School is starting soon and I'll need to start changing how I write the date. 19 Jan, 2014. Or 19/01/14, I think. I'm not sure where the comma goes though. I'm also thinking that they use commas a lot more between a string of sentences, but I'm not sure how that grammatically works. I'll also have to start using new vocabulary (e.g., coloured pencil vs pencil crayons). Hey, is it spelled 'color' or 'colour'???? Oh boy. Restructuring one's thinking, es...

Merry Christmas! To think that to everyone here, Xmas has ALWAYS been a summer event. It's a rainy, grey day with very little movement outside. We went in search for any restaurant open for lunch. "Pie Face", a 24 hr chain, was serving piping hot meat pies piled with mashed potatoes, mushy peas and gravy. YUM! I had a quick walk through Hyde Park trying to properly capture the beauty of these grand fig trees but failed to do so. I can't believe that the...

It was a wonderful flight! How many people can really say that on an international flight? I certainly was dreading this part of our trip. Sitting beside a very broad and annoyingly sick husband loudly coughing on an 18 hour flight was not something I was looking forward to. Unfortunately, it was a booked flight with a person on either side of me. ARGHG! No matter. We prayed for the best. Possibly an upgrade, a no-show, or an extremely skinny person. ...