Sharting in Footscray
I think someone at Google Maps is having a bit of fun. The map below highlights a small local football ground close to my home.
It’s listed on Maps as Sharten Reserve - the correct name is Shorten Reserve. Those of you unsure where I’m coming from here should simply google “shart” and you’ll see what I mean. Some warped sense of professional dignity prevents me from including a direct link.
Assuming that this is not some sort of innocent typo, this is definitely the kind of thing “a friend of a friend” of mine might do… or at least, might have done once upon a time.
India #1
I’ve just landed in Delhi, India where I’ll be the next 4 days - for work.. It’s 4am and a balmy 34 degrees.. I’m expecting it to be 42-44 degrees during the day while I’m here.. Let’s see how I hold up.
Carb overload
Am in the Hong Kong office - where we just had lunch in house for one of the staff member’s birthday.
Would you be surprised to hear that we had… wait for it…. Chinese..
The interesting thing was - of the 10 or so dishes on the table - pretty much all of them were heavily rice or noodle based.. (Different to my usual expectation of a Chinese meal - order a few meat or vege based dishes - and have rice / noodles as the accompaniment.) It was quite nice - but a bit of carb overload if you ask me.
My Cantonese is somewhere between lousy and non-existant.. I used all my A-material over lunch today.. Am going to have to learn some more..
Maccas in China
I’m currently in Shenzhen, China for work at the moment.. So far on this trip I’ve already spent time in Singapore and Hong Kong - it’s all a bit full on - yet quite exciting..
Just wanted to say that I’ll always remember the first meal I ever had in China… McDonalds in the office over lunch… And yes, it does taste the same..
Oh dear.
