I'M ALIVE!!!!!!!!
I'm so sorry that it's been so long since my last post. Twenty days!!!! Man, this month's flown by! And that's not necessarily a bad thing. But then again, it could be bad... seeing as how I only have 6 weeks to finish all my projects. And actually, they're starting to diminish slowly. I now only have my presentation and the 3 papers left. So that's something!!
Other than assignments and work, life has been pretty uneventful. Except for this past weekend. This past Friday was ANZAC Day (abbreviated for 'Australia, New Zealand Army Corps'). It's a day to remember all the troops that have fallen in battle in past years - most notably those killed in combat at Gallipoli (a bit like Normandy). So we had the day off of classes... and I'll try to make this make sense: because Friday was a holiday and they wanted to balance out classes, we had Friday classes on Thursday instead of Thursday classes. So I didn't have class on Thursday! Instead I went down to the Gold Coast.
Thursday and Friday the Worth's church (the Worth's are my friends that live in the Gold Coast - Bec's family) had a big birthday event. The church celebrated its two-year birthday. To do so, they invited Colorado paster, John Bevere to speak, Australian Idol runner-up, Matt Corby to perform, and British Christian band, Delirious to give two concerts! And let me say, Delirious is amazing. I loved them when I was younger, and then kind of almost forgot about them... not really forgot, but just never really stayed up to date with. But they are great! They're new album is wonderful (even bought a t-shirt).
It was a really great two days. Busy but great. A nice break to the norm.
In addition to my recent outing to the Gold Coast, more news includes the return of the mosquitos. Apparently they went on vacation and now they're back and very very thirsty. I started getting bites when I was down on the Gold Coast. And they must have followed me back to my room, cause I've been getting even more. The tally is as follows:
- 2 on right foot, 4th toe
- 2 on right ankle
- 1 on right heel
- 1 on bottom of right foot
- 1 on bottom of left foot
- 1 on back left thigh
- 1 on right pinky
- 1 on top of right hand
- 1 on right forearm
- 1 on right elbow
- 1 right outside of right armpit
- 1 on left side of neck
- 1 on right backside of neck
- and i'm pretty sure, 1 on top of my head
I keep spraying bug spray... but it just doesn't seem to help. I don't know what to do. Just waiting for them to get sick of my blood. *sigh*
No big plans this week except maybe start on papers, work, and go see 'Iron Man' sometime.
I'll try to post a little more often and try not to wait twenty days until my next post.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Melbourne Video
And now for the quick video of Alison and my trip to Melbourne.
Just as a reminder: we arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday afternoon. It started raining later that afternoon, so we ended up staying in for the night (we did venture out to grab some food however - and took a little tour of the city from Bec's car). The following day was dedicated solely to the Great Ocean Road. Friday we were so exhausted that we ended up sleeping in until noon, not getting out until 1pm. And we had to fly out by 10:15 (the airport being 45mins away). So we crammed as much as we could into the few hours that we had in the city. And not having much planned, we ended up just walking around randomly. We stopped for some coffee and later some more coffee and cake. But we mostly just looked at buildings. Bec got off work around 6, I believe, and we headed over to Southgate for some dinner. And then we were off to catch our flight.
Also... just a little story about our flight back. We ended up not getting done with dinner until about 8. We walked back to Bec's apartment and still had to pack a little. I don't think we really left until about 9 or so. We stopped for petrol (gas) and then got a little lost. If you read above, you'd notice that our flight was at 10:15pm and the airport was 45mins away. So let's do some math here..... 9:15 plus 45mins is..... yeah... 10pm. LUCKILY... when we finally got to the airport, we were told that the flight had been delayed an hour. However, that didn't stop wonderful Darlene at the check-in counter from slapping our hands with a ruler a little bit. We got quite the little reprimand. So, God was on our side that night. Otherwise we'd probably have ended up staying the night at the Avalon airport, catching the next flight in the morning.
Just as a reminder: we arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday afternoon. It started raining later that afternoon, so we ended up staying in for the night (we did venture out to grab some food however - and took a little tour of the city from Bec's car). The following day was dedicated solely to the Great Ocean Road. Friday we were so exhausted that we ended up sleeping in until noon, not getting out until 1pm. And we had to fly out by 10:15 (the airport being 45mins away). So we crammed as much as we could into the few hours that we had in the city. And not having much planned, we ended up just walking around randomly. We stopped for some coffee and later some more coffee and cake. But we mostly just looked at buildings. Bec got off work around 6, I believe, and we headed over to Southgate for some dinner. And then we were off to catch our flight.
Also... just a little story about our flight back. We ended up not getting done with dinner until about 8. We walked back to Bec's apartment and still had to pack a little. I don't think we really left until about 9 or so. We stopped for petrol (gas) and then got a little lost. If you read above, you'd notice that our flight was at 10:15pm and the airport was 45mins away. So let's do some math here..... 9:15 plus 45mins is..... yeah... 10pm. LUCKILY... when we finally got to the airport, we were told that the flight had been delayed an hour. However, that didn't stop wonderful Darlene at the check-in counter from slapping our hands with a ruler a little bit. We got quite the little reprimand. So, God was on our side that night. Otherwise we'd probably have ended up staying the night at the Avalon airport, catching the next flight in the morning.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Great Ocean Road Video!!!
Sorry it's taking me so long between posts and videos.
The semester is in FULL swing and assignments are beginning to build on top of each other. And what's more is I got a job!!! That's right! QPAC (Queensland Performing Arts Center) hired me. So I'm working 20 hours a week there. Just started this past week. It's nice, good people and great atmosphere. I'm only a Food and Beverage attendant, but I figure I really don't need anything too substantial. I mean, I'm only allowed 20 hours, and I'm studying, so what good is it to really put myself in a job that's really hard.
With that said, posts will probably start to dwindle a bit. I was looking at my planner tonight and I'm beginning to get a little stressed actually with what I have to do, and how little of time I have to do it. To give you and idea, I have about 2 months to complete the following:
(2) 1500 word short answer reports
(1) 1500 word proposal
(1) case study presentation
(3) 4000 word essays
So it's gonna be a crazy 2 months. And it's not like I've been putting everything off!! I haven't received the questions to the short answers yet, we just talked about the case study presentations and what is supposed to go into them, and two of the essays' topics are given (which won't be handed out until about 2 weeks before they're due). CRAZY professors!!!
So prayer is needed!!!
But while you wait and wait and wait for another blog to be posted, please enjoy these videos of the tour Alison and I took on the The Great Ocean Road. We went through a tour group called 'Go West'. Our captain was Simon - a wonderful gentleman with a keen interest in music. Throughout the journey he played music that corresponded with what we were experiencing and viewing. It was great!! I'd recommend it to anyone!
I decided to split them into two parts so as not to overwhelm those of you that read this while at work.
ENJOY!!!!
The semester is in FULL swing and assignments are beginning to build on top of each other. And what's more is I got a job!!! That's right! QPAC (Queensland Performing Arts Center) hired me. So I'm working 20 hours a week there. Just started this past week. It's nice, good people and great atmosphere. I'm only a Food and Beverage attendant, but I figure I really don't need anything too substantial. I mean, I'm only allowed 20 hours, and I'm studying, so what good is it to really put myself in a job that's really hard.
With that said, posts will probably start to dwindle a bit. I was looking at my planner tonight and I'm beginning to get a little stressed actually with what I have to do, and how little of time I have to do it. To give you and idea, I have about 2 months to complete the following:
(2) 1500 word short answer reports
(1) 1500 word proposal
(1) case study presentation
(3) 4000 word essays
So it's gonna be a crazy 2 months. And it's not like I've been putting everything off!! I haven't received the questions to the short answers yet, we just talked about the case study presentations and what is supposed to go into them, and two of the essays' topics are given (which won't be handed out until about 2 weeks before they're due). CRAZY professors!!!
So prayer is needed!!!
But while you wait and wait and wait for another blog to be posted, please enjoy these videos of the tour Alison and I took on the The Great Ocean Road. We went through a tour group called 'Go West'. Our captain was Simon - a wonderful gentleman with a keen interest in music. Throughout the journey he played music that corresponded with what we were experiencing and viewing. It was great!! I'd recommend it to anyone!
I decided to split them into two parts so as not to overwhelm those of you that read this while at work.
ENJOY!!!!
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