2 days to go...
15 hour flight
to a city with a population of 22 million
and max temperature of 10 celcius
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Horror Week
This past week has been so horrible I have thought about handing in 24 hour notices, harakiri and / or going home for lunch and not going back to the office. Ever.
When the bosses upstairs get worried and stressed, it's not good. Because like poo, it just goes right down the system. And that means the little minions slaving over a desk like me gets it all.
I can't say I'm glad the week is over for me, because it's not. I will be going back to work on Sunday to try to get some more off my desk. In the meantime, I can look forward to end of next week.
When the bosses upstairs get worried and stressed, it's not good. Because like poo, it just goes right down the system. And that means the little minions slaving over a desk like me gets it all.
I can't say I'm glad the week is over for me, because it's not. I will be going back to work on Sunday to try to get some more off my desk. In the meantime, I can look forward to end of next week.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Summer's End
Reminder of the summer, 1st March being the first day of autumn...
Prayers for those in Christchurch, coping with the aftermath of the earthquake.
Prayers for those in Christchurch, coping with the aftermath of the earthquake.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Phillip Island
Gaz's brother recently won a prize for a raffle ticket he bought. The prize was 7 nights stay at a villa at Phillip Island which he graciously invited us to share. Phillip Island is located about 150km from the CBD and frequently known as Penguin Island for the many little penguins (they used to be called fairy penguins but some people thought the penguins might object to being labelled homosexuals), seals, koalas and beautiful scenery.
You know the feeling of total carefree? It's good... I did not do much organising for this trip. No countless hours researching for things to do, etc... just go with the flow. Accomodation for starters, is taken care of. Transport? Check. I just needed to throw some clothes into Gaz's bag and go along. Feels great!
Gaz drove the whole 2 hours to PI, and upon reaching there found out that he had forgotten to bring a discount voucher which entitled us to one free Parks Pass (worth $35) for one bought. Oh well... Gaz's brother did his research on where to go in PI and over the next couple of days, we went to:
Rhyll's Trout Farm - $8.50 entry fee, $3 rod hire, $18.50 per kg for fishes caught (no fish and throw back), $3 to clean, $8 to cook either fried or baked, $10 cooked with chips $13 with chips and salad. It was sunny, quiet, perfect for fishing. We had no luck at the big fish pond so we went to the little one and everyone caught a fish. This will be the last time I will go fishing, can't bear to watch the worm being threaded on the hook all squirming like that, and then when the fish is caught we have to hit it on the head with a piece of wood. But I guess humans need to eat, at least we're not killing for just fun. Taste wise nothing much different to store bought fishes, both are fresh..
We went to see the little penguins on the second night. Got there around 7:30pm, was told that they would arrive at 8:30pm. We were ushered to a stadium setting facing the beach and then waited for the penguins to waddle up. When they did eventually come back from a hard day's work in the sea, they arrived in groups and hesitantly waddled in their tiny tiny legs, waiting to see if it's safe from predators.
I brought my binoculars with me so I could see quite well. Many of the tourists were put off by the small group of penguins (they must have thought they would see all 200 of the penguins waddle up the beach doing the congo line, tsk tsk...) and left after the first sighting. We lingered around till around 10pm and were well rewarded. As we walked up on the boardwalk from the beach towards the centre, we could see penguins literally an arms length away from us on the ground walking around. Some were fighting, some were just looking at us, they were so cute. Too bad we were not allowed any photos.
The next day we went to the Koala Conservation Centre. We went on a Treetop Walk - a boardwalk constructed to be close to the tops of the gum trees where the koalas were feeding. Many of the koalas were sleeping but we saw plenty that was wide awake. It's a privilege because koalas spend 20 hours resting and sleeping to conserve energy from their low calorie diet!
Who are you looking at, mate?
I'm so sleepy I could sleep now, here, anywhere!
Gosh, these gum leaves are so delicious I just can't stop eating!
Later, we drove to the Nobbies to try to spot some seals. We didn't see any but we've already seen some in NZ so it wasn't a big deal. The view was spectacular. White waves washed up against the rock, beautiful sunny day and strong strong wind. This was the last shot my camera gave me before the batteries faded away.
All round fond memories of PI, such a beautiful place!
You know the feeling of total carefree? It's good... I did not do much organising for this trip. No countless hours researching for things to do, etc... just go with the flow. Accomodation for starters, is taken care of. Transport? Check. I just needed to throw some clothes into Gaz's bag and go along. Feels great!
Gaz drove the whole 2 hours to PI, and upon reaching there found out that he had forgotten to bring a discount voucher which entitled us to one free Parks Pass (worth $35) for one bought. Oh well... Gaz's brother did his research on where to go in PI and over the next couple of days, we went to:
Rhyll's Trout Farm - $8.50 entry fee, $3 rod hire, $18.50 per kg for fishes caught (no fish and throw back), $3 to clean, $8 to cook either fried or baked, $10 cooked with chips $13 with chips and salad. It was sunny, quiet, perfect for fishing. We had no luck at the big fish pond so we went to the little one and everyone caught a fish. This will be the last time I will go fishing, can't bear to watch the worm being threaded on the hook all squirming like that, and then when the fish is caught we have to hit it on the head with a piece of wood. But I guess humans need to eat, at least we're not killing for just fun. Taste wise nothing much different to store bought fishes, both are fresh..
We went to see the little penguins on the second night. Got there around 7:30pm, was told that they would arrive at 8:30pm. We were ushered to a stadium setting facing the beach and then waited for the penguins to waddle up. When they did eventually come back from a hard day's work in the sea, they arrived in groups and hesitantly waddled in their tiny tiny legs, waiting to see if it's safe from predators.
I brought my binoculars with me so I could see quite well. Many of the tourists were put off by the small group of penguins (they must have thought they would see all 200 of the penguins waddle up the beach doing the congo line, tsk tsk...) and left after the first sighting. We lingered around till around 10pm and were well rewarded. As we walked up on the boardwalk from the beach towards the centre, we could see penguins literally an arms length away from us on the ground walking around. Some were fighting, some were just looking at us, they were so cute. Too bad we were not allowed any photos.
The next day we went to the Koala Conservation Centre. We went on a Treetop Walk - a boardwalk constructed to be close to the tops of the gum trees where the koalas were feeding. Many of the koalas were sleeping but we saw plenty that was wide awake. It's a privilege because koalas spend 20 hours resting and sleeping to conserve energy from their low calorie diet!
Who are you looking at, mate?
I'm so sleepy I could sleep now, here, anywhere!
Gosh, these gum leaves are so delicious I just can't stop eating!Later, we drove to the Nobbies to try to spot some seals. We didn't see any but we've already seen some in NZ so it wasn't a big deal. The view was spectacular. White waves washed up against the rock, beautiful sunny day and strong strong wind. This was the last shot my camera gave me before the batteries faded away.
All round fond memories of PI, such a beautiful place!
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