Well today was another beautiful day like yesterday, kind of like a carbon copy day of yesterday. Remember yesterday was also my lucky day when I scored myself a 17" monitor? So how long do you reckon my luck is going to last? Would it last for another day since today was like yesterday?
Oh yes it would! And that's precisely what happened when I got home from work today to find a ticket for 2 to see the latest Michael Douglas movie called The Sentinel! I've won this from a phone competition when Terese asked me to call this competition line for the movie. Terese did the right thing and if she hadn't done so we wouldn't have won the ticket!
This is Errol Street in North Melbourne with the clear blue sky! People who miss Melbourne, miss it even more now? Hehe...thought you like a little peek at what you're missing out.
Anyway as we were heading towards the restaurant we came across the front of the council office where an old 17" monitor was sitting on the floor right in front with a note stuck to it.
Had a better look at the note and it said that its free for anyone who wants it! The monitor is working except for the power button. I couldn't believe my eyes and went inside and spoke to a lady who confirmed that it was a giveaway and that I could have it now! So what do you think I did?
I took it home of course! I tested the monitor with my old IBM computer and found the monitor to be in good working order. Don't let the photo fools you coz the display is very good! It just need a good clean on the outside because of years of abuse from the council workers!
Here in Melbourne we get a lot of road repairs in the middle of the busy roads and there's always good clear signs warning motorists of the road work being done ahead and to be cautious and prepare to stop if need to...very good.
But last week I was driving along busy Victoria Parade when there was another road work ahead. Traffic was slow but moving along but I didn't see any roadwork signs anywhere until I spotted a very small orange sign on a post...
My boss being computer illiterate, got talked into by the sales person to buy a 19" LCD monitor instead! Its a BenQ but can't remember the model number and comes with a 3 year warranty.
I remember LCD monitors used to come with separate power supplies but this one didn't. It just came with a cable to plug directly into the wall, a cd containing the manual and warranty card.
All that was required of us to do was to attach the stand to the screen and that's it! Not a bad looking monitor since we're so used to looking at CRT screens! This is going to take some getting used to.
From the side it looks so flat as compared with the CRTs! Wouldn't be a bad idea to change all the monitors to LCD but we can only dream. I'm glad the sales person did his job!
The Suituapui Club! *Jeng Jeng Jeng* The club where most men can only dream of becoming a part of but only a handful elite chubby checkers are allowed to join. This is the story of the 3 cousins who took the blogosphere by storm and had SYTs and silais screaming for more!
Starring the beautiful mountain himself who is the epitome of the modern day hero, Suituapui! Fat and sarcastic, Suituapui leads his cousins on their quest for destruction and mayhem across all blogs in the blogosphere!
Also starring Kampong Nangka Boy who though less fat than Suituapui but just as sinister as he plundered all blogs he comes across with his cousins. Got the hots for Jessica Alba but since that is but a dream he settles for Phuket's pondans which is his also his all time favourites!
Rose clippings are full of diseases which I'd throw out in the green bin but I also ended up with piles of green wastes from the perenial bushes like the catmints and other herbs I got in my backyard.
I could just throw all my green wastes away into the green bin but a better alternative is to turn them into green manure! I knew I made the right choice when I bought my mulching mower where it not only cut the grass but will also shred them into fine pieces. So if you're in the market for a new lawn mower, get a mulching mower like I did and you'll never regret it! I ran my mulching mower over the pile of green wastes to shreds and ended up with...
...a pile of green clippings! You can use these to mulch your garden beds but I found that they tend to get slimey when wet but hard and crusty when its hot and dry. What I do is collect them and put them into my...
Nothing to do on a day like today so it was mainly a stay home kind of day. Occupied myself with the housechores till I decided to venture outside to take pictures of the rain! Here's one of the English Daisies I planted a while back.
So I was running late for the meet because Carlton was so busy even for a week night! I had to drive around a few blocks before I could find a park on the street. Haven't been here for many years and the place has certainly changed a lot! Everyone was there except me but lucky for me the venue was full and they had to go to another restaurant. Yvy called me to let me know about the new venue when I was still looking for a park!
Ted is a quiet but easy to get along with kinda guy. He's a very likeable person and Yvy is exactly how I pictured her to be, a really friendly, bubbly, plenty to say person with a great sense of humour! We hit it off straight away! Hahahaha! I found myself with plenty to talk about with the lot, something I didn't know I could be! Scary! We had a lot to talk about mainly about other bloggers and readers like you! So much so that I only took a few snapshots of us. Sorry for the lack of photos but how many photos can I take of the 6 of us! You can find more photos of the meet at Lao Chen's blog here. Some of us just couldn't help ourselves with taking photos of the menu and our food! Speaking of food Yvy had chicken parmigiana, Ted had a pizza, Pamela had a risotto, Xaverri had tortellini and I've forgotten what Lao Chen had!
Never fear! Wuching can cook! Just get some of these Indomie Mi Goreng and a couple of eggs and we'll be right! Fry the eggs and boil the noodle till soft, drain well and mix well with the sauces and seasoning powder that came with it...
