Sugar

My neighbours came back yesterday from holidays overseas. The lady came over to borrow some sugar since they did not have any at home.

I was quite surprised to learn that the guy used to take TEN teaspoons of sugar with his tea! TEN teaspoons!! There is probably more sugar than tea in that cup!And when I say, used to, I mean that he has cut down on it now. Yeah, he only uses SEVEN teaspoons nowadays...

Suddenly I am not feeling too guilty about the two teaspoons of sugar I used to have in my drinks...

The Right of Way

Couple of months back, I was waiting to cross a busy road. There was another guy who looked to be in his middle thirties waiting with me and he had his little daughter with him. She looked about five years old or so. Anyways we were all waiting for the green man to come and tell us that it was all right to cross.

When he did finally appear and we started to cross, this red car came screeching around the corner. The driver had apparantly run a red light and was heading straight at us. Of course I stopped dead in my tracks. But the other dude did not!

In fact, he actually started walking a bit faster, intending to cut across the path of the car! Thankfully the driver put on her brakes and screeched to a halt, inches away from the guy and his daughter. When the car stopped I resumed crossing as well. The guy said something to the driver in the wake of that he had the right of way and she didn't! She replied with a vehement "Fuck off'" and took off down the road and did not hear his retort of "Bitch!"

All right so maybe this guy did have the right of way and the driver did not! But she was in a car! If I had had a kid with me then I definitely would not have taken on a ton of moving iron and steel. I would hate to think of what would have happened if she had not managed to stop in time. It would not matter who had the right of way then!

But... but... but I had the right of way!

Sure you did! Hush now! The maggots need to feed... They have the right of way now...

Collision

I was trying to make myself some coffee this morning, when I happened to look out of the window. I saw a helicopter moving slowly but steadily on my left . Now this on its own was no remarkable occurrence. What made it remarkable was the aeroplane that was moving towards it from my right.

As if in a movie I suddenly heard trumpets and cymbals all coming together and building up to a crescendo, as the two machines slowly moved towards the inevitable collision, until suddenly with a final drumbeat the two passed each other and continued on their own merry way.

Of course the fact that both the helicopter and the aeroplane appeared to be the same size should have been a dead giveaway as to what was going to happen. But in my caffeine craving, half asleep state I had missed the fact that the aeroplane was further away than the helicopter.

With a sigh of disappointment relief, I went back to making my coffee.

Ladies and Gentlemen! Presenting... The Maldives!

First there was a horse called The Maldivian. And now its a music group from the United States of America. They seem to have been around for a while and I only stumbled onto a news story about them today which directed me to their website as well as their myspace page.



I have been listening to some of their songs on Myspace and they are not bad at all. They sound pretty good. The people who are organizing music shows in Maldives should look into getting these guys over there somehow. It would be worthwhile!

A Very Happy Birthday

to my sister.

I called her last night to wish her a happy birthday. I called my mom's mobile and my sis was in the other room. Being the lazy slob she is, she could not come to the phone! Instead she has the gall to tell me to call on her mobile! which of course I refused to do! My mom had to take the mobile to her room so she could talk to me.

And she would not accept the wish saying it wasn't yet midnight there! But it had already passed midnight here, darling, so it is your birthday here! Hope you have had a wonderful day. you deserve it.

Six months...

First post for 2008

2007 is over and done with. 2008 is just beginning. I don't feel any different yet so much has happened in the past year... it feels like more than a year has passed and at the same time... time has stood still...

I have stopped working and started studying again in the hopes that it will lead to a better paying job. Something I could enjoy and still earn money doing so. My first exam was supposed to be today but I postponed it cos I wasn't feeling particularly confident. Both my exams are on for next week now and I am working towards getting more knowledgeable.

I started up three new blogs last year and I have been doing pretty good with them too (I think). Sure one of the blogs still has just one post but the other two I have managed to update a lot. Khuscentinel is easy to update cos most of the things I am posting are stuff I find while I surf the Internets. Khuscensations require a lot more time and commitment cos I need to do a little research sometimes.

And this blog? I was going to keep it for just personal updates and personally I have been procrastinating a fair bit. Though I am going to try a bit harder this year on working towards some of my goals.

Keep watching this space.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

A Very Cottony Anniversary

Two years as husband and wife...
Two years in a shared life...

The Weekend

Its been a while since I got to spend the whole weekend at home with my wife. The fact that I used to work on Saturdays meant that I was away for a part of the weekend and when I got home I was usually too tired to be able to do much. This past weekend has been quite different to that and I can get used to this.

Yesterday was also the day of election for Australia and there was pretty much nothing on TV except the election coverage. Kevin Rudd has become the new Prime Minister and John Howard has been sent packing after 11 years of being prime minister. This doesn't really affect us in any way... YET!! Didn't much like John Howard because of his IR laws. If that had not been in effect when I started working I would have earned a lot more than I had so I am not that disappointed to see him leave.

Went to the Vic Market today and bought a whole bunch of stuff. Made me realise why we don't go there so often. But we tried some Spanish Donuts and they were awfully good. I might head back there soon just to get some of those.

Another week starts tomorrow...

sigh...

I Know Everything

I know everything...

I just don't know what they are called or what they do...

The First Day...

The first day was quite enjoyable actually. Instead of learning just about software problems I get to learn about hardware as well. So by the end of this course I will be able to take a computer apart and then rebuild it piece by piece by my very own self. I am starting to get really excited about it now.

Oh and I wrote about that going away present that my coworkers got me - that new schoolbag??? Well turns out that the course actually provides everything that I would need for the course. And I mean everything! So i got an awesome new backpack, as well as all the tools and books. So all in all I have three bags now. How awesome is that?

It was pretty intense. But then I was expecting it to be. And it's only going to get more intense from now on. But I will deal with it... and enjoy myself whilst doing so...

A New Beginning

Yesterday was my last day of work and tomorrow I begin my new studies. Its a bit scary going back to studying after a long break but I have done it before and hopefully I can do it again. Its all part of the master plan.

Last night the place I worked at had their annual Christmas party which I went to as it would be my last time to celebrate with those people with whom I have worked with for more than a year now. It was an OK party and I got hit with a few surprises. I knew they were planning to give me a going away present (as I had seen the envelope with all the collected money and the list of people who had contributed.) But I did not know it was going to be that big.

The girl who organized everything had given me a ride that morning and before that she had said she needed to go into JBHiFi to get a gift card for her son who was having a birthday. I went with her there and after she finished she gave me a lift home. I was quite pleasantly surprised when that gift card ended up with the rest of the gifts that I got. The sneaky little thing! I also got a new schoolbag (*rolls eyes*) and an engraved pen and key chain set.

The party started at 8pm and it was on a boat which sort of cruised the Yarra river for four hours. Dinner and drinks were provided and there was music and lots of dancing. When it finished we were dead tired and went straight to bed when we came home. I guess Dina is still tired out from it as she is taking another nap right now.

Wish me luck for tomorrow!

Hey Primary0

Is this how I am meant to view your blog? Or is there something wrong with your website? Or is there something wrong with my computer?

The Case of the Missing Midori

Some weeks ago My wife and I found ourselves in a position in which we needed cash but there did not seem to be any ATMs around. So after walking around for a while and trying at different stores that we came across a bottle shop but we needed to buy something before we could take any cash out. So we opted to buy this 4 pack of Midori Lemon liquor.

Now neither myself nor my wife drink alcohol. That is not to say that we haven't tried any - just that we haven't come across any that we liked enough to keep on buying them. Coca Cola is good enough for us. Anyways after we brought this Midori home, I opened one and tried it, thinking that it should taste of lemon so how bad could it be right? ... It was pretty bad.

So anyways this open bottle went into the fridge and the other three went into the cupboard where it stayed till Dina got fed up and told me to take it to my workplace and give it to my co-workers. So thats what I did.

They seemed to love it. It turned out to be one of their favourite drinks actually. So M put it into the fridge saying it tasted better when cold. That was a Wednesday and we had planned on going to lunch after we finished. And M did not take the bottles with her. They remained in the fridge for two days.

On Friday, I came into the tea room and there was a big riot going on. M was furious as the bottles had disappeared. She was in a real state and had started a tirade about thieves and rotten bastards! It went on for a full 10 minutes after I came in and seemed to have been going on for the past half hour.

So anyway she was giving me a ride home and she was still a bit mad. Her mind was still on the stolen Midori and she almost ran a red light. Luckily she managed to stop before having an accident and I swallowed my heard back down again.

Of course the next day we found out what had really happened to the Midori. The other three in my crew had taken them! When I had brought the bottles in I had told them it was for all of them and M had taken the initiative and put them in the fridge. The other three had thought she might have taken hers already and they had taken the rest! M was not too pleased!

Through all this of course I had a big smile on my face. Who knew that when I bought these drinks that I could not drink, it would lead to so much entertainment.

Motivation pic

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Birthday Chocs

I got my birthday present from my svigermor last week. They took a month to get to me but they were delicious!

Poor Maldivian

It was so sad. The horse going by the name of Maldivian and who was favourite to win the Caufield cup yesterday did not even run in the race. Just minutes before the race started he reared in the stalls and hit his head in the gates. He was lead away with blood pouring from a neck wound.



photos via heraldsun

Breaking Fast

Ramadan has come and gone and what have I accomplished?? Well, I managed to cook not one but two different Maldivian eats for the breaking of fast. YEP! Two out of Thirty aint bad!


The cutlas came out good. They tasted just as good as when my momma makes them. And I went one better than her. They didn't crack up when being deep fried.

Oh yeah... I ran out of dough while making gulha and six of them went into the deep fryer naked. It didn't taste any good either. The ones in the traditional coats did taste all right. For a first try anyway...

A horse called Maldivian

Yesterday while I was browsing through the news websites I came across this story about Maldivian being the favourite to win the Spring Carnival. Of course at first I thought that it was "A" maldivian and not a horse that went by the name of Maldivian.


Australians are pretty much bonkers about horse racing. They get all dressed up in the best attire and go to races and blow all their money on drinks and betting. Sometimes it seems that the races are no even about horses but just an excuse for the Aussie women to show off their latest fashions. But I digress....

So this horse called Maldivian is a favourite among punters to win the Caulfield Cup which is going to be held on Saturday. If I was a betting man (if I had any money to bet) then I might put it on this horse, and if I win the headlines next day would read : MALDIVIAN WINS BIG ON MALDIVIAN.

Now that is a headline I wanna see. (Also I could use the money...)