Category Archives: ‘just of interest

back to the books

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Two days ago I went to Books Kinokuniya a mammoth book shop in the City that I discovered when I left a job and got a sizeable gift voucher. It’s great to be someone who can still discover bookshops.

I was having a mildly brain dead day, with an afternoon to kill between meetings and coffee with a friend and another commitment in the evening. I had a lot to get my head around but that wasn’t going to happen. So inspired by my friends childfree trip to the ABC, I wandered past the handbags and wandering into this huge maze of beautiful books with a huge selection in asian languages which is disconcerting if you don’t know it’s there.

Didn’t end up buying anything (2hrs browsing) but it was nice to welcome back my book worm.

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sorry

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Sorry for my silence folks. I’ve been a bit ill, nothing major though it felt it at the time and have been doing a minor things that were probably blog worthy but the moment passed for anything more than a passing mention.

I’ve been doing a lot of reading; three books on the go at the moment, for which I will put up reviews. I was busy tryig to re-invigourate my consultancy website (note: do not trust an automated website builder when you are in a rush),do some work-related writing, “walk” PB through the emotional and practical highs and lows of ordering an iPad, and provide moral support for another friend buying an iPhone after a nice seafood lunch at Nick’s on Cockle Bay Wharf.

I’ve also had wheelchair issues and spent an hour watching the moon and clouds dance with each other with rain gentle caressing my cheeks because the chair wouldn’t make it up the ramp at home. I felt like howling at it just to see.

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A bit of Friday fun

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I don’t know if either of these will become regular features of my blog; but a bit of free association as described here

The words for this week:

  1. Rock n Roll :: old time
  2. Be with you :: Peace
  3. Richard :: Clapton
  4. Hair :: loss
  5. Police ::presence
  6. Experience ::counts
  7. Father figure ::God
  8. Nice ::day
  9. Switch :: light
  10. Appearance :: deceiving

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This real iron chef will make you pay

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This really is a brave move. But as I washed close to half a cup of cooked rice out of last night’s saucepan just now I could see where she was coming from.

Like with everything I think it really is the little things that add up.

Reminds me of a book my brother gave me for Christmas one year, How Good Are You? by Julian Lee.

More shame, I think I started to read it, felt too guilty, gave up, packed it and are now not sure which box it is in. It was a good read the stuff I read.

I like the the approach but I’m not sure how some of it works as a business plan. For example;

When Ichikawa feels ”negative”, she sends customers around the corner to her former husband’s eatery, Matsuri, because she believes she transmits her negativity to the food.

Still she did make it on to the front page of the Herald (current at posting), so business will boom.

I’m pleased to know that Masterchef Australia donates all the leftovers to OzHarvest

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learning new tricks

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This might be an old series of videos, but they look like they are a good idea.

I never really had rehabilitation as such, because my primary disability has been a part of my life forever. I certainly wasn’t neglected by the medical and paramedical professions but my starting base was certainly different and I think expectations were as well, not least of which my own. I had physio and occupational therapy and several surgeries to try and get the most of my lopsided form, but never intensive rehab. I don’t think I was ready to be a good student either.

My strength and energy levels are different now. I certainly seem to myself to be weaker with more general soreness from over 30 years of utter dependence of very few muscle groups and no real direction on how or which muscles to add to my arsenal. Others with more stubbornness, foresight and/or courage developed transfer techniques, wheelchair management processes and various other routines and physical strength to get on with “it” independently. I have to, but mine are a lot less physical, a lot more mental, and a lot more dependent on a set way of being.

So in a sparkle of interest to see what equipment or ideas were out there led me to google “getting dressed in a wheelchair” as a starting point. A series of videos demonstrating his way of doing various transfers appeared best relevant perhaps to c6 Quad males but encouraging if nothing else. This video describes him and why he’s done them.

No I’m not going to do any such demos not yet anyway. But I like the logic. Information is power, but only when you know you want it and know the questions to ask (or even that you can ask!). The rest of his videos are here.

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Tuesday tiny: Emoticons on an iphone

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Last night over dinner with friends (all four of us have iPhones) we noticed the emoticons (smiley faces and the like )that add a bit of colour to the green and silver dialogue boxes of text messaging. Very cute and otherwise frivolous. The one Mr Sa uses and recommended was Emoji. There are others but that seemed fun, and easy. For a start at least.

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