Derek and Sally's blog

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Busy busy busy

So cute...............



Mammy and Daddy dropped Sinead off at our place tonight, she's doing a week of clinical placement at a hospital near us. Brendan also came over, and we had a nice roast lamb for dinner. Mammy and Daddy obviously heard about the complete food drought that has hit central Melbourne recently, as Sinead came prepared for her week long stay with us with 5 bananas, 5 tangelos, 5 lunches etc.



We caught up with Kim and Chris last week who recently got engaged. We celebrated at a winery/restaurant in the Red Hill region. Very yummy.




We went to watch Melbourne Victory play Adelaide United last week with Brendan, Stephen, Aidan and Jake. It was a good night, with Melbourne winning. But what pleased the boys even more was Aidan receiving a signed soccer ball from Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory Striker)


Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Mooncake Festival



It was Mooncake Festival (Mid Autumn Festival) on Sunday. We celebrated by having dinner with Jeremy and Sophia (it was also Jeremy's birthday), and we enjoyed a yummy durian mooncake. Sally has fond memories of this festival, as she was always given beautiful lanterns as a child to help celebrate the day. The picture of lanterns is actually one we took in Vietnam, in Hue.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

A week full of good news


We had a great week last week, full of good news from friends and families. Jeremy was accepted into the Plastics Surgical training program. He is one of only 4 surgical doctors in the state to be chosen! Very well done, Jeremy, congrats!!
Also, three of our friends announced their engagements. Our congratulations to Janette + Asrar, Kim + Chris, Amanda + Derek.
Cheers everyone!