Early morning commuting. Peak hour traffic. The Sydenham train to the city decides to stuff up at North Melbourne. Train stalled for ten minutes. People standing the cars start getting uncomfortable. Fidgety and such. Peeked out and I saw (continue reading / 5 comments)

So, the petrol prices has been skyrocketing and you are finding your funds vaporising (pun-intended) from your bank account. Have a read of this e-mail that just dropped in this morning (validity up to reader's discretion): Do not pump [a] (continue reading / 4 comments)

<IMAGE REMOVED COURTESY OF THE AGE> On a day when swopping your staid work clothes for a loud shirt shows your support for the hearing-impaired people, good senior citizens of Melbourne decide to do swop their everyday wear for a commando (continue reading / 4 comments)

Have any readers, in the last five months, purchased a Samsung LCD/Plasma television during their buy-one-get-one free promo? I bought the sleek LA40M81BDX (above) in February from The Good Guys in Maribyrnong and Samsung had promised to deliver (continue reading / 3 comments)

Just a quick quip (and maybe an edit later) before I head off to work - what is up with the gun activity of late? Did 'someone' not mention that, in the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootout, gun-control legislation in Australia were strict, (continue reading / 3 comments)

Roving police patrols at night targeting violent hotspots was a great idea but Premier John Brumby's 2AM lockout is just ridiculous. Last week, Brumby announced a trial starting on June 3, that imposes a 2AM lockout in areas in and around Melbourne. (continue reading / 2 comments)

And good riddance! Queensland is welcome to have him for as long as possible. I don't care if he was a great sports person.The only adjectives I have for describing this person are womanizing, drunken and druggie. News Links Herald Sun's (continue reading / 2 comments)

I have to admit, it has been quite sometime since I wandered along Little Bourke Street. Thinking of enjoying some yum cha in the spacious Dragon Boat restaurant, I was bewildered when I encountered boarded windows and the entire complex in total (continue reading / 1 comments)

Hey furry friends get your freak on and tell your boss that Casual Fridays are out and Loud Fridays are in once every year as you're showing your support for the deaf and hearing-impaired children. I'm in the midst of persuading my office manager (continue reading / 1 comments)

And now he sacks the both of them. Its all over the news. Ted Baillieu had his liberal party sacked two staff who dared write a blog against him. I can't even read it because one needs to be invited. The crime committed is not letting the public (continue reading / 1 comments)

One of the plus sides of having several jobs is the flexibility and change of locale you find yourself in several times a week. One of my new jobs takes me to Grieve Parade in Altona North, where I catch the 6.32AM bus 414 from Footscray. After (continue reading / 1 comments)