Tag: Life
New Mobile, New Network
March 9th, 2010, No Comments
I had an old Sony Ericsson phone that had just done it’s last days; the flip screen had had it and it was out of date. We have been looking to change mobile carriers for several months as we were not happy with our previous prepaid carrier, and so I thought what perfect time to [...]
Earthquake Triggers Tsunami
February 28th, 2010, No Comments
We woke up this morning to the tragic news of an earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale, hitting Chile. As reported on news.com.au, Highways were sliced into pieces, rubble piled across streets and buildings were reduced to little more than heaps of wood after the quake struck about 325km northeast of the capital Santiago. [...]
5 Years Married Today
February 12th, 2010, 1 Comment
It was this day 5 years ago that I said “I do” to my wife Jo, as we stood before family & friends, and pledged our love for each other. In the last 5 years we have had 2 beautiful children, moved home several times including twice internationally, and had our fair share of ups [...]
The Joys of Moving
February 3rd, 2010, 3 Comments
The whole process of packing up and moving is a very daunting task. You have to work out how much stuff to pack for use while you’re waiting for your goods; organizing professional movers if you don’t want to do it all yourself, or are moving great distances. You get to the point of living [...]
Australia Day
January 26th, 2010, No Comments
For most Australian’s, Australia Day is a day when they celebrate being an Australian and living in this great nation. We see the Australian flag big and small being flown from everything and anything, people dress up and buy things with Australian colours and some people even get a tattoo for the day. For me, [...]
The Final Journey Begins
January 24th, 2010, 1 Comment
Our journey of moving back to Perth began yesterday with the booking of our flight from Brisbane to Perth. We have seven and a half weeks to organize the shipping of our goods, sell the car, and organize everything else that needs doing in preparation for the move. We are getting used to this process [...]
I can’t Stomach Breaky
January 23rd, 2010, 3 Comments
One of my struggles in life is that I’ve never really been able to stomach food first thing in the morning. No matter what time I wake up in the morning I cannot eat cereal or toast for about an hour and a half after I get up. The funny thing is I do feel [...]
“Home”… Where, What?
January 6th, 2010, 2 Comments
When someone asks you where home is what do you think about? Do you think about your physical house where you live; do you think about where you were born and grew up as a child; perhaps home is somewhere you have always lived? For me, the last few years have been a journey of [...]
