The time of the year.

I know that it is difficult to detach yourself from people whom come into your life and changes your thoughts and perception over things , implying thoughts which had never came across your mind and teach you a life lesson. It is difficult to dissociate the moments you have with these people and forget about their presence in your life , and perhaps it will take a lot of work to genuinely accept that they don't stay - forever. 

People leave , often they outgrow you thus drifting apart from you and it may happen vice versa. 

Therefore , there is only one chance to create a perfect picture for you to store at the back of your mind and make you realize that their presence in your life is worth the whole roller coaster ride. As much as you want to deny it, there is only two extreme ends on the scale to rate it. It's either they do stay forever physically, or they leave. 

Either way, forever still applies. The only difference is they would be the person you wake up to every morning , or they would be taken as a picture stored in your memory at the back of your mind. 

In a lifetime, everyone is only granted a chance to make a decision which will end up changing their life forever. I never liked to play on the safe side , making things ordinary. I don't like to missed out opportunities with things that may happen. Even if it did not turn out as I expected , I'll have no regrets despite needing to pick up the broken pieces by myself and fix it all over again. It irks me to walk on a fragile line, taking every step carefully being afraid to fall. Thus, I will never want to put myself in a situation where there is no ends and be ignorant about things that is slowly arising.

I take chances because I seek for closures. I need a validation of what is going to happen because I'm too old for mind games. I want to keep things simple. I refuse to put myself into labyrinth and search for a way out. It'll be too exhausting and complicated. I can't handle it , and I also can't handle staying  in the same place wandering around having no aims. 

I need directions. I need validation. 

All of this involves a lot of courage ; and often, they only rise within me when the year comes to an end. I only emphasize them a little bit more on December. I just want an ending at the last chapter of the book. I don't like hanging onto it when I start a new book, needing me to battle within myself to pay attention on the previous - the past. 

So far, December always end up pretty badly - and I think that December is definitely not my month. Desperately , I wish something would change my thought of this before I start hating on December. 

Trying to plant in a little optimism in me, I believe that the next December will be beautiful. 

It may not be , but I will hold on to this belief. 

  goodnight.

The Hardware Societe

Another brunch post from Melbourne , and I swear that I have more pictures that you can imagine from my holiday. I would love to blog about Melbourne whereabouts but all I did was eating -.-

This time, I visit The Hardware Societe which is the one of the most famous brunch place on the list besides Top Paddock ( which I didn't manage to visit). It is located at Hardware lane. 

It took us 30 minutes to get our seats, and it was raining outside. I enjoyed the coldness though , a lot more than I thought. Despite the morning started with a downpour, it still didn't rinse my enthusiasm of food away.

Compared to the other places, Hardware Societe's interior is more bright and lively with their bright colour painted walls and beautiful wall stickers. The place is really small , and there is a no way that you could sit down to have a good talk after you finished your food because the line is really long. The people in Melbourne is really polite so, I don't think they will exactly chase their customers away. Perhaps they don't even need to because everyone is really considerate there. This is one of the extra point I like this city.

This is the beautiful butterfly wall sticker I've mentioned. Pictures with the background may be insta worthy but I don't think I'm going to do a throwback on my insta because I was a little more plumper than how I am right now. 

Hot Chocolate at 4.5aud ,

which contains 54% dark callebaut chocolate. It's written in the description on the menu. This cup probably goes well with the cold weather, giving you a warm comfort. I didn't have a sip of it but people whom order it said that, it's probably one of the best hot chocolate they have tasted. Well, Koko Black is cold so I am not sure if you could compare them. 

Cappucino at 5aud,

I think the coffee is a little more expensive here compare to the ones you can find outside. There's nothing exactly that I can compliment on besides the coffee art effort simply by comparing to any other cups you can find on the same street. However, if you were to compare to Malaysian cafe standard, this could be described as god-like. 

The Continential at 14 aud, 

which is a typical english breakfast set which is completely not filling. This will be a good choice when you want to keep your weight in check. I would want to give credit on the schulz organic yogurt with granula crumble ; it's really good! 

Bircher at 11aud.

I just realized that I always choose french toast. I could say that this couldn't meet up my standards because the one I had in Auction Room was heavenly delicious. Since Hardware is on the top 3 on the list of  the 'must visit' , I actually expected more. The pear was right on point when it goes with the vanilla and blueberry syrup coating below it. The presentation of the dish did make me happy though!

Baked Eggs at 14aud.

This is one of the most famous and recommended dish in Hardware. I was stretching myself from the other end to snap a picture of it desperately thus, bad photo. The ingredients was really generous and this is probably one of the best dish on the table.

Scrambled Eggs at 16aud.

The beetroot cured salmon was good but cold. Was expecting the eggs to be more flavourful. This brings down the rank even if the texture of the eggs were right on point. 

Pork Belly at 18 aud.

This is under the lunch menu which is also available since it's already 11am. The layer of pork belly seemed to be more than awesome to pork belly lovers. I'm not fond of pork belly so I didn't want to try it. This would be worthy since it's really good and filling. 

Slow Cooked Lamb at 18 aud.

This would be the best out of all the dishes I have mentioned above. I could taste mint in the gravy. I never thought that mint and yogurt could go so well together. The portion of this dish is also hearty. The lamb is soft , and tender. 

I could say that this is the only dish that meet up to my expectations.

Overall, I think that there are better places which serves more quality food compared to Hardware. Perhaps they are really busy that day resulting the drop in quality of food. Despite so, the line is still ridiculously long due to the online reviews claiming that this would be a place everyone don't want to miss out. The customer service was good. The coffee was fine. The ambiance is definitely cheerful and lively, making up the gloomy rainy days. However, they should also sustain the quality of the food presented on the table meeting up to the expectations of what the customers would expect from a five star rating online reviews. 

It was an overall good experience. 

xx. 

First page of the last chapter.

Today officially marks the first day of December , which means the first page of the last chapter of the book. 

December is actually a beautiful month , and the time where you look back to the things you do for the whole year. This year passed ridiculously quick , and I am thankful that I have prepare a lot for it. 

As I aged , I tend to do things with better courage. Though I am only twenty , I already feel so old. Time really do flies and I don't want to miss out anything that stand a chance to bloom into something beautiful. I try to appreciate everything that may happen or choices that I am bound to make in order to set things straight. In other words, I don't want to waste time holding on things that shouldn't be something that I am obliged to focus on. 

Because, I don't think I have too many years left to step into the stage where I need to settle down. 

I don't want to miss out on something , even if it brings me disappointments or sadness. I don't want to fall asleep with regrets every single night thinking about , 'what if I have done that' .

There is no rewind button in life. And it is so difficult to find second chance after you made a mistake. No one will be sorry but yourself. I have never feel sorry for myself for whatever actions I have taken when I deal with things. I don't want to linger around things that have no confirmation. I don't want to invest my time into something that was never anything or not going to be anything. 

Time don't wait. So do I. 

December 

is described as a month of lights, snows and feasts ; time to make amends and tie loose ends ; finish off what you started and hope your wishes come true. 

So let's take this whole month to appreciate our good times , deal with things that is half way done or undone. Tying loose ends at the end of the last chapter of your book is a closure. Everyone deserves a closure towards things and amend the mistakes you had done. Everyone deserves a chance to finish off things that leaves them hanging or walk on a fragile line. 

We have another 30 days to end things and another 30 days to a new start. 

Let's not waste time anymore.

signing off with december thoughts.