Ever been to a TV pilot screening?
I have. Unfortunately the show left much to be desired. It was called "This Week Last Year" and it's a current affairs program which talks about the news that happened.... you guessed it, this week last year, and how the issue progressed after a year.
Each segment of the show starts off by talking about the top 3 news items this week last year. It then proceeds to ignore these news items, and talk about a totally different issue. They don't even talk about how the issue progressed. They just interview a couple of people for their opinions. This went on and on, covering local news, entertainment, health and more.
The presenters, the topics and the manner in which the show is presented all point to something a high school student produced. Plus I object to it being labelled as a "current affairs" program - it can't
be "current affairs" because it talks about old news!
One question stood out from the rest in the survey: did you think that what you did here tonight was worthwhile. Yes I do! If it prevents that show from ever seeing the light of day, then I've done my duty to save the world from an excruciatingly annoying and time-wasting show.
Maybe "this week next year", the show's creators will come up with something tolerable.
Sunrise, sunset
Conversation at a friend's housewarming party on Sunday afternoon:
(clueless girl): So which direction is the dining room facing?
(me): Well just look at the shadow of the table. Sun's setting from there, so it's actually west.
(clueless girl): Huh? Which direction is that??
(rex): It's west.
(clueless girl's equally clueless fiance now referred to as clueless f): Actually my friend said that we're in the southern hemisphere so our angle to the sun makes it look like it actually comes from the north.
So that *points to direction of the sun* could be north. Your dining room is north-facing.
(clueless girl): yeh he likes finding the direction of things, he even bought a compass.
(clueless f): yeh I'll bring it with me next time ha ha
Someone needs a lesson in Science 101. The sun always sets in the west, it's not exactly west depending on the season, but it sure as hell ain't north!
It's even more amazing as clueless bf works in a prestigious software engineering company, and clueless girl used to work at the same company but now works somewhere else.
Wouldn't wanna be shipwrecked/marooned on a desert island with them.
Check out the asian dude in the photo hehe
Ski bunny wannabe!
I looove skiing!
I love the snow, the atmosphere, the fresh air. The only part I don't like is how much it costs! The passes are crazy-expensive - $182 for 2 days at Perisher and $92 for 1 day at Thredbo. Even just getting into Kosciusko National Park costs $22 per vehicle!
I'm a snow plower. I'm trying to learn parallel skiing but I've only been skiing twice. I still can't parallel ski on a slope ahahaa I can sort of manage it on an almost flat slope. I did conquer the chair lifts - not once did I stack it after getting off a chair lift - heh I'm so proud of myself. It did take me 3 days to learn how to do it 2 years ago.
Some moments pissed me off though like when I fell, and couldn't get up.. on flat ground ahahaha, and then some smartass punk on the chair lift decided to test his aim by throwing a snowball at me... well joke's on him cos he missed ahahhaah
Had quite a few funny moments... like when me and Rex were trying to get on the T-bar and the guy that sets the bar at your bum set the bar too high so it actually started pulling me by my jacket up the slope. Most exciting thing that happened to him that day he said hahaa.
Then there was the time I went on a blue slope (greens are the easiest, blues are a level up) and couldn't stop myself cos the snow was waaay too icy and thin in some places... so instead of a slow descent down, I pretty much sped down screaming and apologising to people I accidentally cut off. Then there was the time when I went on the blue slope again and took a wrong turn. Luckily the 2 paths met up again and I sped down past my friends who were wondering where the heck I came from hahaa.
I stacked really well too... had a couple of falls where the slope was steep so I just kept sliding down the mountain skiing on my bum.. and once on my stomach ahahhaha so I had a lot of practice getting up on the slope when I fell.
Wanna go back again for longer ... maybe this season if it snows again!
When someone gets what they deserve...
I don't usually laugh at other people's misfortunes ... really I don't ;)
But sometimes, you can't help but feel like they deserve it.
Tonight while waiting for my bus ride home, a 205 bus stopped in front of me to pick up passengers. The 205 is one of the uncool, unpopular buses... everyone who's anyone catches my bus hahaa. Anyway there was a guy crossing the street to go to the bus stop. He was about 30-35 years old, hair slicked back showing the beginnings of a receding hairline. He wore a dark suit, flashy looking shirt and tie, and a smirk that more or less said "How you doin" to everyone in front of him.
Including the bus and the bus driver.
So he jaywalked right in front of the bus, which, at this time was trying to pull out of the kerb.
He didn't just jaywalk in front of it ... he also put a hand out to the bus driver, which looked like the "Talk to the hand" hand. Anyway "the hand" actually meant "please stop and let me on the bus". But I think the driver didn't like his attitude much, or maybe he just didn't see him because the bus just drove off ... leaving hotshot suit guy standing on the kerb, bus ticket in hand, looking dumbfounded! Hahahaa classic ... I would've started laughing a little myself had he not shouted "You freak!" to the bus driver. At this point, I decided it would be better to go back to reading my Time magazine.
