Met with the Dean and Assistant Dean of the School of Nursing today...both Professors who didn't speak English!! Needless to say it was a very interesting meeting with the ?office manager acting as an interpreter....we had lots of smiles and nodding so I'm not sure if they understood what I was saying or they were being polite. Anyway the meeting went really well....I think!! I am teaching first year nursing students (29 of them) Communication skills, second yea...

Well after all my woes I finally arrived safe and sound about 2300 on Thursday night. Completely exhausted I literally fell into bed not even bothering to check out my surroundings. Friday morning and I finally get to meet Fan Fan who has been my contact with the University....talk about great first impressions...I hadn't even had a shower!!! Anyway she is really lovely and is very organised with all the procedures I have to go through. By Friday afternoon I had ...

I am sitting in the Qantas lounge at Hong Kong airport waiting for my third and FINAL flight. Have decided that sitting around these places is one of the most mind-numbing things in the world - had 5 hours in Melbourne and now 6 hours here.....even the shopaholic in me gets bored!!!. As it is early morning I can hardly get stuck into the wine in preparation for my next flight so will have to do this one cold turkey. Flight from Hobart to Melb was a complete nigh...

I cannot believe how quickly my flying visit really went. Managed to catch up with most people but missed out on seeing a few special ones :(. To those who I caught up with......it was fantastic to see you all, hear all your news and share many stories/ food/ wine with you. To those who I didn't get to see.....I can only say if I could have cloned myself I would have got to see everyone but unfortunately I haven't mastered that skill yet. Had a wonderful visit b...

After a gruelling 29 hours travel I FINALLY made it home!!!! Now I just have to try and work out how to catch up with everyone without running myself ragged. Family, friends bear with me.....the darling Matt and B have looked after my house beautifully but..hmmmm. the garden seems to have been forgotten!!! Guess who will be busy trying to clean it up before leaving again -if not I may be unable to find my house on the next visit. Good old Aussie family BBQ booke...