Accident in dust storm

Brisbane experienced two dust storms last week. I never seen the sky so dusty before that you cannot see anything 500 meters away. The sky is orange in colour and you can smell the dust when you breath. Even though I closed all door and window, there still a layer of yellow dust on all the furniture. That 's the first time I experience dust storm.

The second dust storm was on Saturday. The visibility was not as bad as the first one but still can see a layer of dust in the sky. I thought people was going to drive more safely at that time but we experienced a accident just in front of us. Tao and I just waited at the light for a right turn and that a car crush happened just in front of us. We were the fourth car waiting at the light and there was a truck turning left to the road started to lose control. The driver was sure driving too fast for turning and "bomb" crashed into the car just in front of us. Because there was also a ute at the back of the truck and it started to skid and hit all the two cars at front. Tao immediately changed lane and lucky we did not get hurt. Tao said that he saw the driver's face was red and believed he was drunk. That was terrible to have driver did that especially in such a poor driving condition.

Thanks so much that we did not get hurt. But both of us was so scared. The whole thing seemed to happen slowly via your eye but you could not react anything. Both of us just sit and saw everything...Even though we wanna escaped but you could not move a bit....Just hope that people are more careful when they drive.

Simpsons's collection

Spend 2 dollar with the Courier mail vouchers to receive these Simpson stickers. The whole collection contains 16 characters. I did not get all because I am only interested in the Simpson family. So, I only got six and still wanna to keep them in package. Honestly I am not a big fan of the Simpsons, but I would like to collect these stickers. I guess it will take a while before I am willing to tease the package and get them out and stick them on the fridge..

Cookie update

Cookie is getting bigger and bigger but he is still able to be fit in my big handbag. I brought him in a bag last weekend and this was the first time he was in a handbag. He was calm and did not react much. Even so, I think I am not going to put him there all the time because it is not so comfortable for being put in such a small area. hehe..

He always played with the toy monky and chased that all the time. One of the funny thing is that he always sleep with the legs on top. I never seen any dog sleep like that but it is super cute..

A lovely birthday cake

This is the cake brought by Winnie on the poker night . Thanks so much and it was really a lovely cake. Both and Tao like it so much as it is not very sweet and with yummy chestnuts cream. Yum..

Birthday dinner @ Alchemy

Yesterday was Tao 's birthday and we planned to have dinner in Cha Cha Char Wine Bar and Grill. However, it was Friday and it would be very noisy as people went to the bar to watch football. So, Tao suggested to go to Alchemy.

Alchemy is located along the Brisbane river and has a nice view of the bridge as well. We arrived quite early and had two beers and some snack. The snack was not normal package nuts but gourmet pistachio, peanuts etc with different flavor. I dislike the nuts to be salty all the time without any variety.

We sat down on the table outside and could see the river and the bridge. That was a really nice. We ordered grilled scallops with cherry tomatoes and garlic puree and fresh oysters with pork belly jelly. I really like the scallops as it is fresh and soft. The cherry tomatoes were really nice , not sour at all but with a bit of smokey flavor. I did not havethe oysters because I was afraid of having diaherra. I have no idea why everytime I had fresh oysters , I definitely needed to go to toilet within an hour...what a pity. Tao had it and he said it was pretty good.

For the main, Tao orded the special beef cheek with red wine sauce and I orded the slow cooked salmon with garlic croutons. The salmon was cooked perfectly and still very soft. I especially like the sauce with a bit of bacon in it, it added a lot of flavor to match with the salmon. The beef cheek was very soft and melted into your mouth just as described by the waiter. We ordered mixed seasonal vegetables for sides and it was just normal one without any special. Overall speaking, Alchemy is a great restaurant with nice food and great view. I hope I can try the dessert next time as they all seemed to be delicious on the menu. However, I already prepared a small dessert at home so we did not have the chance to taste it. Anyway, another excuse to come back.

Favourite candies

I miss this candies so much. It is a kind of jelly candies from Japan and I really love it. I remembered that I always have it when I was in study room preparing my CE and AL exams. I like the texture and the taste. It is not very sweet and can last quite a long time. I especially like the flavor of strawberry and melon and left them at the end to enjoy.

This candy reminds the time when I was studying hard in college and had a great time with my friends in study room. We shared snack, helped others to get a seat, listen to music together, shared different colour pens for underlining important points, queued up to get in the study room during break time, ran out to get coffee to refresh our mind, ate our meals along the stairs, cried the night before we had the important exams...etc. Even though it was a hard time to prepare for the exam, I had great great memories with all my friends there. We shared support together and tried out best for the exam. So, I like this candies so much not only because the taste, but it reminds me of so many precious time in the past.

Cookie's dinner time

Another update about my little puppy. Cookie is always excited to have his dinner because it is the most delicious among all meals. We add canned food with dry food together making it smells great and tastes yummy. He jumps, dances and even begs us to give him the meal asap. It is so funny and cute

He follows me everywhere and sometimes accidently stepped by me...We try to train him to be more independent and able to stay alone at home. I give him several toys, chew bones or treat in order to make him not feel boring at all. Also,we start to train him how to sit but seems he is very lazy. He just wants us to rub his stomach and massage his body ..what a lazy fat boy!!!