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Monthly Archives: August 2006
“You’re just in a black hole” — labour tales #1
Today we caught up with S & E — old friends from Bangkok who relocated to Melbourne where they had their first baby — F — and then moved again to Sydney. We met in Rushcutters Bay Park — obviously … Continue reading
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Hospital horror stories
Tonight we had dinner with very good friend of S, S. I wish I hadn’t started all this initial only stuff as I’m starting to confuse myself. Anyways, S is a nurse at one of the large public hospitals in … Continue reading
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Demand four for three
Today I dropped S off to catch up with her old friends S and C — each of whom have three rugrats — all of which are under five… When I dropped S off, I thought I’d pop in myself … Continue reading
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Crawling in doggie doodie
Today S and I along with the family headed up to my grandparents to catch up and see their new digs. Hidden away in the back-blocks of Terrigal on Sydney’s Central Coast, they’ve got a great house with a welcoming … Continue reading
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Meet baby Rhys
We were whisked through Kingsford Smith immigration and customs pretty quickly — probably in part because I forgot to declare the tube of “Fat of Pythons” (no joke) that I’d picked up in the Mekong Delta — thank god they … Continue reading
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Pregnant pleadings at the airport
So I’m at Singapore’s splendiforous Changi International airport waiting for S to arrive from Jakarta. Before I left for Vietnam, S and I had done some “pre-planning” on how we’d meet up in Singapore for continuing down to Sydney. As … Continue reading
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Oh no, it’s the jiggler!
Finally, baby gets to get jiggled and poked and prodded and kissed and read to again tomorrow — we’re off to meet daddy! So I have a bit of a dilemma. I’m getting a flight from Jakarta to Singapore, where … Continue reading
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Must have bread roll
Last night I went to a dinner at which Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (I just love how that name rolls off the tongue after a little while) was giving a keynote address. I can’t say I’ve been to too … Continue reading
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Pregnancy politeness?
While I was waiting in a taxi queue yesterday the man in front turned to me to offer me his taxi. I told him no, and he actually said: “Really, I insist.” I told him thanks but really he could … Continue reading
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