Engineer Andy's Journal: Thurs / Friday of the second week

Found out on thursday that a couple of my good friends are coming up next week on holiday. It'll be good to have friendly faces to meet up with, even if only for dinner. they're gourmets so it'll be fun to find a restaurant which shows that i've got a modicum of good taste (although having only been here a fortnight, you can't be expected to assimilate and test all the restaurants in that space).

Our office here, it turns out, has regular coffee runs early in the morning to the local cafe ($1 off coffees before 9am), which is a good tradition, and one which i'm going to see if i can't introduce back into the home office.

Am off to a concert by sara storer tonight - an australian country singer. Not the sort of country singer who sings about her dog dying and her best friend stealing her man, but more a ballad type of singing with a guitar accompaniment. Looking forward to it.

Attempted some christmas shopping last night, was racking my brain to get some stuff which would meet our family rules of engagement for christmas presents, while still being interesting. More ideas are developing. Tehre is still loads of time for international post to get things where they need to be got. at the end, i went home, with nothing bought, but not defeated, as there is a way forward mapped out.