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Page 22 of the archive.

  1. May 10, 2006

    Celebrating Mother’s Day – Twice

    The day after John’s party, our family got together for Mother’s Day… twice. Welcome to our crazy family.

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  2. May 10, 2006

    The Secret is Out – I’m In Australia

    That is right. I am in Australia right now, after having flown the 18 hour trip from Buenos Aires to Sydney and then another short flight to get me to Brisbane.

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  3. May 10, 2006

    John’s Birthday Party

    The main reason that I came over to Australia was to celebrate my brother’s 40th birthday. Although my and Brodie’s arrivals were supposed to be a surprise and he found out, the party was a lot of fun with friends, relatives, and family…

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  4. May 5, 2006

    The Return to Australia

    After having said all of last year that I would return to my home country of Australia this year, I never expected that it would be so early in the year. When my dad approached me about the possibilities of coming back for my brother’s…

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  5. May 4, 2006

    Hanging Out With Friends in Buenos Aires

    Taking Advantage of the City The first thing I did after arriving in Buenos Aires was enjoy a good amount of time on their super-fast Internet. There is something about big cities that seems to allow the Internet to be really fast, and…

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  6. May 3, 2006

    Air-Conditioning Installations

    When the opportunity to hang out with my brother Joseph came along in the form of helping him install ducted air-conditioning units in houses, it sounded interesting. After helping him out for a while I discovered that this sort of work is…

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  7. May 3, 2006

    Identifying and Obeying Our Values

    A doctor seated beside me told me of how he and his Catholic priest would head over to his place for a number of beers. Sometimes they would get so caught up in their conversations that they would drink until they had become drunk. His…

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  8. May 3, 2006

    Fishing Double-Island Point

    For more than 10 years I have not picked up a fishing line, something that I used to do virtually every holiday for all of my young life. Then, while chatting with my brother who is still a keen fisherman, he offered to take me fishing.

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  9. May 2, 2006

    Photo Story – The Canberra Days

    For my first days in Australia, I was able to make my way down to Canberra to catch up with Chris, a good friend of mine from Argentina. We took some time out of the conference that he was attending to check out the sights of Canberra,…

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  10. May 2, 2006

    Catching Up with Eric and Nat

    I have known Eric from our school days. We met when his family moved out to the same country town that I had only recently arrived at too. I sold him my a dud motorbike and our friendship just grew from there.

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