My bag is packed (estamagating ~18-19KG, packed), so browsing around.

First up - Milk Meets Coffee.
This is a bunch of photos of droplets of milk hitting black coffee. Sounds kinda boring, but these kind of photos make it worth a look.

Secondly - a photography blog “EssPhotography” (mind the ads and self promotion).
There’s a few interesting photos here like:
* “Liquid Hot Magma” (and part 2)
* Roary (and part 2)

Ian (Update your blog) called to tell me that we’re going to Symphonic Rock by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday. should be interesting

In other news… uhh… yeah, dunno. Repacking my bag.

…then I’d be thinking April Fools.

Crocodile steals man’s chainsaw

“Mr Shappert says he is thinking of changing the crocodile’s name from Brutus to two-stroke.”

My out of office reminder is on, things are packed ready for the move whilst I’m away, and I’m apparently about to learn where it is I am to be moved to.

More later…

Edit: Turns out the person responsible for the move didn’t get back to me - should be interesting finding out whats happening when I get back :/

Not able to cram that sleeping bag, back in that tiny bag it came in?
You did pay attention to how it was originally folded and rolled up, right? And you’re rolliing it as tightly as you can…
Still not getting anywhere?

Well… Stuff it then.

No, really … Just jam it in there. Foot-end first, cram it in bit by bit.

It’s completely counter to what i’ve been taught growing up — you know: don’t force it, take it slowly and try to get it back the way it was originally.

Thanks to the guys at mountain designs, I can now put the sleeping bag on the outside of my backpack, instead of it taking up a whole section inside.

Btw: excluding the daypack, my backpack should come in under the weight limit nicely. A rough esta-magation with the bathroom scales puts it at about 15KG.

Anyhow, bed. Or, rather - sleep, since i’m in bed

Well, I don’t think I’ll be bored flying to England…

This Months Movies include The Chronicles of Narnia (#1), and Syriana - both of which I’ve been wanting to see.

Next Month they’ve got Match Point, another one I’ve been wanting to see…

Should be good

There’s just three working days left (since Tuesday is ANZAC Day) before I fly out.

I should have some interim cash for England (GBP) and Singapore (SGD) in on Wednesday.

I’m doing a test-pack of my stuff tomorrow.

Need to get a few final things at Mountain Designs:
- Luggage locks (3x - I actually picked them up on Saturday but uhh… they wern’t in the bag when I got home - checking the reciept, I didn’t pay for them either, weird)

- Get the big backpack fitted at MDs on Wednesday (with all my gear in it)

Other things I still havn’t gotten for going away:
- Toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.
- Mini-sewing kit.
- Sandles/something light to wear, or a spare pair of joggers.

Oh, picked up my accomodation and transfers info for the Singapore stopover, and the Kumuka info.

On that note — Kumuka must be cost cutting. Not only don’t they send out any sort of ticket/docket/whatever - they only send a rather low-quality document with (basicly): Reference Number, the Date of issue and departure, and a note to say when the pre-departure meeting is. C’mon - put _some_ effort into it guys.

On top of all this - another group at work which will remain nameless have decided they want to move from their shiny new offices to the building I’m in at work. As a result, I’m being kicked out of my current spot to make room for the offices they’re putting in. Fantastic.

Got my packpack Today, and the camera + all my accessories fit in the daypack (yay!) - so I can easily pull them back out again and put them in the main pack for the flight.

Actually testing the daypack for the Scrams Golf Day thing tomorrow (I’m the photographer) — it’ll have almost all my camera gear in it — it’s actually quite small considering.

Getting that damn backpack and stuff tomorrow (Saturday)

Just reading the Homeward Bound entry on the “I am a Japanese Schoolteacher” blog-ish site, and thought this was great:

I flew from Kansai International Airport in Osaka to Los Angeles, then to San Francisco. After arriving in Los Angeles after going though the lengthy process in customs, I had to get my checked in baggage, then take it BACK to security to have it checked in again. Then I had to go through security yet again. It’s crazy. I remember when I took my vacation in Singapore, the security process went a little something like…

Agent: So, are you a terrorist?
Me: Hmm…probably not. I wasn’t one yesterday.
Agent: Okay, cool. You can pass.

If the above is true, I shouldn’t have any troubles at all in Singapore