Monthly Archives: September 2009

Lima bound

After two wonderful days in Sydney, Rhys and I are now waiting at the airport for our flight to Lima. You’ve probably heard about the massive dust storm covering Sydney this morning. We woke up to a bright orange sky, … Continue reading

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In da club

Sitting in the Qantas Club waiting for our flight to Sydney thanks to Rhys’s platinum frequent flyer status. Spent yesterday doing the best thing one can do before going away for a month: drinking with friends. Been up since 4am … Continue reading

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Drogging

I had grand intentions of getting a bucketload of work done tonight. Instead I went for beers at the uni tav – something I haven’t done in quite a while! Now I’m awaiting the delivery of a king-size feast of … Continue reading

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Florence and the Machine

Did I mention yet how much I love this artist? I’m pretty sure that every brainless hipster indie kid in the world is listening to Florence and the Machine at the moment, but whatever – she’s actually pretty brilliant (except … Continue reading

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Photos from Kings Park: testing the E-500

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Dodgy pano?

All hail my dodgy panorama of Perth! Looking at it up close, I realised that I’m missing a chunk of the skyline & convention centre. Oops.  Luckily y’all can’t really see that, because my blog template is too narrow to … Continue reading

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My new camera

When it comes to photography, I’m a total hack. I know nothing about aperture or f-stops or anything like that. The manual function on my camera doesn’t get much of a workout beyond the fact that I use manual focus … Continue reading

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Love in the time of cholera

You know you’re going on vacation somewhere awesome when you have to take this before you leave: We’ve also been inoculated-via-injection against Yellow Fever, Typhoid, and Hep A. We’ve got altitude sickness tablets, and I personally have more Ventolin than … Continue reading

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Adventures of Cheesekranskygirl.

Rhys is out for dinner at his Mum & Stepdad’s place tonight, but I stayed home because I have work to do (shh, don’t tell anyone I’m blogging). Because we’re going away next week, we’re kinda down to bare minimum … Continue reading

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Happy birthday to… bloggy!

That’s right – my blog is five years old today! On 15 September 2004, I decided to start blogging again after a hiatus of a few years, in light of the fact that I’d been taking a web studies unit … Continue reading

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