Here's a list of interesting/amusing stuff I saw in Thailand...
- Broccoli on pizzas.
- Lychee flavoured Bacardi Breezers.
- Store assistants on inline skates.
- Alcoholic beverages served in buckets.
- Green, blue and yellow rice available by weight in supermarkets.
- Praying Ronald McDonalds.
- Large selection of skin whitening products in supermarket (I think darker skin is generally regarded as lower status in Thailand)
- Car engines used to power long boats.
- Motorcycles with up to 4 people on board.
- Home made motorcycle side-carts used to transport building materials.
- Women riding side saddle on the back of motorcycles.
- Sweet corn in icecream sundaes at KFC.
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- Mood:
amused
- Location:home
- Mood:
recumbent
- Location:home
- Mood:
cheerful - Music:Ministry of Sound Funky House Sessions 06
- Location:home
- Mood: happy
- Music:Kevin's stereo
the menu
entrée
home made spring rolls, with chicken, asian vegetables and angel hair noodles
pumpkin soup
mains (pizza)
butter nut pumpkin & roasted almonds on pesto base
hawaiian with barbecue sauce
meat lover's with kranskies, bacon, mushroom and parmesan
bacon & mushroom with home-made pesto base (garlic, basil, parsley, with roma tomatoes)
dessert
freshly sliced mango and white nectarines with creamy vanilla ice cream, drizzled with passion fruit juice
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- Location:Addington Way
- Mood: mellow
On Monday night I started Certificate II in Auslan at Tafe.
We watched a video that simulated different degrees of hearing loss. I was genuinely surprised at the way people with hearing loss perceive sounds and speech.
We listened to a simulation of someone with the most common type of hearing loss affecting the higher frequencies. I couldn't believe how unintelligible the speech became - I could still *hear* sound, but it was almost impossible for me to make sense of words. Apparently most of the consonant sounds are lost in the higher frequencies, which are key to understanding speech.
Next week we will complete the introductory session of the certificate. From then on, we will have a deaf lecturer running the class. During the class we will have to have our Voices "OFF", which could take a little getting used to.
The big test will be staying motivated over the whole course and doing enough practice outside class for everything to stick in my mind.
- Mood:
thoughtful
- Location:home
- Mood: chipper
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neon_princess, aphrodite, little_pixeland marnielouise. You guys make me feel less of a cup loser. Ross moved out on Monday night, so I am living alone at the moment. We've been busily finalising our divorce settlement over the weekend. It's proving difficult to establish ownership of the Kenwood barmix, so it looks like a joint-custody agreement will be needed.
It's nice being able to play music at all hours, but it's not the be all and end all. It feels a bit weird coming home to an empty house, even if Ross & I rarely interacted after work anyway. I'm excited about sharing the house with a new person.
Dave & I are organising a NYE "white" party.
Last night I watched a documentary on the "Tank Man" - the student protester who stood in front of a tank during the Tieneman Square massacre. It's amazing the way such a simple gesture has become such an enduring symbol of resistance to the Chinese government. They never identified the Tank Man and it is not known whether he was later executed, or whisked away into obscurity.
- Mood: inspired
At Paddy's I struck up a conversation with a guy called Daniel, who had moved from Brisbane a couple of weeks ago. We compared jobs and talked sport (I actually knew some stuff). After a pint we moved to "Side Bar", which is attached to a popular Sydney backpackers. It was good to have someone to talk for the night - we parted around 2am and agreed to catch up this weekend if I'm still here.
Sunday I woke up at 10am, went shopping and spent a few hours at the Powerhouse museum. After dinner in the my hotel room, I saw "An Inconvenient Truth". It's a documentary that presents the science of global warming in simple terms. The movie showed some pretty scary scenarios that could emerge as CO2 levels rise.
Today was the first official test in front of customer witnesses. You can't help but fear things failing when testing software in front of the customer. When things go wrong, even in one small area, the customer starts loosing confidence in the whole software and you inevitably get negative feedback. Overall the testing went well today, but a few important tests failed, which will probably mean I'll be needed for the rest of this week.
I got my washing done by the hotel over the weekend. I arrived in my room tonight to find all my clothes neatly put away in the cupboard and a little box containing underwear, labeled "Your personal laundry"... I feel so spoilt over here ;)
My dad emailed this morning, to tell me that my family dog had passed away. Susie has been a part of out family for 15 years, so it's sad to see her go. She was a very timid golden retriever, who always protested if she wasn't getting enough pats. Farewell Susie L.
- Mood:
surprised
The Twelve Pinball song from the old Seasame Street
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- Mood:
nostalgic
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Jen says
Is that a new *do?
:)
I straightened it
Sally says
Nice!
Jen says
Thx!
And I did a color rinse
Sally says
So you want to hit the mall 2morrow?
Jen says
Ya!
Sally says
x
Jen says
Lets go 2 movie too
Sally says
k
I'm surprised "bad hair days" and broken nails don't even rate a mention! ;-)
Now, I understand that you must appeal to the lowest common denominator - but it *is* possible to go too far!
- Mood: amused
I'm over in Sydney for work this week.
I had an uneventful flight from Perth last night. On the way over they showed Poseidon - an intense disaster movie, about a boat sinking. I thought it was a interesting choice of movie, given that many people are apprehensive about flying.
It makes a nice change working in the middle of a city - it's great having so many choices of places to eat lunch.
- Location:Sydney
- Mood:
full
I parked at The Swan Hotel and walked up the road to Flipside - a burger joint next to Mojo's that Leo recommended. I ordered the "classic" burger, sat down and killed an hour reading the newspaper and a Men's Fashion magazine. My burger fell apart for some reason - but it was *still* tasty.
Back at the Swan, I found a table outside and started reading X-Press magazine. A wharfey approached me and asked whether I was "serious" about owning a "gutless" scooter. He looked disappointed when I explained I didn't intend upgrading to a bike with more than 250cc.
Eventually, Leo from Freo and Dmac from Como arrived and we went inside for a beer. The Swan is a bit of rarity these days - it's still a "real" pub, without any modernisations to promote a stylish image.
About 8:30pm a guy turned up with his Mac and started belting out Electro tunes. We felt like coffee and headed to The Harvest Café down the road. We chatted about random stuff and talked about organising a get-away to Bunbury one weekend.
It turned out to be an interesting night - I enjoyed getting out the Perth comfort zone and discovering more of Freo.
- Mood: chipper
- Music:Eskimo Joe - Suicide Girl
I've never been to The Saint before, but apparently they've recently revamped the venue - the furniture is all curvy and the lighting is very atmospheric. The music was non-stop Red Hot Chilli Peppers' songs and a bit of 90s Powderfinger for good measure. Its a huge pub - i'm guessing it has room for 400 patrons.
Dmac got a chance to try out his Joe-Dirt wig and it looked very cool. Michael tried on the wig too - but it made very little difference to his normal hair ;)
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Thursday
The Supergroup decided to meet up for drinks at The Vic in Subiaco. Dave dropped over straight after work - we drove to the pub and parked in a strange Subi backstreet, which turned out to be just metres from The Vic. We wandered around at the pub looking for a good place to sit and eventually spotted Marnie & Michael, who had arrived early for dinner.
We joined M & M at their table, just as they were finishing their meal and I order a risotto. Michael had an "announcement" to make - he had just scored a new job - congratulations M! Dave & I had been speculating about whether the "annoucement" was related to a pregnancy, engagement or something even more off-the-wall - but a new job is pretty exciting.
The conversation somehow turned to Napolean Dynamite and we recalled some of our favourite quotes from the movie - except for Dave who "hates" the film :P
"Knock it off, Napoleon! Just make yourself a dang quesa-dilluh!"
We moved across to the lounge area and joined Dylan & Rhi. Suddenly "all the right things Nikki" arrived, who had recently learned Rule #3: "You will show up unexpectedly at the pub and buy your man a beer".
Friday
I went to a Jeans for Genes fundraiser quiz night at Willeton Sports Club. I met some new people on our team: Penny, Laura, Michael & Ellie. Laura seemed to be skilled at unscrambling suburbs - I think she probably contributed 60% of the answers. Penny (pennae) was the designated button presser and our "all-rounder" on general knowledge :P. Michael & Ellie were a big help on some tricky questions.
My contribution was the "versatile" in DVD and "Ni" as the chemical symbol for Nickel. d_mac77 was the man on sports.
- Location:Home
- Mood:
hungry
I left work around 7pm and headed staight to Gelaro's in Mt Lawley to celebrate Rhi's birthday. A group of us met up and ordered a bunch of waffles, which we ate quickly. Dylan was late, in spite of my excellent directions - it's Mt Lawley not Morley ;-)
We decided alcohol was in order and headed to The Flying Scotsman for some drinks. Some people departed before we reached the pub - leaving about half a dozen cool people to drink and chat away the night.
After a quiet drink we crossed Beaufort Street and browsed books at Planet Books. Steven discovered a book with Erotic Hiakus, while I checked out some interesting titles in the same genre.
- Mood: calm
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