C.I.T.Y.

Another side of Brisbane

Well since I have come here to Brisbane, I have been in the midst of busy suburbian life, and city life....when my mum came over we visited some nature attractions, and forest reserves and all... but nothing less than a 2 hours drive away from home.But on Sunday, I got to experience nature in one of Brisbane's outskirt suburbs..only about a 45 minute drive from my place. The place my uncle,cousin and I went to was called Logan Village....the place was made up of mostly acreages..so the drive there on its own was nice...seeing nice big farm houses..with vast lands, some with crops..some with cows roaming around, even saw a cute little pony and horses.To see such scenic views and carefree animals roaming around just kilometres away from more developed suburbs and the city itself was cool.(like driving from Penang,Pulau Tikus area to balik pulau kind of thing). However our destination was a plot of land still untouched,very much in a jungle state. My uncle wanted to 'walk' the plot, and really get an idea what the plot he was soon going to develop looked like. Here are some snapshots from the little adventure we three had.........

The sky

Some sort of natural sculpture, formed on its own over time

White ant hill...the stick was already there, Cousin added the leaf

'flag'

Nice mushrooms

Ugly mushroom

Yup mushroom growing on top of dried cow dung!..according to what I know, they should be 'magic' mushrooms ....the narcotic, drug! yeeeewwwww......

PINK flower

ORANGE Flower




Beautiful, unique looking tree, one of the trees that cannot be chopped down and must be protected.



At the tip of the plot of land, the trees were not so dense, I thought it was going to be like that all the way, boring trees and thats all, boy was I wrong....

This may look like just grass, however it is actually the kangaroo's sleeping area, if you look closely enough, you can see parts where the tall grass has been pressed down and is brownish in colour.

The density increased as we went further in...............
Posing with the stick I used to poke around infront of me

before I took my steps, Didn't want to step on Mr.Long, or a cane toad

or any other creature.....(oh and kangaroo poo too)



We came into a clearing, I felt like being 5 again,sticking

my arms out like an aeroplane and running

around, of course I didn't because my uncle and cousin

would think I was nuts




Flower bushes surrounding the open area

Scratches from all the branches

saw hares, and cane toads too...but no pics...they ran too fast!.....have loads of other pics..like red/bull ants, termites and some other flowers and all...all in all it was a good work out that was fun!

My name?

lots of people who have asked in the past: What is your name?

Me: My name is Prasana.....

L:brasana...ppprasaanaa?? presena?

M:uhm, PRA-SA-NA

L:oh! PRA-SA-NA-...what a lovely name.....

M:hee hee.. Thank you!

L:What does it mean?

M:oh..I don't know!???????

I seriously have no clue what my neame means...I think my mum and dad just found it and went for it.. they needed a name which ryhmes along with my cousins and brothers names so voila....


Peter Praveen Wilson(cousin)
Paul Pradeep Wilson(cousin)
Patrcik Prasad William(brother)
Phillip Prakash William (brother)
Prasana Shalini William

all 4 of them have the initials P.P.W. except me......P.S.W.! whats with that lah! hahahaa....

I am the only one who didnt get a nice Christian/English name as my first name, all thanks to my dad. Its supposed to be Petra...but no!!..... he forgot to name me properly when the judge asked him....

Instead he goes tuan, itu sahaja Prasana Shalini a/p William...
My mum said she tried... nudging him going Petra..Petra...daddy don't forget Petra...but no daddy doesnt want to trouble the judge......

Itu sahaja tuan , nama anak angkat kami Prasana Shalini a/p william tuan....

Baik....he bla...bla...bla... then makamah bersurai! and with that goes my Petra!

But at least I am grateful when I did my IC dad didnt bother about if he was troubling the judge...he got rid of the a/p in my name...with my brothers it was done within seconds at the ic office.. but with me..as usual i make things more complicated..........muahahaha!!

Kita berkimpul di sini untuk mendengar kes bla...bla...bla... ibubapa dan anak angkat sila tampil ke depan....nama anak encik..

Prasana Shalini William tuan...

Baik....sila baca perjanjian ibubapa.... mum and dad read some long winded thingy...

Baik, dengan itu Prasana Shalini William adalah anak smth smth smth.......he confirms me as they rightful kid and all and then all the other kids and parents go up front then Makamah bersurai!

M.I.S.S.I.O.N.

*think of 007 James Bond music as you read on*

I'm on a MISSION !!!!!!!


A girl on a MISSION Am I !!!!!

Pancakes

I remember when I was back home, I used ot wake up on saturday mornings to the pleasent smell of melting butter, and to the sound of liquid sizziling away in a pan....yup! mum would be making pancakes for breakfast!

I suddenly missed pancakes and had to have them..so I called mum up, got the recepie, and made pancakes for brekkie today!

The Ingridients

All mixed up..the soon to be yummy pancakes

Voila! my first stack of pancakes

p.s. they are not the perfect thick circle ones(American) neither are they the round thin ones(crepes) they are somewhere in the middle, big like crepes,and slightly thicker than them. Mum made them that way coz I like crepes, but my bro's liked the thick ones. OK enough pancake history!

What's been cooking?

Well one of the things I have to do as Lady of the house is to cook. My uncle and aunt prepared the main dishes and stored them in the fridge for us,I just had to do the veggie. But for the week-end I need to cook the whole meal. ooo So much fun!! here is what I have done so far.....

Yesterday's Ingridients

The Outcome

Stir-fried beans in garlic with spam and eggs

Today's Ingridients

Today's Outcome

Sambal(chili paste-ish thingy) beans and carrots

Whats up? Christmas Hols!

Well I am the lady of the house from today till Tuesday evening. My aunt and uncle have gone of to NZ for a nice 6 nights 5 day fully paid for luxurious holiday! all courtesy of my two cousins, their sons. That was their gift for them in conjugtion with their 36th wedding anniversary and my uncle's birthday. Hope they have oodles and oodles of fun!! The card I made for them.P.s. my uncle requested their wedding be the same day as his b'day so that he will never forget their anniversary..hahaha good one! ( I call them Ma&Pa,coz its like a short form of the actual term in tamil, I couldnt pronounce the whole thing properly when I was little,but till today I call them that)

Now I am finally looking foward to the Christmas holidays, I wasn't at first because I would be having summer school, and have just 12 days of break! but now thats changed, because yeah I have summer school..but! I will have my family with me! Mum and Dad are coming! yup even Dad can come,and not just for 2 weeks,but he will be here for a good one month together with mum. Somehow he managed to plan out a schedule to finish up his current cases,and has arranged to pass on new ones to someone he will be hiring to take over for the duration. how cool!! excited like crazy, the last I saw him was 9 months ago at the airport.
The celebration will really kick off when my brother and cousin come down from Sydney and Perth and join us. So this Christmas My aunt's whole family, and mine will be all together here in Brissie..NICE!