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Aussie word of the day: Chook = chicken, "I bought a large chook at the shop." Not used as "I had a chook sandwich."

Mmm..mmm. Tonight was the perfect ending to a pretty good weekend. My roommates and I cooked up a damn good meal of dishes spanning the globe (see photos). From sauteed Chinese broccoli to African mushrooms and super spicy vegetarian Curry, we were six very stuffed and happy people when all was finished.

My weekend got started with a trip to the opera last night to see Rigoletto. My friend had scored two tickets to the dress rehearsal show, and since I've never been to the opera, I went out of curiosity. I was happy to see that they had the lyrics in English on screens on either side of the stage and the setting was very modern, not the old fashioned type of opera with the big flouncy victorian dresses and wigs. The stage rotated to each scene revealing elaborate two-story sets and there was a song in the opera that everyone knows, but obviously I can't sing it for you in writing. After finishing at the opera, we went for drinks at a few nearby bars and before I knew it the night turned into morning and I rolled into my apartment at nearly 6am.

Needless to say, I didn't get up until noon today and did the usual Sunday stuff, mostly laundry, cleaning (inspection tomorrow) and cooking for tonights meal. Life is good...