Saturday, March 31
Getting ready for Annika's 21st
Amanda and I have just picked Adam up from the airport and we're in the process of getting the house organised so that 80 or so of Annika's closest friends can trash it tonight. Amanda's in bed as she had her wisdom teeth out yesterday and is still a bit fragile. Annika's birthday is, in fact, next Tuesday, but the party is tonight. A roving reporter will have the digi-cam running so watch this space tomorrow morning for a full report...
Saturday, March 24
Baby Roff, age -2 months
One of the lads in the team thought it worth reminding Sar and I just where our first child is is to be born. He finished the email by saying that 'he always wears sunglasses as the sun never sets on the British Empire'. This is what he sent through....
In the spirit of sibling rivalry, I am going to have to have a go at beating the number of blog photos of Lachy. I know, I might more easily learn pi to 1000 decimal places, but I figure I had better have a go. Here is our little one, aged -2 months.
Sue's visit to Oxford
Sar and I have had a great time with Mum here for a couple of weeks. Currently on a plane back to Oz, with her pending return to Lismore I would imagine Dad is currently doing the first clean of the house, the first wash of his clothes, and the first shop to show that their is fresh food in the fridge. Human (male) nature. Rather than put down all the travels in one blog, I think a number of smaller blogs will be more interesting i.e. I have to run off in a minute so this will be shorter than it should be.
So the quiz for the day, which bridge are the 3 of us enjoying an afternoon drink at recently?
If you guessed that this bridge is The York Street pedestrian overbridge, East Gosford, you are cold. If you guessed it is the Pontevecchio in Florence, you are getting warmer. If, however, you guessed that it is the Charles Bridge, Prague, you win a weekend for 2 with Harry in Christchurch, New Zealand... if you pay for it.
Had a great few days in Prague, wandered the old town, stopping every 100 metres for a rest in a cafe. You would think the elderly mother or the 7 month pregnant wife would have requested these frequent stops but it wasn't.
More to follow....
So the quiz for the day, which bridge are the 3 of us enjoying an afternoon drink at recently?
If you guessed that this bridge is The York Street pedestrian overbridge, East Gosford, you are cold. If you guessed it is the Pontevecchio in Florence, you are getting warmer. If, however, you guessed that it is the Charles Bridge, Prague, you win a weekend for 2 with Harry in Christchurch, New Zealand... if you pay for it.Had a great few days in Prague, wandered the old town, stopping every 100 metres for a rest in a cafe. You would think the elderly mother or the 7 month pregnant wife would have requested these frequent stops but it wasn't.
More to follow....
Thursday, March 22
Happy birthday Juia
Julia has her next post-50 birthday on Saturday this week. She accepted my offer of a second honeymoon so I'll actually be away on a bike trip when the birthday technically happens. Jules, Annika Domn and I went to "Lentil As Anything" tonight (Thursday) for a birthday feast and Jules was presented with a voucher for a health session at a spa which includes a one-hour massage and plenty of aroma-therapy. Should be cool. In other gossip, Amanda is in Newcastle for a few days helping the Drones get their act together and Adam is getting ready to depart to Melbourne for Annika's 21st next week. I'll take pics...
Hi from Armidale
Jenny here ....Sorry we have been out of action for a while but since we were so sorely missed from the blog we will get back into it. I went away with 5 girlfriends to South West Rocks last weekend. It was child (and husband) free, and we had a fantastic time. Lots of champagne, coffee shops, lunches, swimming, girly movies - I was quite tired when I came home!!! I begin a 5 week stint of full time work next week, covering for another PE teacher who is off to England to visit her daughter. I will be a basket case by the time it's over but the extra cash will come in handy.
On Saturday we are off to beautiful Moree for a tennis tournament where Cal and Amy are both competing. It is actually Damian's birthplace so we are keen for a look around. I have never visited this gem of the North West where there are artesian thermal pools at the caravan park - should be interesting.
Another Roff in Ireland?
A quick report on the John Roff travel experiences. Daniel and Alaine have clearly not embarrassed the family too much over here as we passed immigration relatively comfortably.
The weather here is a shock- very chilly and currently battling around in 4 layers and still feeling it ! Tried the Guiness tour this morning where the highlights were a very professional tour, getting chosen to press the button to start the days production ( which wasn't too hard given that Jan and I were the only ones around ) and getting a personalised instructor on how to drink Guiness properly. There is a science in it apparently !!
Off tomorrow to hire a car for 2 weeks driving around. Had a great time in Thailand and in Greece though was interested to see a swiss guy arrested for being drunk and defacing a photo of the king now facing 70 years in jail
The weather here is a shock- very chilly and currently battling around in 4 layers and still feeling it ! Tried the Guiness tour this morning where the highlights were a very professional tour, getting chosen to press the button to start the days production ( which wasn't too hard given that Jan and I were the only ones around ) and getting a personalised instructor on how to drink Guiness properly. There is a science in it apparently !!
Off tomorrow to hire a car for 2 weeks driving around. Had a great time in Thailand and in Greece though was interested to see a swiss guy arrested for being drunk and defacing a photo of the king now facing 70 years in jail
Wednesday, March 21
Blues Festival '07
I was wondering who is coming to the festival this year, where they are staying, and how often they are driving me to and from Byron Bay...?
Small world
So here's Sue and Sarah at Dublin airport waiting for the plane back to England and who do they bump in to: John and Jan! Imagine the shock. Joe was in Ireland playing for a combined Oxford/Cambridge team. He came on in the second half when the score was 16-3 against them and rallied the troops enought to end up losing by the respectable score of 23 - 20. Sue's off to "Dirty Dancing" tonight and by all reports has been having a sensational time.
Tuesday, March 20
Rowan turns 18
In this sadly impersonal electronic age, the family blog seems the most expedient way to wish Rowan a happy 18th birthday. So, happy birthday, Rowan! I was going to go round to the folks' house for a family dinner, but apparently Rowan had somewhere better to be tonight (the pub).
On Saturday mum and dad bravely threw open the house for a massive party. The main attraction was a full-sized keg of Coopers Pale Ale delivered in a wheelie bin:
I think Rowan enjoyed himself. The following pictures illustrate the birthday boy in ever-greater stages of inebriation. Cruel? Perhaps, but that's what big brothers are for.
I actually think Rowan comported himself with great dignity, considering that up until that night he'd never had an alcoholic drink.
On Saturday mum and dad bravely threw open the house for a massive party. The main attraction was a full-sized keg of Coopers Pale Ale delivered in a wheelie bin:
I think Rowan enjoyed himself. The following pictures illustrate the birthday boy in ever-greater stages of inebriation. Cruel? Perhaps, but that's what big brothers are for.
I actually think Rowan comported himself with great dignity, considering that up until that night he'd never had an alcoholic drink.
Sunday, March 18
Glenn's royal visit
Glenn has been back in
Philomena Billington, who was a special minister at Naomi's wedding, was the target of most of the discontent. She is an intellectual leader of the reform agenda in the church and her ideas are yet to be fully accepted. Glenn arrived at lunchtime today on the train from
Friday, March 16
lainey's pc
Sorry everyone. Annoying post from me. Don't bother with your old one lainey, try something like this. They sell something similar at harvey norman too. Just don't get any of the extra guff they try and lump you with it. Just get it on its own.
Monday, March 12
One more go at the pictures..
Here's what what was promised below, except for an extra pic of the pub Julia's brother, Adrian, used to own in Port Fairy. He invited us down once and we thought we'd have the presidential suite but it ended up with us sleeping in a tent in the back yard. The counter lunches were good, though...
TV shows you've missed
Now I sound like SPAM but if you've missed some of the TV shows included in the Top 5's, and you have broadband, you can sample them at TV Links.
Port Fairy
I'm doing this through Julia's porthole as mine isn't working at the moment - meaning I can't tell Kate how impressed I am by the management of her adventures in SA. The "a day in the life of.." series would be good for the rest of us as well. Imagine Rowan's: lifeless body shots in bed until 6.00pm, by which time it would be too dark to record what he actually does while he's conscious. I'll do "a day in the life of.." when I get back on line if nobody beats me to it.
Just back from the Port Fairy Folk Festival which was excellent. Jules and I fired up the Kombi and had three days of great music and gypsy comfort. There's a VW annex with the Kombi which means we have plenty of room for cooking and storing stuff. We even had a six-person dinner party! No, alas, you can't borrow it. For once, Julia and I agreed on best acts - if you get a chance to see Eric Bibb, don't miss him. He's the answer to the question: "What's the difference between music and entertainment?" Next best was a band named The Mammals. It's a modern folk band and one of its members is the eldest grandchild of Pete Seeger. They're "must see" if they're in your neighbourhood (sorry, Geraldton - check the gig guide in 2015..). It was all good, really. The festival site is closed off for ticket-holders but the whole town turns into a giant festival site with all the main streets turning over to buskers and market stalls. It made me feel very warm-hearted towards people who make music the basis of their lives and I've resolved to become better at the mandolin. The pics attached (I still can't work out how to spread them out the way Andrew has done with his "Adelaide - it's okay (in March)" spectacular but there's a pic of the Kombi and annex; one of Julia with her friend Libby having lunch; some street performers with South American credentials and maybe some others. Long my Labor Day be a holiday and how good does Labor look in the current polls?
Just back from the Port Fairy Folk Festival which was excellent. Jules and I fired up the Kombi and had three days of great music and gypsy comfort. There's a VW annex with the Kombi which means we have plenty of room for cooking and storing stuff. We even had a six-person dinner party! No, alas, you can't borrow it. For once, Julia and I agreed on best acts - if you get a chance to see Eric Bibb, don't miss him. He's the answer to the question: "What's the difference between music and entertainment?" Next best was a band named The Mammals. It's a modern folk band and one of its members is the eldest grandchild of Pete Seeger. They're "must see" if they're in your neighbourhood (sorry, Geraldton - check the gig guide in 2015..). It was all good, really. The festival site is closed off for ticket-holders but the whole town turns into a giant festival site with all the main streets turning over to buskers and market stalls. It made me feel very warm-hearted towards people who make music the basis of their lives and I've resolved to become better at the mandolin. The pics attached (I still can't work out how to spread them out the way Andrew has done with his "Adelaide - it's okay (in March)" spectacular but there's a pic of the Kombi and annex; one of Julia with her friend Libby having lunch; some street performers with South American credentials and maybe some others. Long my Labor Day be a holiday and how good does Labor look in the current polls?
Sunday, March 11
I Hate Daniel
I've just gotten back from a party thrown by Daniel and his flatmates at their new pad in Glebe. I was sure something blogable had happened but my memory is a little vague. I recall trying to unlock my bike out the front of the house at three in the morning, unsuccessfully by the way, while Alaine bluffed the cops who were trying to make everybody in the backyard shut-up. Her charming and cooperative manner was somewhat diminished by the fact that she was drinking straight out of a Champagne bottle. I was studiously trying to avoid drawing attention to myself but I kept stumbling onto my bike and I had put my helmet on backwards. The cops seemed to be avoiding eye contact with me until my obligatory "traveller" decided to fall over in my front basked and drain frothy beer onto the sidewalk at their feet. They finally looked up so I pretended to know how to unlock my bike for a few seconds until Daniel rescued me. He came out to tell them that everyone was inside, which was patently bullshit, but he has that lawyer vibe so they backed down.
The other things I remember hearing are that a girl had tried to pash Daniel, Alaines laptop needs a new monitor, and that Amber was texting every few minutes saying how excited she was about coming to the party. Up to the point where she stopped. At which point Jeremy texted saying that Amber needed a little lie down and wouldn't be able to make it. Sounds like she meant well but may have peaked a little early.
That's right, I remember what this post was supposed to be about. I got talking with John, otherwise know as J.D. or "Booge" or "Boozle" or something, an old friend of Daniel's and the Stuart Roff's, and he is an avid reader of the Roff Report! So the word is out! I imagine him and Morley as the old guys in the Muppets watching from the box seats and ripping the s@#t out of everyone.
Then I talked to another old mate of Daniel's, Pat, and he too reads the blog. Pat has this great job where he gets to run in with the cops during drug busts and film celebrity's caught naked, in the act and intoxicated. Then he sells the tapes to the news media on the black market. It's just like a celebrity version of Cops... maybe a bit like L.A. Confidential? Apparently they work their way up the chain from young 'Home and Away' stars up to sporting personalities, film stars and the to film stars that used to be young 'Home and Away' stars. I think that's what he said... I had been drinking.
Anyway, so he tells me this story about seeing Brendon at an RSL or something and he went up to him and accused him of stuffing a sock down his speedos in the Manly swim race... Ill accustomed to being recognised by the papparazzi Brendon assumed that he had attracted some kind of stalker, but then Pat revealed that he had seen his speedos featured in 'The Roff Report'. How cool is that? Anyway, I've threatened to give them all Roff Report logins to keep us honest and contributing more regularly.
I had an awesome time at the party, and the walk home to Bondi went relatively smoothly, but I do have a bone to pick with Daniel. When I moved to Sydney in my first year of Uni I was sharing a two bedroom flat with three people, all of our furniture was made out of milk crates, I couldn't afford public transport and I there were times when I just had rice and oats to eat for days at a time. Seriously. Daniel waltzes into Sydney, moves into a mansion, earns a fortune being a Judge or something, and throws great parties full of gorgeous women. I hate you Daniel.
The other things I remember hearing are that a girl had tried to pash Daniel, Alaines laptop needs a new monitor, and that Amber was texting every few minutes saying how excited she was about coming to the party. Up to the point where she stopped. At which point Jeremy texted saying that Amber needed a little lie down and wouldn't be able to make it. Sounds like she meant well but may have peaked a little early.
That's right, I remember what this post was supposed to be about. I got talking with John, otherwise know as J.D. or "Booge" or "Boozle" or something, an old friend of Daniel's and the Stuart Roff's, and he is an avid reader of the Roff Report! So the word is out! I imagine him and Morley as the old guys in the Muppets watching from the box seats and ripping the s@#t out of everyone.
Then I talked to another old mate of Daniel's, Pat, and he too reads the blog. Pat has this great job where he gets to run in with the cops during drug busts and film celebrity's caught naked, in the act and intoxicated. Then he sells the tapes to the news media on the black market. It's just like a celebrity version of Cops... maybe a bit like L.A. Confidential? Apparently they work their way up the chain from young 'Home and Away' stars up to sporting personalities, film stars and the to film stars that used to be young 'Home and Away' stars. I think that's what he said... I had been drinking.
Anyway, so he tells me this story about seeing Brendon at an RSL or something and he went up to him and accused him of stuffing a sock down his speedos in the Manly swim race... Ill accustomed to being recognised by the papparazzi Brendon assumed that he had attracted some kind of stalker, but then Pat revealed that he had seen his speedos featured in 'The Roff Report'. How cool is that? Anyway, I've threatened to give them all Roff Report logins to keep us honest and contributing more regularly.
I had an awesome time at the party, and the walk home to Bondi went relatively smoothly, but I do have a bone to pick with Daniel. When I moved to Sydney in my first year of Uni I was sharing a two bedroom flat with three people, all of our furniture was made out of milk crates, I couldn't afford public transport and I there were times when I just had rice and oats to eat for days at a time. Seriously. Daniel waltzes into Sydney, moves into a mansion, earns a fortune being a Judge or something, and throws great parties full of gorgeous women. I hate you Daniel.
Saturday, March 10
Adelaide Fringe Party '07
Although nothing happens in Adelaide for most of the year, March is absolute craziness. For the bogans there is the Clipsal 500, and for the rest of us there is the Fringe, Womadelaide and the Adelaide Film Festival. Last night I went to the opening night party for the Fringe. It was good times.
Meet Porkchopper, this year's Fringe mascot:
My friends Alice, Julian and George. Alice and George were co-adventurers last year on our epic Blues and Roots roadtrip.
In Adelaide, we force small children to play in bands. We maintain that it's character building.
On Sunday I'm off to Womad, which is kind of like a mini Blues and Roots. Augie March and Lior are playing, among other world music luminaries. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be seeing Rod Quantock, Tripod, Akmal Saleh, Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Dougal from the TV show Father Ted), the Three Canadians, as well as some theatre and live jazz.
Squirrel-like, we in Adelaide grow fat on these cultural nuts and berries in the knowledge that winter is coming, and there'll be little to consume for 11 months.
Meet Porkchopper, this year's Fringe mascot:
My friends Alice, Julian and George. Alice and George were co-adventurers last year on our epic Blues and Roots roadtrip.
In Adelaide, we force small children to play in bands. We maintain that it's character building.
On Sunday I'm off to Womad, which is kind of like a mini Blues and Roots. Augie March and Lior are playing, among other world music luminaries. Over the next couple of weeks I'll be seeing Rod Quantock, Tripod, Akmal Saleh, Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Dougal from the TV show Father Ted), the Three Canadians, as well as some theatre and live jazz.
Squirrel-like, we in Adelaide grow fat on these cultural nuts and berries in the knowledge that winter is coming, and there'll be little to consume for 11 months.
Friday, March 9
Baby Names
I read an "article" in the "quality" melbourne commuter "publication" MX today that I hope will be a source of inspiration for those members of the family who will be in the market for baby names in the coming months. Lets get creative people! Here are some "celebrity" suggestions:
1. Dweezil (boy), Moon Unit (girl) and Diva Muffin (girl), care of Frank Zappa.
2. Puma (girl) and Seven Sirius (boy), thanks to singer Erykah Badu.
3. Moxie Crimefighter (girl) and Zolton (boy), the fine work of comedic magician Penn Jillette.
4. (and for my personal favourite) Pilot Inspektor (boy), the genius work of actor Jason Lee from Jake's favourite TV show "My Name is Earl"
1. Dweezil (boy), Moon Unit (girl) and Diva Muffin (girl), care of Frank Zappa.
2. Puma (girl) and Seven Sirius (boy), thanks to singer Erykah Badu.
3. Moxie Crimefighter (girl) and Zolton (boy), the fine work of comedic magician Penn Jillette.
4. (and for my personal favourite) Pilot Inspektor (boy), the genius work of actor Jason Lee from Jake's favourite TV show "My Name is Earl"
Sunday, March 4
Spam Block
Hi everyone,
Our blog was temporarily blocked by robot spam blockers, which sucks, but it wasn't down for long and it shouldn't happen again.
As a result it has been a slow blog week, so I'm going to kick it off with my current Top 5 TV shows.
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1. Arrested Development - hysterical ensamble situation comedy about a wealthy, dysfunctional family who loses everything and has to move in together. Described as "The Royal Tenenbaums shot like Cops".
2. Battlestar Gallactica - the remake of this 70's classic is not cheesy sci-fi, but well written drama set in space. The current season is an insightful allegory about the Iraq war. Worth watching!
3. Entourage - supposed to be based on Mark Wahlberg's experiences when he hit the big time. He brought his old buddies along for the ride and they travelled in limo's and private jets and went to awesome parties.
4. Deadwood - gritty western. Haven't seen it yet but I will vouch for it.
5. Futurama - a pizza boy accidently gets cryogenically frozen and wakes up 1000 years into the future, which would be an existential nightmare for any normal person, but he manages to have a great time with his best friend Bender, a robot that needs to drink alchohol to recharge his batteries. New episodes out this year!
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What's yours?
Our blog was temporarily blocked by robot spam blockers, which sucks, but it wasn't down for long and it shouldn't happen again.
As a result it has been a slow blog week, so I'm going to kick it off with my current Top 5 TV shows.
-------------------------
1. Arrested Development - hysterical ensamble situation comedy about a wealthy, dysfunctional family who loses everything and has to move in together. Described as "The Royal Tenenbaums shot like Cops".
2. Battlestar Gallactica - the remake of this 70's classic is not cheesy sci-fi, but well written drama set in space. The current season is an insightful allegory about the Iraq war. Worth watching!
3. Entourage - supposed to be based on Mark Wahlberg's experiences when he hit the big time. He brought his old buddies along for the ride and they travelled in limo's and private jets and went to awesome parties.
4. Deadwood - gritty western. Haven't seen it yet but I will vouch for it.
5. Futurama - a pizza boy accidently gets cryogenically frozen and wakes up 1000 years into the future, which would be an existential nightmare for any normal person, but he manages to have a great time with his best friend Bender, a robot that needs to drink alchohol to recharge his batteries. New episodes out this year!
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What's yours?
Saturday, March 3
A Day in the Life of Kate
You know the feeling you get, regardless of age, when your ice-cream top falls off the cone? Its the same feeling when you write a big blog and then click what you think says publish in Spanish, only to have the whole thing disappear into cyberspace....
Anyway here’s my second attempt,
Some people are under the misguided impression that I am just slacking off over here in Costa Rica, so in order to clear my good name I have decided to take you (and probably unwisely my camera) around with me for a Day in the Life of Kate.
Ok so this is the face I have to wrestle with to get presentable for a 6.30am class....
This is where I live, yes, yes, I know it LOOKS like a jail, and yes it takes 3 gates to get in but its in a nice suburb...I swear....
This is a great example of the massive open drain/black holes that threaten to suck you in along the streets of San Jose...Costa Rica is not known for its infrastructure....
This is the homemade bus I take to work, actually the bus system here is pretty good. Crazy drivers, no belief in changing gears or having mufflers but fairly reliable none-the-less. Bus stops aren’t sign-posted in anyway though, so you just have to sort of know where the bus might stop – that’s made for some great adventures in the past....
This is one of the many classrooms I teach in (we travel out to businesses to teach English to executives basically)....now I know what you are thinking “But Kate, where are the students?” Costa Ricans are notoriously late. Once I had a student arrive an hour and a half late to a two-hour class...fabulous....
Mmmm...breakfast...This is a coffee and “Churro”. Churros are deep fried goodness wrapped around hot caramel. Needless to say there will be no pictures of weight scales or full body shots of Kate in this blog....
Downtown San Jose....what you can't see from this photo is that I am about to get my foot run over by a lady with a fruit cart....
Another bus....
These are the guys that just hissed at me. Yep, hissed. Like as in the noise you would use to shoe away and animal. Guys here feel its their god given right to hiss, whistle etc at ANY woman that walks past. The also take it upon themselves to blatantly look a girl up and down and discuss and compare any of her appendages with nearby males, the louder the better. They really have turned the objectification of women into an art form. I have never needed anger management so much in my life.
Another bus....I get a lot of reading time in these days....
A quick stop at the “Farmers market”, fruit and veg as far as the eye can see.....
This is not my photo, I might be stupid but I am not taking my camera to the market...
This is my flat-mate Ali, from New Jersey, she and I seem to be pretty much carbon copies of each other (apart from her hilarious New York Jewish accent) so while that may be bad news for the rest of the world, we have a lot of fun
Dinner is a "Casado" AKA: Rice and Beans
Most popular dish in Costa Rica, will put you into a food coma and costs about $3....brilliant....
And this is me escaping to an island off the coast of Panama for a weekend....
Apart from all that some recent highlights have been getting a couple of feature articles published in the local English newspaper, travelling down to Panama a bit to visit friends and a visit from Joe in January.
England, Adelaide and Melbourne Roffs: I have stop-overs near you on my way back to Perth in mid June so expect to be nagged for some floor space :)
Luv Kate
x
Anyway here’s my second attempt,
Some people are under the misguided impression that I am just slacking off over here in Costa Rica, so in order to clear my good name I have decided to take you (and probably unwisely my camera) around with me for a Day in the Life of Kate.
Ok so this is the face I have to wrestle with to get presentable for a 6.30am class....
This is where I live, yes, yes, I know it LOOKS like a jail, and yes it takes 3 gates to get in but its in a nice suburb...I swear....
This is a great example of the massive open drain/black holes that threaten to suck you in along the streets of San Jose...Costa Rica is not known for its infrastructure....
This is the homemade bus I take to work, actually the bus system here is pretty good. Crazy drivers, no belief in changing gears or having mufflers but fairly reliable none-the-less. Bus stops aren’t sign-posted in anyway though, so you just have to sort of know where the bus might stop – that’s made for some great adventures in the past....
This is one of the many classrooms I teach in (we travel out to businesses to teach English to executives basically)....now I know what you are thinking “But Kate, where are the students?” Costa Ricans are notoriously late. Once I had a student arrive an hour and a half late to a two-hour class...fabulous....
Mmmm...breakfast...This is a coffee and “Churro”. Churros are deep fried goodness wrapped around hot caramel. Needless to say there will be no pictures of weight scales or full body shots of Kate in this blog....
Downtown San Jose....what you can't see from this photo is that I am about to get my foot run over by a lady with a fruit cart....
Another bus....
These are the guys that just hissed at me. Yep, hissed. Like as in the noise you would use to shoe away and animal. Guys here feel its their god given right to hiss, whistle etc at ANY woman that walks past. The also take it upon themselves to blatantly look a girl up and down and discuss and compare any of her appendages with nearby males, the louder the better. They really have turned the objectification of women into an art form. I have never needed anger management so much in my life.
Another bus....I get a lot of reading time in these days....
A quick stop at the “Farmers market”, fruit and veg as far as the eye can see.....
This is not my photo, I might be stupid but I am not taking my camera to the market...
This is my flat-mate Ali, from New Jersey, she and I seem to be pretty much carbon copies of each other (apart from her hilarious New York Jewish accent) so while that may be bad news for the rest of the world, we have a lot of fun
Dinner is a "Casado" AKA: Rice and Beans
Most popular dish in Costa Rica, will put you into a food coma and costs about $3....brilliant....
And this is me escaping to an island off the coast of Panama for a weekend....
Apart from all that some recent highlights have been getting a couple of feature articles published in the local English newspaper, travelling down to Panama a bit to visit friends and a visit from Joe in January.
England, Adelaide and Melbourne Roffs: I have stop-overs near you on my way back to Perth in mid June so expect to be nagged for some floor space :)
Luv Kate
x
