Archive for the 'Personal' Category

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Sucks Part 2

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Ah it was tough coming to work today, what with the rest of the world being on holiday and all…but my three weeks of leave will be coming up in April and I am sure that will be well worth the wait. I saw that India wasn’t on holiday today either, when, on my arrival at the office, I discovered this little doozie in my inbox: Read more »

A Great African Holiday

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Apologies for my scarcity during the past month! Michael and I returned to Melbourne on Tuesday night after a wonderful 3.5 week African holiday! Read more »

Wedding Update

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I am sure this will be great news to many, and a little less so to some, but Michael and I will be getting married in South Africa. Read more »

Engaged!

How does “Sam Battle” sound? Whilst on a Mornington Peninsula trip yesterday, Michael popped the BIG question and I said YES! It all took place at the end of a long jetty at Portsea on an absolutely beautiful day that I will always remember.

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As some of you may know, my folks are currently out from South Africa, so it was wonderful to have them share in the experience – well not the actual proposal! – but they were close enough to the event to have taken the above photograph of it! Read more »