As a consolation prize for not attending the F1 in Melbourne, I attended the Clipsal-500 Super V8 racing on the Saturday and watched on TV the Sunday. It was really good to experience the noise and smells of screaming engines and tires. It is basically Ford vs Holden and Adelaide is Holden country due to factory here. It was strange to witness the fanatic support of the various camps. Next year I will ensure that I pay the extra money to get onto a stand as they occupied all the good spots.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first F1 race of 2009. It just showed again that some guys simply have the ability to design a race car: well done Ross Brawn and may you sweep the tracks again. Adrian Newey’s cars confirm this point with the performance of the RBR compared with the Renaults. It is a pity and “jungle justice” that teams employ boy racers which get carried away and crash cars in the first corner and on the last laps of a race. It was great to notice the effect of the KERS devices and its use and application will obviously develop through the year.
I attended a meeting of the Breakaways 4WD Club of South Australia. I think it will be a good way to see the country and meet Ozzies with similar interests as me. What caught my eye on their website was the campfires and potjies. They turned out to be of similar vintage as me. The meeting was again a rather strange experience as the meeting was more formal than the ones we conduct here at work. The chairman formally opens the meeting, welcome the guests, apologies are tabled, the previous meeting’s minutes are accepted and actions from the minutes are discussed and so forth. We then break for tea and biscuits. Afterwards the previous trip reports are presented and future trips are discussed. The financial report is presented and expenses approved. A raffle for camping goodies is held before the meeting is formally closed. Now I just need to get the 4x4. The next trip is a week trip up the Lake Ayres which has filled up from rains in Queensland. This happens once a decade so it is a really rare event.
The company has lodged their application to sponsor me for a Permanent Visa! Now we are just waiting for their approval to come through before we lodge our application. It will make it easier for Carina to enlist in courses and find work. I have also learned that I can probably join the Reserve Force and shorten my required time to achieve Citizenship!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Febrary 09 News
School started after a very long break. The last week of holidays Michael expressed the need to go to school to see his mates! It didn’t last very long and he isn’t so exited about going to school any more. Every morning a new ache or pain is presented as an excuse to not go to school.
Carina made and covered new cushions for our Cane furniture. It really looks lively and is comfy to sit on again. Working with the machines also inspired her to make some clothes for herself and stuff for Di’s bedroom as a birthday present.
We have now concluded our main Project and apart form a few small scale projects; most people are preparing proposals and generating system process documents. It really feels strange to not be chasing some unrealistic deadline!
Wynand and Marlene returned from their trip the “republic” (for those that were in the army) otherwise know as the RSA. Although they enjoyed their trip, everything seemed very expensive, except eating out and booze! They confirmed that we did the right move to come here (for whatever that’s worth).
I was planning to attend the opening round of the F1 as tickets are really cheap at the moment. We were planning to all go and stay with Carina’s niece but they are moving house at the time so the whole thing has fallen through. The world wide recession may see the collapse of this extravagant circus and it will be a shame if Michael never experienced the roar of a F1 race. The Ozzie race is also under a lot of pressure and may not be around much longer.
Carina made and covered new cushions for our Cane furniture. It really looks lively and is comfy to sit on again. Working with the machines also inspired her to make some clothes for herself and stuff for Di’s bedroom as a birthday present.
We have now concluded our main Project and apart form a few small scale projects; most people are preparing proposals and generating system process documents. It really feels strange to not be chasing some unrealistic deadline!
Wynand and Marlene returned from their trip the “republic” (for those that were in the army) otherwise know as the RSA. Although they enjoyed their trip, everything seemed very expensive, except eating out and booze! They confirmed that we did the right move to come here (for whatever that’s worth).
I was planning to attend the opening round of the F1 as tickets are really cheap at the moment. We were planning to all go and stay with Carina’s niece but they are moving house at the time so the whole thing has fallen through. The world wide recession may see the collapse of this extravagant circus and it will be a shame if Michael never experienced the roar of a F1 race. The Ozzie race is also under a lot of pressure and may not be around much longer.
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