i guess i finally get to know how january in sydney feels like since i seem to have missed the previous heat waves of the past couple of years. but i have to say, it is still bearable because i'm not using the air conditioning.

last night, the girls came over for dinner. we mario-ed some only to discover that we all pretty much failed last night. it was just suicide one after the other. i don't even want to mention the number of continues used. we didn't even get that far either but that didn't stop the screaming.

i think we - no, not we - the other guy present kinda scarred and scared (what difference does it make?) little matt though. is that was he was nicknamed?

so we played some mj. taiwanese style. uhmhmm. its weird. like.. i sort of get it but i think i still prefer hk style. and i think its got to do with the fact that i like to build build build up my tiles (jow pai). like in taiwanese, chicken isn't chicken. O.o and there are faans for almost everything that looks big. lol

then we had some cake. it wasn't soooooooooo bad. obviously, it was a big trial cake that sort of didn't go so well according to plan. next time i won't put kiwi in the filling since it was a bit bitter. stick to the melons and strawberries (but alas, they are so expensive and sour when not in season). need to figure out the cake part. and try to undense it. but it still looked sort of like an asian cake-shop wannabe.. at least when u cut it and see the layers. haha who am i kidding.

since the immature but employed had work, they called it a night. and we planned the next cheese and wine fine dining for val's next monday.

and i drove val home. and the freakiest thing happened. there was like a bird in the middle of the road. and you would think that it would move when you see a car with lights approaching. but it didn't and i really did SLOW DOWN to try to avoid it. but like it was just sitting there and when i turned onto vals street we were like

did i kill it? i didn't right right?

anyhow, dropped her off. got to see her brothers shiny new gulf. (spoilt brat =P) and i had to drive back on to the road we came from by myself. and i THINK i saw a dead bird but it was still pretty plump but i think there was blood. but i'm not sure if i was imagining cause it couldve been like.. normal garbage. since there was barely any street lighting. like.. it didn't look like it had been squished under a wheel? and oh man, that was really freaky. =X =X

but i am SO proud of val for taking the initiative and roughly drafting and planning a cairns trip! i will endeavor to CUT CUT CUT costs (haha i sound like a ruthless company who doesn't care about its workers when its actually completely the opposite). have to plan other major events this year before august! i now also want to go to alice springs and uluru for no reason other than the fact that i can. haha.