Our benevolent leaders lashed out and paid $25 for the group to go out to lunch to celebrate Christmas — food only, no alcohol to be paid for. A couple of people had suggested Maxy’s in Glenhuntly road Elsternwick — mostly because it was near to where they lived, not necessarily near to work! Off we trooped, in we went, down we sat, then out came the food… The large trays of assorted dips, breads, salads and calamari were sufficient to fill nearly everyone, but that was only the entrée! These were whisked away and out came two massive trays of meat. Ribs, chops, sausages, schnitzels, kebabs… more food than I think I see in a month!

Completely stuffed, we somehow managed to waddle out the door and make it back to Monash to attempt to work for the rest of the afternoon!

Actioned — my least favourite word of the moment. Some colleagues seem to insist on using it, its one of those bureaucratic nonsense words, like the euphemistic, wishy-washy issue that is used by those too mealy-mouthed to say what they really mean. If something is a problem, then say that its a bloody problem!

Browsing around more geography resources, stumbled on MultiMap again. I guess the following is useful:

Address:         Johannesburg, Gauteng (PWV), South Africa
X:3125000 m Y:-2999900 m    26:09:34S (-26.1594), 28:04:21E (28.0724)

Now I need to go back and re-annotate all my South African photos and journal entries for December 2000, January 2001!