David's Journal on Tap

Over the weekend I again had the opportunity to compete in the Australian Corporate Games which were held here in Melbourne, Australia. This is the 4th year in a row that I have competed in the Corporate Games and I think it is great that Oracle continues to support and encourage us to participate in these types of events.

The events I was in took place on Saturday morning – it was a pretty hectic morning for me as the 5km run was held at 8:00 am and our 3 basketball games were held between 8:45 am – 11:15 am. By 3:00 pm I was at home sleeping on the couch! This year I competed in the 5km run and was also a member of the Men’s Basketball Team. I was really happy with my time for the 5km run as I completed it this year in 22:30 minutes (thanks to Hema for pushing me along that last km or two).

Overall Event Place Name Organisation Time Event

Once I finished the run I had time to grab an apple and then I had to run from the running event straight to the baskbetball courts as our first game was at 8:45 am. I haven’t played basketball for about 6 months, but had a great time out there.

The first team we came up against (Aussie Post) I get the funny feeling have played together before. I think they had about three 7’0 footers in the team and they could all could shoot the lights out. Anyway we got destroyed in that game and lost to what turned out to be the eventual winner of our pool, but I did hit a 3-pointer which surprised me as my shooting is really not that great. The next two games were a lot closer and we had a bit of fun at the end, even though we didn’t win any of our 3 games, we put up a good fight. We also had two mixed basketball teams and Megan’s Team did much better as they came third overall which is a great result.

I forgot to bring my camera this year, so I didn’t get any pictures but if I can find any I will post them up. Thanks again to Megan and Kate for organising everything for the Basketball and Running events.

This blog post was originally published at David Talamelli’s Blog – David’s Journal on Tap

It has been a few weeks in the making, but we are now starting to see some warm weather here in Melbourne – which is great because it means we can get out camping. Earlier this year Melinda and I took the kids to Wilsons Promontory – Joshua was only 4 months old at the time, so rather than roughing it and camping we rented a house for the weekend.

A few weeks ago, we took the next step to get us closer to getting back in a tent (which was pre-kids days). Over the Melbourne Cup long weekend Melinda and I again packed up the kids and this time went away for the weekend at Anglesea. Rather than renting a house, we rented a cabin at one of the Big 4 campgrounds. It was a great 4 day break that we spent with family friends. I am not sure I would classify our break as “camping” given the cabins had air conditioning and foxtel, but I am hopeful we are taking baby steps and soon the family will be going away for man vs wild holidays.

Both the adults and the kids had a great time and some of us were actually able to get out to play a little golf at Anglesea Golf Course. It was not a pretty sight to see us on the golf course, but I did get a par hole and I also got a bit of a ‘dad’s break’. The hit of the weekend for the kids I think was the giant jumping pillow at the campground. Deanne brought some UNO cards which may have been for the kids, but the parents had a pretty serious game one night (yes I lost – but I am sure Rowan and Deanne were both cheating , I am still not sure how but I am sure of it, lol).

We were away during halloween so on the night all the kids dressed up and went “trick or treating”, they didn’t get a truck load of chocolate, but they had a great time just getting dressed up and running around. One day we took the kids to Airey’s Inlet Lighthouse, but it was only open to people 5+ yrs old – which scratched us from going in, oh well maybe in a few years time we ill try again.

That is my quick wrap of our long weekend away – I look forward to doing it again!