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    Once again I think the squeaky wheel is going to get the grease. Or the office, as it were in this case. *sigh* I’ll be in my corner.


    @knitness Sweet! I was thinking about it. What are you talking on?


    Can anybody recommend a nice fancy restaurant in Sydney open between Christmas and New Year’s? Or are they all closed?


    @AusVintageGrrl Yeah, a lot of them.


    Fibre Optic Santa stares into my soul. http://instagr.am/p/bcmK/


    @Opheli8 I’ve actually tried maple-bacon lollipops, just not caffeinated. Another life goal set.


    Got told I was “rockin’ the biker chick look today.” My first time ever for that particular compliment, but I’ll take it!


    @Lauren_lolly_ Game Center is awesome! I’m webgoddess if you want to friend me on there. ๐Ÿ™‚



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    Got told I was “rockin’ the biker chick look today.” My first time ever for that particular compliment, but I’ll take it!


    Just completed a 6.05 km run with RunKeeper – Warm day! 4x400m speed intervals w/ slow jog recovery. I’m soaked.



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    Fibre Optic Santa stares into my soul.

    Fibre Optic Santa stares into my soul.


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    The universe does not want me to play World of Warcraft. This is not necessarily a bad thing.


    @AusVintageGrrl Couldn’t get the damn game to load. Had to repair permissions, all kind of stuff. Finally got it working but it’s bedtime!


    Snook set the bread machine on timer last night. The smell of freshly baked bread actually woke me up this morning. Best wake-up ever!


    @Opheli8 The Summer of Mija comes to a halt before it even really started! ๐Ÿ™


    @AusVintageGrrl I just did a re-sync and it fixed itself. It was still there; just the front-end somehow got messed up.



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    Snook set the bread machine on timer last night. The smell of freshly baked bread actually woke me up this morning. Best wake-up ever!



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  • Bulgogi with Cucumber Kimchi

    Bulgogi with KimchiBulgogi with Cucumber Kimchi
    We had a surplus of cucumbers in the fridge from our last two veggie boxes, so I decided that some sort of pickles were in order. Once I settled on making cucumber kimchi, bulgogi suggested itself as a natural accompaniment. (Plus it’s my favorite Korean dish ever.) I cut up and salted the cucumbers on Sunday and left them overnight. Monday morning I added the rest of the ingredients. (Note: I didn’t have any Korean chili powder on hand, so I just used what I had. It tasted fine but it didn’t have that bright red colour.) I covered the bowl with cling film and left it on the counter for 24 hours. Monday night I sliced up a rump steak (which I’d frozen first to make it easier to slice thinly) and then put in the rest of the marinade ingredients. (I was out of sesame seeds so I left them out, but it’s better with them.) Tuesday night I fried up the beef really quickly and served it over rice with the kimchi on the side. It was really good!


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    Should’ve gone for that run after all. Stress is making my shoulder creep up towards my ears.


    I turned down pub lunch because of a meeting… which later got cancelled because people were at the pub lunch. FML.


    @redambition But that would destroy my sense of self-righteousness! ๐Ÿ˜›


    Just remembered I have homemade bulgogi and kimchi marinating in the fridge at home. KOREAN FEAST AHOY.


    My homemade bulgogi and cucumber kimchi. http://twitpic.com/3bkses. Will blog recipe tomorrow!


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