Random clips of us on Skype while we play gamezzzzz. La la la la la…

So I walked into JB Hi-Fi and took a stroll around in search of the iPads, just to have a fiddle.  Upon finding myself totally immersed in just how awesome it was, my concentration soon breaks with the discreet figure I could see standing in the left corner of my eye. I continued to experiment with its many features and soon enough I hear laughter from the now revealed indian man standing next to me, watching as I play with the iPad.

He seemed to also be intrigued by its sheer awesomeness and polished OS. He then began to ask whether I knew if it could be connected to the internet and how, or how it would be enabled to be able to connect to printers. I felt like I was being tested but at the same time I felt like the JB Hi Fi salesman that never was, as I splurged out whatever it is I knew about iPads and connectivity.  He then asks what I was studying, I guess he was amazed at my, if brief, knowledge of things as I was also getting a mutual vibe that this guy knew his shit.

TPG Level 1 IT support hard at work.  I think I spot Raj…

He guessed science, but I shook my head and said IT, to which he then proclaimed that I was his “kind of man”. At that point I thought he was going to offer me a job! Hahahahah. he told me how long I’d been studying and my response of 4 years seemed to surprise him as somewhat of a very long time. He tells me he does contractual work for himself (?) and used to work for CBA. I said I work at the tax office and said public service jobs are always good pay.  Following that up, he claimed there was a lot of opportunity at Canberra, if I was willing to relocate. I said no, to put it simply.

This convo went on for about another 5 enduring minutes, which I actually enjoyed because to just have a chat with a random stranger is somewhat healthy. He wished me well in my endeavours, I thanked him, then proceeded to walk off - realising I still wasn’t done looking at the iPad, but didn’t want to go back. I left the store to tweet about it and now here I am blogging about it. Like skrillex, morale boosted and all in a days work. lolol.

That’s wassup.

I remembering owning my very first boomerang, I was about 8 years old and I was at my friends house and had brought it with me to show it off… because, you know, everyone wanted a boomerang.  So anyway, the wind was blowing, I licked my finger and checked which direction it was blowing in.  With as much pride that an 8 year old could hold, I threw that little baby confidently into the air. 

It was moment where everything just slowed down. It must have flew 30m into the air, then suddenly, as the wind was still blowing, it began to turn, just as it had advertised on the dollar-shop packaging.  I was in for some A1 magic about to happen. When you throw a boomerang and catch it, it must be the most awesome feeling in the world. But as mine started to turn, I had realised it was headed for a crash landing….. on the neighbours roof. 

My friend, his brother and I just stood there in shock.  It was my first and last throw of my new toy.  When my mom arrived to pick me up, I had told her and she had to climb a ladder, onto the roof to get it down, something I never thought I would see her do. 

I still own the boomerang, its never been thrown since.