December 2009
2 posts
Winter Wonderland
What is not fun: Waking up at 6am
What is fun: Waking up at 6 am to find everything outside covered in a thick layer of snow. Yes the snow has arrived in Utrecht. It looks like someone got a giant sifter and covered the place in icing sugar. A for a country that is already painfully quaint it makes for many happy snaps.
I have not experienced much snow in my life. That hard, slurpee, artificial...
October 2009
6 posts
Weather. Getting the rough end of the...
Why do people say that talking about the weather is only for conversations when you have nothing better to talk about? Or if you’re English?
I LOVE talking about the weather. It is definitely a legitimate topic of conversation. i mean hello! meteorology study of weather. If you have an -ology attached then it’s more than just small talk.
This weekend we pushed our clock back, yes for...
Debase-me
Gig gloat episode 1:
As far as music scenes go Melbourne has got it going on, I can’t complain. Well I kind of still do, gigs aren’t cheap and I just love to complain generally. But when V festival came to Australia in 2007 (for the first time I think) I got excited-pee in your pants type excited. Pixies were headlining and all my dreams had come true. Not so. V fest was on in Sydney and...
Impatience is my virtue
Patience is a virtue because it makes us better people? I tend to disagree.
Now I’m not sure if many of you have noticed I am not the world’s most patient person. I have such little tolerance for spaced out high school drop outs who don’t know how to perform their simple admin job properly. (hey you all judge me but I bet at some point they’ve annoyed you too).
Little did I know that moving to...
Classic all nighter
Now if i have learnt anything in the last 4 years at uni it’s how to write an essay the night before it’s due. Everytime i say it’s going to be different, i’ll start early, maybe even write a draft. pfft who am i kidding? Well yesterday i was given a deadline tailor made to suit me. I’m trying to get into this legal clinic program run through Utrecht University (for...
Legal Disneyland
I thought i was so unbelievably smart starting up a blog. No need for groups emails, people can keeps tabs and voila i’m an excellent travel correspondent. Part of keeping a blog is actually writing regularly, i’m sure this fact is obvious to most people. Not I apparently. But here it is concerted effort numero uno.
I am currently in London but more about that next time.
Why I love...
September 2009
1 post
Life in the opposite side of the bike lane
Timing is everything. Probably should have started this blog at the start of my travels 8 weeks ago. But timing is for suckers who wear waterproof watches. Actually I bought my first watch in years and it’s waterproof. I still don’t wear it in the shower. I’m not convinced. I also probably bad timing starting this blog instead of doing my report on Russia and public participation. Who doesn’t love...