Conversation of the week

Its a nice quiet afternoon, kids are settled doing some work - their last task for the day all we can hear are the flies buzzing and pencils scratching away on paper.....
When all of a sudden.....

Kid: You know what?! I reckon i could marry you!
Me: What?!?! And why do you say that???
kid: oh because youre sooooooooo beautiful!

Seriously some kids just have no idea! And all this from a 6 year old!

RIP Mr Froggy

Did i say i didnt have any work booked?!?!?!
Let me rephrase that! At the moment its work, work work and yes more work! Boohoo i dont really feel like a casual anymore....
But then again its all good for me and im happy!!

*sigh* mum is going away this friday.... its all happening so fast! Im gonna miss her heaps, more like a best friend than a mother she is! But i know she needs to go. To see her other daughter spend time with her, who knows it may be the last time they have together. It wouldnt be a real surprise really...

Kookaburras were once considered "nice" creatures to have around our place, but alas an event which occured a few days ago have changed all that!

The poor harmless frog which lived in our pool ( so what?!?! our pool resembles a swamp at the moment!), sad so sad!

Anyways so along comes the evil beak of this bird and plucks Mr Froggy from the water. Mr Froggy didnt have a chance!! Before it could utter a croak its head and body was mercilessly smashed on the brick wall. Now we would understand that the frog would most certainly have died then or at least been knocked unconscious.... But u think Mr Kookie stopped there?!?!? NO WAY MAN!! It thumped and thumped and thumped... Like fair go MR Kookie! Mr Froggy is beginning to resemble a spotted green rag. But hey Kookie just had one thing on its mind.... thump thump and yes more thump
The bird was still there an hr later, and there was Mr Froggy's leg hanging out the side of Mr Kookies beak.... not exactly a nice sight.

I dunno the things i witness in my yard sure makes for an interesting erm nature education though....
You reckon i can bring the kids around one day?? hehehe

CSB HP

Well finally recovered from a weekend of not enough sleep, fun and games.... and of course work!

Cowra houseparty went well, and no longer am i 'stressed' abt section stuff!! Phew!
It'l still be a challenge though, not enough members for my section as id like but obviously some things cannot be helped, and i get the feeling that God is doing this to test our strengths once again.

Saturday night compulsory fun was hmm what shall i say..... interesting? tests of strength, will (to eat a disgusting mixture of food) even musical talents... but by far the funniest would have to be the spitting task. Spit out a smartie as far as u can and presto youve won the competition. Of course it all changed when a certain someone decided to shove a smartie up his nose and decided to shoot it from there! It definitely brought mixed results....

Hmm section went well, heehee sunday section time turned into a bit of social, but that was ok cos it was great for all of us to just hang out and get to know each other better!

I must say i missed my art stuff.. so back home ive been catching up on my new craze - manga drawing! It so cool man!

Hmm well still no work yet for this term, think i might have a few days booked soon tho. Anyways holidays while it lasted were very relaxing!! And yet i feel like i should be doing so much more.... *sigh* such is life.

Cruelty of nature...

They say humans can be cruel, evil, horrifying creatures that we are... Men willingly fight each other to the death in order to satisfy their leaders' dreams. Women meanwhile wait at home only to weep with anger and sorrow to learn their loved ones had been killed mercilessly in a futile battle. But that, of course ,is only our downfall as a race of sinful men. We could have known a better life! If only someone hadn't broken a simple rule!!

And we know nature has its way of dealing with things too, why things happen and what causes events to lead up to the final blow, one can only guess.

A few days ago i woke up to the usual chirping and squawking of birds that are in ubundance where i reside. Yet the longer the squawking went on i began to realise that the sounds were not the cheerful chirps we hear every morning, but a mixture of anger, fear and excitement!

Curiosity always gets the better of me and so after rubbing sleep out of my eyes and wolfing down breakfast i went to inspect the commotion. By now though the noise had simmered down to static chirps every now and then.

What was left on the ground though saddened me deeply. At the same time i was sickened. How could things be so cruel?!?

Billowing in the soft breeze were numerous feathers, too numerous to count but enough to make small whirlwinds as the breeze increased its ferocity. And there in the midst of it all, for all the world to see, yet trying in vain to shield its pathetic body was a bird. Only it was a bird that suffered great trauma even as i observed. Many of its wing feathers had been viciously tugged out, the eyes... either they had been pecked out or the creature was in too much pain and so kept them shut, probably hoping it was all a nightmare.
And lastly the head. It had been scalped!! Not one single wisp of hair or feather i should say was left! Red and tender did that poor little skull look.
I knew then what its future would be, it would be slow and painful unless someone put it out of its misery quickly.

Within a few hours, the life had gone out of its small, weak body.

I suppose it shouldnt surprise me really, the way things (animals) pass away. And yet it never fails to prompt me to think what indeed was the point of it all?

So i guess the clock keeps ticking, time moves forward and the world goes on for better or for worse.

But knowing there is a reward waiting for me sometime in the future, spurs me to keep trucking on. Through thick and thin, when life is being unkind and you seriously think no one cares. But it doesnt matter though what happens here, the life here on earth isnt worth the one waiting for me. and i know where i want to be.... Do you?