I be memed again!

The lovely Luli, I assume she’s lovely because I picture her as an living anime character, has memed me so I guess I should carry out my obligations to pass on eight things about me - so here goes.

What were you doing 10 years ago?

I was living in London and working for TNT and Southern Cross Magazines in my first job as a journalist. It was a fantastic time. It was around this time 10 years ago that I scored as a five week trip to South Africa where we drove around doing stories mostly about game farming and anti-poaching – which meant getting up close to wildlife - fantastic stuff. I actually got paid to do it! I also covered the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Edinburgh and worked alongside the great Michelle Grattan and the wonderful Malcolm Farr.

What are five things to do on your list today?

• (Sunday) Clean up the backyard and give the naighbours the shits with the sound of the leaf blower.
• Sit with my girls to watch Geelong pump Port Adelaide (which they did)
• Answer Lilu’s meme
• Make the curry masala (powder) using the recipe in The Curry Bible I recently purchased online
• Try to get to bed before 1am (FAIL)

What snacks do you enjoy?

• Chocolate
• Potato cakes
• Dim sims
• Corn Chips and dip
• Pretzels

What would you do if you were a billionaire?

• Start my own publishing company to produce magazines that defy the predicatble pap we get now.
• Learn to fly and buy a helicopter and fight whingeing residents for my my right to land at my property.
• Travel, travel and travel taking a different travelling companion each time – preferably someone who has never had an opportunity to travel before and will be blown away by the experience.
• Help good causes that touch a nerve with me.
• Outdress George Clooney

Three of your bad habits

• Biting fingernails
• Hopless at remembering dates and events (if I were a billionaire I’d have a full-time PA - named Wendy).
• Procastination (it’s taken me three days to finish this).

Five places you have lived

• I grew up in St Albans, Melbourne
• Earls Court, London
• Brighton, Melbourne (loved it)
• Cricklewood, London
• Caroline Springs, Melbourne (I’m a Westy)

Five jobs that you’ve had

• I was an electrician and did my apprenticeship with what is now Melbourne Water and had an asolute ball. I worked at various other places as a sparky including city high rises and the Laverton RAAF base, but a highlight  was the British Museum in London where I had access to the 70 per cent of exhibits not on public display – like mummies and stuff.
• Barman in London, mostly at the Prince of Tech Pub in Earls Court, which used to be an Aussie institution.
• The worst job I ever had was fire protection installer, which required coating steel beams on building sites with fibreglass insulation panels, which made you itch like a bastard. I lasted about three weeks.
• Salesperson/storeman for a Gyprock plaster store (while styudying journalism).
• Journalist – had some really good jobs and some really and crap jobs in journalism, but I know I found my calling.

How did you name your blog?

I have a surname which, with the addition of the syllable Wah, rhymes with Konichwa – the Japanese greeting. As is often the case with nicknames, the part that has nothing to with your name is what sticks, so in some circles I was called Wah. One day I had a party and sent invites out saying “Club Wah presents … “ . I thought Club Wah would be a good name when I embarked on this blogging caper.

Now, who to tag?

The Hippy from Hippy and the Suit
The Suit from Hippy and Suit
Broken Left Leg