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The last couple of days at work have been physically and mentally draining because of the large amount of time that we have spent in iteration planning. The time devoted to these activities are well spent, but I was stunned to think of how little time I have spent in a formal meeting that has lasted for more than hour or two since leaving my former job. It doesn’t surprise me that I have been more productive with having spent less time in meetings, but what does surprise me is how low my tolerance for long, drawn out meetings now is.

Here are a couple of reasons why:
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BIFF
Last night was the viewing of my first two movies at the Brisbane International Film Festival (otherwise known as BIFF). The first was a Korean film called Samaritan Girl (Samaria) directed by Kim Ki-duk who is infamous for his controversial films. I was literally lost for words at the end of the movie because I had not prepared myself for the depressing and graphic nature of this film. Perhaps it would have helped if I had read more about the plot summary) or had read more about other films Kim Ki-duk has directed.

The other movie I saw (starting at 11pm!) was produced by the famous Japanese anime company Studio Ghibli called Pom Poko. Centred on the story told by the Tanuki (Japanese for Raccoon), it continues the studio’s common ‘human-vs-nature’ theme in the light-hearted and quirky style that is only Studio Ghibli. Having seen two other films produced by this company (Spirited Away and Princess Monoke), I can only whole-heartly recommend any of their movies. UQ’s Schonell Theatre is still showing a special showcase finishing on Ekka Day (Wed Aug 11) featuring some of Hayao Miyazaki’s films.

Anarchy
To top off the night (or shall we say morning?) we headed to Rockafellas to support my mate Aaron Blishen (AKA Anarchy) at his debut DJ gig, Resonate. Anarchy’s entire set was extremely well received by a decent sized crowd (especially considering that it was at a time when the taxi queues were at their peak - i.e. 3:30am) . An awesome selection of tracks was enjoyed by all for another hour and a half as the laser show went off in sync with all of the music. Unfortunately the misty haze created by the smoke machine for all the lasers meant that none of my photos I took turned out. Can’t wait for the next gig!

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Selecting a domain name is such a tough business… especially when all of the ones you want are taken. Initially setting out to get one associated with my last name, I found that they were all taken up as acronyms for a number of completely unrelated associations. These included:

• www.kua.com - Kissimmee Utility Authority
• www.kua.org - Kimball Union Academy
• www.kua.com.au - Karate Union of Australia

Another alternative domain, www.patkua.com, had been considered but was turned down as I thought it would be good to have it generic so that other Kua family members could host their own areas in the future. It was only when an old work colleague of mine referred to me as “the kua” to some current work colleagues that I thought that would make a great domain name for because of its brevity and appropriate generality (not to mention it was not taken!) and so www.thekua.com was born.

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Well last night I had Michael and Marie over for dinner. I really enjoy cooking, so it was quite fun having them over and planning dinner. I haven’t seen them for quite some so it was good to catch up with them.

I wouldn’t have normally posted this, but Marie wanted to see it published, so here are the details of the dinner just for Marie.

• Entree: Turkish bread served with a mildly spicy roasted capsicum dip.
• Main: Chicken Ho Fun
• Dessert: Lemon Tart served with Butterscotch ice-cream and fresh strawberries garnished with a chunk of Lindt chocolate

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Just a disclaimer that I intend to properly stylise this site given enough time (of which there is never enough). Don’t be surprised if you come back and things look a *little* bit different.

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Welcome to thekua.com. This is my first official website that has its own domain name, the existance of which I have to thank a number of my friends and work colleagues who already have a presence on the web. Though not one to be peer-pressured into anything, it is now something that I can cross off my list-of-things-to-do-before-I-die.

No doubt you realise that this part of my website has been intentionally and probably most aptly named as this will indeed be a forum to which I will be publishing my thoughts and the events I happen to be participating in.

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