These items are taxonomically challenged.
Before I leave to join Anna, Erica and Keith to New Zealand! We don’t have a firm itinerary yet, but I will be leaving Sydney on Saturday morning to Queenstown. Hopefully, like the last time I was in New Zealand, I will have a travelogue and photos afterwards. Ciao!
Given it’s so close after my birthday, it is pleasing to see that there is a town that has my name. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Kelvin NSW 2380. It’s a village about 20 km north north west of Gunnedah. I have a Google Earth placemark if anyone is interested. May be I should go […]
Happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me! Happy birthday, dear Kelvin Happy birthday to me! What should I get?
Spurgeonic adj. Of or belonging to Charles Spurgeon. Also of interest is how biblical characters get their adjectives. Old Teastment characters tend to have their adjectives ending in -ic (e.g. Abrahamic, Mosaic), whereas New Testament characters have their adjectives ending either in -an (e.g. Matthean, Lucan) or -ine (e.g. Petrine, Pauline).
Having a few people I know getting a new car recently, and having just established my Car Fund given the likely move of my office to Sydney Olympic Park, it is quite interesting to find betterdeal.com.au. This appears to be a reverse auction web site, where new car dealers bid for a customer’s business. If […]
Just in case you haven’t noticed, I put up some photos from Edward and Jacklyn’s wedding over at photos.koinic.net. I was told more photos will be up at http://www.storyphotography.com.au/EJ. Congratulations to you both.
Another year, another roadtrip. This time it’s Hardys Bay. Unlike last year, I did not injure myself. However, it’s more a working holiday than anything. Most of us had either work or study to do during the extended weekend, so it’s laptops and typing galore as people catch up on work in front of a […]
Now that I have had my actuarial exams over and done with, not a few people have been pressing me to “find a hobby”. Hobbies like photography, cooking—-something to do now that I (allegedly) have so much free time. Although a lot of the time I still don’t think I have a lot of free […]
It all started with this. More than 30 e-mails later, it’s still going. Here are some of the highlights along the way: What is an exam dare? Love #1 Love #2 Contribution Love #3 Here is, hopefully, my (almost) last word.
As you may be aware, my family and I travelled to New Zealand for four days earlier this week. I’ve already placed the photos on photos.koinic.net, but here is my travelogue for the trip. Day 1: Sydney—Auckland The plane was late, due to the arrival of the new Airbus A380 at Sydney Airport that morning. […]