This year, to celebrate Andrew's birthday we went to see Avatar 3D at IMAX. Here we are in our 3D glasses. Don't we look sexy! The movie was pretty good. The story wasn't anything new (um... pocahontas anyone?) but it was well-paced and there were enough action sequences to keep me amused. The 3D technology was impressive. Andrew gives it 4.5 stars out of 5 (which is a big recommendation from him).

After the movie we headed to dinner at Wagaya in Haymarket. We'd picked this dinner spot for one reason... sushi roulette. How does it work? Well you order a plate of 6 salmon nigiri except there is a catch. One of the nigiris has double the amount of wasabi than normal. So, one lucky diner cops a fiery mouthful of sushi.

The participants in our round of sushi roulette were Sue, Andrew, Simon, Clare, Brendan and Adam.

Who was the lucky winner? You'll have to watch the video to find out.




Thanks to GrabYourFork for the restaurant recommendation.

Today Andrew turned 34. Happy Birthday Andrew!

To celebrate his birthday, on Sunday, we had a little gathering at our local pub where we consumed. We ate roast beef, roast potatoes and drank a few pints of Christmas Ale. For a birthday cake, I baked Andrew a Cherry Ripe Mud Cake using cherry ripes imported from Australia, flown specially in business class. It was a very decadent cake and even those with the sweetest of teeth could only manage a very small slice. I'll be posting the recipe here in a few days.

For a birthday breakfast, I took Andrew out to Fernandez and Wells. A cafe in Soho chosen for the fact that they serve Monmouth coffee and can make a flat white. We both ate a ham and cheese croissant while we read the papers. It was very relaxing and a lovely start to the working day. Next time I'm definitely ordering the porridge.

This morning, after I said Happy Birthday to Andrew, I pointed out the fact that he is no longer in his early 30s. He is now in his mid-30s. You might think this is mean, but he will give as good as he gets when it's my turn.

I know, things have been awfully quiet here on FuShMuSh. Apparently, I have the worst immune system in the world as a couple of days ago I was struck down the Winter Vomiting Virus (Yes! It has its own name.) My poor Andrew succumbed shortly after I did. We've spent the past couple of days sleeping and feeling sorry for ourselves. We're on the mend now. Maybe tomorrow I may even consider getting out of my pyjamas and having a shower. It's the fourth time I've been sick this Winter season. Not... happy... Jan!

Here are some photos of a sweet dessert to tide you over. The ice-cream snowman was the special winter dessert at Abeno Too, a Japanese okonomiyaki restaurant. Two scoops of ice-cream on a pancake with some special snowman decorations. Unfortunately, like all snowmen, he melted. Luckily, unlike all snowmen, he was delicious. Delicious and cute!


Happy Australia Day!

January is a big birthday month in London. Of course, the most important one is on the 7^th. Poor Andrew had a bit of a quiet one this year as we'd just returned from New York. We celebrated his 33^rd birthday (*jess sings* three is the magic number) with dinner for two at a local gastro pub.

We continued the celebrations on Friday with a very quick round of bowling and dinner at a gastro pub. Andrew shared this celebration with Hildy, who turned 25 on the 10^th of January (a baby!). It was a shared Aussie and Norwegian celebration. We sang Happy Birthday, then the Norwegians sang the Birthday song.

Hurra for deg som fyller ditt år! Ja, deg vil vi gratulere! Alle i ring omkring deg vi star og se, nå vil vi marsjere, bukke, nikke, neie, snu oss omkring, danse for deg med hopp og sprett og spring, Ønske deg av hjertet alle gode ting! Og si meg så hva vil du mere - Gratulerer!

Hurrah for you, whose birthday it is! Yes, you we will congratulate! Everyone in ring around you we stand And look, now we want to march, Bend, bow, nod, we turn around, Dance for you with jump and bounce and skip, Wish you from our heart every good thing! And tell me now, what more do you want - Congratulations!

On Saturday evening we went out to celebrate Jane's 27^th birthday. (another baby! anyone under 30 is a baby *G*). What was going to be quiet night turned into a bit of a big one. There are lots of funny photos from the evening (we get a bit snap happy after a few drinks. Well more snap happy than usual.) There are a few photos below and the rest are on Facebook.


Happy Birthday Andrew! Happy Birthday Hildy! Happy Birthday Jane!

Last weekend we celebrated Andrew's 31st Birthday with dinner @ Stir Crazy and drinks @ The Rose in Erskineville. (photos)

31 things you may or may night know about Andrew:
1.	Andrew was born in Ballarat, Victoria and lived there until he was 12.
2.	He lived in Goulburn during his teenage years.
3.	Andrew has lived in Sydney longer than he has lived anywhere else.
4.	Andrew's favourite lollies are snakes, chicos and musk sticks.
5.	Andrew has been to all the states and territories of Australia.
6.	Andrew has visited 8 foreign countries.
7.	They are New Zealand, Canada, USA, UK, Austria, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore.
8.	His Myers Briggs personality type is INTP.
9.	This is the exact opposite of my MB personality type.
10.	Andrew was a prefect in high school.
11.	Until he was suspended for writing something rude on a whiteboard.
12.	He spent his 3 days of suspension playing computer games with Jason, his fellow partner in crime.
13.	His favourite colour is blue.
14.	Andrew's middle name starts with P.
15.	It is not Peter, Paul or Patrick.
16.	Andrew almost always wears odd coloured socks.
17.	He can fall asleep anywhere.
18.	He has fallen asleep under a desk while fixing a computer.
19.	He has fallen asleep with his face on a keyboard when staying up late to finish an assignment.
20.	Andrew has more than 20 movies in his top 10 movies of all time
21.	They include The Princess Bride, the original Star Wars trilogy, the Indianna Jones trilogy and anything by Pixar.
22.	Andrew graduated from UTS with a degree in Computing Science.
23.	He dyed his hair blue for his graduation ceremony to match the colour of his hood.
24.	Actually at different times Andrew has had blonde hair, bright red hair, blue hair, green hair, purple and yellow hair, and orange hair.
25.	Andrew has bungy jumped 3 times. One of his jumps was at the Nevis in Queenstown which is 134 m high.
26.	Andrew has skydived 5 times. All of his sky dives were solo dives.
27.	Andrew has his pilot's license and is qualified to do aerobatic tricks.
28.	Andrew has ridden a motorbike since he was 16.
29.	Andrew can sail a yacht.
30.	Andrew has a red belt in Hwa Rang Do.
31.	Andrew could be the next James Bond.