Word of the week: 'Turbulance'
Don't like it one bit. It's neither big nor clever.
Phrase of the week: 'Yer mauw!'
A classic Scottish phrase. One that one tends never to hear enough or even say enough because no-one outside of Scotland has any idea what you're talking about. In the Queens English, it is 'Your mother'. A less than complimentary phrase which can be used to show that the speaker is not impressed with something.
Sight of the week: 'Sun'
Or lack of. It's summer but it's not here making it well cold. No A/C is need.
Song of the week: 'Noise'
It's not really a song but it's the sweet sound of English everywhere you go. It's comicial. From the mundane warblings of people on the bus to the abuse generated after a few pints. It's all poetry.
Sunday, July 31, 2005
Saturday, July 30, 2005
comp.
The footy is back.Yes, the Scottish League season started in earnest. Although, it could be a long season. Celtic somehow squandered a 3-1 half-time. It was 4-3 to Motherwell with 90 seconds to. Thankfully, we pulled it back to 4-4 but it's not looking good.
A new manager and half a dozen new players does not exactly mean that we are a team yet. Infact we are more like individuals at the moment. The defence is, quite honestly, shocking. The 2 new full backs look out of their depths whilst the 2 centre backs are not even at the races. All the goes lost have been easily preventable. Simple 1on1's being lost. Clearly, it'll take time to iron everything out but that's the problem, time. Celtic managers are not allowed that luxury particularly given the calamity that was wednesdays European in Slovakia with a 5-0 drubbing still ringing in our ears. A disaster but also a freak result. At least, i hope it was a freak. The Slovakian team were made to look like true world beaters which they clearly aren't. Suffice to say, there will be no European nights to look forward to...which, dare i say it, might be a blessing with the new manager potentially having time to blood some of the promising youngsters and give them 1st team experience which is necessary given that the team is starting to age.
Only another 37 games to go.
A new manager and half a dozen new players does not exactly mean that we are a team yet. Infact we are more like individuals at the moment. The defence is, quite honestly, shocking. The 2 new full backs look out of their depths whilst the 2 centre backs are not even at the races. All the goes lost have been easily preventable. Simple 1on1's being lost. Clearly, it'll take time to iron everything out but that's the problem, time. Celtic managers are not allowed that luxury particularly given the calamity that was wednesdays European in Slovakia with a 5-0 drubbing still ringing in our ears. A disaster but also a freak result. At least, i hope it was a freak. The Slovakian team were made to look like true world beaters which they clearly aren't. Suffice to say, there will be no European nights to look forward to...which, dare i say it, might be a blessing with the new manager potentially having time to blood some of the promising youngsters and give them 1st team experience which is necessary given that the team is starting to age.
Only another 37 games to go.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Review
Quite into reading at the moment. I've started looking into Chomsky and all his warblings. The man has a point, allow it can get abit hard going at times. You really need to be in the mood in order to tackle him.
Also, i've started reading this other one that's been sitting in my office since i moved into it. I've only just got round to looking at it. It's not exactly a bundle of laughs but felt that it might be educational. So, I whipped it out on the plane - Lufthansa - only to swiftly put it back into my back fearing that I had made a very large fax paus...the book, Schindler's List.
_______________________________________________d'oh.
Plus, it's now friday and i've been back for 3 days but I have yet to see the sun. Scottish summer at it's best. I think i might have missed it.
Also, i've started reading this other one that's been sitting in my office since i moved into it. I've only just got round to looking at it. It's not exactly a bundle of laughs but felt that it might be educational. So, I whipped it out on the plane - Lufthansa - only to swiftly put it back into my back fearing that I had made a very large fax paus...the book, Schindler's List.
_______________________________________________d'oh.
Plus, it's now friday and i've been back for 3 days but I have yet to see the sun. Scottish summer at it's best. I think i might have missed it.
imply
Big Brother is watching. Actually, itt's me who is watching Big Brother. And, it's dull. Previous years have been alright but this year...it's not upto scratch. This is the programme that places 12 strangers into a house for 12 weeks. Each week the public can vote to evict a housemate.
This year they're all gay. Not sure that it's a representative cross section of the population but there you go. I guess it's all about ratings. Still trying to fathom out whats going on but there is defintitly 1 guy who hasn't spoken yet. That's after watching it for 2 days. Perhaps he can't speak but then what's the point of him being there if he can't interact. Maybe he's a mole. Hmm.
Anyway, there is this Turkish 'bloke'. He's a bloke only because he has a tadger. Everything else is woman-like. He wears stilletos and hasn't told his parents that he's gay although 'came out' on national tv. Honestly, I would love to slap him/her. Clearly only on the programme to get famous. The 15 minutes of fame...
More B.B. to follow.
This year they're all gay. Not sure that it's a representative cross section of the population but there you go. I guess it's all about ratings. Still trying to fathom out whats going on but there is defintitly 1 guy who hasn't spoken yet. That's after watching it for 2 days. Perhaps he can't speak but then what's the point of him being there if he can't interact. Maybe he's a mole. Hmm.
Anyway, there is this Turkish 'bloke'. He's a bloke only because he has a tadger. Everything else is woman-like. He wears stilletos and hasn't told his parents that he's gay although 'came out' on national tv. Honestly, I would love to slap him/her. Clearly only on the programme to get famous. The 15 minutes of fame...
More B.B. to follow.
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
bump
Aaahtv. Real, live English sounding tv. I could watch it all day. It just goes to show how amateurish Korean tv can be particularly the 'dramas'. Korean dramas tend to sugar sweet, love spurned affairs with a happy ending. Clearly, true to life. Alas, that it in complete contrast to the utter bleakness of Eastenders or Corry which compared with it's Korean counterparts is 'real-life'. Even the news is better. More professional, more reporters 'at the scene' and their overall presentation is more polished. Compare this with Arirang. It's no contest.
Perhaps, i'm still jetlaggd.
Perhaps, i'm still jetlaggd.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Prodigy
Backin the land of the fat...after the 24 hour marathon that was the journey home. It started off badly with the sight of an Airbus sitting at the gate instead of the usual 747. Thats never happened before and I hope it won't happen again because the turbulance was brutal especially flying over China and Siberia. I was holding onto the arm-rest for a time. I'm not a good flyer these days.
___particularly with Korean nationals on the plane. They generally get up and walk about and hang around the emergency exits which does worry me. I also found myself scoping out all the other passengers at the gate prior to departure, trying to decide if they were dodgy or not. And let me tell you, there were a few dodgers...
Anyway, got back in one piece. Tired but there.
___particularly with Korean nationals on the plane. They generally get up and walk about and hang around the emergency exits which does worry me. I also found myself scoping out all the other passengers at the gate prior to departure, trying to decide if they were dodgy or not. And let me tell you, there were a few dodgers...
Anyway, got back in one piece. Tired but there.
A.
Tired and hot and have a sore head. Typical. Perhaps it's lack of water. Probably is. Anyway, off home tomorrow. Whoa!
Packed and ready to rumble. I'm always careful when heading back home, to try and not pack too much given that I usually buy a pile of 'stuff' at home which i need to try and find space for. Actually, just looking at my pack, it's only 3quarters full which is great...I quite fancy buying clothes when I'm back, so that 1/4 left unpacked will come in handy.
I'm excited about heading home, as I always am, but these days the whole 24 hours travelling, door-todoor isn't very appealing. That must be a sign of getting old or perhaps doing it too often. I used to get really excited about flying when i was younger but now, it's just something that I do. Ameans to an end almost. Also, I used to love sitting at the window. Again, that 'love' has almost gone particulary on long flights where having to clamber over people everytime you want out isn't that appealing...
oH Yeah. Now experience of the week- having my glasses steam up whilst getting off the bus. Usually, they steam up going from cold to hot - going indoors forexample, but yesterday it was the opposite - going outdoors. Just goes to show how warm it was.
Anyway anywayanyway. Who knows when I'll be updating this again. My folks are still on dial-up. Thats the problem going home, is almost like technology hasn't reached home yet. IT'll be the same with mobiles...all the latest models with be the models that were out in Korea 6 months or a year ago.
Packed and ready to rumble. I'm always careful when heading back home, to try and not pack too much given that I usually buy a pile of 'stuff' at home which i need to try and find space for. Actually, just looking at my pack, it's only 3quarters full which is great...I quite fancy buying clothes when I'm back, so that 1/4 left unpacked will come in handy.
I'm excited about heading home, as I always am, but these days the whole 24 hours travelling, door-todoor isn't very appealing. That must be a sign of getting old or perhaps doing it too often. I used to get really excited about flying when i was younger but now, it's just something that I do. Ameans to an end almost. Also, I used to love sitting at the window. Again, that 'love' has almost gone particulary on long flights where having to clamber over people everytime you want out isn't that appealing...
oH Yeah. Now experience of the week- having my glasses steam up whilst getting off the bus. Usually, they steam up going from cold to hot - going indoors forexample, but yesterday it was the opposite - going outdoors. Just goes to show how warm it was.
Anyway anywayanyway. Who knows when I'll be updating this again. My folks are still on dial-up. Thats the problem going home, is almost like technology hasn't reached home yet. IT'll be the same with mobiles...all the latest models with be the models that were out in Korea 6 months or a year ago.
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