Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 29th, 2011
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. He’s not a terribly popular chap with many members of Australian society right now, especially those residing at Her Majesty’s pleasure in various detention facilities. However I think he’s a stand-up bloke, mainly because he’s just written me a letter. And I quote: On behalf of the Government and people [...]
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Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 22nd, 2011
Please say it to yourself with the obligatory Sytrian accent. While on technicalities, this will be a gym-related post, but not about the now infamous class. For the majority of this year I have been working hard to reverse a moment’s damage incurred last December. For the most part the effort has been successful with [...]
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Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 17th, 2011
Either that or DIMA are short this month and trying to fill their quota. I’m not grumbling as it means the interview for my citizenship application is imminent. I was expecting the usual bureaucratic sluggishness so it has come as a little bit of a surprise. Mostly as now I have to revise for the [...]
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Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 8th, 2011
Kirk Douglas might not have sounded quite so impressive if Stanley Kubrick had named his character as above. But the relevance is there all the same. We’ve been here getting on for 5 years and it’s about time I integrated more fully into this society. As such, I’ve started the ball rolling on acquiring Australian [...]
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