Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Chinese New Year 2007


It's always good to catch up with old friends and what better place and time than Chinese New Year here in Sydney's Chinatown.


I'd been bragging about the excellent Laksa's down at the Phnom Pehn in the Dixon Centre so Tony and Kerry Wright and Liz and I met and enjoyed some tasty food and a few laughs.



Fireworks were still being let off in the streets of Chinatown and there was a festival atmosphere in the air. Of course, the girls wanted to explore the revamped Paddy's Market shopping mall so Tony and I got in a spot of eye exercises while they checked out the hundreds of factory outlook shops.

A great day out and with our wonderful friends.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Only in Australia ... !

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE!!! OI OI OI!!!

Being Australian is about driving in a German car to an Irish pub for a Belgian beer, then travelling home, grabbing an Indian curry or a Turkish kebab on the way, to sit on Swedish furniture and watch American shows on a Japanese TV.

Oh and Only in Australia can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.

Only in Australia do supermarkets make sick people walk all the way to the back of the shop to get their prescriptions while healthy People can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in Australia do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries and a DIET coke.

Only in Australia do banks leave both doors open and chain the pens to the counters.

Only in Australia do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars on the drive and lock our junk and cheap lawn mower in the garage.

Only in Australia do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have 'call-waiting' so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.

Only in Australia are there disabled parking places in front of a skating rink.

NOT TO MENTION...

3 Aussies die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.

142 Aussies were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.

58 Aussies are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.

31 Aussies have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.

8 Aussies had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.

A massive 543 Aussies were admitted to Emergency in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.

and finally,

In 2000 eight Aussies cracked their skull whilst throwing up into the toilet.