Busy Weekend

Yes! It has been a really busy weekend. What did I do? Well, where do I start? Alright, let's start from the 'start'.

Saturday, 5th September 2009

As usual, Saturday is the day that I have to be an "ah sam" and go to the market to get food for the entire week. So we rise early in the morning (okay, not THAT early) and went to Queen Victoria's market. We went to have lunch at the foodcourt in Vic market for the first time. We had "mixed rice" from a stall called Canton Fast-food (or something like that). The portion was huge (for me). It costs $8.90 for a choice of 3 main dishes plus noodle/rice. I had fried rice, barbeque chicken, honey chicken and mixed vege. Doesn't taste that good to me. I still prefer the one in Victoria Gardens.

Anyway, back to getting food at the market. I shall call this week the BANANA week. Why? Cause I can hear people shouting "Two dollars three kilos bananas!" the moment we hit the market. That's really cheap! Normally they cost bout $2 - 2.50 a kilo. I guess banana season is here. Yay! Although I'm very excited bout the bananas, we went to the meat section instead of the fruits section coz that's our priority this week. We need to get lotsa seafood and meat for Sunday. Why? Let's just save it for later.

So we ended up buying 900g gigantic squid, 700g huge prawns, 1 kg fish fillet, 2 kg maryland chicken and 3 bunches of ham. Then we went to the fruits and vege section to get brocolli, half a cabbage, oranges andddd BANANAS!! We spent a total of less than $50 on all the food. Not too expensive eh?

After all the hardwork, we have to go home and stuff them all in our fridge. Oh, no! How are we suppose to stuff everything into our tiny little bar fridge? We have no choice but to store them temporarily in Andrew's fridge. And so, problem solved! :)

After resting for a while, we decided to go do some shopping. We took the train down to Southern Cross to: 

 

DFO is the place where you can get branded stuff for cheaper price. Much cheaper price. Don't get me wrong, they are not reject stores. The products are just as good as those in retail stores. It's just that they are direct out of the factory without going through a third retail party, which is why they are much cheaper. What sort of stores do they have? You name it, there's Levi's, Guess, Calvin Klein etc. etc. I wanted to get a handbag since I got here, but let's just say I wasn't in the mood to shop that day. So I ended up buying nothing. Sigh~ But I did saw a CK handbag that I really like and it only costs bout $80. Not bad, but no mood leh. How to buy?

So then we went to Melbourne Central. Had dinner at Nando's. Tasted just the same as those back home.

Then we went to somewhere special. We exchanged two super saver vouchers which cost $20 for two tickets that cost $37. Good deal eh?

"They're just movie tickets. So, you go for a movie. What's so special bout it?", you may ask. Let me show you a picture as a clue: 

Looks familiar? No? Another clue. Zoom out:

Still no? Well, what bout now:

Yeah, it's a cinema with bean bags as seats. One of a kind huh? Apparently it's the first of its kind in the world. Unique? Yes. Comfortable? No. We ended up having body and neck ache. And it's considered one of the luxury cinemas in Hoyts. Not so luxurious to me. I still prefer Director's Suite =P We just went for the sake of the experience. I should say that I won't been so keen on going back to watch at the halfpipe for the second time. And then, we went back home to rest for the day.

Sunday, 6th September 2009

We were very busy on Sunday too. Busy sleeping like pig =P But the highlight of the day wasn't in the morning nor the afternoon. It was the evening. We had steamboat in our tiny little apartment. That's what we need so much food for! Haven't had steamboat for months. We prepared tom yam soup (with extra cili padi) and cut the fish and vege. Thanks to Andrew, for his bravery in slaying the gigantic squid and cutting the chicken, we manage to start our steamboat session around 7 p.m. Well, a picture is worth a million words. And I have... *counting*... six. That's six million words!

The steamboat session ends at 10 p.m. It lasted for three hours!! Imagine how full all of us were. At the end of the day, I went to bed with a super full stomach and a smile on my face :)