Last night we went to our friend Wayne's 30th birthday. He held the party at the Campus Club at Griffith Uni. Not a bad setup there, they had this awesome deck overlooking the bush. Apparently it's a whole lot nicer than the Campus Club Geoff and Wayne used to frequent in their earlier uni days. It was good to catch up with Wayne and some other friends. They had a bar tab running which was an added bonus. :-)
Yesterday morning I went with my Mum to a garden show over at Mount Cootha gardens. It was amazing to see the amount of energetic people at 8.30 on a Saturday morning pushing and shoving to get the best plants. I wasn't going to buy anything there but ended up buying a Venus Fly Trap... it was just too cute to pass by. As we were leaving we noticed this massive plant growing in a pond outside the show. The leaves, I swear were the size of rubbish bin lids and the flowers were the size of dinner plates! Like something you'd expect to see in the depths of the Amazonian forest. Very cool. :-)
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Happy Australia Day!!
It's been a while since we last posted. :-) Oops.
I love public holidays! Today I went into the city and met up with Janani. We went to a few pubs that were playing the Triple J Hottest 100. The atmosphere was good fun. On the way home I saw the city parade as well. There was lots of people in the parade rollerblading and dressed as fairies. I don't see the relevance but it looked cool all the same.
For anyone out there that reads this and hasn't been in contact recently, Geoff got into Optometry!! We are both pretty excited about it. It's going to be a long slog of 4 years, but Geoff really needs a change in his career. Until uni starts he is still working part-time back in his old lab. Uni starts in late February. He is going to have to get textbooks, pay union fees and setup a desk. It has been a long time since either one of us has done anything like that!
Last weekend I had a beach fix at Wurtulla with my Mum and my brothers. The weather up until a few days before had been hot but (of course) we got all that rain and cooler weather as the weekend got closer. The weather up at the coast was alright though, it only rained for about 10 mins on Sunday. It was pretty windy but we got in two swims - one in the surf and one at the lake. It was just so nice being at the beach again. I hadn't been since before we went overseas. My aunty Jean was up at the house as well and it was good catching up with her.
So that's it for now. :-)
I love public holidays! Today I went into the city and met up with Janani. We went to a few pubs that were playing the Triple J Hottest 100. The atmosphere was good fun. On the way home I saw the city parade as well. There was lots of people in the parade rollerblading and dressed as fairies. I don't see the relevance but it looked cool all the same.
For anyone out there that reads this and hasn't been in contact recently, Geoff got into Optometry!! We are both pretty excited about it. It's going to be a long slog of 4 years, but Geoff really needs a change in his career. Until uni starts he is still working part-time back in his old lab. Uni starts in late February. He is going to have to get textbooks, pay union fees and setup a desk. It has been a long time since either one of us has done anything like that!
Last weekend I had a beach fix at Wurtulla with my Mum and my brothers. The weather up until a few days before had been hot but (of course) we got all that rain and cooler weather as the weekend got closer. The weather up at the coast was alright though, it only rained for about 10 mins on Sunday. It was pretty windy but we got in two swims - one in the surf and one at the lake. It was just so nice being at the beach again. I hadn't been since before we went overseas. My aunty Jean was up at the house as well and it was good catching up with her.
So that's it for now. :-)
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Back to Work
Hey, well unfortunately my week off over Christmas has come to an end and I'm back at work. Trying to get my head into all things sciency again, it has been a bit tough. We had a good new years eve, with a few drinks at the local pub, a few pina coladas back at our house before going to catch up with Rob (who is on his whirlwind visit to Brisbane) and Tash and Dunk. We made up until midnight and saw lots of fireworks going off all over the city from the high position of Rob's brother's backyard at Mount Gravatt.
Geoff isn't working at the moment, instead he is entertaining a school friend who is staying for a few days. I believe they were going to hit the shops today to avoid the heat. I was kinda looking forward to going to work because of the airconditioning, but it doesn't seem to be working very well. D'oh.
Only a little over a week until we find out about uni. The days seem to be dragging on.
Not much else to say really. Best be off now.
El.
Geoff isn't working at the moment, instead he is entertaining a school friend who is staying for a few days. I believe they were going to hit the shops today to avoid the heat. I was kinda looking forward to going to work because of the airconditioning, but it doesn't seem to be working very well. D'oh.
Only a little over a week until we find out about uni. The days seem to be dragging on.
Not much else to say really. Best be off now.
El.
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