Saturday, 21 November 2009
Reflecting of a different kind
Sunlight caught in dewdrops - not the best picture quality but for a better result I should have had the macro lens.
Friday, 20 November 2009
Colour
The weather has improved this week. We still have the morning fog which usually doesn't disperse until noon but there is some sunshine and although most trees have already shed their leaves, some remaining colour can still be found. Although I'm still busy I have found just enough time for a stroll in the park during the break and here's proof that my old camera can still produce decent snaps.
Thursday, 19 November 2009
Stuff
The big news here today is Slovenia qualifying for the football (soccer for the Americans) World Cup in South Africa next year by eliminating Russia. Not exactly what the doctor ordered but FIFA will have to swallow this bitter pill. They were more successful in making sure France advanced over the Republic of Ireland on account of a completely irregular goal (double hand play by Henry overlooked by the refs in the extra time). I empathise with the Irish.
On an unrelated note, the third Thursday in November is the official release of Beaujolais Nouveau. This year I received an invitation to the release party in Ljubljana. At first I thought it was some kind of mistake but then realised the invitation was dispatched among the students of French within the company. I wasn't keen on going but a colleague convinced me to join her and we attended the party together. The wine was very nice but not exceptional, the food was plenty and tasty and we circled for a couple of hours without much happening before deciding enough was enough and we left.
On an unrelated note, the third Thursday in November is the official release of Beaujolais Nouveau. This year I received an invitation to the release party in Ljubljana. At first I thought it was some kind of mistake but then realised the invitation was dispatched among the students of French within the company. I wasn't keen on going but a colleague convinced me to join her and we attended the party together. The wine was very nice but not exceptional, the food was plenty and tasty and we circled for a couple of hours without much happening before deciding enough was enough and we left.
TWT 37
Her gardeviance was ready. Maggie gave it a once over to make sure she'd left nothing behind. She would never be returning to this kexy place which was once her home and the man she thought she loved until she realised he was nothing but an aretaloger unable to fulfil any of his promises. His drinking habits made killing him easy. The arsenic worked quickly and efficiently and it would take a couple of days before anyone discovered his body.
The coach was waiting for her. She nodded to the driver and entered, holding fast the ticket which, she believed, would give her a new life: the ticket for the inaugural cruise of the Titanic.
The coach was waiting for her. She nodded to the driver and entered, holding fast the ticket which, she believed, would give her a new life: the ticket for the inaugural cruise of the Titanic.
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Those facts...
#1. True.
I did fly in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 on a night flight from Ljubljana to Ohrid (Macedonia - then Yugoslavia) and back. The captain was a friend of my partner's and agreed to take us along (mind, this was pre- 9-11 and the security measures were much looser). It was a memorable experience.
#2. True.
I blogged about it here.
#3. True.
I played basketball for a men's team at the banking games. Our opponents, clear favourites in the match, mocked our team for having a female in it. However, I contributed to our win and, frustrated with the outcome, a couple of members of the opposing team assaulted the referee after the match which, incidentally, went to an extra time and my free throws decided it.
#4. True.
During a school excursion we visited Mostar and I, along with another girl, wandered into the old part of the town and came across a man who turned out to be a painter relatively known in the former Yugoslavia. He asked us for our names and in just a few minutes sketched our portraits from the letters of our names.
#5. False.
I am pretty much tone deaf and have never participated at a karaoke contest.
#6. True.
I was on holiday in Dalmatia and I did catch the last flight from Split to Ljubljana before the air space was closed. Later that year (1991) the war broke out in Croatia and Bosnia.
#7. True.
As long as we played in the national league (second division - but Yugoslavia was a world power in both men's and women's basketball at the time) I never missed an official match and scored at least two points in every single one of them.
#8. True.
It happened in (I think) the equivalent of 12. grade at the end of the secondary school. I got so frustrated with everything about school, one professor in particular, that I refused to attend classes. I graduated nonetheless but that was the end of my academic career before it actually started.
#9. True.
We are talking 9-pin bowling, a sport hardly known outside the central Europe. The funny thing is, the guy who went on to become world bowling champion addressed me first as he remembered me from our basketball practices in a court outside his school.
#10. True.
During a funeral something the priest said seemed so absurd to me that I burst out laughing. I had to excuse myself from the church although what I was doing in there in the first place is a mystery to me.
Kudos to Thom for guessing correctly!
I did fly in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 on a night flight from Ljubljana to Ohrid (Macedonia - then Yugoslavia) and back. The captain was a friend of my partner's and agreed to take us along (mind, this was pre- 9-11 and the security measures were much looser). It was a memorable experience.
#2. True.
I blogged about it here.
#3. True.
I played basketball for a men's team at the banking games. Our opponents, clear favourites in the match, mocked our team for having a female in it. However, I contributed to our win and, frustrated with the outcome, a couple of members of the opposing team assaulted the referee after the match which, incidentally, went to an extra time and my free throws decided it.
#4. True.
During a school excursion we visited Mostar and I, along with another girl, wandered into the old part of the town and came across a man who turned out to be a painter relatively known in the former Yugoslavia. He asked us for our names and in just a few minutes sketched our portraits from the letters of our names.
#5. False.
I am pretty much tone deaf and have never participated at a karaoke contest.
#6. True.
I was on holiday in Dalmatia and I did catch the last flight from Split to Ljubljana before the air space was closed. Later that year (1991) the war broke out in Croatia and Bosnia.
#7. True.
As long as we played in the national league (second division - but Yugoslavia was a world power in both men's and women's basketball at the time) I never missed an official match and scored at least two points in every single one of them.
#8. True.
It happened in (I think) the equivalent of 12. grade at the end of the secondary school. I got so frustrated with everything about school, one professor in particular, that I refused to attend classes. I graduated nonetheless but that was the end of my academic career before it actually started.
#9. True.
We are talking 9-pin bowling, a sport hardly known outside the central Europe. The funny thing is, the guy who went on to become world bowling champion addressed me first as he remembered me from our basketball practices in a court outside his school.
#10. True.
During a funeral something the priest said seemed so absurd to me that I burst out laughing. I had to excuse myself from the church although what I was doing in there in the first place is a mystery to me.
Kudos to Thom for guessing correctly!
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
10 facts about me
1. I spent a whole flight in the cockpit of a Boeing 737.
2. I was once trapped in snow for over 20 hours.
3. I played basketball for a men's team and our opponents wanted to beat up the referee because of me.
4. A renowned painter once sketched my portrait using the letters of my name.
5. I came in fourth at a karaoke contest.
6. I caught the last flight home from Split, Croatia (then Yugoslavia), before the air space was closed and the war broke out.
7. For the 5 seasons my basketball team played in the national league I never missed an official match and scored in every one of them.
8. I was all but thrown out of school for missing classes.
9. I bowled at the same tournament with the world champion.
10. I almost choked laughing at a funeral.
Of course, one of these facts is not true - which one it is I'll reveal later. My two readers are welcome to guess as many times as they wish ;)
2. I was once trapped in snow for over 20 hours.
3. I played basketball for a men's team and our opponents wanted to beat up the referee because of me.
4. A renowned painter once sketched my portrait using the letters of my name.
5. I came in fourth at a karaoke contest.
6. I caught the last flight home from Split, Croatia (then Yugoslavia), before the air space was closed and the war broke out.
7. For the 5 seasons my basketball team played in the national league I never missed an official match and scored in every one of them.
8. I was all but thrown out of school for missing classes.
9. I bowled at the same tournament with the world champion.
10. I almost choked laughing at a funeral.
Of course, one of these facts is not true - which one it is I'll reveal later. My two readers are welcome to guess as many times as they wish ;)
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