Cops and Robbers

On easter weekend I (jeff) bought my surfboard and we were so excited about it that we wanted to get some pictures of it in action and share them with everyone. In my unbridled enthusiasm I carelessly brought our digital camera with us to the beach and some stupid jerk stole it from our bag when we werent watching. Frustration ensued, but in the end it's only a camera and besides, I had just saved all of the pictures on it to tia's laptop so it wasn't an irreplaceable loss (aside from being able to easily post pictures here).

So last weekend we decided to play it safe and leave eveything at home when we went to the beach, the only things we brought with us were towels, beach mats, the surfboard and sunscreen. Everything of value stayed put safely in our apartment and we had a wonderful time at the beach! Then we came home and I puzzled aloud to tia "Hmmmm... I thought you closed the front door?". That's right friends, our apartment was broken into and everything of value we had in plain sight had been taken including my green hoodie and my black shorts.

We called the police and waited on hold for a very long time before speaking to someone who really didnt care but filled out a report anyways and assured us that some officers would be by shortly. Several hours later some officers did in fact show up and look at our house and say "Yes, it appears you have been robbed. We will send a fingerprinter on Monday but in all likelyhood we will not find anything." and sure enough they did not find anything. I think the fingerprinter is a good idea though, I mean; she didn't really do anything when she showed up and she dusted in the stupidest places (the outside front door of our apartment and one electrical socket) but at least it gives people the impression that someone is working on something.

Anyways, now you know why our blog is a little devoid of colour for the next while.

xoxox
jeff & tia

How ye all going?

Just a quick update while I'm procrastinating at uni.

Today is Thursday, probably my most enjoyed and anticipated day of the week.
Anticipated because it is the one evening that Jeff and I set aside to be total geeks and watch the Amazing Race. It's pretty bad that we dig reality tv, but it gives us a good excuse to stay in,
eat pie for dinner and drink a few cold beers.

Today is also great because it is "assignments due" day for me. Which is a good thing because I have them all done. After today, I have a pretty serious break from home work until near the end of May. All of my classes have been going pretty good. I've only missed one day so far, and that was when my cold was in full rage. (I've had an annoying head cold for nearly 2 weeks now).
I've also enrolled in my last year of school at the University of Ottawa. I'm still trying to work out my 2 forth year seminars, but with luck that will all be sorted out soon.
It is going to be strange being on the student schedule again. I guess that technically I am on one right now, but honestly I feel more like I'm on holiday. Next fall I have a 3 day schedule (3 full days) and for the Winter semester it is looking like 3-4 days. Not bad at all.
It's pretty crazy to think that we're nearly half way done our trip. That's a little depressing, but also motivating. We've got a lot on our list that we still want to do.

So it's Easter weekend. It's warm as ever here in Manly (25-30 everyday this week) which is strange at Easter. I feel like I should be keeping watch for robins and sprouts in the garden.

Happy Easter everyone.
Don't pig-out on too much chocolate.

Tia says I don't post enough.

Tia is forcing me to write an update because she says our blog is becomming biased since she's the only one who ever posts in it. I think she's being silly because she writes more interesting blogs than I do so it makes sense for her to write them.

We didn't end up surfboard shopping today because I haven't found one I like yet, but we're close. At work I was moved from selling Future Cover (A comprehensive 3 in 1 life policy designed to give you the peace of mind that comes with knowing your family will be ok if anything were to happen to you, sir. And really, what is more important than peace of mind? now let me set you up with this for the low low price of only $57.88 per month. which is really just over a dollar a day, that's a good deal isn't it? (in Australian telemarketing you can't say things like "that's a good deal" because it counts as giving advice, so you have to say "that's a good deal, isn't it?")) to upgrades which are much easier and much slower. Now I have more time to read at work and people tend to be less rude to you because they already have a policy with Westpac. I think I'm doing well though because out of the 12 or 13 people who started when I did only there are only 3 (or four, one hasn't quit yet but he also hasn't been to work lately) left.

Tia is enjoying her job, but I think we are both working too much. We need to find a way to make money by lying around, maybe I could apply to be an oil-boy at the beach or something. If anyone has any get-rich-quick schemes they should let us know.

We're off to see Brokeback Mountain now and hopefully next time Tia will provide you all with one of her much more interesting blogs.

Bye-bye

Jeff (and Tia)

Last Saturday

Last weekend Jeff and I went to the Sydney Aquarium.

This is Jeff getting his camera ready to go. All of the included pictures are from the digital. I took the fuzzy ones.

This is me, after having eaten some delicious breakfast, probably involving toast.

Here's Jeff brushing his hair and looking tired on the Ferry.

This is a view of the opera house as our Ferry into down town passed it. (Jeff gets this view everyday on his way to work).

Another shot. Jeff got some nice ones with his manual film camera.

There are these weird bears around the harbor. This one is Estonia's bear. We'll how you Serbia's later. It's just great.

Here is a fuzzy picture of Jeff with a native busker.

Here is Canada's bear. It's totally one of the best ones there.

This is a funny little van.

Here is my new favorite animal, the platypus.

This is a crocodile. It was really lazy, but really scary looking all at the same time.

This is a great sign they have above the crocodiles. "Do Not Enter. If the fall does not kill you the crocodile will"

These are the super cute penguins.

This is a huge shark.

This is another huge shark. The tunnel went right under the tank, it was very very awesome.

Here are some sting rays.

This is a fuzzy looking, interesting fish. I think the fuzziness if just my bad photography. Jeff also got some film shots of most of these.

This is another shark type creature.

And this is a poster board in the subway which I thought really represented Jeff and I well.

:)

All is well with both of us.

Interesting fruits experiment post coming soon.

xoxo