anne's dispatches from sydney

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i start with a vignette of something indicative of sydney in this era: I am sitting on the 428 bus from Newtown to the city this evening when a couple in the row ahead of me start debating each other whether the slogan is "Think Locally, Act Globally" or "Think Globally, Act Locally". The man concludes that the latter is true. my eyes light up at this conversation- a little flicker of social respeonsibility here on the bus!! I am intrigued (I think they are talking about progressive social change). Then the woman says "Yes- you focus on Global things, make sure the company direction doesn't mess up everything on the local level- Actually, HSBC is doing an ad campaign on local distinctiveness and how to market specifically to the local" oh- THATS what they were talking about!!

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I revived an old hobby last night. I got my hands all muddy with potting plants, and planting vegetables in the front garden. Apparently the water restrictions prohibit watering on other nights so I was lucky. I planted and separated alpine strawberries, lettuce, a passionfruit vine and rosemary. (My sister Claire and I travelled a long way in the arvo to get to the nursery). And today, I caught a train nice and early at 630 am to Newcastle, where I started my honours research into the closure of the BHP steelworks in 1998. what fun!!

oh and another thing- Paul Spencer has a magnificent song about student politics and its machinations here.

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