Birthday Week
Saturday, June 24th, 2006Well, birthday week used to consist of birthday celebrations for Anne, Amy Turner and I, but here and now it is just I. Dad, the camera is working out nicely. I have some pics from my first birthday celebration, a joint birthday dinner with Jenny Park whose birthday was on the 11th. We went out for some very excellent Thai in what I like to call the “Thai district” of Randwick. You stand outside a Thai restaurant and can count over 5 other Thai restaurants within 30m of where you’re standing.
Sunday we made an attempt to visit Canada Bay, a suburb in Sydney. We didn’t quite get past walking around 5 Docks before people got hungry and we went down town for food and chocolate (at an Israeli chocolate chain called Max Bremmer, because of course if Ziv is there we need some sort of an Israeli connection ). We also saw this interesting quote get written in the sky during our walk:
I felt like I was in Ghana! Crazy Christians! They also wrote ‘Jesus Saves’. Twice. That one made me think of the Princess. On the old ticket box there’s a bunch of pretentious pop crap written all over it, and to quote the box: “Satan Spends. Jesus Saves”.
Tuesday was my actual birthday, so I took brownies in to school. Michelle’s chocolate coffee brownies. They’re a HUGE hit here! Danny, the PV centre office guy, bought me a baking tin on the weekend just so that I can continue making it for people. Tuesday I went to see “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” with Frederick and Ziv, then went over to Frederick’s to watch the Germany-Ecuador and England-Sweden matches. Frederick’s from Germany, and Elsa’s boyfriend Deo is from Sweden, so of course we watched both.
Speaking of soccer, I’m doing very little sleeping now. Ghana’s made it through! So thrilling! But soccer and exams don’t mix. Kushal may have failed 2 exams already, and I have one on Friday that I haven’t studied for at all yet. But I did put in a solid 20 minutes today. I’d do more if I wasn’t so exhausted from school and soccer.
Sue’s friend Casey is on her way here as we speak. And Sue called me from the middle of the ocean, on a boat somewhere in the vicinity of the Great Barrier Reef, on Thursday. Apparently the Reef gets better cell phone reception than Lindeman Island
And that’s all the news from birthday week. Oh wait! We also had a cake in the meeting on Friday. And one in the flat on Wednesday. So much chocolate cake! So good!
Okay. Peace out homeslices.