By KAHLA PRESTON
It’s Friday, Friday… They say time flies when you’re busy, and I’m willing to testify. These last five days have all but vanished. Gone. If anyone has some spare hours they would be willing to donate to a good cause, I’m in the market. I will pay in cupcakes.
Anyway, without further ado, let’s talk best and worst. I’ll start.
BEST: It seems an obvious choice, but Julia Gillard’s Question Time speech was definitely a highlight this week. I think the greatest outcome of the Prime Minister’s feisty address is how it’s managed to get everyone – and I mean everyone – talking about the issue of sexism. It’s about time, if you ask me. This year has seen some appalling instances of women in the public eye being on the receiving end of sexist comments and name-calling, or simply being talked over; while Gillard has been copping them since she first sat at the Prime Ministerial desk. It’s a problem that needed to be addressed in a big way. I was amazed to see so many of my friends, both male and female, sharing the link on Facebook and expressing their pride in the PM for speaking up. Obviously her words struck a chord with many.
WORST: This week I’ve faced the cruel reality of life without Puberty Blues, and I’m not sure I like it (I know – woe is me). It was the first TV series I have loyally followed in ‘real time’, rather than watching on my laptop, for years. In this era of TV channels filled with various ‘talent’ shows and endless Big Bang Theory reruns (groan), local, well-written productions are a revolution. I was onto PB faster than a surfer on a Chiko roll, and loved every single minute of it: the lingo, the fashion, and all that brown and orange décor.
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Best: got to see my eldest brother get married in Thailand. We flew to Koh Samui to celebrate with him. Then my birthday the day after my parents and I went on a day trip to see Buddhist temples, monkeys, and got blessed by a monk.
Seeing my gorgeous boyfriend when I got home. :) missed him so much.
Worst: feeling ill on the last day. My belly was playing up and the plane trip was all kinds of hell.
On Friday I lost my essay. Was saving it along with 2 other docs for the essay (reference list and another) and somehow it copied the other one to replace my essay. Awesome.
Teddy Bears' Picnic today, I'm hoping KDot is full of beans enough - it's over her normal sleep time. But if I get her REALLY knackered at that, she should sleep nicely so I can RE do my damn essay. Grrr.