beach day

my type of beach - desolate, deserted, different...

...though not necessarily full of dead shearwaters

Merry X'mas!

The second Praha Drinking Meeting took place on X'mas, with a 10 course meal with matching drinks, taken over 10 hours!

Des made a Turducken that took 3-4 hours prep time and another 3-4 hours to cook; it was very moist though. Well done!

The boys pulled out all stops - printed a menu with our names in icons, not to mention delish dishes like scotch fillet with wasabi pepper sauce, and chicken schnitzel that went so well with Little Creatures pale ale. There was so much good food, the boys had to scrap salt-baked whole fish from the menu!

I made an ugly but so very alco-licious Kahlua chocolate cake to go with ginseng moscato; it's going to be my signature now, especially since I can substitute other liqueurs.

Thanks to all for the awesome time, and the kickass pressies!!!

I've fledged!

Yes, it has finally happened!

I thought I'd be walking around like a penguin but my blue and red gown was surprisingly bright - so much so that someone on fb wondered why I was in costume HAHAHA.

When I reached the Vice-Chancellor, as the title of my thesis was read out, the VC said:

"that must have been hard"

"oh it was quite enjoyable"

"how long did it take?"

"6 years"

"oooo........."

LOL

The bubblies at the lab, lunch and ceremony all went smoothly (and the ceremony a lot faster than I expected); afterwards Richard and I got behind a bush to show people what it is that ecologists do ;)

It was like a dream, and now I feel nothing but relief :)

Arras

new beginning

harlequin beetles, walking through sedges almost my height for birds or frogs, soon to be out paddling amongst mangroves...this is actually a job...

this is the life