Dim sims. Or should I say, “dim sims”. The mysterious Australian-Chinese food that, as far as I know, doesn’t exist in the Chinese cuisine in Asia.
From left to right: Dim Sim (uncooked); Dim Sim (steamed); Dim Sim (shallow-fried).

Say cheese! No, no cheese.
Shut up, Dim Sim (burnt shallow-fried).
You know you’re screwed when you have an exam in less than 12 hours, you’re not even halfway through revision and the lecture slides are starting to look like this to you:

This may or may not be a vandalised slide
And instead of doing anything about it, you blog.
Failcakelolsob
I just realised that I’ve been in Australia for over 3 years now. Time sure flies and time for reflection. So, random things I notice #1: words and phrases Aussies (or at least Sydneysiders (or at least young Sydneysiders (or at least those around me))) particularly love to say:
- I reckon
- heaps (of?), e.g. thanks heaps, heaps cool
- mate
- hey? (used at the end of a statement)
Combining all of the above may or may not sound extremely Australian.
Also, the Middle Eastern people I meet outside Uni are very hostile.
A lot of Caucasians here are also closet and not-so-closet racists.
Australia is also not known for its flies for nothing.
I’m also sweating profusely at the moment but I still can’t help but love this place. What’s up with that?

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Vickie Diablos is a postgraduate student in Health Informatics, a hardcore gamer geek and a socially awkward logic and science nerd. She thought keeping a "cool blog" would make her a cool person. Alas. 


