Melb Day 30

Found the book I needed at the music books store today.

#147

It was RM80+ and because I frequently buy books there, I got a discount. But still T_T

Decided to do No. 5 since I like it more than the rest. I watched Itzhak Perlman's recording but sadly, the cadenza written in the book's different from the cadenza he played. And I like his cadenza! =( Then again, I probably can play no where near what he did lah so, better face the reality and play what's printed.

Ok Melbourne Day 30. Almost coming to an end already these Melbourne posts.

STUPID MIX CHEATED MY MONEY. Ok fine Wk's money whatever.

I was about to make it for brunch when I got a message from Maggie saying Esther's reaching Victoria Market in 5 minutes and we were supposed to meet so I immediately put it aside and went out. Oh why didn't I wake up earlier and make them and realise at that moment that it's such a flop and then maybe I would have bought another packet of Pancake Parlour's mix!

We had sushi burger at J Cafe. Tasted like a big sushi but nevertheless, yummy cos I love sushi hehe. Good sushi only, please.

We ordered their set meal and mine came with a plate of gyoza.

After brunch we walked along the streets and went into a purikura shop. It's like a must-thing for us three to do everytime we meet. Last year we took some in Genting.

After that, Max Brenner.

A series of candid shots.


Finally a right one.


Kai Mun & Esther.


Tutti Fruttiiiiii.

Was still early till dinner time so we walked around the Streets. Went into Supre and tried these.

Didn't buy them cos... didn't wanna waste money la eventhough I quite like the combination.


My own clothes.


Hahaha look at Esther's face in the first picture!

Went to Oriental Spoon for dinner.

I took the first picture and said "See, ghost." Then Maggie balas dendam, took another picture and showed me, "See, ghost." wtf.


The wonders of smile detection function in a camera.








Sweet Chilli Chicken.

After dinner, we went to Federation Square.

Some art displays related to light. The one in the second picture's called "Light in the Winter".

Here's a video showing how it works. It says when there are people moving around on the platform with those lighted bars, the lights changes more oftenly. I found it quite pointless though.

The Glowing Tulip.


The Solar Eye.




Stupid wind.






The Eiffel Tower-like tower's the Arts Centre building.

Ok that's about it! Imma go try playing that damn concerto now.

Oh, found a video I forgot to post. Taken on Day 29, when we were on our way back to the city from Doncaster tee hee.

More Updates!

#146

I've always been in love with pancakes from Pancake Parlour. I found out one day that they actually sell their very own pancake mix and I was super happy that I bought it right away. It wasn't really expensive if compared to the one we bought from Sydney, from Pancakes on the Rocks. I tried making it (POTR) the other day and they turned out really bad =(

I regretted so much for buying it=(

Not only did it waste our money, it wasted my luggage's weight allowance! If I have not bought that useless mix, I could have bought TWO of Pancake Parlour's!!! But of course that was before I know how gooooooood Pancake Parlour's pancake mix is. Now that I know, the next time I'll make sure I get mooooore. That is if my baggage's allowance allows huhuhu T_T

Frying the batter on a non-stick pan.

Even when frying it I could feel how soft and fluffy it was! When we tried eating it OMFG EXACTLY THE SAME TASTE!!! Seriously, Pancake on the Rock's mix can be thrown into the rubbish bin already.

MMMMMMMM!

I even purposely bought a pancake syrup just to make this even more perfect. It was so expensive! RM 18 for one bottle. Maple syrup's selling at RM 24 for one tiny bottle wtf! Didn't think my family would appreciate the difference so I just got the cheaper one. Tasted just as good! =)

Now I can satisfy my longing and craving for my beloved pancake from Pancake Parlour, without having to be at Melbourne! =D =D =D

Next, I finally found a violin teacher! She was introduced to me by one of my bosses and I just talked to her this morning. We'll be starting lessons the coming Monday! Yay! I'm so excited! =D I've never been excited for classes but when it comes to violin lessons, it's a totally different story! Especially when you don't know what kinda teacher you're going to face, what new things you'll learn.

I'll be getting a few scores from town tomorrow after my sister finishes her piano exam. She said I should at least be playing a Mozart's Violin Concerto. I just listened to them in Youtube omg so the boring. Seriously, maybe it's just me but I've always found Mozart's music to be boring even though yeah yeah, he's like the father of Classical period or something. His violin concertos are all THE SAME! Same style be it the melody or cadenza. Most dreadful part is they're all in major keys. I've always prefered minor key pieces dunno why.

Anyway, I can't complain too much since it's what I must do. I asked her if she thinks I can play a concerto in just 3 months, she told me "You HAVE to!" Hahaha.

I've also planned out my practice schedule! I tried really hard to squeeze in 8 hours a day but it's pretty impossible. Well, it's possible if I don't sleep or/and online that often hahaha! But I seriously can't. So I managed to fit in at least 40 hours a week. Hopefully I'll follow the so called 'schedule'.

Update

#141 - Waffleballs bought from Max Brenner when I was in Melbourne. Not bad but I prefer it to be a little sweeter though, I should have gotten the Milk Chocolate ones. This one's Dark Chocolate.

#142 - Food from the set lunch during karaoke at Neway celebrating Maggie's post-birthday. This one here's some bento box with salmon. The rice sucked because it's not the usual Japanese vinegar rice, the salmon was too salty. The salad tasted weird. The only thing that was decent, were the fried spring rolls and samosa.

#143 - Had lunch at Tony Roma's with Cat as a celebration of the money we received for playing in the Terengganu concert. We had the dinner combo which came with 2 sidelines (we chose their corn and baked potato cos they're the best), either 3 beef ribs or 2 ribs + one sideline and we picked the latter and chose their grilled shrimps. I had their old-fashioned lemonade while Cat had their Cranberry Cooler. Great lunch. Haven't had that for some time every since I got back from Melbourne.












#144 - Was camwhoring in the car while waiting for work to start.

















#145 - Practising while waiting for the next student. Didn't purposely pose, this is a screenshot from the video I took while playing.
















Ok that's about it for the first proper post. Wanna test how it looks in the layout.