Saturday, and the temperature hitting the 35 degree mark, we decided to retreat to the beach. Manly was our destination, located 30 minutes by boat in the northern areas of Sydney.
After enjoying a grilled Barramundi filet (a fish tasting similar to cod) we headed towards the northern part of the beach. It was not to busy which was good. Sun soaked and not a cloud as far as the eye could see.
To our disappointment we couldn't swim, well you could but I didnt want to. Kamil did it anyway and got to suffer afterward. The warning signs where scatted along the beach. Tiny little jelly fish know as blue bottle in Australia and The Portuguese Man O' War elsewhere in the world. They are actually not an animal. They are a combination of several animals contributing to become this nasty creature. I strongly recommend not to touch them.
Ok, it all happened at once. All of a sudden I literately have work pouring out of my ears again. 3 jobs at once. So if it gets quiet here on the blog, its because I'm working my bum off for the next few of weeks. Feels great as now I can plan some more adventures.
Just came out from a cold shower, poured my self a glass of home made ice tea ( Earl Gray, a sliced lime and plenty of ice ). And the day is slowly progressing from afternoon into evening. Maybe these circumstances makes you a little philosophical?... hmmm... probably not. But what ever it is, I feel I need to write a little about 2009.
Is it like this when teenage parents are coming back from a holiday, and their kids have completely trashed the house? Im not thinking of Corey the Australian "Legend" ( for you who don't remember or never saw it, can refresh your mind here
). Well... how he became a legend is a mystery to me. Never the less, I'm not really talking about house parties getting out of hand anyway. I'm referring to the world in general. What happened? Where did all the money go? Wealth cant disappear, it must have ended up somewhere, right? even if its not in actual money? Well... lets blame it on Bush shall we? I guess he needs that on his shoulders, and to know that a big part of the world hate him and his country.
Isn't it strange that it's socially accepted to hate one country but not another? Ok... Bush might have been the front man for a few big mistakes effecting the rest of the world and the lives of millions of people. Thats not a cool thing, you are right. But damage has already been done, and bush isn't there any more. So lets look forward, as arguing who is to blame wont solve any problems or turn our future brighter. I really hope Mr. Obama has got a magic wand so he can put the world back in peaceful order again.
By the way, I saw his biography is on the bookshelves already. My god, when did they write that? Maybe they prepare one for all the "finalists" in the American election just in case. Ok, so while we wait for Mr. Obama to do his Magic we... hey stop. There is something wrong here? When will we realize not to wait for someone else to do it. Lets create a better life our selves.
So what am I doing? Well... I'm building a drum machine... It might be the really dumb idea in this moment of despair, but possibly very cleaver. Time will tell... So don't wait for the future to arrive, create it your self, trust your gut and go for it.
( Part of this project is to brush off my dusty illustrator skills, and I managed to mock this one up. I'm really proud of it )
It peaked at 40 degrees today. It's impossible to be indoors, its even worse outdoors. And when the breeze comes... its the worst. It's something called a hot breeze, I'm not sure I have experienced it before. But its a bit like when you blow with a blow dryer in your face, and its not something I can recommend on a day when the sun is full on and 40. I was invited to go to the beach, but realized that would be pushing it a bit. So me and Mikkel ended up chilling out with these guys from Star Wars ( They had air condition, so it was not to bad ).
Yum cha (飲茶) is a term in Cantonese which means "drink tea". It refers to the custom of eating small servings of different foods while sipping Chinese tea in Cantonese speaking areas of southern China. It is an integral part of the culinary culture of Guangdong Province, Hong Kong and Macau.
I had my first Yam Cha in Hong Kong in 2007 when conspiring against the rest of my family to have Chinese traditional food for lunch. It wasn't until I moved to Sydney I had it again. Since my arrival we have had it a few times at a place called Zilver, the food is excellent and just like in China the place is absolutely massive, and the lighting is a little on the bright side to be comfortable in a restaurant, and offcourse full of Chinese people which is a sign of being genuine.
Unlike most restaurants, you dont order your food. The staff is walking around the restaurants with trolleys full of small plates of freshly cooked delicious things. You point out what you like to have and the selection is huge, therefore you don't have to have the not so delicious things like steamed chicken feet or pigs lung (well... I have had the lung, that was not great, the chicken feet look really bad so I never dared trying them, but the people who have say they are fantastic. I think that's still a little to hard core for me to try, but maybe I will one day). All the food is for sharing and if you are a larger group of people you will be sitting at a table with a spinning center piece so you will always be able to access everything. One style of food served is Dim Sum, the steamed dumplings, buns and puffs and like them very much. There is a certain type of steamed dumpling containing soup inside. These originates from Shanghai, and It was a mystery to me how they managed to get the soup into the dumpling and then cook them. I had all these theories of them being cooked first and then filled with the soup using some kind of syringe. The answer is quite simple, its tucked inside the doe in a firm jelly form, and when heated up the jelly melts and turns into soup. Sorry, I get so carried away when talking about food... here are some pictures. Sorry they are not that good I was to busy focusing on the food. I whish I get to take you who have never been, one day.
The new portfolio is finally up and running. After quite a few attempts with not so elaborate and complex ideas I decided to make it clean and simple. There is still things I want to do to it, but I think its got to a state when it does its job.
I must admit I'm not to depsperate to get a new project in. I got so much on at the moment that I'm very excited about. More on that on later posts.
