Archive for September, 2006

  • Assurance of Support

    Assurance of Support

    It’s all done. Our sponsor was in at Centrelink today and cleared the whole lot up. From now on it’s just a matter of waiting for the bond request letter (which they hope to send out tomorrow) followed by bond lodgement and notification of DIMIA....

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  • Dalkeith, Midlothian

    Dalkeith, Midlothian

    It’s strange how things manage to change but nonetheless remain the same. Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose, as Rush said – although they said it nicer, with accents in all the right places and I’m on a PC which isn’t kind to...

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  • ps

    ps

    We’re also nervously watching the prices of plane tickets skyrocketing. Top tip: don’t plan flights during the Australian summertime

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  • Weekly “Nothing is happening” post

    Weekly “Nothing is happening” post

    Gah, this is frustrating. We have a leaving party planned for Saturday. I leave my work a week on Friday. It would be nice if we actually had the visa granted by then! Really, it’s down to the last day or two now, but that...

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  • Still Waiting

    Still Waiting

    Monday is the start of my last fortnight at work. Well, technically it’s my last week, but they wanted me to stay for an extra week – which is fair enough. It’s difficult to believe that it’s all likely to kick off next week –...

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  • Monster Hunter Freedom (PSP)

    Monster Hunter Freedom (PSP)

    This is a kinda fighty-RPG-Lite, and it’s not at all bad. So far, my little girly warrior (Bague, natch) has done the first six quests (or thereabouts) so it’s still early days. I did start out with an outrageously large sword which took ages to...

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  • DING!

    DING!

    Trollbert has finally reached level 40 and has spent the correspondingly stupid amount of gold on a Raptor to run about on In other news, Trollbert also popped into Ragefire Chasm to say “Hi” to Taragaman the Hungerer. Taragaman wasn’t impressed, so Trolly had no...

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  • eBay Feedback

    eBay Feedback

    eBay can be a tedious place, so I tend to try and brighten things up a bit by leaving cheery feedback. You can have a look at the kind of rubbish I speak here.

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  • Silence

    Silence

    As ever, I’m not posting because I’ve nothing to say We’re still waiting for Centrelink to be happy with the Assurance of Support information. There’s some paperwork our Assurer needs to provide them with which requires processing by the Inland Revenue, so until that comes...

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  • The end of an era.

    The end of an era.

    Steve Irwin, conservationist and documentarian, died at the weekend after a fatal encounter with a normally harmless stingray. We’re all upset by this – particularly the children. Mr Irwin has been a part of our lives since the children were tiny and is in no...

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