5 posts tagged “australia”
According to an article at Thinkgeek.com, in Japan some people regard poo as lucky:
You can attach symbols of this lucky substance to things like your mobile phone, your Wii controller, or even your best mate!For those of you who don't know, the kanji for "lucky" in Japan is very similar to the shortened form of the Japanese word for "poo."
Because nothing says friendship than sharing Poo.
To help you grade any poo you receive, I've rather thoughtfully attached a copy of the Bristol Stool Chart. :)
Update: On balance of risk of turning this into a blog concentrating on poo, I've added an update rather than start another entry. I've just spotted an article on a whole other use for poo... it makes an expensive coffee!
Cafe-crazy Australians in the last decade have embraced coffee in all its forms, but they've saved the most expensive -- and excremental -- for last.
The weather here has changed over the past few days, so much so that I've put my fan on - it's a little USB one on my computer so don't get too excited. The nice thing is that just a week or so back, I was still using my heater.
This new theme celebrates the sea. The banner is a crop of a picture I took of a rescue boat on North Avoca Beach in November 2005.
One of the great things about living near the sea is that you can go to the beach pretty much on a whim! I used to find it really peaceful just sitting lazily on the beach, listening to the sounds of the waves crashing onto the rocks, and feeling the cool sea breeze carry away the stifling heat. There's something really soothing about that, and even if you go there with problems on your mind, they just get washed away with the tides.
I didn't really go into the water all that much, and as you might tell from the photographs some of those waves looked pretty rough! So it's a good job there's a rescue boat!
I was reading a news article online and noticed this rather amusing story that originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph in Australia:
Sausage roll blamed for worker having day off
THE train now due on platform two is running 15 minutes late because the driver has been blinded by a sausage roll.
That's the sort of message commuters could expect if CityRail was honest about the reasons for lateness.
There then follows a whole number of excuses. Out of the whole article my favourite bit was this:
Nearly a dozen drivers and guards stepped straight off trains unaware there was no platform.
You see, maybe the company should invest in training their staff to be more aware of the state of platformness in locations where trains commonly stop... (Yes, I am aware that I just made up a word.)
There were some opportunities to travel around the area in the glorious sunshine, which is a good thing about the job. And there were many places where you'd just wish you could stop for a while and take in the breathtaking scenery.
One of the amazing things about Australia is the quality of the light there. It's fantastic for photography. I have a Canon S70 compact digital camera and really wanted to carry it everywhere with me. Alas, even though it's a compact camera, I wasn't able to. It has heaps of features - Aperture control, Shutter timing control, Manual control, and the various scene features you can get on digital cameras these days. It also has a 28mm wide-angle lens (35mm equivalent) which makes it great for landscape photography. It is built rather solidly and has a gun-black metal body, so it isn't very lightweight! I tended to only bring it when I consciously decided to go out and take pictures!
These pictures were taken at around 8.30am on a winter's day after a night shift. I'd stopped my car on the way home after seeing what a great morning it was. The temperature wasn't too bad for winter (just above 10 degrees Celcius), and the air was very clear. It was one of those times when it's really invigorating just taking a deep breath. There weren't many people up that early, which was good because The Entrance is a popular tourist area, and luckily for me, I had my camera with me.
It's incredibly rewarding getting photos that you are pleased with, because you tend to be your own greatest critic and I find that photography is rather subjective. I feel that photographs can also be very personal too, bringing you back to the time when you took them, especially if you made some effort to set up the shot to get it the way you wanted.
In fact, I think this has inspired me to take some more photographs!
What better after a night shift than to go somewhere and have breakfast made for you? Today I chose the cafe at Sainsbury's supermarket. It's great to do something out-of-the-ordinary now and again, although I used to do it heaps at different cafes when I lived (and worked) in Australia.
I'd used to drive to the beach (which was only a few minutes away) and sit there for a few minutes just absorbing and appreciating the beauty of where I was.
There are some good
things in Leeds, where I am now, too. I think it's good to be
able to snatch these little opportunities to travel a little bit and
snap a quick photo with my Treo.
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