Melski! So awesome to read another blog fixer.
I have to say i am in love with "Mr Bin" That guy is a real go getter.
I never knew you were such a great writer until you went overseas and started putting your talent into something beautiful. Sure beats writing your name on the door at the O.C.
Keep up the good work champ. Lots of people are missing you! We have to live it up when you get back. I leave for the States on the 23rd of August so hopefully we can fit a few party nights in Melbourne before I leave.
Xx
Melster Wow.... Again, so very sorry to hear of your malaria. As i said before, viv and i were brainstorming ideas in case things took a turn for the worse... Not that any ideas we came up with would have helped! haha, we're such losers...
Anywho, just saw your new hot look! blonde mel! reminds me of tintern yr 9, when we were all skinny and hot.. except you are skinny and hot and i'm jealous of you right now! god bless not eating enough food! haha j/k
anywho, sam got to sth africa safe, although she did have problems with meeting up with her travel group.. have you heard the story? it's hilarious!! i'll let you know later if you haven't already heard.. bless hamish and her naive ways :)
anyways, miss you heaps and heaps and can't wait to see you again lovi
stay safe!!!
well done Hi Mel, so great to read your blogs. Your Mum and I are keeping each other up to date with yours and Nathans travels. I think we need to start a support group for "mothers of travelling children!" It sounds like you are having a wonderful time and the photo's are fantastic. Enjoy your travels and stay safe. Love Donna
Hey Mels, I just realised why I haven'd been getting your blog updates! I've changed my email to rgrice rather than rkendall so I had to subscribe to your blog again! ha ha stupid me, saw your mum yesterday and she asked if I'd read your last blog which made me wonder why I hadn't received the link ha ha but now I know why and all is sorted! Love the photos and so glad to hear you are feeling much better! As always I love your updates, what an experience... We're all moved into our new place now, its so lovely can't wait for you to see it and come stay with us! Take care lovely and I look forward to the next blog. Luv Bec xoxo
Hey Mels.. :-))) Hi ya Mel, Ohhh it's great to hear that you've recovered from that horrible Malaria!!!! We were all quiet worried about you over here. It sounds like your having an outrageous holiday.. LOL.. experiencing everything huh. Thanks for the blogs, we love reading your awesome adventures. Take care. xxo
sup from mooza hey! ok the past couple of weeks i have really been missing u. i was ok for the first few months but i want u back!"?? WHEN ARE U COMING HOME?not a lot has been happening. im going to europe next year in april with my friend from work leanne. u should so come aswell...u are seriously gonna loved leanne..she is one of us. she has become my you while ur away but its ok u im not dumping u as no.1 to hang with. um what else..im gonna look for some toys to send but i dunno if i have anything left. also just got a new computer and got the net installed yesterday!!!! do u no how crazy it is that i have the internet in my own house! im scared when u get back ur going to be different..:(
please dont be too much. this week been to daiseys then oc and dakas friday and last night when to the hawthorn then glenferrie then dakas and might be hitting the geebung tonight haha totally wrecked tho. its tanya munros 21st this sat so that should be good..im on lite and easy at the moment so hopefully when u get back ill be skinny.oh and by the way FIND A PHONE AND CALL A SISTER my home number is 97265390. love u lots asnd miss u lots
too funny... omg you are possibly the funniest person on this planet!! the mushrooms, the food poisoning (i felt so bad for you.. i wish i was there to nurse you!!!) makes for horrible, yet entertaining reading!
random thing this week... I think finally it's hit me that you're not around at the moment.. do you get me? like sometimes you might not see someone for a long time, but kick it and meet for a coffee or something.. but i just realised this week how much i fucking (sorry for swearing marg! love ya :) miss you!!
you, as always, look like you're having a ball.. from the pictorials, you looked tho you've lost a ton of weight.. as to be expected from puking your stomach lining up several times a week... bless your bile stained clothing!
anywho, apologies for not writing for a while, i've been on nursing rounds and zombie-like for the past week!
miss you heaps and heaps grice-meister, and look forward to the next entry :)
xoxoxox
Ha Ha, you really did suffer in your jocks didnt you! Hey Mels, Glad to here you are keeping well. But if it makes you feel any better I was sick with food poisoning the same week you were, although I did get a needle in the arm for it, i'm sure it's nothing like you experienced. It's a good feeling when you have vomited all your stomach acid up. I liked the way it burns the throught. (just like a good shot of tequila) Looking forward to your return.
Baby update Hey mel, just thought id keep u informed with the whole pregnancy thingo!(I am now 14 1/2 weeks along) Andy and i went for our first ultrasound about a week and a half ago, all is well, baby is healthy, and full of beans, dont know what sex it is yet but andrew is 100% convinced there is a little man in there, and i am 100% swinging towards having a little girl, so will be interesting to see what happens at the 20 week scan! Am starting to feel the baby move a little bit now, its so exciting!!!!!
Your blogs have been fantastic, i love hanging out to look at all the beautiful photos, ur a very lucky girl, cant wait till u come home, miss you heaps and hope to hear from you again soon, take care, and dont go eating anything that looks the slightest bit suspicious xxxxxxx
Cricket update Hi Mels, hope and trust you are well. Aust play sri lanka in final on Sat. Aust thrashed Sth Africa in semi. Crows now won 3 out of 4 including showdown with Power. love you. Dad
I am well aware you are having the time of your life and all that...life experiences blah blah blah BUT I MISS YOU!!!!!
Thinking of ya always Grice, stay safe and spread the good vibes.
Look forward to your next enstallment!
Love you fixer. xx
Hey Melz,
Wow what an adventure! Looks like your having so much fun, so weird seeing you surrounded by all that colour.. ha ha I love the photo in your first journel in the bus, its like where's Wally but with Mel... ha ha
Shayne wants a photo of the local pub! had any tequilla lately? lol
Missing you heaps, keep the stories and photos coming!!!
Be safe, peace out!
Whats crakkin! Everyone keeps telling me i have to have a look at this site, not sure who this Mel Person is, but the name is sorta familiar. Anyway just left this message to prove i was here!! Hope everyone is well. Keep up the good times Mel...
up date Mels,
Crows lost first game to essendon by 31 pts at home. Port beat Freo at Freo by 15 or so. Australia as not as yet lost in cricket. Still to play England and New Zealand. keep cool. Love you. DAD
miss you mel!!! geez... i think i have said it once before but i so look forward to your story-telling wizardry! you are so good at expressing your situation! can i just say, of all your little travels so far, there are two at which inspire me the most. first, i am so so jealous of your visit to the maasia's! if i could do one thing in Africa it would possibly be to visit this interesting group.. they're so knowledgeable of the land they inhabit...
secondly, your visit to the trials of the Rwandan genocide. this moment in history makes me ashamed of being a westerner. not because we contributed to the montrosities.. but as one young girl once said "the day the west forgot about us"
i don't now if you know about my love for a young kiwi singer called Brooke Fraser. now this chick is amazing and the reason i'm telling you of her is because she is in love with africa and travelled there for world vision. while she was in rwanda she met a young girl called albertine who was caught up in the genocide. she came back and felt it was her duty to spread the word of what happened back in 94' in order to educate the world on what happened. her new album is amazing and her single 'albertine' is beautiful but awfully sad. check out www.myspace.com/brookefraser to hear it.. you'd love it
anywho, look really forward to seeing you again. when do you come home? and are you uber excited about surfing? i hope your a strong swimmer.. and beware of the sharks! what am i talking about.. i'm the one that got rescued on schoolies haha, not you!!
love and miss you heaps.. be careful, and don't get food poisoning!
love roxi
p.s sorry for the essay.. i was excited...
Cricket Mels, keep up the experience. Australia thrased South Africa in the cricket to come top of group. India and Pakistan are out. Pakistan's coach was murdered in the hotel after they lost to Ireland. A player or two may be involved or betting group.
Australia play West Indies tonight Tuesday. Cousins from West Coast Eagles has been suspended from his club indefinately due to drug taking.
Work is Ok. Saw Andrew and Tennile last sunday and went to Docklands for lunch.
Love you heaps.
Look after yourself.
melania! so i bumped into marg the other day and i think i may have accidentally scared the shit out of her by telling her that zanzibar is a haven for white kidnappings! my bad... here's some trivia for you! did you know zanzibar is the birth place of Queen frontman, Freddy Mercury?! yes you probably do, but i will tell you trivia on all the places you are visiting in order to pimp yourknowledge! after all.. i did win an audition for Temptation! on channel 9! wooooo, wish me luck, it's next friday..
so please look out for yourself.. even though i know you're not a dumb girl.. i still worry for you sometimes, in the crazy but beautiful africa!
love you lots and miss you heaps!!!
So i'm throwing out the makeup, turning off the hair straightner saying goodbye to the locals at the pub and headin off on a solo adventure to Africa.
Being a naive 21 year old this is sure goin to be an eye opening experience one that will no doubt influence my outlook on life. anxiously awaiting departure on March 8th 2007 my journey to Malawi begins.
volunteering with Ripple Africa in what looks to be beatiful part of the small country on the Myawa shores, i will be situated here for three months before headin south to Cape town to volunteer in a surf school and hopefully get a much ... full info
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Melski!
So awesome to read another blog fixer. I have to say i am in love with "Mr Bin" That guy is a real go getter. I never knew you were such a great writer until you went overseas and started putting your talent into something beautiful. Sure beats writing your name on the door at the O.C. Keep up the good work champ. Lots of people are missing you! We have to live it up when you get back. I leave for the States on the 23rd of August so hopefully we can fit a few party nights in Melbourne before I leave. Xx