left-wing

Just quickly..

I remember when I did a government unit and tilted slightly to the left and how my loving family dubbed me, “comrade”. Obviously, being called comrade wasn’t fun and so my left-winged mindset soon dissolved.

On Tuesday, during lecture, we were shown a youtube of the story of Shell and the Ogoni people. Though you must think by now, I’ve grown out of my death-to-big-businesses mode, but I find it hard to progress from that, because when at uni, this is what we are told and taught! Big businesses normally whilst going on with their business, produce negative externalities. Hence, they should compensate the people who are affected by the externalities! Doesn’t it make sense? Maybe this issue is like an iceberg, and we are only the tip. So trying to fully comprehend it fully would just hurt my little brain.

I’m no where near understanding majority of the political issues that arise and don’t worry, I’m also no where near turning into comrade again. Therefore, I’m not sure why I’m so wound up. Well, not really wound up. Anyway, I know being left-winged means more than just frowning upon big businesses. So this rant, does not give my family the right to christen me with another horrible nickname.

I guess my point is quite stupid. But yeah, go search youtube for ‘Shell and Nigera’. It’s really sad, I bet you’ll swing in the same direction as me!

newspaper and rainy days

“hey you do government right?”

“ya”

“so you study the government right?”

“ya. it’s quite fun.”

“so do you know where kevin rudd lives?”

cross my teas.

seriously, i think the more pressure i am under, the more likely i am to start blogging. however, i am hoping that i slow down the blogging when my exams come ringing around the corner or else seriously..

okay. anyway, i just was on google doing research for the government essay and got a wee bit distracted and that was when i came across this article.

i’m sure many of you have popped by my house for tea and so you would all know that i adore tea (probably more than coffee) and the copious amounts i drown myself in. i now have to stop drinking my regular bushells and milk, which really does upset me because i really really do enjoy my tea with a dash of fresh full fat milk. i guess it’s only earl grey or green tea now because i don’t like normal breakfast tea without milk. this sucks because i just (last night) bought a new packet of bushells and some milk.

so i got a wee bit excited and did more tea related things. I checked out t2’s website and took the tea personality test. the first question however i found hard because there isn’t a select all option. in the end i just chose my favourite time to drink tea which is in the morning. here are my results.

they are pretty accurate, three out of the five they listed are my favourite. then again, i think my answers spelt it out for them. i like my tea in the morning in a mug. i like the traditional stuff and milk in my tea, easy.

okay one more favourite tea website.. bushells! i like the tea etiquette bit! next time we have tea (the girls’ tea at vic park probably) i’m going to show the girlies what i have learnt except i doubt i’m going to brew hot tea in the middle of the park.
stop stop. less tea (with milk) and more government provision..

a better way of delivering

how coincidental, i have to write my second government essay and have now the sudden urge to blog… just like the last time.

i don’t really know where my essay is going right now, all i have is the skeleton of it and that was emailed to me by my tutor. i think at this point in time and with so little of it left, it is slightly disconcerting that i honestly have no clue as to which bit of public services i want to look at and which question to direct the issue towards. i emailed my very nice tutor to ask her whether my tentative pair was alright, and she said it was fine so i should stop worrying but since when do i cease worrying (and procrastination)?

i know i know. quit whinging. two thousand words shouldn’t be hard to get from me when it comes to circumstances outside academia. two thousand words is the quantity i say when i’m sleep talking.. nay this essay shouldn’t be a worry.

there are public services right? there are essentially two forms of market economies, liberal and coordinated right? so sew the two ideas together and print my two thousand words (duplex style) and there i go.

no no no. it isn’t that hard.

loaves II

so have i finished my government essay? have i thought about the next concept i want to talk about and apply it to macca’s? have i edited out my ramblings and waffling?

nay.

those questions aren’t on my mind.
i only ask one question.

have i had dinner?

today i went to uni and got out 300 words! apart from my 300, i watched kim kardashian wobble herself into two pairs of size twenty-seven jeans and a twenty-six and had a gross amount of chocolate for tea.

and what have i learnt from uni today?

1. 2 GB internet allowance is insufficient.
2. i might be the same size as kim kardashian.
3. i like nutella crepes.

okay! once dinner (pesto spaghetti) is eaten, i will stop watching Q&A with Malcom Turnbull, finish up my essay and get ready for more fun!