aaarrrggghhh, uhhhhh..what?!!! ********

As we all know, the worldcup has proceed to the last 16, knockout stage. South Korea has been knocked out by Uruguay. I thought the Red Devils dominated the game but couldn't score the goals!! I know it's so frustrating after having playing their heart out for 90 mins controlled the ball and still lose ;(

On the bright side, it was the first time the Koreans qualified for the next round in foreign soil. Did better than France and Italy...opppssss hahaha

Anyhow, this morning there was a major upset by the Germans. They thrashed England 4-1. So many fans are upset including my husband (he refused to go to work this morning haha) yet so many antis are celebrating their departure hahaa. They can blame the disallowed goal all they want but the real fact is that they defended poorly and put up a dissapointing performance throughout the wc.

I don't know about other football fans, I think this worldcup is the worst I've seen so far. From the location, the controversial Jabulani ball to the annoying Vuvuzela and the worst part is the refereeing. Poor.. very terrible decisions has been made. It ruined the 'beautiful game' of football. Both the england & argentina game this morning showed how poorly the referees are performing!!!! aaarrggghhhhhhh..let's hope the next 2 days matches won't be another victim of the referees!!!

So as of today quarter finals is URUGUAY VS GHANA & ARGENTINA VS GERMANY.

World Cup has just began :)

You know..

you're married when you start jumping up and down with excitement when you see houseware shop. yes i now know that I'm married ;p

Nowadays, I love going to houseware shop alone or with my husband. It brings excitement, the same excitement when I shop for shoes or bags. Before, it was Chanel or LV or Gucci..now it's Scanpan, Tefal, the Jamie Oliver collection and there's the MasterChef collection..endless brands!

You would want to buy the whole set of pots and pans, scratching the head to which brand to get. Then comes all those storage boxes, (my husband lovesssss to organise so he lovesssss all storage related items).

So yesterday, while we went to stock up on our junk food for worldcup, we went to a houseware shop called Let's Cook. Everything was on sale, too bad can't afford to buy the good quality pots and pans. So I settled with these ;)
too cute & cheap too!!


so cuteee, i likeee


matching polkadot mugs ;)

I don't mind if I get a plate or a mug or better, a set of scanpan pots and pans as a present hehehe

V for South Korea!!

Victory for South Korea!!!! They are through to the last 16 on a foreign soil!!! 2-2 draw with Nigeria & a win by Argentina againsts Greece! South Korea got 4 points, a win against Greece..a loss with Argentina & a draw with Nigeria.

Next round we'll take on Uruguay!! Tough game I would say. Let's hope for another victory!!!
Time to sing our victory song ehehhe

Oh 대한민국 승리의 함성
Oh 대한민국 oh oh oh oh oh
Oh Republic of Korea, shouts of victory
Oh Republic of Korea, oh oh oh oh oh

p/s: was up from 5am..so sleepy zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Meet Mr Smith

Meet Mr Smith, from Melbourne. Mr Smith is not a handsome guy like Brad Pitt, it's a street. Smith, Smith Street.


Smith Street is the junction between Collingwood and Fitzroy. The street is well known for it’s colourful vibrancy and it is an urban melting pot. You will find from factory outlets to quirky shopping experiences and items you can get nowhere else. Smith St has a website, you can refer here.

So I began my journey to Smith St by hopping on tram 86 from the city towards Smith St.



What's there in Smith St? There are factory outlets, plenty of cafes & restaurants & in Smith Street you will find buildings dating back to the 19th century. It's nice to see old buildings are still preseved and being used until now. Smith St, besides Brunswick, Fitzroy (which I will touch on later) is a nice, unique & worth a visit as the atmosphere is different from the city.
I'll let the pictures do the talking now.









i'm not too sure what kinda of happy herbs
they sell haha


In Smith St & Brunswick there are a lot of vintage/op-shops. not really my thing but worth having a look.


now i'm hungry...

do you love melbourne? :)

p/s: i was stopped by a guy who had the same camera as mine but hes got a better lense ;)

I want, I want!!!

Dear hubby,

There's only one thing that I want for the rest of the year (errr for now la ok?). I want Lomography Fisheye2 camera in pink colour !! It's only Aud160. Cheaper than your Nikon D5000 ;p



For those of you who don't know what does this camera do, it emphasizes casual, snapshot photography. Just like a normal camera that uses film. It offers 180-degree wide-angle view and stunning fisheye barrel distortion. If you don't know what 'fisheye' means, wikipedia says "In photography, a fisheye lens is a wide-angle lens that takes in an extremely wide, hemispherical image". So the pictures will look like this:



There's 10 golden rules for this camera:

1. Take your camera everywhere you go
2. Use it any time – day and night
3. Lomography is not an interference in your life, but part of it
4. Try the shot from the hip
5. Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible
6. Don’t think (william firebrace)
7. Be fast
8. You don’t have to know beforehand what you captured on film
9. Afterwards either
10. Don’t worry about any rules

Don't you want one??!!! I want!! I want!!!

AFL

For the first time ever, I went to witness an AFL match. 6 years in Perth, never once I was interested in AFL ehhe. So when my hubby got us free tickets, we've decided to go watch it. The match were between Western Bulldogs vs Brisbane Lions.



Without having any knowledge on afl, I actually enjoyed it. Hubby explained a bit about the game so I slowly understand the game. It's pretty exciting when you watch it live! Lions got hammered by bulldogs, so we actually went home before the game ended ehehhe. I would go again, if the tickets are free of course ;p

ZzZZZZzzzzzzzzz........

It's almost a week since I blog, thousands apologies. My internet connection is really slow plus the world cup has started!

Aaahhhhh, finally the wait has come to the end. The opening ceremony was ok.. although the synchronisation wasn't really nice ehehe. I find it weird for Shakira (the singer from Colombia) singing the theme song this year & alicia keys singing Empire State of Mind (New York?) at the Worldcup pre game party. Can't they find any africans singers singing other than love song?

Btw, My team South Korea beat Greece 2-0!!!! woohoooo! This thursday they are facing Argentina, tough match..let's hope the Koreans will do some magic wonders! korea hwaiting!!!

Anyways, I don't know if you've watch any worldcup matches on tv..there's one really annoying sound you will hear throughout the match. the VUVUZELA!!! damn, i hate that bloody thing, so freaking annoying!

This is the vuvuzela if you don't know, the ridiculously big sunglasses goes with it!


I haven't had proper sleep in few days, sighhh. More matches to come. Right now I'm going to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, nite nite all.

Finally!!!

after 2 months living with a quarter of my carpet being cut out by the stupid carpet man, FINALLY i have back a quarter of my life back!!! yeahooooooooooo!!!!

My carpet was wet when the toilet was flooded by water coming from the pipe outside the building. So poor hubby while i was away in malaysia had to put up with wet carpet ehehhe.

FINALLY, i got new carpet, so cantek n soft n suddenly so much space!!!! Had to move everything out and move it back again and rearranging everything again! it was so tiring but so happy with the new carpet.

p/s: my internet quota has reached to maximum & i'm suffering with SLOW connection ;(
so no pictures in blog for a week!! blergghhh!

On a brighter side, worldcup starting in 3 days!!!! we've stocked up on food ahhaha

Lesson 1 : How to get back at your husband!

So how do you get back at your husband after a fight, a quarrel or just simply when he gets to your nerves?

We go shopping!!! (with his money or cc, of course). Padan muka dia!!! ehehhe so this morning, again it was foggy and freezing cold at 9 degrees, I took a bus ride to Chadstone Shopping Centre.
Chadstone is known as The Fashion Capital. Chadstone is now the biggest shopping centre in the Southern Hemisphere, boasting over 530 fabulous stores including a dedicated luxury precinct - home to 12 World Class Luxury Brands.

Let's shop!

These boots are made for walking to the shops!!


My comfy warm bus ride at 10.05 this morning..


We have reached our destination..

So what's there to shop in Chadstone? Hermm, let me see...


A|X on sale








kikki.k has really nice pricey stationery..







and there's a Chanel boutique also, I forgot to snap a pic, was too busy day dreaming inside the store..

so if you don't like shopping, you can always go here.. the biggest APPLE in Chadstone ehehe



or


day dreaming that you have daughters to play dress up with!

or


chillax at Lindt Cafe, a slice of cake is $11!!

then come home with this


and relax with this..


Jemput la makan ;)

Somebody has really learned his lesson fo' sure.
End of Lesson.

Ouch!

Aduiii, my feet is aching! Penat betul jalan2 shopping. I was out shopping for 3 hours ehehe. I went to my favourite place to shop, DFO = Direct Factory Outlet. When you are financially challenged or have no money to spend but have the urge to shop just go to discounted outlets! How I wish Malaysia have discounted outlets, imagine zara..topshop half price ehhehe

The nearest outlet closer to my place is at South Wharf, which is opposite Crown Casino. I brave myself to walk (to reach dfo it takes 5-7 mins by walking) as it was cold and foggy this morning.



tadaa! we've reached our destination!


inside dfo, left..right..left..right






sale, sale and more saleeeee


pepe jeans for $29!


tadaa!! 3 hours of hard work ;)

Winter time!

It's officially winter here in Melbourne. I love winter simply because I can't stand hot weather eventhough I've been living in Malaysia my whole life hahaha

Melbourne winter is colder than perth i reckon plus knowing how unpredictable the weather down here, it's essential to bring a pashmina/scarves and also an umbrella at all times! blerrggghhh...

Anyways, June is also known for its stocktake sale!! Satu bulan of half pricessss, woweeeeeee.say it with me woweeeeeeeeeeeee ;)
So I went out to the city to see what's on sale. Didn't like anything in Myer so went next door to David Jones. They renovated and now it look bigger and nicer. So off I went to Ladies department and tried on this.


It's a dress by Marc by Marc Jacobs, price from $700+ down to $279. Love it so much but can't afford it yet still thinking bout it! dammit ;(

Then I went up to shoes department, so many expensive shoes on sale. Thinking of getting this one. Available only in Red.


Tonite I shall dream of which one to buy and continue my shopping spree tomorrow ;)