the worst job i have ever done

when i was 17 i left school and joined a bank. i was sick of studying and doing exams, so i decided not to go to university. At the bank i was the most junior member of staff so i had to do all the crappy jobs. In scotland, as you know, we all probably drink too much, and a consequence of drinking too much is throwing up. People occasionally threw up over our cash machine - and i would have to go out and clean it ! this is probably the worst job i have had to do... but i got my foot in the door, and then worked for 12 very intersting years for them in 4 different countries, so i can't complain.

over to you - what is the worst job you have ever done ?

the job market for women in Portugal - are there equal opportunities ?

you guys are all so young, so ask your mothers. Are there equal opportunities for women in Portugal ? Do women in Portugal earn the same as men for doing the same job ? is there a glass ceiling i.e. are all the bosses men ?

job satisfaction

Guys - here is a list of things that affect job satisfaction. Put them into the order that is most important to you, and then try and work out your ideal job. in no particular order...

challenge,meeting people,security,colleagues respect,working conditions,status in organisation,learning new things, personal freedom,being part of a team, exercising power, helping people, being praised, social status, being promoted, making money

COLOUR IDIOMS

guys - as promised here are some common colour idioms... but i am not going to tell you what they mean ... that is for you to find out...


a bolt from the blue
once in a blue moon
the boys in blue
black and blue

give something the green light
the grass is always greener on the other side

red tape
paint the town red
cath someone red handed
like a red rag to a bull

as white as a sheet
a little white lie
a white collar worker
a whitewash

music

i used to be right into music. i used to go to 60 concerts a year, i used to read a magazine called "Q" every month and i knew everything about everything - and then one day i woke up, and i just didn't care any more - probably when i was around 25.

i find it difficult nowadays that bands don't seem to have hit after hit - they all seem to be one hit wonders. it used to be very exciting when a band had a new single. bands like the jam used to tell everyone when the new single was ready and there would be big queues at the shops , everyone would rush out and buy it and it would go straight in at no 1 - this doesn't seem to happen anymore.

also the older you get 60 % of songs are just remakes of older songs that you knew from your youth - god ! i am starting to sound like my father !

one of the interesting things about living here, however, is that i have heard some music that i wouldn't have heard if i had been living in the UK - e.g. brazilian and african music

finally how about people posting their top 5 songs - extremely difficult i know - but worth thinking about. here are mine ...

teenage kicks by the undertones
she sells sanctaury by the cult
friday i'm in love by the cure
gimme shelter by the rolling stones
holidays in the sun by the sex pistols

all old stuff - i think music affects you stronger when you are younger and more emotional

i have probably missed one or two out , but it is impossible to do.

Over to you

FASHION

SOMETHING THAT I KNOW ABSOLUTLY NOTHING ABOUT ... AS YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE BY THE WAY I DRESS - I SIMPLY DON'T CARE. I RECKON 50 % of guys are like this - maybe i am wrong. I probably did care one day, but because of my size it is impossible to buy things that i like and in my size. it is difficult in Scotland, but it is completely impossible here. The only shop i can buy things in here is Timberland because it is an american brand and has american sizes. But i hate clothes that have a logo on them. Why pay an extra 30 euros for a shirt with a small crocodile on it, when that shirt was made by slave labour in china or the phillipines or somewhere like that. i really recommend a book called "no logo" which tells you about the practices of large clothing companies. Ever since then i refuse to wear any clothes with labels on them and constamtly hunt for clothes without them. if i do buy something with a label on it, i unstitch the label and take it off. Anyway enough of my rantings over to you...

NEW BLOG TITLE

I apologise to all the benficistas in the class - the blog title is obviously wrong ,
and should be ... 1 - 0 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

see you on Saturday

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