So I’m kind of “back blogging” since I really havnt had the time. So with this wedding, referring off Vince’s blog, It was held in the Liverpool area, with the a very nice church service as well as a lovely reception with great food at Liverpool golf course. Here are some pics:

Pic of the shoes:

The girls giving the bride a hand with the hoop:

The jewellery:

The cute little flower girls (they were sooo cheeky):

At St. Lukes:

Great name cards (as well as great food!):

It was a very nice wedding. Weather cleared up nicely.

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(Back Blog) So was able to get free tickets to broncos v doggies game. It was wet, cold, held at Telstra Stadium. It was quite a slow game, with a final score of 19-12 broncos way! by the way, yes i am a broncos supporter!

Have a read of that particular match here.

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So, rain, rain, and more rain. Started at Sebel Pier One. Nice hotel, nice rooms. Ceremony was supposed to be at Observatory Hill, but the weather was… terrible to say the least, and it was moved to the receptionplace – WatersEdge. Formal pics followed at the Park Hyatt as well as Observatory Hill, before the reception. Here are a few pics:

Observatory Hill:

Observatory Hill but on the bike track – it was quite wet as you can see:

The boys inside the Park Hyatt:

Night shot outside WatersEdge:

Bridal Party:

Challenging day with the weather and all.

So, been a busy week regarding work and projects. Time management is having to kick into place – although it is a long weekend. Basically have 10 days to get this project started and finished. I am confident i should have it all ready – bit worried about testing since i always seem to miss SOMETHING. Was able to get myself a Pioneer P7650DVD unit second hand. I managed to install it today after planning it yesterday. Main problem I had was that if I was to get a Y-Splitter RCA cable and install it that way, would the signal from one head unit feed into the second head unit and damage it. I ended up building a switch box, with the help of my cousin, that would switch the signal from one head unit to the second head unit to reach the amplifer. Couldnt buy one simply because I needed it to switch 3 pairs of RCA’s to 6 pairs. In total, the whole project cost me about 15 dollars. Only problem to solve – well its already solved, but to fix is that I need the Alpine headunit on to have sound when the Pioneer is on. Cousin figured it out, and silly me for not realising, but the remote cables running from the amplifiers arent connected to the Pioneer, so Ill need to do that next weekend.

Now of course, my new baby – the MacBook Pro. Oh its nice. No complaints at all about… i think. I am having trouble connecting it to my monitor. Basically it wont display 1920*1280 on my 24 inch. Instead I get a blank screen. 1280*768 runs fine though (of course stretched and horrible). Other than that, been installing everything that I need, well want. Another problem is exporting my calendar from outlook to iCal, I’m losing all my fancy colour schemes. So I’ll need to change them all manually, and for some reason, about 6 months of dates doesnt export across, no matter what I do. I’ll have to figure that out later.

So thats been my quick rundown of the past few days, well my whole long weekend. Not too productive. Everyone is studying for their exams, so hope all goes well. So far it seems, all my contributions have paid off, so its good news. Until next week (since there is a wedding on)…

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Ok, so the news of the new MacBook Pro’s was announced on Tuesday. I’ve basically had my order put through about a month ago for a MacBook Pro. Apple had been out of stock and wasn’t pushing through any more MBP’s. So had been in contact with the guy at the Apple store. I was told he had a strong hint that something was to be announced come Tuesday. Waited and waited and it was announced!

Contacted him again regarding the ETA on them in Australia, and he told me around 4 business days until they arrive. So in which case, it would be next tuesday.

Today, I received a call from stores, telling me there is something to pick up!! Ran downstairs to see my new baby! Came back to my office, and back to an email from the guy at the Apple store. He lets me know that they had received 30 MBP 2.4Ghz in Australia and one of them was sent PRIORITY to me!

Well I cant see how today cant be a top day! I havn’t opened it yet, waiting to get some more of my project done first so to “reward” myself. I shall post more about it during the long weekend!

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Started in the afternoon at Park Hyatt. Been there once before, and its a very nice hotel. Bride was getting ready there. Ceremony was just next door on the greens facing the harbour bridge / opera house. This was followed by formal shots around the rocks area and at the Park Hyatt. Ending at WaterFront Restaurant along the strip of restaurants there. Close location to everything and the food is worth a mention. Here are a few pics (more at www.vlblog.net):

Bridesmaids getting stuck into it:

The long aisle – top location:

This is the only spot I could grab:

The casual stroll:

The bridal party:

The bridal waltz:

Overall, it was jam packed and ended with great food. This was followed by more great food at Pancakes across the road!

Guess this is a better time than any other to just mention that work has been a bit nuts. Well, I’ve passed my one and only subject with no problems. Decided to spend the rest of my spare time helping friends do their programming and media assignments. Don’t mind the challenge, well loving the challenge, and its more so that if I can help it, to make sure that my friends dont fail their subjects. There is nothing worse than failing a subject. So I’m glad my work as contributed to something. At work, finished another project and onto another. Basically, having planned this current project, it amounts to 80 hours – 10 days of programming. Well, it shouldnt be so bad…. and I’m getting there… and following this is a 6 month project… its not bad! I am actually quite looking forward to it. Also been driving to UNSW and cycling into work which really wakes you up in the morning.

I’ll be back soon enough!

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