define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);{"id":569,"date":"2004-05-11T09:44:01","date_gmt":"2004-05-10T22:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/?p=569"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T13:00:00","slug":"the-weekend-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sh1ft.org\/blog\/569\/","title":{"rendered":"the weekend update"},"content":{"rendered":"

one day late …<\/p>\n

friday<\/b> i allocated to hold my winter shopping ‘spree’ (that’s me with my birthday money and a full tank of petrol). i hadn’t been down to the westfield bondi junction<\/a> yet, so off i went! although i spent 4 hours there (an hour dedicated to just finding where to pay the damn parking fee, which turns out you pay it on your parking level – though mine didn’t have a parking station, hence the confusion and this very long explanation sentence), i didn’t go into any of the designer shops<\/a> because i felt like that gross thing you find at the back of the fridge compared to the sales people in there… haha <\/p>\n

so anyway, i came back with a couple of new things – one being my the snuggly ugg boots that are keeping my feet warm as we speak!<\/p>\n

saturday<\/b> was my first photobloggers meetup with Amanda of Shutterfly<\/a>, James of JiMagery<\/a> and Lana of Place and Thyme<\/a> who is down in Australia for vacation. i took an early morning stroll from chinatown and we met up at circular quay for the short walk across the bridge to luna park<\/a>. <\/p>\n

i definately should mention and thank them all for putting up with my crazy crazy fear of heights – we all wanted to take a ride on the ferris wheel, but in the last few minutes before getting on i remember i hated heights. nevertheless, we all went up and round and round and round, and it wasn’t too bad – until we stopped right up the top and James wanted to stand up and the thing started rocking…. luckily, Amanda continued to distract me with photography talk as i stared at my shoes and not outside. haha. it wasn’t so bad though, way better than Sydney Tower!! <\/p>\n

a series of photos i took that day is posted up at shutterbug<\/a>. i definately recommend getting together with other photobloggers or photographers if you can! <\/p>\n

sunday<\/b> was mother’s day and i drove back to my family’s house to hang out with my parents. on the way i popped in to see my sister at work since i hadn’t seen her in a while, and picked up some fish’n’chips (mum’s favourite) for lunch. i think mum had a good day… it’s hard to tell with her but she did get the annual new alarm clock – this year with added cd player! (she loves her clocks)<\/p>\n

which brings us to monday<\/b> where amber won survivor (and got engaged)<\/a>.. and to tuesday<\/b> where i should get back to work <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"