it's been a while

and some stuff has happened. not too exciting, just some stuff.

went to see the pursuit of happyness with my brother last week...it was good! i enjoyed it. (i won't even bother writing one of those reviews), but yeah, i'd recommend seeing it!
on sat night, we (family) went to somerville theatre, which is this outdoor theatre to see a chinese/japanese movie, 'riding alone for thousands of miles' as part of the film festival segment of the perth international arts festival. they're all foreign films and all look really interesting. it's a pity that they only rotate them every week, meaning that i haven't got a chance to see that many, but if you're around, i'd suggest checking them about.

last week, i was woken by two phone calls on two different days...
the first one was from trev, who asked me whether i was sick. i told him that "it's 9am...!". no wonder (and no, i wasn't sick). but we had a long conversation about choir, about plans for this year (musical plans no doubt) and whether i was changing my accommodation status (which i'm not)
the second one was from the vm, calling about room selections. i was v. surprised...!
and i finally got the int'l student thing organised. well, like, i got the go-ahead and will start working with admin to sort this out. have unfortunately not heard back about the ok to move in when i get to melbourne, but it's been given the green light from the vm, so hopefully it'll be ok.

i worked at the drug and alcohol office yesterday.....plain old data entry, quite boring, but ok pay.
i think my brother was a bit disappointed that i couldn't get any samples. but i told him they were the department that like, distributed those cards at primary school about, like, "what is this drug x? what are the effects of it?" etc.

also, an interesting developement...TP from jude's called up and asked if i was interested in sitting on the unichurch council. i am totally honoured by this, and am still thinking it over. however, kinda related to all of this (in how i've committed to stuff, and the activities i'm undertaking this year) is that i've quit queen's choir for this year. well, tendered my resignation (hopefully it's accepted hehe). while i love singing in the choir, i frankly don't have enough time! I really wish i had about 30hrs a day. or that sleep wasn't physically necessary.....

alas, i ramble too much.

and a desparate call for help:
is anybody available on Tuesday 13 Feb at about 3pm to pick me up from the tullamarine airport? I'm arriving at 2.30pm (scheduled) but would like to avoid paying $50 for a cab. any chance that anybody is available, please let me know, by email or sms.
many thanks. :)