My view and thoughts on everything!

Aussies were purchasing traditional food too - ice cream and packets of chips....like going to a Celine Dion concert and finding that the support group is Motorhead! Indian culture truly is an amazing thing given its facets and its extensive and rich tradition. Being married to an Aussie Punjabi means that I frequently get to experience aspects of that culture. To a small minority of people that might mean having a ‘curry’ rather than a meat pie and chips! To others it could revolve around meditation, yoga or getting in touch with your spiritual self. Though to some of my friends their ‘spiritual self’ revolves around sculling a scotch and coke or three! Anyway, at the weekend just past, we decided to go to an Indian dance show that was being put on at the local civic centre. My wife and daughters got dressed in traditional clothes. My wife wore a Punjabi suit (salwar kameez) and the gals wore multi coloured lenghas. As for myself and my father in law, we decided to go in traditional c

"It wouldn't be too far, perhaps a 15 minute walk ......after all its a long way from Ashfield to Broken Hill!" Technology really is a fantastic thing. Nowadays we can do so many varied actvities because of this. For example, we can transfer money from one side of the world to the other (lets say from Sydney to London) within minutes. We can also converse with astronauts in the International Space Station and help them with a myriad of tasks. We can also make average singers sound like world class opera singers if we wish. Probably the best thing that technology has brought to mankind is the remote control. Where would we be without this gadget? How many times would we have to get up out of our recliner chair to change the television channel? Only people over the age of 40 know the answer to this. Anyway, one of the newer forms of technology is the GPS that you can install in your car. I personally do not have one, but I have heard they are fantastic. It certainly beats l

"the only other comment I have received is from a well known radio personality....when I checked the location of the hit it pointed to a cemetary!" When I first started my blog I didn't really think about how many 'hits' it was going to receive. In fact, I didn't think anyone outside of myself would be interested in it. However, within a couple of days, I was starting to get hits from outside of Australia. To say I was surprised would have been a huge understatement. Well, just a shade over a month later my blog has passed the 500 mark! So, to celebrate this achievement I thought it would be a groovy idea to look at some of the stats thus far. To date my blog has been viewed in 16 countries (only another 200+ to go!). Technically it is 15 as I have included the Isle of Man (after all, they do have their own Parliament!). The list of countries include the obvious ones - Australia (home country), UK, USA, Canada and then the less obvious like Chile (2 hits - g&#

"I broke out into a cold sweat, my mouth became dry.....would I see Bree coming around the corner with a basket of cookies?" There I was busy at work when I received a phone call from my wife. After exchanging pleasantries, my wife informed me that “we are going to Beaumont Hills tonight to visit Dad’s friend. Can you catch public transport and we will meet you there” Just to backtrack slightly, my father-in-law was staying with us for a few days having flown from BrisVegas to pay us a visit. My first thought was where is Beaumont Hills? I had lived in Sydney for close to 20 years and had not heard of it. Anyway, a quick search revealed that it was close to Kellyville. KELLYVILLE! That could only mean one thing…another trip on the “road to nowhere”. I broke out into a cold sweat, my mouth became dry and my heart started beating faster. Surely not another bus trip on the infamous 610X! For those of you not aware of this adventure read my earlier blog “ the road to nowhere ” My

"has been read by 0.0125% of the population....promise them more chocolates " The amazing thing about blogs is the fact that they can be read by people from all around the world. That is, of course, if you have set your blog settings to allow all viewers to read your epic tomes and given them the option to leave comments. So far, yours truly, has had hits from a number of countries and exotic locations around the world. Although 'exotic' is not a word I would use to describe Chatham in England! The one location that really amazed me was the hit that I received from the Isle of Man. Now I am not going to go into details about this tax haven that is situated between NW England and Northern Ireland as I may use it as subject matter for a blog down the (beaten) track. However, by my calulations my blog has been read by 0.0125% of the population of the Isle of Man! This got me thinking as to how I could shamelessly promote my blog and therefore get hits from all around the