Sydney Life

I'm living in Albury for 3 months as I complete work experience on the Hume Highway Woomargama Bypass.
This is a video to let my mum and dad know what I've been doing.
It is spoken in fluent Chinglish.
Subtitles included.

In 2009, my friends Kieran, Gerard and I started a breakfast service for Sydney’s homeless and disadvantaged community in Surry Hills. The program is supported by Sydney Uni Young Vinnies (Join us at O-week! or on Facebook! ), the St. Vincent de Paul society, the University of Sydney Union and the City of Sydney Council Homelessness unit.

What is it all about?
As the program is still in its “trial” stages, every fortnight we serve a hot breakfast of bacon and eggs, tomatoes, juice, tea, coffee and even pancakes! Sometimes we get the footy out, play a game or two, sing some songs and it’s good fun all round. But the primary aim of the service is not food or footy; it is to provide an outlet for conversation, a sense of community, a first point of call to other services, a smiling face and genuine concern for the dignity of each and every human being.

The last couple of weeks have been delightful, living it up with my adopted South American families..

With my first quarter at UCLA already complete, only one thing remained to be done in 2009: enjoying the winter break and the infamous New Years celebrations in New York Times Square! I wasted no time ditching the warm west coast for the arctic east to meet up with friends from Sydney who were also on exchange in America (I guess I must have been missing that good old Australian accent just a little!). First stop: Las Vegas …

There's a month and a half worth of experiment time to go...

The 5th of January was Sydney University's Info Day!
Info Day allowed prospective students opportunities to get individual acedemic advice, go to a mini-lecture on campus, take a campus tour, see student performaces and get last minute information before finalising their UAC preferences.
This year, visitors to Info Day were given complimentry fans.
"I'm a Fan" was a total hit as many students embraced the many opportunities of being a fan of Sydney University!
Are you a fan?
Register to Win an Ipod touch!

Holidays are usually super busy, what with work, travel, internships, and partying on down, but i've had a quiet week, and been able to savour some of the simpler pleasures. So I bring you the best ways to do nothing this holidays...

So for many young, aspiring journalists - such as myself - after months of unpaid internships we hold on to a hope that some gratification for our toil might emerge.. Happily for me, the all-expenses paid trip to Patagonia, in the South of Chile that I´ve completed these last few days seems to be compensation indeed..

Congratulations class of 2009 for finishing the HSC and being the first people to get an ATAR!
Woohoo! *happy dance*
With the severe shortage of engineers reaching crisis point, I thought I might put a plug to all those not really knowing what they might do with themselves.
Summary:

1. Save the World
2. Do cool stuff
3. Travel!
4. Create the future
5. Be part of the solution
6. Get free money
7. Have ridiculous fun at uni
8. Everyone thinks you’re smart
9. Epic Friends for life!
10. Engineering degrees – prepares you for anything

Special for women only
11. People like to throw money at you
12. You get hundreds of adorable* men following after you

This time around I have truly fallen in love with Buenos Aires, and just can´t believe the size of the city and how much it has to offer!