Thank you for all the birthday wishes and to everyone who read and commented on my last post. I was cheered up very much. :) Mum and I celebrated a day early this year and went to Mount Lofty Circuit, a local trail walk within Warrandyte State Park. It was a bright and sunny day with a refreshing cool breeze and we had a nice time relaxing, ( Read more... )

The weekend before last:
( Saw The Incredibles and went bike riding )

It's been on the news, Ellen MacArthur has just broken the solo sailing round-the-world record in under 72 days (Official site here). Like a few years ago when she also broke the then-record but came second, hearing about it made my hair stand and this is probably the only sporting achievement and personality that is truly inspiring to me. I was ( Read more... )

Today I didn't do much as usual, but took the bike to the shop. They were busy but it shouldn't be a problem, though perhaps $40 poorer. My palm has swollen quite a bit from the landing, the wound is mending, and there are a few bruises on my legs, still generally functional, but using my left hand more than I am used to. Earlier, I was reading ( Read more... )

Loz wrote a great post here on the Asia tsunami disaster. Please help if you can. You can find on http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/ and Leaky Cauldron about where to donate, amongst many places.

( Uneventful but ok, bought some books, cold in Melbourne )