Exploring Fremantle

Very hard to get a beautiful sunny day during winter, could not bear to waste it so grab a few gal frens and went exploring Fremantle.

Fremantle Railway station

Went to the smaller market of Fremantle where they sell a lot of beautiful antiques and cheap souvernirs. There was a several special shops such as a shop selling medieval clothes, looks like those clothes seen in the tv series of merlin.

Medieval designs; designed and made in Fremantle

And how about this one? These clothes are very simple, it is a white t shirt with designs of bodies with bikini, tuxedo, hula skirts, etc. Very cute... There is even a sample picture of ppl who worn this before.

Sample picture of how to wear it

It looks very special... lol.. can save time for those who wants to flaunt a beautiful body yet have no time and energy to work out. It does look kinda real. How much for this? AUD55 le... much cheaper than constant consumption of diet pills or gym membership. Probably would need that after our constant food testing for that day. Walking around Fremantle market, tasted swedish chocolate rolls, we also had potato swirl with BBQ sauce, Fremantle popular hot dog and crepe. We also bought fudge and cough cake to taste. Cough cake is a round white disc which is very very hard, initially tot it would b brittle and sweet; something that might trigger a cough (hence the name: cough cake). Didn't realise it is really a cough cake, something to suck on for cough. It taste like kiss me or hacks. yucks... lol...

potato swirl with BBQ and hotdog

Fremantle famous french pancakes

Honey almond banana crepe

But we ate so much that when it came time to go back home, was so full. The view as the sun slowly sets over Fremantle and cottlesloe was beautiful and perfect to end the day. I think for next trip, plan to use our smart rider to the fullest. Plan to go to each stop along the train line... should be quite an explore... lol..

Beautiful view from train

Catalano's italian restaurant

Tonight, as suggested by Dianne Smith, we went to an Italian place called Catalano's. I read the review before the trip and it was all superb. Can it be too good to be true? Reasonably priced? Big portion? Nice service? That is just too good, it is slightly suspicious...

We went there about 45 minutes earlier thinking that it would take some time to find the place. It is situated in albany highway, vic park, btw. But it turns out 342 bus takes us right outside the restaurant. It was quite a large restaurant and chicly decorated, i don't think i would normally go in there as I would presume the price to be quite expensive. And once you go in, all eyes are on you as we quickly discover we are like the only asians here? omg... But there was one customer who answered our questioning eyes with 'This place is the best'. The waitresses are really nice... Since previous reviews mentioned that they have large portion size, we decided to share. That way, we get to taste more varieties of food. And you'd better reserve your seatings as well as arrive earlier to avoid the dinner crowd coz it can get really really crowded... and noisy. We practically had to kinda half shout to hear each other over a table that accommodates 6 ppl.

Catalano's Italian restaurant

For appetizer, we had cajun scallops. It is basically crumbed fresh scallops with a sauce which taste like mayo with slight lemon juice and chili. One bite into my scallops and I am in LOVE. omg... the scallops tastes so sweeeeett... and freeesh... and the crumbs on the outside forms a nice cocoon to encase these sweetness...

Cajun Scallops

For mains, we ordered Salmone fettucine, lasagne, cannelloni and veal scallopini. The veal scallopini is quite nice, I like the fries coz they made it themselves. Unlike those frozen fries, there is a different taste to it... it is simply nicer and less oily.

Veal scallopini

Salmone Fettucine is also nice... the cream mixed with the taste and smell of smoke salmon does not leave a fishy aftertaste. Eat that with a glass of Chardonnay white wine and it actually brings out a different flavour all together. Yummy... yummy...

Salmone fettucine

Aaaa... lasagne... Garfield's favourite food in the comic strip. This is nicely made, I heard once in masterchef sessions that a nicely made lasagne is not burnt; each layer is well cooked and when u cut into it, there is distinct layering... well, this is it! Nicely done... But it does look kinda like the cannelloni... lol...

lasagne

Cannelloni

For dessert, had bailey's cheesecake. According to the waitress recommendation (we asked for their recommendations a lot during placing orders coz we r spoilt for choices), we had bailey's cheesecake with cream and ice cream. The combination is wonderful. Although it is a cheesecake, it is not too sweet and the flavour of Baileys blend nicely with the cream, ice cream and slight dessicated coconut in the cake. It was a nice ending to a dinner.

Bailey's cheese cake with cream and vanilla ice cream

This place is really worth the trip, but I won't recommend it as a place for romantic candlelit dinner kinda theme. Preferably go as a group, so you can out-shout the other groups, lol... it can get really really noisy in there.

Senior first aid training

Ooo... Was so nervous for the Senior first aid training which is conducted as a 16 hours course spread out over two days. The part i was MOST nervous about is the mouth to mouth resuscitation. I was terrible at that. The instructor keep telling me to blow, blow BLOW! Apparently, most of the time I wasn't able to inflate the mannequin's chest. The instructor is a lady who is kinda impatient, had a bit of bad preparation and slightly biased from the Royal life saving. At least it is obvious that she is biased to the gals. She likes to say 'good gal' after each lessons to us 3 gals (amongst the 18 participants). lol... So kinda had an advantage.

Managed to learn how to do those bandages which is handy to learn and some tips that i haven't learnt about. But being in the class and having to watch those videos of rescue... omg... those bones and bloods totally freaks me out. All the time, trying to keep my food in my stomach where it belongs.

A classroom of Chaos...

Being bandaged like chinese dumpling...

Looking forward to mummification...

Argh!!!

This course has been renewed 3 years ago and some of the life saving techniques that i have come to learn from Malaysia just doesn't apply here. I wonder if Malaysia has updated their first aid techniques. Like the airway blockage and how to clear it, and the DRABCD. We also did the scenario planning where we either pretend to be the rescuer or the victims. It was fun yet kinda panicking for the rescuer coz the instructor will always go 'quick quick quick, the victim is dying' or something like that. lol...

JOggIng tOday...

Today, suddenly got so hardworking... decided to go jogging with Li sha and her housemate (who late bail out, but anyway...). Perhaps it is the extra weight i am now carrying (lol...) or the nice weather, but i wore my thickest pants and sweater and we headed to Skate park to jog. But as lucky as we can GET, it suddenly rained. Just like few steps into my jog and it rained~! So we had to run to shelter.

the faint, faint rainbow

Luckily, although rain is frequent during winter, it is also brief. So we manage to continue with our much needed jog. lol... Although didn't get much jog as the crisp cold air hitting the lungs can seriously hurt, manage to enjoy the scenery.

Looks like sakura, except it is red in colour

A row of red 'sakuras' in the evening view

Sad sad news

Today the news that one of my friend has broken up their relationship has been confirmed. Although seeing it in fb doesn't seem to make it real at the moment, I have always thought perhaps it was a moment of anger/quarrel/squabble, anything but the real deal. He said he could find someone better, she said she is relieved. Generally, I am sad for them. Love isn't finding the best or the most perfect person in the world; it isn't about matching the perfect two human beings. Love is the feeling that bonds two imperfect humans that they could overlook the imperfections. It is the bond that is shared between two individuals that cannot be simply severed. And just because of something small, (it is not like one of them is cheating or doing drugs or abusive), they decided to find someone better? Finding someone better? when will you ever be satisfied if you have such a feeling? That is one of the reason for the many hit and run marriages in Hollywood. If I don't have a stable bf, I would wonder whether true love really exist or not.