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MERRY CHRISTMAS

Not sure if you all know, but Christmas in Brisbane is boring as fuck. 

Almost everyone has left Brisbane 1 week before Christmas to places like Sydney, Perth, Melbourne...

We too were planning to spend Christmas in Sydney but it was too late when we're planning. No accommodation.

So we stayed in boring Brisbane instead.

The saddest thing is, there is NO WHERE you can possibly go because EVERYWHERE is closed!

*EVERYWHERE*! Except for Chinatown but I heard the shops there charge 15% surcharge. Daylight robbery.

I really want my family to fly over here to spend Christmas or New Year here with me.
But Dad said they're putting the budget aside for the house's renovation.
FYI, this is the 4th consecutive year I'm spending Christmas in another country.
2008: Bangkok, 2009: Hong Kong, 2010: Malaysia, 2011: Australia.
What about 2012??

So, with no where to go and not much to do, we slept-in. 

And after we had our beauty sleep and had lunch, we did this...

*GINGERBREAD TRAIN!*

I've always been wanting to buy 1 and try building it together with CJz. Cos I think its quite sweet.

Don't you think so?? :)

Inside the box is a tray, biscuits, 2 packets of read-made icing and the candies for decoration!

Step 1: Knead the icing to a soft texture (like toothpaste).

Step 2: Following the thick lines, break the biscuits apart.

I know my expression looks over-rated but its really a challenge ok! What is accidentally break wrong how!?? 

Step 3: Cut a small hole at the corner of the packet and trace the inner sides of the box.

Step 4: Using the icing, piece the biscuits together to form the structure of the train.

Know what? This is NOT easy at all. It was a HASSLE!

We keep facing problems in preventing the biscuits from toppling. They can't seem to stay still! Urggg! 

Step 5: Decorate with candies and more icings! :DDD

*teng teng teng teng...*

WE'RE FINISHED! :DDD

*choo choo~~*

I swear I'm NEVER gna do this again. It was such a disaster! Its so hard to keep the train standing strong.

And the icing, its so hard to control it!!! I did a small part and gave up. So I did the decorating instead hehehe.

In the evening, Mr Nelson, our Liaison Officer from QUT, came to pick us up for steamboat dinner at his friend's.

So happy I finally got to eat steamboat. Steamboat is like my favourite!

Also very happy because we get to spend Christmas night with a group of friendly Singapore friends.

Their house is super nice, clean, cosy, heart-warming... 

The steamboat is super nice please. Its not like what we usually eat for steamboat.

They use Miso soup as their base and the main food is fishballs, the tofu-thing, chicken and beef.

Omg don't get me started on the beef. I usually hate beef but when I tried this, I can't stop pinching!

The beef tastes SO sweet and tender and soft zomggg! I'm salivating again.

After the movie, we had champagne and watched DVD Overheard together.

The show seems so complicated throughout but at the end, everything started to make sense. Like puzzles.

Home, sweet home :)


P/S; Photo credits to Rina and Shalom!