kinky gerlinki

Kinky Gerlinki is now one of my favourite clothing shops, thanks to Lyn.

Last Saturday we went to Sydney Road in Brunswick for a bit of shopping.  The shop name sounded dodgy to me at first, and I don't usually go into little boutique shopss, but am I glad I did!

According to their website, they've been trading in Melbourne for 10 years now.  Inititially they started as an exporter, exporting their clothing from Asia and Europe.  They now make their own clothing, sometimes only 15 items per style.  How's that for ensuring you don't go to the same party in the same outfit as that other girl?

Their catalogue can be found here.  There were quite a few lovely outfits I wanted to buy, but alas they had run out of Small sizes for most.  I picked up 2 gorgeous skirts, the same design but in different colours.

I also tried almond dates for the first time from a lovely Lebanese grocery shop.  It was dates all blended and shaped into the natural size of a date, then coated with almonds.  Whether or not it was the natural sweetness of a date, the high sugar content killed my taste buds for a couple of hours.

What started off as a cold rainy morning later turned into a bright and warm afternoon so we took advantage of that by eating our burgers outdoors at Burger Edge.  My choice was Hungry Jacks (because I love to clog my arteries) but I've never tried Burger Edge so decided to give them a go.  I love how they use aioli to butter their buns, but I prefer the dripping bacon fat at Hungry Jacks more :o)

Bedroom Treasures

My bedroom is one of my favourite places in the house.  It's not very big but it does have a door and a big window with stunning city views and overlooks the playground of the Special School.  

Privacy, fresh air and natural lighting, what more can I ask for?  

Below are some of my other lil treasures;

The lovely cherry blossoms silk painting I recently purchased with Anthony at Victoria Market



My engagement card, posted all the way from Margaret in New Zealand! Such a very thoughtful girl she is. At first when she was telling me about finding the perfect engagement card, I thought she meant she had found the perfect card for me with which to announce my engagement! After much confusion, Joanne finally explained to me Mugs had found an engagement card she wanted to post to me.



The drawing from Anthony :o)

The Pure Fiji moisturiser set from Mrs Yam when I spent last Christmas (2009) with Anthony's family at Niranji Street.

Nancy Online: Fiji Day in Melbourne 2010

Nancy Online: Fiji Day in Melbourne 2010

Fiji Day in Melbourne 2010

Fiji Day this year was held in Moorabbin on 09/10/2010.

There were about 20 stalls and there was a lovely kava ceremony and meke.  It was good weather for it too, being a bright and sunny day.


The evening event was a fashion show at the Langham in Melbourne.  I would have loved to have gone to the fashion show but tickets cost au$150.  This included a sit down buffet meal and 20min fashion show.  A bit too steep for my budget!

There was yummy food galore albeit not at the usual Fiji price of course!  The lovo pack cost au$30 but it was money well spent!  There was Fiji style curry, palau and cassava cake.

Alas I didn't get to try any of the yummy food pictured here because a certain someone didn't mention she was going to the Fiji Day celebrations which means I missed out!

Happy Fiji Day!

Long Time No Blog

Having chickens sure keeps one busy!

Hi my name's Nancy and It's been over a year since I last blogged :o)

Needless to say, much has happened. I'll continue from the first blog - alas, Sam is no more. Why, do you ask? Because he grew up into a beautiful male chicken who loved to strut around and crow. Crow a lot. The neighbour wasn't a fan, especially being woken at 5am. So he called the council on us - two guys in a car who were parked outside our house for a while, then introduced themselves as Council workers who just so happened to be 'driving around' when they noticed the chickens in the yard. Sure.

After that visit, Dad decided Sam had to go. So into the pot he went, later that year in 2009.

Flitter didn't seem to miss him too much - I rather suspect she was glad she wasn't getting mounted 24/7!





And it meant she was getting twice the attention and being spoilt rotten!

It was just me and her for a while, but one day in March of this year, that changed...Because a stranger came knocking on our door saying she'd found a chicken in the alleyway, and did it belong to us?

May: 'We have a black chicken'
Stranger: 'It was a white chicken and it's been in the alley way a couple of days now.'
May: 'Hmm..can you show me?'
Stranger: 'Ok, sure, jump into my car'
May: 'Sure!'

Long story short, they tracked the chicken down and caught this gorgeous snowy hen. She was terrified of humans and cringed when you went too close.

For the first 2 weeks, she perched in the laundry and refused to eat when we were in the room. At first Flitter ignored her. Then when White Chicken (for that is her name) got braver and finally left her perch to walk around, Flitter would bully her mercilessly.

But they're the best of friends now, so all is well!