Geez

I just saw the first half hour of Home Alone 2, and the last scene before going to a commercial break, was of Mr Culkin walking up the street towards the Twin Towers, and then an aerial shot of him standing on top of one them taking pictures on his camera.

My how times have changed since 1994.

First catch

Just recently I have been drawn again to the idea of fishing. Some people find it surprising that I would be interested in such a blokey pastime. I guess that was because I was brought up in Nth Qld, which boasts some of the best reef and estuary fishing in this country. (as well as cyclones)

I like fishing. Even more so if I actually catch anything.

I don't remember the last fish I caught. It must have been a silver bream up at Sweers Island, a small island in the Gulf of Carpentaria which is only accessible by a twin-engine (in our case, a single-engine) plane from Karumba. The route was quite scenic, however the thought of the engine on the little plane carrying 7 people over the big wide open sea suddenly failing kept our minds otherwise preoccupied.

*brain-wave*

Forgetting the last paragraph, I do believe the last fish caught was an undersize sand whiting off Wellington Point a couple of years back. Undersize being the size of a bait fish species. Thinking that I had more chance of getting something with live bait, I threw it back in.....only to promptly lose the bait as it somehow managed to unhook itself and swim away.

Another thing that I was thinking about last night.....if there are any fishing enthusiasts who actually read this blog, are there benefits of using a bait-caster, rather than an Alvey or spin-combo? I've only ever used the last two.

I should do this more often

There's nothing like waking up bright and early in the morning of a working day at 6:30AM to update your blog.

Rather, I had a few things to do which I didn't get a chance to do last night, as with Easter coming up as well as a tropical holiday, my priorities have been to get as much CPA study done as I possibly can.

Anyway, I'll see if this works:



This is taken from the ODI cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Gabba, back in February on Valentines Day.



We went with sister Leonie and Joshi, a mad sports fanatic who also has a blog. See my links section :)

From the pictures it seems quite obvious that the ratio of male to females in the crowd that day was around 10:3, at best guess.

Must eat brekky now and get to work!!

Stuff CPA, I'm gonna be a.....

Test car driver!!!!

Ok, maybe I should re-word that as the description sounds too blokey, too much like my hubby and other guys I know :)

Hmmmm......maybe it should be more of "a driver who simply has no choice but to drive the car that was been given to them, and have it changed on a weekly basis."

I guess I "could" handle that, especially if it's a nice car like a Mazda 6 or Mini Cooper.

Ever since my car was crashed into from behind, I've had the privilege of driving 3...actually 4 different cars in a three week period.

First car was a Nissan Pulsar. This was just your average rental vehicle, automatic, silver, no electric features, (e.g. no power windows, but it did have remote central locking) However, I finally got aquainted with "cruise control".

Not that I drive that much on the freeway anymore, but it certainly drew the attention and amusement of my hubby nonetheless.

Unfortunately after 10 days I had to give it back :(

I was then given my dad's old 1991 Nissan Patrol 4WD. Being the very first manual car I drove when I got my licence at 17 (*shucks*), I believed I was capable of driving this tank again.

However, it has become quite an antique, in that it only likes my dad driving it, and so when anyone else tries to drive it, it would just *chut* *chut* *chut*, refuse to start and also annoy the neighbours in the complex.

As a result, I was then given my mum's new Toyota RAV4, which was alot nicer and disciplined. Too bad I couldn't utilise the Handicap sign stuck to the front windscreen to my benefit, unless I had grandma in tow.

And finally, today is the 4th car, a Toyota Avalon sedan from a close family friend.

Does anyone else see a vehicle trend here?