Sunday, February 24, 2008
Crawled out of bed at 7:30 this morning...still trying to get used to church starting early. Actually, it starts at 9:30 which is normal, soo...i dont really know why I woke up so early. It was all happening at church today. I think wesley is experiencing some sort of baby boom and we had like 6 infant dedications. On top of that there were 2 baptisms and a bunch of people dedicating themselves as members. I love baptisms =) I didn't get a chance to stay back and talk to people today because i went to the harbour straight after.
Both the QE2 and the Queen Victoria (they're ships I should add...or should i say..HUGE cruise liners) were docked at the harbour today.It's supposed to be a histroical occassion. Though there's nothing new about the grand QE2 docking at Sydney Harbour, today was extra special because she's on her final voyage round the world before retiring in Dubai. The Queen Victoria on the other hand, is i think a sister of the QE2 and she's on her maiden voyage, hence it was a pretty momentous occassion., both being in the harbour at the same time and hence it has been dubbed-"the royal rendezvous". My dad has some sort of fettish with ships so it was a must-see for him, so I accompanied him.
So we got to the harbour, and usually the Bridge can be seen before you even get there but this time there was this HUGE mother of a ship blocking out the view. You really have to be there to see just how big it is, plus it's about 10 stories tall not to mention it's grand. She is one beautiful ship. I was so annoyed i forgot to take my camera. It's usually always in my bag!! If you want to see a picture go here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/10/nvictoria110.xml But if you're thinking you may want to take a short holiday on it however, i suggest you think again. Apparently it costs anywhere from $25 thousand to $300 thousand a ticket but if it is any consolation, it's for 6 months and when i say it's grand..i mean..it's grand..i reckon it's like a 10 star hotel on water. So all we could do was fantasise along with the rest of the crowd of normal people watching in envy as the
rich bastards wealthy and successful greeted us from their personal deck area. Maybe I'll marry some multi-millionaire and then we could go on a round the world cruise for our honeymoon (i wonder if it goes to the miditerranean islands)..ok..dream on pris....
SO ANYWAY, we didn't actually end up visitng the QE2 because it was on the other side of the harbour..right across the botanical gardens and my feet were killing me(i never learn my lesson with heels) and dad was worried we'd get burnt coz the sun was out in full glory today. Dad has seen the QE2 before though so it didn't matter that much if he saw it or not.
Got my uni timetable today. It's like...school but worse. Don't think i ever go home before 4pm and usually i have lectures right through the day starting from 8am or if I'm lucky..9am and my only break is 1 hour at lunch and maybe another hour at some rnadom time. Not to mention i finish at 6pm on a tuesday *#&^(@%&_@&!!! Not to mention i have to take 2 trains and a bus to uni (it sounds worse that it really is though coz each leg is quite short) .So that's 25 contact hrs a week for me...think i might as well just live at uni. OH BUT i nearly forgot to mention...i get fridays off!! woooo!!!(with the exception of a couple of weeks) but yayyy!! Oh well...uni starts in a week and o-week starts this wednesday (they lie..it does't go for a week). alright..this is dragging.i shall end it here! =)
posted @ 3:30 AM
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