Spell the department ‘payrole’ every time during an hour and a half presentation.
Think this is one contract he won’t be getting.
Life between coffees.
Spell the department ‘payrole’ every time during an hour and a half presentation.
Think this is one contract he won’t be getting.
I’ve finally got around to getting my photo log going. For now there’s only two, and they are old pictures I grabbed off my hard drive, so just pretend they are of something interesting. Hopefully many amazing things will start popping up in front of me. Hopefully if they do I will have my camera with me.
We went grocery shopping at Coles yesterday. I actually love shopping because it gives me a chance to play with my Palm. I use a great piece of software (SplashShopper) for my shopping list (okay, if this makes me sound like an uber-geek, so be it) and it has the option to sort your list by aisle number.
Being the organised super nerd I am I think this would be a great idea so I asked if they had a map of the store. Now a little history here – Coles is part of Coles Myer, one of Australia’s top business. I remember reading somewhere that 20 cents of every retail dollar spent in Aus is spent at a Coles Myer store. In short, they’re huge.
The lovely check out chick calls up the manager who eventually turns up with a folded map on an A4 sheet. He hands it over to me with the immortal words : “I’ll need this back when you are finished.”
Yeah, right.
Rae bought a scrabble set today. I use to play this game with my nana as a youngster and the memories of these hours spent sitting at her dining room table shuffling through tiles and pitting my young mind against her much older and wiser brain are some of my fondest.
Playing the quick game Rae and I did made me realise how limited my vocabulary is – even though I read a lot when it comes to looking at that rack all I can see is ‘it’, ‘me’, ‘yes’. Mind you I did get to play my Q on a triple word score so I had to smile at that. I have a feeling that there will be many more games after the 309 – 179 win I had today, so I’m going to have to brush up on my two letter words.
Whilst checking out the Canucks schedule for 2002/2003 I stumbled across this article on Auusie Rules being played in Vancouver.
They must feel how our ice-hockey players feel, sporting oddities.
Said goodbye to my mate Mark last night.
He’s my closest friend and the lucky guy is off to America for a few years to teach. Went to see a movie and then a quick snack, shook hands and that’s it – gee I’m gonna miss him. I guess the thing that concerns me most though is that he’s considering becoming a vegetarian. Apparently American meet has too high a fat content for his liking so, whoops, there it goes. Maybe we can organise comfort packages of good Aussie steak to see him through.
My farewell gift (apart from a great fridge magnet of his most despised Doggies player that Rae suggested) is his own travel diary web site. I can recommend adding www.markuswalsh.com to your bookmarks/favourites – Mark has a unique world view that will be well worth reading when he starts it up.
Quick Review : If you have a heart, it will be warmed.
Not So Quick Review : The story of a young woman in Indian family in England who want to play soccer. When all that matters is marrying the right man what is she to do?
The Rivoli, Cinema 1, L20
A great little film from England. Just as Australians do ‘quirky’ better than anyone the English seem to be able to turn out these heart warming comedies in a class of their own.
This story of a young girl, Jess, who lives in a traditional Indian family environment whose one wish is to play soccer. You can guess the twists and turns as she secretly joings a girls team, falls for the coach and her sister’s marriage is arranged for the day of the big match.
No great plot surprises but it’s the people that make this such a joy to watch. Young Jess, her equally as soccer obsessed friend Jules, their coach Joe and Jess’ family. Their intertwining lives will give you two hours of care free fun.
Not a must see at the cinema, you can put it off until DVD.