Off with the boys to Adelaide

Holiday time again...this time to Adelaide, with me and six boys. You may very well ask why and now that I've been there I agree, what a ghost town it was difficult to even find a pub that was open!

Day 1: Barrossa Valley Wine Tasting - Dont we just look like a bunch of wine experts!

Day 2: A hung over game of footie with the boys - dont let them tell you I cant play look at this professional catching style and determination...


Day 3: Road trip to Glen Elg - Unlike the city this place actually had an atmosphere and people...and who might this be?

sydney invades melbourne

Jarrod (skinny flat white) and Mark (innocent honours student!) have infiltrated my house for the past week on a 'work' holiday. My lovely clean house is now officially warmed including a lovely red wine stain on the carpet and a redecorated bathroom, for which the picture below only shows the beginnings of....I assure you I wasnt grinning that much by the next morning :(

We also managed to take my not so new car for a spin around the bay to the Mornington Peninsular and owing to excessive but predicable VIC storms had to resort to hanging out in wineries for hours :)

Sydney vs Melbourne

There was an article in The Age last weekend giving a travel guide on Sydney. The writter evidently does not like Sydney which shone through loud and clear in the negative undertone of the article. The only positive thing he/she had to say was that Sydney has better drivers, which by the way, I agree with but thats besides the point.

What really baffles me is the line "....we are supposed to snear at Sydney with the equal sneerability Sydney applies to us." Since moving to Melbourne I have gathered that this is a very common notion, however every Sydneysider I have ever spoken too doesnt really mind Melbourne (or Melbournians) and indeed quite like the city??? Where has this one sided distain for Sydney come from?

Anyway, from my point of view you shouldnt even try to compare the two cities because they are so different in size, location and atmosphere...I think their both great and Melbournians should get over it and enjoy!!!

Sydney: emerald-city-or-zircon-town?

Bar at Buena Vista

Another last minute invitation....went to 'her majesty's theatre' to see a cuban music and dance show. Wasnt sure what to expect but its a mix of music, dance and theatre, they had everyone up and dancing at the end. Thoroughly recommended!!

catching up #4 - Mt Bulla

Yes I am in Melbourne to work but I cant say no to a ski trip, so when the opportunity came up I kindly asked if two days off work would be OK....evidently it was.

We stayed at the Monash Uni lodge at Mt Bulla just a short stroll from the ski lifts. The first day was great I decided to have a lesson to remind myself how it all works and after that all was fine. I didnt have too many stacks, however, to be perfectly honest I didnt really go fast enough to crash too hard. The second day it was almost a blizzard and by lunch time they shut down the lifts and that was the end of that...

catching up #3 - Connect conference Sydney

Back to Sydney for a week for a conference...I gave a talk which went well but the best part was definitely the socialising. The conference dinner was a blast, starting with three of us up on stage singing with the band, and ending at the Casino at some early hour of the morning. Another night we had a dinner in China town and three of us decided at some point in time to stay out all night and ended up watching the sunrise over the Opera house. So there were many headaches at the conference but all in all it was great fun!

catching up #2 - melbourne here I am

So I packed my bags, hopped on a lovely Qantas plane and arrived shortly at the not so sunny Melbourne ready to start my new job. It took me a few weeks to find a place to live but ended up in Elwood with a nice unit only a short stroll from the bay.

catching up #1 - the big move

So for this evenings topic for catching up on recent events I will start from the beginning...

In the beginning there was my farewell party at DarBar in Glebe. We all stuffed ourselves with Indian food and drank and were merry. It was a bit strange though having friends from so many different parts of my life there, but we all managed.

check out my new wheels

So I finally got myself a car, but not just any car a brand new sp23 mazda in my favourite colour!
I can just see now that there will be many road trips ahead and I may have to readjust my social
habits and become the designated driver.

Thought for the day.

SMILE

Today is the tomorrow you dreamed about yesterday.

whose sleeping in my bed?

My room is a little crowded at the moment, I appear to have some new free loading flat-mates.

BED-BUGS

I didnt even know we had them in Sydney....Its not the thought of having them in my room thats the problem, its that the sneaky #?@$-ing buggers have been hiding out all day then tip-toeing into my bed at night and sucking my blood....eww.

D-DAY

Today is a big day in the life of Suz....its D-DAY!!!

M15+ : Parental guidance is recommended...

Haiku Heaven

You mean mosquito;
Dont hide, come and show your face
Or let me sleep...please!

Look at the Stars

Look at the determination in these SingStars eyes!



"the SingStar technology will judge how good you are"....sorry guys you have been voted off

life is a beach....

Ahhh made a quick trip to Maroubra beach yesterday after work, what a way to end the day, and there weren't hoards of people like on the weekend...even better!

all the essential items...

Went and saw a movie last night which was not only good but free...DOOR IN THE FLOOR, with Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger.

From the previews it looked like another typical drama with family issues, tears, younger man that comes and takes away the wife etc. but turned out to be highly amusing, contained a decent storyline and even slightly tear drawing in the end.

Overall it had all the essential items I require to be entertained and scored pretty high on the suzz-o-meter....but I dont think I would be rushing to see it again.

the life of blog

I just helped my mother set up her own blog....so I guess that means I should stop procrastinating and do my own. So here is my first post and hopefully not my last.