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Add comment March 31st, 2006
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Moving to Australia. Not.
2 comments March 30th, 2006
At least, not yet. Maybe not for a while. But definitely not within the time that we originally planned.
There are too many signs happening around us that are pointing to Australia NOT being the place for us to go to in the near future.
- My career taking off, with interesting opportunities arising.
- The Australian Dollar losing ground against the NZ Dollar, meaning it’ll be more expensive to move to Australia than what we planned for.
- The new Industrial Relations laws making it a fracked up environment for working (one of my friends was fired this week, because ‘unfair dismissal’ was no longer illegal. She was replaced with someone who would do the same job for less money. I wonder how many such stories are happening around Australia now that it’s ok for employers to fire whoever they want, for whatever reason they like, without penalty.)
- Property Investment laws favouring purchasing in New Zealand over Australia.
And there are other signs too, which I won’t go into right now.
Property investment seminar
Add comment March 30th, 2006
Deidre and I went to our first property investment seminar as a couple last night. First time ever for her, and maybe 5th time for me. It was good. I got a lot more from it than I expected, namely Deidre very excited about investment strategies and goals. Excited enough to decide that this is the way of our future.
Indeed it is. I can’t see any other way of guaranteeing an easy retirement before I’m 45.
The benefits of categories
Add comment March 29th, 2006
After moving over to my new categorisation method of having them listed up the top there (eg. Blogging, Dating, Spirituality, etc), I discover that the most popular category is ‘Dating’. Now that the category is so obvious, visitors are exploring them. In just the past 24 hours, I’ve had a number of people accessing the dating category, with 2 of them spending a large amount of time exploring all the articles.
Interestingly, the most popular article of all time is ‘How to make your Asian girlfriend eternally happy‘, with a lot of people finding it by searching for related terms. There must be a lot of people out there searching for information on asian girlfriends and how to make them happy. I might have to do a few more articles on this…. And dating in general.
Live YOUR Life
5 comments March 29th, 2006
“Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing sprit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked-up brats you have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life…
Platonic Relationships - Do They Exist?
3 comments March 29th, 2006
My dictionary defines ‘platonic’ as: free from physical desire. Platonic relationships are those relationships between men and women where there is ‘no physical desire’. However, this isn’t always true.
I believe that the only times a relationship between a man and a woman is truly platonic is when:
- They’ve been in a relationship and it’s ended, and after a period of time for adjustment, they have moved on and accepted the relationship is over
- The man is gay and therefore has no desire for the woman.
- The man is in a satisfying relationship already, and therefore has no desires for the woman who is his friend.
When you lose, you win
12 comments March 29th, 2006
I want to talk a bit more about my article on Forgiveness. It was written with a certain message, which, I suspect, wasn’t that clear. So I want to add this to it, but in a separate post, since this message is more direct. I hope it’s more clear as well.
To provide a different perspective to the topic of America vs. terrorism, let’s think about it like this. Terrorists are against America because they believe that American foreign policy interferes with their countries and their religion. They are fighting to get America out of their countries. In response to the terrorists’ attacks against American interests, America feels forced to retaliate in return, and increase their presence in the countries of those terrorists. This only inflames the terrorists even more, who use this to further their cause and to recruit more people who are drastically affected by America’s actions within their countries. The cycle of violence and revenge continues.
Forgiveness
4 comments March 25th, 2006
“Forgive them Father; they know not what they do.”
- Jesus Christ, on the cross.
That’s a favourite quote of mine, used often by me to explain an important spiritual truth from the bible. I also use it when I talk about how we shouldn’t judge others.
How often do we make mistakes? How often do we make errors in judgement? How often do we do something we thought was right, only to learn later on that it was completely and absolutely wrong? How often do we hurt or kill someone else, thinking we are justified in our actions?
New categories
Add comment March 25th, 2006
For those of you who are reading this via your RSS feed subscription, you’re probably wondering what thhe hell those ‘category’ posts are for. Well, you’ll have to visit the site to have a look.
I’ve redesigned the site just a little bit, adding categorisation at the top. Articles, Dating, Favourite Posts, Photo Blog, Politics, Relationships, Self Help, and Spirituality. I’ve used del.icio.us tagging to facilitate this, with each of those category headings now going to a post that lists all relevent posts.
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