How much was your car?
A friend of mine, who’s also a loyal fan of this site, asked me this morning how much my car was. It wasn’t an easy question! There were different prices all over the place, so I had to summarise the … Read more …
OLD (1998-2012)
It must be good to be the King
Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby, the former chief of staff for George Bush, was sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined US$250,000. George Bush overrules the justice system and lets his friend and loyal staff member out of prison. “I respect … Read more …
It’s the smiles
I’m sitting here in Starbucks, enjoying a ‘dry’ chai latte, listening to the music and thinking about how my life is filled with smiles. I have a new contract for at least the next 6 months, in a place that … Read more …
My XR6 Turbo has arrived!
And here we have the photos that have been ages in coming! I picked up the car last night, and here are some photos I took of it today. My latest pride and joy. 🙂
Everything new
On Thursday I submitted a finance application for a car lease. On Friday I gained a new contract that starts tomorrow, valid for the next 6 months and with the possibility of extension. Today I found out my finance application … Read more …
Boldly going where no one has gone before
I’m a Star Trek fan. I have been ever since I first saw Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, with ‘Mr Rourke’ from Fantasy Island, but as I’d never seen him before. I was a teenager, and that movie touched … Read more …
Gotta love the neighbours!
We discovered soon after moving into our house that our neighbours had a pet cow. Turns out they actually have 3 of them. Who needs roosters to wake you up in the morning at dawn when you’ve got cows mooing … Read more …
Glad that’s over!
I’m no longer working. This is good and bad. Good because I really wasn’t enjoying the role at all. Bad because it was ended before it was supposed to end (by 3 weeks), and because I don’t have any money … Read more …
More travel
I’ll be going to the Blue Mountains tonight with Deidre for the weekend. It’s her uncle’s 80th birthday. I’ll try to get some photos of the mountains while I’m there. See you when I get back!
An update on our move
All our goods from NZ arrived at our new place on Friday (yesterday), along with the new bed and dining setting we bought, and the fridge and washing machine we rented. Deidre spent the day yesterday sorting through a lot … Read more …
Be an angel
This evening I paid around $300 to get my brothers out of debt. To them, I’ve become an angel, a saviour. To me, it was a small sacrifice in a time that such small sacrifices are a little inconvenient, as … Read more …
Family
(This is a long post. Please accept my apologies if you get bored by it, but it’s one of those posts that I’m doing for me. You don’t have to read it, but if you do you’ll learn a lot … Read more …
Time flies when you’re having fun
It’s been almost 3 weeks since my last post, and I think it’s about time I gave you an update on what’s been happening, and why I’ve been so quiet. I started my new job on the 2nd of April … Read more …