The haul from the Aussiefrogs Sydney meet. I got 2nd in the Citroen Quiz, so i got a nice Citroen Sport scarf, and a set of 8 Citroen Expresso cups and saucers :) Dad.jealousy++; 

Rhias area 

more front of the house 

Front of the house 

Garage - Jess and my cars _just_ fit in there together 

Outside the house, from front porch 

My desk, and new TV 

Couch and chair in the loft - the couch turns into a bed too :) 

The Loft - Ken and Rhia lair 

House name plate :) 

Sydney!

Hey Chumps,

Well, to give a quick precis - I'm in Sydney, and its all pretty sweet.

The moving van arrived at Jess's place on Tuesday, and Rhia and I set off at 5:30am on Wednesday morning. We arrived at Jess's place, stocked up on V, Red Bull, and Iced Tea, then we hit the road.

First stop was Warwick, where I tried the new Iced Coffee thick shake - 1/10 (didnt even taste like iced coffee :( )

Jess then took Rhia in her car for a while, and we drove to Tenterfield. Tenterfield was the lunch stop, which involved tasty sandwiches and left over sea food.

We then drove to Glen Innes, then Armidale (for fuel), then straight through Tamworth (thank god, too many Country Bumpkins posing in front of the Golden Guitar), and stopped at Scone (horse capital of Australia - apparently).

From there, we got to Maitland, where we had dinner, and after that, drove the last stretch to the house.

It was about 11pm (10pm for you Brisbanites) by then, so we basically unpacked the stuff from the cars, and went to bed.

The next morning, Rhia and I got up around 6 ish and went for an explore - First cool thing - we've got a mall 5 minutes walk away :D We found that we had a few nice bakery's about, so we got some croissants, and headed back.

That day was spent lazing around, and doing more exploring - as the truck was not coming till 8 am friday morning.

That evening, Jess and I ventured to the Chinese Supermarket, where we found copious amounts of Pocky (a chocolate snack that zelda loves).

On Friday morning, all our stuff arrived - lots of carrying and lifting and dismantling of doors (both house and fridge) - finally, everything is inside. The rest of the day is spent unpacking and setting up, and discovering the lack of ADSL modem :( - still dialup for the weekend isnt so bad.

I got my lair all set up - server reconstructed and running, sound system set up, and makeshift desk constructed. I then put Rhias desk back together, and started running network cable.

This morning, I had a sleep in (note: real beds > airbeds), and a lazy morning infront of Jess's TV. Luc and I then went for an explore - looking for a TV for me, and getting a better feel of the place. Luc and I spent a fair while in the local games shop, which Luc thinks sounds quite promising :).

I ended up with a DSE 51cm Flat screen TV. Very nice picture - component in for when I get a HD pack for the XBOX - all in all, a very nice TV.

Got that all setup, and Rhia promptly steals it for Fable playing purposes - ah well.

Thats basically the house progress so far - all is going well, and apart from the missing ADSL modem, and the lack of cutlery, it couldnt be better.

Ken

Arrr!

Darr it be steamy
Ye humidity is high
Bad for pirates yarrr




(This topical pirate haiku is brought to you tonight by Bundaberg Mids)

kitchen  

main room in the new house 

Loft in the new house 

Update and News and ...stuff

Hello chumps.

Well, we have a house in Sydney (in Eastwood, which is near Epping). Its a 4 bedroom colonial, with a loft, nice polished floors in the main room, big kitchen, 5 minutes walk from Eastwood station and woolies, and 5-10 min drive from work. Very cool.


Also, had a wonderful day out on the boat with Nye and the crew. Heaps of fun, and getting air on the tube was fairly insane.

Also, for you nerds



BEAT THAT! HAH!

Anyway
Later

Sydney Update :)

This message is coming to you from a dodgy netcafe in epping :)

We've been having a good time down here, everyone is a bit tired, but we've found a few good houses, and we should hear back from one place at around 3:30 (2:30 brisso time).

The areas looking really nice, and its good to finally get to know the area we'll be living for a few years.

Anyway, take care all.
Ken

Sydney Recon is a go.

In 2 hrs and 30 minutes, Rhia, I, Snowdium, and Luc will be on a 747-300 heading for the big smoke.

Rhia and I are staying at the Travelodge North Ryde, while Snowdium and Luc have an apartment in Chatswood.

We all fly home at 8 pm on Saturday night.


It's going to be an interesting 5 days, as we don't know if we'll be able to get the house we want, all of us will need to agree on a house, and transport down there won't be optimal; still, shit happens ;)

If we find somewhere, pics will be forthcoming

Later.
Ken

Gaming from 1 pm till 4 am.. ahh

I had a great time, was good to play some games with the crew from school. I wont be seeing alot of them again for a while, so it was time well spent.

Dawn of War is also heaps of fun: its one of the best RTS games I've played. The units are balanced, the resource system is good, and there are some _cool_ units.

As before, photos will come when shorty gets off his butt and sends em to me.

Today is LAN day at chateau pishngambo.

So far its been Half Life 2 deathmatch, and CS Source :) - been fun so far, and dawn of war will be happening soon.

Images to follow.

Good to see all of the guys before i ping off to mexico

Happy new years

Happy New Years to all.

Last year was good, and was bad.
I finished uni, and got a job, and stuff like that,
but roughly 125,000 people have died thanks to one nasty wave - kinda puts things in perspective doesnt it.

Today is the start of a new year, and it will only be what we make of it.