Photos, ramblings, whatever

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Another job interview

Hi again,
On Friday evening I had another job interview. Like the last one I would have to move to Perth if I got the job. It was for iinet: one of the larger ISP's in Australia. I think it went fairly well, but I find out for sure sometime next week.

On another note altogether: I took this fun picture at my parents' place last weekend.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Spiking food with shrimps

Hi everyone,
I've just been reminded of the benefits of normally cooking for myself. Today I bought a packet of noodles without looking carefully enough at the list of ingredients. Shortly after the inside of my mouth started swelling up I took another look at the packet, and saw in unobsusive white lettering the words "Warning: contains crustacea". Crustacea in this case meaning shrimp powder.
Fortunately shrimps are the only crustacea to which I am allergic. My reaction is first tingling then painful swelling of any part of my body that comes in contact with shrimp protein. If I actually swallow the shrimp I feel nausea for a few hours as well as more painful swelling all the way down my esophagus.
Unfortunately many people who distribute crustacea in food do not know the difference between shrimps and prawns. These people are very dangerous as far as I am concerned and need to be put in strait-jackets and padded cells.