It's all happening ...

How did I ever find the time to update my blog? So much is happening. Since the last time I updated my blog, I went to Sha's graduation day. That was fun!! I bought her a big bear. Sha's parents came around to stay at my house (I spent almost an entire week before that trying to tidy up) and Kate's family all came around to try their Chinese and help cook a BBQ. I then hired a car and drove Sha's family down to Kiama and back. What a wonderful trip. We saw the big potato. We also saw the rainforest near Kiama, drove down some very dramatic roads, the blow-hole (which was blowing) and had an exciting drive back up along the coastal road.

Oh dear, I think that my corn has just exploded in the microwave

After driving Sha's parents to the airport Sha and I went for a lovely drive and walk in the Botany Bay national park and saw Captain Cook's landing site.

Vikram came and stayed again at my house. I started a Chinese course!! I sat on the front row. It was very exciting. We all said "ni hao" to each other. The class was mixed between people who worked a lot in China and people who had a Chinese girlfriend!

On Saturday evening I played in a wonderful chamber concert. We got a standing ovation!! I played the slow movement from the Rachmaninov cello sonata, Tracey played the fast movement from the Mendelsohn violin concerto, we both played a Haydn trio with Maureen and finished with a renaissance quartet in which I played the recorder. Then we had lots of wine.

On Thursday, Sha and I are heading off to Tasmania. We having a holiday before she starts working next week. We're going to fly into Hobart and then drive up the East coast to see places like Wineglass bay. We get back on Sunday night.

Oh, I forget to mention that Sha and I went to Newcastle. We went to Newcastle. We played in the sand. We ate fish 'n' chips. We got wet. I got in trouble for reading the newspaper on the train ride home. We found a possum.