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Although i'm sure this has probably been done many times before, I haven't yet seen anyone do a blog entry the night before their wedding.

Granted it is kind-of sad that I am typing out a blog entry only 18 hours out from getting married, but this blog is supposed to be a 'journal' per se of what I do, and i'm sure years from now I will look back on this entry with much nostalgia.

Anywho, tomorrow at 3pm I am getting married. I doubt I will have enough time between then and when we leave to go on … Read more →

Amid all the chaos and busy-ness in the days leading up to wedding, I was looking forward to the one I just had. Yes, today was supposed to be the geek's day because the install of the cable internet was supposed to happen today.

As you have probably noticed, i use past tense. It didn't happen, and as you can also probably tell, i'm not too happy about it. The building already has a Telstra cable backbone (i.e. the cable running off the street to the building with a box with sockets for the unit connections), and all that was … Read more →

We now have passed the 7 day marker ahead of the wedding on this Saturday. Before we get to that, I might as well recap on stuff that has happened this past week.

This past week was my last week at work, and I wrapped up most loose ends and ended getting a lot of stuff done that I didn't really expect to work through. Just before I left on Friday, the lovely girls from reception showered me with confetti acquired from the document hole-puncher (see the pic on the right).

That night we went to Andrew's place for a … Read more →

As is per usual in the weeks approaching a wedding, western societal tradition has it that the groom must be taken out by his closest friends and have things done to/for him that would normally otherwise be frowned upon by society's standards. See also the wikipedia entry.

Last night was my Buck's Night (otherwise called a Bachelor Party or Stag Night elsewhere in the world), and as expected it turned out to be quite an interesting night. As per the rules set for me for the night, I couldn't refuse any drinks and ended up drinking much more than … Read more →

In the past few weeks, I have gotten into following the Whirlpool forums. Other than getting myself into a couple of flame wars, I have gotten some very helpful advice, and my first proper forum participation has been a quite enjoyable experience. Added to that, the forum is an excellent custom-built (from scratch!) forum engine which has a fantastic interface and an overall practicality and usability about it.

Anyway, back to topic. As with any forum, or public internet posting place (eg. forums, blogs, message/bulletin boards, chat rooms, etc. etc.) the use of the English language is of a pretty … Read more →

Today was Despina's kitchen tea before the wedding. We got tonnes of gifts, so a big 'thank you' to all who attended.

So, it's under three more weeks to go: about 19 days. I'm sure they're going to be very interesting. I apologise that my blog-frequency will not be up to scratch over the next few weeks, but i'm sure most will understand.

Most have tracked the progress the progress of Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis over the past week, as he made it to the final of the Australian Open. Being half-Cypriot myself, this was quite interesting to follow, … Read more →

Tonight we went to Carindale to take advantage of the late-night-Wednesday-because-Thursday-is-a-public-holiday deal. It was fantastic, hardly anyone was there. It was like having almost a whole shopping centre, with all the staff, almost exclusively dedicated to serving you. We got a new mobile and put a few more things on the wedding registry at Myer.

In the last few days I have been looking at our telephony options our soon-to-be home. We're getting Bigpond cable for internet, and i'm pretty sure that i'm going to go for a VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) solution primarily for the phone mainly because … Read more →

It's raining outside as I type this. Why is this worth mentioning? I love when it rains, there's something that's just so soothing about it. However I was caught in it today as walked back from the city across the Victoria bridge. Although I had an umbrella, a bus ran through a puddle next to the footpath and sprayed my lower half horizontally. Needless to say I wasn't too impressed.

Yesterday i read an article in the newspaper that really intrigued me. It was a feature article on Britain making its final World War II loan repayment to the United … Read more →

This entries marks the 300th one since I started this blog over 2 years ago! *streamers and other party stuff flying everywhere* On average, that makes it roughly one entry every 2.47 days (although of late it has been far from that frequent).

Of course we have been very very busy. As we approach the 30 day mark to the wedding, things have have started to intensify. The unit is coming into shape (which is very satisfying), and the last two weekends have been spent shopping for various things to fill it: lounges, dinner tables, washing machine, fridge, etc etc. … Read more →

This is another one of those times where i've had so much to blog but now that i've come to do it I can't remember anything!!

So i'll probably just get started by 'life-blogging' as Andrew puts it. I continued through the rest of the working week last week without too much drama. Work up until today seems to building up a healthy 'to do' list that i'll have to work through ahead of the wedding.

On Saturday we had our unit blessed by Fr Anastasi (as is tradition fro Orthodox homes just after Epiphany). May the Lord's will be … Read more →