End of Semester party last night = tequila shots, so naturally today became a write-off. We had big plans of going to the beach...shopping in Surfer's...going for FREYNCH TOAST (inside joke) ...but instead, we ended up watching 3 movies (we may try and make it 4), getting subway for lunch, paying a bill, and eating delicious Cheese and Bacon Balls. We recently discovered these gems and just had to get some today. They sound really weird, but are actually quite delicious.



There was also Chicken Focaccia Sandwiches Round 2 as hangover brekky, but we both couldn't really move/speak/walk this morning so no pictures were taken. They seemed to help a lot in curing the hangover though!

Basically, we've just eaten carbs ALL day. Both E and C seem to have the appetites of people weighing about 600 kilos, but we do exercise a lot.

Also, we plan on getting chicken nachos for dinner tonight. :)

Are we champions or what? As you can probably tell, we have nothing to do today, as we just finished exams and our brains have been so fried that we don't even know how to function normally as human beings. Instead of enjoying the beautiful weather, we've been doing the exact same thing we did all study week- sat and typed at a computer. But, this is also a good thing, as our sweet little blog is already blossoming into something lovely.

On that note, we just want to say again- WE ARE DONE 50% of LAW SCHOOL!!! AND, we never ever ever have to do any Constitutional Law or Criminal Law again.



Also, these two exams were CLOSED BOOK. Are they TRYING to kill us??
We didn't REALLY throw out our text books...they will be sold to unsuspecting third semester students next semester- we need the money to buy those Louis Vuitton bags.

This is what you call GORGEOUS.

Anyone want to buy a couple for us? Please?

We could write you a SWEET AS letter of advice and/or demand advising you of remedies that you could receive if and when someone breaches a contract with you for placing advertisements on your transport trucks for their gym...

Or, E could write you a song AND perform it for you. She has mad guitar skills, despite her long nails.

E and I tend to be known by our friends for making cupcakes and jello shooters, as we make them quite often for birthdays around here.

This is quite a feat considering that we lived in the tin box mentioned earlier- said tin box's kitchen consisted of a microwave, a stolen toaster, and a sink. We aren't THAT amazing as we didn't make the cupcakes in the microwave or toaster, but still kind of amazing.

Since both cupcakes and jello shooters rock our socks, we decided to name our blog after them.

Here are a few pics of the fan-freaking-tastic cupcakes that we've made here so far. Oh and a pic of some multi-coloured jello shooters as well.


Specimen #1:
Cookie Monster Cupcakes for C's 23rd Birthday.



They were supposed to be Cookie Monster cupcakes, but turned out looking a lot more like aliens with cookies in their mouths.

Blue sprinkles don't exist in Australia apparently, so really, we were at a disadvantage right from the get go and it's really not our fault. Also, we lacked the ingredients and tools to make buttercream icing which resulted in the melty eye situation you see below. HOWEVER, they were delicious, and they have a certain (creepy) charm, no?


Specimen #2:



These cupcakes were made for our Housewarming party. We love the Aussie phrase "Sweet as" a LOT, and use it quite frequently. At least 6 times per day...even though it does not make any grammatical sense.


Specimen #3:



These cupcakes were made for our friend K's birthday. Blue sprinkles AND teddy grahams do not exist here. Well, actually that might not be true, as I was informed that there are Teddy Graham-like cookies here, but we couldn't find them anywhere in Coles. We used a Kid's Chocolate Teddy Cereal of some sort. They served their purpose as decorations, but got really soggy/weird after sitting in that intense blue icing for too long. Aren't they cute though??


And lastly, the multi-coloured jello shooters from C's birthday. Note the lovely ironing board they are sitting on? We're pretty sure there were multiple types of mould, bacteria, other organisms living in it. That is the bungalows for you! We're high rollers.

In case you haven't read our "about me", we are pancake aficionados, searching Australia for the perfect pancake. Well, sort of. As we are in law school, we've only been able to search twice this semester, but we think we MIGHT already have a winner.

The pancake brunch that started it all was at Bluff Cafe in Burleigh. Post-surf pancakes, to be exact.



These were amazing. Fluffy, light, and delicious, with a side of (heavenly) vanilla ice cream. If only we could find pure Canadian maple syrup to complete the experience.

However, these pancakes take the cake. They are from the Balcony restaurant in Byron Bay. They were fluffier, bigger, and, well, who can say no to a dollop of Double Devon cream. The blackberry and passionfruit compote was also a nice touch.



SO good....definitely worth the hour and half drive.

Next semester: pancake feast, round three.

Dial up internet is NOT conducive to making a food blog. 6 minutes to upload one photo is kind of unacceptable.
Also, it might help if we weren't so technologically challenged.

This is what you get when you move out of "Disaster Relief".

So, we moved out of the bunga-hoes this semester to a beautiful apartment by the beach. This fact alone made us 10000000 times happier as you really can't experience Australia from the confines of a tin box... but we got a whole bunch of money as an incentive for us to leave, so they could make room for exchange students.

We had money left over at the end of the semester, so this is what we bought:



-2 cases of pink vitamin water- strawberry kiwi, the best kind. It is also called FOCUS, which is quite appropriate as sometimes (alltimes) we need help in this area of life.
-6 picnic chocolate bars
-5 packages of sushi- 3 California rolls and 2 Chicken and Avo
-1 can of mother (like we need more of this after chugging only that and coffee for a week in an attempt to try and stay awake during exam period)
-2 delish chicken focaccia sandwiches (maybe pics of those will come later....after they've had a little time in our favourite appliance- the Sandwich Press)
-2 gigantic raspberry and white chocolate muffins. Those are now both gone, and we demolished those things so quickly, there was no time to even think about taking pictures
-6 bottles of Diet Coke. (To mix with our Cossack and Mishka tonight. Exams are OVER and it is time to get a little messy. Juuussttt a little.)
As a side note: E and C believe that it's really ok to consume massive amounts of artificial sweeteners. We are pretty much superheroes and are immune to any of the harmful side effects or cancers that they may or may not cause.

** did we mention we really like pink vitamin water?

Us and J at good old Bungalow 3



From that, to this:




Slightly better.