34 years ago today, a steel arm rammed down the gates of the Reunification Palace, NVA soldiers rushed inside to fly the victory flag from the building, and that was the end of South Vietnam. All of Vietnam was reunified after the fall of Saigon, and today the country celebrates the Liberation Day holiday. The(…)
Jschool 2009
The tree of life
Once dreamt, within an infinite dream Sprouted from seed an everlasting tree Its branches stretch from here to nevermore Casting darkness across and abroad You are in this dream Dreamt by the dreamer Given the gift A leaf from the tree You are the light to shine on forever This is but a dream(…)
We’ve only just begun….
Geelong Cats celebrated Gary Ablett’s 150th game in style last night with a comprehensive 48 point victory over the Adelaide Crows at AAMI stadium. The Cats held off a tough fight back from Adelaide to kick a 6-0 goal final quarter, sealing Geelong’s fourth consecutive win for the season. Steve Johnstone opened the account for(…)
My 0.53 cents
The circus was in town again. Red and white striped tents, wall to wall posters of the coming attractions, old ladies with cake stalls and a man who greeted me at the gate with a secret handshake, “go The Greens” he said, “go The Greens” I replied. Voting day for the 2009 Qld state(…)
MY NEW WAY
Ten days before I joined Jschool, I arrived here in Brisbane. I have never been overseas for any longer than 20 days before this trip to Australia. It was raining on the day I got there and I wandered around the Queen Street Mall to find the places I had to visit for my ten-month(…)
Are Toyota drivers the new Volvo drivers?
Are Toyota drivers the new Volvo drivers? I ask this because when I first started driving in 2001 Volvo drivers were easily the worst drivers on the road. Not very fond of their indicators but very fond of their fog lights I found Volvo drivers to be the most inpatient, annoying drivers on the road. These days(…)
Election, party pies & footy
For very selfish reasons I was disappointed in the LNP’s lacklustre election result on Saturday. I had cleared my night to sit in front of Kerry O’Brien and the ABC and they called the election at 7:10pm. The night was over and the sun still hadn’t gone down completely! Fish & Chips was the most(…)
Paradise city
I had a chat with my brother before moving to the Land Down Under. We knew where Australia was but we didn’t have any idea about the people who live here. We were making jokes — do these people even know anything about themselves? We saw headlines in newspapers like “Who are we?” and the(…)
The journey north
An eerie silence was being carried across the valley on the backs of grey charred looms of smoke. Red diesel tankers skirted over the bows of these burnt Killmore hills. The drought was over and the time for rebirth had arrived, only 1,517 kilometres remained. A bushfire, milk bar robbery and local pub being gutterd by(…)
Better than a slap in the face with a dead fish!
Wonderful! Wonderful! It’s the best thing since the self-flushing toilet! Jschool’s the place if you want the hands-on j-education with no messing around (or at least not much). Over a month’s grind so far, my new classmates and I have witnessed a political debate in the City Library, a staggering sharehouse performance in the Arts Theatre, and(…)
Wouldn’t it be nice if the world was Cadbury?
Travelling the minimum two and a half hours to get to Brisbane from the Gold Coast daily is bearable; only because we have amazing teachers and the work is enjoyable. :] If I had to travel this far for something I didn’t enjoy doing then I’m sure I would be hitting that snooze button a lot more(…)
Where’d The Cheese Go?
After talking to one of my friends going to university in Melbourne, JSchool sounds even better then it did last year. Sam (my friend) is travelling two hours a day to and from uni to attend confusing lectures with people who barely talk to him. Comparing this to our three-day week, barbeques and excursions to plays and the opera and(…)