C and P'd a lot of this from Livejournal cause I'm tired like that ;D



Lately I have been having a rather tough time. I'm getting retrenched from my job along with my boss and best friend, my mother has been into hospital, and I'm very very very sick from all the stress... and sickness...

Oh, and World Skills, did I mention World Skills?

So, to celebrate my impending financial doom, my friends Ema and James and Lucy and Amanda and Adrian decided to give me my Christmas presents early, which ment taking me to see Avenue Q on Friday night, and A Night in Fantasia on Saturday night!

It was one of the best weekends I've had this year!

Avenue Q was one of the best shows I have ever seen! Of course I know quite a few of the songs, we all did, but that did not dampen the mood.

... The puppet sex.... -shudders- Everyone was laughing and screaming and covering their faces and it was so so FUNNY but terrifying xD;

Best night ever! I hope I can go again with =Picormdwe and =Azurice!

A Night In Fantasia was my first live concert with an orchestra and everything *o* I love orchestral music. There was music from Studio Ghibli and Gears of War, Death Note and Tsubasa Chronicles, the great score from Metal Gear Solid that was applauded by a group of entertaining fanboys over on the right hand side of the arena, and our favourites God Of War III and Prince of Persia!

Laputa, Castle in the Sky made me cry ;o;

It was such an enjoyable night! Although It would have been nice to hear less Western music and more Japanese, that's what we were there for!

I did manage to snag myself a CD, A Night in Fantasia 2005, which was packed full of Studio Ghibli music! Shame Lucy stole it from me before I got to listen to it xD I must get that back.



Argh! I keep getting distracted from writing up my World Skills Mis En Place! I'm almost finished, then I have to design my crown plaque. I'm off to weigh up all my ingredients tomorrow and pick up from final pieces of equipment, then on Wednesday o3o

Eeeek!

Basically, I have to make -

¾ Puff Pastry (500g Flour)
One Gateau Pithiver (225mm)
One base for Croquembouche (15-20cm)

Eight Eclairs (12cm long), filled with cream, topped with chocolate.
One Croquembouche (minimum 30 balls) filled with custard cream, finished with chocolate.

One Black Forest Cake (20cm) filled with black sour cherries, kirsch and cream.
One Plaque, made of RTR with Happy Birthday inscription, writing made of chocolate.
One Chocolate sponge left for judging, plain.

One Raspberry Cold Set Cheesecake, decorated with fresh fruits, and chocolate.

I SHALL take photos! My camera is in my tool box right now ready x3

I'm also bringing home the cheesecake and the eclairs ;D I'm letting Gill take the Black Forest cake~

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE EVERYONE WISH ME LUCK! I'm as ready as I'll ever be!!



Oh! Did I mention I met Ainsley Harriot? and got his new cookbook AND got it signed?



Bad photos are bad D:

But I'm a happy girl x3

<333~!

I haven't updated since my birthday D:

Things are rather bad lately, I become redundant in two weeks along with my boss and my best friend, so we all loose our jobs, my mother is going into hospital on Friday, other family members are sick, I'm participating in the World Skills competition in three weeks and I'm not feeling at all ready, and I just feel really really bad @__@

Please please please can I have some happy kind words? Or lets have a chat? o3o I need something to cheer me up and keep me going~

Guess who's birthday it was today~!



Alas, I'm sick as a dog xD;

Thank you to everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday! I love you all!

I am so very very happy~! My Belldandy costume is finally complete! With the exception of the shoes... I hope the ones that Ema found for me fit ;___;

Anyway! The wig looks fantastic :3 The costume is beautiful and flowwy, and all I need to find now is face paint for her facial markings.




... Yes, I am aware you can see the bathroom curtain xD

No Kyla, I am not going to use permenant marker on my face.

I shal definatly post pictures after Supanova next weekend! I can not wait! My first ever cosplay! I hope I do okay D:

Oh, I'm also making a costume for Ema, she is dressing up as the Companion Cube from Portal :3

... Yes, you heard correctly.

So, if you're at Supanova on Saturday and Sunday, and see a Belldandy walking around with a Companion Cube, then that's me~!

KJFWIE;OHNBOLJKBVWEOVJBWEVK!!! KARL UBRAN IS GOING TO BE AT SUPANOVA!!

-fangirls-

McCoy from Star Trek Reboot. I am very very excited. Dave Gibbons is going to be there too! He collaborated with Alan Moore to create The Watchmen.

Yes! Isn't it great!

One day of quarantine is enough for this cookie.

To admit, after having all the symptoms, ones I don't often get when I ever get the flu, I was insanly worried D: Especially if I gave it to Laurence, Merrin and their little boy Oliver.

I do not have little piggy shaped cells trotting around my blood *o*

It is also safe to move my stuffed piggy back into my room as well...

I knew you were eyeing me Mr. Pinklewuggy.