of stupidity and for the love of food
Situation 1
My stapler ran out of staples, so I went to refill it. Normal, everyday thing yeah? NO! Not for this missy!! In one hand I tentatively pushed down on the staples to go into the barrel and in the other hand, I was holding my apple chupachupa (not good for the roof of mouths that has been burnt by a hot potato the previous night – don’t ask). It kinda wouldn’t go in, so I brightly thought that it was just a tad to big, so I gingerly took it out, no rush whatsoever, and just as I pulled it out, the top of the stapler came snapping back.
It was scary. It came back into place with such a force that I reckon if my finger was there, I’d be bawling on the floor… with a bleeding finger, if not worse. T_T Maybe…
Situation 2
I went to the bank to deposit a cheque in that “fast cheque deposit box” thing and somehow I confused with the “Pull” sign on the box. I kinda panicked and thought “what am I pulling? The sign? *tries pullin the sign* omg! How do I open it!?” Alright, I’m not that much of an idiot; I did try pulling on the handle first (or what looked to be a handle) and it kinda just jostled about in its wall-hole.. so I thought I was doing it wrong, or pulling the wrong thing, or that it was locked (after a while).
Embarrassed and with a growing sense of panic, I shot a quick furtive glance at the bank dude behind the desk to see if he was witnessing my ineptness. Phew, he didn’t seem so. So back I was, wrestling with the stupid thing when I was like “Umm, excuse me, but how do you open the deposit box?” Feeling like the biggest idiot.
I felt even worse when he pulled it open with relative ease, popped my deposit slip in, and explained that if I’m not strong enough to open it when I have only a deposit slip, I can put it through that little gap up there. (T_T Meh. I saw that gap, but how the hell would I know where that gap goes to? I don’t want to put the cheque into a hole in the wall and lose it!)
I told him that I thought it was locked, and he was like “no no, it’s like that, next time just pop it into the slot” *sighs* On top of all that.. “Not strong enough”?!?! Geez…
Mmmm, that’s all that really stuck out today.
Been looking at accommodations for our 5-day South Island Tour Trip, which comes after our 5-day Snowboard Trip, and boy, am I excited! ^_^ I soooo want a digital SLR, or at least a better lens’ed digital camera *pouts* But I guess if I fall on my current digital camera (again – did it last year at Threadbo, totally winded me as I landed front first down the slope hehe *ouch*) I wouldn’t cry so much about it =D
Tomorrow, we’re going to eat that this Japanese place… Umunanti… Unananti… Umm… whatever it’s called. It’s soley operated by a husband-and-wife team. John said that sometimes, there’s these huge jap guys just sitting there in black shirts exuding Yakuza-ness. O_O Kinda freaky, yet intriguing.Last week, we had Team Lunch as Geoff, our boss, was leaving for a month or so to do business in the US. Had it at Kabuki Shoroku, conveniently located below our building =D (and even then, we were late for it! hehe) Food was pretty nice, dessert was great! Loved the strawberry icecream… more strawberry than cream =)Service was pretty quick and efficient, free top-ups with green tea (which I think is also free? O.o not too sure).
Tempura was great and it was then that I realised I’ve been using the wrong sauce to dip the tempura in! -_- I’m so lame. Sashimi was pretty nice too. I have problems with chopsticks -_- Miso soup not too salty and very warming. Place was a bit pricy for my liking, but I guess sometimes you pay good money for good food =)I was the slowest eater though =T which kinda sucked, cuz I practically inhaled my beaut strawberry icecream and got a mouth freezing rather than a brain freeze O.o Odd that, but not so odd.
Since we’re talkin about food…. hehe
Went to Almustafa Lebanese Restaurant for Sookie’s 24th birthday. It’s a pretty nice place. Comfortable, and yet not. O.o I wanted to lean back, but I couldn’t and the couches sank in so if I sat there, I’d be eye-level to the table in my perfected slouch posture.=P
Loved the warm vine leaves – they weren’t dry or filled with too much rice and it was WARM! Usually I’ve eaten it cold. It was a bit of a shock when I went to pick it up and it was all soft and limp in my fingers. Though some people didn’t quite like them or have had better. I ate as much as I dared of the vine leaves and stuffed myself silly on lebanese bread with babaganosh (I have no idea how to spell it, but that’s what it sounded like – it’s eggplant dip thingy). The meat dishes were a bit dry, but it could have also been because I was just too sated with the babaganosh hehe =) Bakalava was for dessert with a shot of turkish coffee. Skipped the coffee and halved the bakalava with BM. It was quite nice, though I think I’ve had better at Resan’s place. =) Mmm….Atmosphere was great. It was quite packed out and 2 belly dancers came out for a spot of entertainment separately ^_^ And I found this little guy out in the “garden”:
Overall, 40 bucks is rather steep for the banquet we had. I think we had about the same amount of food, better meat dishes, and a belly dancer who used a (fake) sword as part of her routine for about $30 or $25. Habibi’s in Surrey Hills though, so location might have factored in the cost.
Daym I can’t wait to try out this Jap place! =D
