i had a very uncomfortable flight to malaysia. you would think that leaving at 10.20pm would mean you can sleep the whole way but noooo some bright spark reckons youll be hungry and decided that theyll give you as little sleep as possible by leaving lights on until 1am, dropping hand towels on you to ‘freshen up’, give you peanuts that are so salty you need a drink, and then giving this to us for dinner:


miniature pieces of chicken with tasteless noodles… and a cold overly mayo prawn salad with cucumber… and a stale chocolate iced sponge… and a rock hard bread roll… man i was so wanting a block of cheese…

AND THEN they wake us up at 3.30am to give us cake!


i get woken up for this? a rockhard danish and a dry teacake? eh not happy jan!


lol my cousins sign in case i forgot who was picking me up haha

evanescence concert was uber fantastic! thanks to noods for coming heh i know youre not a fan lol i sneaked my camera into the entertainment centre lucky they didnt do a metal detector search…


peoples


eh bodgy fotos of her becos she wouldnt stay still hahaha kept spinning around it was making me dizzy!




ah sitting at the piano not spinning…

today was meant to be my last day at work before i go away on holidays. instead it was my last day ever at working at pancakes. i have loved working there, enjoyed coming to work and learning how to actually cook since ive had absolutely no experience in the kitchen. ive made some wonderful friends whom i can trust, ive learnt how to work as a team especially during the lunch rush and yet one floor manager thinks im too slow. she watches me as i chop vegetables she watches me as i wash dishes she watches me as i man the grill she watches me and always points out my mistakes never to forgive never to forget “how long have you been working here?” she always asks “and you still dont know how to prep?” i dont cook at home, ive never worked in a kitchen before and you expect me to know all the recipes??? she marched up to me today saying “youre leaving for a month? are you coming back? dont play games with me now ive been hearing that you want to quit but then other people say you want to work part time?” off guard i reply “when i come back i would like to be part time but because of my business i dont know my availability and so i may have to quit.” her response? “even if you do come back i dont think we can keep you if you are only part time.” so i left. my shift ended at 4pm today but it wasnt busy so i said my goodbyes to everyone and i walked out.

nelson: it has been an absolute honour to have had the chance to work with you and at pancakes on the rocks. thank you for hiring me in the first place, even tho you did hire me to work with the floor staff! thank you for always having confidence in me and even taking me on the canberra road trip i hope to see you soon with a giant candy apple
chris: you are a very lovely person, always so cheerful and making me my flat whites with 2 sugars. your offbeat sense of humour always makes me smile and i hope someone will make you a special susan omellete one day
anshul: you have been like a 2nd father to me. encouraging me to try harder when i get frustrated, always singing “ooh la la la” and i still dont believe that we get 50% discount at kfc!
pinky: thank you for all your kind words ive always liked our little talks you make me feel so positive! i hope we will meet again to talk over a bowl of laksa!
james: i will miss you terribly. you were able to pick up on my moods within 5 seconds and instantly make me smile just by telling me that you knew what mood i was in lol you know more malay/indo than i know which realli impresses me hehe i wish you all the best with your singing career!
the 3 musketeers rosa, gunjoong and arif: i will miss you 3 so sooo much. rosa my partner in crime i know i will see you soon but good luck with your studies and i know you will become an excellent pastry chef. guniya: thank you for showing me all the tricks of the trade! learning how to prep was made a hell of a lot easier when you explained it. when i come back we’re gonna go get a beer! fifi: i may be the ‘fisherman’ or the ‘hash brown girl’ but at least im not ‘lazy’ hahaha i will miss you and your jokes hope your plans for the future turn out!
ankur: i have really enjoyed your friendship and strange looks at the sweet potato! i hope your new job is treating you well and that they have food for you to eat that isnt pancakes
jamila: i will miss you and your determination you always manage to finish all the prep stuff i give you without complaining hehe i wish you all the best!
babu: thank you for talking to me and explaining things through and especially for showing me how make my deepfried pizza and for that i am grateful becos it was sooo tasty hehe
emily: you are a warm, gentle person i hope your back feels better and that you dont have to prep!

shoutouts to my girls: rosie, rabia, amy, tiffany, meral, kylie, stace, lauren, sammy, rochelle, priyada, bea, vera, janet, bhavini
and to my boys: sam, anthony, hiren, amish, henry, lee, eli, gill, gary, will, chadd, piyush, rohit, jignesh, nishant, anil, mohit, sachin, wasim, abhijit, ravi, phil, toshi, earnest, julius

finally! finally time for a holiday! on thurs evanescence concert in brissy which will be uber rockin and then a month long holiday in malaysia! w00t im meeting su yin from The Journal of a Girl who Loves To Cook in KL and then sometime in march meeting beverly from food.fashion.ferrets in singapore lol all 3 of us live in sydney, have never met and now im flying 8hrs to meet them and go foodie hunting hehe


rosa my bestest work friend thank you for all the yummy treats you packed for my flight! i will miss you and when i come back you me and gunjoong will go out for drinks!