Gotta love 4 days off...

Hearing: Office noise

Im on my lunch break for another 20mins and i figure why not update?

The Great Australian Muster - Also known as the Easter Show! Its rides making you throw up, buckets full of fairy floss, the showbags, the food, the shows, the animals and just a pretty cruisy day out.

Naturally its been a while since ive been there and i have my "rituals" just like everyone else probably does (even if they dont admit it). So Easter Sunday my friend the Cookie Monster and i headed out for what was a very enjoyable and fun day. I had my list of "must do" which is making sure i have that delicious iced lemonade, perfect on a hot day, and checking out the different shows.

So the cookie monster and i set out for a full day there. The weather man predicted cold and rain so i opted for a black top and singlet underneath and took along a light cardie in case it got too cold...i wound up boiling, getting a tan and very pink cheeks by the end of the day...After walking for ages in the sun we stretched out on some grass in the shade and cooled off for a bit just listening to the families, the screams and laughter from the nearby rides but i think the sun eventually got to us. Instead of staying for the evening show and fireworks we headed home...7hrs later!!

But there is a funny story i just have to share here and im sure the CM wont mind. It involves the chilli tasting stall and a dare...heehee. My friend the CM likes to brag about how good he is at handling chilli and spicy foods as opposed to me who cant handle even the mildest of flavours. Anyhoo, he heads off to the chilli stand intent on trying to get me to try some hot chilli (yeah right!) but i only try a very very mild one 1/10. And then i spy a very evil plan marked 10++/10 and i dare him to try it. He's like sure thing i can take that - bless him - and takes a bite...LMAO!!!! Not 2 seconds later his face is red, mouth open panting and hiccuping from the intensity of the chilli! I felt so guilty i shouted him an ice cream to cool the burn... he said later that his tounge and roof of his mouth were well and truely scalded!

And then there was my first attempt at a barbeque when we had our neighbours over for lunch (more tanning and pink cheeks) on Monday. Just your typical food, flies, and banter around the table. I really enjoyed that. It took a while to start the fire but then it was ok. My neighbour didnt try to interfere which was nice but i kinda wanted him to! And his kid was sweet helping out a bit too.

Other than that, since my last post i have been doing some self study with Adobe (Macromedia) Dreamweaver and getting some practice on driving a manual car (i already have a full license on an automatic). Im happy to say that i only stalled it twice at the very begining and now im just a bit slow with taking off and changing gears - methinks i need more practice...

I'll try to upload some photos from the Easter Show when i can.

In the meantime its back to work for me, times up!!

VP

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It looooong overdue i know...

Hearing: local street noise

Yes i should hang my head in shame, i cant believe it myself, neglecting blogger for months!! So wrong, just so, so wrong. So i will update, i am getting my butt into gear this time. Just a quick not on what i've been up to for now and will recap everything in more detail later.

After returning from Damascus, Syria last year i spent most of my time looking for work. I finally landed a job with an IT recruitment company in the city. Very nice bunch of people, friendly and down to earth and I'm really enjoying myself. Its a small company but i like that, everyone knows each other and its like a little family. Plus the bonus is that its in the IT field which is another love of mine. But don't worry my posts wont go all tech-geek on you. So i've been getting re-introduced to the IT industry and how things work and its been interesting.

I have also been catching up with friends, old school friends, airline friends, uni friends...that has been fun too. Weird on occasion but mainly fun. Especially to see how things have progressed in the 2 years i've been away...Also I'm just enjoying being back in Sydney again. There are things i miss like my friends back in the Sandpit and lifestyle aspects and then there are things i don't. So all in all I'm happy with where I'm at now. Besides when my friends fly into Sydney i get to catch up with them here so its pretty cool.

As for travel - oooh that's a sore spot...I'm missing it dreadfully, the ability to fly wherever whenever at low, low prices arrgh!!! And with only the weekends off and annual leave too far to consider at the moment....*sigh*

So for now i will be updating and hopefully back-post about the rest of my Damascus trip when i can and anything else that wont bore the pants of anyone (please this blog is G rated) LOL!

Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far.

VP

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