No, I'm not starting up a help column - much better, I have a brand new nephew!! Lias Mattiu Roberts Morris was born at 8.45am by c-section at Wellington Hospital after a very long labour which was not too fun for my poor sister and left the rest of us biting our nails all night. Needless to say, I am a little tired as I didn't get much sleep, but that's nothing on Carla and Ceri.
Obviously, being stuck at the bottom of the world means I haven't had the chance to meetmy nephew yet, and won't for another two weeks:( But I'm told he's quite big (9 pounds, 6 ounces) and very beautiful (although the reporters of this are a little biased) and has expressions just like my sister.
In other random info, he's a Taurus (don't really know what that entails, I'm not very into starsigns) and the name Lias is of English/Welsh origins and means 'rock' (he's named after his great-grandfather).
Love,
A very ecstatic Char
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Friday, 23 March 2007
She's Back....
...and of course I'm better than ever!
Well, where to start? I honestly don't know. I suppose the obligatory apologies are probably as good a place as any. Sorry, sorry, sorry for not updating my blog. I haven't forgotten you guys! I'm going to use the age old 'I've-been-really-busy' excuse, but it honestly is justified. Going to Otago Univeristy is definately not for the faint hearted - it's completely crazy, tumoltuous, scintillating, discombobulating, and probably every other cool adjective you could think of. So you can imagine that all these emotions could distract me a little from my blog.
I think I'll keep this short and sweet, or otherwise it will get too difficult to recount all the exciting (and sometimes not so exciting) times here and I'll spontaneously combust into a cloud of frustration.
Dunedin is a very cool city (although of course not as cool as Wellington) and Otago is a really cool univeristy (sorry, much cooler than Vic). Student city is no hyperbole in Dunedin's case. Everywhere you go students are the talk of the town - everyone's advertising to us, giving us discounts, offering us support, and (if you're a local) complaing about us.
It's not all fun and games though. I've just spent my semester break in the fabulous Wellington (more apologies for not seeing everyone) which means I'm now a little homesick, considerably poorer after large shopping sprees, very cold and very stressed out by all the work I am going to have to do this semester.
In other, less negative news, I have fallen completely in love with Regina Spector (you might have heard her song Fidelity on the Xtra-Yahoo ad). How can you not love someone with lyrics like 'it's just a little worse/than when we drove our hearse/into the screaming crowd'.
Well, I had better go and spend a romantic evening with Plato,
Love Char
Disclaimer: Because of said business, I will probably not update my blog very often, but I haven't given up on the blogging community unlike SOME people
Well, where to start? I honestly don't know. I suppose the obligatory apologies are probably as good a place as any. Sorry, sorry, sorry for not updating my blog. I haven't forgotten you guys! I'm going to use the age old 'I've-been-really-busy' excuse, but it honestly is justified. Going to Otago Univeristy is definately not for the faint hearted - it's completely crazy, tumoltuous, scintillating, discombobulating, and probably every other cool adjective you could think of. So you can imagine that all these emotions could distract me a little from my blog.
I think I'll keep this short and sweet, or otherwise it will get too difficult to recount all the exciting (and sometimes not so exciting) times here and I'll spontaneously combust into a cloud of frustration.
Dunedin is a very cool city (although of course not as cool as Wellington) and Otago is a really cool univeristy (sorry, much cooler than Vic). Student city is no hyperbole in Dunedin's case. Everywhere you go students are the talk of the town - everyone's advertising to us, giving us discounts, offering us support, and (if you're a local) complaing about us.
It's not all fun and games though. I've just spent my semester break in the fabulous Wellington (more apologies for not seeing everyone) which means I'm now a little homesick, considerably poorer after large shopping sprees, very cold and very stressed out by all the work I am going to have to do this semester.
In other, less negative news, I have fallen completely in love with Regina Spector (you might have heard her song Fidelity on the Xtra-Yahoo ad). How can you not love someone with lyrics like 'it's just a little worse/than when we drove our hearse/into the screaming crowd'.
Well, I had better go and spend a romantic evening with Plato,
Love Char
Disclaimer: Because of said business, I will probably not update my blog very often, but I haven't given up on the blogging community unlike SOME people
Wednesday, 3 January 2007
What Everyone's Been Waiting For...
Hello everyone in that distant Pacific island, here are some photos to provide some visual proof of what an interesting place Dubai is:
Some shots of the desert (I can assure you there is no lack of it in Dubai):
Some beautiful Islamic architecture:
A souk (market place), its was taken on the Muslim holiday of Eid so it was very crowded:
An abra, a small traditional boat (although now outfitted with a motor) that we crossed the Creek on:
Well, I hope your computers can handle these photos but I assure you the are only the tip of the iceberg. My mum just bought a new, very fancy camera and is celebrating this by obssessively clicking away on it - resulting in nearly 250 photos!
Looking forward to seeing everyone when I get home and Happy New Year!
Love Char
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