ORDER OF SUSHI NOOBNESS

The other day I was asked a question which seemed a bit 'why would you ask that?!' because they knew I had bad eyesight. If you didnt know that then I guess just consider that for the scenario. 

I was in the car with Person A who knew I had bad eyesight. They pointed to a sign far in the distance (one of those black boards with orange digital writing about road blockages/expected traffic etc) and asked me to read it. And I found that because it was quite far away and that my contacts are a tad out of kilter, I couldn't read what it said properly. And then Person A asked me in a very condescending tone : 'but don't you have your contact lenses in?' 

So then I thought, 'why would you ask that?' You KNOW and even at times tease me about my eyesight so you understand that if I didn't have my contacts in, I wouldnt be able to read the fifty road directions on the street directory you just asked me to read. And then when I cant read a sign that is just under a kilometer away, you ASK me if I have them in?!! REALLY REALLY! Just because someone has their contacts in doesn't mean that they can fully read the text a mile away. You know, for someone with bad eyesight, having glasses/contacts doesnt always make every letter appear so damn crisp and shiny. I think I was just mad at the fact that they always tease me..sigh. 

Anyway, we had a fun maths lesson with Mr @lder on Thursday. He told us about how the Titanic didnt sink..or 'snap' the way it was portrayed in the movie. Also, it didnt obey any physical or mathematical laws haha. Very interesting. 

I have this sort of new love for half grilled smoky salmon. If any of you are regulars at sushi trains, you may have tried the 'grilled' salmon dish where they place a sliver? of salmon ontop of an oval of rice and they put a blow torch on it. OMG THE SMOKEY FLAVA with the shallots and onion and THE WASABI and THE GINGER and soya sauce ALL TOGETHER OISJDFOI MMMM. Do try it :) 

Alrighty, I must tell you of this, well how do I say it... 'Order of Sushi Noobness'. 

When you first go to a sushi train, you may say to yourself- what is all this rawness? Everything looks so funky! Dont even mention the fact that as you walked through the very doors, everyone frigging screamed something at you! Was it japanese, chinese, korean? And OMG everyone is staring at me! So I sit down and see the dishes go past me. Oh my theres a raw prawn!!...I swear it just blinked at me! Never mind that, I see a familiar face coming, it is none other than THE SIX TINY ROLLS IN A 3 BY 2 RECTANGLE WITH CUCUMBER IN THE MIDDLE! HAW HAW EASY PEASY JAPANESY! And then I finish that dish. OH maybe now I'll try EXACTLY THE SAME PLATE only with... SALMON IN THE MIDDLE HAWHAW RAW FISH! Lol, this is still the noob stage, clearly. 

The next stage, called nooblet, occurs when the diner wants opts for the dish consisting of 2 slices of raw plain salmon ontop of 2 ovals of rice, and for that extra bit of funk, theres a green shallot on the top. And maybe, they try the cute little egg ontop of again, ovals of rice. 

Stage three is called competent, where they enjoy the sushis with ROUND inside out rolls of rice with salmon, tuna, avocado and cucumber in the middle. If you choose chicken-teriyaki then you're back to nooblet. If you choose chicken-katsu then you're midway between nooblet and competent. Get real folks, eat the damn fish. Stop clinging onto the chicken. 

Stage four is known as, quite simply WASABI. Yep, you have started to complement the dishes with a mixture of soy sauce, ginger and wasabi. And you realise, HEY THIS STUFF IS LIKE A DEER TO A CAVEMAN. Solid progress my dear. 

Stage 5, also known as SASHIMI is when you have the audacity to talk to one of those waitresses for a PLATE OF SASHIMI. And you know why you like it? Because not only does it have the wonders of raw fish all on a plate, but it has a dollup of the finest wasabi right in the middle of the plate. Respect the salmon. But also respect the tuna. And the kingfish. 

Stage 6 is when you have the heart, and may I say the mind, to look at a prawn, with its aghast face staring right back at cha (remember the first time you walked in?) and actually tear it apart and consume the delights of its inner goodness. And then comes along the $7.50 gold plates with a massive shell clam thingo with scallop mornay. I think that's what you call it. This shiz is sacred people. Good on ya for eating it :)

I must say that I'm at stage 5- I love my sashimi and I think due to my incredible dislike for prawns and other seafoods in general, that I'm gonna stay on stage 5 for a long time. I must say that very rare beef is lovely but you need the shallots and sauces to accompany it. I am yet to develop a stage 7 and maybe 8 if that exists but that would involve me getting out of my stage 5. Where abouts are you on the sushi noob order? :D 

Friday Afternoon

This morning, I was feeling great, absolutely pumped for my speech. On the way to school, my dad said to me:

Dad: 'so you're just speeching today'

Me: 'yeah'

Dad: 'so it should be easy, you just copy it from book'

Me: 'WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT I NEVER COPIED ANYTHING. I FRICKING INTERVIEWED THIS PERSON AND WROTE MY SPEECH WHAT'

So yeah, I was pretty insulted by that. 

Anyway, I've probably mentioned this to a few people but after getting maths results this week, I realise how funnay Mr Alder is. When he was trying to emphasise the fact that (a X 0) isn't equal to 'a' he pressed pretty hard with his chalk, on the blackboard and the chalk broke LOL. And then I looked on the floor and saw all these small bits of white chalk and ROFLd. 

I dunno if ive ever mentioned this, but I really like interior design. When I was young, I always saw my dad painting walls and tiling and i realise that I'd love to be given a plain room and have the chance to just make it all awesome. I think this explains why, in my free time, I paint :) OH and speaking of painting, does anyone remember when they watched 'The Princess Diaries"(one) when Mia's mother was launching darts at a piece of canvas and the darts had to hit balloons filled with different colours of paint? OMG I REALLY WANT TO DO THAT. And I have to say that the end result isn't too bad, artistically. 

You thought I was done blogging...

You thought I was done with the whole choosing shampoo thing...
Im not.
Let me go on to body wash.

Ok for starters, I dont use a bar of soap, instead I use body wash. Firstly, does everyone own their own bar of soap? I have this thing against soap (ill refer to soap bars as soap for this). Is it not unhygienic to use soap on your body and then leave it there in the moist atmosphere of your shower, for it to collect a hoard of parasites and mould in between every day showers? Not to mention, other people may use that same soap bar for their body so their collection of bodily oils and whatnot has been scraped off their body and you've just lathered it all over yours as you use it? I hate soap. Its just not clean imo. And soap for washing your hands. Especially in public toilets (thank goodness for soap dispensers now)- but really, SO many people have touched that one soap bar after using the toilet- are you seriously gonna use that on your hands just to make it smell nice? BTW they dont even smell nice anyway haha.

Okay so I use body wash. First thing, I dont like the ones that smell of shea butter or that just smell too strong/sweet because it gives me a headache. Ones that smell citrus-y are delightful and I especially like pomegranate/grapefruit cos it's refreshing. Ones that smell like cherry are too strong for my liking. So when I shower you obviously have to put a reasonable amount on your hand, scrub/ whatever and then comes a problem. You get to your feet. You want your feet of almost all body parts to smell nice right? You use 2 hands to wash 1 foot ( as I do) but the soap is on one hand only so you have to use all that remains on that hand THEN go on to the other one. It may be a little less than required - so then you get onto the next foot and you find that you have to squeeze more out of the bottle to balance it out to make them smell just as nice. But WOOPS YOU"VE SQUEEZED TOO MUCH OUT. So what do you do (this is where you have to change technique).This is the perfect solution I swear. You use 1 hand to wash that foot with the same amount of soap as last time and with the rest, YOU WASH YOUR HANDS. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF WASHING YOUR HANDS IN THE SHOWER? HAWHAWHAWHAHW. Your hands don't srub themselves alone by having soap on them ya know!!! USE THAT EXTRA BIT AND WASH AND SCRUB YOUR HANDS AND MAKE SURE ALL THAT DIRT COMES OUT OF YOUR FINGERNAILS !! Wow I think I've just taught you how to wash your body... O.O

Food for thought:
a) Wouldn't it be cool if there was a lever arch folder that could be invented such that the metal harbor bridge thingos that you put the hole punched sheets on, WAS an actual hole puncher thingo? Like you could have 2 metal binder thingos but you could just somehow press something and it punches a hole and straight away adds it to the rest of your sheet pile? ATM I'm actually sick of hole punching so if i have a folder i press the two sides of the sheet onto the metal bits that stick out and thread it on so the holes look yuck but I'm lazy haha.

b) Why is it that for the iphone adds, the girl asks Siri 'do i need an umbrella? or whats the weather like today?' when she could JUST press the weather button and look at it herself? You know it takes time to asks Siri and for her to process what you've just said and in total it takes a lot more time ...

Rolling In the Deep

So I chose a few questions from quizzes that I enjoy answering :)
1. What do you think of yourself right now?
Atm, I'm quite confused about myself- on the inside, I know I am still the same person brought up believing the same morals and I think that I'm a nice person, though I've been told that I'm unapproachable and intimidating. Dunno if what's on the outside reflects what's on the inside but yeah LOL I swear I smile/laugh heaps!

2. What do you find most annoying about people?
1) I really really have a dislike for negative people- it's like they're trying to kill your faith in something you believe in and I'm sorry but that's just wrong. You ain't gonna get far with an attitude like that. Why can't you just be Bob for a second and build your way around shiz? HAW HAW.

2) People that can't act for themselves..sigh.

3. What makes you happy?
Generally when I'm around people! Talking laughing etc 8D

4. Do you believe that life is fair?
Hmm theres a saying that I posted ages ago about how life isn't fair for everyone, which actually makes it fair. I think things happen unfairly at the wrong time for people and for those who have benefited from that, they have injustices to them at other times. Generally, I think people need to appreciate the good things more dearly :) So in answering the question, yeah I think life is good and fair. The bad things that have happened to you will only make you a better person in my opinion.

5. Do you have any pre exam rituals/habits?
Yeah, you may have noticed that I always wear my multi coloured ribbon and tie my hair in a ponytail during exams and I wear my rosary haha. I don't skip breakfast and get a good nights sleep!

6. What's your view on tattoos and piercings?
Both are alright as long as they're not in excess. Piercings- for me I don't really like them ON the face cos I find it just gets in the way of a person's facial features and expressions.. haha I tend to get distracted by how they work. Ears is fine but I don't like the tragus one looks a bit fleshy to me and is that counted as the ear or the face? Tattoos- I don't mind pretty small tattoos but I don't like the full red green all them colours down one's arm or leg or back. Pretty unnattractive to me. I like the symbolic ones.

7. What are you inspired by?
OOh i love this question! My straight out answer: soldiers. I actually admire them. Sometimes, i see them on the trains I catch- or navy defence personnel- and I let them first on the train LOL respect there.