Monthly Archives: July 2009

Some things I ate today #1

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

I mentioned in one of my posts yesterday that I sometimes blog about food. I’m flirting with the idea of just posting that stuff here… I can’t be bothered having two blogs at the moment. Or rather, I can, but … Continue reading →

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The olive thief.

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

I’ve just been standing on an upturned bucket in my backyard stealing olives off my neighbour’s tree. I’m going to marinate them to make gorgeous lemon, garlic & herb olives. It’s totally okay for me to steal olives, right? I … Continue reading →

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Please explain…

Posted on July 31, 2009 by

…how the Commonwealth bank can justify offering a student visa with a $3000 credit limit?? Granted that $3000 is less than 10% of my income for the past financial year, I still don’t think it’s a terribly responsible thing to … Continue reading →

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Why…

Posted on July 30, 2009 by

is my iPhone, after 6+ months of my having owned it, suddenly automatically telling me when I have new emails? Previously I have had to go in to my inbox and manually check for new mail, but now it just … Continue reading →

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Funny Google searches

Posted on July 30, 2009 by

This is just a quick shout out to the person who stumbled across my blog today by Googling the words, “Can PhD students be cool?”. That is frigging awesome. (PS – yes they can. Case in point.)

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What’s your opinion on the free stuff debate?

Posted on July 30, 2009 by

As I mentioned the other day in the post about my ill-fated trip to the school of Getting Your Arse Kicked By Jillian Michaels, a lot of the blogs I read are American (simply due to a lack of Aussie … Continue reading →

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Winter?

Posted on July 30, 2009 by

Winter’s not so bad in a country where July looks like this: That there is my beeeooooootiful backyard. I’m actually quite seriously in love with this house, and it will be heartbreaking to leave in November when our lease is … Continue reading →

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Thank goodness for dirty windows

Posted on July 30, 2009 by

Because we haven’t cleaned our living room windows in a while ever, the winter sun is making me warm, but not blinding me. There are benefits to my lack of domestic goddess-ness!

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The day Jillian Michaels pwned me.

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

It’s getting to the point that I can’t use jetlag as my excuse for everything. I’ve been home for five days, and although I may or may not have slept until 4pm on Sunday (I did) and may have had … Continue reading →

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Cute cartoons cure PhD blues (yah, I’m feeling it)

Posted on July 28, 2009 by

[via iisc life] After the meeting with advisor: Debugging your own code: Attending a lecture: Attending a talk suggested by your advisor: Experiment succeeds: Advisor on leave: Semester ends: Paper accepted: Experiment fails: Why did I choose this advisor?: Before … Continue reading →

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