Guten tag, !That's 'good day's in German and I hope you're having just such a day today. What are you getting up to this weekend? Let me know! I'm writing this in parts in between surgical cases today since it's been a busy weekend of work.Before I g...

How do you do, !?Every so often, I'm reminded of the meme below and have always wanted to greet people like that. So I thought why not use that as a greeting for the email?Before I go on, a shameless request! Could you forward this newsletter to just...

Privet !Today's greeting is 'hello' in Russian. Melbourne is officially open again with even non-essential retail finally open. Friday saw people lining up to finally go out and shop in person after months of not being able to do so. I got some messa...

Sawubona !Today's greeting (hello) is from the Zulu people of Southern Africa! It's a rainy weekend in Melbourne but everyone is in a much better mood since we have finally come out of the longest lockdowns in the world! While I was asleep, at 11:59...

Zdravo !That's Serbian for "hello" in case you're wondering. It's (hopefully) the final week of solid lockdown in Melbourne this weekend. Even though our case numbers are the highest they've ever been, the vaccination rates have been increasing leadi...

Annyeong haseyo !That's Korean for "hello" which I've mentioned in previous newsletters. After watching the phenomenon that is Squid Game, I thought Korean would be an appropriate greeting this week. Have you seen the show? What about Alice in Border...

Konnichiwa !This is Japanese and one I've used in the newsletter before. Did you remember it from last time? It's a gorgeous spring day in Melbourne and we're now the city that has been in lockdown the longest in the world. How are things where you a...

Howdy !It's been a crazy week in Melbourne since the last email with the largest earthquake ever recorded, mobs of angry protesters and of course, the fun and joy that comes with a pandemic. More on all that below...As always, a small favour, if I ma...

Hello !How are you going? It's a pretty cool/windy spring day in Melbourne today. The whole state is currently waiting nervously to hear about the timeline of coming out of lockdown as our vaccination rate finally starts to climb. Rumours are, we mig...

Chutoor hastee? ?That would be "how are you" in Afghani. After seeing the images from the country several weeks ago, I thought it deserved a small feature on the greetings. Sorry about the late email- I had a last minute covid-19 exposure scare and h...