Balmy spring days

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Among the things to let you know spring is here is when:

1) Weather can't decide between winter, spring or summer weather. In the last week max daily temps around here varied between 14 deg on one day to 36 deg a couple of days later. And we've had hailstones, thunderstorms and dry baking heat (thankfully not all in 1 day)

2) Then you get days where the blue skies seem to go on forever. Temperatures stay a comfortable 23-25 deg C, and you get beautiful dusk skies where its bluish-yellowish near the horizon and gradually tend to a deep dark blue at 8.30pm in the evening, like this...



Days like this are worth living for. - DSM

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ThE DonGSteRs at |10:36 PM|

I'll be back in the Rat Race again
All the doors I closed one time will open up again
I'll be back in the Rat Race again
All the eyes that watched me once will smile and take me in
(With profuse apologies to Steve Winwood)

Well after 2 months of taking it easy in my (ex)-job, I have rejoined the rat race again. Have joined the company who made me an offer for the post of a Technical Librarian a few weeks ago. 2 days into the job, and so far so good. Place seems nice enough, even a couple of ex-Singaporeans (2 brothers) who are working as technicians here. Mostly handling Technical Data for the overhaul section of the company, working mainly on RAAF aircraft such as the F/A-18, C-130, P-3, Seahawk and Caribous. 38-hour working week, with 4 full days and 1/2 day on Fridays. Pay's not too shabby either. Only drag is waking up at 0600 everyday and the 32km drive to Bayswater from Northcote. Oh well, can't have everything... - DSM

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ThE DonGSteRs at |9:33 PM|

Mr Brown was right

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/241058/1/.html

So GST in Singapore will be raised to 7%, supposedly to ‘help’ lower-income Singaporeans. Riiiiiggghhhttt…The only ones hit by GST are the end users (consumers), which in this case, obviously includes the lower income Singaporeans the government is supposedly trying to “help”. Always nice to have someone kind enough try to help you back on your feet when you have fallen, only in this case the actions of the one trying to help you had a lot to do you being down and out in the first place.

Said it before and will say it again. I only sympathise with the 33.4% who got this “First World Government” they did not vote for. Majulah Singapura. - DSM

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ThE DonGSteRs at |9:52 AM|

Finally..a break

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

today is a public holiday here in Melbourne - Melbourne Cup aka horse racing day...its quite a big thing here in Melbourne and people really dress for this occassion even if today's weather is 19 degrees...anyway its a good break from work and believe me, the weather here is really inviting to stay longer in bed..haha...oh by the way Melbourne is 3 hours ahead of Singapore now so it took me and Mike a while to get used to waking up 1 hour earlier as when we came over it was 2 hours difference. But on the hindsight, this means that we get to knock off 1 hour from work (in theory but not in reality...arrghh)

Christmas is coming soon, miss the christmas lightings back home...altho' i believe Christmas is a big thing here but so far the shops did not put up much decor to liven up the atmosphere, in fact heard that it can be quite quiet here...as for me i'm counting down to Chinese New Year and eating the goodies *drool* - DSA

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ThE DonGSteRs at |10:39 PM|