Archive for June, 2006

My First Motorbike

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

An interesting picture of my first motorbike.

We had some good times together and I’m likely quite fortunate I never broke any bones falling off. It needs some air in the tyres and a bit of rust work but is still in working order apparently!

Soviet Truck

Saturday, June 10th, 2006

I like this funny looking Soviet truck I found parked on the street. Obviously they were built more for function than for style.

World Cup!

Friday, June 9th, 2006

The world cup starts today! 64 games of which I will be watching quite a few, I already have the Australia-Brazil game scheduled for a party at our unit on the Sunday evening. One of the best things about working for yourself is that you can pretty much do what you like when you want [...]

Soccer in Australia

Friday, June 9th, 2006

I have had a chance to watch my nephews playing sport over the recent months. One trend that is obvious is the rise of soccer as a sport in Australia, when I was at school which is either very recently or a very long time ago depending on how much you like 1980’s music, soccer [...]

Airline Food

Friday, June 9th, 2006

This time when booking a flight to Europe I made a choice to seek out those airlines with the best reputation for customer service. With the internet and blogging these days this is a relatively simple experience, bad news travels quickly and far. My search was narrowed down to Emirates or Cathay Pacific who have [...]

Back In The U.S.S.R

Friday, June 9th, 2006

… With a nod to the ‘Beatles’ for the lyrics.
Man I had I dreadful flight.
I’m back in the USSR.
You don’t know how lucky you lucky you are boy
Back in the USSR.
Been away so long I hardly knew the place.
Gee it’s good to be back home.
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case.
Honey disconnect the [...]