Archive for September, 2005
The Samurai
Samurai (ä¾ or sometimes 士) is a common term for a warrior in pre-industrial Japan.
Most samurai were bound by a strict code of honor (æ¦å£«é“ bushidÅ) and were expected to set an example for those below them. A disgraced samurai could regain honor and respect by committing suicide by a gruesome and painful means: stabbing [...]
Equal Opportuinty for the Disabled
So ive been in Hobart the last few days. Each day we get a local newspaper delivered to our door so of course ive been reading it to catch up on some local news.
Was an interesting article on the front page of todays paper titled “Sex Trips: Public servants escort disabled to brothels”.
From the article:
“Intellectually [...]
More Hobart stuff..
The student talk thing went well. It was announced that we all received internships, so i guess no its official and i can start a new category on my blog for it
Wade, Ashely and I all had to stand up and talk a bit about our experiences so far with the Student Developer [...]
Hobart Day 1
Well im in hobart for the AUC conference. Since i got a student developer conference i had to make an appearance here. All 3 of us who got the scholorships have to talk for about 10-15mins tomorrow arvo about what we have been doing and our experiences with the scholorship. Should be ok, im not [...]
Busy Weekend
Had a full on weekend. Melanies aunty came to visit us which was really cool
Saturday morning we picked her up from the airport and stopped by shopping fair on the way back for lunch. Saturday afternoon Melanie and I went to Thomas and Hayleys wedding. The wedding ceremony was at 3pm, was pretty [...]
Taken
The last episode of Taken was on tv the other night. I wathced the first few episodes then missed a few and picked it up a few weeks ago. Ive got a grip on what the story was so it wasnt like i didnt understand or anything.
Anyway, i really enjoyed it. The story was pretty [...]
Band of Brothers dvd set
I bought the box set of Band of Brothers from Big W then past week. I watched part of the series when it was on TV a while back but missed some episodes so when Big W had the entire thing for sale for $30 i thought id grab it.
Been watching it here and there [...]