Melbourne Zoo Trip

Recently a friend of mine Michelle, introduced me to her sister Monica, who came from Malaysia for holidays. We met at our weekly ping-pong session and she suggested to go to the zoo and since I haven't been there yet, I thought why not. So last weekend we arranged to meet up at Flinders Stations and took a train on the Upfield line and stopped at Royal Park. I was a bit nervous though cuz I don't usually fo that far without my hubs but it was pretty straightforward. You just need to cross the track and go towards 1 o'clock and you will see the entrance.

Right after we paid $30 each, we were given a map and it was time to explore the zoo. The first thing we saw was the Japanese garden.

It was well maintained but it wasn't too much of a big deal. I was only smitten but the paths, ponds, and stone lanterns. I think it would look prettier during spring time.

Now here comes the animals parts. I thought of posting pictures instead of me writing one by one of what I saw. 

Lemurs sun-baking to warm up their bellies. Or they could just be meditating.

Glowing pelicans just hanging out scratching their bodies with their long beaks. 

The highlight of our visit. A very cute kangaroo came out from its enclosure to greet us. Normally visitors would have to book and pay $25 to get up close with them.

The only non-sleeping wombat which get to entertain us by just being cute

Me in butterfly house. I wished my phone camera could have captured those butterflies flying on top of me. One butterfly actually landed on Monica. I would probably have to get a good dslr camera soon. 

Does my scarf blend with them? No?

It was unfortunate that I didn't get to snap decent photos of other wild animals especially the gorillas. One of them was sleeping under a tree, I only get to see its human-like feet. For food, Monica and I shared chips which cost about $6 and we brought our own drinks from home. If you are going there with a big family, I would advice you to bring your own. Wear comfortable shoes as you'll be doing a lot of walking.

To sum up the whole trip, Melbourne Zoo is a family friendly place, with a vast array of animals from all over the world. Plenty to see and do in a well layed out format. Exhibits are well planned making all animals easily visible even for little ones. The cages are made as close as can be to the animals habitat if they were living in the wild. I made a video of the whole trip and uploaded it to youtube. You can check it out here. Thanks for visiting and see you on the next post :)

Beef Bulgogi Yummy!

Hi everyone!!

Erk.. I was surprised when I logged into my blog and found out there were like 20 views! I haven't even told anyone I know yet that I have a blog.. Feel so strange.. and nice! Anyway, I thought of posting my cooking the other day, I know it might not be interesting but what the heck?

Tadaaa!! This photo doesn't do justice. It really taste as good as any Korean restaurant I've been. Heck, it taste exactly like in Bulgogi Brother's. And I just got to recommend this brand to you guys if you wanna try cook this at home.

I can't read Korean so I'm not sure what the company's name is but look out for this bottle if you're in asian groceries. All I do is marinade about 3 tablespoon of this sauce into the beef and add to sautéed onions. Super easy. Allrighty, that's all for now. Don't forget to visit me again :)

Daiso AUD$2.80 Cosmetics - Are They Worth It?

Going to Daiso is like going to Disneyland for me. I get very excited and can just stay in the store for few hours and look at each one of the items. They make solutions for any little problem that you can think of. Sometimes you end up buying things that you don't really need just because you think it doesn't hurt your pocket so much. You can find anything there from beauty, health, kitchenware, organizers, snacks, sports equipments and so forth. However, I do find that some items are great for the price and some are not. This includes cosmetics.

Recently, I purchased few eye shadow items to test out the quality and I was very surprised that some 

are quite pigmented. If you're getting the palettes, I recommend the four quad and below, as anything above will leave you with chalkiness and powdery eye shadows. 

Four Quad Eye Shadow Palette 

Dark Brown Cream Shadow Stick

Swatches

As you can see the colours came out very pigmented and shimmery. It doesn't show a huge sign of chalkiness which is really great for the price. These four harmonious "earth tone" colours are perfect for everyday look and it's not too glittery for those want to stay humble and down to earth. The swatches of the four quad palette look slightly paler than the cream stick shadow though but it is expected as the colour alone is worth AUD $2.80. Plus, it glides on easy onto your lid and quite waterproof. You can expect it to last throughout the day without creasing, flaking and fading.

Next is the 6 eye shadow palette (which I'm not really fond of)

Hmm. The photos can speak for themselves right? The only colour that I can accept is no 4 as I don't have it in my eye shadow collection. But look at the highlighter (no.1). It's unbelievably pale. I really wish I hadn't bought this, I'd rather spend it on another cream shadow stick.

My only complain is the stick can be a little bit fragile. Avoid dropping or throw them around when using it. If you're not careful it might end up looking like this..

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Sigh! But for $2.80, what do you expect?

Hope you find this useful. If you like this review, please comment below I would love to hear from you. Thanks! :)