Luke Carbis

Saturday was let-down day. The only thing that happened all day was we got let down.

We were supposed to leave early in the morning to go out west, but we discovered the previous night that we didn’t have enough fuel money so we couldn’t. Let down #1.

Instead of going out west, we thought we’d go out for lunch. I knew of a great restaurant that I’d been dying to go to for a long while now, so I kept it a surprise as to where we were going, and took Talia there. We got to the front door and I was like “THIS IS IT!” and then “oh damn, it’s closed”. Let down #2.

We decided to try another restaurant because the specials on the board out the front were really well priced. We got inside, took a seat, had a look at the menu, then ordered the special, only to be told that the special was only for wednesday, thursday and friday. We left. Let down #3.

We were supposed to see Nonna that weekend, but couldn’t because we were supposed to go out west. Now that we were home, we could go see her over at my Mum’s place. Excitedly, we drove over to say hello, only to find out that she cancelled coming up because of car issues. Let down #4.

We wanted to invite Rachel and Aaron over to watch Godfather, or play Guitar Hero or something that night. They were busy having dinner elsewhere. Let down #5.

I used to hate Valentines day.

I mean, I think most of us have, at one stage or another, had a gripe or two with this Hallmark Holiday. Of course, it’s different when you’re married, or in any sort of romantic relationship for that matter.

For the record, and your entertainment, here’s how me and Talia’s Valentines day went. (more…)

Talia and I went out to dinner last night with friends of our, Carmen and Jeff. We were joking about who would be the first to blog the experience.

Now, as my loyal readers (all two of you) would know, I’m not completely into blogging boring experiences like that, rather, I prefer to focus on a message or an underlying principle. This blog isn’t what did I do today, it’s about what did I learn today.

So, I’ll wrap up the night quickly. Dinner at Wok on the Wild side = 7/10 (I’m a hard marker). Really good not great food, perfect portions, bad not terrible service, below average atmosphere. The girl didn’t open our wine, pour it, or put it in the ice bucket, I had to do that myself, but I still got charged corkage which I was pretty upset by.

Keep reading, the moral of the story is close.

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What’s all this?

17.10.07 - Luke

Today was all about shopping. LOTS of shopping.

We bought so much, I can’t remember everything, but we both got new bags - real cheap.

We’re a bit worried about getting everything home, so the bags are ‘carry-on luggage’.

We kinda hope that we’re not stopped by customs, as we have a few iffy wooden items. Also iffy, a B.B gun I bought for Chubb.

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