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Touchdown in London town!

Pugsley — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 12:15:48 +0000

We’ve finally arrived in London! After a 6 hour stopover in Singapore we finally made it, although we did have to circle before they’d let our plane leave

We started at Adelaide Airport around 10am, then after we cleared customs we sat and waited for a coupla hours so we could board the plane. A quick 7 and a half hours later and we had arrived in Singapore

First thing to do was find some food and some beer. Easily done, found a Burger King so food was sorted. We decide to wait on the beer, so went for a walk to see what was in the airport. There was a ridiculous amount of shops, everything way too expensive though, but there’s nothing wrong with looking

They also had a butterfly enclosure, so we had a quick look in there. The humidity was stupidly high, and it was night time, so there wasn’t many butterfly’s to be seen

Beer time, so off to the travelers bar. A quick stopover here and it was time to board the plane again, although it was delayed for 1/2 an hour

The A380, what a plane! It is huge, and even though we didn’t get upgraded it was still awesome. We slept on and off for a few hours, as well as enjoying the ‘tailcam’ view to see what was happening

We finally touched down in London around 7am-ish, cleared customs (way too easily), then onto the tube to try to find Scott’s place. He’d sent instructions so it wasn’t too hard, but we still had to get to the right places. We finally made it, and found Scott waiting for us

A 15 minute walk later and we were at Scott’s place, and Dung was there as well. She was off to work, but we’re all going out tonight for her birthday

Off to Europe!

Pugsley — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:40:18 +0000

I’ve finished packing everything, so now all that’s left to do is goto the airport and fly to London! Almost party time with Scott, Kate and Dung! See you soon guys!

Upgrading the Netbook

Pugsley — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:37:30 +0000

I’ve had my Netbook for a few days, and already I’ve decided that the 320Gb hard drive isn’t going to be big enough. So I bought a 500Gb hard drive to install instead. It didn’t quite go to plan

I ghosted the old to the new, and that bit went fine, but then when I installed the new drive it wouldn’t boot. Shit. I had to boot from the Windows DVD and repair the boot sector, and now it all works again. Phew. Now to update the OS to Windows 7 Enterprise x64

Netbook for Travelling

Pugsley — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:48:01 +0000

I decided my laptop wasn’t going to cut it for 10 weeks overseas, and the battery is on its way out, so I ordered a new Netbook. A HP 5102 with everything, including wireless 3G. So far it’s looking the much better option, and much smaller than my laptop as well!

Holiday Time Again!

Pugsley — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:22:32 +0000

Well, it’s that time again. I’ve remembered again that I have this blog, and just in time – I’m heading to Europe! In just over 5 weeks I’ll be hopping on a plane and heading over to London to hang out with Scotty, Dung and Kate at their new place, and catch up with some mates as well. Sam (my cousin) will be coming as well, and while we’re there Bel will be there, Chandy will be there, and I’m sure there’ll be others as well

So far we’ve booked a Contiki tour round Europe for a couple of weeks, a few days in Spain for La Tomatina, Oktoberfest in Germany, and we’re looking to go to the Greek Islands as well. I’m sure we’ll know more in the current weeks. Can’t wait!

The Happenings of Today

Pugsley — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:40:32 +0000

A fair bit happened today. Firstly, Kate left for Spain for her indefinite working holiday. After multiple going away parties she finally hopped on the plane and away she went. If i didn’t have to work i would’ve gone to the airport to see her off. Sorry Kate, and Good Luck!!

Basketball was interesting. For the second, or maybe third time this season the opposition has walked off the court, handing us the win via forfeit. This time they’d only played 9 minutes before leaving. We weren’t even beating them that badly, so we weren’t sure what was going on.

This meant we could have a 4-on-4 game, using our 7 players and one of their guys who still wanted to play. Was just a bit of fun, but it was good to just get out there and play.

And finally, my new camera is on order. Should arrive on Thursday! Score! This will give me plenty of time to work out everything that it can do before my overseas holiday.

New camera time

Pugsley — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:45:49 +0000

So with my upcoming overseas trip, it’s time for me to buy a new camera. Went and checked out a couple tonight, the Canon 500D and 50D. Was in 2 minds as to which one i should get, knowing that the 500D would be cheaper. But after playing with both of them it seems the 50D will be the much better option, it’s built more solidly, has a lot more weather protection, and feels better in the hand.

So now to decide which lens/lenses to buy with it. Can either get the cheaper twin lens kit, with 2 entry level lenses, or the single lens ‘enthusiast’ kit with a better all-round lens.

Decisions, decisions

Basketball Finals

Pugsley — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:00:11 +0000

Monday night we had our semi-final for basketball, and if we won we’d have played in the grand final. But we lost. We played alright, but with only 5 fit players it was going to be hard

Matt was recovering from swine flu, and me and Rob had normal flu, so we weren’t really up to running around lots. The other guys still did a great job, and we only went down by 12 or so. Next season will be ours

Went to the doctors after that, and found out for sure that i didn’t have swine flu. It was just normal flu (or so i understood from the doctor), but i still got 3 days off work. So i’ve been stuck in bed for the last coupla days, trying not to cough my guts up. Lots of fun

Holidays are booked

Pugsley — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:28:57 +0000

My holidays are finally booked! I’ll be spending 3 weeks in Vanuatu, Fiji and Queensland from the end of October. Awesome!

Main Site

Pugsley — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:51:12 +0000

Another late night of programming sees the main ENP site finally working correctly, with all redirects functioning like they should. Google has totally been my friend for this one. A few things to tidy up here and there and everything should be sweet again. Plus i’ve learnt a heap about web server configuration, which (i guess) can only be useful?