miscellaneous post - Labour Day long weekend

It's been a hectic few days; lots of cooking, eating, gaming, and even some deep philosophical discussion thrown in for good measure.

We had a friend stay over during the weekend, so I decided to cook up some old favourites such as steamed fish, sweet and sour pork, garlic prawns, sichuan chicken, and mushroom and tofu soup for a friday feast. Stir-fried some fresh scallops on Saturday which came out quite nicely - but forgot to take a photo! Then to finish off, we made wontons on Monday. (post to come)

In between, we spent Sunday eating out. Mamak is a restaurant in the Sydney CBD which serves Malaysian cuisine. It was nice, although I didn't realise that Malaysian cuisine involved so much frying. The roti canai was probably the highlight of the meal, as it was simple, delicious, and cheap too!

At night we dined at AJ's, which is one of my favourite Indian restaurants - if a little pricey - and then followed that up with the movie "Up" in 3D. The movie is nice, but since it's a kiddie movie through and through, there isn't really much more to analyse or say about it. However I do feel like I have to point out that wearing 3D glasses over normal glasses is rather awkward.

One thing I really like about the aforementioned friend is that every so often we would have these d&m's about various things, and this visit was no exception. I'll leave the details for another post though. (post to come)

Upcoming is a ten-day trip to Melbourne, including this next weekend playing Magic, and so I also managed to spend a fair amount of time thinking about the game - although I mostly failed to actually get to any of the mini-tournaments. There's not much to write about except to comment that the sealed-deck type of tournament is now susceptible to very high variance, such that I feel vulnerable about my chances of making the cut to the second day this weekend, much less defend the Australasian Grand Prix title itself.

So, big tournament aside, I hope that the following week will be quite relaxing. Melbourne is a great city to visit and enjoy. The downside is that access to internet will be limited, and so the blog will be a bit quiet. I do have a lot on my mind though so I'll still try and keep posting while away. It's times like these I wish I had a laptop!