We went to the Art Gallery of NSW today at The Domain. It was fun, haven't been there for ages. Theres some cool ones and theres also some weird/boring ones :P. The one in the pic fell into the creepy/weird category. It looked like a man that has been skinned all over. It's very lifelike too. You dont want it in ur home thats for sure.

After that, we tried to catch a movie, We went to Eastgardens, but we missed the sessions, then we went to Broadway, missed it again, then Newtown (nothing good playing there at the moment) and back to Broadway hahaha, it was kinda insane:P
We watched Couples Retreat starring, among others, Vince Vaughn and Jason Bateman. I Luv the movie. It's about these 4 couples whose going to these resort island for holiday and couples bonding. I think its quite funny and the resort that they're staying at looks amazing (apparently it's in Bora Bora). It makes me wanna go on holiday again!! I give it 3 and a half out of 5 stars.
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Delon is my dog back in Jkt, He passed away today:( Even though I don't go back home that often, I still feel really upset and sad about it. He was a great dog, really protective and had been through a lot. He was bitten by this massive dog a couple of years ago and almost died. He got lots of stitches around his neck as a result of that. It was a miracle he can survive that but not ticks? ARGHHH!!! makes me angry!! He wasn't that old either, around 7 years old, we named him after the first Indonesian Idol runner-up... I was looking forward to seeing him in 2 months, but obviously I won't now :( ...Rest in peace my dear dog.

I don't know what pic to take for today, so I just took this pic of my monchichi collection. I used to/still am a bit obssesed about monchichi. It's a japanese monkey character, and I find it really cute and adorable. The big one is from Josh (after I give him a not so subtle hint about it), the smaller size ones are from Glen:)
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Tomorrow is Heather's last day at Disney. To farewell her, we all went for lunch at Encasa, and had this huge cupcake with ice cream and marshmallows in the office. All the best with the new job H! We’re all going to miss you! :-)

After work, Adam and I went to the advanced screening of The Final Destination 3D at George St cinemas, courtesy of Kelly. Thanks kel!:) This is the 4th installment of the Final Destination movie. The 3D gimmick is good, but I think the movie itself is actually worse than the 3rd one. Even though it’s in 3D, it looks like it’s cheaply made, and obviously, there’s no storyline whatsoever in the movie. It's not even half as good as the original. Great looking cast with mediocre acting talents. :P. I gave it two and a half out of five stars.
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This is the building across from my place. It looks like a haunted house str8 from a horror movie. It used to be the famous Rolling Stone magazine office but since they moved to my office building in Civic tower the building is up for sale. It's actually been up for sale for almost a year now I think...

Had dinner with Darren tonight at the Vietnamese restaurant in World Square, then I thought I could just walk home but it was too frickin windy and cold and it also started drizzling a bit so I decided to take the train home. So much for my exercise :P
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... and Karen, and Tash, and Fi, and Kylie hahaha. Karen finally brought baby Phoebe to the office today, but before that we went for Yum Cha at East Ocean Restaurant. Its one of my fave Yum Cha places in the city, but today the service was really slow. The food trolley never came past us so we have to order the food ourselves!
Anyway, baby Phoebs is really cute, she looked exactly like her dad, and she's soo quiet. She slept most of the time but when she's awake, she always make these cute thinking/frowning face hahaha. Luv it:)

Random song of the day courtesy of my iTunes playlists: "Nasty Girl" - Nitty
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I caught the train to Blacktown today.... Now that was an interesting experience :P. I have never been to the area before and I don't think I will make a habit of it haha. On the plus side, Blacktown train station is quite big and modern. It's got a MacD and EasyWay. Why can't Redfern get it's own EasyWay shop? Anyway, Adam picked me up there and we went to Parklea market.
This was my second time at the market. I went there years ago and it seemed liked nothing has changed. I think I can get most of the stuff that they sell there from Paddy's, which is closer to where I live.

After that, we went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner. Man, I ate like a starving pig!! I was so full by the time we finished. I ate baby back ribs, onions blossoms, dessert platters... biggest loser, here I come:P

Song of the day: "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" - Whitney Houston
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Joel and I went to the Australian Idol live taping today at Fox studio. We got there a bit too early as I overestimated the time it took to get there and find decent parking :P When we got to the queuing area, lots of people were already there dressed up in pink because tonight the contestants were singing Pink's songs.

It was fun, albeit long!! We were so hungry by the time the show finished, that we went to get something to eat at the Bavarian beer cafe restaurant - about 5 mins walk away from the studio. Again, we overestimated the amount of food we thought we could eat and ordered way too much hahaha. The sampler platter was amazing and I think if it's only 2 ppl eating, you can just order 1 serve. My beer was yummy too, it was peached flavoured :) deff will go to eat there again next time.

We then decided to go out for a bit to Oxford st - since it's nearby. The timing of us leaving Fox studio couldn't have been any worse. Parklife music festival just finished nearby so everyone's was trying to get out of the area... the heavy rain didn't help either. It took us more than an 1 hr to get out of there and find a park on Oxford st. Overall it's was a really fun night, tiring but I had a really good time:)
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I went to see Avenue Q today with Adam at the Theatre Royal in Kent St. It's a musical about the lives of people and monsters who live in this fictional street called Avenue Q. It's kind of a spoof of Sesame Street. The show itself was funny, raunchy (definitely not for kids) and all the actors were very talented. I was going to see the show back in 2006 when I was in New York, but we couldn't get cheap tickets, so I finally see it in Sydney 3 years later! Highly recommended btw, 4 out of 5:)

After that, we went to see Funny People in the cinema. It's a Judd Apatow movie, starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen (who's obviously losing lots of weights for his upcoming role in Green Hornet) and Leslie Mann. The movie is about this movie star who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and so he starts getting in touch with people from his past and trying to make new friends to get over his feeling of loneliness. Its an alright movie, with lots of cameos from famous people, such as Eminem and Ray Romano, but with 2 and half hours running time, I found the movie way too long and lacking in parts that were funny. You could tell a lot of the audience were feeling a bit bored and restless. I give it 2 and a half out of 5.

We had dinner at Delima after the movie. It's an Indonesian Restaurant in Dixon st. Great food there btw. Been there couple of times already:)
Moving on to the next subject hahaha, what the hell is going on with the weather in Sydney??! Raining and windy non-stop since yesterday and this afternoon too. Hopefully it'll get better by tomorrow.
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It's pizza day today at work. Well that and cleaning day. All the teams on our level compete on who has got the cleanest area and who can get rid of all the junk from the fridge. We also got tons of snacks and booze for the whole floor. The whole fridge is now filled with alcohol- beers, vodka, wines, you name it and it's there! I drank 2 breezer and had 9 slices of pizza. Yea, fatty me alrite:P

I also went to the travel agent and paid for my plane ticket today. Since it's a cheap deal ticket, the date can't be changed. So now everything is paid and confirmed! Yay!! Am so excited, I haven't been home in 2 yrs!!:)
Saw a guy trying to climb the place across the street from my place while I was at the balcony checking the weather. His 2 other friends were waiting on the street. I think they're trying to break into the house, since it looked dark and empty. My flatmate was trying to call the police when they skipped and left. I didn't have time to grab my cam to take a pic of it. Just another day in Redfern I suppose:P
Happy long weekend btw everyone!! The weather gonna be sucky though, so don't forget to carry a brolly:P
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Today was the fairies shoot day. Woke up really early so I could get to the office before 9 and take all the clothes and props to the location in Randwick. Thank gawd for Red bulls!

We did the shoot in a really AMAZING house. Huge garden, pools and the house itself was just sooooo gorgeous. I wish I could stay there forever hahaha. Our model Jayda and Bella are besties in real life. They're so opposite to each other. Bella is more out there, hyper and a princessy personality while Jayda is the shy, quiet one. That's Bella with Haddady in the pic. She might look angelic, but trust me, in real life she's a handful. There were a couple of times during the shoot when the two girls had their moments and really tested our patience but I think, despite the tears and tantrums, we got lots of amazing shots from them.

This is Alana, our photographer (she's amazing btw, really good and patient with the girls) trying to direct the girls to do dancing and twirling for the camera, with Bec blowing bubbles in the background. I will post the final layout when it's finished so you guys can see the end result.
Can't wait for Friday tmrw. I so need the long weekend after today's shoot :P
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