I love Tiffany

I got my first Tiffany in 2002 , right after I got into university. After that, I totally in love with Tiffany. I love the design , quality and the service there. After 8 years, I have total of 9 pieces. I love all of time. Most of them are from the classic collection .....love the timeless piece..hehe..

The most precious one is on my hand right now.....Thanks my beloved BF

Christmas key

Tao, Thank you very much for the present. It is a big surprise. I love this key a lot...and so happy that I have added a new item to my Tiffany's collection.

Bobbi Brown -good bargain during christmas

Bobbi Brown has this deluxe travel kit in this Christmas and I like it once I saw it in store. It is a lovely make up travel kit that you can organize the slots to suit your needs. It even has small movable slots for lipsticks ....it is a great and user friendly design. However, the box is ridiculously overpriced in Australia. Damn the retail here , it is about three times the price compared in America. The price here is AUD 345 while the price in America is US 115. For the exchange rate of nearly 1 to 1 , I am very stupid if I buy it in Australia. So, I try to find it on ebay and got it for 70USD . Although the posting cost is quite high, it is still cheaper to get it in America. So, I get a good bargain and also bought a leather brush holder from the same seller. It is time for me to organize my cosmetics ...hehe

Novel ...

Have not read chinese novel for aging.. but once I pick it up and I do not want to leave it .
I really enjoy reading "亦舒" a lot....Need to get more when I back to HK next time.

aren't they cute?

Randomly saw it on website. They are cute and lovely. If the crab necklace can come in white gold, then my wallet is going to be empty soon.

Ending.

It is finally the end. My heart feels a bit emty and I am quite sad about it. However, everything has a ending and hopefully a new chapter is coming soon.

Christmas is coming ......3 weeks ...

My favourite festival is coming again...however....this year willl be another wet season in Brisbane and seems that I cannot do much but will stay at home most of the time. ....
Last year, it rained for the whole holiday and I stayed at home doing nothing ...um...
seem I must think of sth to do in case I waste another good time to play...

Congratulations! You got a seat at the Quay

Yeah.. Tao made the booking at Quay months ago and we were able to got the seat for lunch on 17th Nov. We flew to Sydney in the morning and had lunch before flew back to Brisbane at night.

I did not google anything much about this restaurant as I am not the type of person who fancy about food that much. Tao wanna tried this restaurant for ages as it is voted the best in Asia Pacific.

The Quay is a modern Australian restaurant located at the Sydney harbour. You can view both the opera house and the Sydney bridge over there. It is definitely one of the scenery to enjoy.

Tao ordered the tasting menu which involved one appetiser , three entree, three mains and two dessert.

The appetiser is one of the best I have ever tried. The smell..is so nice that I can still remember now. I keep sniffing the soup.......haha..

The first entree is smoked eel and scallop pearl. The smokey flavour is just about right. I cannot imagine how much time they use to make those little pearl .....the whole dish is a delicious arts.....yum.....one of the best among all.

The second entree is salad of pink turnips, and breakfast radishes, violets, pine resin. It is a very fresh salad and many ingredients that I have not tried before. The freshness of the veggie and the goat cheese had a great combination.

The third entree gentle braise of pearl oyster, squid and lobster velvet. It is very fresh and the flavour is mild. This is not my favourite one but Tao loves it very much...it is his favourite

First main is the Butter poached cotumix quail breast with foie gras pudding. I have never tried sth that smooth...the flavour mix with the foie gras is one of the best I tried. I think it would be better if the portion can be slightly smaller. Cos I felt overpowering at the end.....

Second main is poached blackmore wagyu fillet with tasmanian wasabi......oooo....One of the best I had ever tried in my life. I do not understand how poached wagye can be that soft ....it is so yum...with the fresh wasbi sauce...best combination ever. I wanna have one more...haha....

Last main is slow braised Berkshire pig jowl , maltose crackling and cauliflower cream. It is a sweet main dish and I have never tried sth like this before. The golden layer -malt...taste like sweet chicken skin with smokey flavor.....yum..yum...

First dessert: snow egg...I like it so much ..I saw it before on master chief (which I nearly forgot) ....but Tao said he had promised to eat with me next time...haha...This dessert is a mild sweet meal and get layers of texture. Even though it does not have any chocolate or cream (typical dessert ingredient), it is sure on my top list of dessert)

Hhaha...I get my surprise on this dessert !!!sh........................!!!!!!.

The final dessert is wild cherry compote , coconut cream and and chuao chocolate crumble. It is strong chocolate creamy dessert which I like. I like the crumble ....yum yum....

This meal is amazing....including flavour, decoration, service and also the bill :<)... It tooks us more than three hours to finish and we are both very satisfy.

I did not even eat dinner and breakfast for the next day as I am too full...hoho

I am stupid

After having my iphone for more than half year...I finally know how to type chinese ....
Previouly , I believe I had to purchase app from the App store for some software in order to type chinese....but....

I google it today...and find out that I only need to add a chinese keyboard to my setting , so I can always type chinese ....

How come I am that stupid....

Gunshop cafe

After kind of struggling between two options : Yum cha or Paddington for brunch on Sunday, Tao and I came up with the idea of going to West End for a nice start on Sunday.

We went to the Gunshop cafe which is voted as the top cafe in Brisbane. I have tried that before, but I do not like it. It was lunch last time, and I would like to try their nice breakfast.

Tao had the black pudding and I have the strawberry french toast. I have no idea how the black pudding tasted as I have no interest on anything like that.(no offense). For my french toast, I really like it. The toast is soft and yum. Not so sweet and definitely suit my taste. One of the bad thing is the long waiting time. I guess it is not much kitchen hands and we ended up waiting around 40 minutes for the meal to come out. Luckily it is delicious so it is worth the wait.

In love with new foundation.

These two new foundations I got recently in Mecca Cosmetics and they are both well regarded. So, I wanna try it.

The Chantecailla Future skin foundation is the gel based oil free foundation. It leaves the skin smooth and not dry at all. It contains aloe, chamomile and arnic to prevent any irritation and so suitable for sensitive skin. It also has green tea and rosemary for preventing any oxidation. So, it is a skin care foundation which will not harm your skin at all. The coverage is around light to medium. It makes your face looks so natural. For combination skin like me, I need to touch up around three hours.

By terry light expert is excellent. It is light and has a beautiful smell. Once you sweep it on face, it will get rid off the dull and shadows. Also, the texture is light and watery. It feels to good when the foundation was put on the face and I do not need to touch up for the whole day. It is suitable for a natural looks as it provides a light coverage. I love it so much but the price is quite expensive as it only provides around half of the volume of average foundation in the market.

Big Big Brush

Kevyn Aucoin face brush is one of the most favourite powder brush voted by make up artisits. This face brush is the biggest brush I have ever seen. I put it together with my Bobbi Brown face brush and you can see the difference. It is two size bigger and the brush is a lot softer.

If you think that the hair of Bobbi Brown is nice, you will for sure like the Kevyn Aucoin. As it is big, it can enable you to evenly sweep across your face. It is now on my top list of brushes.

yumyum breakfast @ paddington

I have not gone to Paddington for breakfast for ages. Haha ....cos I am too lazy to go such a long way to have breakfast. But I wanna to have a nice Aussie breakfast last Saturday so we decided to go ...

Tao had the salmon and I ordered the field mushroom. I love my mushroom so much ...it is well marinated with the sauce and the pesto tomato is very delicious. I usually do not like pesto sauce but this one is a bit different. ....I love it..hehe...(Also it is good that I can shop around after breakfast at Latrobe terrace)..haha..

Earrings

I have not bought any earrings for a really long time. I like to wear earring a lot but just did not have the mood to wear it in this half year. Maybe I am too lazy to clean and organize them. Recently, I saw Bam and JuJu has the new Arnsdorf and Esteele Deve collaboration jewellery. I love it at the first sight. I especially like the necklace but it was sold out when I went there. So, I got the ring Quartz earrings and Amethyst ring. I wore the earrings last Saturday and I love it. It is big and quite heavy but it looked real good on me..haha...

This earring is quite special cos I seldom see earrings with big quartz and still look fashionable. This is my new favourite but I guess it is not good to wear that earrings every day cos it is a bit too heavy for daily wear.

Henry and Judy 's wedding

Last saturday was Henry and Judy's wedding. The ceremony was in New Farm Park and the dinner was set at the Moda Events Portside Hamilton.

Moda Events Portside is a great venue to have ceremony. It had the great balcony which you can drink and enjoy the view of the brisbane river at the same time.

The food there was very nice. I especially like the steak (Tao got it so I can taste a bit) and the green apple jelly and ice cream dessert. It is really delicious , however, I was too full of eating so much before, so I could not finish the whole dessert...but..it is one of the best I have ever tried.

Yum Yum steak @ Moo Moo Brisbane

Bruco suggested to go to Moo Moo The Wine Bar + Grill for dinner on Friday night. We have not been there before but heard that it was a great dinning restaurant.

Moo Moo Brisbane opened in the historic Port office Building at the Stamford Plaza in the city. The original Moo Moo Broadbeach has won the best steak restaurant in QLD two years ago and I believe it is for sure a great place to have steak. So , everyone of us was ordering steak....

The cold entree is yum...fresh ...even though we have no idea what it is .(cause no one can pick up what the waiter was talking )...but we all liked it. I also ordered the Moo Moo punch (Cocktail). It is a drink full of strawberry, orange and lime....I love it.

Steak is always the favourite dish for Tao, that why he immediately picked the signature dish- 1 KG wagyu rump roast to share with me. (I am sure he will for sure eat part of my portion). The rump roast is served with wild rocket pear parmesan salad, wagyu fat kipfler potatoes and a trio of chef's sauce selection. The steak is perfectly cooked. It is one of the best steak I have ever tried. It is super soft and juicy. I usually did not eat any fatty part , but I like the fat of the steak this time. It added the favour and without any oiliness. The three sauce are very great too.....all of them are tasty. The rocket salad is yummy too..., the potato is fresh and crunchy.....perfect match.

At the end , I was very full but I still want my dessert..haha.....

I ordered the Rhubarb Souffle with Praline ice cream. I love that ice cream...so creamy.....one of the best too. The souffle is soft....best ending for a great dinner.

Because one of my friend's main comes a bit late and the sides did not come at the same time with our mains. So, the waiter decided not to charge us any cost for the sides.... So, we kind of get a bargain for it. ..but the service there is really good and I am sure I will go to Moo Moo in the future for sure.

The peasant

I decided to have the Tao 's birthday dinner @ the Peasant. I have never tried this restaurant before but I knew they have some nice Spanish ham which is Tao's favourite.

We enjoyed the food especially the seared fish and the octopus....I am okay with the ham but not my favourite. I like my cocktail but cannot drink too much as we were both sick....hopefully we will be super healthy and can eat more yummy food next time ...hehe

Ride! cookie

Cookie is on my exercise bicycle, not sure where did he wanna ride to?!....

Accident ......o

My hand got burn yesterday when I was cooking dinner. I guess the veggie I put on the pan get some water and when it came contact with the super hot oil, the oil immediately spilled to my hand. O...that is so painful and I just run my hand in water and put some cream on. Now, I get to wrap it with patch ....hopefully will recover soon...

Toothbrush

Oral B Procare 500 Triumph IQ is my birthday gift this year from Tao. The toothbrush claims to give you the best cleaning results with 3 D technology and can remove much more plaque compared to ordinary toothbrush. It has a indicator which allows you to set the time, duration and the brushing modes. It is a very high tech toothbrush. It also comes with three different brush heads for different use.

I just opened it and have used for almost 4 days. So far, I like it as it does what it claims. My tooth feels a lot cleaner using this because of the 3 D technology and the way the brush turn. It is fast but still gentle. You feel like the brush is massaging your tooth .

One bad thing is the indicator. It would be good for the indicator to "beep" for telling you to change the area of brushing so that you do not need to keep the eye on it. Because I do not like to stick this to the wall and I feel tired looking at the indicator for the time. But I guess if you can stick it to the wall at your eye level, then it will not be a problem for you.

This is a expensive product and I think it is a good investment for taking care of your teeth.