November 2009
1 post
The end....
Today feels like the end (baring the party) of a very long journey. I decided at 15 that I wanted to be a child psychologist and today, 15 years later, I achieved that. Becoming a Dr is just incidental and something I had never planned on but I’m kinda glad it happened that way. Its not been an easy journey, its been frustrating, upsetting and stressful, but giving up has never been an...
September 2009
3 posts
“Alex you are not a transformer!”
– Teacher
July 2009
2 posts
“‘Is that an iphone? When I first saw one of those I thought it was a phone...”
– Colleague
Child Protection
G: I've realised I add words in that I don't need
Me: Like what?
G: Like 'that'
Me: Give me an example
G: The tecaher feels that Darren, when it should be the teacher feels Darren
Me: Are you sure you should put that?
June 2009
1 post
May 2009
1 post
Cows?
Flatmate: We can talk about until the....what are those things that come home?
Me: Cows?
Flatmate: Oh yeah
April 2009
7 posts
“Oh, I was expecting you to be black”
– Parent, 2009.
I'm not trying to amuse people
Woman: I like you're hair.
Me: Thanks.
Woman: Yeah I've had mine all sorts of colours too, I'll do anything for a laugh.
Szechuan sauce
1 tbsp cornflour
4 tbsp cold fish stock
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sweet or hot chilli sauce, or to taste
2 tsp soft light brown sugar
“‘Pretending to be scientific when one is not is akin to Scientology’”
– Burden (2008)
