14 hours to go...
Thursday May 8, 2008

I have 14 hours of study left… I probably won’t update until I’m done. Sigh. At this rate it’s going to take me three weeks. Lol.

Wish me luck!!

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ANZAC Day
Monday April 28, 2008

I have the day off today – Yay!

Moving on… =)

Thanks for the get well wishes. I’m still a little sick, but I am getting better! I now no longer have the flu, and I only have a sinus infection to get over (I think I’ve almost got it whacked).

In fact, I’m feeling so much better that today I went to the shops, bought three books (well, two magazines and one book) and am currently searching for recipes that feature lemons (as they are in season right now). It’s either that or make bread… maybe a nice cheese filled bread…

This last Friday was ANZAC day. I watched part of the service at Lone Pine on TV… I was quite moved by it. I think when I’m older and I have kids, I would like to travel to Gallipoli and attend the dawn service with them. I’m definitely not the most patriotic person in the world, and for the life of me I will never understand the zeal that some people approach our service men and women with, but I recognise the impact of what was done during the first (and second) world wars.

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On a much lighter note, I went and watched Street Kings with Vincent last night. I haven’t watched that many movies lately because none of them have looked too appealing to me, and I am so glad that I had vouchers and didn’t actually have to pay to see this one… It was awful! It had the most predictable story line ever, the action was predictable, the cast was deadpan, and well… I was tapping my fingers to try and overcome the sheer boredom.

And even the trailers before the movie weren’t inspiring. Sigh.

One movie that does look good though is Deception. It could be my major weakness for both Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor, but it looks good to me! I wish I had gone to see that last night instead of Street Kings. Oh well =)

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Sick sick sick...
Thursday April 17, 2008

Last weekend it was my Dad’s 60th birthday. We bought him a digital camera, since it’s been something like 7 years since he bought his old one. Lol. We ended up getting him a Canon IXUS 70. Not the newest model out there, but it comes with rave reviews from friends =)

My Dad’s birthday was pretty fun overall. They hiredthe “community hall” (seats around 30) in the complex that they now live at, and we BBQd and ate much food! My sister catered most of it. She made these fantastic salads, duck rice paper rolls and she prepped the meat (chicken skewers, tandoori lamb chops, steak) as well. Mmm… yum. I provided a cheese platter. It doesn’t seem like much in comparison, but I was so dead on the Saturday that I didn’t have any energy to help them out. I think I made up for it though by going and buying the camera.

This week I’m sick though. I feel so rotten. It’s just the flu, but the Cold & Flu tablets that I’m taking just aren’t working, and the only thing that seems to help is boiling myself to death in bed, with the electric blanket on. Sigh.

What makes it worse is that this is a really big week at work. There are two major projects that I’m a part of running at the same time, and they both have these immovable and impossible deadlines. The other developer on the team is getting really stressed out by what she’s doing, and I feel really guilty being sick and not being able to work as hard as normal.

I hope I get better soon…

Anyway, I must be off. The files I’ve been copying off the server at work are finally done and copied (gee… it only took 10 minutes). Take care!!

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