The Rest of the Weekend

The rest of the weekend was pretty low key. church was great. i really felt a sense of joy that jesus rose from the dead. that he is alive. my confession is that most times easter kind of comes and goes and its not all the time that i think about the reason behind the season. but this year i had a new awareness. it was cool.

Sunday was also my friend, Wari's, b-day but sadly she was working. so friend's and I went to the hospital, she is an ED Registrar, to surprise her with cake and a serenade. wouldn't you know as we walked into the ED, i saw Andre, my ex-flatmate. we had 3 wonderful years together. he an i are in the same grad year and he was working that day. it was brilliant timing, cause he got us in, Wari had just finished an LP and was on her way to lunch and the surprise went off without a hitch. it was so cool to see her reaction. and the cake..... oooohhhhh mmmmyyy. it was really great cake. vanilla with strawberries and fresh cream. woohhoo, good stuff.

then later that night, i went to my friend Simon's wedding party. he got married a little over a month ago in Israel, which of course i couldn't make. so he had a party for all of those people who couldn't be there so that we could see the video and congratulate he and Shimrit. it was a great party, good food and i got to see friends that i hadn't seen in a while. People like Philipa and Bret, who are also doctors. Phil, Simon and I were in the very first PBLs together in med school. Phil stood beside me and explained to me the history behind the customs that i was seeing in the video. Shimrit was so cute, she made this video for him that was played at the wedding where she went to the streets of Tel Aviv and around and asked people about their thoughts on love and marriage. it was cool and so funny. she even asked her younger cousins. you know how kids say the coolest things... lol. then simon gave this beautiful mushy speech and you could just tell he is so happy. he spoke about the first time when Shimrit came over to Australia and he came home and found her crying. he thought something was wrong or that something had happened but that wasn't the case, she was crying cause nothing was wrong. she had secretly thought that she was gonna come here and they would have nothing in common but instead she found that she had found someone she could spend the rest of her life with. how cute is that...... awww it was beautiful.

then monday i saw one of the worst movies i have seen in a while. usually i am so good at picking them. i just don't go to see crap movies. it is a rare occasion that i have been deceived so badly. this movie was Vantage point. it had great actors, bad directing and a horible script. the actors couldn't save it. they all looked like they were acting horribly. they didn't have much to work with. the script wasn't fleshed out, so many unnecessary things, unanswered questions. just crap. the editing was bad, the rewinding thing that they kept doing was annoying. oh, so disappointed. i felt ripped off. i mean $15.50 for that. we had to go home and watch something sensible after that.... we watched part of West Wing, then project runway. ahhh so the night ended ok.....

I know that this is a long one but bare with me, here is the last thing......:-) i got my roster today. my first shift is on thur and i am working the first 2 weekends in April. its gonna be hard core, but at least i'm off for graduation, a Friday, even though i have to work the following sat and sunday.... i guess its time for this stage of life to begin......