Well not quite. It’s been a fun week thinking about the primary school I attended, viz., Stafford Heights State School is celebrating 60 years of teaching primary school students this year. A reunion event is planned for September. Facebook is being used to share the love and information. It’s been really interesting seeing a lot of old photographs from school including sporting team photos and others. I’ve been added to a Facebook Messenger group for people who attended from 1971 to 1977. It’s been a lot of fun catching up with some people who I have not seen or spoken with for around 40 years.
I wrote a couple of pages of memories which got a few people chatting. One of the things I mentioned was the first girl I kissed and girls I had a crush on at school. Then there were my memories of playing hockey, cricket and rugby league. It’s not surprising as we all get older than some of us have a few medical complaints ranging from bad knees and shoulders, deafness and sight problems.
Stafford Heights State School PhotographsStafford Heights State School PhotographsStafford Heights State School Photographs
Snapchat
A friend at work revealed she’s on snapchat and she likes surreptitiously snapping butt cracks (aka coin slots) at shopping centres. We’ve become friends on snapchat so it’ll be interesting. If you want to connect on snapchat my user name is garydlum
Food
It’s been a ‘bad’ week in food. I’ve really overindulged in chocolate and junk food.
Charity ChocolateSweet and sour prawns with noodlesFried egg on Brioche raisin toastFried egg with quinoa rice and vegetablesCheesy baked chicken Maryland on sweet potato and brioche raisin toast with potato gems and vegetablesBaked cheesy chicken Maryland on a bed of crispy noodles with chilli chives and avocadoItalian meatball sub from Urban Bean Espresso BarPan fried salmon fillet with diced avocado, chilli, spring onions and chives in a maple syrup dressingGiant coffeePearl couscous with a fried eggLeftover KFC chilli quinoa congee in brioche raisin toasted sandwichSurf and turf slowly cooked oyster blade steak with prawns and crunchy quinoa rice and vegetablesPotato pie
On Friday night I wanted something quick and simple. I even made a video.
Socks
A friend dared me to wear mismatched socks and see if anyone notices. No one did.
Star Trek socks
Lake Ginninderra
Saturday was cool but not cold and the air was still. The local wildlife was out and about.
Lake GinninderraSea Gull on Lake GinninderraPelican on Lake Ginninderra
Public art in the Woden wind tunnel
I really like the Canberra public art. It complements the street art nicely.
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It’s been a good week. A busy week but a good week. Yesterday an election was held to determine the Australian government. Unlike the previous election when the conservative coalition (Liberal Party and National Party) won convincingly, we still do not know which party will govern and who our Prime Minister will be. Under our ‘caretaker’ conventions, a new government, the 45th government, will not be sworn in until the result is clear. Counting will resume on Tuesday so we will continue to wait. Last week I mentioned how I voted early to avoid crowds and queues. I had thought I may attend a polling venue or two to check out the sausage sizzles and cake stalls. It was interesting to read on Twitter how many people went for a #democracysausage Twitter was pretty cool in that when #ausvotes was used a little character of a sausage on a piece of white bread would appear in the tweet.
Yesterday a Facebook friend and I were discussing VLOGging so I had a go. I’m sorry about the volume changing midway. I’m not sure if I’ll do more, but it was pretty easy. My only problem is that the upload speeds I get with Telstra ADSL is pretty slow and it takes hours to upload a short video to YouTube.
Gary Lum mullet
Friday was a funny day (funny in a good way). I turned up to work (Fridays are my clinical duties day, I’m an Honorary Visiting Medical Officer in ACT Pathology at The Canberra Hospital) and noticed my laboratory coat was hooked over three hooks. I thought that was a little unusual. I continued to my work area and then I saw an old photograph from my Facebook profile on a whiteboard. It’s an old photograph that had been altered by a former work colleague in 2010. A mullet had been added and my head was put on another person’s neck. It looks pretty funny. As I continued I found copies in all sorts of unusual places, behind doors, on doors, in draws, under keyboards, on staplers, and you guessed it behind my laboratory coat. It’s nice to be considered by my work mates as someone worthy of having fun.
I don’t have a heap of food photographs from this week. I was a little unwell early in the week and didn’t feel like eating much or photographing my food.
Toasted pulled pork with cheese on raisin breadSalmon and avocadoWoden wind tunnel subzero morningCheesy potato gems with caramelised onions and spring onionsToasted slowly cooked oyster blade steak with cheese and a pearGood morning Woden wind tunnel subzero morning My ears hurtChicken Maryland with the last of the leftover pulled pork and avocado plus chilli, spring onions and caramelised onionsKFC with vegetablesLake Ginninderra on Saturday 2 July 2016 Google Nik Collection HDRLake Ginninderra on Saturday 2 July 2016 Google Nik CollectionPelican on Lake Ginninderra on Saturday 2 July 2016 Google Nik Collection filtersCold leftover KFCCrispy fried ramen noodles with garlic prawns, chilli and caramelised onionFrost around Lake GinninderraToilet block on Lake Ginninderra. What happens if I need the dunny. I have IBS.Frozen leaves on Lake GinninderraFog on Lake GinninderraFrozen faeces on Lake GinninderraReflections on Lake GinninderraMisty morning on Lake Ginninderra revealing colours of the lake.Lake Ginninderra Sunday 3 July 2016Smashed avocado on pumpkin seed roll with black pepper and lime chips and balsamic vinegarKFC chilli quinoa congeeFluff and Nutella treat
I hope you had a good week and enjoyed some fine food.
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It feels like it has been a long week. Last week and the week before were relatively short in the sense I was travelling for work.
It was also a big week in other respects. I attended a dinner to farewell a very senior colleague and the same night the mighty Queensland XXXX Maroons defeated the New South Wales cockroaches in the second game of this years State of Origin series. Given Queensland won the first game this means another series victory for the Maroons and this time on home soil at Lang Park. It was hard not to wear a smile on my face for days. I’m still smiling.
I’m very grateful to my friends and family who kept me updated via text messages throughout the evening.
I also voted yesterday. The election is next week but I thought I’d get it over a week early to avoid the crowds and queues. The only thing I missed out on was a sausage sizzle and cake stall. I enjoy voting. I take my time and ensure I mark every box, I don’t just mark the easy options along party lines.
Sunday dinner. Slowly cooked lamb and pork congee with onion, red quinoa, white quinoa, arborio rice, chilli and sugar snap peasMonday Lunch. Slowly cooked lamb and pork congee with onion, red quinoa, white quinoa, and arborio riceMonday dinner. Baked maple syrup salmon with vegetablesWoden wind tunnel on Tuesday morningTuesday lunch. Brioche raisin toast with slowly cooked lamb and cheeseAt work for a 6 am teleconference so I’m eating a double decker brioche raisin toast fluffernutterCelebratory Thursday afternoon tea. Coffee cheesecake from Urban Bean Espresso BarCoffee cheesecake from Urban Bean Espresso BarThursday dinner. Still happy. Chicken Maryland with sweet potato and avocadoFriday lunch. Roast beef with potato and sweet potatoFriday dinner. Baked Chicken Maryland with vegetables and quinoa riceSaturday viewing. Lavalantula
Made by the Sharknado people and starring the Police Academy actors.
Saturday morning. Fried eggsSaturday dinner. Pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw and caramelised onionCaramelised onionLake Ginninderra#lakeginninderra #belconnen #canberra #cbr with some extra saturation Google Nik CollectionI voted on Saturday. A week early to avoid the crowds and queues next week. Belconnen Community CentreSunday breakfast. Smashed avocado on raisin toastReady to walk on a –5 °C morning.Frost on Lake GinninderraFrost on Lake GinninderraLake GinninderraLake GinninderraHot chocolate made with Fluff in a LMG mugLake GinninderraLake GinninderraLake Ginninderra bubbles at John Knight Memorial ParkSunday dinner. Slowly cooked boubon barbecue oyster blade steak with pearl couscous, chickpeas and vegetables
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Greg hated it. I thought I’d make my own pulled pork roll using some Coles pulled pork. What could be easier? I also bought a soft bread roll, some caramelised onion and coleslaw to go on my roll.
Pulled pork from Coles
The roll was pretty easy to make. I toasted the bread roll and then layered on the coleslaw, pork and caramelised onion.
The whole thing was delicious. The roll wasn’t sweet like the KFC one and pork was tasty and tender. I liked the caramelised onion too.
Pulled pork sandwich with coleslaw and caramelised onion
It was pretty delicious.
Lake Ginninderra
In other news the weather cleared after a week of rain and cloud so I walked around Lake Ginninderra.
These photographs have been edited with the help of the Google Nik Collection.
If you like pulled pork I suggest not buying a fast food version. Even buying ready made pulled pork is better than that.
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Fluffernutter
So a couple of weeks ago I wrote about what I called the Australian fluffernutter sammich. I mentioned how I got the idea from Jennifer who is the creator of Little Monster Girl. Jennifer is so kind and generous that she sent me some German Fluff. Well it’s American Fluff but it was imported into Germany. Check out the container, the writing is in German.
Marshmallow Fluff from Germany courtesy of Jennifer
So tonight I made a fluffernutter sandwich in more or less the traditional sense. I didn’t have any white sandwich bread so I used some brioche raisin bread.
Fluffernutter on brioche raisin bread
Combining German Fluff with peanut paste is fantastic.
I’m sorry the photograph is a little fluffy lol
The German Fluff fluffernutter sandwich tasted delicious and constituted a great dessert tonight. If I did have some white sandwich bread I reckon it would taste just as good. I wonder what it would be like if I toasted it or pan fried it in some butter. I may also add some nutella too
Thank you Jennifer so much. I will be having more fluffernutter sandwiches this winter and I reckon the German Fluff will go well in hot chocolate.
Lunch, afternoon tea and dinner
In other news I enjoyed some salmon and wasabi for lunch and then some blue cheese and pâté for afternoon tea.
Sinus clearing Wasabi salmon and avocado on Ritz crackers with chilli flakes and aioliBlue cheese and pâté on Ritz crackersCheesy beef sausages and crispy quinoa rice with chilli vegetables
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra on a gloomy Saturday using Google Nik Classic Camera filter
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