OMG!!! After years of dealing with the Australian immigration, we have now been granted Permanent Resident (“Permie”) status!!! It has taken nearly 8 months since we applied for it and after 3 different visas prior to this and thousands of dollars later, we have the right and privilege to come and go freely from this [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Permies!!
Posted in Australia, Ex-pat Experiences, Miscellaneous/Quirky, tagged Australian Permanent Residence, immigration, Permies on August 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Omnivore’s Hundred
Posted in Food Quiz, Miscellaneous/Quirky, tagged andrew wheeler, Food Quiz, meme, omnivore's hundred on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Omnivore’s Hundred Here’s a chance for a little interactivity for all the bloggers out there. Below is a list of 100 things that Andrew Wheeler, co-contributor of Very Good Taste blog in the UK thinks that every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange [...]
Fabulous Duck Eggs
Posted in Eggs, tagged custard, duck eggs, free range eggs, poached eggs, sriracha on August 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Walking around at my usual Sunday market, I passed by a stall that sells fresh duck. I wasn’t in the mood to buy duck that day but I saw a little unassuming sign that said, “DUCK EGGS, $5″. My heart skipped a beat but I didn’t grab the chance to buy it. We walked back [...]
My Garden Friends II
Posted in Australia, Birds, Ex-pat Experiences, Garden, Miscellaneous/Quirky, Non-Food, tagged Adelaide Rosella, Crimson Rosella, Garden, Possums, Ring-tailed Possums, Rosellas, Yellow Rosella on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One day, I’ll take a picture of a Ring-tailed Possum. There is a whole colony that lives around here and they let us know it by leaving lovely droppings all over the place – on our fence and near the plants. I just sweep them up and throw them in my plants as fertilizer. These [...]
