The opportunities that blogging opens up never cease to amaze me. Having had a bad coffee at a particular cafe, and blogged about it, I received an email not from the cafe owner (this has happened before), but from the coffee distributor, asking me to come in to their warehouse and try the coffee. At …
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ascribing good motives
A few weekends back, I sat in on a training session called “managing change in 3 questions”. The session was about coping with conflict that comes from implementing change. The essence of keeping your cool? Keep ascribing good motives to the other person, even when you’re in the midst of conflict. The three “questions” were:– …
Birthday macchiato at mecca
Birthday macchiato at mecca What better start to a birthday than a café breakfast? Why, a café breakfast with a free coffee! Thanks to the guys at mecca who – on hearing it was my birthday – gave me the second coffee free! Their macchiati, though, are really worthwhile: so smooth, so well-rounded. Oh, and …
church for atheists
At the moment, I’m working my way through (famous atheist) Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion – it’s the first book I’ve read that seeks to persuade someone who is sitting on the fence to embrace atheism (the belief that there is no God) as a life-philosophy: as a faith, if that’s not a poor …
Easter monday, mcdonalds at sydney international airport
Easter monday, mcdonalds at sydney international airport Inexplicably, only two registers are open, while the manager sits in her office at the back of the store.
Dragonboating race – regatta centre, penrith
Dragonboating race – regatta centre, penrith I’d never seen a dragon boat race before, but we knew one of the racers, so we headed out to have a look. The race here, the boat that came second had an 80 year old lady in its rowing team, although the average age was probably a lot …
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new (to me) stapler
new (to me) stapler One of the benefits with helping people move, once they’re at the move-or-throw-out phase, is the new stuff. For some reason, I haven’t been able to bring myself to buy another stapler – it’s so rare that I need to staple something – but when one is on offer for free, …
hosting without a watch
My watch has been playing up for a while. First, it needed a new battery, so I went to a watch shop. The guy who changed the battery seemed to have something against the watch – he had, in the past, worked for the company that made the watch, and had not enjoyed his time …
a long weekend
In the lead-up to easter, I had the opportunity to describe my schedule for the weekend to a few people. At the time, it didn’t seem like too much, but in hindsight, it really has been a busy time. Friday morning church watch a movie with a friend greek homework christian reinterpretation of passover dinner, …
scenes from the airport
Farewell #1 How many people would see you off at the airport at 5:30am? In this case, 22 people.