Monday, 2 July 2018

Day 81


30/06/18

Woke up early yesterday morning so I decided to put on a film. The Dark Knight Rises. One of my favourite films of all time. The narrative. The music. The one-liners. The pit. My favourite scene is at the very end when Batman has to take the nuclear bomb over the bay to save the people and Jim Gordon wants Batman to reveal himself so Gotham knows who its hero is. ‘A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boys shoulders to let him know that the world hadn’t ended.’ And that’s when Jim realises it’s Bruce Wayne. So. Good.

Afterwards, I watched a bit of the footy. My boys Carlton were playing Port. Kade Simpson, a Carlton legend was playing his 300th, so I had to show him some respect by putting on the TV. Only lasted until about half time before I called it quits on the game. We always have a great first quarter but it goes downhill from there. 

Taught three hours of classes. Back to back. I enjoy teaching public lectures because it’s usually very interactive and people are engaged.

Dinner at a hotpot place with a friend of mine. I was able to get a 20% discount using my long-expired student card, which was a bonus. Caught a Didi in a taxi. Business is rough. Taxi driver got me to download another app so he can earn an extra 2 RMB. It’s a struggle for taxi drivers. Their business is being eaten up by the ride sharing apps. On the way home, it just started bucketing down with rain. I had the World Cup to look forward to. France v Argentina was a cracking game. 4-3. Lots of goals, lots of drama. Had a two hour break after the game until the next one so I started rewatching Suits and realised how good it is. Uruguay vs Portugal. Fell asleep half way through only to wake up 2-1. Messi and Ronaldo both out of the World Cup tonight. Shows that it’s truly a team game and one man can’t do it all.  

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