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30 things meme

Published on 1 July 2010 in meme. 2 Comments

Thank you Miss Sophie Mac for the 30 Things Meme!

Thirty things I did in June:

  1. Blogged almost daily.
  2. Made curry puffs with my family.
  3. Bought me an iPad.
  4. Found, and returned a fat black pug.
  5. Finished and submitted a paper for ALIA Access with @kalgrl
  6. Registered to attend ALIA Access.
  7. Had a haircut.
  8. Discovered that I don’t mind ebooks after all!
  9. Bought a new washing machine. First front loader. It’s a superb beast.
  10. Went to King’s Park with my family.
  11. Recovered from wrenching my ankle.
  12. Watched Samson and Delilah. Sad.
  13. Froze. Cold cold mornings.
  14. Booked flights for a trip to Sydney.
  15. Obsessed about the state of ebook availability in Australia.
  16. Pondered The Future of the Academic Library. What will my job be like in 5 years? 10…?
  17. Found out that a paper submitted with a colleague for ALIA Information Online has been accepted.
  18. Read lots of blogs.
  19. Got to know lots of librarians.
  20. Enjoyed Twitter immensely.
  21. Cheered for Peter Temple, winning this year’s Miles Franklin Prize.
  22. Drank some nice wine.
  23. Resisted the temptation to buy all the ebooks I can find.
  24. Tried to walk to work daily. Tried.
  25. Managed to get a booking at Tetsuya’s in October. Thanks @jadedlotus!
  26. Ate too much liquorice.
  27. Stayed up late (blogging!).
  28. Haven’t upgraded my iPhone to iOS4. Cheating, listing what I haven’t done.
  29. Wondered if I could knit socks.
  30. Remembered my mum-in-law.

Two things meme

Published on 23 June 2010 in meme. 2 Comments

Two names you go by:
1) Con
2) flexnib

Two things you are wearing right now:
1) wedding ring
2) jade bangle around my left wrist

Two things you would want (or have) in a relationship:
1) conversation
2) trust

Two things you like to do:
1) read
2) snuggle with the chihuahuas

Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1) go to the loo (am writing this in bed, haven’t got up yet
2) a cup of tea

Two things you did last night:
1) drank a nice glass of shiraz
2) dozed on the couch with M and the chihuahuas

Two things you ate today:
1) nothing yet!
2) lemme finish blogging first

Two people you last talked to:
1) M
2) @Lutie

Two things you’re doing tomorrow:
1) work
2) more work

Two Favorite Holidays:
1) five star resort in tropical paradise with M
2) Sydney

Two favourite beverages
1) tea
2) citron presse

Two things about me you may not have known:
1) I’m allergic to aspirin
2) I don’t know how to swim

Two jobs I have had in my life:
1) apprentice chef
2) language tutor

Two movies I would watch over and over:
1) To Kill a Mockingbird
2) Toy Story

Two places I have lived:
1) Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
2) Hangzhou, China

Two of my favourite foods:
1) salty licorice (wannabe Dutch)
2) rice porridge with thousand-year egg

Two places I’d rather be right now:
1) five star resort in tropical paradise with M
2) New York City (never been)

Not doing Bun-toting’s music meme cause I’ve already done a version of it!

What makes you happy?

Published on 16 June 2010 in meaning of life and meme. 4 Comments

Thanks to Ruth.
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A hot cup of strong tea while sitting in a comfy chair.
Long weekends.
Walking the chihuahuas with M.
A booksale.
Spending time with my nieces R and Z.
Catching up with friends.
Wandering in a botanical garden. (I am no green thumb but I can appreciate others’ fine work.)
Discovering a new author and finding that they have a great long list of work for me to read.
Writing with a fountain pen on a clear crisp sheet of blank paper. (I can’t explain the joy this gives me.)
Kookaburras.
Cats that come up to you when you walk past their home and roll over on the footpath offering their bellies to be scratched.
Completing a conference paper. (Hah! At the moment, t-r-y-i-n-g to finish a paper for this conference.)
Quiet still mornings.