I'll be away for a little while, off exploring the nation with my new travelling job. I head up to Ottawa this afternoon, get a plane out to Edmonton on Wednesday and return to Kingston in about a fortnight. After two or three days at home I'm off to Calgary to work for another week or so, then I'm back in Ottawa for two weeks, and then possibly/finally back home again! So if you email me and don't get a response right away, that'll be why. Updates: not much. Have decided that trapping myself in a small yacht to cross the [View Full Entry]

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A quick message to say to everyone: Merry Christmas, have a relaxing time if you can, and maybe I'll see you again soon! Lots of love from the snowy land, Emily [View Full Entry]

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Reading about all of the bushfires on the news - everyone at home keep safe! Love to all xxxx E [View Full Entry]

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Hola chicos and chicas, just a quick entry to say hello and let you all know that I finally found some salmon (which has already come and gone...), which I'm sure you're all extremely excited about. Went and bought myself some ice hockey skates today, as the ice skating rink between work and home opens on Friday. Got inspired after watching an OHL game here in town between the Kingston Frontenacs (I don't know what that means exactly, but their mascot is a pirate) and the Ottawa 67's (I don't know if they even have a mascot...). Turns out the local [View Full Entry]

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When it gets to the point that Christmas carols are sung to the tune of 'T.N.T.', then I have had enough of AC/DC, Australian though they may be. They seem to love bogan rock here in Kingston, or maybe it's just the radio station I have to listen to at work. I've heard more than my fair share of AC/DC, Guns N Roses, Warrant and other long-haired poodle rock types. The funniest one was the T.N.T. song performed live in the Kingston Christmas Parade -so sad, yet so highly amusing. 'Santa Claus - ho, ho , ho .... Santa Claus - [View Full Entry]

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i didn't realise that I hadn't put on any of the pics from before Vancouver, so I'll delve into the hard-drive and see what I can find. (it turns out, only two pics taken from my hotel in Tai Pei). Canada continues cool and damp, with a deluge expected to run/ruin the entire weekend. Bring on the snow! [View Full Entry]

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Just uploading some more photos from the remainder of my time in Vancouver, and the VERY long bus trip to Toronto. Ciao! [View Full Entry]

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Hola mi chicos, just dining on some Pop Rocks, awaiting my dinner (for those not in the know, Pop Rocks are also known is Oz as Magic Gum - hahahaha remember that Chez? - and as the urban myth goes, will cause your insides to explode if consumed with cola soft drinks). Have finally got the internet hooked up at the apartment, so I can start uploading my Kingston photos, to give everyone an idea of where I live, and what life is like here (suspiciously like Melbourne, but with more snow). It did snow today - for about all of [View Full Entry]

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The Americans have shown their true colours yet again (red, white and stupid) by banning Vegemite. I don't get it, they'll let innocent children eat MacDonalds, yet interfere in a minority of Australian adults in enjoying a good slice of Vegemite on toast every morning??? Obviously it's been deemed too healthy by the FDA, and stands to embarrass the American Cuisine (what an oxymoron) Administration or whatever. Home of the free - forget about it... Anyway, that's my rant for the day. Anyone looking to send aid packages (i.e. Vegemite, not currently banned by the conservative but sensibl [View Full Entry]

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...which is a nice change to freezing cold. However, it doesn't help me in my new job (I have switched the part-time food store job for a full-time outdoor gear store job - I want the staff discount...), as it's damn boring when no-one is around. I'm spending my spare time learning all the technical mumbo-jumbo that comes with ultra-nylon-hyper-Goretex-thermo-dynamic whatchamacallits. Today was only day one, but it seems like a nice enough place - packed to the rafters and basement with stock, and even better - the managers wife works at the local Mars factory, so there's always lots of [View Full Entry]

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