Chadstone exploration

[untitled] – V’s Flickr, 29th Mar ‘07

Chadstone is quite famous as a fashion capital over here, and I thought I should take a look since I still had time to do so. That, and the fact that I had these digital print coupons, courtesy of the photography club. And surprise surprise, the photo outlet’s in Chadstone heh.

Good thing there was a bus direct from school, so it wasn’t that tough a trip. Figuring out where to alight was a bit of a problem though, since I hadn’t really checked which stop it was. So I was twiddling my fingers and hoping for a sign to appear.. and yeah a sign did appear. A very big one in fact, one that said “Chadstone Shopping Center” and a bloody arrow pointing to the left.

Ah.

First look of the place; very big Chadstone up in the air eh?

Typical me when I go to school; tee with a hoodie, pants and slippers thongs. And the hair’s too long for me to do anything about it, so it just flops around pretty much any way it pleases.

TMNT’s showing over here now, but I haven’t caught it. Still saving hard heh heh. Movies have always been a luxury for me, even back in Singapore. I could only afford to catch movies regularly last time thanks to the countless movie vouchers I bought ;p Everyone who’s watched a movie with me before can probably attest to that.

Random snap.

Random snaps.

I took my time walking around the place, but nah not much photos. It’s kinda boring to take pictures of bloody shops isn’t it? That, and that the shop owners might come after me screaming bloody murder and intrusion of privacy if I snapped their storefront ;p It wasn’t until nearly an hour later that I finally concluded the photo outlet was nowhere to be seen, and I checked with the information counter.

.. shit. The photo outlet wasn’t in Chadstone shopping center after all. Chadstone, yes. But I had to “walk a couple of blocks”, and it wasn’t within walking distance, according to the receptionist. Well, everyone had their own conception of walking distance, and mine was probably a notch abnormal, compared to people who’ve grown used to driving everywhere. So it was probably about a klick away and I reached the damn place, printed my photos and took my time sauntering back.

And the evening skies were really amazing, but my photographs don’t seem to do them justice.

I’m not sure why I took this picture, but it turned out to be one of the better ones hmm.

And when I finally staggered back to the bus stop, boy did I miss the bus or something? Half an hour’s wait, kewl. So I continued walking and made my way to the nearest train station; at least the train would be a quicker trip.

Waiting for the train.

If you’re wondering why I’m wearing a wristband (and I doubt you’ll actually be wondering about that), it’s because my watch strap broke and I haven’t had it fixed yet. The wristband’s just something to make my wrist feel less naked heh.

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In the long belated segment of our culinary adventures comes the next experiment: steamed egg!

A little too messy and unpresentable, but it didn’t taste too bad other than being a tad too salty.

Things that went into the bowl:

• two eggs
• a dash of soya sauce
• minced meat, stir-fried beforehand
• about a quarter cube of chicken stock
• 3-4 tablespoons of plain water

Stir everything up nicely, and steam until ready. When is it ready? Probably up to you, some people like watery stuff some like it harder. Just keep an eye on it and stop the fire when it looks fine.

We’re not really the adventurous type who try new foods all the time, because cooking takes a lot of time, and we’re quite in a rush on weekdays. So I usually do fried rice for dinner, and V prepares noodles when it’s her turn. And it’s more likely that these menu items appear whenever we need to pack dinner to school. It’s only on weekends that we try to do something better, but we’re still aiming for edible food rather than exotic (and probably-uneatable-cus-we-screwed-it-up) dishes.

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Addendum:

- V writes about her recent coffee course : )

Interesting advert done by a friend of mine : )

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Tags: Australia, Chadstone, cooking, Melbourne, Photography, Victoria

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