Choc cross buns

Firstly Happy Easter everyone! J I hope you who were involved in Lenten fasts/alms giving/prayer managed to fulfil them. Secondly, on the same theme and in regards to the title, it would appear that you do not just get your ordinary seasonal hot cross buns out here but also a chocolate variety. I’d never come across them before.

one a dollar, two a dollar...

So as an ardent United fan since I was conscious of the competitive footballing world, it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth to say I now play at the ground of my conditioned arch rivals. Sure the named ground I play at is a lot smaller, caged and part of an indoor soccer (football) league…still. So yes I am back to playing my footballing ways, though after my long sabbatical from the game, playing 5-aside football is probably the hardest form of football to play/return to as the ball doesn’t go out of play unless it’s a goal, thus you find yourself constantly running about… So what I’m really getting at is that I realised I had left my fitness behind in the UK. Though I have got back into doing more exercise since this rude awakening to my lacklustre stamina, I have also relearnt to stop running around like a headless chicken and used methods to conserve the little energy I have whilst playing… adaptive laziness you could say… I call it strategic performance.

The soccer scene here is the easiest way to ‘spot the expat’ as British emigrants tend to flock to football pastures when in foreign lands. One such individual turned out to be a female ex-Wales ex-Everton player from the 1990’s. If you’ve ever had the pleasure/pain of playing against a professional of their sport (male or female) you can tell their talent not just that they are fitter and superior in ball control but by their focus of their eyes and the way they move their body.

After a month of 0.2mm rain in March [1] (Perth Metro -city centre), it seems April Showers does mean something in Western Australia as it began raining as soon as 1^st April hit. Garden plants apparently come into their own from autumn time as summer is just too hot for most of them, a bit of a strange concept as the winter-spring transition is the time for plants to wake up back home. I think I should point out that WA is not typical of Australia, in fact no part of Australia can be seen as typical climate pattern for the whole country. Over in Melbourne and Canberra (South East) they have weather more common with England; cold, rainy and rarely about 30*C… Perth is just hot with the normal Mean temperature only dropping below 20*C in June-August [2]. A joke you may say, but as one who has become somewhat acclimatised, anything below 20 does feel chilly.

All in all life is going well, in Science lessons Allie is appreciating ‘the periodic table of Elements’, and well she should as without them she (and everything) wouldn’t exist. I’ve been looking into ancient Greek as part of some bible study I’ve been doing, with the help of Jon who has done a year’s study on the language. This old Greek is not the same as modern Greek as ye olde English is a not todays English, so I wouldn’t be able to use this vocab if I were to holiday in Greece. But it’s interesting to observe certain word play that the original New Testament writers used which is unfortunately lost in translation.

So again, have a Happy Easter, as yours begins mine is winding to a close (it’s still an amusing concept being 7 hours ahead).


References:
1. March's lack of rain
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/current/month/wa/perth.shtml
2. Peth's monthly temperature chart
http://www.weatherzone.com.au/climate/station.jsp?lt=site&lc=9225