This weekend I watched my first AFL (Australian Football League) game which was the Final. Prior to the game , beinga soccer club and AFL final day what else to play before the game but . Sydney Swans won it after 72 years soit was overdue. read more
Friday Night I went on a office pub crawl around Fitzroy. On Sunday I went to the football to see Melbourne Victory play Adelaide United in the final. We had already won the league and the top four all then play for the grand final. read more
I rented a car this weekend and drove down the coast to the which is just over an hours drive out of Melbourne City. I've just come home from the football where Melbourne was playing in the Semi-Final against Adelaide United. Knowing a draw would not be enough for Victory, Robinson secured the win in the dying stages of the match, sending the Telstra Dome crowd into a frenzied celebration. read more
i did it again I went to the English sweet shop on an empty stomach and emptied the shelf of Wispa. I almost got a full haul with plently of Wispa and Walkers but the final piece was missing, Monster Munch LOL. My bloody IKEA chair now thinks its a bucking bronco rather than the executive chair, somethings you just can not go cheap. read more
Last week I reached the final stage of my permanent residency application to Australia, I now need to go offshore to an Australian Embassy to find out if it has been approved.
Australia could have got its nose in front in the eighth minute when Bresciano's shot from Kennedy's flick-on deflected off Demichelis' boot and into the arms of goalkeeper Roberto Abbondanzieri.
Thompson showed he was at home in such company with lively runs and a preparedness to take on defenders,... read more
Finally the end of Movember, it was really getting itchy the last week. I never realised how hard it would be to get it off, but its finaly off :) Lonely Planet raised over $10,000 and the campaign has raised over $5 million but the final total is not in yet. Enjoy my 30 day transformation I will speak to you all soon. read more
On Sunday the temperature rose to 110 so getting to the beach was not even an option, so i locked myself in my flat, put the air con on and watched tv all day. I discover after that Charlize Theron was there but I missed her :( I watched NO.8 seed Justine Henin-Hardenne's beat Lindsay Davenport in the quarter-finals and watched some of Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis and Croatian Ivan Ljubicic. The mens match was almost like a football match, with a strong Greek and Croatian community here they ... read more
I have just come home from the tennis after watching a great game , Australia vs USA. Eighth seed Venus Williams crashed out of the Open to the Australian Alicia Molik 7-5 7-6 7-3 She now plays Lindsay Davenport , also from the USA in the quarter finals on Wednesday which also happens to be Australia Day , a bank holiday!!! I left the tennis at 11PM after watching the first 20mins of the mens, I have no idea what time they are due to finished as they ... read more
Wednesday night I went to the Australian Open to watch Roger Federer beat James Blake. Unfortunately we wanted to see either Novak Djokovic, Maria Sharapova or Ana Ivanovic and we got Federer. It is a long weekend here in Australia due to Australia day falling on a weekend and we are due very hot weather with thunderstorms. read more
On Tuesday I left Lonely Planet after over 2 and half years working there. We went out for a drink on Tuesday for my farewell party and I got a Manchester City farewell card and an 8GB memory disc, you can never have enough memory discs. I got my new couch and coffee table delivered on Wednesday, apart from a slight hicup when the delivery man came with no help and expected me to help carry it into my flat, it was completed with little hassle. read more
Friday was a public holiday for Australia Day so it has been a long weekend. Australia Day is Australia's official national day, 26th January. Aboriginal Australians however, call the day "Invasion Day" as they regard it as celebrating the decimation of their people. read more
I have spent a great Friday and Saturday in Manchester catching up with all my friends that I have not seen for 18months and some for 2 and a half years. Just as I was starting to have a good time in Manchester it is time to go to Marbella, Spain. On Saturday, I finally saw Manchester City score a goal and end up beating the mighty . read more
