Vietnamese rolls

A family friend came to our house. Actually, she has been coming to our house for a few times now but today was special. We had vietnamese rolls for dinner. She brought many of the necessary ingredients needed for this food. Furthermore, she cooked most of them for us. These vietnamese rolls consisted of lettuce, noodles, beef, carrots dipped in sweet and sour sauce, long beans, cucumber and almond nuts (pounded). Basil is optional. Well, this is our style of vietnamese rolls. What made me interested in this was that this was a "hands-on" type of food. First, we had to dip the rice paper in hot water. Second, we spread it on a plate. Third, we put lettuce on the rice paper. Fourth. we put the noodles on it. Fifth, we put beef on it. Sixth, we put carrots on it. Seventh, we put long beans and cucumber on top of it. Eighth, we sprinkle the pounded almonds over the ingredients. Then, we roll it up. The final product: Vietnamese Rolls.

P.S: The first roll I made was not as good as this... I had a really tough time doing it...

Last Day Of School

It's Friday. The last day of school and the start of my first holiday here in Australia. Things were pretty normal at the start. However, when it came to the end of school, I could see people hugging (girls only) and saying goodbye to each other. Also, it seemed that the weather suited everyone's feelings. It was cold, windy and raining pretty heavily. I took quite a while to say goodbye to everyone. Somehow, I really wanted to. Not sure why though... It was as if I were leaving them for good...

Holiday Plans

It's Thursday today. After tomorrow, holidays begin! I'm so happy right now. I will be going back to school on 17th April. Now, I'm thinking of how to spend my first holiday here in Australia. I've already have some made up in my mind. Exercise! It's time I started excercising. I haven't been doing much since I came here. So, that's definitely a must on my "To-Do" list. Any more suggestions?

大长今 all over again...

OK, this is pretty embarrassing. I have been watching Dae Jang Gum again here. I don't know what happened! While I was doing my homework, this image of the main character (大长今) came up in my head. After my homework, I immediately put the disc into the DVD player and watched it. I've been hooked ever since...

Weird...

Maybe that's one weird thing about me. I don't mind watching shows over and over again. This applies to songs as well, just like naniecheng... Hehe...

Guess I'm just bored?

Casual Wear Day

This was known as Casual Wear Day. I found it pretty clever for my school to think of this. If we wanted to wear our casual wear, we would have to donate $2 for some foundation (I can't remember what it was). Also, you could wear your national costume, but you would have to donate $2 as well.

There was an overwhelming response. Most people wore their casual wear, with some wearing their national costume, especially the Indians.

During lunch, we were all entertained by a few Greek guys dancing a Greek traditional dance, I think... There were also wushu artists and break-dancers. It took up half of our lunch times, leaving us a short time to eat. But it was really good and entertaining.

P.S: I did wear my casual wear...

A Glimpse Of Our House

I just realised that I haven't shown you pictures of my house which I have promised.

So here goes... (Most of the pictures are not very well taken though)

This is my room. Yes, I now have a computer for school use. And, I have my own bed!

This is Debbie's room. Believe it or not, she has a beanbag in it. On the other side of the room are her closets...

This is the rumpus room. We store all our boxes here because this is the biggest room in the house. Mum does her ironing here as well...

This is the master bedroom. My mum sleeps here, with Debbie sometimes...

This is the front door, leading to the front yard. That "triangle" with the plant inside was previously used as a small pond!

This is the living room. Pretty cosy... Love watching TV here...

This is the kitchen. We usually have our dinner on that dining table at the back. Cosy!!!

The other side of the kitchen leading to the rumpus room...

This is the backyard. Never had a backyard in Singapore. Debbie and I usually hang out around here... Playing volleyball, soccer and tennis. Don't ask how we get to play in such a samll area. I have no idea either...

This was taken from the backyard. The back view of the house...

This is the famous lemon tree. I just plucked out lemons from it so it looks so "botak"...

This is actually a space for a boat. But Debbie and I play tennis here! Keke...

Maths Test (Part 2)

I got a 100 for the Maths test! I am so darn happy right now. Mum was also happy for me. This was really good news for me and my family. I wasn't the only one who got 100 though. There was another girl who had 100. Must watch out for her... She had 99 for the first test...

Oh, by the way... She's indian... LOL...