http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:44:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en  It may be hard to believe, but yes... I am still here. You may even hear faint my groans from beneath piles of paper and tax invoices.  Suffice to say... blog time is a luxury I can rarely afford these days :(. I will pay a long overdue visit to the people who've been kind ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=484 Sitting atop the tall, red soiled cliff I can feel her warm breath on the back of my neck. I squeeze her hand tighter, but continue looking out over the perfect ocean - preferring to remain silent. In one second I deny it all, refusing to accept that she ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=482 Yes, summer in Australia means sun, sand, surf, scorching days, and balmy nights - but with those comes an annual invasion by insects. Among the most welcome are dragonfiles and butterflies, but among the least welcome are the dreaded mosquito. The suspected culprit here is most likely Culex Molestus, common ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=481 Once upon a time there was a boy. He was a smart boy, not brilliant, but very smart nonetheless. He did very well at school... in fact he consistently topped the class... which inevitably earned him a nerdy reputation. While other kids were out kicking footies, or riding skateboards, or ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=480 It's not unusual for me to get a bit nostalgic at this time of year, as my mind replays festive seasons, and in particular, New Years Eves of the past. In bygone years, celebrating the last night of the year, and the start of a new year has meant a ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=479 Over the months and years I have been here, I have participated in several team building excercises, and where possible, embraced espirit de corps. When presented with retirement cards for some spotty old man in Spatial Relations I have never exchanged  a single syllable with, I have gladly added some ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=478 Driving home I was a passenger, like someone else has the wheel. I watched the sun come up on the longest day and the longest night, and I knew sleep could not come quick enough. At some point, in the middle of some long, straight stretch of tarmac I asked ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=476 I'm not sure when I first knew Parallel Lines existed, but I'm pretty sure the first time I heard the hit single Heart of Glass was on the TV Show Countdown. Straight away it was like nothing I'd ever heard before, with its fusion of unashamed disco, funk and new ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=475 I would have liked to have spent the last TWT for some time under more leisurely circumstances, alas, the arrow of time flies toward its target with constant velocity, and no deviation. This isn't the end of the phoned-in institution I call Time Wastin' Tuesday, just a break from it that ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=474 It seems as if I am in a wicked downward spiral of time poverty lately, and blogging unfortunately has been pushed to the bottom of the work pile ( in case you haven't noticed... Singaporian lurker ). There's a whole lot going on in TinyTown, and despite the economy's seemingly ... http://yourtimestartsnow.blackboardsky.com/?p=473