Feel Fresh with Air Wick Filter & Fresh and Multicolor Black Edition Candle

First of all, "Gong Xi Fa Cai" and "Happy Chinese New Year" to everyone who's celebrating CNY out there!!! It was 年初七 aka 人日 (literally means Human Day) yesterday. How's everyone going? Still in holiday mood and feeling reluctant to go back to where you're supposed to be doing I guess.

I pigged out a lot recently. Not because of the new year cookies or snacks I tried hard to avoid, but during my two-week stay in Sydney. Mr. Choo fed me too much potatoes, way too much potatoes!!! Damn those delicious potatoes =______________=

Sydney was awesome! I could image myself settling down in a city like that. Bondi Junction, Darling Harbour... Not to mention, Bella. I missed that little furball a lot *sniff sniff* She makes me wanna keep a pet dog even more.

When I was in Sydney, I received a parcel from Air Wick Australia a couple of days just after my arrival. Surprise, surprise! It's the newly launched Air Wick Filter & Fresh air freshener and Multicolor Black Edition candle which I will talk about in my blog post today.

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Friend's Wedding + Visiting "Old" Friend Trip

Hellooooo, Penang! I missed ya, HEAPS!!! Some of you might have mistaken that I already flew back to Sydney but truth is, I'm still here peeps! My 6D5N visiting KL plus attending friend's wedding trip was indeed very rewarding, both mentally and emotionally. As a matter of fact, I was in desparate need of one like this.

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Sick, Tired and Nearly Dead

I've been feeling very sick since the past few days. Sore throat, blocked nose, headache, sneezing and coughing constantly *rubs sore nose with tissue* I'm down with a terribly bad cold!!! Or flu I'm not even sure. Aww, how I hate all these pains I'm feeling right now. The flu shot I had earlier this year is obviously no help in protecting my body against influenza virus *frown* I miss looking fresh and healthy like weeks ago, happily enjoying mouth-watering Nyonya cuisine in a restaurant with besties ='(

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Sunday Afternoon's Picnic

I'm gonna keep this post real short today, as I have a few errands to run in the city. You know, it's one of those days when time is at a premium and there are so many other things to be done. Alright, alright, just stay calm and keep writing, Christina. What I'm about to show you now is the lovely picnic we had with friends last Sunday afternoon.

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First Golf Experience and Dinner Afterwards

On a fine sunny afternoon, we joined Yen and his little two sons to play golf at the Fairway Golf Driving Range. It was our first golf experience, a bit exciting but not exactly pleasant. We've got ourselves a jumbo bucket with 200 golf balls and that's still a lot after splitting them to everyone of us.

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It's Now or Never

Winter is approaching! Yay or nay? I have a love and hate relationship with cold weather. Love it as I would be able to wear them pretty winter coats and fluffy, furry stuff like these adorable pair of UGG boots I dug out of my shoerobe. Hate it 'cause it's such a pain to get out of my bed every morning, finding myself being wrapped up with layers and layers of clothes.

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Randomness in My Life

Hey hey, what's everyone up to these days? Work has been keeping me busy, as usual and as always. My Project Trying-To-Lose-Weight-So-Can-Look-Good-In-Bikinis has officially begun!!! Oops, what have I just got myself into?! Announcing it loud and proud over my blog. There's no turning back for me now, is there? Haha xD

Not that I actually dare enough to wear bikinis and walk on the beach or anything, but the satisfaction and the confidence I gain when staring myself into the mirror. Moreover, winter is on its way. So let's just forget about the bikinis part and focus on the dieting and workouts.

I did a lot of shopping lately. It's my most favorite form of cardio, if shopping is ever counted as a workout. With the long Easter holiday weekend (which is just around the corner), I'm squeezing out every ounce of my brain juice trying to come out with a plan, a road trip or whatever possible to make sure that I make the most out of my free time, and I've planned nothing so far *facepalm*
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Warm and Hearty Steamboat Dinner

Tonight was such perfect timing for a warm and hearty steamboat. Due to the wet weather condition, we cancelled our plan to Brisbane, spent the morning sleeping in, did laundry, then headed out for both clothes and grocery shopping in town. I've got myself two casual knitted tops, teehee! One grey, one maroon, you'll get to see me wearing them very soon =)

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Sofra Turkish Restaurant: Chap Goh Meh Dinner Joy

Chap Goh Meh aka "元宵节" is a festival celebrated on the 15th, which is also the last day of Chinese New Year. We fixed up a dinner date with the Tan's family, two eat-outs in one day, amazing! Location was picked by Kevin, at the Sofra Turkish Restaurant in town, then followed by an ice-cream indulgence at the Gelatissimo I longed for. Belgian Chocolate - the best!!!

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Bak Kut Teh Catch-Up Dinner

I had an amazing Australia Day yesterday! Despite the non-stop heavy rain and stormy wind which ruined the outdoor barbies and my appearance a little bit, it was no doubt a fun-filled and enjoyable celebration. Sorry guys, no photos from yesterday as I forgot to bring the camera out with me. My bad =/

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Cafe Valetta: Brunch Under The Sun

It's like our little tradition to dine out or shall I re-phase it as a "meal date" on sunny Sunday. I realize we haven't really done it in a while, since October last year maybe. My heart, my body were screaming badly for a relaxing meal somewhere in town, so I went to do some digging last night. And the digging points us to this Cafe Valetta, located just a few steps away from the Park House Cafe.
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Alive and Cooking

I'm back! *hachu* Did any of yas miss me? The weather has been ridiculously hot these few days, WAY TOO HOT that I feel sick just sitting in front of the fan that blows me constant hot air. Our unit is like a "hot stove" in the summer afternoons.

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Christmas Day Celebration: Turkey Lunch

It's the Christmas Day today!!! How excited! I woke up early to do what I was meant to do. Make-up, dress-up, then headed straight to Kevin and Veny's house. They were kind enough to host a Christmas potluck lunch this year (instead of dinner) and invited us and few of their friends over.

We've prepared tiger prawns, tartare sauce and a little Christmas pressie for baby Preston which we got about a month ago, when doing routine grocery shopping in Grand Central. The Super Mario plush bag is simply too cute that I wanted our chubby little buddy to have it!

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Baby Preston's 1st Birthday Bash

13th of October was Baby Preston's 1st birthday. The party was indeed flawlessly planned and put together from decorations to food. A big round of applause to the loving daddy, mummy and family. Thank you so, so much for having us there and I'm sorry for taking more a month's time to post all these up.

Speaking of whom, I bumped into the mummy yesterday pushing the one-year-old in pram together with the in-laws while shopping for Christmas gift ideas (for Mr. Choo) in the Grand Central. The weather was so warm but it felt warmer when I saw Baby Preston walking like a roly-poly for the first time. Hooray!!! Baby Preston can finally walk!!!

I definitely did not nom the whole slice by myself.

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A Peep Through iPhone

A quick update from me on a dont-feel-like-doing-anything Friday afternoon. Photos shot using iPhone, probably one or two weeks old the oldest. Sorry peeps, my social life is almost zero (sounds horrible I know) since I started working on Saturdays. 

Caught myself red-handed!!! Oh dear KFC, I hate that you made me love you and break my promise, over and over again =/

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My Only Free Day

It's the weekend, the end of a weekend to be precise. I spent my only free day shopping, cooking, did laundry and whatever things that I needed to do today.

Working life is pretty much filled with dullness and boredom, don't you think? Especially when you contribute most of your time, even Saturdays, working like a mad cow just for the sake of "kaching" – Yes, the evil dollars!

I haven't taken much photos lately, none with a decent camera. So for the time being, here's what I could offer you best. A bunch of random images from my iPhone, with love ♥

Went shopping this afternoon, tried on a couple of outfits. Outfit #1.⌧

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Weekends Come, Weekdays Go

It's hard to believe that we came to the Coffee Club twice in a row within just this week! First was to catch-up with a good buddy, second was for last night's dinner. Tired. I tried hard to rest myself but my tiredness doesn't seem to want to go away these days *sighs helplessly* I guess, after all, there's really no escape from getting older and being reminded of it, is there? =\

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Monday Blues and Exy Dinner at the Cube Hotel

The Monday blues seem to strike me down pretty hard today. I was struggling and having these mixed feelings in my heart and mind (not gonna elaborate much about it here, sorry). "Like the marathon, life can sometimes be difficult, challenging and present obstacles, however if you believe in your dreams and never ever give up, things will turn out for the best." So, here's a little reminder to myself – DON'T SETTLE, CHRISTINA! You know you'll make it, someday...

Last Saturday, we dined out with our good buddy at the Cube Hotel downtown after coming back from the Sideshow Alley. Mr. Choo opted for Fitzy's at first, but unfortunately the restaurant has already been booked out, not surprise, since it's the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers that brought in a massive huge crowd and traffic to the Garden City.

Everything was fine (in spite of the still-bearable loud music in the background and the overly priced menu) until I carried on with my main which close enough to killing my taste buds.

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Sushi and Movie Date Night

I came home feeling unwell after work yesterday. Constant sneezing, runny nose, and mild fever all attacked me at once, which nevertheless can be considered as good timing since I'm having a day off today. I spent the whole morning and afternoon sleeping and resting myself until around dinner time, Mr. Choo took me out for sushi (apparently I was sick of having porridge) then followed by a movie date watching Resident Evil: Retribution in 3D.

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Park House Cafe Restaurant Toowoomba

I had a rough morning yesterday, food poisoning, again!!! I felt nauseous not long after I started working, abdominal cramping, then diarrhea... I hated it every time it happened ='( Fortunately it wasn't that critical until I have to be rushed to the hospital or something (thank goodness!!!), so I just stayed back and finished whatever I was supposed to do that day.

Around afternoon, I took a cat nap with world war 3 going on in my stomach still, woke up feeling way much better afterwards and decided to join this dinner outing with our friend at the Park House Cafe.

As we walked into the restaurant, our noses picked up a very strong fertilizer (or was it body sweats) smell. Most of the "ideal spots" were either taken or reserved by others, we sat down to a corner table, waited a while before Frank actually showed up with a bouquet of flowers.

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