tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350897522024-03-19T16:42:14.979+13:00My Philosophical DiaryJon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-35367101315775896272012-02-26T16:05:00.001+13:002012-02-26T16:05:14.754+13:00Passive Aggressive NotesSo I had to post a note to a flatmate of mine a few days ago. I've become one of those people. But seriously...I shouldn't have to leave notes to 34 year old people.<br />
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<br />Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-71040413111870745272011-12-17T11:11:00.001+13:002011-12-17T11:11:55.970+13:00Business Class...yeah baby!So yesterday I flew business class for the very first time. My dad upgraded my ticket to Melbourne with his air points and now I'm here!<br />
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Pre-Flight<br />
Airport: You don't have to wait in long queue's and checking through customs is much faster.<br />
Lounge: So it is a really nice and spacious area, lots of seats and tables. There is a nice dining area where you can help yourself to the food, and a very nice selection of drinks at the help yourself bar.<br />
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I tried a few things like mini shepards pie (good), chicken with cheese (dry), Slices of eye fillet with spring onions (yum) and Cold smoked salmon with apple and radish salad (yum). I down those with a couple of CC and drys.<br />
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Also in the lounge is a very lavish bathroom with showers and grooming areas. Towels, toothbrush and combs etc. are all provided.<br />
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Seat: The leg space! You can see immediately why you pay at least double for the ticket and it's because you get twice the space. The chair can vibrate and recline fully. Please watch this in-flight demo.<br />
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Service: Pretty much the service is amazing. You get a lot of one to one service. They are very friendly, know you by your last name, take your orders on paper and then serve it to you. None of this drag a cart and block up the lane crap. <br />
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Food: Pretty decent menu. I forgot to take pictures of the main courses tho =(<br />
I got to have my cousin's dinner as he wasn't hungry, so I order for me Prawns and salmon salad and the Ricciole pasta with spinach and ricotta cheese (win) and I also ordered two desserts (win). <br />
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So my first ever flight on business class was awesome. If I was only ever going one way to somewhere I would definitely consider it. It can get really costly though if you go both ways. <br />
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<br />Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-50667597083686361932011-07-27T03:06:00.000+12:002011-07-27T03:06:44.050+12:00Hate is love. Love is hate.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I love to sleep. I hate that I have to sleep.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I love to love. I hate that love is far away.</span></div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-13266815520693980362011-06-30T20:25:00.001+12:002011-06-30T20:26:01.249+12:00I Heart Dilbert<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUK3vq6gjQnv_DBmufyPHGP9X6vTEOUm9AB4XFf92Uz4pwARsSQ6hnXEuo9WA4UyWdr79jSCqFD3MwHeuQP4jwspu2qsYyJdwYXM2XEWzTgN5A5-edUPiD9xiThFs3O8qe_kBA/s1600/126077.strip.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUK3vq6gjQnv_DBmufyPHGP9X6vTEOUm9AB4XFf92Uz4pwARsSQ6hnXEuo9WA4UyWdr79jSCqFD3MwHeuQP4jwspu2qsYyJdwYXM2XEWzTgN5A5-edUPiD9xiThFs3O8qe_kBA/s400/126077.strip.gif" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Haha...I love it when people take aim at iPhones.</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-50532145802684424882011-06-30T20:22:00.000+12:002011-06-30T20:22:14.311+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 30 (Self Portrait..Also last one)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKi-zk1cxyMX7_OWoubQXJXkCoi7A3-Qm3goegogQ6cmNSfAJmd0CR-yWQFZb11-DYy5V75rF81fCh7S9JKjge2uiTOuorplf0OC24lX6ryfXL4K8JmX4v9atnBSrib4F_hbfI/s1600/IMAG0652.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKi-zk1cxyMX7_OWoubQXJXkCoi7A3-Qm3goegogQ6cmNSfAJmd0CR-yWQFZb11-DYy5V75rF81fCh7S9JKjge2uiTOuorplf0OC24lX6ryfXL4K8JmX4v9atnBSrib4F_hbfI/s400/IMAG0652.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My school art project is going to be the death of me</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-35919993203694064682011-06-26T21:01:00.000+12:002011-06-26T21:01:15.568+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 26 and 27 (Close up + From a distance)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhSbYmxYKFFiUKWcoSKS7Rg2FIZVAAuaLDv2LYW3QJxy3Vqw3uKUrsl9_Pg2T7c5ohze6TAkUj0s4K7dJS-BRUKX4sLrMXfrNaZ1FYrPMhRLXOV68Vr1mli_MqjOnO0cj071X/s1600/IMAG0641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhSbYmxYKFFiUKWcoSKS7Rg2FIZVAAuaLDv2LYW3QJxy3Vqw3uKUrsl9_Pg2T7c5ohze6TAkUj0s4K7dJS-BRUKX4sLrMXfrNaZ1FYrPMhRLXOV68Vr1mli_MqjOnO0cj071X/s400/IMAG0641.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Close up of my favourite series. Just thinking about them turns me on.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Flatmate Chris and Ruby. He's actually watching TV but it looks like he's having a nice sleep/cuddle here.</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-89954129452625341022011-06-18T17:13:00.000+12:002011-06-18T17:13:57.550+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 17 and 18 (skipped 16)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XN6H-fVL9FZuJ0ooWmMj07tCYSj8bdbpTF6OCdgdNkesXyAmaktWexIrV6uxB9nweiWcttfPOrDjIXcD4bWLaCbt_Q90m6k5TXWO-wTnWk8VAQpT0ytQCFsiWo3CMQhAXYPg/s1600/IMAG0625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6XN6H-fVL9FZuJ0ooWmMj07tCYSj8bdbpTF6OCdgdNkesXyAmaktWexIrV6uxB9nweiWcttfPOrDjIXcD4bWLaCbt_Q90m6k5TXWO-wTnWk8VAQpT0ytQCFsiWo3CMQhAXYPg/s400/IMAG0625.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you want some awesome shoes, get Mizuno...they are amazing</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-5280450081765836602011-06-15T21:00:00.000+12:002011-06-15T21:00:56.092+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 13, 14 and 15<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4MXUOy3jhWe3_dXYgvohhZxY7Y5FKX3LzCpH0D-vqYugjo2be-GmgCQYnG-UbbHuJ6_G22MpQEHy1eZRU2V0dnxrOLg9xGApmdyjC32vfBecbFMD02wAXuuVRHJh9xv-ZHLH/s1600/IMAG0618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4MXUOy3jhWe3_dXYgvohhZxY7Y5FKX3LzCpH0D-vqYugjo2be-GmgCQYnG-UbbHuJ6_G22MpQEHy1eZRU2V0dnxrOLg9xGApmdyjC32vfBecbFMD02wAXuuVRHJh9xv-ZHLH/s400/IMAG0618.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Who doesn't remember these silhouettes? </div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-21871012076181310172011-06-12T18:22:00.000+12:002011-06-12T18:22:20.907+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 10 and 11 (Childhood Memory + Something Blue)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITcL1KtiTZoKgHlGqA7QJZuLOgbC6fJAtxMVDEd9-54L_-7eahRcm_z4bTMmeFtMxuQieu6kjdAnPetvsQ6D_iRPH9HaTeHEZxJ1BFF75QDbnUDVFFEvlf6AkMoSuiPfFpHHA/s1600/IMAG0616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITcL1KtiTZoKgHlGqA7QJZuLOgbC6fJAtxMVDEd9-54L_-7eahRcm_z4bTMmeFtMxuQieu6kjdAnPetvsQ6D_iRPH9HaTeHEZxJ1BFF75QDbnUDVFFEvlf6AkMoSuiPfFpHHA/s400/IMAG0616.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've had all three since before I was born and remember them being on exactly that bedside table back in my old house in Avondale.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Used to teach my cats a lesson.</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-71729258885328059362011-06-09T19:59:00.000+12:002011-06-09T19:59:01.464+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 9 (Someone you love)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimElpGhtZgV1ekfHkBQZt0H-eilVZwskqTbrHNFtEmpPNE_qz4PkYR73paCrGRl1FITrjUO1jN0petBqRGcivGRCo2zUBkiUgRFQk5B9AACQcb-TA7Bm2Qjc77JgkLE4wsS6QS/s1600/IMAG0612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimElpGhtZgV1ekfHkBQZt0H-eilVZwskqTbrHNFtEmpPNE_qz4PkYR73paCrGRl1FITrjUO1jN0petBqRGcivGRCo2zUBkiUgRFQk5B9AACQcb-TA7Bm2Qjc77JgkLE4wsS6QS/s400/IMAG0612.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">1983</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-18168156841659594242011-06-08T20:58:00.000+12:002011-06-08T20:58:33.242+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 8 (A Bad Habit)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4MGpgkFAfqUOmoCpdpbLJGuuGpqXsiD-2xnEtIMjooT53NPhNeA1T1boUCvYH80mDc-M7EFIDF_gPBP-e-ejtyBMpZ1OiRFUKfTSir0Xo53I3i2TbpFVOPAUWpFV7W-qDguO/s1600/IMAG0611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4MGpgkFAfqUOmoCpdpbLJGuuGpqXsiD-2xnEtIMjooT53NPhNeA1T1boUCvYH80mDc-M7EFIDF_gPBP-e-ejtyBMpZ1OiRFUKfTSir0Xo53I3i2TbpFVOPAUWpFV7W-qDguO/s400/IMAG0611.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so addicted to the internet it is not funny. You would find me in the fetal position if I went without it for more than a day. </div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-72290143283818576092011-06-07T22:17:00.000+12:002011-06-07T22:17:11.050+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 7 (Fruit)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfOgv6Uqw-_52EFl6ClwVsGBr6EafhubJy1nqyhbC_R-jwuRwtPWCZDcWMky13z38RaapJaTSdE9WkTxKO_bY2L28Qlr14Tlts8_CJflbuZhx8G0BzoPU11-uSHz5sY4bd1BY/s1600/IMAG0610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfOgv6Uqw-_52EFl6ClwVsGBr6EafhubJy1nqyhbC_R-jwuRwtPWCZDcWMky13z38RaapJaTSdE9WkTxKO_bY2L28Qlr14Tlts8_CJflbuZhx8G0BzoPU11-uSHz5sY4bd1BY/s400/IMAG0610.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Making overripe bananas for Fear Factor Gladstone Style! </div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-25920100485124423382011-06-06T22:05:00.001+12:002011-06-06T22:06:05.191+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 6 (From a low angle)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfSif5SDsCWAw2HP9l-NdHfJsQHAVOWSMwM4X4Lq0NIwrBob-uk62iU7CbFFuJtbnFW2RELtQHCiubSG9_K4sg_3Xn1atKE0pLwvTj65_qfjegNPIcdshA3TKwmUBbKUhTN40/s1600/IMAG0609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEfSif5SDsCWAw2HP9l-NdHfJsQHAVOWSMwM4X4Lq0NIwrBob-uk62iU7CbFFuJtbnFW2RELtQHCiubSG9_K4sg_3Xn1atKE0pLwvTj65_qfjegNPIcdshA3TKwmUBbKUhTN40/s400/IMAG0609.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">RUBY RUBY RUBY!!!!!</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-44215494069585982802011-06-05T21:14:00.000+12:002011-06-05T21:14:39.403+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 5 (From a high angle)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKqwxGhKsJk2zpEfd0PKaZcSlNNUHcxvxU5JN5_f6Y30TKCLac6cBubdyUX-js_ayUUSowMQZWlPi7hniSSyQ5u6rCuKhyedBpn8v8VRWIYjwhOxSQOca6pvOUvlywUOEKKVV/s1600/IMAG0606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKqwxGhKsJk2zpEfd0PKaZcSlNNUHcxvxU5JN5_f6Y30TKCLac6cBubdyUX-js_ayUUSowMQZWlPi7hniSSyQ5u6rCuKhyedBpn8v8VRWIYjwhOxSQOca6pvOUvlywUOEKKVV/s400/IMAG0606.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">From my deck</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-67270634522581768852011-06-04T17:21:00.000+12:002011-06-04T17:21:42.888+12:00Photo Challenge: Day 3 and 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL7phb6lsyHuyxqr9d3PJKQjnqMHdSsIP2J_RBHaUH3R1X8t4xySEl0xevzNUGPQfodA4SqJMaIVjb0S-hxyseMiB4WkR3vm7Ar0gV3H7YJ1bSYmN1X7AQ7ReFHeioNi3dwdm/s1600/IMAG0604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcL7phb6lsyHuyxqr9d3PJKQjnqMHdSsIP2J_RBHaUH3R1X8t4xySEl0xevzNUGPQfodA4SqJMaIVjb0S-hxyseMiB4WkR3vm7Ar0gV3H7YJ1bSYmN1X7AQ7ReFHeioNi3dwdm/s400/IMAG0604.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Cloudy skies and wait....UFO's?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have quite a few t-shirts from threadless. This is definitely one of my favourites and the only yellow shirt I own.</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-17553961400125509952011-03-26T14:41:00.003+13:002011-03-26T14:43:29.040+13:00What is life?I love my job.<br />
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I teach year 3 children, which means they come to be at age 6 or 7, and leave at the end of year age 7 and 8. I often tell people I love my job and that I am so happy to talk about my job and what I do, what shenanigans my children do. Yes, I do call them my children, all 28 of them.<br />
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I love my job. Sometimes I think it is what keeps me going day to day.<br />
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Outside of my job, I have good friends. I have money to spend on what I want, but often I feel like it doesn't mean much. I don't have anyone to look after and am too old...and not old enough to be looked after. I just don't have a responsibility outside of school life. Seems sad right?<br />
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I'm not sure if this is my quarter life crisis. I haven't had the urge to buy big things. Yet I feel that school life is what keeps me going even if it is over worked and you have to deal with crappy parents sometimes.<br />
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I hope I find my equilibrium soon.<br />
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I am quite critical of them. I am sad that they don't appreciate having the older generation around.<br />
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Yet, am I being too critical?<br />
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I am the oldest of my generation, and in Chinese families that is a big deal. Perhaps going to see them is my responsibility. Perhaps subconsciously I feel the need to be the authoritarian in this situation.<br />
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Is it because I am an only child and all my cousins have at least one brother and/or sister?<br />
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I will probably never know, but I know that I won't regret anything when my grandparents hit the bucket.<br />
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Will they?Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-4504567889650314372010-10-20T18:46:00.000+13:002010-10-20T18:46:17.129+13:00Review: Smashing PumpkinsI cannot believe the time the tickets went on sale to the date they arrived. It was like there was no time to prepare. There I was, Tuesday 9am with the credit card out and fingers on the keyboard just waiting for the confirmation that I had purchased tickets to the Smashing Pumpkins.<br />
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The last time they came to Auckland I thought it was a once in a lifetime experience, because really...who comes to New Zealand? Yet the Smashing Pumpkins came again and I was delighted to see them again.<br />
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I was thinking that they would be playing an acoustic set because they were playing at the Town Hall which would only contain around 3000 people. The intimate venue would have been a perfect place for something such as an acoustic set. They didn't however.<br />
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Billy came on and blasted a new song called The Fellowship. It wasn't long after that singles like Today and Bullet With Butterfly Wings came on to amp up the crowd. I was very impressed with the array of songs they choose. There were songs from almost every album and it wasn't just singles they broke out. 'Shame', 'Glass and the Ghost Children', 'Eye' and an awesome more rock version of 'Stumbleine'. Yet, as with most concerts there would be many there that only knew the singles and every time he played one of them the crowd seemed to be subdued, which is a crying shame as there are many quality non-single songs they have produced.<br />
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Around the middle Billy introduced the band members one at a time, which is probably needed as Billy is the only original member of the group. Some say Billy is egotistic and arrogant. I say, why shouldn't he be? He is the heart and soul of the band.<br />
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The set he played (from memory, pretty sure I missed some...not in order) were, The Fellowship (new), Freaks (new), A Stitch in time (new), Song for a Song (new), Spangled (new), Today, Eye, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, Zero, United States (which he played, stopped and played Star Spangled Banner and Moby Dick (Led Zep Song) and a drum solo for 10 minutes + before he resumed), Ava Adore, Cherub Rock, Shame, Glass and the Ghost Children, Tonight Tonight, Stumbleine, Stand Inside Your Love, Tarantula and an EPIC version of Gossamer.<br />
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My favourite part was most definitely the first two songs of the encore. Billy got out the acoustic and played one of his new songs 'Stitch in Time' and 'Disarm'. Just Billy and his guitar. Magic.<br />
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Would it be too much to ask for Smashing Pumpkins unplugged to come here? I've got a perfect set for him to play...maybe I should email him.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Senior medical figures want to stop fast-food outlets opening near schools, restrict the advertising of products high in fat, salt or sugar and limit sponsorship of sports events by fast-food producers such as McDonald's."</span></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't this great? I'm not sure. I think the best way to curb child obesity and therefore adult obesity is through education. It is definitely the most effective in my opinion but it is one that takes a long time to see results and here lies problem; we live in a world where immediate results are cherished. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the school I work at, I would estimate the children who are beyond the healthy guideline would be no more than 2% of an 800 child school. This is because the school has had a long standing education on healthy eating and good fun exercise. You would also think that this school has great parents as well. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">"Mr Lansley received unexpected support from Professor Stephenson and Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners both strongly criticised parents for setting their children a bad example by overeating, serving poor-quality food and exercising too little.</span></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">"Parents are role models for their children. It's crucial that they set the tone for what the children eat and their physical activity," said Professor Stephenson."</span></span></i></div></span><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">STOP.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you think about the socioeconomic status (SES) of parents and the school when you were reading this post? I bet not. The school in mention is in the 80th percentile in terms of SES which means that families that go to the school are on average in the 80th percentile in terms of SES. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So where does this lead me? Bad parenting is only part of the reason why there is youth obesity. Those groups that have a higher rate of youth obesity also have a lower SES. The reason for this is...junk food costs less than healthy food. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SHOCK HORROR!</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How can you compete with Fish and Chips which costs less than $10 to feed a family of 5. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">McDonald's may cost a little more but it is easy, tastes great (to most) and has toys to please the children.<br />
Food courts has extremely good value for money but they aren't looking out for your interests. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To buy a healthy meal isn't astronomical in terms of price but it is a lot of effort. There are those parents who work their butts off for their children (and are in the lower SES). When they get home they are tired and it is easier to just buy the children something (we've all done it before, just not on a day to day basis). Bad parenting? Maybe, but you have to realise that we live in an ever increasing world and food is one of those products that just keep getting more expensive. This expensive world is punishing those lower SES families. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">"</span></span></i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">They also want "fat taxes" to be imposed on foods that cause the most dietary harm and introduce cigarette-style warnings for schoolchildren about the dangers of a bad diet."</span></span></i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One way to force families to change their ways is to make junk food more expensive. Force them to look into alternative ways to feed their children. Yet we have to be careful because I've seen many children from different schools not bring any lunch to school simply because their parents didn't give them any. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm not a fan of "fat taxes" but cigarette style warnings may be a start. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that bad eating in conjunction with little exercise is the causation of the obesity rate but those things that lead to bad eating and little exercise...there are many factors and they are all correlated. It is hard to find the panacea for this epidemic but it starts with education, those children who have been brought up with this education will hopefully in turn, teach good eating values to their children.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2BRYLAwehSAf8CQHB-3t80Ow6PfUth83jkJCQV39dLhIH72_JWO5NH6Kf8VwjsSXoxSV3zpPgE6_PEvvPKygKze18jgK2bmkWVgOGxgk3rJau1kzY7La9Z9A4MwcZFQFq275/s1600/youth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA2BRYLAwehSAf8CQHB-3t80Ow6PfUth83jkJCQV39dLhIH72_JWO5NH6Kf8VwjsSXoxSV3zpPgE6_PEvvPKygKze18jgK2bmkWVgOGxgk3rJau1kzY7La9Z9A4MwcZFQFq275/s320/youth.jpg" /></span></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">This morning was a happy time. I love my kids. Wish I could have just hung out instead of having to teaching them.</span></span></span></span>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-25227729884432345252010-05-21T16:40:00.000+12:002010-05-21T16:40:13.463+12:00Real DisappointmentI think for the first time in my life I've felt real disappointment. I had school assembly on this week and my class and I have been working frantically for a whole week.<br />
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Today rolls around and I wake up at 530am, it is raining and I can't get back to sleep because I am so excited for the children. When I get to school I got told that the children won't be there to see the assembly because it is too wet. We would have to do it in a near empty hall and then have it replayed back to the kids later.<br />
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Man was I shattered. I had prepared myself for such an awesome assembly that I did not even think about what if it got cancelled. Why was I so devastated? I think it's because of the work load at school. We have had a lot to do, reports, observations from upper management, reading tests, math tests and to top that off, I have to try and actually teach.<br />
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I'm not complaining about the work load, but when things get done and you see appreciation, it is all worth it. It's like washing the dishes at home, most of the time it is a thankless job that needs to be done. I wanted the school to see and appreciated what my class and I had done.<br />
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Obviously I couldn't do anything about it. The gods were not looking favorably.<br />
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Would I change anything? Nope...but it is definitely not a feeling I would like to feel again anytime soon.Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-60938284249948166402010-05-18T21:55:00.000+12:002010-05-18T21:55:49.989+12:00My KittiesMy two kittens are doing very well. They like to play a lot and do lots of hilarious things for me to laugh at. Recently I moved in with a friend of mine and he has been getting great entertainment from them.<br />
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Last week I got them both name tags to go with their collars. I've let them go outside for the very first time and I can tell you that I was very nervous. Just praying they would come back! Sure enough they do.<br />
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I do have a bugbear though. What is with the 5.30am face lick? I mean, the sun hasn't even come out yet and I get some coarse wet sandpaper scrapped across my face. I even try to cover my face, but Audee (the new kitten) just finds a spot to crawl under and recommence operation lick.Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35089752.post-5101440852773192682010-04-08T10:26:00.001+12:002010-04-08T10:33:49.563+12:00More than meets the eyeTerm 1 was a great term. It is so different when you start the year with a new class rather than taking over during term 3. At the end of Term 2 the whole school will be doing a UN show. I got lucky and got Japan uncontested (because no class could have the same country).<br />
Thinking about this timeline<br />
Written language → Samurai vs. Ninjas → Euros + WWII → Pop Culture (Anime)<br />
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Anyways, I have a lot of time to tinker over it during the holidays. Perhaps too much time, as I am getting a little bit bored. So hard when your friends have to work.<br />
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Oh. Got a new kitten to the family, her name is Audee (like Autumn). Ruby (old cat), is afraid and dislikes the new Audee, but am hoping she will be over it in a weeks time. At the moment Audee is trying to play with Ruby, but Ruby isn't having a bar of it. Lots of hissing and claws coming out.<br />
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</div><div>In other news, Smashing Pumpkins are yet looking for another new member. Ginger the bassist has left to raise her new baby. Of all the original members only Billy Corgan is left. The type of music they (he) is producing these days is very different to everything that has been released before. I'm not a big fan of the new music but at least it is something. Am hoping this isn't the influence of Jessica Simpson....ewww</div><div><br />
</div><div>Still a Pumpkins Fan, still a Billy Corgan fan.</div>Jon Snowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719813146948625233noreply@blogger.com0