I love airline food. I love it. And I’m not talking about the individually-catered-for-meals I imagine they get in First Class (having never travelled there), but the food they give you in Cattle Class.
I was reminded of this after talking to my mate who recently got married and is now on holiday in [...]
Citizens of Cyberspace:
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to furnish me with excuses to avoid playing volleyball when my mate arrives in Sydney in less than fortnight.
I hate the dreaded sport: I’m sure if Dante was writing his Inferno today, the ninth circle of Hell would involve v*llyb*ll. Last time he [...]
Sydney’s very-own Alexanderplatz can be found when you walk through Macquarie University. Featureless concrete buildings reminiscent of the East German architecture in Berlin are well represented there.
Enrolment day was a long affair. Despite being lulled into a false sense of “this will be nice and quick” at the start, I didn't need to [...]
Last night we had a “Ship Meet” in Sydney. What is a “Ship Meet”? It is where you take your life into your hands and agree to meet people you only know through the online Christian magazine “Ship of Fools” (which you can read by clicking the link over on the left). [...]
The information evening for my course was held last night. I feel far more secure in my choice now, having met the lecturers and my fellow students: they are all such wonderful people. It was great to get some information about the course before-hand, and even better to get to know everyone over [...]
…until I start Uni. I am torn between excitement and sheer terror.
Can I really teach English? What sort of teacher will I be? So many fears, yet so much excitement as well: I truly hope I can make a difference in people’s lives and help them to gain the necessary language (and [...]
The Germans have left for Cairns. It was sad saying Auf Wiedersehen last night — it was wonderful having them here, and wonderful for me to see parts of Sydney I don’t often see.
We went to the Blue Mountains on Sunday, which just happened to be the coldest and windiest day here for quite [...]
WOW! We certainly covered a lot of Sydney yesterday!
From the Aquarium to the Powerhouse Museum to Hyde Park to St Mary’s Cathedral; then walking the path past the Art Gallery to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair to the Opera House [where we took the wonderful tour -- the Concert Hall is breathtaking: being a cultural philistine [...]
My best friend should be married within a few hours. I wish I was in San Jose to be there, but money is always an issue. Congratulations mate, and my warmest prayers ascend for a blessed life together for you and your wonderful wife.
Enjoy Hawaii, and I hope to see you [...]
My German friends are here! Yippee! I spent several minutes conversing in the Teutonic tongue over the telephone: I threw verbs in with wild abandon; nouns with incorrect genders were strewn throughout; and, as Mark Twain wonderfully suggests in his side-splitting “The Awful German Language”, I heaved in a Schlag or Zug when [...]