45.3 Degrees celsius

Como puede ser tanto calor? Hoy fue un dia terrible. Sumado a los otros dias de mas de 40 grados esta semana, hoy fue el colmo y juro que en un momento senti que me descomponia. Mi casa es un horno y todo esta caliente, me hace acordar a Buenos Aires. Menos mal que no hay humedad porque sino si que estaria llorando.
Mis pobres gatos estaban tambien de ultima asique cuando llego Ricky de laburar lleno la banadera y los sumergio a pesar de la pelea que pusieron. En esta foto Felipe esta super ofendido porque el piensa que asi luce ridiculo, pero por lo menos esta fresquito.
Manana nos vamos a Lorne yeah! No veo la hora, toda la semana atravese los dias con la esperanza de meterme en el mar manana asique hoy dormire mejor.

I really proved to myself today that I am not a summer creature and that I detest hot days in the city. Today was beyond hot...it was disgusting. I took a cold shower to avoid fainting and when I came out I was already sweating again. There is very little relief and this house is way too hot. My cats were really struggling so they were given a bath of cold water and they did not like it as Felipe expresses it here, but at least their core temperature dropped a bit and they were more active for a few minutes. I keep looking at weather forecasts wishing that there will be a change but there isn't one in sight.
For the last couple of days I have been watching the movie "Che, part I". I think that the movie is really bad. It takes about 30 minutes to start following what the hell is going on and another 30 to understand that while they are walking through the jungles they are gathering new farmers to join their forces. The editing is totally crap and disconnected and there are scenes that make no sense at all and add nothing to the story. Benicio del Toro looks a lot like Che, but did not really make an effort to sound argentinian and his acting is mediocre. If you have not previous knowledge of Che's story this movie is not for you, because it doesn't tell the story of the man and the why of his choice to fight in Cuba. It really makes no sense. If you are interested in Che's beginings, a much better story is "Motorcycle Diaries".

Segundo Dia

Ok our second day at work was a disaster. What a complete waste of time. The whole staff had to endure a professional development session on relaxation and meditation techniques. Don't get me wrong it's not that I completely deny the power of the mind and the effects of meditation, it's just that my cynicism is fed by people who has no depth and no knowledge but because they like the smell of candles and the easy apparent way out of modern hippysm they think that teaching meditation revolves around being tactile and taking deep breaths. C'mon get real, just because you put a Tibetean cd and walk around very slowly doesn't mean that when stressful times hit your life you will be able to cope better. That is what we were taught today, when you are stressed, identify what you are feeling and squeeze an object...Oh and don't forget to laugh really hard and stupidly because you may win a cd! Like I did. After that stupid P.D. session Linda and I did some real work in our room like holding the number chart for the photo. That was all we had time for. Hope tomorrow gets better.

Que dia al pedo por dios! Todo el staff tuvo que bancarse una sesion de mediacion y relajacion. La verdad no es que yo completamente descrea el poder de la mente y los efectos de la meditacion. Lo que pasa es que uno se pone un poco cinico cuando los que presentan el tema no saben nada y no tienen ninguna profundidad, pero ponen un cd de musica tibeteana y prenden una vela y se piensan que con esa simpleza se arregla todo. Eso es lo que apredi hoy, cuando estas estresado identifica que es lo quee estas sintiendo, respira hondo y apreta un objeto...ah y no te olvides de reirte fuerte y estupidamente porque eso te puede hacer ganar un premio. Como gane hoy yo! Despues de esa sesion Linda y yo nos fuimos al aula a trabajar en serio como esta foto lo demuestra (solo nos quedo tiempo para posar para la foto. Espero que manana sea mejor. Hoy 43 grados, manana 43 grados....esto es un fuego!

Back at work

Well as you can see Wendy and I are already busy planning for the year ahead (B.S).
There was a hint of depression as I turned the corner at Cavendish Drive and went up
the driveway into school.
It was sad to wave the holidays goodbye and I could almost smell the salty water crushing over me as my "Summer" is over.
Work wasn't too bad today, I must admit. Just extremelly hot as the air conditioning was turned off for half the day. The heat is really bad, really really bad and it's only going to get worst the next couple of days. Well nearly time to go home now, I really miss it, my home, my family, my cats, my dvds and my couch.

De Compras

Que hice en mi ultimo dia de vacaciones? Sali a recorrer negocios de bb para comparle un regalito a mi sobrinita la loquisima Simona. Despues de buscar y buscar y mirar y mirar compre esto: Zapatitos, pollerita negra, pantalon fuccia y remera con inscripcion metalizada. En estos dias, posiblemente el sabado te lo mande por correo. Cruzo los dedos de que te llegue Shimmy. Desgraciadamente no te pude conseguir al Cookie Monster, pero seguro que lo van a traer de vuelta y cuando asi sea te lo mando ok?
I love you.

DEXTER

Dexter is one of my favourite TV series at the moment. Is about a Miami Police Department blood spatter analyst who has a dark secret: he kills people. He only kills those who deserve to die, those who fall through the gaps of the justice system. He has a very serious and strict code by which he measures who can be killed and who can't. Dexter is not a normal human being. He can't feel anything. Everything he does to fit in is just practised imitation of human behaviour. Inside he is just different, he just loves killing living things and his code helps him stay free.
It was hard at first to like Dexter, I mean "who can like a cold blooded killer?" and if you don't like the main character how can you keep watching, but after a few episodes you start getting to know him and can't help but want Dexter to get his next ugly victim and get away with it.
It is really funny to hear (as the episodes are narrated by Dexter) what goes on inside his head and how he is a maser at imitating human responses. I think that is the best of it.
I am reading the book as well, inspired by the series Ric bought me the book and I have been reading all summer. The books are diffeent to the tv series and hence I enjoyed them more because the plots were new. However I think that the characters and the plots are better developed in the series which is very unusual since it is generally the other way around. Whoever is writing the series is doing an excellent job.

En el muelle de Port Melbourne

Que linda que estuvo la tarde hoy. Ideal para el tradicional bicicleteo a Port Melbourne. Aunque volvamos a ir los fines de semana, ya no sera durante las vacaciones y probablemente no podra ser tan tarde como lo hacemos ahora. Aunque es de dia todavia y estaba atardeciendo precisamente cuando llegamos al muelle, eran las 8.30 pm, lo cual hace que estemos de vuelta en casa a eso de las 10 de la noche (por eso el chaleco ridiculo). En el muelle estaba un poquito fresco y el mar estaba picado, algunas olitas rompian debajo nuestro y el agua explotaba entre los tablones. Cuando el sol se puso por completo pegamos la vuelta. Happy Sunday. I love the city of Melbourne.

Jazzing it up

As we wondered around Eltham Jazz Heritage Festival we did a bit of analysing the public. It is a nice social experiment to go out to different suburbs, different festivals, different restaurants and look around at what people say, how they dress, what they do and try to form a picture of their socio cultural group. Today at the festival there was a mixture of hippies (but not really, perhaps more of a hippy look but with money), older women who had a glass of chardonay and hit the dance floor even though there wasn't really a dance floor and I'm sure the rock and roll band that was playing didn't have in mind such a desperate housewife audience and to complete it a group of totally weird people who have a strange wardrobe. Anyway not very interesting music wise.

We'll always have Lorne...

I will be thinking of this place, this bench, that view next week when the hottest week of the summer so far comes to Melbourne and catches me at work. I will be thinking we'll always have Lorne.

Hoy fue el ultimo viajecito a Lorne antes de empezar el trabajo. El miercoles que viene que es mi primer dia de laburo va a hacer 39 grados, que bueno no? Y yo en vez de estar aca sentada en ese banco mirando el mar estare en el laburo y recordare que lindo que fue estar ahi hoy. Bueno me voy a dormir. Manana me espera un dia de compras.

The Office

Today I visited Wendy. We planned to have an Office Marathon and watch as many episodes as we could before we start work next week. We started at about 4.30 and finished at 10 pm. We went through 2 pizzas (almost) and fruit and icecream. We watched the first two discs of Season 2 and boy did we laugh! Dwight gets better and better with every episode. His character is so well written, we love him, he makes us wish we could find someone like him at work that we could prank. Give us time, we will find him or her. Michael is another fine character and he has that duality about him, you know, sometimes you hate him, others you can't stop laughing at him, others you feel sorry for him, he is so needy and yet he can drive you so mad! We think there is one person at work who comes close to Michael, especially when he tries to be funny or performs some kind of dance. We also love Jim and Pam, it's great how their characters grow during the seasons and their relationship is so nice. Anyway if you work in an office or similar evironment, you should watch The Office, it is so much like real life, only that it makes you laugh instead of cry like your real job....