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| Left: taken just after delivery Monday Lunch. Right: taken Lunch time Saturday, all the flowers blooming! |
On Tuesday morning we headed to the Brisbane Museum to see the Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb exhibition. My mind always goes a little crazy when looking at Egyptian artefacts, they are just so incredibly old! I am a young person, living in a 'young' country... and this is always SO prevalent to me when I'm looking at not only objects, but corpses too, that are between three to five thousand years old. I also get a little sad when I see a mummy. This is because, although I am not highly religious myself, I always feel sorry for the mummy having been removed from its burial site. These people had such strong beliefs that they had to be buried a certain way in order for them to travel between their bodies and the afterlife.. and then some bastard comes along and removes that body from not just its location, but also opens up their 'coffin' and frequently their bandages are removed as well. Why does this upset me? Well, who is to say their beliefs were wrong? For all we know, we have just caused this spirit, which has been happily traversing between body and spirit for thousands of year, only to be yanked into limbo. I certainly wouldn't wish that upon my loved ones...
Anyway, back to our anniversary!! Although the exhibit was a little on the small side, it still had lots of interesting things to look at and discuss. When we left the museum, it had started to pour down so we drove to Fortitude Valley. We had lunch at Harvey's, where we had the funniest, most down to earth waiter I think I've had in my entire life!!
Then we went a little window shopping, and pretended we had money that we definitely do not have - which is always fun!! We then went our pre-arranged couples spa package at Endota spa. We had a pressure point massage, and a foot scrub. I feel asleep during my massage (it's just sooo darn relaxing!), and apparently was snoring my head off. All well, at least I gave them something to laugh about later.
Then to finish off our already intimate day, we had dinner at an old favourite restaurant we hadn't been to since we first started dating. The Thai Orchid, at Springwood, is by far THE best Thai restaurant I've had the pleasure of eating at. I especially love their Gang Penang Pumpkin (Tofu pumpkin curry).. YUMMO!!! I bought their recipe book, just so I could make this myself without having to drive so far. I know it won't be quite as awesome, but I certainly want to practise on making this one of my signature dishes!!
Then it was homeward bound for a movie in bed and well deserved sleep!!
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| Circa 2008 |
Lots of Love,
Chantal
