Ancora Imparo

Ancora Imparo is the motto of my alma mater and can be roughly translated as I’m still learning. 

For almost a year now I’ve had a bit of a side hustle in the non-for-profit sector to my full-time day job. Becoming a board member to a community service organisation and a peak disability advocacy organisation has been a great experience but it has been a bit of a learning curve.

Governance is something that I’m getting up to speed with. Risk appetite, strategy, reading financial documents and keeping up with the ever-changing legislative landscape are things that I am still learning about. Luckily, I’ve managed to go to an AICD course which helped but made me realised the complexities of running an organisation.

Leadership was another area that I wanted to develop. With two board roles comes responsibility and I want to learn how to be more effective in my advocacy. As Gandhi once said, ‘be the change that you want to see on the world’ and I thought doing Leadership WA’s Rising Leaders’ programme would help in that.

Finally, I am a bit of a newbie to the whole disability community and I’ve completed several MOOCs. The subjects were dry and they were a little more intense than I was expecting but it was good to get back into the discipline of study without having to pay for either of them.  

Time management was something I had always wanted to fine tune and with work, music, gym and side hustle I am still learning how to fit everything in. Life is great but it is full on but that is what makes it so interesting.

 

 

  

Please present your octopus!!!

This might not make sense but Chin Grish is adorned with weird sayings but that is Chinese English for you.

This is a Vic Park newbie that we got to visit on one dark Perth autumn night recently.

The decor is funky and interesting. It is bright and inventing! I’ve been passed it a couple of times and just the look of it made me want to go in.

After being guided to a table for two we took our time ordering from what is essentially an Asian Fustian tapas menu.

I love dumplings so I had to choose the Folded Arms in Red Chili and I fell in love with them the second they came out. I almost thought they were so pretty. Let me tell you they were as nice as they looked.

Being a fan of the vegetable I went for a serve of the Daily Greens which added some vegetables to our meal. They were crunchy and spicy.   

My friend ordered the chicken wing which was spicy and spot on. The Bali Corn was cooked to perfection and was served with a lovely sauce.

Chin Grish is quirky and very, very cool. While you might not necessarily take your mother here, your siblings would love it.

 

Loving the Small Print

I’ve always wanted to visit Small Print and a course in the city was a perfect excuse to do breakfast there while catching up on the pre-reading.

Arriving early on this damp weekday morning the Small Print was empty but, according to another customer, this was unusual.

With it is artisan bread and displays full of amazing looking pastries, it actually reminded me of the King Street Café.

 

I ordered a Bircher Muesli and it was divine. It was beautifully presented while having that rustic vibe to it.

My Soy Chai Latte was perfect and was a great kick start to my busy day.    

I look forward to coming here more often now I am in the city more and I am glad to see that I can also pick up a bag of Duke’s coffee beans on my way through.

 

And all that Jazz

On recommendation of a friend, I spent one autumn evenings at Perth’s coolest Jazz Club. We managed to see The Baker Suite on their Australian Tour.

It was just what I thought a Jazz Club. Dark, intimate, good music and lots of round tables with old school chairs. Of course, there was one thing lacking – smoke because we don’t do smoky clubs in Australia which put a dampener on the general vibe and atmosphere. 

The Band was a cross of folk with elements of jazz. It kinda reminded me of Monsieur Camembert without the Clesma.

As a venue, the Ellington is cool. It is great to catch a show but also a great location if you need to use their function rooms.

The drinks are reasonably priced and their food is nice, esp their pizza.