Yay I'm so excited because it's the end of the week and I don't have to go to work tomorrow! LOL!!! I've just been to school yesterday and today and already I'm looking forward to a break. I thought I'd post because many exciting things have been happening.
Like right now... I'm baking a quiche. And it's looking good! And the oven we have here works really well so I'm looking forward to the finished product. Quiche is so easy to make! I found this recipe on a website and it's so easy. Here I'll share it with you:
Easy Quiche
serves: 6
prep time: around 15 mins
cooking time: 40 minutes
Ingredients
4 eggs
1.5 cups milk
3 tbs melted butter
0.5 cup self-raising flour
1.5 cups grated cheese
2 cups filling of choice
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180˚C.
2. Whisk together, in a bowl, eggs, milk, butter and flour.
3. Fold in cheese and fillings.
4. Pour into a 24cm quiche dish, or into ramekins.
5. Bake for 40 minutes or until set.
6. Serve hot with vegetables or cold with salad.
Recipe notes
This quiche forms its own base so there is no need for a pastry base! Also, some of your fillings should be pre-cooked (eg: meats like bacon,chicken,etc. as well as veggies such as mushrooms, onions, etc.) and then should be cooled before adding to the mixture.
You must all go try it and tell me what you think.
In other news, me and Rob (and various other people) have been praying that I get more work. And God has graciously (and quickly) answered our prayers! I've been given a 1 month block doing music at the end of term at a school which is less than a 10 minute drive from my house. So that is really good. Also, there have been a few job listings for music teachers coming up recently. So I've applied for them all. (Christine you'll be happy to know that one of the schools is in the south-ish-west... and it's permanent too... so I hope I get that).
Other exciting things that have happened:
- went on a road trip with Cler (see previous post)
- had dinner with my parents which was nice
- my parents are coming over for lunch tomorrow which will be nice
- my mum is doing my tax return and it's looking good
- Jet has been doing really well since I added a live plant to his bowl. He even swims through the plant now (he was very scared of it at first)
- at the end of three weeks - marriage is still good
Today at school I had much free time. In fact I had so much free time you're probably wondering why I'm tired and looking forward to the weekend. Well I'm reading a book called "Love in Hard Places" by Don Carson. It's a really good book (and a bit heavy too... in a brain explosion way). Took me two 50 minute periods to read the first chapter which was a discussion on different types of love and what God's love is. Then I started to read the second chapter which is discussing whether there is a contradiction between the Old Testament (which has a lot of 'hate your enemy') and the New Testament (where Jesus says 'love your neighbours, pray for your enemies'). And I've found out that it isn't a contradiction, but Jesus fulfilling the Law and the Prophets. I wont give too much more away because it's too hard to blog about... and anyways you should read the book for yourself!!! But yeah... reading tires me out (even though I find the topic interesting).
Gosh this has been a long post - though I guess I cheated with the recipe :P
Have a good weekend all!!!
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Not so newly married now...
So I've been married for almost three weeks now. Things have been prodding along quite smoothly. The transition hasn't been too traumatic, though the other day I was feeling a bit sad and was missing my parents and my old home. Rob did a good job of comforting me which was lovely.
Today is my official last day of holidays. I go to school tomorrow. I got a phone call this afternoon from the teacher I'm replacing letting me know that I have a before-school duty. Wah!!! It's at 7:45am. That's a whole 45mins earlier than I was hoping to arrive at school. Hopefully I wont be yawning too much.
Yesterday I went on a road trip with Cler. We went up to the central coast to drop some eye drops to a doctor there. Then on our way back we decided to pop by the Forest of Tranquility... because we had always seen the sign but didn't know what it was. It was a bit of a disappointment. It wasn't really a forest. It was like a animal/nature reserve. And we couldn't get in the gate because there was no one there. We saw a bush turkey which was lots of fun. I was chasing it around and Cler took a funny video which is on facebook.
I think I might be getting sick because I've got a weird feeling in my throat. Hope it passes quickly. I'm drinking lots of warm water. I'm also listening to Joss Stone who is very soulful. I also used Garnier Fructus Instant Melt-In Mask and I think my hair is looking pretty good today.
I went to Ikea today. I couldn't help feeling a little stupid because often I was noticing that I was making "excited child" faces. There is just so much cool stuff at Ikea! I was was like a little child in a candy store. I had to force myself to look normal. I was actually surprised how many people who weren't mothers-pram-ing-kids were there. So many people not working today. I was particularly surprised by the number of young-adult couples shopping there. Surely they would have work today?
Well... this has been a moderately-sized blog.
From Car-O-Line
Today is my official last day of holidays. I go to school tomorrow. I got a phone call this afternoon from the teacher I'm replacing letting me know that I have a before-school duty. Wah!!! It's at 7:45am. That's a whole 45mins earlier than I was hoping to arrive at school. Hopefully I wont be yawning too much.
Yesterday I went on a road trip with Cler. We went up to the central coast to drop some eye drops to a doctor there. Then on our way back we decided to pop by the Forest of Tranquility... because we had always seen the sign but didn't know what it was. It was a bit of a disappointment. It wasn't really a forest. It was like a animal/nature reserve. And we couldn't get in the gate because there was no one there. We saw a bush turkey which was lots of fun. I was chasing it around and Cler took a funny video which is on facebook.
I think I might be getting sick because I've got a weird feeling in my throat. Hope it passes quickly. I'm drinking lots of warm water. I'm also listening to Joss Stone who is very soulful. I also used Garnier Fructus Instant Melt-In Mask and I think my hair is looking pretty good today.
I went to Ikea today. I couldn't help feeling a little stupid because often I was noticing that I was making "excited child" faces. There is just so much cool stuff at Ikea! I was was like a little child in a candy store. I had to force myself to look normal. I was actually surprised how many people who weren't mothers-pram-ing-kids were there. So many people not working today. I was particularly surprised by the number of young-adult couples shopping there. Surely they would have work today?
Well... this has been a moderately-sized blog.
From Car-O-Line
Thursday, July 23, 2009
I'm Married!!!
"Good morning sunshine! The earth says hello!!!" (points for whoever knows what movie that quote comes from)
So much has changed in the last two weeks. I got married, went on a week-long honeymoon with my husband(!) and now I live in H_rns_y with Rob! I also am going to another church now! I also wake up at 7am without an alarm clock and the first thing I do once I get out of bed is have a drink (I normally would go straight to cereal). I also shower in the morning now! I thought I'd never become a morning showerer.
I've also become quite domestic. I've spent the last three days buying cleaning products, food, bath mats, bins, cling wrap, curtains, and more! I've also been cooking dinner heaps! I never thought I'd like being the domestic wife because when I was at my old home, I would hardly ever cook, hardly have to worry about washing dishes or clothes, let alone cleaning the bathroom. But the thing that I think has changed is that I just really love serving Rob. And Rob is super good at serving me too! I'm not back at work yet so I've had heaps of time to settle into my new home which has been a blessing. Rob is already back at work and uni. God has been very gracious towards our new life together. I was worried before that the change would be traumatic, but God has been so gracious towards me. Really I had nothing to fear.
Oh and the wedding day was fantastic. Everything went so smoothly and I had a really enjoyable (and not tiring) time. Nothing went wrong and I just loved being around all my family and friends, celebrating our marriage.
We honeymooned in the Hunter Valley. We stayed at three different locations. Rob planned it all and he did a great job. I'm glad the locations were close because it meant that we didn't get tired from traveling. And I'm glad that we went to three different locations because it meant we could always get excited about a new location. And all the places were beautiful and comfortable! We also read through Song of Songs and listened to Mark Driscoll Talks on Song of Songs. Mark Driscoll is pretty funny and can be quite challenging, but he sometimes also reads into the passage too much so it was good to be discussing it all with Rob. In spending 168 consecutive hours with Rob, I learned so much more about him that I didn't know before (and it was all good). Hopefully this honeymoon period/stage will last for all our years and we wont become jaded about marriage.
Everyone has been so generous towards us. Our place is fully functional (and not too messy). We hope to be able to be hospitable and have people over in the near future.
I wont bore you any more with my lovey-dovey feelings.
From Car-O-Line
So much has changed in the last two weeks. I got married, went on a week-long honeymoon with my husband(!) and now I live in H_rns_y with Rob! I also am going to another church now! I also wake up at 7am without an alarm clock and the first thing I do once I get out of bed is have a drink (I normally would go straight to cereal). I also shower in the morning now! I thought I'd never become a morning showerer.
I've also become quite domestic. I've spent the last three days buying cleaning products, food, bath mats, bins, cling wrap, curtains, and more! I've also been cooking dinner heaps! I never thought I'd like being the domestic wife because when I was at my old home, I would hardly ever cook, hardly have to worry about washing dishes or clothes, let alone cleaning the bathroom. But the thing that I think has changed is that I just really love serving Rob. And Rob is super good at serving me too! I'm not back at work yet so I've had heaps of time to settle into my new home which has been a blessing. Rob is already back at work and uni. God has been very gracious towards our new life together. I was worried before that the change would be traumatic, but God has been so gracious towards me. Really I had nothing to fear.
Oh and the wedding day was fantastic. Everything went so smoothly and I had a really enjoyable (and not tiring) time. Nothing went wrong and I just loved being around all my family and friends, celebrating our marriage.
We honeymooned in the Hunter Valley. We stayed at three different locations. Rob planned it all and he did a great job. I'm glad the locations were close because it meant that we didn't get tired from traveling. And I'm glad that we went to three different locations because it meant we could always get excited about a new location. And all the places were beautiful and comfortable! We also read through Song of Songs and listened to Mark Driscoll Talks on Song of Songs. Mark Driscoll is pretty funny and can be quite challenging, but he sometimes also reads into the passage too much so it was good to be discussing it all with Rob. In spending 168 consecutive hours with Rob, I learned so much more about him that I didn't know before (and it was all good). Hopefully this honeymoon period/stage will last for all our years and we wont become jaded about marriage.
Everyone has been so generous towards us. Our place is fully functional (and not too messy). We hope to be able to be hospitable and have people over in the near future.
I wont bore you any more with my lovey-dovey feelings.
From Car-O-Line
Monday, July 06, 2009
Taronga's new baby elephant
source: http://images.theage.com.au/2009/07/05/618305/0607ELEPHANT-200x0.jpgTaronga Zoo welcomed a new baby elephant recently. And there is a competition going round for the best baby name for it. The catch - the name must be Thai. Me and mum were thinking up of ideas:
Phat: because it sounds like "fat" which is funny and it also looks like a Thai word
Pad Thai: "because everyone likes pad thai" - Mum
Siew: (as in Pad Siew) because it's Rob's favourite Thai dish
Chaing Mai: "call it Chiang Mai!" - Dad... he liked Chiang Mai when we went there
So what do you reckon? Vote! Or put down your own suggestions.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
I'm changing...
Hello!!! It has been a very long time since I posted. How sad for you all. It turns out that I have lots of free time today so I'm going to write about things.
Last weekend Rob and I had our pre-wedding photo shoot with Linda. It was an awesome fun time. Linda is very funny. And I don't really know why. She just makes me laugh a lot. Hello Linda if you are reading this :) - are you going to blog about me too? I hope so.
Other wedding planning stuff is boring and isn't going away yet. Oh well. I'm still very excited about the wedding and having a break from work and being able to settle into a new home. I was talking with Chris and she was asking me how I coped with change... because she said she doesn't cope with change well... and I'll be going through a lot of change. To tell you the truth, I haven't had to deal with much significant change throughout my life... so it will be interesting to see how I do cope with change. Please pray that all the big changes that are about to happen for me wont be too traumatic and that I'll cope well. Gotta keep on trusting in God - he's the best!
You may notice that I changed my blog header to a fully sick graffiti picture of my blog name. This is because I've been working down in the south west hood and I'm full gangsta now. But seriously... the kids at school showed me this website that changed any text to graffiti which is fun to play with. I'm getting used to it there... but it's not fun being the pleb casual teacher... so often I get put on to do the very annoying jobs. Work is toil.
In other news though... today I took a sick day from the south west and took a casual day at a local selective girls high school. OMGOSH it was such a change!!! The girls were actually self motivated and did all the work! And they knew stuff about music and were able to compose! And the teacher left actual work for me to teach to the classes (I took the music classes). It was pretty awesome. There were times when the girls were getting chatty... but they were actually discussing the work! THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE WORK!!! Such a culture shock. Hooray for now being in the school's casual teacher book... hopefully I'll get work in the future.
Tomorrow I'm picking up my wedding dress which is exciting. EXCITING! (I'm so excitable today... is that a proper grammatical sentence?)
Rob has been doing up our new place and now we have quite a good amount of furniture. So it's looking very homey and nice. Feels like you could live in it. Only 4 weeks to go! :O
Well I wont bore you any longer.
From Car-O-Line
Last weekend Rob and I had our pre-wedding photo shoot with Linda. It was an awesome fun time. Linda is very funny. And I don't really know why. She just makes me laugh a lot. Hello Linda if you are reading this :) - are you going to blog about me too? I hope so.
Other wedding planning stuff is boring and isn't going away yet. Oh well. I'm still very excited about the wedding and having a break from work and being able to settle into a new home. I was talking with Chris and she was asking me how I coped with change... because she said she doesn't cope with change well... and I'll be going through a lot of change. To tell you the truth, I haven't had to deal with much significant change throughout my life... so it will be interesting to see how I do cope with change. Please pray that all the big changes that are about to happen for me wont be too traumatic and that I'll cope well. Gotta keep on trusting in God - he's the best!
You may notice that I changed my blog header to a fully sick graffiti picture of my blog name. This is because I've been working down in the south west hood and I'm full gangsta now. But seriously... the kids at school showed me this website that changed any text to graffiti which is fun to play with. I'm getting used to it there... but it's not fun being the pleb casual teacher... so often I get put on to do the very annoying jobs. Work is toil.
In other news though... today I took a sick day from the south west and took a casual day at a local selective girls high school. OMGOSH it was such a change!!! The girls were actually self motivated and did all the work! And they knew stuff about music and were able to compose! And the teacher left actual work for me to teach to the classes (I took the music classes). It was pretty awesome. There were times when the girls were getting chatty... but they were actually discussing the work! THEY WERE DISCUSSING THE WORK!!! Such a culture shock. Hooray for now being in the school's casual teacher book... hopefully I'll get work in the future.
Tomorrow I'm picking up my wedding dress which is exciting. EXCITING! (I'm so excitable today... is that a proper grammatical sentence?)
Rob has been doing up our new place and now we have quite a good amount of furniture. So it's looking very homey and nice. Feels like you could live in it. Only 4 weeks to go! :O
Well I wont bore you any longer.
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Saturday, March 28, 2009
Quick Post
I've only got 15 minutes until I go to a 6 hour child protection training course so I must be quick.
I've been teaching at a school since week 5 of this term. It's a temporary position for a full time music teacher. So I've been teaching a lot of music. I like teaching, although, because I'm the temporary teacher I don't really get to teach what I want to teach. So sometimes I have to think really hard about how to teach something (like Indian music or HipHop or Rock). Every now and then I try to slip in some 19th Century music or Opera. Also because I'm a temporary, it's taken me a while to get a hold on some of the kids. It's pretty ok now... still about 2 classes who are just really disrespectful... and it's not nice to be disrespected. So that's a little frustrating. But anyways, next week is my last week there.
Wedding planning has been going smoothly too. We have bridesmaid dresses!
Not much else has been happening besides school. I've been reading Genesis, Proverbs and Luke. Genesis just keeps on reminding me that we are sinful but God is loving and faithful. Proverbs has some really funny things in it - but it also reminds me how much I need wisdom (especially as I teach in school). Luke has been a very exciting book to read. Jesus is a very surprising person.
From Car-O-Line
I've been teaching at a school since week 5 of this term. It's a temporary position for a full time music teacher. So I've been teaching a lot of music. I like teaching, although, because I'm the temporary teacher I don't really get to teach what I want to teach. So sometimes I have to think really hard about how to teach something (like Indian music or HipHop or Rock). Every now and then I try to slip in some 19th Century music or Opera. Also because I'm a temporary, it's taken me a while to get a hold on some of the kids. It's pretty ok now... still about 2 classes who are just really disrespectful... and it's not nice to be disrespected. So that's a little frustrating. But anyways, next week is my last week there.
Wedding planning has been going smoothly too. We have bridesmaid dresses!
Not much else has been happening besides school. I've been reading Genesis, Proverbs and Luke. Genesis just keeps on reminding me that we are sinful but God is loving and faithful. Proverbs has some really funny things in it - but it also reminds me how much I need wisdom (especially as I teach in school). Luke has been a very exciting book to read. Jesus is a very surprising person.
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Sunday, February 08, 2009
heat wave
It is really really hot! Just thought I'd point out the obvious.
Did you know:
-Wedding dresses can take up to 6 months to make
-The cost of buying a suit is only slightly higher than the cost of hiring a suit
-You can receive a discount if you have a reception in winter. You also receive a discount if you have a reception in January
I'm all full of exciting information and insightful insights today.
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Did you know:
-Wedding dresses can take up to 6 months to make
-The cost of buying a suit is only slightly higher than the cost of hiring a suit
-You can receive a discount if you have a reception in winter. You also receive a discount if you have a reception in January
I'm all full of exciting information and insightful insights today.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
news
It's been a while. So here is some news.
-I'm still unemployed but just recently had two interviews. Just waiting for some casual days to pop up too.
-I'm engaged to Rob :)
-Being engaged is kinda hectic because there is so much to plan and so many people to have to keep happy... but it's not too bad.
That's all from me. When there is more news to share I will. And hopefully my next post will be a bit more interesting.
From Car-O-Line
-I'm still unemployed but just recently had two interviews. Just waiting for some casual days to pop up too.
-I'm engaged to Rob :)
-Being engaged is kinda hectic because there is so much to plan and so many people to have to keep happy... but it's not too bad.
That's all from me. When there is more news to share I will. And hopefully my next post will be a bit more interesting.
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Gypsies and Birthdays
Woo! Here are some pics from Jazz in the Domain (17/01/09). It was an awesome night of gypsy jazz music. I totally loved it. I love the thick brass sound and rhythmic energy. Check out www.myspace.com/dochgypsydance and www.myspace.com/fanfareciocarlia for a sample of what gypsy jazz is.
Yesterday was mum's birthday. So last night we had a party with people from her Bible study group. It was a heaps fun time. We ate lots of food and talked. Those ladies are so funny (and a bit cheeky at times). They got me to read out these jokes about senior citizens which were hilarious.
Today I decided to get back into the music culture thing... so I did some score reading of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Awesome piece of music. I'm into opera at the moment. I'm still a little sad I wont be able to go to Opera in the Domain.
From Car-O-Line
Yesterday was mum's birthday. So last night we had a party with people from her Bible study group. It was a heaps fun time. We ate lots of food and talked. Those ladies are so funny (and a bit cheeky at times). They got me to read out these jokes about senior citizens which were hilarious.
Today I decided to get back into the music culture thing... so I did some score reading of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Awesome piece of music. I'm into opera at the moment. I'm still a little sad I wont be able to go to Opera in the Domain.
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
My Titanic Moment
I love Dee Why beach. I went there yesterday and last Sunday. The water there is so blue and clear. And you can walk in 3 metres and the water is up to your shoulders already. A great beach for swimming. The waves are also a decent size and you can ride them. I rode a few waves and it's such an awesome feeling. You feel like you're flying on a cloud of whitewash water. It was a bit like a Titanic moment LOL.
A few music teacher jobs have recently popped up so I've been applying for them. One of them is for a private school and one is for a new government school. I'm still all for public education so hopefully I'll hear something soon.
I just finished reading the book of Zechariah using The Daily Reading Bible. Zechariah can be quite confusing at times. There is a lot of unusual imagery and lots of "he said: "thus he said..."" But I got through it. I think one of the overriding messages of Zechariah is that God is bringing his Kingdom and he wants you to draw near to him. One thing cool about reading Zechariah in light of the New Testament is that we see that Jesus brings about the Kingdom. So there is cause for much rejoicing. Heaps of Zechariah is quoted in the Gospels. In Zechariah you see God as loving, merciful, jealous, wrathful... it's jam packed and you should read it!!!
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P.S.: I have photos from Jazz in the Domain which was awesome! I'll blog about it next time.
A few music teacher jobs have recently popped up so I've been applying for them. One of them is for a private school and one is for a new government school. I'm still all for public education so hopefully I'll hear something soon.
I just finished reading the book of Zechariah using The Daily Reading Bible. Zechariah can be quite confusing at times. There is a lot of unusual imagery and lots of "he said: "thus he said..."" But I got through it. I think one of the overriding messages of Zechariah is that God is bringing his Kingdom and he wants you to draw near to him. One thing cool about reading Zechariah in light of the New Testament is that we see that Jesus brings about the Kingdom. So there is cause for much rejoicing. Heaps of Zechariah is quoted in the Gospels. In Zechariah you see God as loving, merciful, jealous, wrathful... it's jam packed and you should read it!!!
From Car-O-Line
P.S.: I have photos from Jazz in the Domain which was awesome! I'll blog about it next time.
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