Category: Family

Basketball season starts in earnest – with two wins! – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons 0

Basketball season starts in earnest – with two wins! – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons

After a soul searching set of matches during the practise season where the boys and girls under 16 teams were not really getting a chance to develop their plays or teamwork, it was decided...

Essington basketball games week of 9 Feb 2015 – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons 0

Essington basketball games week of 9 Feb 2015 – DBA Basketball Essington Cannons

Power blackouts and some tough games proved we have a way to go. Injurie to Yani, Joe and Jacana along with a trip that saw two players heading in one direction – but not...

DBA Basketball Essington Cannons – Under 16 boys and girls basketball game 0

DBA Basketball Essington Cannons – Under 16 boys and girls basketball game

The boys and girls played their first U16 matches for 2015. It was the first hit out for both teams and although they didn’t win they did acquit themselves well. Here are the match...

Essington Cannons – first games of the 2015 DBA Basketball Season 0

Essington Cannons – first games of the 2015 DBA Basketball Season

First game for the Div 1 U18 boys Essington vs Eagles. Great start for 2015 and the boys acquitted themselves well. https://youtu.be/cERfx0D3C3A?list=PLve6qt7XBGasTSfsbj3AXRSrhDKIfhOVB Here are the full videos for the match held Monday night 7pm...

The Yes and No – collaboration and negotiation 0

The Yes and No – collaboration and negotiation

“Start with No and negotiate” or “Yes and let’s collaborate” are two approaches to reaching an outcome… Apologies for the cross-posting from my eLearning blog, but I think it might resonate with some of...

Fake Buddhist Monks on A Current Affair 0

Fake Buddhist Monks on A Current Affair

We are back in Melbourne and last night watched “A Current Affair” which ran a piece about fake Buddhist monks scamming people in the street asking for donations. I feel a bit strongly about...

Sunrise on the Mekong 0

Sunrise on the Mekong

Took this short timelapse at the junction of three rivers, sitting at Preah Sisowath Quay in Phnom Penn at the junction of the Ton Le Sab, Bassac and Mekong Rivers looking directly towards Vietnam....

Angkor Wat at dawn 0

Angkor Wat at dawn

We travelled in the tuk-tuk to Angkor Wat for the dawn along with about 500 other people wanting to capture this serene, intimate tranquility of a Cambodian sunrise. There were more gopros and selfie...

Bathrooms in budget hotels 0

Bathrooms in budget hotels

We have stayed in more than our fair share of budget hotels and I can tell you that Joe has learnt to adapt. Helen and Joe have never stayed in a hotel or house...

Malaysia – travelling, fun, friends and more 0

Malaysia – travelling, fun, friends and more

Well a couple of restful days in Kuala Lumpur and here we are again at the airport… Some reflections on this brief leg of our Temple Run….   Joe does a Superman jump in...