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| Country: | Australia |
| Location: | Melbourne |
The thoughts and deeds of a woman who tries to be considerate to her family by farting at the front door... but it seems to follow her inside and embarrass her anyway. | |
on Jun 11, 2014
Apart from working online as a freelancer at a laughable hourly pittance for (mostly) small business-owners for the first two years of living in Geneva, my luck finally changed.My CV had languished on a desk at EBU for a week or two but was still fre...
With carbo loading, catching up with friends and a sleepless Saturday night in the Royal Borough undertaken, the 6am alarm on Sunday morning felt pretty hard.Despite the recommendations of many experts, my breakfast was like Rihanna's wardrobe: only...
It's amazing what an extra glass of wine will do to your ability to think sensibly at a dinner party.We were at Simon and Gianna's place and had enjoyed lots of laughs, fantastic food, hilarious conversation and a few bottles of wine. With our...
on Jun 4, 2014
I hope that he doesn't smell the vomit on my breath as I open the door. One thing about Swiss tradesmen: when they say they'll be arriving at 8am, they arrive at 8am."Je suis desolee," I apologise, gesturing at my pyjamas and sticky hair."Balco...
on May 25, 2014
....It's nearly 5pm here in Switzerland, so it's already Monday in Oz, but with a year of ideas and photos and learnings, my brain has instead decided to stay in Sleeping in on Sunday-mode and not do much in the area of work, words or creativity.It's...
on May 23, 2014 in: running
......what a year it has been!Mistakes were made, arguments were held, travel was undertaken and spare cash spent, but as I sit back in the dusty spare room (currently holding a weeks’ worth of washing, two un-renovated 1950s armchairs and paperwor...
on May 21, 2014
...... but I'm just wondering if I dare return to blogland after leaving it so suddenly?Do I give you the reason(s) why I left, what occurred during that year and why I'm thinking about returning?That in spite of the unforeseen hurts and bitter disap...
