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I go through phases and my current craze is making risotto. I remember seeing Isabelle post a risotto recipe using chestnut and mushroom which sounded yummy so I made up my own version.It didn't disappoint.Ingredients:1.5 cups of arborio rice4 cups chicken stock1 cup white wine1/2 onion diced3 cloves garlic crushed6-8 mushrooms sliceda small bunch of enoki mushrooms1/2 cup pecorino romano cheese

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It's been a while since I have blogged about the various places I've been to, but after being introduced to this hidden gem I felt a little inspired. Cafe Sopra is located above the Fratelli Fresh organic markets in Waterloo. It's very popular with locals but isn't easy to get to unless you drive.You could easily walk past and into this market without ever realising that there is a popular cafe

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I think I’m at the age now where everyone is getting married, so recently I’ve had a lot of people ask me for recommendations for providers that I used for my own wedding. So if you are getting married or know some one that is getting married you might find this helpful. It’s also proof that you CAN throw together a wedding in 2 months like we did.CakeWe had a few dramas with getting the cake as

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I own many many cook books, I've decided that It's about time that I start to use them.It's my friend's birthday tomorrow and she's the biggest chocoholic I know so I thought that I'd make something from 'The Book of Chocolate' for her.I decided on chocolate truffles.You can put anything in the filling really, heat some sultanas in some rum and you can do rum and raisin ones. I wasn't sure what

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To start chop 250g pitted dates then place into a bowl, add 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda and pour 1 cup of boiling hot water over the top.Set aside for 20mins.You will also need:90g butter, softened3/4 cup brown sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 eggs1 3/4 cups Self-Raising Flour, siftedUsing an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy.Add eggs, 1 at a time and beat

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I've had a recipe ripped out from a magazine sitting on my desk for ages. It wasn't till I saw Joel's post about making osso bucco that I felt inspired to give it a go myself.Step 1. Brown 3 pieces of veal osso bucco and set aside when ready.In another pot (preferably a heavy one) soften some vegetables with a slosh of oil and a pinch of salt. I used onion, tomato and celery. I meant to add

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Ingredients: boiled octopus (cut into bite-size pieces)shallot (chopped)prawns (boiled, peeled and chopped)batter (dashi soup, flour, eggs) Heat pan, when hot add oil followed by a layer of batter. Proceed to place prawns, shallot and octopus into each slot when done add a layer of batter to cover.This part is hard to describe...as it cooks start to fold the the excess batter into a ball

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After 10 years we finally tied the knot! So here is a slide show of our day in a nutshell.(click photo to start show)(Please note there is sound so you may want to adjust your volume before viewing).XOxEm & JC

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Getting married tomorrow...

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We came back just in time for the 2007 Sydney Food & Wine fair, good food, good weather and a good cause.$110 worth of vouchers ($60 for JC & I and $50 for Mum and Sophia), the man at the stall looked at me and asked "are they all for you?".I'm such a creature of habit, my first stop each year is always at the Australian Mushroom Growers for their burgers with aioli mayo. I've missed out on the

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Back in May this year we booked a trip to the Whitsundays, this time last year Jacky & I went to Ettalong (yes it's been a whole year already!). I always book a trip around this time of the year because I know how busy work gets and how important it is to have a break to maintain my own sanity.Day 1The empty trolleyOur flight wasn't till 6pm so we arrived at the Whitsundays at night at around 8pm

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By now if you are on my Facebook you will have seen the many photos from Trish & Joel's wedding. The wedding was beautiful and it was just such a fun wedding. They put together a slide show here and the background music is a song that Joel wrote and composed for Trish....just too sweet!Congratulations to you both!!Thank you for allowing us to share this special day with you.

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Hi Everyone,It's been a while hasn't it? Work has consumed my life lately and so much has happened that I don't know how or where to start again. I didn't think any one really cared till my email, msn and Facebook started filling up with "Why haven't you been blogging??" messages.Don't worry I'll be back.

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Went to Trish's Kitchen Tea today and had a terrific time!Prior to the tea, the bridesmaids put every one into teams and gave each team a theme. We were told to bring a costume for Trish and that there would be a photo shoot.The result...(photos taken from Facebook & Tealily Photography)Desperate housewives was a bit hard, but we did try to take inspiration from each character.Trish let me use

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For a while now it feels like I have had so many commitments that life has become one big blur. Jacky's been working crazy hours (sleeping at 3am then waking up at 6am the next morning and working all day Sunday) keep in mind he isn't a Lawyer or Banker. Even when you live together it's hard when you spend so little quality time with each other.We decided that on Saturday our 'us time' would be

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So my friend Joel was googling hot pot and came across this review that I did of Shancheng HotPot King. He later came across this site and look, they stole my photo! =P it even has my Dad's fingers in the shot.

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It's been a while since we've celebrated our anniversary somewhere really nice. Astral was lovely but thanks to Sophia's Christmas gift we had a reason to finally try the 7 course tasting menu at Aria in Circular Quay. At $150 per person we had high expectations and we were not disappointed. We were greeted warmly at the door and lead to our table, the room was dimly lit enhancing the view of the

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Around now is suppose to be the calm before the storm (i.e. clerkships), after last year I was so exhausted that I said to Jacky ‘I don’t know how long I can keep doing this’. But I recovered and took into account that the second time is always easier and I wouldn’t be painting, renovating and moving into a new house this time round.Unfortunately work hasn’t been calm and our team is going

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Happy Anniversary & Birthday!

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I woke up at 6:30am to go out this morning only to be greeted by heavy rain and strong winds. I decided that I was too scared to drive to where I wanted to go in such wet conditions, so I hopped back into bed for a rare sleep in. A few hours later Jacky woke me up - breakfast in bed...I'm so spoilt.

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Pay rises are sweet, to celebrate we went shopping!We had thought about getting a Nintendo Wii since we played with Muz's one at Joel & Trish's engagement. We were still making up our minds when we were informed that it was double discount day for staff at Myer (through Baku I have a staff card). It was just meant to be, 20% off the console, extra wii remote, nunchuck and the Zelda game was an

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I love blogs about food. Having moved out of home a year ago (wow it's been that long?) I'm slowly refining my cooking and baking skills, I often turn to food blogs for ideas, instruction and inspiration. Last year I met up with a group of food bloggers and we've all kept in touch ever since.I've posted about Kazbah before so I'm going to be lazy and point you to Helen's & Kate's blog sites for

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Jill's flying out on Wednesday and as excited as I am for her I feel so sad at the same time. We all caught up tonight and drowned our sorrows in chocolate....a lot of chocolate (so much for eating healthy!).Mortel sin cake with chocolate & ice cream, banana crepe, chocolate fudge brownie, swiss hot chocolateThe aftermath...One last group shotBye Jilly! (say chee-zu)Bay Vista Cafe83 The Grand

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Saturday 26 May, 20078:00am - Saturday was just one of the craziest days ever. It started with me rushing out to the city to try on a gown. I first saw the dress in the sale section on Tuesday, but to try any dress you need to book an appointment with a consultant. The store was so busy they were booked out for two whole weeks! My only other option was to line up early on Saturday (the only day

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No we weren't trying to embarrass you, I'm sure the people at the restaurant weren't staring at you...they were just errr... admiring your cake.Good times...Topped off with fried ice cream & chocolate sauce.

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When: Saturday 26 May, 2007What: Wendy's 25th Where: Allan'sDuring the week I received an invite from Allan for a surprise birthday party for Wendy, I hadn't seen his new apartment so I was quite excited to check it out + catch up with people. I thought that the party would be KFC or steam boat but boy was I in for a surprise....Master Chef Allan had put together a 12 course sit down menu. I've

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Friday 25, May 2007 - Joel's 25th @ Crystal BarThe night started at Privilege Bar where I bumped into people I hadn't seen in over 8 years, it was a bit of a shock to the system because the crowd was very different to those who frequent Opera Bar. After a couple of drinks I headed over to Crystal Bar on Martin Place to Celebrate Joel's 25th. The place is stunning but very loud so it's hard to

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I tried on this dress by Pronovias tonight, I think it's safe to put this photo up because I don't think this is going to be 'the one' (the dress is too big and makes me look like I have no waist, the beading and lace would also make it a nightmare to take in), it was a lot of fun trying though. I think after this post I'll keep the rest of the photos etc on my wedding blog (which I will lock to

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I think for starters I need to thank Sarah, Viv and Belinda for allowing me to bombard them with wedding talk and flooding their inbox with photos of wedding dresses that I like. A few weeks ago I went to try on wedding dresses for the very first time and for me it was one of those experiences that evoked the strangest feeling from somewhere inside.The whole process is overwhelming; there is just

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After a year over in London, Belinda returned with cravings for Indian Cuisine (curry is extremely popular over there). After hearing great reviews for Oh Calcutta we decided to check it out. I first read about this place in the SMH Good Food Guide where it had been awarded 'Best Indian restaurant' for a few years in a row.The service here made our experience an interesting one, we were served by

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Our tradition of eating out together every 2 months or so started about 7 years ago with Jill, Rodna, Caroline and I. After many eating adventures (unfortunately many without photos!) Caz left us for London.We continued without her and our first visit as a trio was to Emma's on Liberty. When Sarah came back from Israel we asked if she wanted to join us and joked that she was Caz's replacement (

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I have a whole list of restaurants that I want to try and Rise Restaurant has been on the list for as long as I remember. Because Darlinghurst is not as easy to get to as some City restaurants I’ve put off making a visit to this place until now. Mum is a big fan of Japanese food so I wanted to take her to somewhere a little different for Mother’s day. After some googling I realised that Rise

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Who says that advertising doesn't work? After watching it featured in a TV commercial Jacky has been bugging me for weeks to try the new Domino's meat pie pizza . I like meat pies and I like pizza but the idea of the two together just sounded a little bit too unhealthy.I finally gave in today, I was in no mood to cook after getting a flu shot in my arm. When I opened the box I was pleasantly

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After Jordi's birthday picnic I headed over to Sarah's to celebrate Nicole's 19th birthday, I actually remember when Nikki was inside Mrs Westwood's tummy...now look at her!We're seriously getting really good at throwing high teas.Thanks to Beli I now own 2 cake stands, a 2 tier and a 3 tier one featured here.Katia made her famous peanut butter and chocolate butter cake...so bad for you but sooo

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Jordi's first birthday at Bicentennial Park Homebush, the weather was perfect and the company was fantastic. Mandy's cooking was as awesome as always and Jen and I had the best time being in charge of the face painting for the kids.I need more Sundays like these....

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Did someone say Lindt chocolate sale?!?! We're there!About 2 weeks ago Jill received a flyer for the Lindt Chocolate sale at Eastern Creek, after seeing Helen's haul last year Jill, Sarah, Belinda, Rods and I were quick to formulate a plan on how to get there. This morning at 8am we all met up at Sarah's, the four of us (minus Rodna) set out on a little road trip to Eastern Creek. This was a

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I’m so excited Sarah, Rodna, Jacky and I have just booked a holiday together to the Whitsundays at the end of October. The tickets worked out to be $125 per person return (which includes travel insurance) under Jetstar’s “buy one ticket bring a friend for $3!” promotion. It costs me more to fly one way to Canberra!We also plan to visit the Barrier Reef so that will be some thing that I can tick

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What: ANZAC day breakfastWhere: Kazbah BalmainWe've been to Kazbah before and I've always said that I would love to try their breakfast set menu, so when Sarah organised a breakfast on ANZAC day I was quick to jump at the chance.Breakfast Set Menu$20 per guest (8 guests or more) plus 10% surcharge on public holidays.We had a booking for 12 at 11:30am, our group wasn't seated till 1 hour later.

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Viv's latest post gave me much amusement tonight. I'm going to go see the movie just for this scene.

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When I was in primary school there was nothing I loved more than a bake sale. I taught myself how to make chocolate crackles, honey joys and toffees from an early age so that I could contribute something, but I always admired the Mum's who made cupcakes, slices and ANZAC cookies.I'm part of the social committee at work and we're always after new ways (besides throwing drinks) to get people to

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I don’t think many people know this but around 14 years ago this restaurant use to be located at Kings Cross. Back then there weren’t as many Asian noodle houses around so we would go out of our way to eat their food. I don’t think that business was too good and the original owner sold the business to his friend who brought the restaurant out to the city.Back in the day this little restaurant was

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Viv thought it'd be a nice idea to catch up after work for dinner, it was also a chance to show her friend Emily (who's over from HK) around Sydney. So after work on Friday a few of us caught the train to Milson's point for dinner at Ripples Cafe. Trish, Emily, Emily, Viv, Jee StartersGarlic bread with a tomato fondue $8.5natural oysters with ponzu dressing $3.2 eaThe garlic bread was really

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There’s a weirdo who keeps leaving nasty comments on my blog. It’s really quite entertaining so I thought that I would share it with you all. The funniest thing to this, is that this person comments as different people to appear as though they have heaps of support. They tend to hide behind (Anon, Pete from Perth and Anon2) I know it’s the same person because the ip address from the different

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What: Roula & George's 25thWhere: Zenobia's LeichhardtWhen: Saturday 14 April 2007, 7:30pm - 12:00amIt’s so easy to stick to old habits and dine at the same places rather than try something new, the girls and I are at Leichhardt quite often but you’ll always find us at the same two places. When Roula told us that her birthday dinner was at Zenobia’s I was really looking forward to trying

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9 April 2007Over Easter 14 of us celebrated Di's birthday at the Harbour Kitchen & Bar at the Rocks. With candles stationed around the place the restaurant looked beautiful and the view of the harbour from inside is absolutely amazing! Because there was more than 10 people we had to select from a smaller menu where there was only a choice of 4 entrees, 4 mains and 4 desserts (the full menu can be

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Went to watch a taping of The Chaser's war on everything last night at the ABC studios. These guys were absolutely hilarious and kept us entertained in between takes, the best thing is that it's free, you get free lollies and you get to meet them afterwards. Visit their website for ticket details, the episode will be on the ABC at 9pm tonight. Thanks Sophia for organising!

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Earth Hour -It was nice turning off the lights

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Our friend Belinda just moved back from London after 10 long months away. To welcome her back Sarah and I decided to throw her a homecoming high tea at my house. To prepare I stayed up the night before baking biscotti and making a tiramisu, I even bought a 2 tier platter for the occasion (it looked so cute!). The menu for the dayWhat's a high tea without a selection of teas and finger sandwiches.

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I’m sure that you’ve all read about or seen on TV the horrible accident that happened at Kogarah today. I was following the story all day because I use to go to school in the area. I knew that stretch of road so well that I could visualize that particular turn and bus stop in my head as I read the story. I felt so bad for the victims that I even emailed my friends about the incident, by the time

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Dalton Chapel, Saint Ignatius College, Riverview The bride Sally looked gorgeous in Vera Wang and Luke looked pretty smart himself.The reception was held at the Tea Room Gunners' Barracks, the water and city views was breathtaking. The reception began with drinks and canapes on a deck overlooking the water.*edit* still adding to this post (I've just been too tired to do it all in one go)

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Saturday 24 March 2007 - Anita's hens night The day involved nude drawing followed by dinner @ Cafe Pacifico and drinks at Peppermint lounge. I think the rule is, 'what happens on a hen's nights stays at the hen's night!'. So all I will say is that it was a hysterical night (about 30 ladies attended) and the nude model was very confident indeed! These are probably the only 2 safe photos that can

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I wasn't suppose to see these yet but Mum couldn't help herself. She received these from my Grandmother during her tea ceremony when my parents got married and Mum will be passing these ones down to me (she's left some others for Sophia).It is tradition that parents and relatives give gifts of jewellery and red pockets during the tea ceremony (usually 24k yellow gold bangles) which I will wear at

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It’s been a while since we met up for a nice dinner at somewhere new, I didn’t realise how much I missed the excitement of trying new places. To celebrate Katina’s 25th we all got together for dinner at Caffe Salina at Bronte. Caffe Salina is located on a small strip with about 5 other cafés/restaurants 8 minutes drive from Coogee (the strip is just around the corner from the main area of Bronte

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Caught up with 5 old work friends (plus bubs) for lunch at Wagamamas King St Wharf. Mayura who was my assistant at Hudson introduced me to 4 month old Arnav and Mandy who has just returned from Maternity leave took Jordi out for the day. Arnav is so cute, he has the chubbiest cheeks and the biggest eyesThis is Jacky holding Jordi at the end of last year?...I think. Jordi is the baby with the

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The popularity of Yum Cha has come such a long way. I went to a primary school of 200 people where for the longest time there were only 3 Asians who attended. Kids can be so mean, to fit in I would try hide my lunch whenever Mum gave me rice, dumplings or sushi rather than a sandwich like everyone else. The kids at school also thought that yum cha was 'weird' and I remember the disgust on their

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My manager just said to me that:"The best thing about working in HR at a Law firm is that wherever your go next it will be an absolute walk in the park compared to what you do here. There is nothing they can throw at you that you have not handled already".I'll remember that the next time I have a bad day.

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My Manager is getting married in 2 weeks and her hen's night is next weekend. Her girl friends have arranged for an afternoon of nude drawing at the Artful Hen followed by a night of eating and drinking at Cafe Pacifico (I had a crazy time there the last time I went). Drawing is going to cost $60 and then another $30 for dinner and drinks are on top (that's a fair bit of money when you're on a

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I added some paintings, the wall doesn't look so bare anymore.I Also bought these yesterday (to get rid of the expense of buying fresh flowers each week). they were $8.90 a stick from Japan City and I bought 10 sticks, actually mum insisted on paying because I paid for yum cha (thanks Mum!). I'm generally not a fan of fake flowers but these cherry blossoms look really good with the room in real

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A few exciting things happening this weekend, after 10 months of should we or shouldn't we? Can we or can’t we afford Foxtel? We’re having it installed Saturday morning! We figured that we both work really hard and we need to treat ourselves to things now and then. The deal was a pretty good one, the first month is free and we get free installation and the premium package free for 1 month. We

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I found this photo of my Mum and Sister on my cousin's online wedding album and I really like it. Mum rarely takes photos (so any photo of her is quite rare). Here the photographer managed to capture her smiling and happy, just like she always is.By Simon @ Deyan Photography

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I still have a whole cupboard of my things at Mum’s house (mainly books & clothes) which I’m slowly sorting through. While I was going through a box of old year books I stumbled upon a booklet with a goal setting questionnaire that I filled out during my yr 11 retreat (this was filled out all the way back in 1998).Things you want to achieve in the next ………2 years• Finish high school and score

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Dad went back to HK yesterday, it's always a bit sad to see him go but if all things go to plan he'll be back for good in July or September. While he was here, our parents met for the first time (yes in over 8 years our parents have never met! not formally anyway) and things went better than I could have ever expected *phew*.It's really nice to see how excited our parents are about the wedding,

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I didn't compete this year because I was too busy to go to the training sessions before and after work. Despite doing pretty average last year we managed to fight off Mallesons, Freehills, Blakes, Argyle Partnership and Ebsworth to win the 2007 Dragon Boat Law firm challenge.The sun was no where to be seen but there was still a big turn out to the event (even my parents came out to watch).Winning

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A few people in my firm are collecting spectacles to give to the John Fawcett Foundation for distribution amongst the Balinese people who can't afford to buy them.Here is a link to the Foundation which can answer any questions you may have.http://www.balieye.org/ If you have any old specs that you would like to donate please send these through to me at:(Sorry didn't type this out as I didn't want

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My Dad works overseas but comes back home for 2 weeks every year for Chinese New Year. When he's here there's always 3 things that he wants to eat 1) Laksa 2) pho from Pho An 3) seafood from the fish markets.Unfortunately Pho An always closes for 3 weeks during the CNY holidays (and we keep forgetting this!) so when we arrived at Bankstown on Sunday we had to look for an alternative. We would

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*Warning* I'm just back from the concert and on an absolute high so the next post will read like it's written by a teeny bopper.We Went to the last Boyz II Men concert (it feels like yesterday can you believe that was '05??) so we knew exactly how good this one would be but the added bonus was that KCI & JoJo were coming out with them this time. Originally they were only doing one show and these

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This time last year I had just started my new job and things were really slow. I told Jacky that I wished I had more to do because I wasn’t comfortable with doing so little. I should have kept my mouth shut because my workload has somehow quadrupled. It’s not all bad, I’ve been busy but I enjoy what I do and it’s taught me to work more efficiently so that I can do more in less time. My mid review

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Small LuxuriesI'm loving the big electric wok that Sarah's family got me for house warming, I can steam all 8 mantou's at once and it fits a whole large chicken (for when you make the Chinese white chicken). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Creme Brulee @ Sarah's If only we had stopped there.......no at 9:30pm we (as in Sarah Rodna and I)

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Chinese New Year doesn't actually start till February 18th and continues for another 7 days after, however the celebrations have begun early in Sydney. I work every Sunday so before work I got Jacky to drop me off at Chinatown so I could catch the New Year parade. I couldn't resist buying a few Chinese buns as I passed the bakery so my hands were too greasy for me to take photos of the parade as

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Being friends with a group of food bloggers is awesome, they are there to share experiences with you and absolutely understand when you need to take photos of all your food before eating. They are also there to let you know of exciting up and coming events! (Thanks Anna).Channel 7 has a new show The F Word which is based on the British version featuring Gordon Ramsay.This grab came from the SMH:

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I caught up for dinner with Rodna & Jill again last night, we joked that because Caroline is now in London we had to invite Sarah along as a 'stand in Caroline'. We chose to stay close to home and decided on Zippos at Blakehurst (actually we plan our dinners weeks in advance and booked a little while ago).This restaurant is run by Home and Away's Ada Nicodemou's fiance Chris Xipolitas and funny

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If you work in the city do you ever get that feeling where you are surrounded by restaurants and cafes but have no where to go? I felt a bit like that today. I had arranged to catch up with Ivan for lunch weeks ago but totally forgot to have a look at places to go. It had to be somewhere within walking distance from Circular Quay and Martin Place where the food came out relatively quickly. With

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After months of looking at the different beads and trying it on at work, I finally caved in and bought a Pandora bracelet and 4 beads (3 silver, 1 glass). If you haven't heard about Pandora or seen their ads already...you will.Pandora does all types of jewellery but they are particularly famous for their bracelets and charms, they have a unique screw system where the beads are screwed on (so that

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What better way to celebrate Australia Day and Australia's food diversity than to enjoy breakfast at Balmain at a restaurant that contains the flavours from Morocco, North Africa & the Middle East.Kazbah is one of those places where you need to book, we have failed to do so in the past and left disappointed. For those familiar with Balmain, Kazbah is located on Darling Street right opposite the

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I went to watch my guys compete in the inter-firm clerk bball comp last night. They won =) In fact they've only lost 1 out of 5 games! I must say, I am so impressed (and a little surprised)because when this competition started the odds were pretty much against us. Most firms have over 40 clerks to make a team from, we started off with 3 and had to peer pressure convince the others to 'give it a

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Tuesday 16 January, 6:30am - the cab arrives just in time to take me to the airport for my 7:30am flight to Canberra. As I jump in the cab I get a little annoyed at myself for forgetting to grab some cab charges from the office the day before. I then remembered that I now have a corporate amex - problem solved. I finally stopped being lazy and got approval for one after having to charge $400

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10:46pm and I've just come home for the Inter-Law firm trivia night where 291 people attended. My Clerks won best dressed!! I'm SO proud of them....such an awesome effort. I'll post more photos when I get the chance.Theme: What use to be Cool...Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of course!I asked them to do it as a joke and they actually did it, my clerks are such a great bunch.Donatello, Splinter,

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My Old comments provider enetations decided to work again after 12 months of being broken and reappeared on my blog yesterday. They also restored all the comments left from all the posts back in 2003. I'm not sure if I will keep it there or what I will do with it, but please use the blogger comment box if leaving a comment (i.e. the 2nd comments link). ThanksEm

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For the last 2-3 months I have been keeping a secret. Our best bud Sarah has been living in Israel for what seems like forever! She did visit us briefly in June last year for Roula's wedding, but at that stage we weren't sure if she was ever coming back. A few months ago Sarah told me that she was finally coming home...I couldn't believe it. Sarah is also my maid of honour so it was a bonus to

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Last night Baku held a thank you dinner for the Sydney stores (QVB, The Strand, Myer, Chatswood and Parra) to thanks us for the hard work in 2006. About half of the sales girls attended and it finally just hit me that I have been with them for 6 years!During Uni I use to manage the City stores, design stock and train all the new staff. Once I started full time work I wanted to let go of all my

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Sophia bought us a belated house warming gift today. Our knife set is complete - (for now anyway).Thanks Sophia, here is to learning how to chop chickens the asian way!

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I adore Manly, I often catch myself day dreaming of what it would be like to live there. There's heaps of great restaurants but parking is always a nightmare. Tonight I went with my family to check out Manly Phoenix as a potential Wedding Reception location.The decor here is modern and comfortable and the view of the water is extremely calming. By about 7:00pm the restaurant which seats about 180

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Often you see somewhere that you want to visit and you tell yourself ‘one day I’ll try that place’, but the great thing about holidays is that you can make that ‘one day’ right now. I must thank Helen for the heads up; as soon as I saw her post about Café Mix I made a booking within 5 minutes of reading her post.Why the eagerness? Jacky and I are in search of the ultimate buffet. I think we

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Despite the palm trees running down King Georges Rd there really aren’t many similarities between the Beverly Hills in Sydney and the one in LA. However the one in Sydney has created its own identity as an ‘eat strip’ where both sides of a particular stretch of road is lined with places to eat. The variety on offer is enormous from German, Italian, Thai, Indian, modern Australian to Chinese.

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For Christmas my Sister got Jacky and I a $250 voucher to Aria Restaurant I'm very very excited! This place was awarded 2 hats this year by the SMH Good Food Guide and has a great view. We'll most likely save it till June for when we celebrate our 9 year anniversary (it'll give us something to look forward to).After reading Jen's review I think we'll also go for the 7 course dinner tasting menu

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There is something pretty cool about having Access Passes to areas other people can't go. By 4:30pm most people were already locked out of the Circular Quay area. After my final Baku shift for 2006 Jacky and I headed down to Deana's, desserts in hand and ready for a big night.Location: 1 Macquarie St Circular QuayOur ViewCircular Quay never looked more beautiful, my work building is the one in

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After 2004 I didn’t do another summary for 2005 because I couldn’t bear to relive that year again. In 2005 I started the year off with losing my Grandfather and things went down hill from there. Professionally it was a tough year because I stopped enjoying what I was doing, that then had a flow on effect to other things in my life and I didn’t like the negative person that I was becoming (don't

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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;Except me that is! I've been up baking batches of almond bread all night and whipping up some mango pudding (yum cha style).....I just love Christmas! Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas! XxO

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I am the proud owner of my very own Zwilling Henckel 4 Star 8 Piece Block Set!A massive massive thank you to Di, Matty, Viv, Ken, Muz, Tash and Mark for such a generous gift and kind words....Wow.------------------------------------Justin Timberlake on Saturday Night Live (needs sound)Guys this is an example of what NOT to get your girlfriend for Christmas!

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Time seems to flash right before my eyes. KK dinner for 2005 seemed like yesterday but here we all were again (minus Belinda who is in London & Sarah who is in Israel) gathered together to celebrate another Christmas. About a month ago the names for KK was drawn, surveys of what everyone wanted was filled out and the budget set at $150.This year KK dinner was held at La Sangria in Balmain. The

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What: Arup Christmas Party 2006Where: Doncaster Room Randwick Race CourseWhen: Saturday 16, December 2006Theme: 80'sThe last time that I was at the Doncaster Room at Randwick Race Course was in 1999 for my yr 12 formal. In 99 Jacky and I had been going out for 1.5 years, who knew that we would return 7 years later and still together, the place did bring back memories.I wanted Jacky to dress up as

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What: Team xmas party - 'Get smashed at Mykonos on Crown' (Plate smashing that is =P)When: Thursday December 14Where: Mykonos on Crown, DarlinghurstIt's that time of the year where there are parties after parties...it's been an absolutely mad couple of weeks. Instead of doing a full review I will let my pictures do the talking (I'm really just too tired to blog about everything that's happened).

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On Sunday Jacky and I attended Joel & Trish's engagement pool party. When they played their engagement DVD I started to tear up! You can read the background to the story here and then watch it all happen here (this is a shortened version of what was shown at the party - make sure you have sound). *edit - Joel I just watched it and you cut out the best bit at the end with the Brian McKnight song!

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What: Deacons Christmas Party 2006Where: GPO @ Martin PlaceTheme: James Bond - Casino RoyaleSyd HR - We won best team & each received a $50 DJ's voucherOur Gambling ChipsWe traditionally always do a 3 course sit down dinner, this year they decided to try something a little different.There was a lot of alcohol & a lot of food, we had our own sushi barand pizza bar(pizza on demand, what more could

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I was having such a bad day today.To distract myself I decided to check my facebook messages, I saw that one of Jacky's friends had messaged me after he found out that we were engaged. He wrote:"I'm so happy for u both. i rememba tha days when i was working with him at foxtel (he was making a star for every day he had known u or sth or rather) . u are truly his life and bloodabsolutely amazing. "

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22....sooo young! The night kicked off at Aurora Bar located behind Chifley Plaza, the birthday girl downed a few shots whilst Matty entertained Joe and myself retelling the story of a particular crotch grabbing incident. Joel on the other hand tried to rally support for Hovember in place of Movember for next year; needless to say that his idea was not a success with the girls. At 8:00pm we

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It's been a while since we last caught up, 8 months in fact. Since April, Caroline has moved over to London and Rodna has just come back from yet another world trip, Jill has been getting all her visas ready (England & Ireland) and looks set to move over there next year. I've been friends with these girls since high school and we've grown closer as the years have progressed. It's great to see

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I've been a bit over whelmed these last 2 days, I have all my summer clerks starting on Monday and there's so much to do. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have a whole chunk of my day taken out tomorrow (I will be in a meeting with all the other Law firms for 3 hours held at UNSW). I was invited to wine tasting tonight (it's pretty cool how many client parties we get invited to)and Jacky's has a

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