The Holiday

So I managed to convince D to watch The Holiday with me. It was sappy and gooey and GOOD. I loved it. Surprisingly, so did D.

Nothing extraordinary about it, just your typical light fluffy romantic comedy. But Jude Law was gorgeous and Kate Winslet was funny. It's a feel good movie and the perfect choice to see during the Christmas season.

And, best of all, the official website lets you make a trailer of your life! How cool is that?

Australian Open

I've just decided to go and watch the Australian Open. It's practically happening in our backyard and I thought it would be a shame not to go. Plus, it's one of the cool things about living in Melbourne and I should take advantage of it.

I've roped D into buying tickets tonight. We're going to get the Ground Passes ($29/person) for the first weekend it's on. How exciting...

Read more about the Open here.

So Christmas came and went...

... 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.

Good on You, Italy

I thought this worth a mention and a link:
Italy adopts new rules on ultra-thin models

Max Rossi / Reuters

Pictures

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)

Puerto Galera

Have lots more to sort through. I'll get there. Eventually.

early Christmas gifts

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.

So this is Christmas...

It's the last day for work before a long-awaited 4 day weekend. Yes, yes, I know. I've just been on a fantastic holiday and have been only working for less than 2 weeks. But still. I've been soo looking forward to this.

Everybody's been asking what I'll be doing this Christmas. You want to know too? Well then I'll tell you. Nothing. Yup, nothing. Sad but true. We'll probably have a Christmas lunch or dinner with D's people but other than that, zilch. So that's Christmas in Melbourne. Bloody exciting, isn't it? Bah humbug.

Anyway, I'm excited about giving D his gifts... Got him 3 albums of Deep Purple (never even heard of the band before) and also got him a 4G ipod on sale. I'm also planning to get him the Nike+ipod thingie to encourage him to start running again. Yey.

This is what I want for Christmas:

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

I've just borrowed it from the library but I've decided I want my own copy. First of all, it's a huge book and I can't lug it around with me to read during the holidays. I'll need time to go through the list. Also, I plan to go through the list, borrow the books from the library and tick them off as I read them. Some books I've already read and enjoyed (ALL of Jane Austen's books made it to the list!! How cool is that?) and some I've read and just went huh (could someone please explain why Grapes of Wrath is considered a great book? it's depressing and there's too many tumbleweeds...). But the majority of the books I've never read. Which is why I'm embarking on a reading adventure. Call it my new year's resolution.

I hope D gets it for me soon...

For New Year's, a friend of mine from college is coming to visit from Adelaide. She's recently migrated to oz and been staying with her cousin somewhere in the vicinity of Adelaide. Needless to say, she's bored out of her mind. She's planning to move to Sydney to look for a job. I told her to come visit me first.

We're planning to go to the City for New Year's Eve. There's a lot going on so it should be fun.

Don't know if I'll be motivated enough to post during the holiday break. Although, I am planning to upload some honeymoon pics. We'll see.

Merry Christmas everybody!

i have been lax

yes, it's been ages since my last post and even longer since my last decent one. i've been lazy, i admit. and i still am.

just wanted to let people i'm still alive. even in smoky melbourne. (read about it here.)

Smoking: An image from NASA's advanced spaceborne thermal emission and reflection radiometer (ASTER) shows fires burning about 57km southeast of Mansfield. Burned areas appear charcoal. Picture: NASA

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on top of the smoke, ever since i've been back, summer in melbourne has been a bit off kilter. we've been having cool days (ranging from 15c to 20c) to really cold nights (winter cold, seriously). nasty.

well, the holidays are upon us and hopefully that'll give me some time to organize our honeymoon pictures and upload them. wish me luck!

We're back!

Just got back from our honeymoon... It was great and I now have a lovely tan.
Will write more later.