Hehehe…

One of the fun stuff you can do at ABBAWORLD!

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Its always really nice to have an outing all planned out for you and have all the planning stress taken out. It helps too when you have a bunch of like-minded people going along. It’s also a bonus when the outing is culture enhancing type activities. It’s super awesome when your whole family can enjoy.

KAPOW! You’ve just been hit with the BEST possible outing idea ever!! Hahaha. OK, I exaggerate alittle. The kids seemed bored at times but heck, they wouldn’t be kids otherwise… AND… I have come to realise that I’m not very cultured especially when it comes to art. OK, fine… I’m not too cultured either when it comes to music but I KNOW who ABBA is… but that’s thank so the movie Mamamia.

First we got to take the kids to an ART MUSEUM. How exciting (I thought)! Since my time in Australia I have to admit that I have never stepped into an art gallery so I was really excited about this. Missy A was excited because we were heading into the city which is always an adventure, and Missy C was excited because I gave her half a packet of Tiny Teddies to eat in the car ride up. WHEE!

We didn’t do the guided tour, which I would recommend if you want to learn more about Rupert himself and his paintings by hearing someone’s interpretation of his life. We were too early so we had to go do all the readings ourselves…which only lasted say… the first paintings. I TRIED. I really did. I tried to look at the paintings, and appreciate it but in the first room, I felt really somber and quiet and just felt like if I oooh and ahhhed, I’d get shhhhed. AGAIN… another uncomfortable “proper” moment that I just couldn’t sit still at.

Being an example to Missy A, I tried so so HARDto engage her into the paintings.It started with… Asking her how she felt, what she thought, and why, and the colours, the story behind the painting… and the rest was bla bla bla to me her. So they we went on a shallower path. OK, which one do you like? Which one is your favourite and why. Then it got worse Um, do you like what she’s wearing. and worse oooh look at the frame, would that look nice in our house with a mirror in it?

So yes, I tried.

Luckily as we stepped out there was an arts and crafts table where the kids could make their own postcards. I made mine and posted my thank yous to Nuffnang.

I received a Get well soon postcard form Missy A.

After a bite of lunch… it was off to ABBAWORLD!

YOU HAVE GOT TO GO SEE THIS. But before… I suggest that you first make a BET. Make a bet with whoever you go with that at the end of the interactive rollercoaster, the person with the most score buys dinner or whatever to your liking. BECAUSE… there was lots of cools things to do like

Karaoke…

Disco balls…dancing…

Quizes and even a stage show… Of yourself. Hehehe.. I got a video of this… and perhaps I might show it… if I was drunk… or someone highjacks my Mac and they upload it as an evil plot to embarrass me.

Then if you hadn’t had enough of ABBA, check out their costumes …

UP CLOSE!

Hmm.. I am now so super duperly inspired to Bedazzle up my polyester shower curtain and turn it into an ABBA outfit! Seriously… all that bling is from all the lycra and polyester that they were so super popular for. AWESOME! Hmm though such white see-through pants would be scary without any sheen for the bright lights to reflect off come to think about it. Wouldn’t quite have the same awesome Xfactor without them…

From the early early beginnings… you get that one bit closer to really knowing ABBA intimately.

What did I learn? A Eurovision WIN was the pinnacle point in ABBA’s career! See… so there’s nothing wrong with watching Eurovision! It ROCKS!

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“Woof woof woof woof grr woof woof woooof!”

“It’s Yellow Dog Day” on Friday!” (Note: Oscar bit off the corner of my doggy letter…)

I had a dog when I was really little and we adopted him from the shelter. His name was Spot. How original huh? He was a  Jack Russell and was a super duper ball of energy. Not only did his little legs shoot off like rockets when he was off the leash, but his butt was like a machine gun farting machine! Seriously. He was like bubble wrap, everytime you’d squeeze him alittle, he’d pop out a fart. POP! Eww, but so cute! And he was one crazy crazy happy fun loving dog! He certainly took after me on the craziness!

OK, please don’t call any asylum. I am A OK! lol…

So go now, what are you waiting for…

http://pedigreeadoptiondrive.com.au

and BE A FAN of the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive Facebook fan page and they will donate a bowl of doggie food. I have!

During my Singapore trip, for the Nuffnang Awards, I got to indulge in a massage as well as a Fish Spa. “SAY WHAT? You say??”. No, it is not a spa for fish, but really its a spa WITH fish! After reading Kenny Sia’s review AGES and AGES ago, I’ve been wanting to try. EKKkk… all the excitement and scariness all at the same time…. “What if I get like fungus growth from someone else who dipped their grotty feet in before I did?”

Apparently, its all good because of some UV treatment they do with the filter that is used and the water is supposedly treated daily… ladida. My feet are fine now, so I guess, it’s not as scary in that way.

I was smiling and excited in the beginning and well, in the first 3 minutes… I was crying. It really felt WEIRD. BUT…After the initial start and getting the idea that these were little fishies chewing away at your dead cells out of my head, it actually felt relaxing like a … bubble bath. So good that Dave and I went back for seconds.

Oh, if only they eat hairs too! EAT away!! hehehe. I thought that it might be cool if we had like a mini tank of these fishies at our house so what in the evening when Dave got back from work, we could relax and ‘feed’ our fish friends while we watched tv or something. But then… what if we were watching a movie, and by the end of the movie, we pull out our legs and all we’re left with are two little stumps. eehhh…..

ANYWAY, here’s a little peek as to how SUPER SKM really is. She’s got balls of FABULOUS steel, unlike Krupps… who squeeled like a little girl who’s DS had been taken away from. Love Love!

Ok, so Monday. During the day we did heaps of shopping. Singapore is known for its good food and awesome shopping. So SHOP I must. “Dave, I HAVE to shop, otherwise, I wouldn’t be truely experiencing UNIQUELY Singapore!” *wink*

I”ll post up my shopping loot in another post because as you have read the Title of this post, its all about the PAAARRTAAAY. Monday night is a sleepy night for Australia, but Singapore being such a hub for tourism, EVERY night is a party night, and THAT night was no disappointment. Actually, I didn’t really meet any real locals other than the bartenders Rain and Diet and ofcoarse the club Bouncer!

CLUB TIP 1: Be nice to the bouncer because first, you want to get in without any troubles, and make sure your friends are also taken care of AND also at the end of the night, INCASE you are off your face, they may not eject you but instead they may help take care of you, like get you free bottles of water i.e if your friends all ditch you. (THANK YOU HowyD for getting me water!)

My up-side down pic from the hotel lobby at the START of the night.

And the night kicked off again at Clinic. Ok, I’ll be honest. The night started IN the hotel room… by about 4 shots and a beer. *wink*

CLUB TIP 2: If you’re a tight ass like us and you are traveling by cab to your club destination, why start the night only when you arrive. Make sure however that the first drink you order at the club is WATER… You’ll last longer. THIS I learned the hard way… from this night.

Somehow, after Clinic, I stumbled into this bar/club. There was a stage and someone performing, and at the time this photo was taken… I wasn’t quite listening, other than some bird in my ear saying “HEY, you should dance on stage!” This in fact was naughty naughty ChocolateSuZe taking advantage of my alcovulnerability. Luckily it only sounded 80% tempting. Otherwise I may have acted on that prompt… and then… GAME OVER.

So the night went on from there. I paid for one round of drinks, and then the rest… um I’m not too sure (I’m absolutely terrified to receive the credit card bill)

CLUB TIP 3: NEVER bring your credit card. At most, withdraw money that is within your limit, and if you’ve spent it, that’s it… then atleast you know how much you’ve spent … or lost…

CLUB TIP 4: GET TO KNOW YOUR BAR TENDERS! Make it out as though you’re best of buddies and that you guys go WAYYY back. If you have cleavage. GOod for you, but for those like me… um.. use your… charm?? hahaha… I dunno. For me, i just smile lots and the first round you buy, make sure you buy the bartender a drink too, and whisper to them… “I’m really sorry if I get annoying, but can you make a promise??” IF they say, “Uh… ok… yeh sure… what?” Then you flash them a smile… and say ” You have to promise that you’ll take care of me and my friends tonight k?”. THEN make them pinky promise. (Pinky Promises are NEVER broken).Then you should be set for the night. *wink* WINK to them alot, to remind them of your little secret, and well, if your face fails pucker your lips, place your finger over your lips and go “sssshhhhhh”.

Don’t be sluuty about it though. NOT GOOD. Be happy fun, and bubbly about it. They’ll understand it, without expecting any sexual favours after. MUAHAHAHA… Helen… you AAALLLMOOST disappeared from this pic! But no. I GOT ya! Much love.

Those guys up the back are from Ireland. (I think) I think they were like the Hamish and Andy of Ireland. Or something.

CLUB TIP 5: Don’t make any SERIOUS talk. Otherwise you may just disclose info that you didn’t intend to. Stick to lalalalala shallow crap. Its safer. FOR me… I just talk. I have nothing to hide, so no topic to me is off limits whether I am drunk or not. I’m open to whatever and if you have to ask me anything, my answer would be the same drunk or sober. What you see is what you get eh??

CLUB TIP 6: Make friends with EVERYONE. WHY be selective? Party with more the merrier. ALSO if you bump into people acidentally, be honestly sorry. Actually, be slightly OVERLY sorry. People can get numb at clubs and some take a BUMP as a threat, so if you knock em about clasp your hands together, raise the eyebrows, bow your head and apologise profusely…. then scoot. Next time, then maybe you can use it as an excuse to ‘talk’ to them. Like…” OMG, i’m so sorry for bumping into you before…  I hope you’re ok. You having fun??”  AND BE SINCERE about it. Actually, be sincere to everyone. Sincerity has a tendency to open up for being approachable, and well, that way, you can meet and make more friends.

URGH!

CLUB TIP 7: Be warned that if you mix and take pics of good looking people, you’ll be bad. hahaha… I must have been so bad that this poor girl had to help me hold up my arm to take this pic! hehehe… Thank you sexy lady!

CLUB TIP8??: ZOMG, how good looking are these fellas?? Wear a wedding ring so that people don’t misread your intentions. Some people find that there’s a fine line between flirting and being friendly. Either that of just blame the alcohol. Sorry… can’t help you there. I was once told by one of the rappers from a Melbourne hip hop group  (can’t remember their name) that I have friendly eyes… so THANK GOD for my friendly eyes, otherwise I think everyone would think that I’ve been coming on to them. Dudes, I’m just here to PPAARRTAY and have a good time, not here for a shag. That’s what my hubby is here for eh??

OK NEXT – Lastly…

CLUB TIP 9?: Make sure you partay with good friends around you. Because at the end of the day when you’re puking its the company you’re with is what counts. ALSO it is always handy to take pics so that if you forgot what you did you can remember thw night archive it in your memories.

Stay tuned for some Famous Blogger facts from Mr.Gadget, SKM, Michael, Suze, Helen, Howdy, Violet and more!

Love love!

MUAHAHAHA… ok so you’ve probably read many blogs on how the NNAwards went… and so here is my version. *wink*

You can definitely say that I was there to really party it up. Seriously, what mum wouldn’t when you’ve been shipped off for 5 days without your little totters chewing on your ankles and them gnawing on your ears asking ” I’m bored…What can I do now?”. I decided that I was really going to take this opportunity to kick up my feet, relax… and most of all… ENJOY.

Firstly, before I move on to the pics I have to warn you some of them were quite blurry… and well… as you read on, you’ll know why *wink* hehehe.

Ok, if you are intending to go interstate, or overseas by plane for a week, I suggest that you pack your car and park at LONG TERM parking at the Melbourne Airport. It only costs $69 for a week, but definitely check out their prices because it works out WAY cheaper than taking a cab there and back.

YES I took a photo so that we knew where we parked after our trip, just incase I killed all my brain cells partying too hard.

Thursday night we arrived. Thursday night, we ate. Frogs legs to be exact. Sorry not food pics. I was WAY to hungry that I just wanted to gobble up frog legs and ginger congee. Frogs legs are a bit like fish meets chicken.  (Hehehe… sorry I’m no food blogger)

We were nicely put up at Ritz Carlton Hotel (Thank you TIM and MING!), and after an ok sleep, morning came and we were on a hunt for Bak Kut Teh for breakfast… Chinese STYLE! YUMO!

Dave made an interesting observation. Asians LOVE meat off the bone, while other people like the chunky bits. MEAT OFF the bone for me thanks! Hmm… I so need to have some Bak Ku Teh now…

Liver and kidney… yummm…..

Then it was off to Mustafa for abit of retail therapy. This is a 24hr store that sold EVERYTHING. From food, to shoes, accessories, sunnies and ofcoarse…

…golden elephants.

Then it was back to the hotel for a little rest and to doll up for the BIG NUFFNANG AWARDS.

This is us having a drink at the hotel before we were nicely escorted by Ester; a  Singapore Nuffy.

Time to get jiggy with it and scoot.

All the formalities were kinda making me itchy. Seriously, I am too much of a monkey to sit still…

…as you can see…

Early pics with the Aussie Bloggers. Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi! If you were there on the night, you probably heard some crazy girl squeeling every time an Oz blog came up on the videos. That would be me. If you’ve seen a video stream of the night itself during the presso with the nominated bloggers, if you listen carefully… you’ll here a squeel… yes THAT WAS ME.

Now, you see as the night went on, I had more vodka shots. The more vodka shots… my vision was a little more like this…

Hotties!

That’s right… I even did it with the Malaysian bloggers, and Mr. Kruppy. I HEART you guys!

I got to sit on the VIP table with deary Auds, and being RIGHT in front of the stage, I reckon that Alan Wu was digging the crazy girl on the front table because everytime he said “Drum roll please…”, I felt like he eyeballed me like it was my cue to go nutters banging on my table!

WOOT WOOT… Alan, you need a co-host for Amazing Race!! Pick mE!

Um… a few more vodka shots…  but still standing here with the Aussie food bloggers…or atleast trying to take a picture of them anyway…

And lastly, the Entire Nuffnang Team.

This is just ONE part of many to come on the 2009 Nuffnang Awards. I really should head off to bed to prep up for more house moving tomz morning.

Love love, and check in again for the next post on how I managed to continue partying, rolled out of bed, schlepped the Uniquely Singapore Tour, and then party up more.

Also, I’ll have the “goss” interesting facts on the each of the Aussie Bloggers, in posts to come. Afterall, not only are they all super bloggers, but they are all human, and VERY REAL.

Quick one. Here’s a pic of me and my dress.

Ergh… why did I have to look preggers. In ALL the photos… sigh…

It’s supposed to be SPRING but today feels a little more like WINTER! ARGH! Anyway… to help lighten up the gloom and make it feeeeeeel more like Spring…

Nuffnang has teamed up with The Melbourne GPO and some of my favorite Fashion bloggers, to give you a chance to win a $500 shopping spree just in time for Spring Racing. (hmmm wonder if I will go get smashed this year…)

ANYWAY…The Melbourne GPO is hosting the ‘Fashions on the Field’ and a luncheon at Moonee Valley racecourse this year and giving you the chance to fancy up for the occasion. (ooooohhhh… pretty dressess… better NOT be too smushed…)

OK but even if your Spring Racing festivities are at home this year, you can still win your way to an outfit that will make your day. Nuffnang is giving away the opportunity to win a $500 Melbourne GPO shopping voucher and be hosted by one of three super stylish Melbourne Fashion Bloggers.

All you need to do is decide who you’d like to shop with and enter via their pages!

The lovely Lady Melbourne, the ever innovative Fashion Hayley, or the sleek and stylish Sea of Ghosts.

I’ve entered… and all you need to do to enter too…is:

1 – Take or create a picture your favourite Spring Racing look (it could be a photo of yourself or a look you’ve styled)

2 – After becoming a fan, submit the photo on the GPO Facebook Page with a comment naming the blogger they would like to spend the 2 hours with. Then, leave a comment on that bloggers site with your entry too.

3 – The best look will be judged by Nuffnang’s Fashion Blogging team, The Melbourne GPO style team and Nuffnang!

The winner will be getting their shopping shoes ready for the big day out at The Melbourne GPO on the Sunday 18th October!

Keep in contact with everything that is happening at Melbourne’s home of style, The Melbourne GPO.

• The GPO’s new website  - http://www.melbournesgpo.com/
• Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbournes-GPO/93863709932?ref=mf
• Twitter - http://twitter.com/Melbournes_gpo
• Their own blog - http://www.melbournesgpo.com/
• Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/photos/melbournes_gpo

What are you waiting for? Go forth and get styling! Competition ends on Tuesday 13th Oct with the WINNER announced on the 14th Oct!

Here’s what I put up from 2007! HAH!

I want to…

DANCE – learn to burn it up on the dance floor! With Dave ofcoarse… considering I can do that myself (lol) would be more fun sizzling it up together .

I want to…

PAPPARAZZI – Make use of the SLR bought by Dave… or at the very least learn to use it anyway.

I want to -

PAINT – Learn to unleash my inner Leonardo Dicaprio  Donatelo Raphael… MICHAELANGELO?

I want to …

COOK – Play masterchef with some mates

I want to…

PAMPER - Pretend I’m Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt for a couple of hours… minus the kids… and screaming fans…

I want to…

FLY – Feel weightless and be taken away by the winds

I want to..

CLOWN AROUND – Just have fun, and remind the family that life should be fun!

I want to… WIN!

Nuffnang Challenge 1000 is on, and I will need your help to WIN one of those experiences. Well, there are gazillions of experiences that I would be able to choose from Red Balloons but the above are a few that would be awesome.

Do you blog? Do you know anyone else who blogs? Sign up with Nuffnang and use me as a referral so that I will get the chance to win $500. You’ll get a happy snappy welcome pack too when you sign up so you win, I win. We all win!

Now… I have to go hunt down some bloggers. Lets grow the blogging community too so we can party it up!

Zack and Miri make a porno
Only at the Movies! February 19
http://www.zackandmirimakeaporno.com.au/stickpornogame/

Movies with this sort of title make me curious. No I’m no porno person, BUT Doesn’t it make you want to find out what this movie is about?? Hmm… probably not openly… but I did anyway. I YOUTUBED the trailer… and it looks really funny!

Its basically about two people strapped for cash who come up with an idea to make a porn… to make money. It looks like there’s a love story in there…. entangled… somewhere… (so something for the girlies too…)

ANYWAY, I know that crappy feeling of having no money, or that state of desperation when all you’re thinking about is… HOW or what could I do to make money. (STORY OF MY LIFE) …

Hmmm… table top dancing has once crossed my mind… then again, I have no boobs when reality struck…which would make me not a very good one.

Then there was the idea of of selling 2nd hand clothes… which is still viable BUT at that very moment, I was actually thinking of just taking the clothes from the clothing bins (the clothes that are NOT in the bins – because this is considered rubbish, and will fine up to $200) and reselling them… and then it appeared on current affairs that this was considered THEFT. Ekk… lucky it was a thought that only remained a thought. It then crossed my mind that these people are donating for charity… and I would be stealing from them. WRONG.

AND then… there was the ‘Herbs in a tin’. Dave and I thought about selling herbs in tins. I still think it is a great idea (SO DON’T STEAL IT)… only thing is… until NOW… I have not yet grown anything from a seed. Even Missy A has had better luck than I growing plants. I can take care of them once they’ve poped out from the seed… BUT no… NOTHING… (Remember that seedling project I did with Missy A?? … well… nothing has sprouted from it… )and I think that the seedling packet even had a GUARANTEE that it will grow… sigh… I did try.

ANYWAY, so yeh I’m going to watch this movie… hopefully… IT WILL NOT spring any inspiration but it will surely be a funny night out. THANKS TO NUFFNANG!