AntBlog701: December 2007 Archives

December 31, 2007

finally I paid off the camera

Finally, I paid off the Sony Cyber-shot DSC H9 I bought in Bundaberg. My Canon PowerShop S50 was damaged in Maryborough, and how could I survive the rest of the trip without a camera....
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December 28, 2007

the joy of window shopping

On Boxing Day (26th December 2007), it was the usual yearly Boxing Day Sale. I dragged Laurent to city for some bargain hunting. This year in Sydney, only City opens on Boxing Day, other major suburbs opens on 27th....
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December 27, 2007

The Headless Witch in the Woods

Bones is on Channel 7 at 8.30 pm. Tonight on Bones (Season 2 episode 10, The Headless Witch in the Woods) Brennan and Booth are called in to identify the remains of a body found deep in the woods....
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December 26, 2007

my first homemade milkshake

As mentioned yesterday, Laurent gave me a shake maker. Since 2001, I started drinking thickshakes, especial Wendy's supa-shakes. There's a difference between milkshake and thickshake: the portion of milk to ice cream, otherwise, they are the same. The recipe of...
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December 25, 2007

Merry Christmas

This is what happened just an hour past midnight today (25th December 2007). Laurent and I are worse than kids, I will admit that. We went to bed few minutes before midnight, and got up at 0.05 (5 minutes past...
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December 24, 2007

Christmas tree

I don't usually decorate Christmas trees, but Laurent insists me to do so. Laurent decorated his with gold this year, I re-arranged it slightly. I wasn't going to put the Christmas tree at all, but decided to set up one...
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December 23, 2007

two more sleeps until Christmas

According to last night's 7News, Australia's largest department store chain - Myer do 20% of their entire year's sales during Christmas. Popular sales for adults are Polo shirts and perfumes, iPods are bringing in a million dollars a day for...
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December 20, 2007

Aliens in a Spaceship

Only 5 days until Christmas, and tonight is the last Thursday late shopping night before Christmas. If you are not going out tonight, Bones is on Channel 7 at 8.30 pm. Tonight on Bones (Season 2 episode 9, Aliens...
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December 19, 2007

bloody cheap water spray bottle

I bought a water spray bottle (sprayer) from Coles yesterday, and it broken after 10 minutes. From the photo above, you can see the the head is not joined to the rim (the red ring on top of the bottle....
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December 18, 2007

my hard earned FlyBuys award

Yesterday, I received the award I redeemed from my FlyBuys points. A digital kitchen scale. I've always wanted a digital kitchen scale, although I don't cook much (except during Laurent's Cooking Class), I just somehow want one. The FlyBuys points...
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December 17, 2007

L.D.S.K. - Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds is on tonight, a repeat episode from season 1 as we are in off-rating season now. L.D.S.K. was first aired on Channel 7 on 21st August 2006. It starts at 8.30pm on Channel 7 tonight, followed by...
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December 15, 2007

my first decorated cake

For the last 8 weeks, I've been taking the cake decorating class in Laurent's Cooking School. Finally, there's the result: It was not that fantastic actually, but it was my first cake that I decorated it myself. The cake itself...
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December 14, 2007

George W Bush is not going to be happy

I don' think US President George W Bush is going to be happy with this. (Click QuickTime Player screenshot above to watch the short video clip) Al Gore, Apple Inc.'s Board of Director and former US Vice-President said following when...
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December 13, 2007

The Woman in the Sand, Bones

Only 12 days until Christmas, and tonight is Thursday late shopping night. If you are not going out tonight, Bones is on Channel 7 at 8.30 pm. Tonight on Bones (Season 2 episode 8, The Woman in the Sand)...
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Dan Baker is out, Callea breaks up

According to The Advertiser, former Home and Away actor Tim Campbell (played Dan Baker in Home and Away) is out. 2004 Australian Idol runner up Anthony Callea who was outed in March recently broke up with his partner and...
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December 12, 2007

soft box light tent

Just a quick post to mention about a new toy I bought, a soft box light tent for photography. Lighting is pretty the most important part of photography beside knowing the basics and how to control the camera. (To Don:...
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December 11, 2007

an Australian Muslim school taught religious education 43% of the time

Muslim Ladies College of Australia school in Perth was found spending less than 50% of the time teaching English and Math, instead they spend 43% of the time teaching religious education. 43% of the time on religious study may...
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December 10, 2007

Broken Mirror, Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds is still on tonight, not new series, but a repeat episode from season 1. Plain Sight was first aired on Channel 7 on 21st August 2006. It starts at 8.30pm on Channel 7 tonight, followed by Grey's...
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December 9, 2007

The Week It Was, 9 December 2007

Here's the regular The Week It Was. As usual, the clip is available in the usual H.264 format. Why do I use H.264 format? See this QuickTime codec comparison page and judge yourself. (Click the screenshot above to watch the...
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December 8, 2007

AirPort Extreme Base Station

I took the advantage of last Friday's Apple Store (Online) sale and bought an AirPort Extreme Base Station (Gigabit Ethernet). Apple announced the new AirPort Extreme Base Station with 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless during MWSF 07 (Mac World San Fransisco...
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December 7, 2007

High School Musical 2 free on iTunes

This week's iTunes Store (Australia) features Gotta Go My Own Way from High School Musical 2 soundtrack. I haven't watched High School Musical 2 myself. It was on Channel Seven last Saturday. I recorded it with the handy EyeTV...
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December 6, 2007

Bones is back tonight

It has been 8 months. Sadly, Bones is not a top rating show here in Australia, and Channel Seven is airing it during off-rating season. Tonight on Bones (Season 2 episode 7, The Girl with the Curl) Brennan and...
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December 4, 2007

there are times when two Internet connections are useful

Some of you may recall that we have two separate internet connections to the house. Laurent has ADSL2 internet connection from TPG, and I have ADSL2 from iiNet. Both connections are to the same house, we have two wireless networks...
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December 3, 2007

Plain Sight, Criminal Minds again

Criminal Minds is still on tonight, not new series, but a repeat episode from season 1. Plain Sight was first aired on Channel 7 on 14th August 2006. It starts at 8.30pm on Channel 7 tonight, followed by Grey's...
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December 2, 2007

The Week It Was, 2 December 2007

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AntBlog701 - December 2007 Archive