tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293Tue, 11 Aug 2026 09:09:04 +0000recipe101 Thingslifecooking100 Days of Awesomecakedecoratingmainsdessertgluten freeCupcakesranttravelLong QT SyndromebiscuitsHospitalbooksdaring cooksreviewfruitnaturebloggingbrowniesfinger foodkitchenwaresaladvegetarianhouseStory timeThailandafternoon teabreadbreakfastcocktailoriginal recipequick 'n' dirtytutorialIndiaJapan; Kanazawa; TravelMelbourne Entertainment Book; contemporary AustralianTokyo; travel; JapanTravel; Japan; KyotoTravel; Japan; Onsen; Kagaonsenbottling and preservescraftcrittersdrinkiesfirst posthikingpastryphotographysidetourI may not impact the world, but it's the little things that impact MY world. And most of them are food!http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])Blogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-162134466310678558Thu, 07 Jul 2016 07:41:00 +00002016-07-07T17:41:11.808+10:00Melbourne Entertainment Book; contemporary Australianreview Wowee, it's been a long time since I blogged. My life is a lot more action-packed than it was when I started my blog eight years ago, leaving little time to call in and say hi at my favourite blogs, let alone write my own, so sorry for not giving my old regulars any love lately :-( To tell the truth, much of the action has involved going out to eat delicious food (G is such an enabler!), http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2016/07/restaurant-review-mr-jennings-richmond.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-8871673213166250969Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:01:00 +00002016-05-16T12:57:46.758+10:00Travel; Japan; Kyoto I'm getting steadily worse at keeping up with our adventures, aren't I. My excuse is that it's a pain in the butt to write this all on my phone, plus I've been spending most of my time on the Shinkansen napping or staring out at the scenery. Anyhoo. We spent four nights in Kyoto, and managed to pack quite a bit in. The train station there was incredible, and came complete with a giant http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2016/01/travels-in-japan-kyoto.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-7282676735226217925Fri, 01 Jan 2016 14:11:00 +00002016-01-02T01:18:29.360+11:00Travel; Japan; Onsen; KagaonsenThe most important thing about this leg of our adventure is that we nuded up on our way down to Kyoto, and it was FABULOUS. If you don't want to think about me or retirement-age ladies naked, best you click away now. Upon a tip from our Kanazawa housemate, Seigo, we stopped in Kaga-onsen, a station near to a hot spring area. All we knew was the name of the nearest JR station, and that the http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2016/01/travels-in-japan-en-route-to-kyoto-aka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-8425726056251596245Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:38:00 +00002015-12-29T23:38:11.715+11:00Japan; Kanazawa; TravelFamous last words - "I'll keep up with posting". HAHAHAHA. Oh, Nessie. You so silly!Anyhow, we arrived in Kanazawa on a dreary, wet afternoon. Our apartment was visible from the train station, which was awesome given the rain, and when we got to the apartment we discovered they had provided umbrellas. Winning! I guess it must rain quite a lot in Kanazawa. Kanazawa is on the northern coast ofhttp://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2015/12/travels-in-japan-kanazawa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-1155366790074871883Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:51:00 +00002015-12-24T00:36:59.535+11:00Tokyo; travel; JapanHey y'all! Well the last time I updated this poor, neglected blog was more than a year ago, and I was midway though my trip to India. Just FYI, I survived it! Barely. I caught pneumonia in Amritsar, suffered some mild fever-induced hallucinations at an amazingly gaudy Buddhist temple there, stumbled around the golden temple trying to focus on spirituality while running a temperature, and http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2015/12/travels-in-japan-tokyo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-3597809839042499540Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:36:00 +00002014-09-21T22:04:48.367+10:00IndiatravelI'm sitting in a hotel room in Agra, killing a few hours before we head back to Delhi. There's too much time to not be bored, and too little to go do something else, so I thought I'd just catch up on some journal writing and blogging. The last week has been a lot of fun. We landed in a pretty group of people in our Intrepid tour. As usual there has been someone who fits in less well with thehttp://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/09/india-week-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-2073828223072450379Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:21:00 +00002014-09-14T10:21:52.544+10:00Off to India for three weeks. See ya!http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/09/india-ahoy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-1187331990808680975Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:01:00 +00002014-09-01T23:01:49.265+10:00100 Days of Awesome I can't believe I made it here, to Day 100. At least I think it's Day 100. Given that most of my posts were written the day after they happened, I wouldn't be at all surprised if that had been jumbled up a bit, but eh *shrugs*  And whilst it's true that I actually only posted on 39 of those 100 days, it's still a pretty good effort on my part. Plus of course I participated in VEDA,http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/09/100-days-of-awesome-days-96-100.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-1452094787631282900Wed, 27 Aug 2014 23:51:00 +00002014-08-28T09:51:38.637+10:00100 Days of Awesome ... except that's kind of what was awesome about Day 95. I got SO MUCH DONE at work, and it felt GREAT! No dullness to see here, folks.   I'm also not a boy named Jack.   I can't really explain it, but I've had a bit of a shift in motivation during the last few months at work. I don't know whether it's because I'm happier in my personal life, or I've found something that I can http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/08/100-days-of-awesome-day-95-all-work-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-3717093073612884963Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:04:00 +00002014-08-26T21:04:50.230+10:00100 Days of Awesome So the main thing that happened that stopped me from documenting the everyday awesomeness of my life is that 1) I have been participating in VEDA, that is, Vlogging Every Day of August (you can check out my YouTube channel here), which has taken up all my spare time; and 2) life has been pretty flipping awesome every day and I have been too busy living it and enjoying it to spend much timehttp://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/08/100-days-of-awesome-days-73-94-uh-oops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-6952958110129310935Tue, 05 Aug 2014 01:50:00 +00002014-08-05T11:50:43.081+10:00100 Days of Awesome Up to my old tricks with having trouble cataloguing the awesomeness, largely because I've been doing so much. Part of what I've been doing is VEDA, which stands for Vlogging Every Day in August. If you're interested in seeing me make a tool of myself on the interwebs, I'm #71 on the participants list that can be found on the VEDA site - weblogwevlog.com. And when I'm back using Wifi that http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/08/100-days-of-awesome-days-68-72-veda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-7977541997104660265Thu, 31 Jul 2014 03:10:00 +00002014-07-31T13:10:27.836+10:00100 Days of Awesome Day 65 Still riding the wave of Sealgate, the cute little fella frolicked and fed his way onto the nightly news on three different channels. I haven't actually seen any of the footage they showed yet, but my personal footage DID show up on the internet, which can be found here. Not great quality because it was compressed to email it, but still pretty awesome.   Gotta sayhttp://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-days-65-67.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-4398632142553388531Mon, 28 Jul 2014 04:51:00 +00002014-07-28T14:51:38.855+10:00100 Days of Awesome Day 62 It was a Friday. So yeah, of course it was going to be awesome!   Well, mostly. Work was a bit meh, which it has been, on and off. But the most awesome part about Fridays is that it's the end of the working week, so that's always cause for celebration!   The Kiwi took me out for dinner to Chingon in Richmond, which is a Mexican restaurant that keeps things pretty simple. http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-days-62-64-sealing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-8338731009691130404Fri, 25 Jul 2014 05:36:00 +00002014-07-25T15:36:13.313+10:00100 Days of Awesome Day 61 could have been much, much worse than it was... but it turned out pretty awesomely in the end.   The morning was kinda pedestrian, although I did discover that the Irish name that sounds like "tier-knee" is actually spelled "Tighernach"... and that was about the most awesome thing about my morning. Mostly because I saw it and thought "Tiger Natch? Tiger Natch? Who the hell is http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-day-61-my-lovely.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-4364866794783230196Wed, 23 Jul 2014 23:43:00 +00002014-07-24T09:43:52.421+10:00100 Days of Awesome I normally enjoy Wednesdays. I like standing up at the weekly Toolbox meeting and talking to the guys. This time, not so exciting, and I don't know why.   I had a decent-ish sleep, but I was still exhausted. Exhaused to the point that I nodded off at my desk, very briefly, around midday. Concerning.   I didn't get much done at all at work, because I was feeling so far beyond http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-day-60-hump-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-3076648740880408652Tue, 22 Jul 2014 23:58:00 +00002014-07-23T09:58:10.887+10:00100 Days of Awesomereview Most of the reasons my day was awesome were work-related, including scoring both a sleep-in and a hot chocolate paid for by my company, all because I had to catch up with a member of the public and sort out an issue. Sometimes the community aspect of my job drives me nuts, but yesterday was not one of those days!   Because of the meeting I didn't get to work until about 10:30, which http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-day-59-restaurant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-3219290445415324257Tue, 22 Jul 2014 03:35:00 +00002014-07-22T13:35:16.864+10:00100 Days of Awesome I just had quite the hectic weekend, because it was my birthday! A fair chunk of the weekend was spent having a party, setting up for said party and cleaning up from said party, but it was a great weekend nonethless.   So here we go again, in reverse chronoligical order, the awesome things:   Day 58: - Yoga - Good day at work - Read this post on Reddit and the comments http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-days-54-58-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-6240254656015540832Thu, 17 Jul 2014 05:35:00 +00002014-07-17T15:35:59.910+10:00100 Days of Awesome I really am getting unpardonably lazy with this. Six days in one post. That's practically a week, and, I must say, vastly impractical when it comes to actually remembering the awesome aspects of your days! But I will try my darndest, and I think I'm going to have to do it backwards for this to work. So...   Day 53 was awesome because: 1) I had an awesomely productive day at work; 2) I http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-days-48-53-crickets.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-838959727677661275Fri, 11 Jul 2014 03:49:00 +00002014-07-11T13:49:36.547+10:00100 Days of Awesome Something happened on Day 45 that hasn't happened in quite a while. I picked up a guitar. And I didn't pick it up and just muck around for one or two songs. I did that the other week, when I was trying to teach The Kiwi to play his own guitar, and that's probably what started it for me. Partly because it rekindled my affinity to it, and partly because he has quite a nice guitar to play, http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-days-45-47-i-got.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-6214751000600155156Tue, 08 Jul 2014 04:18:00 +00002014-07-08T14:18:38.713+10:00100 Days of Awesome Whoops. I actually fell asleep writing this on Thursday night/Friday morning. After my 21 consecutive waking hours on Wednesday/into the wee hours of Thursday, I expected to feel somewhat less energetic than I did on Thursday night... and yet, aside from a small dummy-spit, I was still going strong at midnight, some seventeen hours after I had arisen! Day 40 - Thursday I put the fondant http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-day-40-44-morrrrrre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-4494681308625461909Thu, 03 Jul 2014 03:29:00 +00002014-07-03T13:29:52.672+10:00100 Days of Awesome Well it was a Wednesday, and we all know how much I love Wednesdays, despite the early start. But on this occasion, the early start plus the late night I had meant I was up for 21 consecutive hours... and I only drifted off at my desk once! Heck, I don't even do that on international flights - I'll take a hayfever tablet and knock myself out cold. So being up that long was both http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-day-39-soooo-muuuch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-6178236904971072674Wed, 02 Jul 2014 01:29:00 +00002014-07-02T11:29:07.488+10:00100 Days of Awesome Well my title sounds kind of cryptic, but it isn't - it's just that the three items had nothing to do with one another besides occurring on the same day. It was a "work from home" day on account of me having an cardiology appointment scheduled for smack-bang in the middle of the day. I had decided that there was not much merit in making the trek out to work and then having to come all the http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-day-38-vietnamese.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-4438370024388207949Tue, 01 Jul 2014 00:21:00 +00002014-07-01T10:21:24.895+10:00100 Days of Awesome Gosh, my weekends really are doing their darndest to be so awesome that I don't have time to post! Eh *shrugs* I doubt anyone is following along anyway, but that's okay - my purpose was to remind myself of the everyday awesomeness of my life, and that's certainly working for me.   Friday (Day 34): The day was off to a shaky start when I realised I had a flat tyre. A very flat tyre. http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/07/100-days-of-awesome-days-34-37-roast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-6378497550749381906Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:50:00 +00002014-06-27T14:50:01.473+10:00100 Days of Awesome You know it's a good day when someone cooks dinner for you.   Actually, Wednesdays are usually my favourite day anyway, dinner or not, because, despite having to get out of bed at a time that starts with a 5 (ugh), Wednesday is the day that I get to say a few words at the site Toolbox meeting. Effectively it's my weekly opportunity to communicate with the entire workforce in one hithttp://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/06/100-days-of-awesome-days-32-33.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105590697730499293.post-999170235401713836Wed, 25 Jun 2014 02:08:00 +00002014-06-25T12:08:24.360+10:00100 Days of Awesome Yesterday was my Housebaby's first birthday. I think it's pretty awesome that I've now had the pleasure of living with her for almost exactly 50% of her life. I helped her celebrate by jiggling her on my knee and giving her a jar of sprinkles to shake and make sounds with to entertain herself, whilst talking on the phone to my BFF Ness. Yep, I really know how to party! (As previously http://theteensytinyinsignificantdetails.blogspot.com/2014/06/100-days-of-awesome-day-31-croquembouche.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vanessa [theteensytinyinsignificantdetails])0