Category Archives: Disasters

The Answer

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After my last post about the brain fart I had while filling in my CELTA application, I actually received quite a few responses on here and, especially, over Twitter from others who also couldn’t see the answer in the question I posted.

Guess it wasn’t that obvious after all. :) I feel better now. Hehe.

Anyhoo, for those of you who asked me what the answer was, here it is:

Find the odd one out and explain why:

  • The baby’s bottle.
  • The government’s defeat.
  • The teacher’s absent.
  • The nurse’s pay.
  • The nation’s struggle.

Answer: ‘The teacher’s absent’ is the odd one out because it refers to something happening in the present (ie. We can also write it as ‘The teacher is absent’). I think you guys were stumped because you did exactly what I did originally. You took a look at the ‘s in each sentence and read them all as possessives. The bottle belongs to the baby. The defeat belongs to the government. Absence belongs to the teacher, not absent. ;-)

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I also just want to say a quick word about the poor people in Burma who’ve been affected by the devastating two earthquakes that hit there. First I heard that the death tolls are up to 75, now I’m hearing it could be 120.

It’s a scary world we’re living in, folks. :(

Both the earthquakes were said to be about 7.0 on the richter scale and hit near the borders of Laos and Thailand aswell. (Apparently it could be felt in Bangkok!) My thoughts are with the poor people of Burma.

Sales, Plague & Beach

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What a week.

So, in the midst of all that’s been happening overseas in Japan, I followed through with my previous post and handed in my notice at work.

The moment I did it, a huge weight left my shoulders and, ironically enough, I’ve actually been the star sales person on my team for the last week or so now! Every day I’m getting in the most amount of sales and watching that confused look on my team manager’s face. It’s beautiful. I guess the sales are coming in because the pressure’s off. A few people from work suggested that I should retract my notice. I laughed and told them I hadn’t been happier in months.

On top of this I also have two job interviews coming up in the next fortnight. Cross fingers that one of them will turn into something I can do for six months before I leave for Cancun. Eeeeee! :D

This was probably the one thing that helped me get over whatever it was I caught from my dad too. He says it was ‘Man flu’, I say it was some form of ‘Plague.’

My self portrait last week. ... I mean, what 'flu' makes you look like this? Plague, I'm telling you.

Not being able to go out and have fun on the weekend, I settled down at home with my own brand of medicine.

You don't even need a prescription for it.

Luckily, that medicine seemed to work as I’m feeling better this week. So good that a few friends and I decided to head down to the beach today. It was windy as hell but the sun made it a (semi-)nice enough day to walk around and enjoy the fresh air.

Yes, this shot couldn't have been complete without a bin nudging it's way in.

So Spring is here. And all was right with the world until I fell over my own feet for the second time in a week and ouchiness ensued …

Yes, it stings like a bitch.

The fact that you can see more bruises on my leg gives you a clear indication of how much this kind of thing really does happen to me.

Yup.

I’m like one of those girls from romantic comedies who appear onscreen in slow-motion, the wind blows through my hair, I smile and then THWUNK! I’m on my face.

Anyhoo, so here I am with a glass of wine, cuddling up in my bed feeling sorry for myself in preparation for a grueling 12-8 shift on Saturday and Sunday. At least I have two days off now. (Woo(!) Yeah, it’s really no consolation.)

I’ve also realised that I haven’t posted a good book review in a while. Think I’ll get on top of that soon. It’s mainly due to the fact that I read nothing in February. Yup. Nada. Zero. But I’m back on the case and there will be reviews to come. :)

Oh, and before I forget, the day after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, look what appeared on the old Plaza around the corner from me …

More 2012 talk? No-one knows what it’s alluding to. Oooooooohh.

And, once again, I’m going to ask you guys to go here to donate as much as you can to the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami fund. Every day just seems to get worse. :(

What Needs to be Done

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Just when we were all recovering from seeing the awful images of Christchurch’s devastation, Japan is hit by one of the biggest earthquakes every recorded which, in turn, caused one of the most catastrophic tsunamis.

Watching the footage from my sick bed yesterday, I had tears in my eyes at how absolutely horrific and terrifying the images I was seeing were.

This morning the news has emerged that the earthquake has actually moved the island of Japan by three metres (nearly 10 feet) and shifted the Earth on its axis.

I think we all know what needs to happen. We all need to pull together and do what we can for the people of Japan. I’m not one to usually preach about my views and tell people what to do but donating just a small amount of money here to Global Giving is is better than donating nothing. Alternatively you can text JAPAN to 50555 to automatically donate $10 to Global Giving’s relief fund or text REDCROSS to  90999 to also donate $10.

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