Multiple choice?

What is plural of foot? Feet.
What is plural of goose? Geese.
What is plural of choose? CHEESE!!!

Nothing saint

Few days ago we (members of St Vincent de Paul Society) visited a person asking for help.
Help was definitely needed - mother and 15 y.o. daughter - kicked from home by their husband/father. They are living in a transitional housing, but will move soon to a home provided by social services.
They were of Vietnamese origin, 4 years in Australia still mother's English was very rudimentary, daughter's was better, but apparently at school they do not talk about household and domestic issues.
We introduced ourselves and explained services and assistance, which can be provided by our Society mentioning few times our Society name.
- Saint Vincent... - mother was puzzled - you mean Salvation Army?
- No, Salvation Army is a different organisation. We are Saint Vincent de Paul Society. Vinnies.
- Vinnies - daughter's face brightened - I saw Vinnies shop in Springvale!

She was right - I came to my senses.
Saint - such term barely exists outside Christian cultural circle.
Salvation Army is in much better position. Each and every culture knows what ARMY means.

MS Walk 2016 - done

From inside the car it looked sad...


... outside it looked beautiful...

In the assembly area it looked colourful...

There was a distance to walk....

START!

After few steps...

Keep walking...

At the furthest point of the walk...

Way back...

Some homes lost their heads...

In the finish gate...

Most colourful team

Some done it harder way...

... and harder way...

... and then there was peace and quiet...

I collected $747 - thank you my supporters!

MS Walk - progress report

3 weeks left to the event - 5th Jun;

Here is history of my previous fund-raising efforts:
Year 2011 - $646
Year 2012 - $728
Year 2013 - $825
Year 2014 - there were 2 runs: Colour Run $450, MS Walk $525
----- Total : $975.
Year 2015 - 2 runs again: Color Run $275, MS Walk $495. Total: $770.

So I am far behind previous results, but still hoping for improvement.

Here is my memory from better days - Color Run 2015...

The Best Day

Two days ago, in the morning, I heard on the radio a weather report:
The weather today, according to the Bureau of Meteorology, will be... yyyy... the worst since yesterday.

This was correct...

But then, yesterday (11th May) the weather was, surprize, surprize - the BEST since yesterday...

How useful such formula can be!
Especially at the current stage of my life when there are not so many good days or events. But it is so easy to improve this balance.

In this way yesterday was my BEST Day (since day before), mainly due to the concert where this piece of music - CLICK - was performed.

The REAL start of the year

Looking back at the last year I found only one thing for certain - it was a year of making crepes. At least 1,200 of them.
Calculation is simple - 5 grandchildren = 15 crepes for one session.  40 weeks of school x 2 sessions per week x 15 = 1,200.

School holidays are still on, but grandchildren are lurking around the city, so today...

1.5 cup of flour, 1 cup of milk, 1 cup of water, 3 eggs, a pinch of salt, a spoon of oil...

FIRE!!!

Fifteen :)

PS. For more tasty crepes one can use beer instead of water.

Same sex couple in Catholic Church

Yes, it happened in my Parish Church last Sunday.

There was a baptism ceremony for a very young boy and our lovely Parish Priest announced:
- Godmothers and parents, please come to the altar.
And there they came - two godmothers.
Well, he did not use term godparents, maybe for time being a new term should be coined - godscouple.

Anyway - a small step has been done.