Melbourne Loft

Palm Springs Vacation

wasteofspace — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:35:57 +0000

This was my 4th visit to Palm Springs. Chris and I had such a nice time there over Easter last year that we decided to go for a longer period of time. In fact, as I write this here in Melbourne, Chris is still there lying by the pool. Palm Springs is a great place to take a break and lie by the pool and the large number of resorts there. I particularly like the Mirage in the Warm Sands area. The staff and guests are all so friendly. And the place is nice and quiet. A perfect oasis in the desert.

I also like going up the mountains in Palm Springs. We were amazed to find ourselves in a snow storm, just a short drive from where we had been lying by the pool in the morning! I like Palm Springs a lot. I think I could easily relocate there. Here are just a few pics from our stay in the Californian desert.

New Housemate Sam

wasteofspace — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:03:45 +0000

Okay, so the new housemate is a snake! When Chris moved back in again a few weeks ago he brought his new pet with him. Sam is a pet python. Apparently it is legal to keep snakes as pets here. I had no idea! So Chris then headed off overseas for 6 weeks… so I’m snake sitting. Today was the first day that I had the courage to let the snake right out of his box. And everything went well until it tried to slip under the mattress on Chris’ bed. I’ve never seen the thing move so quickly! It was on a big escape mission. Anyway, even though I’ve now handled the snake on my own, I still don’t really like them.

Loft Clean Up

wasteofspace — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:25:09 +0000

While everyone is out I’m taking the opportunity to clean up the Loft. Since Chris moved in a couple of weeks ago I have ran out if space and started packing stuff around my bed. So it’s time to get ride of some more stuff again. I seem to have so much more space now.

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New Flatmate

wasteofspace — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:44:23 +0000

Well actually it’s an old flat mate moving back in. Chris is moving back in from the suburbs. Last time he arrived with a suitcase. This time he brought an apartment full of furniture with him. I think this signals the end for my old blue couches. There’s just not enough room for everything now.

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Jet Lag Hell

wasteofspace — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:32:02 +0000

The worst thing about travelling around the world is the jet lag. I’m not sure why I’ve had it quite so severe this week. Chris tells me that it’s because I should have changed my sleeping pattern on the 22 hour flight home from London. I should have slept on the 2nd half of the journey putting me in sync with the Australia time zone. But it was impossible not to fall asleep on that first leg.

So I have been waking up many times during the night and feeling dis-oriented. And then I can’t sleep beyond 4am. I have been back for a week now. I was hoping this would have gone away by now.

Winter Vacation

wasteofspace — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:45:22 +0000

I know… I’m very slow with these updates. But I will get moving on them quickly now. The trip around Europe (with a side trip to New York) has been very busy. Busy seeing friends, shopping and eating. So far it’s been a lot of fun. Oh… and I have to tell you all about the first class flight from Sydney to London. That was so much fun! So yes, I’m still alive and enjoying the vacation.

Melbourne City Square dressed for Christmas

wasteofspace — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:23:01 +0000

Rather than just sticking up a Christmas tree in the city square this year the Melbourne City Council have gone all out and transformed the whole square in what looks like a very green and leafy New York Central Park. The place looks great! And judging by the number of visitors it’s proving to be a real hit. Though I still find it funny that we dress our city in this Christmas wintery themes in the middle of our summer.

It’s a New Computer!

wasteofspace — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:17:43 +0000

Okay… so I know I only bought my Macbook Pro last year. But the new Macbook Air is lighter to carry and it’s bench tests tell me that it’s also a bit faster than the Macbook Pro. So last weekend I travelled out to the Apple Store in Doncaster to pick up the newest and highest spec 13″ Macbook Air. And so far I love it! I’ve loaded all the programs I usually use on it already and this week I’ll start doing some photo editing on it to see how it goes. The 1.3kg laptop is going to make a big difference to the weight in my backpack when we head to Europe next month. Can’t wait!

5th and Final Stop – Barcelona

wasteofspace — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:06:12 +0000

I have been playing with the routing of the last part of the Europe trip and in the past few days we finally settled on Barcelona instead of Paris. So I’m very excited to be visiting Spain again in January. It will be a lot cooler there at that time of the year, but we don’t mind. We’ve booked a very nice large apartment right in the Eixample area and close to Plaça Catalunya. So this means that the trip and all the accommodation is finally booked! I can’t wait to go now. This is the apartment I found.

IKEA the Movie

wasteofspace — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:33:01 +0000

I made this short flick over the weekend with Tyson, Nico and Chris. We were headed to IKEA for shopping and some lunch at the IKEA cafe. http://www.http://vimeo.com/31707467