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MIKE's BLOG 1 - "The quirks of Mike" - "If I'm not remembered for my art, -I hope I'm remembered for my humour!" "To Paint a Picture?" - "in my daily travels.." [Open, honest, and frank..] -[Posted at 06:42 pm on December 03, 2007] It is not often I get to catch up with the young..nor is it often I get to catch up with my elders,(particularly family associates). However heres another little time-pass.. -Not long before, I had been invited to a posh "lunch outing" with family members, -my Auntie and one of my mum's good friends.. I don't get to see them often, particularly since my parents' passing some years now. So as the story goes, I beleive, (in fact; I know I'm not sure) where the "eatery" was) somewhere in Mt Eden or New Market off Broadway..hmm? Well anywho, I know something of the place.. It had something tied with dedication to "supporting arts", wealthy business men & women helping fund and promote acclaimed N.Z artworks and historical senses.. etc; The people some years ago who co-founded the "landscape-achitechture" as an on-going trust to the aforementioned had "memorials" place amongst the beautiful gardenscape. A very relaxing atmosphere..I must say! So there we were, walking through into the gardens, along a stoney gravel to an entrance-way well presented, small by appearance from the out-side yet the eatery itself was infact quite well catered to.. Truus, Marjorie & I casually walked up to the "booth" to check out the menu and take a table number.. As we were "mulling" I saw & directed my attention to the "honesty-box", with a sheepish grin turned, looked over to my mum's friend & Auntie, and said - "Do I pay for it now, or on the way out?".. x ~~ Good to know the young are valued by the older folks! Heh-heh!..  |
MIKE's BLOG 2 - "The quirks of Mike" - "If I'm not remembered for my art, -I hope I'm remembered for my humour!" "To Paint a Picture?" - "in my daily travels.." [Open, honest, and frank..] ~Well, I remember being tired. It was slightly drizzly that day I had left the evening to wander down to the "local" takeaway.. The takeaway is a popular one and has been situated here in Royal Oak for many years.. My earliest memories of the establishment must be from the age possibly 7 or 8. ~Today, it is a very hip place for the youth to "pick-up, hook -up and do whatever it is they do" etc;.. Anywho- I stroll in, aiming to forget the day/s; the last week etc; & place my order to go! (Most days I'm typically quite "strung" & this was a bad day for me also..) Although anxious, I feel o.k. as I wait.. -Next thing, I'm feeling more than anxious.. ~ An upbeat "tempo of noise" has just walked in! "##".. Anyway ~continuing, *Four typically youthful couples enter;(assumable to one-another). -and then in my head woops out loud- "Why do all the young today, make such a bloody racket, I mean, what's up wid that?" ,(or words the same...) - And of course in "just" response- one couple seemingly nice & polite peers over with a "slightly questionable look".. * So as yesterdays news approaching fourty with a look of crazy, I give pause, then non-verbally comment - "Like you know, Some things never change Eh?". x - (for me, a bit of a gig that day!)  |