10. September 2007 05:39
by Rene Pallesen
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Because Kim and I was busy travelling we never really managed to hold a birthday party where friends were invited along.
So, in mid august we held a small party celebrating Kim's, Luke's and My birthday.
Kim and Luke has got birthday on the same day and I was out travelling at that time, and on my birthday we went skiing in the Snowy Mountains.
It was a fun evening at a nice Thai restaurant in North Sydney.
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Birthday party
11. August 2007 10:03
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This week I went to The Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise) to work on our stand at TechEd. This is our biggest marketing push of the year and gives us a chance to talk to more than 2000 people over the 4 days of the conference.
To attract people to our stand we had hired to girls to hand out brochures regarding our price draw. This turned out to be really effective. They managed to hand out 1500 brochures in just one hour so we had to get more printed for the second day. And a lot of people came to visit our stand to see what we were all about.
It is pretty hard work. Most days start at around eight in the morning and generally didn't finish until around nine at night..and during this time there is a constant flow of people through the stand and constantly people to talk to.
On the last evening Microsoft hosted the TechEd party at MovieWorld...free rides, free drinks and lots of actors dressed up at star wars and star trek characters. None of my colleagues wanted to go, so I went by myself and did some of the rides and alng the way I bumped into various people I knew at the conference.
And it was a pretty good fun evening and I took a lot of cool photos, so I recommend you see the rest of the photos in the gallery...just click on one of the photos or on the link provided below.
But tell you what...it is really nice being back in Sydney where Kim is.
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The Gold Coast
11. August 2007 09:51
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Sunday Kim, Luke, Sasha and I went to The Coast to play golf. It is a beautiful course located along the cliffline of Little bay.
I had just received my new golf clubs (Cobra S9's) and that needed some adjustment so I didn't play particular well, but I had a good day out nevertheless.
A lot of the shots on the course are over the water which can be a bit intimidating if you play the course for the first time...but once you have played it a few times then it is not so bad.
The day before I was climbing with Andy at Berowra. It is normally difficult to get him outside climbing, but since he went climbing at Krabi in Thailand during his holiday he's been hooked. Berowra is one of the local Sydney Crags located about 30 minutes drive north of the city centre. It is not a tall cliff line, but a lot of the climbs are very crimpy and there is a lot of variation in the climbs.
6. July 2015 07:07
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5. July 2015 12:07
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4. July 2015 14:07
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After Wat Chalong we went up to see the Big Buddha on top of a big hill.
The Buddha itself is 45 metres tall and is very impressive.
They have been building there for the past 10 years and will probably be building for at least another 10.
While there we also did a little prayer for Kim's mum.
And Aiden being his cheeky self did the 3 monkeys pose.
And they loved the big gongs (which you actually rub rather than gong).
Surprisingly they also in a far corner of the compound had some indian gods, but maybe not so surprising since we were close to Myanmar with a large indian based population (lots of Myanmar people in Phuket).
3. July 2015 13:07
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2. July 2015 13:07
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The food in Thailand is delicious.
There are so many variations that we cannot get at home and they don't add all that sugar.
Lucas was a bit tired after a morning at the beach at this one.
On KC's birthday we went to an ocean front seafood place.
I don't think the family liked the food in Thailand much though, because they wanted to eat japanese and wanted air conditioned restaurants even though the evenings generally were a bit cooler.
1. July 2015 13:07
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Here are some various photos that I haven't posted earlier.
Here is one of a jumpshot with Kim and I in front of the big Buddha.
Down at the beach there was this artificial wave surfing centre.
1. July 2015 13:07
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The family did lots of shopping.
Kim's family had suits and shirts made and the girls bought lots of shoes.
We also found some great tshirts for the kids.
Although the kids were more interested in the ice cream.
1. July 2015 12:07
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30. June 2015 13:07
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The street life in Thailand is as it always have been with lots of food stalls and other shops.
Petrol for all the bikes is bought in these small shops as well.
You can even get your feet cleaned by fish.
And handicraft is created there as well (The large elephant piece took him 2 weeks to create).
A new addition is the popup cocktail bars.
It reminds me of the good old days of backpacking where nothing was arranged beforehand. I would just organise accommodation when I arrived to a new place. There is still plenty of accommodation options everywhere if you look for it.
