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i'm sick ok. and pathetic.

chai it!

Get it? eh eh?
i always thought chai tea was some namby pamby Californian sorta drink, much the same as sushi and pilates. But since i do pilates and eat sushi now i decided to try some chai (eh eh eh)
Good ol' Frankie came through with a relatively simple recipe, that even i, did not turn into a "lolfail".and it even comes with video instructions for those less literacy inclined (i.e me)

Ingredients
1 1/4 cinnamon sticks
6 cloves
6 black peppercorns (i did three)
6 green cardamons
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon fennel seeds

Preparation

Dry roast all the ingredients except the ginger for about 1-4 minutes. Then add the ginger and leave to cool. Grind down in a pestle & mortar or a coffee grinder. Keep in an airtight container for up to 6 months. Add ¼ teaspoon to flavour 2 cups of tea.

I added sugar to mine and used milk instead of water (cause I'm healthy like that) If you wanna make it extra yummy add cocoa powder. And more sugar.

Recipe from SBS Food, picture from Frankie

Wanna be a bit more fancy? Try this Cardamom Rose Water Milkshake

being sick sucks.

You are kwind of awesoemfaoirejfalsejkgsfnoualwjjefngjsthmxfdklwa

sometimes it's really annoying wearing a school uniform, especially when your global teacher says that you have to take off your mini tea cup and saucer earings. Gah akljfiovbshjeklsfjdva.
some pictures to get your mind off the depressing day that is wednesday.

blue hair eee

Yes! Just in case you'd forgotten!

I plan to cooridinate all my outfits around my blue hair, so i guess i'll be like this crazy blue hoarding blue bird. Yay BLUE! I saw someone in the paper today with blue hair, i was so proud to be joining the blue family soon. I am thinking ramona flowers/edna from Ghost World.
again EEEE. It's so funny when i tell people and their like.... Oh...that'll er..match your eyes. Hehehe. Awkard silence's are so fun...

i must get these!

Sorry about the tiny images. Especially in my last posts...

p.s All my love goes out to the victims of the Japan and Christchurch Earthquakes. I will making something special to raise money,  but more about that later.

you are amazeballs.

everyone is just too stupid. I can't not get Edna outta my head. See i guess i'm too enthusiastic to be her, but maybe once i get blue hair and dressing as original 1977 punk rock the attitude will come will it. Though i do still think everyone is stupid. Which leads me to this:

                

Which somehow leads me to this:



Which leads me to something that saddens me very much! I heard (and i think it's true, please please tell me it's not) that the actor who played Neville Longbottom, Matthew Lewis was killed.
NEVILLE, YOUR NERDY-NESS WILL BE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER.

Dad: hey it's that girl your always rambling on about {shows me article} ME: ohmighoshohmighoshohmighosh [faints]

I guess i'm kinda probably most likely definetly obsessed. I had a dream about you...

ME: OHohmighosh IT'S TAVI
TAVI: [in old lady voice] er... hi ...
ME: Can you be my best friend?
TAVI: ohohmighosh that would be like sooo awesome. We could make a blog called tavi and bella or tella or bevi. ahAHAHA.
Me and Tavi go skipping into the sunset Wizard of Oz-style)


The SYDNEY MORNING HERALD wrote an article about Tavi called
SAVVY TAVI
you get it?? hahaha. They should call it the HILARIOUS HERALD.

peaceful yellow

today i went to the valley and have a whole bucketload of fun! Of cource i had to persaude the parentials to go to Violent Green and i jso very depressed now at my current money situation. Or lack of it. Some of my favourites were...

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It's a badge by the way...don't ask me why i like it... i am just a slightly messed up kido
I've just noticed there seems to be a underlying theme of emo-blackness going on here...

I can't believe it but i actually got to touch Lonely Hearts. Meet the clothing in person. Such an honour.. I wish i took photos! My nikon is at the doctors right now so lets prey he makes it!



By the way i have opened a flickr account (bellacoolbeans) so you can look at my pretty pictures there.

current inspiration.

credits: (clickity click click)  style rookie, Ghost World, But I'm a Cheerleader, Lomo Camera, violent green photo and camera, cavelier, er triangle thingy.

lets throw paint at eachother and be cool indie kids

shame on me! Not posting for a whole week! I guess i have no excuses... except that i have Bolshephobia- fear of Bolsheviks, i don't know what Bolsheviks are/is? but it seems like a scary guy. Annnyway this week i:

opened a flickr account (clickyclickclickclick)
found some nolstagic photos
got new glasses
cut my hair. again. (when will i learn?)

First off nolsgtacic pretty pictures of my mum in england. These were taken on what is now my Nikon camera. I love the dreamy photo's it takes, somehow making everything look like a pastel heaven.

Got new glasses.

me being a prat

78972 divided by the square root of pear.

you can't see it but it says Ray-ban. it does! IT DOES!

cut my hair. again

Sometimes i like it, sometimes i hate it. Me and my hair have a love-hate relationship. It looks like a wave though! Which i think is cool....oh shut up. Speaking of hair, i'm dying mine blue! Yes! Finally my mum said yes (it took abit of black mailing but...whatever..) And I'm not talking subtle blue. I'm talking about

Maybe not so much the first one but you get the idea. It's gonna be sooooooooo great. eeeee.  I'm going to greece, turkey and paris in June and July (eeeeee also) and i'm gonna be the troll doll all through the trip. After seeing ghost world on the Weekend it confirmed my belief that i was born to be blue. It is my DESTINY. Or whatever.

"everyone is just too stupid."

now lets throw paint at eachother and be cool indie kids like Lou Doillon in the amazing short film "Miracle"

De Castelbajac's show is scary but, c'mon, keep your shirt on!

Exciting news today! After a long wait i finally picked up my first photo's from my Diana f+. Most of them didn't turn out so well... but i'd preferred to say they were "experimental" and if you don't get them then your'e not deep enough... Anyway here are some of the better ones (apart from the last two)

 

 My sister and dad.

 

My lovely friend Rachel

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 I guess you can decide what these ones are..

On the train on the way back i was reading Mx. Oh gosh i can't believe i said that! Anyway have a look at this travesty!

You probably can't read it but beside each one has a extremely hilarious pun. I quote  "Spider hate, spider hat, does whatever... actually, it only really sits on your head at de castelbajac shows.Oh HA DE HAHA. "Release the hounds at de Castelbajac's show. Tell me, McQueen reation, are you humanoid or are you android? Can not compute. Where's Frankentein? I hope he hasn't left his bride at the altar at the Collette Dinnigan Show. OH MX YOU ARE THE HEIGHT OF COMEDY...

click to view it bigger

i know i've already talked about my obsession with bikes, but one cannot rant about their beauty enough! (i'm reading pride and the predijuce) My favourites are from Papillionare and Tokyo Bike. Especially this one:

 

I love how Tokyo Bikes motto-thingy is "More about travelling slow than fast, exploring the city, and escaping it all. Who doesn't like the sound of that?  Also, here's a picture from Year 6 Camp. The photo's were taken by my friend on a disposable camera, I think they're amazing.

prepare to get fat.

Overcome with food blogs like this, ooh and this, i decided to do abit of food bloggerorroging myself. I love cooking, so why not share the love? Tommorow i'm going to make this for my mum's birthday so, wish me luck!

ESPRESSO CHIFFON CAKE WITH FUDGE FROSTING
from www.smittenkitchen.com

i have to brown butter. BROWN BUTTER. I tried one of the layers last weekend, and let's just say it was not up to the expectations....of a Wombat. SO. Tommorow is DO or DIE. I'm living on the edge people!


All images from smitten kitchen