The Hobbit - Battle of the five armies

Today I got to see the final Hobbit movie. I saw it at Westfield Cinemas in Miranda. It was a pretty good movie - lived up to expectations. A bit sad that it will be the last of the Tolkien movies. In the evening we watched the big Bash league on TV. The Sydney Sixers beat the Sydney Thunder. It was a good game.

Xmas - New year 2014

Hi there all. Merry Christmas for 2014.

It is Boxing day today. I am watching the first day of the third cricket test against India. I have just watched the start of the Sydney - Hobart yacht race. Great race. Boxind day is a day for relaxing after the stress of Christmas 2014.

To recap:

Tuesday 23rd. Flew to Sydney with Jetstar. The plane was one hour late leaving Melbourne but we got to Sydney OK. A guy in a limousine picked me up from the airport which was cool. I am staying in Gymea with my mother and my brother Bill.  It is good to be back in Gymea again which is my old home town.

Wednesday 24th - Last minute shopping at Westfield Miranda. Got everything I needed.

Thursday 25th - Christmas Day. Mum, Bill and I travelled to Pymble to have Christmas Day at the home of my neice Caitlin Hill and her husband Jarred. It was a great day. Most of the family where there and even tough it rained later, we all had a great time. There were some people that I didn't know but everybody had a real good time. A very nice Christmas day all in all. Everybody remarked at just how much weight I had lost and that I looked much better.

Hospital verdict and I get my computer back

Today was a memorable day for me. I visited Bendigo Hospital in the morning to see the surgeon about getting a stoma reversal. The doctors are happy with my progress and have agreed to perform the operation, which should take place some time in the new year. 

That is good news.

The other piece of good news I had today is that I finally got my computer back from the computer techs who have been working on it for a few days. It has been crashing on me regularly and I thought I would have to buy a new one. But they were able to fix it, so I should be able to keep using it for a while longer. That is why i haven't updated this blog for a while.

To recap...

Saturday 29th December 

I went to the Flemington Showgrounds in Melbourne to visit the motorcycle show. It wasn't bad. some good exhibits. sadly. Neither Kawasaki, Honda or Suzuki had displays. I still saw some cool stuff down there though. Both Hyosung and Motorad had good displays.

On the way home I visited a few camera stores to check out there new wares.

Wednesday 3rd December.

I visited the hospital to see about my renal condition. The doctor who examined me told me that my kidney function had improved and that I was looking much better and hoped I would get my operation.