| Kin |
[Dec. 16th, 2008|04:55 am] |
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Occasionally you meet people you didn't expect to find. People who change your views. Who show you how beautiful you are - something you might not always wanna see.
Im sorry I made you hurt, I'm sorry I made you think I would run away from you - I promise I wont run away from you, and I wont run away from me.
I'm glad you are part of my family Kin,
-your brother |
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| The boyfriend checklist |
[Dec. 15th, 2008|06:52 pm] |
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| | Melbourne | ] |
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[ ] ... over the age of 24 (sorry, 30 is the upper limit too)
[ ] ... must be out of home (for god sake! you're a big boy now)
[ ] ... must have a stable job (dont mind what you do - just that you work for your money)
[ ] ... must believe in honesty as the fundamental building block of every relationship (the only reason to lie is cause you're afraid of the consequences...)
[ ] ... must accept responsibility for actions (no one is perfect, but forgiveness is only half of the solution)
[ ] ... must be out to his friends, and family (family is a hard one, i know, but you are who you are - be proud)
[ ] ... must be proud of me......
[ ] ... must look after his body - that means appreciating healthy body goes with healthy mind (team sports extra points!)
[ ] ... must be driven - stubborn even :) enjoys a challenge and works hard. (prove them all wrong I say! :)
[ ] ... must know what love is (its not walking around with a boner, its curling up with someone all night and knowing that is better than anything else)
[ ] ... must be open to the idea of kids (yes, I'll be mum - :p ass - but , would you be dad?)
[ ] ... personal hygiene prerequisite (yes , i like sweaty guys, but you need to SHOWER)
[ ] ... not a smoker (now, a bit of weed is ok - but tobacco, no thanks - i may love you but it smells awful :/ )
[ ] ... must believe that friends are not people to fuck or sleep in the same bed with (hey, would you expect your mum to sleep with a guy friend when your dad was outa town - I love my friends, but that is not anything to do with sex or boyfriend replacement)
[ ] ... be excited about the future, want to try new things, not afraid to speak ones mind
[ ] ... must believe I'm just me - I'll do my best to listen and understand, ill never chase you off
[ ] ... happy to hang out for a few beers, go to a sports match, or the theatre - ie, not a "bloke"
[ ] ... be excited to try new things - food, drink, experiances, countries, languages, you name it
[ ] ... be able to look into the sky, see the beautiful clouds, and know life is good - not a hyperactive, must always be doing something person - can you relax in the hammock on a beach with me?
[ ] ... the scary one, I think, you must understand what it means to be furry - i have never been proud of being a fur - but , i realise i am one.. guess i best toughen up :)
Yeah - i may be picky - but - really, I know guys who match a lot of these do exist. Apply within? :P
And no - this isn't some kinda desperate dating thing - it is just something me and a friend were talking about, and i wanted to save for prosperity :P I'll be sure to post evaluations as the new boys come - I'm pretty sure we wont hit 100% ;)
-tiger |
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| Nice and Antwerpen |
[Dec. 7th, 2008|07:29 pm] |
So we meander and search for answers...
Spent the weekend in Nice, France - stayed with a good friend and his family - wonderful children, Luca and Emma, and thank you Marita for the kind words. Today I sit in Antwerp, looking out across the city square and thinking a great deal about what I have become. The last year has been a dark one, but that stubborn and driven person has once again come to the surface. I'm looking forward to taking on the world again, and proving to it that I can beat it again ;)
For now, I'm becoming the person I want to be again - doing the things I want to do - the future is bright.
-tigerkin |
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| Poland |
[Mar. 5th, 2008|07:28 am] |
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Right, it must be the earliest I've been up in ages! Got up at 5.30am :P
Currently in Warsaw - where its cold and windy outside. Last full day here before heading home (thank god).
The first day here I was thinking that it was a time-waste, but since then I have made some invaluable relationships with colleagues and other persons in the industry which will surely become useful if I ever need a new job :D
Things here are quiet - and sure as hell I'm missing being home with Pup n Kit. The Pup went off to see the Adelaide wuff over the weekend which was great for him :) Crazy fun times are pretty good substitutes for no Me in the house !
So, things here are pretty okay - meetings every day and lots of thinking and good ideas - its a pity I cannot seem to keep awake (the jetlag must be getting to me) to stay out and about much later than 11pm, but its no big deal - going out and getting drunk with a bunch of nerds is only so much fun :D
Tomorrow I'll start the long trip home which is my own damn fault :P London, Hong Kong, Taipei, Brisbane and then finally home to Melbourne. A good 40 hours of travel........
So looking forward to getting home on Saturday, but not so looking forward to the next departure (only three days after I get back) - I need to go to Hong Kong for a couple of meetings, but thankfully it will be short (just two nights away). I'm trying to steal the Pup away from work the Tuesday after (though given the recent staffing issues, im not sure its realistic) to go with me to Tokyo for the weekend - I want to show him the shrines and see if I can't ignite a travel-bug in him :D
What else, oh - AJ my flatmate is moving out , he has finally got a job in Singapore so now it's just a case of him moving the stuff outa the old room. Pup n I are planning to head off in September so I'm trying to think about a suitable person to look after the ratbag - my old flatmate Rob may be looking for a place - but we will see. Having the house to yourself has its advantages :P namely running around buck naked :D
Anyway - time to put on some clothes and go and get waffles as instructed by the puppy :)
Spot you all around soon
-tig |
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| Sheraton Taipei |
[Feb. 23rd, 2008|07:32 pm] |
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Okay,
This is a plug - cause I have just found the best hotel ever.
The Sheraton Taipei is amazing...
Picked me up at the airport, greeted me at the door of the hotel by name and took me straight to my room - bought my bags up without trouble.
The room has everything - silly little things that other hotels skimp on, like:
- an umbrella in the room !! (its raining)
- toothbrush and paste (those damn rules about travel with "gels"!)
- shaving cream and razor (see above!)
- A stationary set - no, not a pen and paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, stapler, postits, paper clips, white out!
- free water
- fresh fruit
- and, neat adapting power sockets everywhere!! so my plugs dont need adapters
Now, I admit Im on the exec floor - but the butler is fantastic, i get free laundry and I dont have to do my own ironing!
So - if youre in Taipei - this is the hotel
Oh - and like most of asia, the best thing ever - heated toilet seats with bidet!
Ok - I'm a fruitcake
-tig |
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| Melbourne Airport |
[Feb. 23rd, 2008|06:33 am] |
Wow, holy fuck - it's been about two years since I updated this thing, so I thought "what the heck"!
I'm just sitting in Melbourne airport waiting for a flight to Brisbane on the way to Taipei. I'm presenting in Taipei for the next week about all kinda wacky tech things, then jetting off to Warsaw, and then back via Beijing, before finally getting home.
It's going to be another long two weeks on the road - something I don't really like at all as it takes so much out of the year. After all, there are only 52 week, so its a bit of a chunk!
Oh , I got a year older :P woo - i think- greymuzzle!
At the moment I'm stressing about this presentation I have to give on Monday. It is supposed to be three hours long! Ugh. I have 90 powerpoint slides at the moment - and its Saturday , and I'm not finished ;) Woops :p thats me tiger and procrastinating! Oh well, serves me right. But, it's going to be a fun week. It's my first time in Taiwan and my current flatmate, my ex-flatmate, and a pile of other friends are going to meet me there - so can we say PARTY IN TAIPEI!
Pup is going good :) shit, things have been weird over the last two years. But it's all fantastic at the mo :) Missing him already, but lil Rarble is in my bag going for a ride to look after me, and get into plenty of trouble.
What else - hmm-- way too much to put in one post. Perhaps each stop along the way I'll actually update this thing, and give a bit of a rundown of the last two years for my own benefit. So yeah, :p
So, its 6.40am on Saturday at the airport and im sleepy... meow meow
Woo - there is my boarding call ;)
See you later!
Luff |
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| What is the plan, Stan? |
[Apr. 16th, 2006|03:41 pm] |
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Right,
I'm going to be purposefully vague on a few things :)
The big one is that I took the job in Melbourne, I've been there on and off now for the last couple of weeks - transfers within a company have one disadvatage: there is no grace period!
Time for another lil bit of growing up I suspect, gotta play the politics game a little smarter when I am over there and see how I end up. While I've told myself I don't want a part in it, the truth is that I now look at it as a bit of a challenge. It really is big fish/little fish moving over there, things move very quickly, I have an apartment in Melbourne already and I havn't yet signed the contract :)
THings are going to be interesting on a personal level, suffice to say that I'm shit scared about a lot of things, but hey... we all gotta do scarey things that we think are right for us, see how they work out, and talk about em lots to those people we trust. I feel that I am kinda defaulting on this Melbourne thin, but the truth is that I've been looking at it for over a year!!! so it really shouldn't come as any suprise.
So yeah :)... it's okay to be a lil scared, but the other parts are looking forward to the new challenges n people :)
-tig |
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| A Green Tiger? |
[Mar. 24th, 2006|09:55 pm] |
Okay,
Net posted in a long time - bad me :) Not going to probably fix this, but some things are worth sharing.
If you don't know, I'm a bit of a greenie - not the whole no TV, eat organics kinda one, but someone who wants to be educated so that decisions I make are generally good. It is all about sustainability :)
So, here are some tips - source is Ceres (www.ceres.org)
By the way, US focus.. but stuff to take away from it anyway! Its limited, but it helps! :)
2 good and 2 bad per sector!
Chemical:
Good :) DuPont , Bayer
Bad >:| PPG , Monsanto
Auto:
Good :) Toyota , Honda
Bad >:| Nissan , BMW
Industrial:
Good :) GE , ABB
Bad >:| Deere , Caterpillar
Oil & Gas:
Good :) BP , Royal Dutch/Shell
Bad >:| - here they are all US companies, but note ExxonMobil was well down on the list, Caltex/ChevronTexaco are better than ExxonMobil, but well below BP and Royal Dutch/Shell who clean this sector up!
-tig |
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| Fathers |
[Dec. 8th, 2005|06:24 pm] |
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| | weird | ] |
Well, called up my Dad this afternoon. He is in Sydney too. Will go and see him on the weekend by the sound of things. He acts real wierd on the phone- it is like talked to an ex or something, where there is no pause to conversation and a lot of agreement but ultimatly it feels like you are rushing to get off the phone. Oh well.
Talked to his wife too... I don't think she likes me (or any of us for that matter) very much. But, no use having a go at her - she hasn't done anything to me!
Today was a mess, everyone is away and so I have been sitting here trying to get things going, but struggling as I don't have the information I need - complicate this by the fact everything is trying to be steered away from the original idea into the world of fantasy and impracticle, but hey.. I'm running the workshop so they can just kiss my tail :).. I did get a definate nod for a job here in Sydney - and on Saturday (!!!!) I am going to Melbourne to meet up with the CTO for Asia. They apparently work the weekend at the moment which is a bit of a worry - but i hope the day will be a little more relaxed which will allow me to catch up with him. I'm there all day so hopefully I won't just have a 30 minute meeting. Perhaps they will put me to work!? Who knows.
So, I guess I am reflecting on my dad. I remember wanting to be like him as a kid, to be a pilot and fly all around the world. Then, when he broke up with my mum, I vowed I would never be a pilot - I would not let stupid hours and long periods away from home ruin any relationship I had.
And now I look at him - the same man who got remarried and didn't tell his kids, who has told me before that he has "made his bed and now must sleep in it", seem unable to accept that his kids still sometimes think about him. And perhaps even a miss him. We never talk... I mean, I have not hidden the fact that I have had boyfriends, but he never makes mention - I don't know if he is ignoring it, or more likely, has no clue how to deal with it even if he wanted to.
He said I should stay the night with him on Sunday night because his wife is back in NZ at her home (which she lives at half the year!?!).. so perhaps a catchup will happen. Perhaps we need some weed or something so we both loosen up!?
-tiggs |
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| Sydney |
[Dec. 7th, 2005|04:43 pm] |
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| | hot | ] |
It is 40 degrees C outside here... wow... feels like Mississippi.
Looks like I will be off to Melbourne on either Friday or Saturday to meet the big boss. The offer of Saturday is a wierd one. The plan for tonight is to get to the hotel and chill out. Tired me. My Pup is missed heaps, as is Ashkit.
-tiggs |
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