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Noosa River
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.
Lilly and I decided to take a quick, cheap holiday to the Sunshine Coast for the weekend.
We're currently having coffee on the banks of the Noosa River. The plan today is to go canoeing on the River, then climb Mt Coolum. Yay! Super adventure times!
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BEER!
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.
But not just any beer! It's James Squires limited release Pepperberry Winter Ale. The last Squires limited release I tried (the Rum Rebellion Porter) was the best Goddamn beer I've tasted, so I look forward to trying this one rather eagerly. Now I just have to wait for it to get cool.
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Inspired by Lilly's course, and by the prospect of being able to work from home/the road (I'm talkin about the rooaad), yesterday I enrolled in the Master of Communication (Science) at The University of Queensland.
As at the moment I'm unsure if I'm actually going to do Masters, but I was advised to enroll in the Masters program, then just stop when I'm happy with my award - either graduate certificate (4 subjects) or graduate diploma (8 subjects). Masters is then a thesis on top of that (of which I have a choice of 3 weightings). The advantage of the Masters is that it's internationally recognised, which will be good for travelling.
I should note that I'm doing it part-time, too, so the diploma will take 18-24 months, and a part-time thesis will take another 24 months on top of that... so I really have to consider if it's worth it. The Masters can be credited as effectively Honours, however, which means I have the option of a PhD if I later want one, which is pretty cool.
Now let's just hope that guitar course I did at Macquarie didn't screw my GPA so much that they don't accept me. Yikes.
But what will all this get me? I'll be a certified editor, for one (which what gives the possibility of working from home/the road), including science journals (boring) or articles (interesting) but I'll also be given the necessary skills and knowledge to become a writer myself. At the moment I'm thinking professional blogger or, later, popular science writer. And that I'd REALLY like.
So there you go; life takes me on interesting journeys.
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Contemporary Palate
Originally uploaded by Carafaele
I love this phone camera. It has a stylish sense of sense.
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Chilli & Cheese
Originally uploaded by JadeMonkee.
This is the best chilli jam I've ever had, and it goes so god damn well with the King Island Double Brie we bought on sale last week.
Holy cow. I'm in heaven.
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