tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65775594455501288842024-03-14T23:29:58.655+11:00P-aperA blog about life, food and art but most importantly designAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14998110645393470698noreply@blogger.comBlogger343125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577559445550128884.post-48452335026844661982014-03-30T19:12:00.002+11:002014-03-30T19:12:25.119+11:00Coffee?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Coffee and Creativity are scientifically proven to hand in hand. And by scientifically I mean not really... but the people behind Coffitivity are doing just that, putting coffee and creativity hand in hand. The idea is supported by the research that it is difficult to be creativity productive in a silent area, but residing in a loud area is distracting and frustrating - so why not have both?</div>
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It's surprisingly soothing, I am really and happily surprised, my favourite background noise being the 'morning murmur'. It is, however, not to crash hot for math or science as I discovered the hard way. And the loop doesn't fade so it is rather disturbing as it loops, stills to quiet and then loops again. They have various apps for mobile devices as well as a desktop app for mac, including Hush, the cutest puppy who will silence your mac notifications for you!</div>
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Find them here: <a href="http://coffitivity.com/">coffitivity.com</a> and try the soothing sounds of a coffee parlor for yourself - or get out and go buy a coffee. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14998110645393470698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577559445550128884.post-55544163626822977852014-03-17T19:53:00.001+11:002014-03-17T19:55:19.886+11:00Why We All Love Swedish Design<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm between two minds about Kikki.K. Swedish design is clean cut and crisp and up my alley but Kikki.K seems so generic, impersonal and bland. This year's theme is spots and pink so maybe I'm just a little peeved. What I can't be peeved is their Stockholm Collection. It is the prettiest. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for leather satchels, but whatever it is, I'm loving it. </div>
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Their compendiums are the most stylish. I love their size and thickness. It fits an Ipad mini and has cute little secret pockets. The lining is tri-coloured and contrasts subtly with the tan so well. Don't get me started on the paper. In true Swedish fashion the paper is to die for. Another lovely piece is their classic black bag, which is, unlike fleeting polka dots and shades of pink - timeless. An understated functional (please note the word functional) bag with all the essentials, padded with a laptop compartment and leather is everywhere. The gold zippers add just the right amount of sparkle. I like understated sparkles - sue me. Besides, there is something magical about black and gold objects.</div>
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Have I convinced you that this collection is gorgeous? It satisfies my leather cravings through and through. So for once, I'm going to overlook the pink and the polka dots, the sticky notes that are too pretty to use and the strange stamps - I officially want the whole Stockholm Collection. On special. Now. </div>
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So yesterday I had some real intense cookie cravings. So I made some super sweet, super chocolate filled, super huge choc chip cookies. Needless to say, calories have been gained. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14998110645393470698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577559445550128884.post-66177478083492171422014-03-14T19:14:00.004+11:002014-03-14T19:14:33.738+11:00Happiness in a Jar<div style="text-align: center;">
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So I've had a little think and one of the things that I want to do is to travel the world and go exploring. I want to discover hidden treasures and be a kind person. Life has been rather interesting at the moment, living in different houses, eating at random times, sleeping at insane hours of the day, living off caffeine and I'm the sort of person that needs a goal. A long, long, long term goal. A goal that I can slowly strive for, like a light at the end of a rather sinister tunnel. </div>
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And so I'm going to travel the world. In change. Five cents, ten cents, 50 cents, that dubious euro at the bottom of the cupboard, I'm going to collect them all. And when the time comes I'll go exploring. On that money. Sounds like a plan.</div>
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I've also been partial to some OliverNelson. Listen to the remix of Tightrope here: <a href="https://soundcloud.com/olivernelson/janelle-mon-e-tightrope">olivernelson</a>. It's the epitome of sass. You can also download it for free!</div>
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<i>A Palestinian woman from New Jersey, Zayid jokes about her family, global culture, and her life with cerebral palsy. She spends several months of the year in the Palestinian Territories running workshops for disabled and orphaned kids in refugee camps, using art to help them deal with trauma. And yes -- if you're an Adam Sandler fan, you'll recognize Zayid as the woman behind the beauty-shop counter in You Don't Mess With the Zohan." - Ted.com</i> </div>
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She is so inspiring, so amazing, not to mention, heaps funny; she has faced adversity beyond mesure and is still standing tall. So here is her video. Enjoy.</div>
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Hi. Hey there. You, you in the red shirt. Stop smiling. Stop giggling. You just made me shed an unnecessary amount of water from my eyeballs.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14998110645393470698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577559445550128884.post-49268664119217125082014-02-03T19:55:00.002+11:002014-02-03T19:55:49.984+11:00Valentines Day!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well Valentines Day is coming up. I don't really care for it - why do you need to celebrate one day about your loved one when you have 364 or 5 other days to do that? And I mean - Singles Day? Really? If your so preoccupied about being dateless, move your efforts from complaining about your non existant dating life to E-Harmony or something.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But a great thing about Valentines day is the plethora of craft ideas come out! This my favourite one that never fails. It's the rose napkin. Find the instructions here:<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_269614098"> </a></span><a href="http://www.lunerose.com/napkin-rose-instructions/">napkin-rose-instructions</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14998110645393470698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577559445550128884.post-55485804742476418852014-02-02T14:58:00.000+11:002014-02-02T14:58:04.493+11:00Free Adventures<div style="text-align: center;">
With less free time on my hands and more things I want to see and experience, I take every opportunity to explore. This day consisted of walking six kilometers, exploring the concept of pea protein yogurt, freezing fruit and pretending to paint my room. </div>
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The Wot No Dairy dessert range is rather interesting on the palette. Made of cultured pea protein and other beans, this dessert is indeed dairy free. It is rather hard to palette. I would stick to dairy. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Freeze dried fruit however, is ever so delish. Health, delicious and make fruit eating different. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">Made by freezing fresh produce and then slowly vacuuming the water content, the resulting dried fruit retains the maximum amount of nutrients in fresh fruit. It's also fat free, gluten free, dairy free, free and quite </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;">nutritious. It's also what I imagine the astronauts eat in space for food. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.719999313354492px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Five:am yogurt is tried and tested. It is amazing. I eat it every day for breakfast and have three tubs in my fridge. The coffee bean yogurt has hints of espresso without the caffeine hit and is so refreshing. The tubs can also be recycled to hold pens. </div>
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A slight trek later, we comet to a paint store, a favourite place of mine. Under the guise of 'painting my room' you can slip in and admire scrapbooks of wallpaper, jars upon jars of paint and rows and rows of beautiful swatches. Heaven.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14998110645393470698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577559445550128884.post-91164963471145421762014-02-01T18:50:00.002+11:002014-02-01T18:50:43.868+11:00Gong Xi Fa Cai<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy Chinese New Year! Many wishes of prosperity, fortune and good will for this Lunar Year which is the wooden Horse. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This is the first wooden horse in sixty years! if you are born in this year or in a horse year you are said to be <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18.98714256286621px;"> a bit like a horse: animated, active and energetic, a true extrovert. Horse people are quick to learn independence and they<span style="font-family: inherit;"> have a straightforward and positive attitude towards life. They are great communicators and have a witty sense of humor.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.98714256286621px;">Fellow members of the horse club include Genghis Khan, the ruthless Mongol ruler who conquered a considerable amount of Asia, Africa and Europe; Franklin D Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the US; Louis <span style="font-family: inherit;">Pasteur, the 19th-century scientist, at the fore front of pasteurization; Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon and the American singer Aretha Franklin.</span></span></span></span></div>
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What could be better than a lazy Sunday breakfast? Making it yourself of course! I'm addicted to bread and warm butter pan fried and slightly browned. Organic sour dough is the next to heaven and we had extra cream in the fridge so I am very guilty.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14998110645393470698noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6577559445550128884.post-59927955295601041592014-01-23T16:58:00.000+11:002014-01-23T17:13:52.064+11:00Dubbo!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love to road trip and Dubbo is a nice leisurely 6 hour drive into lovely Australian bush land. Dubbo is famous for being a busy intersection of many travelers, the Summers being blazing hot and the Winters being surprisingly cool. It's also one of seven Evocities within Australia, encouraging many to explore different environments apart from the major cities. </span><br />
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Now without further ado, a small album from a recent road trip...</div>
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First stop though: Blue Mountains. These beautiful hills are famous for their eucalyptus scent and blue haze and a perfect way to enjoy the scenery is an adventure to Scenic World!</div>
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Hello, I am back. Alive and kicking. Today was a very momentous occasion. After 10 years I have officially cut my hair short. How short? Thirty-five centimeters short. This discussion not only marked the start of a new year, a new 'hair' decade, and my new found independence, it highlighted a part of myself that I wanted to preserve, nourish and stretch. I've always had long hair from the age of six, and so today was a step outside my comfort zone and into the murky depths that are confidence.</div>
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Why would a six year old keep her long hair? Subconsciously, it all started with a Snow White performance. I had a bob and I really wanted to be Snow White. Alas, I was not chosen, a lovely girl with long black locks was to be that princess. That was a huge blow to my non existent acting career. That aside, I was bullied because of my ethnicity and the way I learnt and often hid behind my shield that was my hair. Cutting my hair was not a style choice nor was it one of necessity but it was one t<span style="font-family: inherit;">hat boosted my confidence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you remember the girl from "Legally Blonde", Elle Woods? There's a quote from that movie where the professors are discussing her and one of them says: "</span><span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Do you think she woke up one morning and said: I think I'll go to law school today." Which is kind of what I did. Being the spontaneous person that I am, I don't really know why I did it, but I by product of that was confidence, and </span></span><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">weight (</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">carrying 35 cm is quite heavy) and happiness. I feel as if 2014 is going to be a good year, or at least one year that I don't let inundate me. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fbfbfb; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Another by product of this is that I'm donating my hair to Pantene - Beautiful Lengths. Hopefully it'll make the grade and will be made into a beautiful wig for a cancer patient/survivor. If you would like to donate your hair go to </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><a href="http://www.beautifullengths.com.au/">www.beautifullengths.com.au</a>. It's a worthy cause. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">I know there's going to be a lot of talk. I'm known as the girl with long hair, but not anymore. I'm stupidly nervous about other people's reactions and I know people aren't going to like it. If I've made a mistake I can't go back on my word cause it's gone forever, but in time it will grow back. And I'd rather regret something that I did, rather than regret something that I didn't do. </span></span></div>
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<i><u>(Order from First Row, Top Left)</u> <b>1.</b> Here's me with my hair out, I don't normally do that. <b>2.</b> There was a time where I abused the side pony and took really bad selfies. I still take really bad selfies but there will be no more side ponytails. <b>3.</b> During my early highs chool years some of my friends and I used to tie our hair up like genies. <b>4.</b> I once told someone that I could be Princess Leila. <b>5.</b> For the most part of my school photos I have two plaits. Guess that's got to change. <u>(Order from Second Row, Bottom Left)</u> <b>6.</b> Finally I had my big break in my year 6 play as the comic relief, wearing high pig tails of course! <b>7. </b>Front or back? <b>8.</b> How I look normally. <b>9.</b> There will be no more top knots. <b>10.</b> I'll just have to plait someone else's hair now... </i></div>
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Too much baking was done today. I was trying out my baking prowess with some new kit that I received at Christmas and New Years, the first baked item of 2014 is this beautiful french yogurt cake. My patisserie book, which happens to be in french, clearly stated that this was THE recipe for beginners. Patisserie books and I have different visions of beginners so it seems.</div>
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In the midst of a very fast paced festive season it is customary to drink good drink and eat good food. At least that is the case in my house hold. In any case, for many, the drink of the season is champagne or wine but what about something different? Behold a Ruby Cabernet with a difference. What difference you may ask? Sparkling Ruby Cabernet! Made from fruity Cabernet grapes, this drink has the tones and almost the texture of wine, and combines this nature with the lovely bubbles of champagne. To top it all off it's non alcoholic! </div>
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<i>"Made from the juice of Cabernet Grapes Sparkling Ruby Cabernet has the bead of Champagne and the mouth feel of a good wine. Delightful aromas of rose petal and crushed strawberries are complemented on the palate with green tea characters that finish crisp and dry with citrus and sour cherry flavours."</i></div>
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It really does smell like cherries and summer strawberries, a feature that really drew me in. Rather than sipping it, I was smelling it! It tastes amazing. The colour is divine, so many hues of red in one bottle. Try it out! You can also make lovely jellies and sauces out of it which is an added bonus. My only complaint is the bottle top, once opened it must be drunk in a relatively short period of time. Ah well, it's best enjoyed with friends. Find more about this lovely drink <a href="http://www.maggiebeer.com.au/products/sparkling-ruby-cabernet" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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These past few days have been eating, sleeping and chicken pox. Seriously. I have no photos and have not been out because my brother has been so sick over the Christmas period. I digress. Today however was a day full of shopping, or at least me carrying multiple bags from multiple department stores, so a slight haul may be on its way.</div>
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It's the best. Remember that prevention is better than cure thing? Well it's true. Getting vaccinated is the best prevention against chicken pox. However if you don't want to get vaccinated your best bet is to catch chicken pox between the ages of 6 - 12 years of age. Why? While adults are unlikely to catch the virus, chicken pox is detrimental in adult life and can lead to shingles. Similarly chicken pox should be avoided with newborns and young toddlers. On the bright side, catching chicken pox means that you'll be immune from it for the rest of your life. But better safe then sorry.</div>
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During Christmas the David Jones open windows light up their windows with Christmas nativities with puppets and cute little animations. Yesterday we, as a family made our way through the Christmas crowds to have a quick glimpse. As David Jones is celebrating their 175th Anniversary, this year the windows were all about history rather than Christmas.</div>
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QVB annually holds the Swarovski Christmas tree which showcases over 144 000 sparkling Swarovski crystal ornaments and 60,000 twinkling lights, making it truly a magical sight. It spans three floors and did you know, ver forty hours are dedicated to the installation and 72 construction technicians commit three days to this masterpiece?</div>
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It's sill open until Christmas Day so go and take a little tour around town and have a little peak.</div>
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Dear you. If you're reading this, you probably already know who you are. We talk a lot, but frankly I can't figure you out. You're really smart, really strange and really lazy and your priorities are all askew, then again when were teenagers' priorities straight anyway? I guess I don't understand you so your curious in a way. You also say cute too often and need to put less in your hair. I guess you embody the teenage persona, something that I'll never do.</div>
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I also received a stack of heartfelt gifts from them. I will definitely cook that very expensive looking risotto rice and yes, your futures are all very very bright. I'd like to thank you all for making K and myself very welcome into the coaching sphere and making our first year really enjoyable. I hope that we both have imparted some sort of knowledge into your brains and have planted some seeds of success. Both K and I aim to instill morals and positive values into each and everyone of you, not only for the basketball court but beyond in your very very very successful lives. I hope that you will all look upon your first high school year with enjoyment and laugh at the good times you have had on and off the basketball court.</div>
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So some people have wanted formal photos, and since this is kind of a diary of my life, I think I'm allowed to document this. Formal was a frustratingly fun waste of time. At least a good portion of the year had even more stress on it because of materialistic qualities for this one night. But soon I realized that it wasn't what you wore, if you had make up on or if you had a corsage - it was about having fun, an idea lost by many on that night. So here are a few tips for formalities, written by a child who doesn't like to party. </div>
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1. Don't bother with your own camera. Someone will be there to take photos of you having fun. And it's one less thing to think about - because dresses don't have pockets. </div>
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Quick catch up on my non existent life. Psht, who doesn't want to know?<br />
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It also made it a great time to launch the coaches 2014 centenary Tee-shirts. Which are bright orange and totally rad.<br />
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As usual our group comes away with a totem animal, in this case it was the moose. This moose family will happily join the sheep herd. Thanks to Kay, Mon and Nana and our amazing leader Joel (honorary Frenchman.) Kudos to Leanne for the photos. </div>
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2. Kayley's Bday<br />
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Never again shall I organise a surprsie birthday party. Too much stress. Though it was all worth it. A few cut fingers and glued feet later one puppy pinata stands before thee. Or at least it did... </div>
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But who could say it better than my good friend Joanne? I was never that eloquent... </div>
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<i>So, coincidentally (or was it?), on the same day as formal last night (from which approximately 100 people are still recovering from), something amazing happened.</i></div>
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<i>A certain one of my basketball-playing, skillful photo-shopping, How to Train Your Dragon theme whistling duet buddy friends marked their 5844th successful 24 hours alive and well upon the face of this Earth. Perhaps not that great a milestone when you put it that way (5844 is just such an ugly number...), but what can I say, we humans have a knack for fretting over trivialities.</i></div>
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<i>And as all good friend groups do, a group of us chose to celebrate such an occasion by sweet talking her mother into abandoning her house for several hours to give way for more than just a few sugar-high teenagers to hijack their family back garden, strap a bright orange cardboard box of candy and a handful of ATTEMPTED 'colour coordinated' decorations to the gutter and 'hide' underneath a giant blue plastic sheet in the middle of the lawn for a while.</i></div>
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<i>Hoping you had the time of your life, Kayley Chan, know that we tried our best :)</i></div>
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<i>P.S: Special thanks to Jong and Lys ;) You guys are the bestest. Especially LC. I shall forever worship and envy your stepladder hijacking skills.</i></div>
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<i>P.P.S: And the table cloth. Thank you for not flying away."</i></div>
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HEHEHEHEHEHEHE Cutest!<br />
So hopefully this gave you some sort of insight into the past couple of days. More to come!<br />
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As a girl who is recovering and who knows people who are recovering from anxiety, these comics really hit the button so to speak with me. In particular - anxiety girl, an anti hero who can speak for us all. </div>
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Anxiety should not be taken lightly, it is not simple 'a lot of stress' or 'just a symptom' or 'she/he's just over reacting'. It is the by product of a low self esteem and little self value, and it is completely and utterly okay to feel like this. There is a lot of help out there, listings are as follows:</div>
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<a href="http://au.reachout.com/Tough-Times/Mental-health-issues/Anxiety-disorders?gclid=COaHqISMgbsCFQTnpAodXhQARQ">http://au.reachout.com/Tough-Times/Mental-health-issues/Anxiety-disorders</a></div>
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But instead of ending up on a downer, you can find the full list of hilarious but true comics <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinchack/comics-that-capture-the-frustration-of-anxiety-disorders" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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A while a go I made my friend some bunting to jazz up her new room. Here are some nice pictures and how to make them!</div>
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Isosceles Triangle Template (Two 19cm sides, one 17 cm side)</div>
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So on my trip I decided to treat my friend and I to a quick snack down Darlinghurst way. Mr Crackles spotted our eye and we headed over to calm our munchies. And calm our munchies it did. Mr Crackles is definitely not for the dieting, health limited (high cholesterol ) or the vegetarian. If you're game though, it's food is amazing.</div>
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We shared the Crackles Classic sandwich. It was great. A true porkgasm. The pork is so sweet and tender and the crackling is the right kind of fatty, salty and crackly. They also pile on the Vietnamese salad, and encase this in a crusty baguette style roll and douse with mayonnaise and it's almost heaven.</div>
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The atmosphere is quite nice, but be warned it's situated in a dodgey part of town so be careful. There are also a load of guys their so don't be alarmed if you get stared down - it's a man's 'eating paradise'. Services is a tad slow, but they make up for it with the amazing crackling. </div>
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If you're in the area this is a definite try, but don't complain when you feel bloated and slightly ill from all the fat you've just consumed. Also take some water to wash it all down. </div>
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