To dilly-dally is divine.
It rained and poured like heck over the last week. Some suburbs have flooded so bad Aussies have taken to their kayaks to get to the supermarket. OK, maybe I exaggerate but 3,000 people up the NSW coast did have to flee their soaked homes. At least one suburb has been officially declared a disaster zone. See pictures of the aptly-named Water St and other areas. Yesterday was the worst: It poured and poured so badly I refused to leave the house to take out the garbage (the rubbishmen come on Tuesdays and Fridays). Right now though, it's a terribly beautiful day - the sun is shining, there's hardly a cloud in the sky and the temperature is brilliant. Ah, Oz.
Today is International White Band Day, supporting moves to alleviate poverty, forgive Third World debt and aim for fairer trade. Sydney's Harbour Bridge is going to be wrapped in white and a hot air balloon is going to fly the Melbourne sky; Singapore isn't on the list of countries taking part. White Band Day is being held along with the massive Live 8 this weekend. If you want to, sign Live 8's petitition to G8 leaders but I'm not sure they'll really care. The bands look promising though: Coldplay, Snow Patrol, REM, Travis, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers and, er, A-Ha.
Although, I'm still not convinced how these damn fine bands are going to save the 800 million people starving every day, 300 million of them children. Did the first Live Aid 20 years ago really work?
Today is International White Band Day, supporting moves to alleviate poverty, forgive Third World debt and aim for fairer trade. Sydney's Harbour Bridge is going to be wrapped in white and a hot air balloon is going to fly the Melbourne sky; Singapore isn't on the list of countries taking part. White Band Day is being held along with the massive Live 8 this weekend. If you want to, sign Live 8's petitition to G8 leaders but I'm not sure they'll really care. The bands look promising though: Coldplay, Snow Patrol, REM, Travis, Kaiser Chiefs, The Killers and, er, A-Ha.
Although, I'm still not convinced how these damn fine bands are going to save the 800 million people starving every day, 300 million of them children. Did the first Live Aid 20 years ago really work?
Our friend wrote a column on Live 8:
http://www.todayonline.com/articles/59579print.asp
i saw! *clap clap*
puck and I was just talking about it the other night, and wondering whether G8 leaders listen to coldplay et al