TV Week‘s current issue provides what I call “mini” previews of the Aussie shows–new, young and old–that will be airing this year. The majority of the shows I review on here, which I also love, were featured in this issue. I feel that writing about my verdict on these previews is a fitting first post for 2017 on this site.
Read moreI didn’t train much this week due to the ‘extra’ Christmas public holidays imposed as Christmas was on a Sunday this year. I only trained on December 27 and December 28 with the following times: December 27: 7 minutes, 50 seconds December 28: 7 minutes, 47 seconds
Read more‘You can judge people’s characters by the way they treat someone who can do nothing for them.’ Evaluate your own character in the light of that remark** I’ve heard of this remark a few times in my life but for the purposes of this writing topic, I have to define the meaning of ‘someone who can do nothing for them’.
Read moreWrite a piece which begins ‘I am the one who…’** I am the one who tries to be perfect. I try to be perfect in almost all aspects of life. I try to be the perfect employee as my job is my first job out of uni, it is in a field where I have had no previous experience or
Read moreDaydream for a while, then write** My Parent’s Back Verandah My childhood home has a long, split-level back verandah. The verandah is rarely used for social occasions and it’s just as rare that any of us have a chair and sit on it. I’ve always pictured them being simply converted into rooms. With the lower level, there is a gap
Read moreWrite in the form of a poem a recipe for an afternoon designed to drive a teacher mad** The Substitute Teacher She gets the permission slips and lesson ready, to face the excursion in the afternoon she prepares herself so the students won’t catch on that she’s a substitute. Alas, the students know the truth and made some wild
Read moreWrite a poem in which you make an insincere apology for something you’ve done** What I did at the Christmas Party I’m sorry sir, for drinking all the wine which made my words slur. I was just trying to have a good time, take my mind off the fact that Adam in Accounts doesn’t stop telling me that my ass
Read more‘I’m looking at the river but I’m dreaming of the sea.’ Randy Newman. Write about someone in a comparable situation** Looking and Dreaming I’m looking at the river but I’m dreaming of the sea, I like my job and I’m good at it but it’s not right for me. I’m looking at the river but I’m dreaming of the
Read moreEveryone has different definitions of ‘family’–for some people it’s the nuclear definition of a mother, a father, a son and a daughter. For some it may go beyond the nuclear/heterosexual tradition of a mother and father with gay/lesbian/transgender/transsexual couples/parents. For others it may involve adoption or non-blood relatives. Some believe you don’t/can’t choose your family while others believe the opposite,
Read more‘When love comes along, there is no right or wrong, your love is your love.’ (West Side Story)** Family of the League (Volume II) Everyone has different definitions of ‘family’–for some people it’s the nuclear definition of a mother, a father, a son and a daughter. For some it may go beyond the nuclear/heterosexual tradition of a mother and father
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