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Lazy and productive at the same time – my perfect life!
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I definitely like this wireless concept. You can stay in bed half the morning and yet still feel productive because you’ve finally caught up with reading some of your friends’ diaries 🙂 (so if any of you suddenly appear on the Top 10 list, you’ll know why – it’s because I’ve read a couple of…
Back in the CBD
Yesterday marked the first step towards reopening the CBD, locked behind the red zone cordons since February. Only a very small step in actual space terms, just a couple of blocks, but psychologically a very important one, as those blocks make up Cashel Mall, so badly damaged in the earthquakes that only four or five…
Parental advisory
Actually, parental visit, but when have I ever bothered about accurate diary titles? :-p Dad and Stepmother came up yesterday for a visit (well, Dad came up, Stepmother was actually on her way back from watching the Rugby 7s in Wellington, so decided to stop off here for the night instead of carrying on down…
Remember that study plan?
Ok, so the first week of my study plan was completely wiped out, as was last weekend, and last week was a bit of a washout too (I did get a bit done, but not much, what with going to the movies on Tuesday, and having friends (B&N – I still haven’t figured out this…
Mystery solved?
Fuzzle solved at least part of the mystery of the спасибо-shouting woman. Apparently this is common in Russia – if a performance is particularly good, someone will start slow-clapping and shout out something about how good it was. Other members of the audience will then take up the clapping and add their own praises. It’s…
Not particularly interesting
Updates on my current cross-stitch project are going to be pretty boring for a while, I’m afraid, while I work on the border and calendar section: