She Wants To Move

We went out for a nice bit of Italian last night to celebrate Michelle's birthday a week early. She'll be leaving for Melbourne tomorrow and will spend her actual birthday (2nd Sept) there.
So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!

Michelle and her Seafood Marinara:


Me with my empty plate of Spaghetti Putanesca (and boobs bloody hanging out):


Our Jacob's Creek pink sparkling wine:


Michelle getting jiggy in Paramount:


And a funny dude in a pink wig:

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I don't understand Australians sometimes...

Behind Blue Eyes

We've been hanging out with Tim and his mates lately, but now that it's our Tuition Free Week (a.k.a. no classes so u can run amok) the bunch of them left for Bali today and I hope they're having heaps of fun!

So here's to Tim and the "International 9":










And us, of course:


Oh my, look how civilised we are at a Curtin Commerce Club cocktail party:





Umm, okay, I take that back...

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That'll Do Pig, That'll Do

An interesting day today.
Chris, my editor at PARAGON, has just informed us that he will be leaving this Thursday. Shock #1.
He asked me to assist the girl taking over his position. Shock #2.
I actually said yes. Shock #3.

So here I am, as a writer and Deputy Editor, writing my second food review for Pancakes at Carillon:








Ryan with our main courses:


Chris' Chicken Club. I dunno how yum it was, unfortunately:


My Crepe Escape; crepes stuffed with ham & cheese, topped with a grilled pineapple and salsa. Yum x 2:


Chris more-than-ready to dig into our dessert:


The Strawberry Patch; buttermilk pancakes with fresh strawberries in homemade sauce and vanilla ice-cream. Yum x 3:

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Final verdict: Musty interior. Excellent pancakes & crepes. The perfect foods to get fat on. It can't get any better than that.

Eat It!

Michelle and I are now writers for the International Student Committee's magazine PARAGON. Our first assignment: A food review for The Foundry Pub & Grill in Westfield Carousel Shopping Centre in Cannington. Free food and booze in exchange for a 300-word article? No problema!

The Foundry:




The Kiln Chef a.k.a. the Pizza Dude:


My pint of Beez Neez:


Our starter, the Trio of Dips; Turkish Bread with Sweet Potato & Maple dip, Avocado Salsa and Garlic Oil. Yum x 3:


My Rump Steak (which came well-done when I asked for medium-rare). Yum x 2, Brownie Point -1:


Michelle's Braised lamb Shank. Yum x 3:


Our Dessert Pizza; a sweet dough base with bananas, apricot, chocolate buttons, vanilla ice-cream and a strawberry. (They served this to us in apology of their fuck-up with my steak. I love being a food reveiwer.) Yum x 3, Brownie Points +3:


The band playing that night, OddLaw:


I think they look more energetic this way, like a bunch of crazy mofos:

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Final verdict: Good food, good music, great staff. Just don't fuck-up again alright? I won't be so nice the second time round.
Especially since I'll have to pay.

Hollywood

Check out the next Quentin Tarantino:


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Smooth Criminal

Finally, photos from the Pub Crawl (and all other activites we didn't bring our cameras on) are coming into my inbox, in drips and drabs nonetheless.

So everyone, meet Tim:




Photos  Timothy Greiner
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He's another Curtin exchange student from Michigan, and my new friend.
A real barrel of laughs, incredibly adorable and indescribably sweet.

"I can see us becoming real good friends." Yes Tim, I totally agree.

Tequila Sunrise

Last night, Michelle and I had our dinner of sambal udang, fried eggs and rice before we popped down to Como for their themed Gangsters & Flappers night.


As soon as we entered, we were greeted by the bar and restaurant staff dressed to the nines for the night. They even installed lamp posts in corners to give the place an old-school feel. It was a nice, simple, fun night.

The best dressed couple, in my opinion:


Cute Bar Staff #1:


Cute Bar Staff #2:


Flapper bartenders!









Wait a minute, just lost one Cute Bar Staff here!

And a real hottie, Cute Bar Staff #3, Oliver. But it's such a bad photo of him:


A couple of "gangsters" we met; Mick & Hayden:


Mick getting all macho with his machine gun:


Michelle boogies with the blokes:


I steal Hayden's fedora and get my 2 minutes as a gangster:


I love the way Hayden grabbed the opportunity to grab Michelle, and boy, did he grab her!


Their gifts for making the effort to dress up:


Mucking around with the screwed up machine gun. Yes, I know it looks vulgar:




This Malaysian chap came to say hello simply because he was entertained by all the stunts we were pulling for the camera:

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We sorely regret not owning flapper dresses of our own.