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Thai Style Lemon Coconut Prawns
I'm so proud of myself and B. Tonight we managed to replicate one of our favourite restaurant dishes on the first go. Illawong 's Sweet Chilli Thai's Lemon Prawns are delicious with a creamy coconut and lemon sauce. As I was riding home on the train today I gave some thought as to how I…
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The Zaurus is back online
The Zaurus is back! I received my Ambicom compact flash WiFi card today and it works a treat. Hopefully it lasts longer than the Netgear MA701 cards which had a nasty habit of cracking. I’ve gone through 3 so far. It’s fortunate that they have a 3 year warranty, but I don’t think that the…
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The long road home
Thanks to an accident on the Alfords Point Bridge it took me almost four hours to get home tonight. The road across the bridge was blocked off and we had to go the long way around via the Princes Highway. We didn't eat dinner until after 9pm and, as I was doing the cooking, I…
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Winds of change
A change has struck and the wind is gusting outside. It is still warm outside, despite the late hour. So far the Labour Day long weekend has been very warm, at least in Sydney. Yesterday we visited Floriade in Canberra and the thermometer did not even reach 13 degrees Celcius, but here it has been…
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Sparkling!
So much has happened since my last post! The holiday in Japan was a real holiday. Read more about it in the blog or view the photos. I returned to find that I am to be looking after one division fulltime instead of two and that I will have to move back to Marsfield at…
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The changing of seasons
Friday was the last day of Winter and my last day at work before our one week holiday in Japan begins. The end of Winter was warm and sunny and it felt more like Summer holidays with both the campus and our offices strangely quiet. It was the perfect atmosphere for beginning a holiday. In…