Kitchen is on the way.

We sanded back the painted roofing out on the deck, turns out it’s lovely timber underneath.

The small guest bathroom. It’s bright and a lot more spacious than the old bathroom. The mosaic wall had to be re-done as we were’nt happy with it, it’s looking much better now.

Shelf built into the wall to hold shampoo and stuff.

Sexy drain.

PS: Transformers was AOK. Heaps of action, but even more cheese (totally expected of-course). I really want to say that it was awesome, but cheese really hurts my tummy.

I did however get a gift for registering tickets online. Initially I thought it was just a crappy maglite style thing but turns out it’s a laser pointer which projects the autobot symbol onto surfaces. AWESOME!

1:1 scale Gundam in Odaiba, Tokyo:

I used to imagine a 1:1 scale gundam at the War Memorial in Canberra when I was a kid whilst carrying my toy Gundam, which I still have, it’s a heavy die-cast Gundam, shame he’s missing his hands:

In other robot news… Zi and I are off to see Transformers tonight. I almost cried in the last one during one of the action scenes. You know that shakey tremble you get in your chest? Yeah I got that feeling. I was just so… happy!

Monday again. Still in limbo with the house renovations, sleeping in a lot lately, pretty much in hibernation.

On Saturday Christina and I were invited to Toby and Belinda’s wedding (friends of Christina’s family). The MC turned out to be a guy off the JDMST forums, and Howie and Jane were there also, such a small world (I’m just glad I don’t go out there doing embarassing shit as I’d hate to be caught making a fool of myself all the time). The wedding was at a lovely little church, with a very long and traditional service, the reception was at a Chinese restaurant in the city, a traditional affair with lion dancing, Chinese costumes too (the bride got changed 4 times!).

Christina and I couldn’t help but take it all in as research, with a view to what we should and shouldn’t do at our own wedding. We think we’ve got some pretty awesome ideas :)

Christ the King church.

Little red riding hood.

Peppa.

My old SRV250

I’ve been well aware that I’ve gotten into a lot of the hobbies that my Dad was into (cars, aquariums) but one thing that’s freaking me out a little lately is getting back into things I was into as a kid. It’s got to be a sign of getting older and it almost feels like I’ve come full circle, or that I’m starting my life over again.

I was so into bicycles when I was a teenager and when I was in university I never ever wanted a car. I fought with Dad a lot before I finally bought my motorbike (Mum and Dad hated the idea of me riding one). I bought a Yamaha Virago, which was a chopper style bike, you couldn’t lean the thing into corners and I very quickly wore away the foot pegs doing so (sparks a plenty!). Sometimes on longer bends I ended up in the wrong lane because I simply couldn’t hold my line. I got rid of the bike (amazingly the guy who bought it off me crashed it on the way home on a long bend, he ended up in a fence!) and bought a Yamaha SRV250, lovely cafe racer style upright which had the same weak 250cc engine the Virago had, but that was plenty tough for me.

At the end of the day I got scared riding it, not so much because of crazy Sydney drivers, more because I did some silly things on it which I was lucky to get away with. I sold it for a car and the rest was history… or was it?

Getting back into bicycles, and building a bicycle with a motor on it, and hanging out with guys who are into motorbikes has made me want a motorbike again. I’ve already bought a few motorbike magazines and I’ve even been haunting bikesales.com.au. I’ve still got my riding license too… the only thing stopping me at this moment is a gorey image of a dead motorcyclist that Ash sent me yesterday (I would not have clicked the link if I knew what I was about to see).

Be careful, huh?

Great weekend, relaxed, great (cold) weather, lots of eating, no riding, but hey, it’s all good :)

I just finished designing the new winter brochure for the ACP. My sister Jamie and her husband Richie helped on this one. I know they say to avoid working with family, but I thought we made a pretty good team!

Rozelle Markets are fantastic if you love antique stuff.

Great views to be had at the end of Darling St. Balmain. I’m a bit envious of the people who live there.

Fry up at the Sydney Fish Markets. As much as I love fresh seafood, the way they season the goods just ruins it but I always go back for more (?!).

Dropped in to Deus on Sunday, gawked at their hot bikes and splurged out on a new Jacket.

Whilst I was there I picked up some old skool Moto grips for my deathtrap bike.

One of the highlights of the day was grabbing some fresh Chinese bakery buns from Eastwood. They were so good they had me making audible “Mmmmm’s” down the street.

Looks great. I’ve spent hours of my life on the Gran Turismo series (and most of the cash I’ve ever earnt, it’s the game that inspired me to buy and modify my GT-R!). I hope I stay away from it?!

Awesome photos from today’s flat track event by Matt Mead.

My bike started 1st go which was awesome :) I’ve got a serious fuel leak issue which I’ve just fixed now that I’m home, my drive chain stretched (or the tensioner gave way) which caused my chain to come off a few times, that kinda ended my night (not to mention I couldn’t see jack shit, it was getting dark!).

Last night Christina and I had our Engagement dinner (my mum’s side) at Bennelong (Sydney Opera House). The night was amazing, the moon was out, projections on the Opera House, great weather, people everywhere and the food and service was amazing.

The beautiful view from Mum’s balcony. Check the reflection of the moon on the ocean.

The Opera House. The changing projections were awesome!

Our table for 15 in the Opera House.

Our menu which we got to design (we got to choose the dishes!) and Christina created the logo of 2 bulls (we’re both Taurean) forming a heart, our initials are also in there (C & J). More detailed shot here.

Us.

Family.