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Everything AUD$2.80 at Daiso Japan

6 December 2011 Ibyang Sanchez 1 Comments Category: Aussie Life, Great Finds for the Home

Finally, we have Daiso Japan here in Sydney!

Daiso is a lifestyle store from Japan that sells all their product for only AUD2.80. Its flagship store opened at Mandarin Centre in Chatswood this year.

Daiso is wasteland haven. Although the products are useful for any individual, knowing that the price is only AUD$2.80 will make you buy things you don’t need so beware of hoarding.

Some of the photos I took during our first visit to Daiso.


Storage Boxes

Water Bottles


Coffee Filter		s

Lunch Boxes

Diningware, Glassware and Silverware


Kitchen Equipment	s

Colourful Socks

School Supplies & Stationery

Cosmetics

We controlled ourselves in buying things we don’t need but ended up with a fair bit of stuff we think we need.

White Umbrella (we’ll use for photography shoots), gift wrapping paper, heel cushions for shoes

Wash Cloth, Hooks, Pin Cushion, Assorted Threads, Neck Tie

Dotted Bandanas (can be used as lunch box wrap), Re-usable bag, Wet Tissue, Make-up Pouch, Foaming Net

Cake Slicer, BBQ Tong, Stainless Container for BBQ

Non Skid Mat, Dotted Pan Holder, Little Black Plastic Bags

Daiso Japan

Mandarin Centre

65 Albert Avenue, Chatswood

Phone: 02 9410 0665

Open 7 days a week from 9:00AM to 10:00PM

Things I Love: Cord Wrap & Skirt Hanger

5 December 2011 Ibyang Sanchez 0 Comments Category: Great Finds for the Home, Things I Love

Chanced upon a home & lifestyle store called Howards Storage World and found a lot of great storage solutions and things useful in our daily life. If I had a lot of money, I’d gladly remodel our home and buy a lot of stuff from their store. But unfortunately not so I just chose two things that I really needed at the moment.

bobino Cord Wrap. Since it’s such a hassle to untangle my earphones everytime I take it out of my bag, I just had to buy a Cord Wrap so my earphone cords can be organized. The Cord Wraps come in different sizes: Small, Medium & Large and can be used for any wires or cables. Check bobino’s website for more of their products

4-Tier Hanger for Skirts and Trousers. This 4-Tier Hanger is such a space saver. I’ve accumulated lots of skirts for the past year (I’ve become a “skirts” girl lately) and it’s a challenge keeping them in separate hangers. I’m grateful I find this last week and now my skirts are more organized.

Howards Storage World Australia

Website: http://hsw.com.au

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Watch This: Elmo The Rockstar

4 December 2011 Ibyang Sanchez 0 Comments Category: The Married Life

Whenever we have time, the Husband and I would always hang out at the toy area when we go shopping and there we would play like two kids.

We attended a party two Fridays ago and after, we visited KMart on the wee hours of Saturday morning (it was already 1 o’clock!) and spent ample time at the toy section. We got amused by this Elmo Rockstar so we took a video of his performance.

I love Elmo!

Training for Doctors

4 December 2011 Ibyang Sanchez 0 Comments Category: Everyday Life

Like employees who work in public office or private sectors, there are now trainings for doctors who may want to branch out to teaching or management duties. I know a few doctors who found fulfillment in the service of teaching students who want to someday be doctors as well.

In Oxford Medical, they offer several courses to doctors who may want to enhance their knowledge and skills and be more effective in their field. One of Oxford Medical’s flagship courses is the Consultant Interview Course where one can learn the skills needed in medical presentations and responding to interview questions. For those who want to branch out to teaching, they offer a Medical Teaching Course , both run in Oxford and London, is aimed at giving formal medical education to doctors who would like to improve their teaching styles. To support this, doctors can attend the Teach the Teacher Course and be guided by different learning styles, learning theories, tips on how to handle difficult students and how to give feedback. For doctors who need to enhance their skills in supervising their subordinates and teams, they can enroll in a Medical Management Course as this will help them learn about performance management and personal effectiveness skills. They will also learn about management and leadership of specialist and multi-disciplinary teams to achieve the effective working and further development of services.

There are more trainings/courses offered by Oxford Medical so check out their website and find a course that will make your dreams come true.

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Korean Fried Chicken at Gallus Gallus (Chatswood, NSW)

30 November 2011 Ibyang Sanchez 3 Comments Category: Food, Restaurants

From discovering a cafe, we discovered where we to eat delicious Korean Fried Chicken in Chatswood.

After falling in love with Korean cuisine, the immersion won’t be complete without having a taste of their Fried Chicken. Korean Fried Chicken is prepared in such a way that the chicken skin becomes thin and very crunchy, then usually bathe in spicy sauce or garlic soy.

We’ve found some Korean take away shops in Sydney that sells Korean Fried Chicken which I sometimes buy if I’m too lazy to cook. I also learned how to cook them at home (will share recipe later).

We’ve heard about a Korean restaurant named Hello! Kyochon before but haven’t had the time to visit until it closed and was bought by another Korean businessman who named the restaurant Gallus Gallus (scientific term for Chicken).

A short chitchat with the staff of Gallus Gallus confirmed that they still cook the same Korean Fried Chicken they served when the restaurant was named Hello! Kyochon. There was a slight change in the menu as some Korean dishes were eliminated but their friend chicken remains their best dish.

Korean Fried Chicken at Gallus Gallus (Chatswood, NSW)

It was rainy and cold when we dined at Gallus Gallus so we ordered their Seafood Soup to keeps us warm. Not very flavourful but abundant with fishballs, tofu and mussels.

Other than soup, we only ordered chicken, as in! They offer regular chicken, chicken in garlic and soy and chicken in chili sauce in half and whole sizes. Since the Husband wanted the garlic & soy chicken and I wanted the spicy chicken, we ordered half a chicken for each flavour. I had to ask the staff if we’re allowed to take home leftovers (not all restaurants allow customers to bring home leftovers) and when they agreed, we ordered a whole chicken.

The smell of freshly cooked fried chicken was enticing. We smelled the chicken even before we saw the staff carrying the plate full of chicken to our table.

The chicken skin was amazingly thin but crunchy. The flavour of the chicken can be tasted thru the innards of the chicken. I enjoyed the spicy chicken as it really slowly burns the mouth while the garlic & soy has become my favourite as it had great fusion of salty and sweet flavours.