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  Before  you protest the title, I know that it’s Mr Sandman in the song! I’ve just returned from the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Market and Social Research Society – SA Division where I’ve been elected the Chairman. It feels quite peculiar to be at the top even if it is a small [...]

  My devotional today from Leading the Way started with the following statements: At times, life will seem uncertain. Things we once held as familiar will change. This is when it helps to remember that God never changes. Throughout our trials and struggles, He remains the same – faithful and sure. Such proper words for [...]

  Watching Animal Kingdom is like going on a roller coaster – when you strap yourself in and let the carriage carry you on the journey, it may seem really slow at first until the carriage reaches the tipping point. You are rolled around until you feel sick in your stomach and vainly try to [...]

It’s Australia Day today and I can hear the faint explosions of the fireworks outside. There was a free outdoor concert in the city but it was just too hot to be out and about and I wasn’t in the mood to be picnicking so I ended up staying at home and doing some more [...]

  There’s a saying in Indonesia if somebody sees you looking flushed, they will say that you look like ‘a boiled crab’. Well, I had only checked what I looked like before I took my evening shower and the face staring back at me did look like a boiled crab. :O I don’t look as [...]

This is an article from today’s The Age – a Melbourne-based Fairfax newspaper. Very interesting indeed! I joked in the past that because of my long surname I should change it to ‘Townsend’ or something similar. Haha. I don’t sense any corporate racism, having worked in Australia for the last six years. It is true [...]

The cool change finally reached Adelaide *phew*. It’s a pleasant 22C now at 11.00am here, and the plants and trees are looking happier already. After experiencing nearly two weeks of 35+C and even 40+C of temperature, I’m so much happier with the cool change! Thankfully there aren’t major bushfires or other catastrophes in Adelaide and [...]

It’s with great amusement that I followed the recent news about a Member of Parliament from NSW, who used the chamber to complain about the small portion of beef stroganoff in the cafetaria. The stockmarket is heading towards a financial meltdown, wars are still raging in some parts of the world, but what is more important? Yes, [...]

All in all, I’ve lived in Australia for nearly ten years now so I’ve more or less known the cities’ characters more intimately. Admittedly, I know some better than the others so my level of personification will be much better, had I known all of them equally well. When my friends overseas ask me about [...]

The wait is finally over — Kevin Rudd is Australia’s next Prime Minister and the country is now ruled by the Australian Labor Party in every state and territory, as well as in the federal government. The news coverage mentions that Australians want a change and want a more progressive government and I am part [...]