No. 1 daughter, Leanne, serving up the tucker at her
recent barbecue in honour of the Chinese students
Monday, July 11, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Winter Drawers On, Summer Knicks Off!
I have been a little more sociable over the past few weeks with outings to a barbecue held at my daughter home, a cabaret called "Dribs and Drabs" and a tribute to the Bee Gees evening at the All Seasons (a motel/restaurant which is walking distance from where I live). The barby was held in honour of two Chinese students, aged 10 and 11, from the Souchou Industrial Park area in China. My daughter and her husband are hosting their visit to Australia for two months.
The program is the result of a 2009 trip to China by Bendigo school principals, who set up a sister-city relationship with schools in Souchou.
I attended "Dribs and Drabs" at the invitation of a fellow client of one of my support workers who is friendly with the owners of this well-known local nightspot. Unfortunately my date for the evening pulled out due to ill-health at the last minute, so I went solo. The meal was good, the floor-show was a mixture of bad-taste to reasonably entertaining... I gave it 5 out of 10!
At least I managed to get a date for the Bee Gees tribute, even though we had to leave early due to her baby-sitters commitments. The 'sound-alike' trio of entertainers put on a reasonable performance although nowhere near the perfect harmonies of the original group... again the meal was enjoyed by all.
To update, I am not playing darts until the next Summer season which won't commence until after the beginning of next year. Meanwhile I am keeping myself occupied searching in vain through dating sites looking for a lady - any lady - who might feel desperate enough to entertain the thought of taking on a fugly partner in a wheelchair... just for casual outings, dinners, movies, sharing HWB (hot water bottles), etc. 'Twould appear they don't exist!
The only site that gives me a momentary lift is "Tagged", where I have had literally dozens of responses - from the Philippines and New York! It would seem that I could get as many dates as I would like IF I sent them the money to come out to Australia... but I'm not QUITE that desperate YET!!! Three have offered to come out here if I get them - or give them - a job, but that is also a bit beyond me at the moment.
My Eff'n Eff, Eff Eff'n Eff and Eff Night (see an earlier blog hereunder) has been delayed until September 30. so more about that in next month's blog.
Oh well, back to my search for a HWB.
The program is the result of a 2009 trip to China by Bendigo school principals, who set up a sister-city relationship with schools in Souchou.
I attended "Dribs and Drabs" at the invitation of a fellow client of one of my support workers who is friendly with the owners of this well-known local nightspot. Unfortunately my date for the evening pulled out due to ill-health at the last minute, so I went solo. The meal was good, the floor-show was a mixture of bad-taste to reasonably entertaining... I gave it 5 out of 10!
At least I managed to get a date for the Bee Gees tribute, even though we had to leave early due to her baby-sitters commitments. The 'sound-alike' trio of entertainers put on a reasonable performance although nowhere near the perfect harmonies of the original group... again the meal was enjoyed by all.
To update, I am not playing darts until the next Summer season which won't commence until after the beginning of next year. Meanwhile I am keeping myself occupied searching in vain through dating sites looking for a lady - any lady - who might feel desperate enough to entertain the thought of taking on a fugly partner in a wheelchair... just for casual outings, dinners, movies, sharing HWB (hot water bottles), etc. 'Twould appear they don't exist!
The only site that gives me a momentary lift is "Tagged", where I have had literally dozens of responses - from the Philippines and New York! It would seem that I could get as many dates as I would like IF I sent them the money to come out to Australia... but I'm not QUITE that desperate YET!!! Three have offered to come out here if I get them - or give them - a job, but that is also a bit beyond me at the moment.
My Eff'n Eff, Eff Eff'n Eff and Eff Night (see an earlier blog hereunder) has been delayed until September 30. so more about that in next month's blog.
Oh well, back to my search for a HWB.
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