Where is Spring? 春天在哪裡?

Where is Spring???

I thought that Spring should be in Melbourne when I got back from Taiwan!

Then I waited...

Now what??? It's October already!!! 

What welcomed me back yesterday was the cold and wet Melbourne weather...

This is just not right...

Look at the flowers in our back yard!

Stop hiding, Spring!!!

春天在哪裡??? 

我以為從台灣回來

春天就會在墨爾本等我

結果沒有...

於是我等待...

現在是怎樣???

都已經十月了!!!

結果昨天歡迎我們回家的

竟然是又濕又冷的墨爾本爛天氣...

這樣不對啦!!!

看看我們後院裡的花兒!

別再躲了ㄛ 春天!!!

Little Happiness(5) 小小的幸福(5)

Although winter in Melbourne has become annoying,

(because it's has been here for TOO LONG~~~~)

still I found some prettiness around us.  ^^

Happy Birthday ^^ 生日快樂 ^^ (G)

Happy Birthday to G!!!

As about how old he is....

I'm not gonna tell you....

(Ask him yourself bah~~~)

Conversation(3) 對話(3)

Part 1---

G: Do you want anything from the NQR (Not-Quite-Right shop)? I'll go and do some shopping after I finish work...

Who's the King?? 真正的國王??

Last Thursday G and Princess J went to Neil and Thalia's for lunch.

When we arrived, Atalas was still sleeping. (One thing that makes me want to be a baby- sleep, eat, sleep, eat, .....)

So we had a look at Neil's BIG studio (G's jealous of how big the space is!!!), and had a bit of chat. 

Little Happiness(4) 小小的幸福(4)

I just want to say how nice that is to have an electric blanket to sleep with in such a bloody COLD winter in Melbourne! Every night before going to bed, turn the blanket on to let it warm; then later on, dive in the nice toasty bed!!! Ahh~~ it makes life in winter here so so much better!!!  :)

Melbourne- Sydney Road+ Kangaroo meat for dinner 墨爾本-希尼路+袋鼠肉晚餐

June 28th 2010, Monday, cold yet not rainy

After two days getting up very early on the weekend, Monday was a day for P to sleep in. So after very relaxing brunch at home, P and I took Tram 19 along Sydney Road up to Coburg to get my Medicare thingy done first.

Melbourne- along Swanston Street 墨爾本-Swanston街道

June 26th 2010, Saturday, a bit of sun

The second day of friend P's stay, after G arrived at Rose Street Market, we headed into the city and had a bit of walk along Swanston Street. Again I discovered some new views that I'd not noticed before.Share some photos Princess J took with you~~  ^^

Little Happiness(3) 小小的幸福(3)

Sometimes when we view things in a different way/angle, we see a whole new world~~

Little Happiness(2) 小小的幸福(2)

Princess J is happy that she's got eyes to see the world~~

Although my eyes are not extra pretty nor big, they are good enough for me to discover the prettiness around me. ^^

Conversation(2) 對話(2)

G: Can I have a couple of yogurt please?
J: Hoooooo~ It's cold... why don't you go and get it yourself?

Conversation(1) 對話(1)

J: Hey, do you think I'm getting fatter?
(With my eyes looking at my belly...)

Houseworking day 家事篇

今天流了好多汗....

早上起來洗完碗
喝了一杯淡咖啡(我喜歡淡的)
看看天氣不錯

I love riding my bike!(2) 我的愛騎妙用多

My lovely bike is actually my 2009 X'mas gift that G bought me!

(He's being so considerate-- He wants me to ride my bike regularly as an exercise so that may, in a way, to some degree, be able to make my bum not stay so flat....  Ahh~~ how sweet G is  T_T)

<my version of interpretation of this is-- G thinks my bum is REALLY flat!>

Anyway, my bike may not serve me that well with G's expectation yet it offers me great convenience!

I ride it to go shopping so that I don't have to carry the bloody heavy goods by hands and walk...

忙碌的一週 a busy week~

好幾天沒寫寫了~

Princess J hasn't been writing here~~

都在忙些什麼ㄋㄟ?

What has she been busy doing??

以下報告____

Here's the list____

星期一:  Monday:

一. 為G的作品拍照 <無止盡的拍~~>  (袖扣)

1. Took photos of G's work <endless photo taking~~>

(Cufflinks)

I love riding my bike!(1) 飆腳踏車!

Confession: I haven't been going for a walk everyday.....
Yet Princess J's got excuses~~~

* Excuse 1- the weather hasn't been nice enough~  (was there a storm or something drama like that in Melbourne recently? I think that was in South Australia...)

* Excuse 2- I haven't been sleeping well enough~ (isn't that normal? As if Princess J'd usually sleep well.... That's G, not J!)

* Excuse 3- I've got things need to be done, didn't have enough time~ (there are always things need to be done-- it's the concept of time management!)

Cooking is nothing big deal! 煮菜"輕輕踩採"

Yes, cooking is nothing big deal for Princess J!

After being a "wife" for 69 days, JM's become more and more fluent during the whole cooking process.

Practice makes Perfect~

Surely my cooking ability has bloody improved heaps since living down under.

Last time Princess J accidently made some very delicious 'soup' with the reagrd that it was supposed to be 'stew'. Therefore making stew successfully was still the aim to go...

Dangling~~ 吊/掛/懸盪/追求???

Yep! That's the title~ 

DANGLING!!!!!!!

Hey hey, don't you twist your brain and go too far beyond the imagination....

No. No. It's not like what you think~~ (no matter what's in your mind....)

It's all about "working"!

Nothing exciting lah~

Well, as you know, there was a B-boy swapping activity at Rose Street Artists' Market yesterday, so all the stallholders had to pack up and take their stuff home (suggested not to leave things there because no one will take the responsibility if they are stolen...).

Yep, I agree with you!

That was a bit of "pain in the arse"~

Lucky we've got our little car fixed and served us smoothly with the load of 5 big suitcases + some other more stuff.  * . *

Therefore, this is a great chance to

Going for a walk 走走路去

While the sun was still up in the sky, I put on my sneakers to go for a walk.

Idealistically I shall go for a walk everyday for at least 15 minutes, then it somehow can be counted as exercising... *.*  (I know I know, 15 mins is nothing>>> to real exercisers~~  but I'm not...)

Usually I (+G sometimes) go for a walk around our area, never really go too far... (the only one time was going over to the other side of the Royal Park Golf Course)

So often that G hassles me to go for a walk when I feel tired or when I feel lazy.....

At first I just wanted to say NO to him, yet most of the times I did what he said...

Then after I did it, I appreciated him for pushing out for a walk!

The trip usually surprises me!!

Sometimes it's because of the blossoming colourful flowers;

sometimes it's because of the interesting buildings;

sometimes it's because of the frinedlyness people show on their faces;

Sometimes it can be a big surprise because of what we find on the streets!!

Especailly G's into picking things out from whatever rubbish that people throw out on the streets~~

It can be a piece of wood, a pot, a matress, a chair.....

Once we dragged a wooden table home (its condition looks perfectly fine, nowhere broken at all!).

It serves me well-- with some of my make-up stuff, lotions and some girly sort of thingys dwell in it....

MM, it's good to go for a walk!!  Keep it up, Princess J!  :) 

趁著太陽跑出來露臉

趕緊著裝出門走路去~~

(理論上應該是要天天去走路的

至少也要走上15分鐘

才算是有運動到...)

範圍不遠,就在家附近晃晃~~

常常我總是被Greg逼著出去走路

但每次晃完之後都心存感激!

因為路上的景物常常讓我感動或驚奇>>>>

有時是因為各色各樣盛開的花朵~

有時是因為各有千秋的建築物~

有時是因為路上擦身而過友善的人們~

有時是因為眼中充滿驚奇的可愛小孩~

更有些時候

是因為撿破爛挖到寶!!! (Greg最愛尋寶~~)

這裡的人常常會把家裡不要的東西放到門口屋外
讓有需要的人撿去用

所以可能昨天看到沙發

今天看到床墊

而明天也許茶几就出現了

之前就撿了一個還非常完好堅固的小木桌>>>

現在安置在床邊成為我的瓶瓶罐罐安身立命之區呢~

嗯!! 走走路是有益身心的 :)   公主  加油呀!!! 

Princess has to cook too!! 公主也是要煮飯的~~

That's right!! Even a princess like me has to deal with daily life~~

Princess J's ability to cooking is improving!!!

Grown up in a place that provides a huge varity of food on the streets, I was never someone who'd into cooking at home~

To eat out or to take away would be much cheaper than cooking by self. It's not only money saved but also time-saving to me (as the way I cook...).

Yet living down under is a big difference. It's way too bloody expensive to eat out!! So being a good housewife, having the ability to cook is essential~~

That's way my ability to cooking has improved!

After all, I've never burnt something, nor used sugar instead of salt, which are things I consider someone at the very beginning of being a wife could have done!!??

So far I've cooked several dishes according to my memory and imagination (again proved how intelligent Princess J is,haha).

These dishes are- "Three-cups Chicken", "Ginseng Chicken soup", "Miso Vegie soup", and of course some fried vegies with different kind of meat....

This is a mix of minced beef, celery, sweet potato, capsicum and mushrooms.

One dish of our dinner today~ the other one, originally I was gonna make stew with vegies and chicken..

yet it came out to be a pot of tasty soup~~  Oh well, I put too much water at the beginning > <

 

 

Ingredients: cabbage, carrots, tomato, shiitake mushrooms, broccoli stem and chicken

However, my dear hubby said dinner was very delicious, haha!

I think so, too.  :)

雖然貴為公主,但也沒忘卻我為人妻的身分-

飯也是要煮的!!

說真的,個人覺得我的廚藝是有在進步的~~

前陣子做了"三杯雞", "人參雞湯", "味噌蔬菜湯".... 等等

都是自己煮的ㄛ! (沒有看食譜或經人口授)

憑著吃過的記憶中的感覺和有天份的煮食想像力,就成功煮出來囉!!

圖片的湯,原本是想作燉滷的,但不小心水加太多,意外煮成了非常美味的湯~~

真是太佩服我自己啦!

到目前為止都沒有做出糟糕的東西過.. 成品都是端得上桌,吃得下肚的ㄝ!!

太厲害啦!!!!