Soda-Sam

You Are Coke

A true original and classic, you represent the best of everything you can offer. Just the right amount of sweet, just the right amount of energy... you're the life of the party. Your best soda match: Mountain Dew Stay away from:Dr Pepper

What Kind of Soda Are You?

Beatbox + Flute = ???

You've heard Beardyman sing and beatbox simultaneously. This one's a contender:

Review: Shira Nui

Omakase (letting the chef decide the menu) is perhaps, the best way to experience Shira Nui. Every sushi is efficiently but delicately created and friendly advice from sushi masterchef Hiro and his protege ("with soya sauce" or "without soya sauce") showed us the way to how a sushi is truly enjoyed.

Each sushi bursts with flavour, accompanied with subtle undertones of sweet seaweed or even something as simple as a twist of lemon juice. The flavour was so explosive, one would hardly notice the wasabi that glued the meat to the rice. Watching the chefs at work is already reason to visit this exquisite gem in Melbourne's outer suburbs.

Shira Nui
247 Springvale Road
Glen Waverley VIC 3150
(03) 9886 7755

Date visited:
16th May 2007

My Ratings:
Food (10) Service (10) Atmosphere (9) Value (8) = Overall (9.4)

Death in a blink

Because of a 4-week secondment, I now make a 70min journey towards Melbourne's western suburbs. On the way to work just last Friday (8th June), I witnessed the most tragic of accidents. This happened on Research-Warrandyte Road, similar to the road shown below.

At 7:05am, just before sunrise, I was travelling in a group of cars. The second vehicle in front of me was a white ute who for some reason drifted onto the opposite lane. Mind you, the road was windy and had single-lanes for each direction. When the ute drifted over, I noticed an object that flew around the bend on the opposite side. In that split-second moment, I knew a crash was imminent - that was how far the ute drifted across.

BANG!!

Plenty of smoke, and fragments flew everywhere. The ute hit its brakes but its momentum carried it over the edge of the road and disappeared down a short cliff-face. What I saw next shocked me the most.

I noticed the wreckage of half a motorbike on the side of the road.

That was what the object was. Fair enough if it was a car.... but to witness a head-on collision involving a motorbike ... Next I noticed a leather boot on the road-side, a glove on the other side of the road... and then the helmet-visor lying on the centre of the road. One motorist who also stopped to helped out yelled out:

"Where the h--l is the rider??"

It took us what seemed like 10 minutes to locate the body. It was some 8 metres from where the bike lay, below road-level and twisted amongst some shrubs. He didn't make it. His body was lying faced-down and legs were snapped into a contorted position.

The driver of the ute came from where his vehicle went over the edge, apparently unharmed. But his face said it all:

"Oh my goodness, what have I done??"

Emergency personnel shortly arrived and the police took my statement. The ambulance came and left just as quickly, discovering there was nothing they could do. A hearse appeared a few minutes later.

Death in a blink. We never know when it happens to us. But one thing is certain: each day is to be treasured. You only have one chance to live out each day.