I really am a lazy bugger (Part II)
Well,
How long has it been since I posted? (apart from the others I have done today?) Oh yes, that’s right – just before I went on holiday to the UK. Well, that has been and gone, and I have been back for a couple of months now. It has been the most hectic 3 months that I can remember.
UK Holiday
Well, the holiday started with me flying to London on 9th of September. The first leg of the flight was Brisbane to Singapore, with a 4 hour stopover. The plane was an airbus, and was a very nice plane. Unfortunately, the in-flight entertainment system was not working properly, but was still a large leap above any others that I have seen. Kudos to Qantas for an awesome entertainment system.
The next leg of the flight would have to be one of the worst that I have ever had. British Airways is truly a sucky airline. I am not a large person, and I had trouble sitting in the seat like a sardine. The entertainment system sucked a huge amount (think 6 channels with the same 3 hour program revolving over a 14 hour flight period – really really really sucky), and the airline staff were obnoxious, rude, and terribly inefficient. My advice? If it costs an extra $200 to fly with someone else, make the effort. British Airways suck for international.
Anyway, more posts to come on the holiday
Work
The last 2 months I have been at a government department, porting VB 6 applications to C#.NET, and designing a web site. Not overly challenging, but interesting enough.
Garden
The last 2 weeks I have been on holiday from work, and have been finishing the paving around the house. I initially had a plan to only do around the back for now, and leave the side till winter. But since we have been having unusually mild summer weather (it has not really gotten above 30° Celsius, I decided to press on and do the side as well. All in all, around 50m2. Also, my father decided that he was bored at home and gave me a hand.
There were a number of challenges in doing the paving.
Calculating the amount of road base (which I got horribly wrong and that is why I ended up doing the paving down the side as well),
Cutting off a 2 x 1 x .1 m ramp from the shed. The ramp was going to be right in the middle of the path, and would have looked very lame.
Have a look at the pictures in the photo gallery.