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Summer of Etc!

Once again, I’ve left this site for faaaaar too long without letting you all know what I’ve been up to of late (oops). Needless to say, a fair bit has happened in the past few weeks, and it’s probably worth … Continue reading

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Elsewherein’

Just a friendly prod to interstate friends (and apologies to those of you picking who are otherwise uninterested): I’ll be in Sydney from Wednesday evening for the AUC XGrid Workshop; I’ll be heading to Melbourne on Friday evening for the … Continue reading

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Self-absorption in brief

My 20th Birthday was yesterday, so I’m making amends for not posting about it yesterday by making a note of it today. Notably, I don’t really feel any older than any time before, other than a strange feeling of foreboding … Continue reading

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The Gruen Transfer (and car parks etc)

Last Friday, whilst in Sydney on a short trip, I had the fortune of being asked to go ice skating with a bunch of people from USyd. This required me to visit a large suburban shopping mall. Whilst the ice … Continue reading

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Sydney 2nd-5th

For the benefit of friends of mine who read this blog, I’ll be in Sydney for the latter half of next week visiting friends — if you want to catch up with me, let me know.

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NCSS Part 1 (Sydney part 2)

So here begins my comprehensive wrap-up of all things Sydney, since I conveniently neglected to do so whilst I was there. Come on, Aussie! Friday’s main purpose was to watch Day Three of the Second Test between Australia and India … Continue reading

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Back home

Well, I’m back home (and have been for the past few days now) after my trip out for NCSS. The trip was fantastic, I made heaps of new friends, revisited lots of old ones (some unexpectedly), and otherwise had a … Continue reading

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The All-nighter

It’s 5:36 on a Sunday morning during the closing hours of the customary all-nighter. Dawn was 15 minutes ago. I do believe I’ve made it!!!! A more comprehensive wrap-up of the week when I can be stuffed — sleep depravation … Continue reading

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Sydney Day 1

Get me a ticket for an aeroplane… Thursday began with an unusually early wake-up time for myself, due to my need to get myself to the airport by 6AM. Once I got there, the general airport trudgery began, with the … Continue reading

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O’Reilly? Ya. Reilly.

I’ve just booked tickets for the 3rd day of the 2nd Test vs India in Sydney (yay!), and was amused to see the section of the ground that I will be seated in: If you don’t get this, look here.

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