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Only thing nicer than flying First Class, is finishing uni with First Class Honours.
Well done QF009! That's quite an achievement.
I had the easier method of just graduating with a good enough GPA, but I only got Second Class Honours (subclass A). Mind you, though, getting First Class would have required a silly amount of extra work (I probably would have had to live in the computer labs for a semester).
Thankfully, Hons 2A was enough for me to successfully get into my PhD program.
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what else is new....PhD students are always coveted by the university because the more postgraduates they have, the more money (both immediate and potential) they can rake in. Besides, the next step after getting you as a PhD student is to cajole you to become a researcher for the institution!
In other news, my very long vacation finally comes to an end tomorrow. Tomorrow I have an early (not OMG o'clock) flight from AKL to MEL, followed by a day in MEL then a return in the evening back home to BNE. For the record, I have not been home since 1 November.
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Only thing nicer than flying First Class, is finishing uni with First Class Honours.
I don't feel so guilty caving in and buying a Louis Vuitton Damier Graphite Tadao , with shoes to match, after all as I can now think of it all as a reward...
Seems like uni is trying to suck me back in though.... "if you ever get bored of work, feel free to discuss with us about doing a PhD." :shock: Uhh I'd rather shoot myself than set foot upon another library!
Congrats, that is a great result.
I hate to say this but I reckon you'll be back in 3-4 years. You may find this hard to believe but you do miss uni (says he with three degrees!).
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Only thing nicer than flying First Class, is finishing uni with First Class Honours.
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Uhh I'd rather shoot myself than set foot upon another library!
Congrats on the First Class Honours. Very nice.
I'm sure you will be tempted to head back to uni ...
Congrats... you know you want to head back for more!
Agreed - 6 yrs (5 yrs BA/LLB + 1 yr BA Hons) of uni is quite enough! :shock:
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It would be unusual for the RFDS or Air Ambulance as these normally go into Essendon. I would assume that it was for a RPT aircraft.
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I only heard Rumours ...
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Well, I am now in the MEL T1 J Lounge waiting for QF634, taking advantage of the free wifi.
Finally going home - it's an odd feeling. An odd feeling not helped by the lack of sleep I had last night - barely an hour and a half before I got up, packed hastily and made it out to the airport...just making my bag drop cut-off by less than 10 minutes.
And just like any good check-in drama, I made the check-in cut-off only to find that the flight was delayed by at least 30 minutes! Oh well, it did mean more time in the Koru Club, quite a respectable lounge.
I must have been so tired I completely forgot to pack the honey I got into my checked bag. For some odd reason they let me keep the sets of small pots of honey but they did confiscate the free yoghurt tub full of honey
Oh well.
On the plus side, I had stuff to declare upon arrival in MEL, but I was rescreened by an officer whilst attempting to queue up for the customs benches. A couple of quick questions asking what I had and within a few seconds I was allowed to cut out of the queue and out into the arrivals hall.
Finally going home - it's an odd feeling. An odd feeling not helped by the lack of sleep I had last night - barely an hour and a half before I got up, packed hastily and made it out to the airport...just making my bag drop cut-off by less than 10 minutes.
And just like any good check-in drama, I made the check-in cut-off only to find that the flight was delayed by at least 30 minutes! Oh well, it did mean more time in the Koru Club, quite a respectable lounge.
I must have been so tired I completely forgot to pack the honey I got into my checked bag. For some odd reason they let me keep the sets of small pots of honey but they did confiscate the free yoghurt tub full of honey
Oh well.On the plus side, I had stuff to declare upon arrival in MEL, but I was rescreened by an officer whilst attempting to queue up for the customs benches. A couple of quick questions asking what I had and within a few seconds I was allowed to cut out of the queue and out into the arrivals hall.
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Well, I am now in the MEL T1 J Lounge waiting for QF634, taking advantage of the free wifi.
Finally going home - it's an odd feeling. An odd feeling not helped by the lack of sleep I had last night - barely an hour and a half before I got up, packed hastily and made it out to the airport...just making my bag drop cut-off by less than 10 minutes.
And just like any good check-in drama, I made the check-in cut-off only to find that the flight was delayed by at least 30 minutes! Oh well, it did mean more time in the Koru Club, quite a respectable lounge.
I must have been so tired I completely forgot to pack the honey I got into my checked bag. For some odd reason they let me keep the sets of small pots of honey but they did confiscate the free yoghurt tub full of honey
On the plus side, I had stuff to declare upon arrival in MEL, but I was rescreened by an officer whilst attempting to queue up for the customs benches. A couple of quick questions asking what I had and within a few seconds I was allowed to cut out of the queue and out into the arrivals hall.
LAG rules maybe, for the larger honey pot? Anyway, welcome back to the real world. Although I was only away for 4 weeks on my recent jaunt, I found it very easy to get back into the swing of things and it already feels like my trip was well over a year ago...
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I must have been so tired I completely forgot to pack the honey I got into my checked bag. For some odd reason they let me keep the sets of small pots of honey but they did confiscate the free yoghurt tub full of honey
Bizarre. Perhaps a rule around it not being in original packaging for the liquids or something (although I didn't think we had those rules in Australia or NZ).
I also thought honey was a quarantine concern in Australia - obviously not from NZ.
Well I'm probably going to see the first snowflakes of the season in the next few days. There's plenty of cold air coming from Russia way at the moment, and temperatures are dropping. Lows are down to -1 to -2 some nights this week.
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Aaah, makes sense. With the term "yoghurt tub", though it had been repacked into a different container.
Somehow I'm not too sure 'White Christmas' is how I would describe it. Probably instead it will be "an icy, cold, windy and raining Christmas" .
Hopefully (BA Strike withstanding), I'll be out of the UK for Christmas. The weather in Istanbul and Athens is a lot more appealing!
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Feels just like home.
Not my flight, but an announcement has been made for QF632 that had been previously announced as delayed and was being investigated by engineers. The final assessment was that it was hit by a catering truck (don't know if this is before or after the engineers arrive to make an assessment); the aircraft now has to be towed off and a new one to replace it. Sched board (or dep?) is now 1845h.
A catering truck hitting an aircraft? Honestly! The driver should be given right-royal dressing down - I might be very tired at the moment and struggling to keep awake, but I'm alert enough to know that that is just plain stupid. :evil: :evil: :evil:
Not my flight, but an announcement has been made for QF632 that had been previously announced as delayed and was being investigated by engineers. The final assessment was that it was hit by a catering truck (don't know if this is before or after the engineers arrive to make an assessment); the aircraft now has to be towed off and a new one to replace it. Sched board (or dep?) is now 1845h.
A catering truck hitting an aircraft? Honestly! The driver should be given right-royal dressing down - I might be very tired at the moment and struggling to keep awake, but I'm alert enough to know that that is just plain stupid. :evil: :evil: :evil:
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