Devil’s Dream Cake
It’s a bit late but since it’s been my 30th birthday, I thought I should maybe write an entry on it. =)
My birthday was a bit too soon after we arrived here to really organize a big party or anything like it. I was just happy that I wasn’t that jetlagged anymore as I found the jetlag more annoying than ever before. At 11am I met up with my “possible supervisor” from Vic uni at the National Library. The National Library has just re-opened and it looks pretty cool right now. At 11am there ususally is a tour but except for my ps (I am going to shorten possible supervisor now) and me there was no one around so we got a private tour. That was pretty sweet.
Ps and I had coffee afterwards but nothing really to discuss as I am still far away from having a thesis for my PhD. He offered to help me as soon as I know what I’m about to do but for that, I really have to get a better grip on the field. So yeah, nothing new on that front. :s
Afterwards, I went up to Tina’s and Brendan’s place again where Flo told me that my birthday present of “the gang” had arrived. It consisted of an ubercute youtube video and a voucher for the NZ equivalent of amazon. =D
Then it was time to get into riding gear as Flo had planned a short one hour ride out to Makara beach. Unfortunately, by the time we got going, it was grey and cloudy. 🙁 Still, had a lot of fun on the small, winding roads and Flo squeeing into my helmet all the time.
Got back, changed again, checked e-mails and facebook and changed again because we were about to go to Strawberry Fare for diner. As Flo doesn’t have as much of a sweet tooth as I have, he was allowed to have some proper food first. As I said, I didn’t really organize a lot but Tina, Brendan and Aaron could make it to the chocolate fest. =) We ended up having a couple of starters (wedges and bread with spread) and then ordered desserts. I got the Devil’s Dream cake which is acceptable as a birthday cake. =P I couldn’t even finish it as I have had too much of the starters. Tina was trying to organize a birthday balloon for me which gladly didn’t work out.
A little remark for Christine: They do have passionfruit cheesecake there. 😉 And no worry, everybody who comes to visit us has to go there one time to give me an excuse to have more desserts.
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- Flo and me with desserts
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- Black Forest Tower
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- Creme Brulee
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- Devil’s Dream Cake
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- Pavlova
Before we did the video, we had a lot of fun using some of the stuff you two gave us to cook a casserole (well, two actually) with garlic, red peppers, rice, onion, tomatoes, minced pork meat, carrots, spices and a lot of other stuff I don’t remember. It turned out very well 🙂
Most of the takes we did for the video ended with giggling or plain laughter: Bad singing timing, bad positioning, technical difficulties, jokes about evil penguins taking over the world – the usual chaos. As you can see in the final video all of us had a hard time staying focused. Maybe some day you’ll see the outtakes – I’ve got about 20 minutes of footage left. 😉
I totally am for a super extended version of my birthday video. 🙂 Also having the “gang” laughing on tape is probably quite funny for everyone…not just the people involved. I’m glad you guys could use some of the groceries we still had.