Ready to go

Packed my bag ? - tick
Passport ? - let me check for the 915726418th time … tick

Reading material for the flights? - double tick
Camera ? - how dare you ask ??!!

I don’t need to worry about the flight tickets, these days they are electronic and the ticket for the game is waiting patiently to be collected by yours truly at the venue. Well, well.. looks like I’ve got all areas covered.

Following my first successful attempt last week at the Waratahs v Sharks game, I placed a bet on the final (look at moi … I’m turning into a true blue Aussie… next thing you know I’ll drink beer!), nothing extravagant though.. $5 on a Waratahs win, $5 on a Crusaders win. I simply cannot choose my side.

I’m also prepared to answer Little Miss (or Mr) Nosey’s question: “What is the main purpose of your stay in New Zealand?” .. I am soooo tempted to say : “I’m on a 2-day sheep shearing training course (huge smile)”. But I’d better not, I guess these short trips across the pond look suss enough already. Don’t want to be persona non grata on these shores, so I’ll be on my best behaviour. Maybe "Just coming for the Super- marplij - awesome - fantastic - brilliant - maravilloso - wunderbach 14 final .. what else???" will do!

Anyhoo… have a wonderblissful weekend everyone... I’m off… hooroo!

Stormy weather

Last night in Sydney ... picture from the online edition of the Sydney Morning Herald

I thought lightning was going to strike me and the thunder scared me as I was walking home from work and getting soaked.. I had no idea it was going to rain so I didn't have my umbrella-ella-ella. Maybe I should pay more attention to the weather forecast... but then they get it wrong most of the time. But I wouldn't skip my after-work walk anyway...

Petit jeu

Completez les trous:

French Sydneysider va finir le joli mois de ___ en beaute. Vendredi soir, elle retourne a C___________ en N_______ - Z______ pour assister samedi a la finale du _____ 14 entre les W_______ et les C________. Elle est pas _______ la vie?????

Je suis sympa, je vous donne un indice....

Envoyez vos reponses a la blogmistress, a gagner: un mouton (extremely fluffy).

Literary Sunday

Yesterday I spent a bit of QT with my dear Caribou#2 at the Sydney Writers Festival. The event was called "Cultures intertwined" a conversation between Junot Diaz (his first novel The Brief Wondrous life of Oscar Wao won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize - not that Prizes really matter) and Jose Dalisay, a Filipino writer I had never heard of but he got me quite intrigued .. This is where it all happened:

A beautifully refurbished warehouse in the Walsh Bay 'hood. Caribou#2 pointed out a couple of things: the water of the harbour we could see through the hole in the floor (yikes!) .. and this...

The bridge is (almost) everywhere you look when you walk around the city...

Coming back to the SWF, my main criticism is that it's not an event for the working people.. all the good stuff is happening when you are tied to your computer from 8.30am to 6pm. I would have liked to hear Jeannette Winterson's answers to the audience, who could apparently ask ANYTHING and not just about oranges.. and also Robyn Davidson talking about "Women going bush"... but more than anything I would have loved to listen to David Davidar, whose House of Blue Mangoes is one of the finest pieces of Indian literature in English.. but this last Thursday between 4 and 5 pm.. I was.. erm... WORKING!!!!! Ah well.. next year maybe...

On est en finale, on est en finale, on est on est on est en finale!!!

C'est boooooon!! Les Waratahs ont battu les Sharks 28-13 .. et affronteront ... les Crusaders (qui eux ont battu les Hurricanes 33-22)!! Dieu est une femme - je le savais! - Elle apprecie le beau jeu et Elle m'a entendue!!!..

Visiblement Elle veut me conter parmi ses ouailles... OK, je concede c'est un bon debut.. mes 2 equipes sont en finale du Super 14.. mais il faudra attendre mardi matin pour que je sois vraiment con-vaincue/vertie. Ensuite je verrai si j'ai un creneau de libre dans mon agenda entre le 15 et le 20 juillet, au cas ou vous ne seriez pas au courant ce sont les Journees Mondiales de la Jeuness qui s'installent a Sydney... Ouais, enfin on n'y est pas encore ..

En attendant je refais le match dans ma tete...

Qu'est-ce que j'aimerais etre arbitre et hurler sur les gars "Crouch! Touch! Pause! Engage!"...

If God exists...

.... he or she (I'd really like to think that it could be a She) can prove it to me this Saturday, starting at 7.30pm Christchurch time and finishing at around 10pm Sydney time...

The Super 14 is getting close to the End (I can hear Caribou#2's huge sigh of relief) and all I'm asking for is a Crusaders v Waratahs final.

If this wish is granted I will reconsider my position when it comes to religion. Getting those teams in the final would be the first step.

If everything goes according to plan.. I might end up at World Youth Day in July.. now that's a scary thought...

The Big Issue

I'm sure you were not aware of this so I'm telling you. Our world is facing a very disturbing problem... sheep are (extremely) fluffy. Don't laugh, this is serious business.

[This is the part where you are supposed to watch the link, then come back to the post]

This video is like.. todally awesome! It cracks me up!! Thanks MaryL!

My favourite part is "3000 sheep mistakenly consumed as candyfloss at fairgrounds".. poor sheep..