Don't have too much time to type, but thought I should since it's been a while!
Things that have frustrated me this week -
1) Conflict. There seems to be a lot of it in my life right now. And while I fully recognize a lot of it isn't to do with me personally, the nature of some of it makes it hard to separate personal from political. I feel like a magnet as it's on all fronts too - home, school, even in the areas of my life that I consider to be removed from all else, like the Burma Update that happened earlier this week. (That is a whole post on its own, which I will try to get to before my reactions become lost in other thoughts. And just to clarify none of this is about Simon and I either, he's been super supportive throughout this week!) I'm trying my best to not do the self-pity thing, as its pretty unhelpful. Instead focusing on methods of eliminating conflict, which is working well so far.
2) Stress. I'm sure the fact that I am also dealing with three major deadlines is pressing on my brain too. While I've been working really hard on everything, just the fact that there are deadlines looming (just realized I need to look into where the origins of the word deadline comes from, I'm sure having the word dead in there subconsciously doesn't help!), is stressful in itself.
3) Lack of sleep. This has probably served to compound the other two!
Things that have made me really happy this week -
1) I have a really supportive group of friends and colleagues, and they have been sympathetic enough to let me vent to them on a number of occasions, for which I am very thankful. Not to mention they are just all around really cool people.
2) Simon. He's my ongoing happiness. Cheese ball, but true! It'll be 5 years we've been together come September, which I still can't believe.
3) Hockey. Apart from today where I see we're down 3-0 at the moment, watching the Canucks has been really great. Particularly the 7-3 trouncing, even if it was largely because of one Sharks' ugliness. I am also really excited by the rumour of the Thrashers moving to Winnipeg. Not because I want less teams in America, but because I want more teams in Canada. It just makes me happy. Though the proposed names all sound terrible. The original name was the best. Bring back the Winnipeg Jets!
4) There are more, but the last one I want to write about is Culburra. We are back here and in the company of Simon's Uncle, which is great. It's nice to be around family, even if it's not *technically* my own. I am also typing this sitting in the warm lovely sunshine, the birds are singing, and there is a slight breeze coming off of the ocean. What a great way to finish writing my essays :-)
Will try to write more again soon, and incorporate some pictures too. Haven't been taking many lately as there isn't too much to take pictures of when you're in front of the computer all day!
Til soon!
Friday, May 20, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Melbourne - Thursday
Ok so it's getting to be about three weeks after we got back from Melbourne, so I need to finish this off pretty quick! Thursday was a really relaxing day, it was beautiful and sunny, and we took some time to just wander and explore. The photos are mostly in order, but a few aren't, sorry about that. This post is going to be rushed, I apologize. In good news, I've got 4000/5000 words for my first essay so I'm at least being productive!
This is a wicked cafe/bar that was set up under one of the pedestrian footbridges across the river. We spent about an hour there, then after about an hour or two of wandering, we went back. It was so lovely to just relax!
Watching the first hockey game from the hostel room!
My last purchase in Melbourne. Its an inspirational book that I'm going to pick up and look at every time I'm feeling like I may not be contributing to the world!
A view from the bridge that the bar is under.
Simon from the bridge, celebrating the Canucks win!
Simon had to take this picture for me since I was too weirded out to stand and look up because the building was so crazy tall!
Another one of the pedestrian bridges over the river. It was lined with writings about the immigration population of Australia.
Burma's statistics. Though they're hard to see since they're on glass!
A view from the same bar under the bridge.
Another view!
Gorgeous cloud formation.
At night we went to a rooftop patio that we would've never known about if we weren't directed there. It was a little windy but gorgeous other than that. It reminded me of Mad Hatters on Crescent in Montreal.
A view of the rooftop patio.
More of the rooftop!
In the summer they screen movies up there, and this is the screen. Have to go back in the summer!
So now the photos are out of order. Later in the night we went to a soul night at a club that was suggested by a friend, which was fun. These pictures are earlier in the day, before the bar and the game when we went to the Queen Victoria Market. There were lots of people and lots of different foods to buy and eat. We ate lunch there, and browsed the other stalls that were selling clothing, art, and all sorts of stuff. That reminded me of Poland and the European market vibe.
Cool photo of the post office archway.
One of the Arcades we went through a few times.
A back alley with some shops.
Another cool alleyway!
This is a wicked cafe/bar that was set up under one of the pedestrian footbridges across the river. We spent about an hour there, then after about an hour or two of wandering, we went back. It was so lovely to just relax!
Watching the first hockey game from the hostel room!
My last purchase in Melbourne. Its an inspirational book that I'm going to pick up and look at every time I'm feeling like I may not be contributing to the world!
A view from the bridge that the bar is under.
Simon from the bridge, celebrating the Canucks win!
Simon had to take this picture for me since I was too weirded out to stand and look up because the building was so crazy tall!
Another one of the pedestrian bridges over the river. It was lined with writings about the immigration population of Australia.
Burma's statistics. Though they're hard to see since they're on glass!
A view from the same bar under the bridge.
Another view!
Gorgeous cloud formation.
At night we went to a rooftop patio that we would've never known about if we weren't directed there. It was a little windy but gorgeous other than that. It reminded me of Mad Hatters on Crescent in Montreal.
A view of the rooftop patio.
More of the rooftop!
In the summer they screen movies up there, and this is the screen. Have to go back in the summer!
So now the photos are out of order. Later in the night we went to a soul night at a club that was suggested by a friend, which was fun. These pictures are earlier in the day, before the bar and the game when we went to the Queen Victoria Market. There were lots of people and lots of different foods to buy and eat. We ate lunch there, and browsed the other stalls that were selling clothing, art, and all sorts of stuff. That reminded me of Poland and the European market vibe.
Cool photo of the post office archway.
One of the Arcades we went through a few times.
A back alley with some shops.
Another cool alleyway!That's about it for Thursday. Sorry it's so short. I'll see if I have any photos of Friday, but we didn't do too much before we had to be at the airport so this is probably the end of the Melbourne trip posts. Hope you enjoyed, will be back soon with something made up since all I've been doing recently is writing essays!
Til soon!
Til soon!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Wednesday in Melbourne
Wednesday we walked around a lot more, and spent the afternoon on Brunswick street, which reminded me a lot of home, with the vintage stores and the cafes. It was a great spot, I'd like to spend more time there. I bought a really wicked side bag, see below. In the evening we met up with a friend of mine that I met in Montreal, and we went for a delicious si-chaun dinner and drinks.
The bag that I bought. I love it!
A drink at a cafe we stopped at just off of Brunswick street.
A door at one of the stores we went to.
I took this photo for my mom. It wasn't on Brunswick street, it was in one of the arcades, but it's a store of Babushka dolls.
A view of Brunswick street.
Another view of the street from the cafe we had lunch at.
A cool view in another Brunswick street building.
St George, I think. A view from right outside the library.
View of RMIT building.
Cool architecture.
At the end of the si-chaun dinner. Simon staring down the spicy beef. The food was delicious, but HOT. and the restaurant was packed. We had enough food to have lunch the next day too, it was great.
My drink. I can't remember the name of the bar, but it was down another really cool alley and we would have never found it on our own! The theme was old school science laboratory, so the drink came with a shot looking thing. It was awesome, but expensive.
The bag that I bought. I love it!
A drink at a cafe we stopped at just off of Brunswick street.
A door at one of the stores we went to.
I took this photo for my mom. It wasn't on Brunswick street, it was in one of the arcades, but it's a store of Babushka dolls.
A view of Brunswick street.
Another view of the street from the cafe we had lunch at. 
A cool view in another Brunswick street building.
St George, I think. A view from right outside the library.
View of RMIT building.
Cool architecture.
At the end of the si-chaun dinner. Simon staring down the spicy beef. The food was delicious, but HOT. and the restaurant was packed. We had enough food to have lunch the next day too, it was great.
Cool public art called 'the public purse'. 
My drink. I can't remember the name of the bar, but it was down another really cool alley and we would have never found it on our own! The theme was old school science laboratory, so the drink came with a shot looking thing. It was awesome, but expensive.Sorry this is short, Thursday post will come soon!
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