Author: Andrew Whalan
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New Year’s Resolutions All Year!
After contemplating the year that was past, there are obviously highlights and lowlights! And lessons to be learnt and resolutions to be made. But why make resolutions every year? What about every day? So you can say this, yesterday had highlights and lowlights! Yesterday has lessons to be learnt and today […]
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Faith Challenges and Understanding
At home I have a religious plaque on which is written: “Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to understand that you may believe but believe that you may understand (St Augustine).” Until recently, I thought it meant that I overcame challenges through faith and received understanding at the end. Hopefully instantly 🙂 […]
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Of Happier Things
And now to speak of happier things as my Dad says. As you may have already read, my sister was married last week. How I did behave at her reception? Perfectly. Well almost. I spoke to anyone and everyone. I said this wedding shows the good you do returns to you. Let there be more […]
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The Wedding Dress
My sister was married last weekend. The only inconvenience on the wedding day was this. Our hotel room was makeup and hair curling central. Which means that around 8 am we had to be out! In the end we returned three quarters of an hour before the ceremony. I softly knocked on the room […]
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I’m Better Than I Looked
Last weekend I travelled from Melbourne to Nowra for my sister’s wedding. As the designated passenger I received a phone call. The news was my dad had fallen and was now in hospital. As I result my brother and sister in law altered course to see him. When we arrived Dad (in his eighties) looked […]
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First Gig
It was a quick stop on the way from Melbourne to Sydney. We pulled off the highway near a small country pub. We parked and left the car then entered the pub. Of course, after the long trip most of the party had things to do. Except me. I was transfixed. At the back was […]
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Getting the Introduction Right (Networking)
Once I thought networking was all about introducing yourself. But after some contemplation, I realised it worked best for me when I introduced others. And got that right. And that took some doing. The first time I got it wrong was when I had just met a beautiful girl at a dance. I introduced her to […]
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Is This The Most Boring Opposition Ever?
Politically, I always thought it was the role of the Government to bore the electorate to death. And then be re-elected. But, and especially of late, that role has been taken on by the Opposition. As posted yesterday, it was the asylum seeker debate. Now it is the AWU scandal which dominated Parliament yesterday with allegations that […]
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Tony and Julia : Put Out The Welcome Mat We Need More People Like This!
As a political junkie, the most boring issue for me is how both sides of politics treat asylum seekers. Nothing ever changes except the number of boats and sadly the death toll. Both sides treat asylum seekers as a law and order issue. Abbott on a regular basis decries them as illegal which is incorrect.The […]
Andrew James Whalan 