Changed da house,
Changed da look.
BTW, my bathrobe's usually pink
and we don't have a fireplace.
Other than that,
it's pretty accurate...
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Changed da house,
Changed da look.
BTW, my bathrobe's usually pink
and we don't have a fireplace.
Other than that,
it's pretty accurate...
Psst...click the words above to navigate.
Best viewed, unfortunately, in Internet Explorer.
"Wah lau."
To celebrate our first month together, I was toying with either whipping up a meal of Lemon Grass and Lime Fish Parcels, or Seasoned Cold Soba Noodles with Smoked Salmon. Got the list of ingredients down for both, and went out to get the goods. Came back and realised that instead of getting coriander, I had gotten a bunch of green basil leaves. And yes, I can tell them apart.
I have never liked coriander. I only sprinkle them on my noodles to make them look like the old Myojo Mee ads, but I don't like the taste of them. By that same token, too much basil tastes like licorice - something neither Tony nor I can stomach. I dunno what I was thinking really, but somehow when reading the recipe, I must've imagined the pictures to include basil and because they smelled so good in my head, I went and got them. Crap.
Off to a roaring start.
"So... your alleged husband works for the Department of Defence, eh? Can't say they're the most transparent organisation."
"Oh yeah? Well, Defence may have its problems, but at least they're not the department that locks up refugees on a desert for 3 years!"
As you can tell, we're hoping for the best, expecting the worst.
Because after we've downloaded the most updated forms in August last year (they were updated July 2004), they've gone and UPDATED THEM AGAIN IN NOVEMBER. Why they didn't get it right the first time, I dunno.
And of course, being a tad bit TOO organised, we've gone and filled up the forms waaaay ahead of time. And now we have to fill them up again.
Except this time, the forms have exploded on their behinds because they've ADDED MORE PAGES. Yes, from a 22 page document, I now have to fill in 4 more pages, PLUS the previous 22 all over again. And that's just 1 form, okay?
As if that doesn't take up enough of my Sims 2 time, I've just finished the final touches of Our Case for a Spousal Visa - particularly, evidence of a Genuine and Continuing Relationship. As I've been telling some people who have bothered to ask, providing evidence of a Genuine and Continuing Relationship is as protracted and contrived an exercise as trying to prove you love your mother - and document that on paper.
I blame this stupid system of paranoia on the Department of Immigration under Howard's Xenophobic Regime... but most of all, I blame every single lying, cheating couple out there who have sullied the name of genuine cases such as ourselves, by endeavouring to screw the system over so they can get permanent residence, wait 2 years - and laugh all the way to the divorce courts/bank, whichever.
Meanwhile, our interview with Immigration commences tomorrow. Here's a 1.5 inch-thick compilation of email correspondence, submitted as Appendix 5A of Evidence of Genuine and Continuing Relationship. *WHUMP*
Here's Book 2. *FFFWHUMP*
Singaporean Chick embarking on
Adventure of Lifetime with
Cute Aussie Bloke.
Crazy turn of events officiated
18th December 2004.
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~ Accomplishments So Far ~Still Married After 13 months
Attained Driver's License!
Manual one, too!
On my first try!
Found a Real Job
BOUGHT A HOUSE
Bought a coffee table
Climbed part of Mt Kosciusko
Chilled with Mum
Organised a house warming party
Good health
Good friends
Renewed relationship with God
"A house is a machine for living." -- Buckminster Fuller, designer/architect/inventor
Check out back entries,
predating the emergence of Mrs Velle