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birthday extravaganza | part 2

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Christine decided to book me for Wednesday evening after my final exam (yes, no more exams for…ever, perhaps) for dessert. She brought me to this place called Laurent along Little Collins Street. The desserts there are small and pricey but, as I was to discover, well worth it. There were only two chocolate desserts - the Concorde: an all chocolate mousse thing, and the Christine. Yes, I kid you not. The little piece of heaven is called Christine. It is a chocolate mousse confection with a brownie base and a creme brulee centre. That sounded more exciting than the Concorde, so I had Christine for dessert. And of course, it gives you people an excuse to exercise your over-active imaginations and me, a chance to play with words.

So, I ate Christine as Christine and I chatted. Christine was delightful, so rich that I was forced to eat Christine slowly. If chocolates were clouds, this would be nine.

Christine also started the ball of gifts from COSDUans rolling along. I have to say that I’ve never had such quality presents in such numerous quantity. Some were tangible, some intangible. Some things I wanted, some pleasant surprises. All were absolutely terrific and thoroughly appreciated. Getting back to Christine’s gift, it was more of a hamper. A pair of helium-filled balloons to put me in a party mood, Collingwood items galore and a photobook on friendship, lovingly annotated with personal messages.

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white and black

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Chevelle, one of my closest friends from Ngee Ann Poly, made a whirlwind two-day trip to Melbourne. I managed to meet her, and we caught up over coffee. It was terrific to meet her and have a chat. ICQ or whatever doesn’t cut it sometimes. Most of the time, in fact.

She said that she loves the New Zealand national anthem. I love it too. It’s just a beautiful hymn unlike… Well, Velle, here’s the link to God Defend New Zealand, complete with lyrics, score and a few downloadable variations of the anthem. New Zealand National Anthems (Yes, there are two: the other one is God Save the Queen.)

Which brings me to the fateful match.

Met up with Christine, Lydia and Nicholas for dinner, then proceeded to Federation Square. The place was buzzing. We saw Joanne with a friend of hers. Ming and Adrian Loo turned up, with a few of Adrian’s friends. Found out another friend, another Lydia, was watching the game at Fed Sq too. Most people stood up for both National Anthems. The Haka was performed with particular ferocity.

Where the ferocity went once the whistle blew is something only the All Blacks can answer. I’m lucky I’m not a Kiwi. The New Zealanders are going to wake up tomorrow with more than bruised egos, and the team, with more than bruised bodies.

Australia did what they haven’t been doing the whole tournament: getting the basics right. The only hint of unforced errors came from Mat Rogers almost at the end. Trust me, the guy, together with Wendell Sailor, are the weak links in the Wallabies defence. Put them under pressure and see them crumble.

Unfortunately, the All Blacks couldn’t put pressure on them. But that’s because they couldn’t get their hands on the ball, especially in the first quarter of the game. But that, arguably (and circuitously) was because they weren’t putting pressure on the Oz forwards.

But the boys in gold were determined. I remember the look on Gregan’s face when Kelleher put his hands in the ruck. His veins were pumped, and Gregan let Kelleher know how stupid he was for making the error.

Nevermind, I still support the All Blacks. And there’s England. The last thing I want to see is an Australia-France final. I might not even watch the final if that happens.

I’m still traumatised by the game and the outcome. *sigh* Really disappointed. Celine, I feel your pain. For me, I hope it won’t be compounded tomorrow night.

A few COSDUans before the game
all black cosduans

Supporters at Federation Square

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birthday extravaganza | part 1

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The festivities began early for me. Chevelle was down for a whirlwind tour of Melbourne. Actually, it was two days - the first touring Great Ocean Road and the second meeting up with friends. So, she didn’t even get to see much of Melbourne at all! Coincidentally, the two days she was here marked a dramatic increase in temperature. Friday was the first day above 30 degrees in many months. Saturday was a scorcher: somewhere between 37 to 39 degrees depending on whose weather report you believe. More amazingly, Melbourne decided to become cold and wet almost the whole of last week, following Chevelle’s visit! Some people bring rain, some people bring sunshine. =)

Sarah dropped Velle off along Swanston Street and we caught up over coffee in the (thankfully) air-conditioned Tiamo 2. Velle has always been a breeze to talk to, and we were chatting like we usually did, even though I haven’t seen her for a while. Before we parted, she gave me an advance birthday present. =) Thanks for the ‘insults’, Velle. ;P

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hot in the city

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moderate spring weather is out
yesterday was the first day above 30 degrees this spring
it’s only going to get hotter from here
as i type this it is 35.8 degrees Celsius!
and summer is about to begin in slightly over two weeks…

*pant*

well, on the bright side, as marcus said,
the girls are beginning to wear very little ;P

and yah, saw someone who looked quite hot yesterday…

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