Saturday, August 27, 2005
Defeat – a sad word in any language…
My son’s basketball team lost their final today. It was a fast paced game, where they led for the first half of the first quarter, only to go backward from there. There is no definitive reason for their loss. Their skills matched the other team, but perhaps their determination was not as great. By...
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Victory in the first final!
My son’s basketball team won their first final by 35 points. It was an awesome game to watch, with team members putting in one of their best performances. In the first five minutes the opposition team took the lead, but from there on in our team put on a scoring display, never giving them another...
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Thursday, August 25, 2005
It’s so easy to do nothing
Usually I get home from work; change and either take my son to training or start to cook dinner. After either coming home or eating dinner I get my computer out and write my journal, catch up with my emails and research various business ideas. But the last two evenings I’ve done nothing. It has been...
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Monday, August 22, 2005
Why are Australians so stupid???
The news today headlined with the story of yet another Australian caught in Bali with drugs. This time the female in question is a young Sydney model who originally comes from Adelaide. She was caught in a raid on a party, allegedly in possession of two ecstasy tablets. What is wrong with young...
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Saturday, August 20, 2005
I’m tired, but I survived the party night!
Last night midnight seemed to take forever to arrive. I kept trying to remember how I had filled in the early hours of the night when I was a teenager waiting for a party, but I think, as girls, we would congregate in groups and take hours to chose outfits, makeup and hair dos. I dozed on the couch,...
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“I’m not dumb, I’m 16!”
So spoke my son when I gave him the obligatory parental talk about the effects of alcohol prior to him attending a party tonight. It cracked me up totally. I collapsed in a heap on the lounge, laughing so much I ended up in the middle of a coughing fit. He looked at me as if I was crazy. If only he...
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Friday, August 19, 2005
OK – I’ve had enough!
Sometimes you reach the point where enough is enough and I’ve reached that point. I’m talking about my weight, my figure and my general fitness. I’m not obese, I’m not fat, but I’ve put on over 5kgs (11lbs) over the last year and I’m finding it difficult to take the weight off again. My clothes...
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Thursday, August 18, 2005
How much can you fit in your day?
I’ve been offered some casual tutoring, about three hours a week, pending the student accepting the tutoring, or rather, her grandmother accepting the tutoring. In explanation, I’m registered as a tutor for indigenous students. The government funds the scheme, schools or parents chose students who...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
When is a child not a child?
In Australia a child legally comes of age and morphs into an adult at 18. At 18 people are presumably responsible for their actions, allowed to drink alcohol and forced to vote. I'm sure the age differs in other countries, but the principles remain the same. However, I've discovered that childhood...
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Friday, August 12, 2005
Are you an invisible woman?
Driving my son to basketball last night, listening to the radio, I heard an interview with Rebecca Gibney, one of Australia’s favourite film and TV actors. I’ve always liked Gibney’s acting, to me she comes across with integrity. The interviewer, who I don’t particularly like as he always sounds as...
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