The Olympics are nearly over for another four years. To me these games have been the most inspirational games I have ever watched. To see Anna Meares win gold after breaking her neck several years ago in a cycling accident was awe inspiring.The cast iron strength it would have taken to come back from such an injury shows just how strong the human psyche can be. Also injured in an accident, this time a car accident, Nathan Outteridge, one half of the sailing team to win gold. He fractured his back when his car hit a tree on his way home from training. The emotional as well as physical strength these athletes have to draw from within to come back from such injuries is what makes them champions.
Brittany Broben, the youngest member of the Olympic team at just 16 years of age reminds us we should be proud of our Australian youth. Despite the inner focus this young girl has and the drive to be a champion , underneath she is still a gorgeous teenager, bubbly, giggling and enjoying life. Here is hoping teenagers have watched her achievements and will aspire to be like her. To win a silver medal at just 16 years of age is an inspiration to us all.
Who can forget Tom Slingsby's utter despair at his defeat in Beijing when his sail boat collapsed. This man didn't stay down for long. He got back up on his boat and sailed back in from the sunset to win gold this time around., It would have been so easy for him to give up after his Beijing defeat, instead he pulled himself up and got right back on the boat.
It is not all about the medals. Those that don't win any medals are also inspirational.. Steven Solomen, 19 years old, who only took up professional sprinting in 2009 ran a great race to make the 400m finals. He came 7th out of 8 in this race, and he was stoked. His joy at being at the Olympics was written all over his face, which is what it is all about. It is not about the medals, or the accolades, it about reaching the status of Olympian. Any athlete who reaches this degree of eliteness is a winner.
I am really getting sick of the media essentially putting our athletes down if they don't win gold medals. Winning silver and bronze is an amazing achievement, just is making the cut to Olympian. I think our journalists need to step back and take a look at what is important in the Olympics. Yes the goal is to win gold and yes it is a big disappointment not to go home with one, but these athletes have achieved amazing feats just to get to the Olympics. So many inspirational stories. If we just look at the story behind the athletes achieving the ultimate of reaching Olympic status,we will see inspirational people who get very little help to get there. Their emotional and physical strength, their perseverance and the mind set they have to get into to achieve their dreams should be noted by all.
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Friday, August 10, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
The topic on everybody's lips at the moment is the book "Fifty Shades of Grey". What is it about this book which is making it so popular among women? Is it the forbidden ? Maybe the fact it is giving them permission to legitimately read porn without feeling like they are doing something wrong. Men have always been able to read porn without judgement, if fact men who didn't read porn were considered strange. Women had to hide their porn between the pages of 'Womans Day'.
The book is graphic, titillating and has an almost addictive quality to it. Maybe we all have an edge of kinkiness within us, but because of societies expectations we withhold these urges.What woman wouldn't want Christian Grey to weave his sexual magic around her? Feminists say that this book has put the womens movement back fifty years, when in my opinion it has liberated women. Removing the taboo of porn for women.
Fifty Shades of Grey is essentially a fairy tale. Young college girl desired by rich, handsome entrepreneur who buys her beautiful gifts and bestows upon her sexual favours she has never in her wildest dreams conjured up in her academic college girl mind. Sounds like a best seller to me.....
The book is graphic, titillating and has an almost addictive quality to it. Maybe we all have an edge of kinkiness within us, but because of societies expectations we withhold these urges.What woman wouldn't want Christian Grey to weave his sexual magic around her? Feminists say that this book has put the womens movement back fifty years, when in my opinion it has liberated women. Removing the taboo of porn for women.
Fifty Shades of Grey is essentially a fairy tale. Young college girl desired by rich, handsome entrepreneur who buys her beautiful gifts and bestows upon her sexual favours she has never in her wildest dreams conjured up in her academic college girl mind. Sounds like a best seller to me.....
Thursday, July 5, 2012
STOP SLAUGHTERING THE WHALES
Today South Koreans announced that they were again going to slaughter whales in the name of "scientific research".Funnily enough, in the next breath they say whaling has been part of their culture for hundreds of years and is a tradition they want to continue, at least get your stories straight. They can come up with all the excuses in the world, the minke whale population has now increased, the whales are eating all the fish making it hard for fisherman to make a living, but none of these excuses make it right. What it all comes down to is greed. The South Koreans will be paid thousands of dollars for the whale meat they sell to restaurants throughout Asia, but because of the lack of demand for the meat, it will sit in freezers, so what is the point of it all? Japan and South Korea are not the only countries to kill whales. Norway and Iceland also partake in the slaughter of whales but because it occurs within their own waters it goes generally unnoticed. When are governments around the world going to stop worrying about being politically correct and stand up to these countries killing the worlds whales. If it wasn't for the activists getting it out there preventing this barbaric killing, the whales would be even more endangered than they already are. The cruel way they are slaughtered is also an issue, many still alive when hauled aboard the ships. Who can forget the image of the whale giving birth as she was dragged aboard a Japanese whaling ship.
It breaks my heart seeing these gentle warm blooded animals being killed unnecessarily.The reason these countries continue to slaughter whales is greed and pride. Their pride will not let them back down and admit they are doing the wrong thing, they are afraid of losing face. Well "Get over it" you ARE doing the wrong thing....
It breaks my heart seeing these gentle warm blooded animals being killed unnecessarily.The reason these countries continue to slaughter whales is greed and pride. Their pride will not let them back down and admit they are doing the wrong thing, they are afraid of losing face. Well "Get over it" you ARE doing the wrong thing....
Monday, June 25, 2012
TATTOO'S
Today I went and had my third tattoo. Previously I have had a butterfly on my ankle and a lady bug on my hip. After these small tattoos I said I was finished with defacing my body. I am asked by many as to why I went and had another tattoo. Midlife crisis? passed that. Rebellion? perhaps.Why have tattoos at all? Mostly because I wanted to shelve that image of myself, probably only an image in my own my mind, of the uptight princess I so often felt I was. The most recent tattoo I had because I wanted in place a memory of my trip overseas. While in Germany I fell in love with the edelweiss flowers and I thought a tattoo of these flowers was a fitting tribute to this amazing holiday.Having this tattoo made me feel free of convention, a tiny bit rebellious and I now have a pretty picture on my leg.
The pain was hard to bare but sometimes you just have suck it up and make pain your friend. At the end of the day it is like having a baby in that you have something wonderful to show for the pain at the end. Ok, maybe it's not quite like having a baby but you get what I mean. It is a pain I chose to partake in and a pain I was willing to endure.
So at the end of the day here I am with a third tattoo. Bigger than the others but prettier and more meaningful. Will I go back to have more artistry on this temple I call my body? Probably not, but I am not one to ever cut off all my options.
The pain was hard to bare but sometimes you just have suck it up and make pain your friend. At the end of the day it is like having a baby in that you have something wonderful to show for the pain at the end. Ok, maybe it's not quite like having a baby but you get what I mean. It is a pain I chose to partake in and a pain I was willing to endure.
So at the end of the day here I am with a third tattoo. Bigger than the others but prettier and more meaningful. Will I go back to have more artistry on this temple I call my body? Probably not, but I am not one to ever cut off all my options.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Unanderra railway station
Unanderra Railway Station, for those that don't know it, is only available for use by able bodied young people without small children. The many stairs to get to the platforms make it impossible for a lot of people to be able to conveniently catch a train from this station. Upgrades on this station began last year when $11.4 million was allocated to Unanderra Station, and lifts were to be installed., After the waiting area of the station was upgraded then came the big turnaround. The lifts were not to be installed and the remaining funding was to be re- allocated to another station in the Wollongong area. This is a disgusting turnaround on the State Governments part as the demographic for Unanderra is either older people who rely on trains for transport or parents with young children. The Station that they are giving the funds to does not need lifts.
Petitions are filed and people complain but it is surprising how little this really does to help the cause. Once Governments have made the decision that is it, do not pass go, do not collect $200. I get really angry at this lack of empathy. They do not care about the people affected, only about the areas where they will get the most votes. The politicians wonder why we don't trust them, here is a prime example.
Petitions are filed and people complain but it is surprising how little this really does to help the cause. Once Governments have made the decision that is it, do not pass go, do not collect $200. I get really angry at this lack of empathy. They do not care about the people affected, only about the areas where they will get the most votes. The politicians wonder why we don't trust them, here is a prime example.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
SHOES
Recently the topic of women and their shoes came up again. Why is it a pair of exotic shoes with four inch heels brings a woman to her knees. Is it in her DNA? Shoes in general can define a generation, make a man sit up and take notice or be a fashion statement.
Shoes can reflect a woman's mood. When she is wearing those sexy four inch heels in possibly black or red she is on the prowl. Feeling vibrant, beautiful and sexy, or perhaps she is short and just needs to have her head up in the clouds with the rest of the world. It is said that it is a natural instinct for women to wear heels to attract men as the heels cause a woman to walk with her bottom protruding, don't need to wear heels for that to happen in my case i'm afraid, and the heels define her calves. I will leave that one for the men to comment on.
Then there is the recycled shoe design, such as the "Converse". Young people wear the converse around , walking with a swagger, shoelaces undone. Well sweet young things, those shoes were around forty years ago, called gym shoes, which your parents all wore, minus the swagger.
Lets not forget the Ugg boot, the armchair shoe which when our feet are placed within their grasp all sigh with relief . Outed by Pamela Anderson for public exposure, the Uggie can now be worn anywhere and does not need any justification to be worn outside the home. Up there with tracksuit pants the institution known as Ugg is here to stay. Many shake their head in disgust, I say go the Uggie.
Shoes are a big part of my world, does this make me shallow,perhaps,but when I put on my converse and swagger out the door, I feel fifteen again. My calves are sexy and beautiful when those four inch heels are places firmly on my feet and when I return home after hours in those four inch heels I feel the welcoming call of my much loved Uggies.
Shoes can reflect a woman's mood. When she is wearing those sexy four inch heels in possibly black or red she is on the prowl. Feeling vibrant, beautiful and sexy, or perhaps she is short and just needs to have her head up in the clouds with the rest of the world. It is said that it is a natural instinct for women to wear heels to attract men as the heels cause a woman to walk with her bottom protruding, don't need to wear heels for that to happen in my case i'm afraid, and the heels define her calves. I will leave that one for the men to comment on.
Then there is the recycled shoe design, such as the "Converse". Young people wear the converse around , walking with a swagger, shoelaces undone. Well sweet young things, those shoes were around forty years ago, called gym shoes, which your parents all wore, minus the swagger.
Lets not forget the Ugg boot, the armchair shoe which when our feet are placed within their grasp all sigh with relief . Outed by Pamela Anderson for public exposure, the Uggie can now be worn anywhere and does not need any justification to be worn outside the home. Up there with tracksuit pants the institution known as Ugg is here to stay. Many shake their head in disgust, I say go the Uggie.
Shoes are a big part of my world, does this make me shallow,perhaps,but when I put on my converse and swagger out the door, I feel fifteen again. My calves are sexy and beautiful when those four inch heels are places firmly on my feet and when I return home after hours in those four inch heels I feel the welcoming call of my much loved Uggies.
Vaccinations
Well here I am again blogging, It has been so long since my last blog that I don't know where to start.
What I will do is start with the debate arising again about immunisation . To immunise or not to immunise that is the question. Personally I think it is a crime not to vaccinate your children. Those against it say it is their choice. What about the choice of the little babies too young to be immunised who catch diseases from your non vaccinated child in a shopping centre? Every parent opting for the no vaccination road should be taken to a hospital to see a tiny baby with whooping cough trying to catch its breath, or perhaps the child dying from encephalitis, a long painful complication of a simple disease, measles.
There you have it, my rant for the day, and to all the parents anti vaccination remember that your child has more chance of dying from the diseases you are not immunising against than getting a side effect from the vaccine.
What I will do is start with the debate arising again about immunisation . To immunise or not to immunise that is the question. Personally I think it is a crime not to vaccinate your children. Those against it say it is their choice. What about the choice of the little babies too young to be immunised who catch diseases from your non vaccinated child in a shopping centre? Every parent opting for the no vaccination road should be taken to a hospital to see a tiny baby with whooping cough trying to catch its breath, or perhaps the child dying from encephalitis, a long painful complication of a simple disease, measles.
There you have it, my rant for the day, and to all the parents anti vaccination remember that your child has more chance of dying from the diseases you are not immunising against than getting a side effect from the vaccine.
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