My trusty Nokia 6288 died on Friday for no apparent reason. After spending the day trying to resurrect the thing I concluded that I would have to replace it. So yesterday I went to Big W and bought the cheapest ‘3′ phone I could find which turned out to be the Skype phone. I am actually pretty impressed with the Skype phone, although it is harder to use than my Nokia. The phone cost me just under $130 which I thought was pretty good, especially since its RRP is $149.

Other than my new phone nothing overly exciting has happened at all over the weekend, not that I have had much of a weekend with work and all. Although on Friday I did get to supervise the GAT at Haileybury which was alright, though I must say the only thing more boring than doing the GAT is watching people do the GAT.

Also Happy Birthday to Luke who turns 19 today.

Well I have just finished reading the new book about Haileybury’s post war years called “A Good School” and I must say it is a fantastic insight into Haileybury, both past and present. It is not a difficult book to read and can easily be read in a couple of hours. Of particular interest are the Aikman years which are highlighted in great detail. There was also a good insight into the early Pargetter years, particularly Dr. Pargetter’s plan for the school. Overall I was very appreciative of receiving a copy and I’m sure it is something that I will refer back to every now and then.

Well a couple of days ago (April 1st to be exact), a Haileybury student emailed a bomb threat to all members of the Haileybury staff and student population. Now it was obvious that this bomb threat was fake however naturally as a precaution Haileybury initiated a full evacuation across all campuses. The police were called and a Police Helicopter was dispatched at a cost of thousands of dollars to the taxpayer. This was all the result of the idiotic actions of a student, who thought it would be a funny April Fools Day Prank to play. Now how someone could be so foolish to send such an email in this day and age astounds me, and I frankly am quite pissed off at this persons actions. As a taxpayer I think this person (and his parents) should be made to pay all costs incurred by Victoria Police in responding to such a threat, obviously this person didn’t think about the possible consequences of such an action, what if the police chopper was required at another ‘real’ emergency, what if police were required at another such emergency. This stupid action could of led to at worst the death/s of innocent civilians, and at best cost taxpayers a small fortune. Here is a link to The Age article.

In other news this afternoon a member of staff left Haileybury. Now I have always liked this staff member and thought that they did a fantastic job. It is of course disappointing to see them go (I will name them once I cleared certain things with the relevant people). It seems to me that it is always the good guys that seem to leave, but unfortunately these things can’t be changed. But I wish this person well in all their future endeavors and I am truly sorry for their leaving.

Well today marked the last day that I will be at Haileybury for the Year 12 Magazine. Distribution has all been sorted out and now all I need to do is monitor me email for a few more weeks and rectify any problems via Groupwise. It’s great to be able to get it all over and done with, although I will miss the unlimited supply of shapes (the biscuits) that are at Haileybury.

Today was surprisingly busy with the whole moving and all. I also had to head down to work to sort out shifts etc, but at least it’s all sorted. After running back and forwards and driving all over the place I went out for the monthly dinner with, well the people that turn up every month (I have no control over these things). So anyway that was relatively exciting. Apart from that not much has been happening, except of course the fact that the Year 12 magazine is finally printed and ready to be posted (about time!!!).

Well tonight I went and saw the Haileybury Year 10 play. I was actually pretty impressed with the acting and overall how the play was presented. Children of the Black Skirt is a very dark play about an orphanage and the children who once were in it. The technical aspect of the show was “acceptable”, with no major mistakes being made. Overall it was certainly worth the $5 for the ticket and I look forward to seeing some of the Year 10 actors in future performances.

Well Summer has officially ended and we move into Autumn on our long journey to, well, Summer again. It’s also the first day of March (already!!), soon we will be preparing for Christmas again.

On less weather orientated news, the Year 12 Magazine was sent to the printers yesterday marking the beginning of the end of this project. I can’t wait until the day those magazines are sent out and I wont have to worry about any of it ever again.

Also to those people attempting to leave comments about my Kid Nation post earlier this week don’t even bother if they are derogatory toward the contestant Taylor DuPriest since I will simply delete them and if I’m in the mood ban your IP address.

Well today was the first day of actual classes at Uni. It was funny to see all the people eagerly pull out their notebooks to write down every word the lecturers said. It’s good to be finally doing something now but I’m sure the novelty will wear off quickly enough though.

Apart from the start of Uni there really isn’t much else to report, although it does look like by the end of the week the Year 12 Magazine will finally be finished.

Well it seems my rather long break is coming to a close and in its place will be the demands of Uni and work. I am looking forward to it since at the moment I have almost nothing to do, it will be good to be busy again not too mention productive as well. Today I was at Monash for their “this is a lecture, this is a tutorial” speech thingy which wasn’t particularly exciting. I will be heading down to Haileybury again tomorrow to work on these last stages of the magazine (looking forward to it being all over). Apart from that there’s not much else to report on.

Well this week has probably been one of the more stressful weeks since I graduated from school, and I have found myself getting more and more ’short’ with people, dispensing with the usual customary politeness. I have even found myself barking at people despite the fact that they really have done nothing wrong. However some of the people have been deserving of it, since they can’t seem to comprehend the fact that I have a job to do and I want to get it done in the minimum time possible without wasting any more of my time.  The good news though is that this time next week I will pretty much have two weeks of nothing before I am required again at Haileybury.

On another less bitchy note, Monash called me today to offer me a place at Clayton which I declined (since I’m at Caulfield and Clayton anyway), however it was good to know they cared .