It's Spring!

Woohoo! It's spring! Winter's gone!
Although today wasn't the best indication of spring weather, what with the mostly overcast day and random freak showers, I'm still feeling hopeful.

Speaking of freak showers, I was on my way to the post office during my lunch break when it started drizzling. And then the drizzling quickly turned into pouring down real hard. And then I got drenched. Of course I didn't have an umbrella. What do you take me for?

I got to the post office looking like a drowned rat. And then, guess what? When I came out, it was bright and sunny, the world looking like it had never rained. And I'm standing there, completely drenched, completely out of place.

Ah, the wonders of Melbourne. Four seasons in a day and don't I know it.

Cold Brewed Iced Coffee

What a concept. Get the recipe from the NY Times here.

My taste buds can't wait to try it but the rest of me can't even imagine drinking a cold coffee now as we're in the middle of winter. I'll have to wait til summer, I think.

This morning it was foggy and 4C. We did have a high of 14C -- how lovely (insert heavy sarcasm here). On a positive note, the heater man came over this morning and fixed our heating! Woohoo, no more frozen me.

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Wondering how much caffeine you can ingest without killing yourself (as all normal folk do)? Find out here. I have to drink over 96 cups of coffee (I'm assuming in one go) before it kills me.

Before I Freeze to Death

Just wanted to give an update on our heater situation. The repair man came around this morning to check it out and discovered that the motor has died.

He has to go see whether they have a replacement motor in stock in Melbourne, otherwise, he will have to order the part from Adelaide. No idea on how long this will take. A week?

If my body is discovered in a frozen state, at least you know what happened.

My Neglected Forgotten Blog

For a long moment there, I forgot I had a blog. Almost 2 weeks since my last post but I have lots of excuses. Things have been busy -- busier than usual anyway.

Yes they are excuses but these are the Things That Have Kept Me From Blogging:

1. My sister arrived on the 18th! Woohoo! She's here for 3 months. We've been taking her around and getting her sorted.
2. We had a lunch-thing with a few of our friends on the Sunday she arrived. I was busy cooking, eating, mingling and cleaning up that day.
3. I was working. Mundane but true. Still trying to sort out the work situation as well.
4. We went up to Mount Dandenong and visited the William Ricketts Sanctuary (creepy but fascinating) and Sky High Mt. Dandenong (absolutely gorgeous -- highly recommended).
5. We went shopping at the Camberwell markets. We scored! Heaps of jumpers and sweaters for cheap! Got a good pair of jeans and a pair of slacks!
6. I took my Road Law Knowledge Test and Hazard Perception Test and I passed both! Woohoo! Now, all I need is to pass the practical driving test and I'll finally get a Victorian license. The test is still in October.
7. I've discovered Facebook and now I'm hooked. I'm way too addicted to Scrabulous at the moment.
8. Char is coming tonight! Woohoo!
9. I've also been busy enjoying the fine Melbourne weather. We've been having really good days recently -- 20ºC days are SO good. Sometimes, it even feels like Melbourne summer! Double woohoo!

See? I have been busy. But I'll try to be more regular again. And I have yet to post my pictures. I'll get it done. Soonish. Somehow.

Back in cold, cold Melbourne

We were spoiled with 20º-25ºC sunny weather the entire time we were on break in Byron Bay and the Gold Coast.

Late last night, as the plane was preparing for landing in Melbourne, the pilot said that the weather was a "balmy 4ºC." How inspiring.

And today, on our first day back at work, we were driving in cold and miserable rain. Welcome to Melbourne!

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P.S. We had a fantastic time away though. I loved Byron Bay and surrounds. Got to see where D grew up. It was great!

Weather Blues

And to think, this is actually an improvement already as we've been having 5C and 6C days recently.

Yesterday was really dreadful, pissing down all day, really cold and windy. Today's marginally better with the sun peeking out once in a while.

I've been doing better on the work situation. Well, not exactly better. More like, if I don't think about it, it doesn't bother me. But at least a meltdown has been avoided. At least for now.

Yesterday I had the best news ever! Tiger Airways is going to fly to/from Melbourne beginning December this year! Woohoo! They're advertising flights for Melbourne-Singapore for just A$499/return! I want to book now.

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!

Winter's Back! Arghhh!

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!