Random Thoughts XII

Lmao!

I am on day 2 of my vacation. Just taking a week off and doing what ever I want is actually kinda awesome.

Charlie wrote:

How exciting, Mike! I'm very jealous. FTP did a couple of gigs in the UK a while back but they all sold out before I knew they existed. Devastating.

Hehe, second time seeing them. Finally figured out what I'm gonna wear; I knew we were suiting up but I decided on the full three-piece with purple vest/tie.

Just driven past David Guest on my way to my mates.... Unexpected celeb spot for the day

Mike` wrote:

Charlie wrote:

How exciting, Mike! I'm very jealous. FTP did a couple of gigs in the UK a while back but they all sold out before I knew they existed. Devastating.

Hehe, second time seeing them. Finally figured out what I'm gonna wear; I knew we were suiting up but I decided on the full three-piece with purple vest/tie.

Very swish.

um ok yeah

Phyxrak wrote:

um ok yeah

What?

hey guys

Hi!

Hi Eli lol.

Only 3 hours and 15 minutes to go on my 13 hour shift.

I just managed to paper cut my face...

Ouch! Also how??

Back from the hairdresser.

Before/after



She gave me the silver and everything that I wanted that I didn't quite accomplish on my own. Very happy And It's wonderful having half my hair gone!

MissLilly wrote:

Just read through Isa's blog. I hadn't gotten to it before, and now I really feel the need to travel somewhere for a massive culture shock

That's nice, Lilly! Did you manage to understand some of it?

Pakistan definitely applies for massive culture shock.

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Just heard that my co-workers in Brazil have voted to go on strike. Not really sure how will this affect me here, but I'm curious and definitely supporting it.

Span_ski wrote:

Ouch! Also how??

Getting dramatically stressed out with paperwork that our suppliers haven't dealt with correctly and having a slight hissy fit...

Looks good, Lilly!

Isa wrote:

MissLilly wrote:

Just read through Isa's blog. I hadn't gotten to it before, and now I really feel the need to travel somewhere for a massive culture shock

That's nice, Lilly! Did you manage to understand some of it?

Pakistan definitely applies for massive culture shock.

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Just heard that my co-workers in Brazil have voted to go on strike. Not really sure how will this affect me here, but I'm curious and definitely supporting it.

Well, yes, I understood every word of it actually. But I cheated and had google translate the blog for me

What are they striking for?

Mainly because our salary in Brazil is very low compared to other similar careers in the government and because our retirement plan doesn't consider all our salaries, which means we have a huge loss when we stop working. Those are the main points.

Hope they get it through then

Loving the new haircut lilly!

Thank you! Me too

What a bizarre story! Hilarious! :

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You would think a basic winning tactic in football would be to kick the ball between the posts. Your opponent's posts, that is. The team that is best at this wins the match.

Most of the time that's true, but an infamous game between Barbados and Grenada in 1994 turned logic upside-down.

Going into the last group game in a Caribbean Cup tournament (the Shell Caribbean Cup), Barbados needed to beat Grenada by two goals in order to reach the final. A draw after 90 minutes would result in extra time whereas anything less than winning by two goals would see Grenada through to the final. The catch, however, was that the organisers had decided that in the case of extra time a golden goal would count as two goals.

Barbados took an early 2-0 lead, but Grenada made it 2-1 with seven minutes remaining. Barbados were heading out unless they scored a goal—any goal!

One Barbadian striker realised that his team were unlikely to score another goal against Grenada, with only a few minutes to go and Grenada playing an ultra-defensive tactic. Instead, he decided that their best chance of winning was to make the game go into extra time and score a golden goal, which would count as two goals.

So he promptly powered the ball past his own stunned goalkeeper to make it 2-2.

Now, Grenada needed to score a goal—at either end—to avoid extra time and to go through to the final. The Grenada players, initially stunned by the goal and suddenly realising what was going on, turned around and headed for their own net.

Now the comedy really starts as the Barbadians had anticipated this move and rushed to defend the Grenada goal—in addition to their own—until the whistle went for extra time. Now be honest, who could make up a story like this?

In the end, Barbadian ingenuity was rewarded as one of their strikers scored the winning goal four minutes into extra time, which sent Barbados to the final.

As was to be expected, the Grenadians were not amused. Grenada manager James Clarkson was furious. "I feel cheated, the person who came up with these rules must be a candidate for the madhouse.

"The game should never be played with so many players on the field confused. Our players did not even know which direction to attack; our goal or their goal. I have never seen this happen before. In football, you are supposed to score against your opponents in order to win, not for them."

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/74831-barbados-vs-grenada-in-94-the-most-bizarre-match-ever

Great haircut!

Thanks