Blog entries for category "announcements":

I have not blogged for a while.. Some will have heard - I have been quite busy writing up my thesis. I call it pain train. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel - just a couple of weeks to go.

Soon after I submit, I will have to leave Australia. I am very sad to leave all my friends and the great city of Melbourne behind, but a new exciting job and new adventures are waiting for me elsewhere.

I'd like to catch up with everyone once or twice more before I leave. I have a giant heap of things to sort out before I leave in mid-May, and very little time, so there are only two good occasions: I want to come together for a few drinks around the uni, and I also will have a house party before leaving. Everyone I know is invited and I hope that everyone can make it at least to one of the two events. It would be great if you came to both, but in case of doubt - come to the party. For details, click on the links below:

• Leaving drinks (Sat, 24/04/2010): Click here for info.
  RSVP preferred.
• Leaving party (Sat, 08/05/2010): Click here for info.
  RSVP essential!

Looking forward to seeing you all!!

I hope that everyone is having a great Hanukkah and Christmas season and I wish you a Happy New Year 2010!

My 2009 was a year of change and surprise. What was set has vanished, and what was unattainable became reality. Much has been lost, and even more has been found. End whenever there was doubt - action, not inactivity, was the right answer.

I wish you a warm, joyful, and successful New Year 2010! It will be the last year of the first decade of the new millennium. Things that have been started will be finished, and new amazing things will begin. It will be a year of new success and a year of love. And I wish, it will be a year of reunion with old friends.

Happy New Year!

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Russian:

Мой товарищ попросил распространить информацию о новой театр-школе "Образ" в Мельбурне.
Вот афиша:

http://www.paperin.org/flyer/obraz-melbourne/index.html

English:

A friend has asked me to publicise his acting course that has just started in Melbourne.
Please see here:

http://www.paperin.org/flyer/obraz-melbourne/index.html

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a Happy New Year 2009!

I wish all my family, my friends and my colleagues around the globe a merry holiday season and a bright, warm and happy New Year 2009!

May you find what you seek! I hope that we see each other in 2009!

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Hey!

most people who do a trip around the world to attend conferences and visit universities spend their free time looking at local sites, going to local museums or just relaxing in the hotel lobby. Sounds kinda boring, init?

This is why instead of all that
I am swimming/cycling/running the London triathlon!

On the 9th of August I will do a 750m swim, a 20km bike ride and a 5km run. The funniest thing is that while most people train before doing this kind of thing, I am travelling, so I spend most of my time attending conferences (i.e. sitting) in the day and, well, ehm.., socialising in a not most healthy way in the night. So I am quite curious how the triathlon will go!

Anyway, here is your part:
Due to late entry I was only able to enter the race through a charity. This means, they give you a place in the event and you agree to raise some money for them in return.
My target is to raise 200 GBP (ca. 450 AU$), so I need your support.

Go to:
http://www.justgiving.com/greg-paperin