At Toastmasters last night, the Table Topics (impromptu speaking segment) were themed around awful and awkward Christmas gifts, and the difficulty of pretending to be grateful for them. Much hilarity ensued, with the result that it was decided that at our end of year Christmas party next week, our Secret Santa game (where everyone brings…
(Warning to family-type people who read this blog: there are Christmas-present spoilers below. If you don’t want the surprise ruined, stop reading now. Alternatively, if anything really catches your eye, let me know and I’ll make sure that one’s your present 🙂 ) anuary and the start of my masters is looming large, so I’m…
This weekend was the last of my totally-booked-out weekends of November, and it was the busiest of all (well, apart from the convention weekend, of course). First, on Saturday, after a quick attempt to clean the house, I went into town to meet up with Harvestbird and family for the Climate March. There was a…
igns are abounding that Christmas is on its way. I already have six different Christmas/end-of-year parties in my calendar (sounds like I have a really impressive social life, but the majority are work-related), and plans are being made in our corridor at work for the annual door-decorating competition (which, of course, our office won last…
hile I was in the midst of studying, every time I got invited to do anything my response would be “I’ll be free in November” – with the result that my social calendar is full to overflowing this month. Last weekend was the Auckland Uncon, of course (which I promise to write a proper blog…
or the last few months, when I was way too busy to do anything crafty, I indulged my need for creativity by watching YouTube videos on quilting, and looking forward to having the chance to put some of what I learnt into practice (oh, and by buying fabric. Lots of fabric. (See, this is why…
his happens every year in Christchurch, but for some reason it always surprises us. We have a few nice warm days in October, we all decide it’s summer, and then are horribly shocked when the weather reverts back to cold and wet again. This morning’s frost was a bit of a shock, though – according…
uarter to seven, and I’m still at work. Don’t worry, I’m not actually working though – I’m not high enough up the food chain to be willing to do unpaid overtime! I was putting the final touches on my presentation on Bislama that we’re giving to the local Vanuatu community on Sunday, then I remembered…
mmm, according to my calendar, the last time I actually took a full weekend off was in August. No wonder I was feeling tired! But I have rectified that by actually having a break this weekend – I didn’t even attempt to work on my presentation for next weekend. Just took a proper break and…
ost people spend Labour Weekend doing fun stuff, or at least relaxing a bit. I spent it working on my assignment, which is due on Friday. But it was worth it, because I finished it! All six thousand and something words (yeah, I may have gone a bit overboard there…) I even got to spend…