The Cube

Please God - if you can't make me thin, make my friends fat. *just joking* I can almost imagine my friends throwing things at me for that one liner if I don't specify that I really am just joking. >.<" Side note: Cupcakes and lemon curd recipe as per link. ...

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Mount Cook - my favourite stop in our South Island trip. Mountain. Glacier. Serene. Breathtaking... and ignore that car. New Zealand's highest mountain - Mount Cook is my favourite stop in our little trip to South Island. It stands at 3,754 metres, together with other 27 other mountains making up the famous Southern...

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In my earlier post, I mentioned that Lake Tekapo is the second largest of three roughly parallel lakes running north-south. Lake Pukaki is the largest. The last is Ohau. This lake, likewise Lake Tekapo has a distinctive blue colour, thanks the glacial feed from particles from glaciers. It was quite a sight, the...

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X-Men: Days of Future Past was premiered last Friday in Melbourne Central. I heard some of the casts made an appearance but all we saw was this. Grin. Side note: I wish the weekend is longer! ...

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Baa! Ok - I lied, this is not in Lake Tekapo, but it was taken on the way to Lake Tekapo. There isn't much else that we do in Lake Tekapo, the only other 'activity' was soaking in Tekapo Springs Hot Pools. We have initially planned to have a nice soak in the...

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The water is suppose to be in turquoise in colour! Lake Tekapo is located in the heart of the Mackenzie District in Canterbury. This lake is made famous for its spectacular turquoise colour due to finely ground rock in the glacial melted waters.   The photos I took doesn't look turquoise - I...

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There's a whole lot of smiley faces in the city today, especially along the Yarra River on my running route. Mm.. it might have been awhile but I haven't gone for running for a while. I blame it on rainy Melbourne days :P Side note: Hamster ball is an awesome thing! ...

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Our two days in Lake Tekapo was unfortunately pouring like no tomorrow, and I have realised that my only photo of this boutique accommodation is taken out from a car, of course - rainy day. Our reservation at Parkbrae Estate was for Garden Tower, for 3 adults and 1 child. I didn't read...

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Peacock fountain I have been warned that Christchurch would be really quiet, even more so on a public holidays. As we were scheduled to touch down late on Christmas eve, we carried some dried foodstuff as precautionary, also niece would want some snacks and all. We anticipated a quiet town with most shops...

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