Eleventyone　⑪❶：

「Julius Meinl am Graben」
Graben 19, 1010
(U1, U3 - Stephansplatz)
1-532-3334
meinlamgraben.at

Monday - Friday
08:00-19:30
Saturday
09:00-18:00

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facebook.com/tsai.my

Yes, I'm finally on motherfuckin' Facebook.

Kaylene (whom I met at ANZBYC; she was in my group) was urging me persistently to get one; and a nudge from Huei finally drove me to sign up for another damn social networking website (Rest in peace, Bebo).

So, add me!

... or I'll find you!

「New Yorker Steak House」
148 Victoria St, Christchurch
03-377-1748
newyorker.co.nz

Monday - Sunday
17:00-Late

The family and I chose to dine here tonight because: [1] It was listed in the Entertainment Book; with 25% discount, [2] We felt like steak, simple.

This was our second visit to the restaurant, but the photos are actually from previous before (I didn't bring the camera along tonight). Anyway, technicality aside, the steak at this place are actually pretty damn good! Probably one of the best in Christchurch, I'd say. That said, it is also the most expensive. Their steaks start from $35.00, and their specialities can go as high as $45.00. I doubt we'd normally come here if it wasn't for the discount, haha.

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↑ The 'outfit' I wore to Lisa's flat warming party; the theme was "school or medical". Hardly an outfit, I know :p


My download speed on µTorrent was all fine and dandy, until last night when our Internet suddenly disconnected. Now the network traffic is limited, and the port is no longer being forwarded. I've turned off both Norton and Windows Firewall, but the same error is still occuring. I didn't change any of my preferences from before, so I have no clue why the download speed suddenly slowed down.

To be honest, I don't even fully understand 'port forwarding'. I just know I need to open it so others can connect to me. I tried reading guides online, but they're so frickin' long I just gave up half way. Now my season five of CSI is stuck at 89.4%. I'm not a happy camper >:[

/ramble


Anyway, Huei Yin is here tomorrow! :] Needless to say, I'm super pumped! I'm dying to do some serious catching up (and alcohol consumption).

[click to enlarge!]






The egg-shaped twins, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, are created through motion-capture technology and played by Matt Lucas.

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Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter

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I am actually in New Zealand already. I arrived back last Tuesday evening, but so far all I have been doing is resting at home trying my best not to die. I caught a horrible flu as soon as I came back, and I freaked the shit out because I thought I was infected with the swine flu (H1N1) from another passenger on the plane or something. Luckily after a couple of days of rest and plenty of antibiotics, I am now feeling much better. False alarm, phew!

This hasn't been the only scare for me recently. Last week I had my first experience of sleep paralysis; though in Chinese culture, this is most commonly regarded as 〝鬼壓身〞 (pinyin: guǐ yā shēn) or 〝鬼壓床〞 (pinyin: guǐ yā chuáng), which literally translate into "ghost pressing on body" or "ghost pressing on bed".

I had dozed off to sleep, only to be woken up about half an hour later when I felt the mattress sink, like someone or something had climbed onto the bed. Before I had time to decide whether or not I should open my eyes to check, I heard a low chuckle coming from beside me. I freakin' panicked and tried to reach my arm out to turn on my bedside lamp, but I found myself unable to move an inch. My body was asleep, dead. I wanted to scream for help, but my lips couldn't move either. When I tried to scream for a second time, I was able to let out a small, pathetic groan; and my body finally woke up.

I've never felt so nervous in my life before.

After I was able to move again, I bolted up and went to turn on all the lights in my room. I actually Google'd 'sleep paralysis' and read up on it to convince myself that it wasn't what I thought it was. I know there is a perfectly logical scientific explanation for what had happened, but I have always believed in ghosts and I was already aware of this ghost-pressing-on-body belief in Chinese culture.

Anyway, luckily this experience hasn't had the chance to reoccur itself (which I am deeply grateful for). After this happened I had trouble falling asleep the first couple of nights, but the paranoia is gone now. Sleep is always good; sleep means no zombie!Amy. Yay!

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The Viennese City Park (Wiener Stadtpark) extends from the Parkring in the First District of Vienna up to the Heumarkt (a street, literally translated as hay market) in the Third District and is visited both by tourists and by native Viennese. Stadtpark is the park with the largest number of monuments and sculptures in Vienna.



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