The Country Party So, here we go again and it has hardly been a week since my last entry! I'm improving as we get closer to the (bitter) end. Hey, it's actually easier to write when you only have around six days of events behind you instead of 30. The infamous country party is now history and we certainly had a blast down there in Budawang. Quite a few people flaked out right before the event, which was a shame, but mostly on their part as they really missed a ...

Melbourne Cup G'Day people. I will go ahead and dedicate this blog entry to Bob, my most loyal fan and an avid reader of the discussion forum (as well as the blog itself of course)! How about that Melbourne Cup! To be honest, when I moved to Australia, I had no clue what this event was, but as we got closer to the date, everyone started talking about it. It is a horse race that has been said to "stop the nation". That, it did. This race, inaugurated ...

Springtime in Coogee Long time no hear - or something like that. My apologies about that. I have been living a fairly boring life lately and was also lacking motivation to add new entries. However, why not write briefly about the upcoming events, past times and the approaching southern summer! Finally the long winter seems to be over. It has been quite rainy and chilly here combined with strong winds - all the elements that make the Australian spring quite dist...

Duststorm Paints Sydney Red Sounds like a science fiction flick or an imaginery news headline. Waking up today was certainly an experience I won't forget anytime soon. The whole city of Sydney was literally covered in thick, red dust. When walking outside, the visibility was extremely limited and even breathing normally was challenging due to the dust and the strong winds. Most people had masks on. Flights were cancelled and redirected to Melbourne and Brisba...

Sailing... Hey fellows. Thought about updating this blog for a change, since something worthwhile has actually happened. It hasn't been all studying and work - only 99 % of it. So, the aviation management started, which means that during these two weeks, we have block mode classes (9-17) also on saturdays, which hurt real bad as it was 29 degrees last weekend. However, it got better on sunday when I got a call from Gordon saying that our friend Ahmed had invite...