shape of the World Cup trophy! Its the Colavita extra virgin olive oil all the way from Italy!
However when the temperature plunges down to zero degree celsius and we get a wet night, in the morning we do get ice forming on just about everywhere outside like on our Toyota Echo which was blanketed with ice crystals 2 weeks ago when we had a very chilly night!
People from parts of the world that do have snow every year may find this uninteresting but for Melbournians like myself this is a treat! We don't get to see this many times of the year but fair enough, if we were to go to the alpine regions where snow does fall then this is nothing. But we are in suburban Melbourne and the sight of white ice in the morning is a wonderful sight!
Anyway, roof restoration involves first of all cleaning the roof with a high pressure 'watergun' to get rid of years of grim that's stuck to the roof tiles. The gutters are also removed and will be replaced with new ones. After the cleaning, any repair to the roof will be done prior to spray-painting it. I'll be watching the progress from my window and keep you posted! Hehe...I'm so kaypo!
This organic fertiliser I'm trying out is Seamungus from Neutrog, the maker of Sudden Impact for roses. According to the instruction on the Sudden Impact fertiliser which I apply during Spring, Summer and Autumn, Winter is when I should be using Seamungus to replenish the soil while the plants are mainly in the dormancy.
Seamungus is made from organic materials like seaweed, fish, humic acid and manure which then underwent specific composting and pelletised. It comes with a 100gm cup for application of 1 cup per square meter. And when first applied it does have an odour similar to aged shit! But the odour will soon go away after a couple of days.
This is how it goes;
If you comment on this post, I will…
1. respond with something random about you.
2. challenge you to try something.
3. pick a color that I associate with you.
4. tell you something I like about you.
5. tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you.
8. pick a song that reminds me of you.
After I respond to the above mentioned 8 points in this blog, you will have to post the same meme, and my response, on your blog.
And this is what Yvy said about me;
Wuching> Ok, ok….kita main sekarang. 
Random : I think that you’re one of those people that can easily mix and mingle in any age group - young or old, no problem but I’m sure most of the time u go for the young group lar.
Of course lah! What you think I spend my free time visiting nursing homes and keeping the ah pek & ah mu happy kah?
Challenge: I challenge you to tattoo ‘Yvy, spank me!’ on your bottom.
Can! Next time you're in town I'll go get a texter pen and get Terese to write for me on the bottom of my foot to show you! Hahahahaha!
Color: Yellow
Why? Because I'm chinese issit?
Like: You blog wacky and that the way you should be. I absolutely love that wackiness in you! 
Yes baby...I so lafu you too, if not for Ted...dunno what I'll do! *Go confession tomorrow*
Memory: I’m pretty sure we started on a ‘dirty’ note! 
Chey! I got shower twice a day wan! Where got dirty lah!
Animal: Horse
I'd rather you said 'stallion'!
Question: When can I really spank you?
When Ted's not looking lor!
Song: Hold me, thrill me, kiss me, kill me by U2
Huh? I can't remember this one, how does it go?
So instead I'll just post a couple of photos a friend from Sibu sent me just to tease me! With friend like that who needs enemies, right? This is Sibu mud crabs and its making me go nuts! Ohh..juicy juicy crab claw meat..*slurp*
Torn and battled, this Arnie look-a-like is a gimmick outside the junk shop on Johnston Street placed there to attract customers. Well he sure attracted my attention but I only wanted to take his picture! Hope he managed to lure more humans into the shop where I'm sure more terminators are waiting! Hasta-la-vista baby!
