No internet at home

Well, I have had a great week in Brisbane with my sister and her 2 kids, visiting our Grandmother.... though, Nat and the kids all had gastro in the end, which made for a more challenging drive, and time there!

Anyways, I am back at work now, with no internet access at home currently, which is making for interesting times, especially as I would love to finally send out a newsletter, and catch up with a few people who I can only 'see' over the internet.... so, if you can help me fix my internet issues, that would be great, otherwise, I will keep plodding along and try to work it out:)

Stay tuned for more... sometime:)

Anything but....

Why is it so hard for us to say what we mean at the moment for which we need to say it, and why do we say one thing, and actually mean something entirely differently?? I keep getting caught out by people who say one things, but their actions, and 'off the cuff' words show that they actually mean something entirely different... and why is it that I am asked one thing, and automatically say 'It's fine', only to find moments, hours, days later that it is ANYTHING but fine.... oh it makes me mad!

We are complicated, confusing beings...!

Brain overload: Semester 1

There is sooo much I have learned this semester at college, and soooo much I want to share, and now that I have learned it..'get it back out again', however, brain overload hit last week, and I am desperately trying to pack yet more in... It has been much harder, and full on than I expected, with far higher expectations, so it's been all I could do to knuckle down and do what I could! I feel like a badly packed suitcase, where you are just trying to pile more stuff on top... hopefully the next semesters will be better..!

Anyway, suffice to say, there is much to share and pass on, and hopefully I will be able to... :) One more assignment to go...!:)

Theming environments!

Something really cool happened today, which was really encouraging to me! Well, lots of fun things have been happening, but this really stuck out!:)

You may have gleaned that I have moved recently, and most of my time has been spent just dealing with the daily necessities of life, like living and college! Anyway, I was at Ikea this morning enjoying the HKness of it all(not HK at all, just lots of good HK memories) and realised that... I have a theme for my new room! It's actually almost finished, but I just didn't realise it was happening! Essentially, it is Spring, and all that it holds. I haven't quite thought it through yet, but have realised that all the things I brought back from HK, and all I had already, and what I have actually kept out, are all based around that theme in general!

It's still a work in progress though, so no photos yet, but I did get a cherry blossom lamp from Ikea today, and a wooden kitchen trolley for my printer, and current text books that are in use, oh, and an awesome little step ladder for a bedside table (which was sooo not Ikea, yet, I couldn't resist! It was old and marked, and 60% off, and will be fab with a coat of paint!).

Still more assignments to do though, so will try and be restrained till after then:)

Random things to miss....

I have found, in the months since I have been in HK, that there are things that I have missed! Now, some of them I expected- missing my friends, the kids, community, missing doing the kind of work we did and knowing it was important and made a difference... I missed the food, and times with friends, the seasons, the weather (yes, even that!).... one thing I kinda questioned when I left... and then dismissed was whether I would miss my stapler or not..! I thought that was a rediculous thing to miss, yet at the same time, I used it often every day for over 5 years in my job, so much so that I had 2 on my desk so others wouldn't have to wait for me to finish, and vice versa... and they have staplers in Aus.... right???

Anyway..... as I have settled back into life and college here, I have indeed missed it...I have hunted for a replacement.... but none were as good...so finally asked for the details of the one I missed so I could hopefully buy a new one of the same brand... to little avail. So, in the end the wonderful TLR came to the rescue and found me one, same colour and everything! So all is well again, I can work again to my hearts content knowing I have a stapler that will help me on my way:)

Wisdom exhibition

I was... procrastinating at some stage during the day, and came across this article about an exhibition featuring people of wisdom. What an awesome idea! Hopefully I am not too late to go and see it, but the next few weeks are rather jam packed!

I think it's great, that in a culture where youth is revered, these older people are honoured and valued for the wisdom they have to share with the younger generations! It gets me to thinking about wisdom in general, not to mention God's wisdom but that's a whole other blog post:)

Blog by Mail

Some months ago, my good friend Liz emailed me and pointed out that Blog by Mail was about to happen. I found about this from one of my favorite food Blogs last year, Anne's Food and had been intrigued, so had been interested in taking part in it sometime, so check it out! While there were a few glitches, the first time around, I am looking forward to next year already! I want to start collecting goodies now!!



So, I sent a package to Twofatals in New York City, but have received a fantastic package from Erin in Michigan, USA! I loved it, all the wonderful goodies (though customs chose to keep the tea- d'oh!) So, Erin, thank you! What a treat!









So, as you hopefully can see, there is a wonderful selection! Books, cards, Hot tamales(yum!), Craisins and Dried bluberries- it was such a thoughtful collection- not to mention the awesome home decorating! Thank you Erin!!!:)

So, for the bloggers out there, who might be interested, yes, I would totally recommend taking part next year:)