... with scarcely a whimper.
I got what I wanted for Christmas, which is this book I blogged about earlier. Yey.
I'm planning to read through this huge list once I get through the 8 or so library books I have with me now.
Will definitely blog about this monumental task.
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We've been watching Entourage on DVD since we got back. I am ADDICTED. And so is D, I think. We're down to our last few episodes and we've budgeted ourselves to watching one episode a day. Yes, we need to get out more. But, this show's definitely worth a watch.
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By the way, I've managed to post some more of our wedding pictures. Photos of us and our guests during the lunch reception. Have lots more to go through but these are enough for now.
I thought this worth a mention and a link:
Italy adopts new rules on ultra-thin models
Max Rossi / Reuters
I was able to post some pictures online yesterday. So for those who have been bugging me (you know who you are) about the freakin' holiday pictures, here they are:
Panglao Island, Bohol (i'll probably move these to another site as they're still on Multiply and you need an account to view the pics)
Apple delivered the ipod earlier than expected so D got his present early. It was really just an add-on present which I bought on a whim to supplement the Deep Purple albums. So I was expecting them to deliver it next week, after Christmas.
Well, I ordered the refurbished ipod online from the Apple store on Wednesday night. They sent me confirmation almost immediately with a tracking link. Next day the link said it was already shipped and due for delivery on Friday. Well, I certainly did not expect them to ship so quick (especially since it was free delivery and holiday season) and I had put our home as the delivery address. So, when they delivered on Friday, no one was here to receive it. I had thought to rectify the situation by emailing Apple on Thursday to tell them that no one would be at home on Friday. They said they can delay delivery until next Tuesday, which was cool. Well, according to the tracking link, they still delivered on Friday which was unsuccessful. They called me Friday night to schedule the next delivery which the girl said would be Thursday next week at the earliest. I said ok. (I was way confused by this time so I agreed). Guess what? They delivered the ipod this morning. Oh well. D got his add-on present early.
Since I can't keep gifts to myself for too long, I had to tell D that the ipod wasn't his proper present. Needless to say, he managed to convince me (admittedly, it did not take much) to give him his other gifts. Which I did. I got him Deep Purple vinyl records: Come Taste the Band, In Rock and Live Made in Japan. He absolutely loved them. Teehee. I love giving gifts.
Anyway, I previously posted that I was going to give him the nike+ipod attachment. Well, I've found out that it only works with the nano and I had inadvertently bought him a mini (i knew there was a reason it was way cheap). I didn't even know there was a difference (i am sooo tech savvy, aren't i?) Tch. So, there goes that idea.
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On another note, today's the first day of my 4-day weekend. I'm spending it alone (D had to go visit his dad 'cause it's his birthday. thankfully i got out of it.) sorting through my clothes and organizing them and doing the same thing with my ipod. And if I have time, I'll go sort and organize our pictures too. Hopefully, by the end of this day, I'll be sorted and Ms. Organized.
I better get a move on then.
Just got back from our honeymoon... It was great and I now have a lovely tan.
Will write more later.
I've been reading lots lately, thanks to our local library. I so love it.
Having grown up in a 3rd world country wherein public libraries do not exist (AT ALL), having one accessible to me is amazing. Everything's free!
Decided to review some noteworthy books:
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt ("rogue" economist) and Stephen J. Dubner (journalist)
It's our delayed honeymoon and we're spending as much time on the beach as possible.
Our destinations:
I can't wait.
I came across this from my Gullible Info section on my Google page.
(he got me the speakers. he already got me my ipod a few months back.)
He also gave me flowers, a card and a poem he wrote for me. Ok, I take it back. He isn't clueless. He's still cute though...
He also took me out to dinner. I'll blog about it in my food trip blog.
I found this site (showing visited countries), which I found cool.
One, for showing me how little of the world I've seen (only 7%! although I could've said I've visited China, as Hong Kong is apparently part of it).
And two, for the comments! They're so interesting and very revealing. Some people are sooo ignorant.
create your own visited countries map or vertaling Duits Nederlands
Yup, they were dressed like that catching public transpo. Go figure.
My car lease guy called me today to tell me that my application was approved. That means I get my new car when we fly back here from Manila. Yey! (decided to get it after our holiday since we didn't want the trouble of finding a place for it to stay unused for 3 weeks).
Now, all I need to learn is to drive on the wrong side of the road. And to remember that the clutch is on my left. And in turning, to use my indicators instead of turning on my wipers. Add in hook-turns (don't worry if you don't know about them since they're native only to Melbourne), roundabouts and road rules. So much to remember! And I don't exactly have the best memory. Teehee.
It' s a bit hard learning to drive here though. What with D getting stressed about how I drive and me getting stressed with how D teaches. On top of that, his truck (he calls it the Beast. with good reason.) is not the easiest car to drive... Oh well, such is life.
At least I get a brand spankin' new car. =)
it's horrible. i've waited far too long for the weekend to come and they bring me this. winter all over again... argh!
yes, yes, i'm being overly dramatic here but the weather's bringing me down. it's cold, windy, drizzly and did i mention cold out there.
well, i'm blaming the weather for my lack of productivity today. plus, the tgif syndrome. if i didn't have to finish this bloody presentation today i wouldn't even be pretending to work!
i want sunshine!
There's a work social function tonight. Bare Feet Lawn Bowls competition & BBQ. Hmm, never been lawn bowling before. D says we should go to help me with Australian transformation... That's a bloody good reason not to go. But I am curious.
Either that or D and I will go have a lovely dinner somewhere. Spanish or Mediterranean. Yum. Choices, choices.
images from Kat Bahloo website
Well, I've finally managed to post some of our wedding pics online. They're not too bad, I might say. Considering that we only paid a minimal amount and we were kinda worried about our choice of photographers at the onset. But, she pulled through and it went pretty ok.
The rest of the pictures can be viewed through our kodakgallery album.
Update: Damn kodak. They took down my albums. Argh!
i've always wanted a lifestyle that afforded me lazy breakfast mornings.
melbourne seemed conducive to that lifestyle as every time we drive down the road, we see loads of people having seemingly casual breakfasts at cafes all day.
i thought i'd be one of them one day. well, sad to say, at this stage in my life, i'm not. i'm still rushing in the mornings, having coffee to go and completely forgetting about breakfast. hmm, something needs to change...
even during weekends, d and i haven't had a lazy breakfast in ages. we believe it's because of the "settling-in" business, getting married and having my family over for the past 3 weeks. well, at least we're hoping it is. we're hoping once everything's settled down, we'll have our leisurely weekends. and lazy breakfasts.
here's to hope...
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