Goodbye 2009
2009 has been a great year for me. I attended a 6-week science fiction writing workshop in Brisbane that was a lot of fun. After that I sold some science fiction stories. I spent 3 months travelling through Asia and Eastern Europe. I visited my friends in Osaka and then travelled around China and Mongolia [...]
Posted by Aidan under Personal News | Permalink | No Comments »Family Christmas
I had a really nice Christmas with my family. It was hot on the Gold Coast. We had a big lunch. We ate prawns, salad, cold pork and turkey and then pavlova (an Australian meringue cake) for dessert. It was really nice. My nephew is 2 years old. He enjoyed opening his presents and playing [...]
Posted by Aidan under Personal News | Permalink | No Comments »Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! I’m in northern New South Wales to visit my family for Christmas. We’re all having a big Christmas lunch together. Have fun, Aidan. Related Articles: Easter Holiday Animania 2011 Australia Day Melbourne International Film Festival Australian Election Please support my blog by clicking this blog site ranking list.
Posted by Aidan under Personal News | Permalink | No Comments »Chilean opens Easter Island’s 1st Japanese-style restaurant
Francisco Xavier, 33, who studied cooking in Japan for 10 years, opened a Japanese-style restaurant on Easter Island in the South Pacific, best known for its Moai statues, in February 2007 to offer sushi to local residents and tourists. Xavier, who is married to a second-generation Japanese-Chilean woman, named the restaurant Izakaya Kotaro after his [...]
Posted by Aidan under Personal News | Permalink | No Comments »Lithuania
From Latvia I took the bus to Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Like Tallinn, Vilnius’ old city is a World Heritage site and has lots of grand buildings and old streets. Vilnius also has an interesting neighborhood called Uzupis, a self-proclaimed independent artists’ community. There is a lot of interesting artwork in the neighborhood, as [...]
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