The Secret of the Mosque
Jul. 10th, 2014 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
todayiamadaisyIt is a little bit terrifying to imagine what Barbara Cartland might write in a book called The Secret of the Mosque. The internet is oddly silent on what the plot of it is beyond: Rozella agrees to replace her father as translator on a dangerous mission, but her partner in Constantinople, Lord Mervyn, is resentful of the last minute switch. I would be too, Lord Mervyn.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, is visiting Australia at the moment, and today he and our Prime Minister posed in front of a giant tyre in a manly way. So that's a thing that happened. (I do not think it was Mr Abe's idea.)
This week is NAIDOC week, which, per Wikipedia, is to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. My work is contractually obliged to do something official to mark the occasion, so we had a lunch-time quiz, with half depressing questions about life expectancy and half more cheerful ones about actors and so on. All participants were awarded NAIDOC week wrist bands, booklets and temporary tattoos, and the overall winner received a jigsaw of Uluru. That was me, obviously.
It's a 748-piece jigsaw. That's an odd number, isn't it? I mean, no, obviously it's an even number, hahaha, but it's an unusual number, as jigsaw puzzles go.
The Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, is visiting Australia at the moment, and today he and our Prime Minister posed in front of a giant tyre in a manly way. So that's a thing that happened. (I do not think it was Mr Abe's idea.)
This week is NAIDOC week, which, per Wikipedia, is to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. My work is contractually obliged to do something official to mark the occasion, so we had a lunch-time quiz, with half depressing questions about life expectancy and half more cheerful ones about actors and so on. All participants were awarded NAIDOC week wrist bands, booklets and temporary tattoos, and the overall winner received a jigsaw of Uluru. That was me, obviously.
It's a 748-piece jigsaw. That's an odd number, isn't it? I mean, no, obviously it's an even number, hahaha, but it's an unusual number, as jigsaw puzzles go.