Archive for September, 2007

Brrrrrr……it’s getting cold!!

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

The leaves are going yellow, and falling to the ground.
The days are getting much shorter.
It is getting quite chilly of an evening.
The drizzle has started.
Winter in London is on its way.

Not happy!

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2 Wins away!!

Friday, September 14th, 2007

The Cats - the footy (AFL) team I have been following all of my life (Geelong) - is 2 wins away from raising the AFL Premiership Cup for the first time since 1963.

After absolutely trouncing the Roos (Nth Melbourne) last week, they enjoyed a well deserved week off, whilst the lower ranked sides battled it out in the semi finals.

The Pies (Collingwood) have just beaten the Eagles (West Coast) in extra time, to get them into the Preliminary final against the Mighty Cats.

All of my inlaws are Collingwood supporters, so this is going to be FUN!!

Carn the Mighty Cats!!

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A trip down memory lane…

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Disco Dave just pointed me to a journal entry in the diary for the Charlottesville High School Orchestra European Tour way back in 1998.

This was the year that I, along with Dave, and some great friends travelled to Vienna, Austria to compete in the 27th International Youth Music Festival - all as members of the Chamber Strings of Melbourne.

Check out the diary here: CHS Orchestra European Tour Diary 1998

Well, the diary entry gives us a pretty awesome write-up! Very proud!

Enjoy….

(The original webpage can be found here: Original Version)

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Biker Chick!!

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Congratulations Kate on passing your CBT (UK Motorcycle licence test)!!

First go! You have thrown down the gauntlett for me to pass it first go too!!

Zippy Vespa here you come!

Well done Kate! :-)

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Vespa Cool

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Vespa HeadlightIt has been on the cards for a while now, but we have finally taken the plunge, and we are all booked in to do our CBT training to get our Motorcycle licence here in the UK, with the aim of buying a Vespa to commute to work and get out and about around London.

Vespa LX 125

Kate is doing her course tomorrow, whilst I have to wait a few weeks for my UK licence to arrive in the post.

Vespa shopping will start right away. We are thinking of one of these - Vespa LX 125.

Very exciting!! :-)

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Metronet are Rubbish!

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Tube Strike

  • Metronet win contract to run, maintain and upgrade most of the London tube network.
  • Metronet are rubbish and lag years behind in the upgrade schedule.
  • Metronet go millions of pounds over budget.
  • Metronet cause regular delays throughout the tube network.
  • Metronet go bust (DUH!).
  • Metronet staff threaten 72 hour strike unless their pay/pensions are guaranteed.
  • Metronet Pay/Pensions are guaranteed by Mayor Ken Livingston.
  • Metronet staff STILL undertake strike, throwing London into chaos.

The tube is up the creek (see image in this post). The buses are under ridiculous strain. There are way too many cars in the city today.

Cycling to work was the only option, and looks like it will be for a few more days.

Metronet Monkeys!

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