Well well. It has been a fun week and a half. Most definitely, indeed!

Firstly, today (the slightly surreal day that it was — lots of smoke from bushfires, visibility was only a kilometer!), I went ice skating again. It’s been about a year and a half since I last struggled on a pair of skates (over many layers of socks) and faced the ice. I only fell over once this time (dignity rejoices!). The trip took a while by two trains and a bus (out to South Oakleigh), but was uneventful. It was great!

On Monday I dragged my lazy brother out for a bike ride. We went along the Merri Trail (it’s excellent), and ended up riding about 20 kilometres from Northcote to somewhere near Ruthven, then back. There was water in the creek, which is good, given the circumstances of a severe drought. However, parts of the creek looked decidedly sick — lots of algae and rancid looking water. On the Saturday before that, I rode slightly less (16km) by myself, along the same route. On the previous Thursday, Zach and I rode around Northcote, Alphington and Darebin. All this exercise has been very good!

In between all these shenanigans I’ve been working at that place of joy which is my means of employment for nearly two years — Coles Supermarket. The pay isn’t bad now, which is motivating. And most of the customers are great, with the exception of a few recalcitrants.

Have a safe, enjoyable and Merry Christmas everyone. :)

I’m going to Phillip Island for a week or so, so no updates ’till I get back. :-P

I bought a domain: lumaki.com :)

I also attended an interview for Architecture at RMIT. It wasn’t bad. However, I felt that 10 minutes wasn’t enough time to convey all I wanted to. Oh well!

I’m off to China on the 13th of February, and back on the 25th of August. It’s going to be great! :-D