Published January 22, 2010 by Rebecca Matheson

Teach For Australia – an amusing night out

As a conclusion to Geoff’s time at Teach for Australia (Part 1 Intensive) there was a concluding function with the deputy Prime-minister. After the event a large crew (most of the associates) went out to a Chinese Restaurant. I had a great time…

Someone thought I was ‘from Canberra’ as a media person for Julia Gillard because of my camera (hehe)
Got a photo with Julia Gillard but worked out later that I didn’t even shake her hand (oops)
My $25 dress that I bought 3 years ago got passed off as CUE
They served calamari at the Chinese Restaurant (the rest of the food was fairly terrible)… but why calamari!?
The toilet at the restaurant: no lights, no toilet paper
Had a conversation with one of the associates about being ‘third culture kids’
Got told I was an AMAZING wife (because I came to heaps of random TFA things – like the cricket)… must note that the person who said this was fairly intoxicated.

Humor Life

Published January 20, 2010 by Rebecca Matheson

Pay me to read books

I have decided that I would like to get paid to read books. That is all.

Books

Published January 13, 2010 by Rebecca Matheson

Delay in Transmission

Illustration Friday is set to return shortly… apologies for the delay in transmission.

illustration Illustration Friday

Published January 11, 2010 by Rebecca Matheson

This odd suspension

Sometimes it is about patience. Is it wrong to be impatient for what is good – even what is right? What do you do when you find yourself stuck in these in-between times. They kind of just are. There’s no way to jump-start, shortcut, backtrack or fast-forward. It just is this odd suspension, one that waits to go forward simply to start again. It’s uncomfortable. The pendulum has whacked ‘before’ and hasn’t had anything to strike on the other side yet and consequently it doesn’t know what to do.

Life Words

Published January 8, 2010 by Rebecca Matheson