OMG!!! After years of dealing with the Australian immigration, we have now been granted Permanent Resident (“Permie”) status!!! It has taken nearly 8 months since we applied for it and after 3 different visas prior to this and thousands of dollars later, we have the right and privilege to come and go freely from this [...]
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Permies!!
Posted in Australia, Ex-pat Experiences, Miscellaneous/Quirky, tagged Australian Permanent Residence, immigration, Permies on August 30, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Omnivore’s Hundred
Posted in Food Quiz, Miscellaneous/Quirky, tagged andrew wheeler, Food Quiz, meme, omnivore's hundred on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Omnivore’s Hundred Here’s a chance for a little interactivity for all the bloggers out there. Below is a list of 100 things that Andrew Wheeler, co-contributor of Very Good Taste blog in the UK thinks that every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life. The list includes fine food, strange [...]
My Garden Friends II
Posted in Australia, Birds, Ex-pat Experiences, Garden, Miscellaneous/Quirky, Non-Food, tagged Adelaide Rosella, Crimson Rosella, Garden, Possums, Ring-tailed Possums, Rosellas, Yellow Rosella on August 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One day, I’ll take a picture of a Ring-tailed Possum. There is a whole colony that lives around here and they let us know it by leaving lovely droppings all over the place – on our fence and near the plants. I just sweep them up and throw them in my plants as fertilizer. These [...]
RIP Leroy / Daffodil Day
Posted in Cancer, Miscellaneous/Quirky, News Headlines, Non-Food, Uncategorized, tagged Cancer, Cancer Coucil of Australia, Daffodil Day, Leroy Sievers, My Cancer, NPR, Npr.org, volunteering on August 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thousands of people including myself have been following veteran American journalist Leroy Siever’s daily blog “My Cancer” on NPR (National Public Radio) in the U.S. and around the world. His daily journals on his struggles and thoughts about his cancer formed a community – a community of so many people around the world who have [...]
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