Well lets see, what did I last write on this blog? I could probably just read my previous post, but that'll be boring. I'll assume I haven't told you guys about Avoca or this new sport I've gotten myself involved in.
Ok ok so Matt Gates finally managed to organize a trip to Avoca. About 15 people showed up and it was awesome. There was plenty of food, beer and sun. The view was tremendous too - it really made me think of how awesome it would be live by the beach. I honestly don't think I could ever get bored of it. Towards the end of he weekend however, we noticed a bunch of blue bottles washed up on the shore. In case you don't know, blue bottles are the scorpions of the sea - they're jellyfish that act like little blue mines that bob up and down in the sea. If you touch one of their tentacles you can get an extremely painful sting. I witnessed from afar an Asian woman who was confidently marching over thousands of these dehydrated blue bottles without a care in the world. She was either confident as hell or completely color blind.
I recently (well, like 5 weeks ago) joined the volleyball team for UNSW. It's quite nice. The people are very friendly and welcoming and I'm learning some good skills. It frustrates me a little bit that our 'coach' is a 22 year old volleyball veteran who can barely play volleyball himself, but it's not a big deal since we still get to play for a couple of hours after training.
I also recently signed up for a 1/2 year membership to the CBVA (Coogee Beach Volleyball Association). This gives me access to join training sessions and play games with other members 4 days a week. I played for 3 hours yesterday which was heaps of fun. God mustn't have wanted me to join though because my face is now painted a light red.
In other news, I've had 0 progress with my website. My website designer guy has decided to go AWOL, taking all code to my website and also $100 with it. Not the biggest loss, but it's still a nasty set back. I tried to teach myself entrepreneurial skills via YouTube in attempt to motivate me to keep going. Sadly however, YouTube is filled with unhelpful crap in this sector of online education. Every video I clicked on (and this includes videos from top tier Universities) offered no useful advice. Most of them just stuck to overused sport related cliches - "you've got to want to succeed in your company as bad as you want to breath!" and "when you look in the mirror, you should see success!" were two of my of my favorites. I guess entrepreneurship is too broad an area to learn via YouTube.
I've been desperately trying to get Nepal organized. It's not easy though because my friend, Matt, is infamously hard to organize. The recent snow storm that killed 54 (I think it's 54) people recently is no doubt going to cause more indecision. Either way, I'm going to go. As practice for high altitude climbing, I've decided to try and breath less on a daily basis. I don't think it's working though, I just feel dizzy most of the time.
Last week was a very strange week for me because one of the PhD students had their computer catch fire over the weekend. About 1/4 of the office was drenched in water because of the automatic sprinklers which went off. Unfortunately my desk was in that area of the office covered in water. It turned out to be a good thing though because it gave me the opportunity to work from home which was a refreshing break.
