Friday, February 20, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Sunday, November 23, 2008
MEH...
My younger brother and his wife gave birth to their first child - my second niece last Saturday, the 15th of November. Big congratulations to them! I especially love the name they gave her as her initials spell out MEH! She is gonna be quite the character!!!!
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Maldivian wins!!!
Well What do you know... Maldivian has won the Cox Plate! I blogged about this horse a while back when I first heard that there was a horse called "Maldivian". And then again when that awful accident he had. But he has come back against all odds and won!Read about it here.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Birthday Post
Last week I celebrated my birthday. I had cake with more candle on it than cake(yeah I am old!!) and I got a couple or recipe books from Dina for presents. I think that was her not quite subtle way of telling me that I should be doing all the cooking till my next birthday. To be fair I had expressed an interest in buying these particular books as they have recipes that could be made with just four ingredients. They are bestsellers in Australia. Go here to check them out.
I also got cake at work. It is part of the work culture to have cake on all employees' birthdays. And since I was fasting they were nice enough to schedule the get together for 6pm and most of them stayed behind on a Friday to celebrate with me. I am really liking this new job!
Dina and I went out for the obligatory birthday dinner during the weekend. We went to our favourite Indian restaurant on Sydney Road and just stuffed our faces. That always happens when we go out to eat. W e eat too much and then have to spend the rest of the night trying not to move too much in case we burst!
Anyways it was a lovely birthday and thanks to the internet, I got heaps of wishes from lots of people I might not have otherwise got wishes from. My parents and siblings and cousins also called me up. I haven't had that many phone calls in one day since god knows when. All in all, it was a very special birthday.
I also got cake at work. It is part of the work culture to have cake on all employees' birthdays. And since I was fasting they were nice enough to schedule the get together for 6pm and most of them stayed behind on a Friday to celebrate with me. I am really liking this new job!
Dina and I went out for the obligatory birthday dinner during the weekend. We went to our favourite Indian restaurant on Sydney Road and just stuffed our faces. That always happens when we go out to eat. W e eat too much and then have to spend the rest of the night trying not to move too much in case we burst!
Anyways it was a lovely birthday and thanks to the internet, I got heaps of wishes from lots of people I might not have otherwise got wishes from. My parents and siblings and cousins also called me up. I haven't had that many phone calls in one day since god knows when. All in all, it was a very special birthday.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Baby Season
Looks like everyone is getting into the season. Either they are pregnant or they have already had a baby. I guess it is always this way. Babies are born all year round. But when your closest friends and family members are pregnant at the same time then that is something very special.
Dina and myself are expecting in February. My brother and his wife are expecting in November. And two of my closest friends are expecting. I am assuming they would have given birth by march at the latest.
One of my closest friend just got his son a week ago in India. Another very close friend also got a son two weeks ago here in Melbourne. So a heartfelt congratulations goes out to both of them their families and the new additions.
Hopefully someday soon we could all get together for a play date. hehehe.
Dina and myself are expecting in February. My brother and his wife are expecting in November. And two of my closest friends are expecting. I am assuming they would have given birth by march at the latest.
One of my closest friend just got his son a week ago in India. Another very close friend also got a son two weeks ago here in Melbourne. So a heartfelt congratulations goes out to both of them their families and the new additions.
Hopefully someday soon we could all get together for a play date. hehehe.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
A good year
It has been an eventful month, complete with ups and downs. Thankfully it ended on an up. Actually two ups. After months of looking I have finally landed a job. And a pretty good one at that too...
I forget how many interviews I have been to but it was many. And they were all over the place too. Most I had to travel for more than an hour to get to. Some were close by but not what I wanted or I wasn't what they wanted. Anyways about three weeks ago I got two good interviews. They were close by and they were exactly what I wanted. One of them however had hours starting from 2 in the afternoon and finishing at 10 at night. The other was normal hours but was a new role and they had not had any qualified people there before. Needless to say I did not think I would get that one as I had no experience whatsoever. So I was really looking forward to getting the other job.
Imagine my surprise when I actually got the new role. I had to ask twice just to see whether they hadn't made a mistake. I was very gobsmacked for a while there. Anyways last week was my first week at a full time job in a long long time. And it was very exciting. the place is very nice and I can get there in half an hour. The people are also very friendly and the work culture there is out of sight. Its all based on the honour system so that there are no sign in sheets or time cards. They have drinks every Friday afternoon. And at the moment as the Olympics is on they have rented a widescreen plasma so they can watch the games. They are also having their own olympic games playing the Wii. I was put on the shooting team and failed abysmally.. Its not that easy to play the Wii without some practice... but it was a whole lot of fun!!
Workwise it is very challenging and there are a number of things that I have to look into and be on top of for the next few weeks.
Oh and the other up is that we are expecting someone new into our family by february! Its gonna be a good year!!
I forget how many interviews I have been to but it was many. And they were all over the place too. Most I had to travel for more than an hour to get to. Some were close by but not what I wanted or I wasn't what they wanted. Anyways about three weeks ago I got two good interviews. They were close by and they were exactly what I wanted. One of them however had hours starting from 2 in the afternoon and finishing at 10 at night. The other was normal hours but was a new role and they had not had any qualified people there before. Needless to say I did not think I would get that one as I had no experience whatsoever. So I was really looking forward to getting the other job.
Imagine my surprise when I actually got the new role. I had to ask twice just to see whether they hadn't made a mistake. I was very gobsmacked for a while there. Anyways last week was my first week at a full time job in a long long time. And it was very exciting. the place is very nice and I can get there in half an hour. The people are also very friendly and the work culture there is out of sight. Its all based on the honour system so that there are no sign in sheets or time cards. They have drinks every Friday afternoon. And at the moment as the Olympics is on they have rented a widescreen plasma so they can watch the games. They are also having their own olympic games playing the Wii. I was put on the shooting team and failed abysmally.. Its not that easy to play the Wii without some practice... but it was a whole lot of fun!!
Workwise it is very challenging and there are a number of things that I have to look into and be on top of for the next few weeks.
Oh and the other up is that we are expecting someone new into our family by february! Its gonna be a good year!!
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