...and her name is Coco. Nice dog, bit smelly thou:P. Bec brought her to work because she locked herself out from her place. Typical Madden I must say hahaha.
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I caught up with my friend Ben after work tonight. We went for dinner at iTaiwan – it wasn’t my first choice but Fujiya was closed so I thought I’d opt for something close by and with good food! Ben arrived from the UK yesterday and he'll be here for 2 weeks. We’ve known each other for a long time so it should be fun! A bit down on ideas of where to take him though – he’s been here before and Sydney isn’t exactly a big city.

Oh well, he can always refer to his thick Lonely Planet Guide :P
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Didn't do much today, just watched some stuff that I had TIVOed during the week and then went to work for a bit. I thought I was gonna be by myself there, but Jenks was there too. Yay, company:)
Before that I went to the new JB HIFI that's just opened at World Square, across the street from my building. Gosh, it's dangerous hanging out there for too long. You just want to buy everything:P. I got myself the new MIKA cd and Glee soundtracks :)

So for today's post, I took pics of me with my glasses. I have lots of glasses... sunnies as well as clear ones. I don't wear them often, and I don't even actually need normal glasses since I had lasik a couple of years ago (totally recommended Btw, fast, painless, and the result is amazing).
I just like getting them and wear them once in a while, I think it makes me look a bit smarter. Yeaaa, shuddup guys:P
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Me and Adam went to see the Sculpture by the sea at Bondi today. The place was so jam packed with people. There's some cool ones and some are just meh. I put some pics of the ones that I like here, like the man statue and the eyeballs. But the one that I really want to see the most there was not the exhibition but Bumblebee from Transformer movie hahaha. He's there to promote the Transformer DVD release. Coolness!!:)

After that, we went to Oxford st for dinner at this small thai restaurant then off to Broadway to see The Time Traveller's wife. Rachel McAdams is so gorgeous. She's like the queen of tear jerker movie now after this one and The Notebook, and I think this genre suits her. It also starred Eric Bana's bum, since we've seen so many close up's of it:P. Try not to think to much to the storylines. It is a bit similar to The Lake House and it's also set in Chicago. It's a full screening. Lots of girls and their pussy-whipped bf (that's what Adam said) hahaha. Its the ultimate chick flick and if you know me, I'm a sucker for this kind of movie. I give it 4 and a half out of 5 stars.
BYO tissue Btw:(
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So I stayed at work until 9pm today. Yeah, nine! on Friday night. So much for having an active social life! I don't mind staying back at work once in a while, especially when there’s a deadline looming. In this case, its next week. What’s really bugging me is that my stupid work computer keeps on failing when I try to output work to PDF. I spent almost an hour trying to PDF one page and it just wouldn’t print. Finally I gave up and I’ll just wait until Monday to try it again or use someone else’s computer. Don't you just hate it when that happens? ARGHH!!! coorperate with me, u damn computer!

Speaking of work, the new look DA is out now, people. It's DA presents Disney Fairies, full with everything you need to know about Tinker Bell and her friends. It also features the fairies photoshoot that I was talking about a couple of weeks ago. It looks AMAZING!! so go and buy it guys!! I worked my ass off to make it look cute and pretty, and I'm pretty proud of the finished result:)

I also didn't know what pic to take for today, since I spent most of my time in the office. I forgot to bring my camera along when I had lunch with Andrej at the Korean all-you-can-eat buffet, so I'm just taking this pic of my mobile phone. The wallpaper is me and my mum, dad and brother in front of the bird’s nest olympic stadium in Beijing. We went there last year to visit my brother who was studying mandarin there.
They're all in Hong kong right now actually with some of my uncles and aunties, having a big family holiday. Yeah, having fun while I'm slaving away at work!! They're going to spend a couple of days in Hong Kong, then to china to visit my grandparents' hometown.
They asked me whether I want to join them, but I passed it up. I Don't think that spending my holiday with all my uncles, aunties, and cousins is a perfect holiday for me. Too many people and it’s probably gonna end up in tears LOL.
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Josh and I went to the screening of Broken Embraces at Paramount office after work. It's a spanish movie starring Penelope Cruz and directed by Pedro Almadovar. It’s their fourth collaboration together. The movie is about this blind director whose confronted by his past and it’s about to get a closure. We then get all the flashback scenes about his tragic affair with a woman, played by Pene of course, who already has a much older boyfriend, and all the problems that ensue.
It's an ok movie, but a bit too long for my liking. Sometimes it feels like they're really stretching it. It's not as good as their last collaboration, Volver. I gave it three out of five stars.
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I was so so busy today at work and with other stuff that I realised I haven't taken a pic of anything, and I'm deff not gonna take pic of myself. My skin is peeling like crazy. It just look a bit gross, and people that I walk pass look at me weirdly. I'm also already at home and I couldn't be bothered to go outside and take some pics, so I'll just give you this pic. My mini-me and Las Vegas neon sign.
I went to Vegas in 2006. The reason we went there wasn't for gambling. I don't even remember putting money in the slot machines at all actually. We went there because we wanted see Celine Dion at the colosseum. It was at the time when Celine only performed there and no where else. The show was really great and I ended up watching it again when she was touring Australia last year. Vegas itself was amazing. It's hot, but not humid, because it's in the middle of the desert, and everyone was just walking around drinking, shopping and gambling. It's a tourist capital deff. There's so many attractions in each casinos, that you don't even have to gamble to enjoy the city. Cirque de soleil, Madame Tussaud's, etc. I'll deff will go back there again one day.

And here's the real pic of me with the strip as a background, Ha, I'm wearing the same t-shirt as my mini-me, obvs, I need to wear diff shirt more often:P
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It's Melb Cup day today, for those who don't know what The Melb Cup is, it's basically one day of the year where everyone in Australia stops working and bet on a thoroughbred horse race. It's the race that stop the nation. The event is held at around 3 pm on the first Tuesday in November. And how do I know all that?? Wikipedia of course :P.
Me and the girls at work put some money on a horse or more thru TAB, and also do an office sweep. At around 2.30, we all headed off to the pub across the st, Maloney's for lunch and drinks and watch the race. I put my money on the favourites, Viewed and Alcopop. To everyone suprise, the favourite didn't win. The cup went to the horse named Shocking, yea, shocking indeed. There goes my 20$. boo!!!! Oh well, there's always next year.

After work, I went to see The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus with Luke and Hai, I didn't wanna see this movie in the first place. I would have prefered to see All about Steve, but 2 against 1, so we ended up watching this. It's Heath Ledger's final movie, and it's about this immortal gypsy, Dr Parnassus who gambles with the devil, with his own daughter (Lily Cole) as a prize. I was suprised at how much I enjoyed the movie. The special effects in the parallel world looked really good and the transitions between Heath and the other actors (Johnny Deep, Colin Farrel, and Jude Law) who played his character, since he passed away before completing this movie is believable. Lily Cole also proved that she can actually act, and not just because of her pretty face. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.
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So I guess I didn't get the golden tan from yesterday, Instead my skin is really burnt. My whole body is in pain!! arghhh! It's so unfair! Deff will use sun block again next time for sure. I'm using all these products in the pics to help me ease the pain. The Body Shop aloe is quite good, even thou it smelled a bit. Hopefully the pain will be gone soon and the peeling process starts. Not really looking forward to that one :(

Here's the team from the photo shoot last friday. From clockwise, me, Will the photographer, Mandy the make-up artist, Bec and Kat. We wanted to take a group pics before we returned the props (the haystacks and horse saddle).
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Joel and I went to Maroubra beach this morning to get a well needed tan. We stayed there for a couple of hours. I didn't wear any sun block because I thought I didn't really need it and that I will end up with a nice golden tan. Boy I was wrong - I got sun burnt!! My skin is all red and it hurts when I smile. I look like an overcooked prawn!

Someone was sending a love message there in the sky via a sky-writing plane. However, we couldn't figure out the name of the person in the message. It was either that the pilot spelt it wrong or he ran out of smoke. It's quite romantic, yet cheesy. You could get the same result via SMS, and it's much easier on the pocket and better for the enviroment: P

Oh, check out this blog too, I find it so hilarious:
http://thingsboganslike.wordpress.com/
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