Speaking of lengthy post blogs – our favourite Iraqi blogger, Salam Pax (of Where is Raed?), is back!
Month: May 2003
Hi folks, it’s been an amazing two weeks and I think I really needed a break. But it’s good to be back – despite the backlog of work at the office. I just had a meeting with my managing director. My new job title is going to be ‘Design Technology Advisor’, which is quite a …
Woke up early. Mum went to see Vicki’s teachers for a meet-the-parents session (not a good thing). Meanwhile, I made french toast. I haven’t cooked in ages but I remembered exactly how I used to do it. Mum called to tell me she was on her way back from the school, and I reserved the …
Woke up late. Mum made eggs for breakfast. We packed up Vicki’s bags and had lunch at Serai, a Thai-Asian restaurant (Vicki’s last char kway teow and chicken rice for a long time to come). Yan, the dutiful niece from Ipoh who’s been running the joint while the owners are under SARS quarantine back in …
Shopping in Perth’s CBD – along Hay Street. I went to two music stores on the same side of the road and picked up a few cool books, one of which was sheet music for Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, which I’ve always wanted to learn. I wanted the sheet music for the Pianist soundtrack, particularly …
Today’s morning news featured Australia’s latest scandal, involving a company called Pan Pharmaceuticals which was in breach of production standards, causing many customers to fall sick. After lunch, we met up with Raphael and Beatrice Tan, two lovely Christians, and Raphael’s coursemate at Bible school, Ai Mee. They all have children, mostly rowdy little boys, …
We spent the day with Vicki’s old roommate Vanessa, and her mum and sister. We had lunch back at South Perth, and then went back to the main city area to watch a movie, How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days – which everybody seemed excited about except me, since I wanted to watch …
We checked out at 10 a.m. and drove 600 kilometres along the Albany Highway. I did about two-thirds of that, since most of it involved going in a straight line and the only real challenge was not to fall asleep or get my right arm seared by the scorching sun. We stopped over a few …
We survived the night in the old motel room, and departed in the late morning for Middleton Beach, which is probably the best place to go in Albany if you’re looking for open skies and a bay that glitters under the sun in a few different shades of blue. It’s really pretty. [ Photos will …