A visit to the doctor

Today, I visited the doctor who syringed the wax out of my ears. I have to have this done every two years. My hearing is much better. It feels great.

A new scamming attempt

This morning I received a phone call from somebody who had an Indian accent and claimed that he was from the Government Department that issues grants. He claimed that I had been chosen to receive a Government Grant of between $5000 - $25,000. It sounded good but when I went online to check things out I discovered that it was somebody trying to scam me. The Government simply does not ring people up and offer grants.

I reported the phone call to Consumer Affairs. I did not give away my financial details and no money was lost.

I later went and bought a new filing folder for filing my business documents and a new USB stick.

The latest version of Celebrity Apprentice was on tv.

Back to Optus

I have had a falling out with ACN who were providing my mobile phone service.

I went to Optus in the marketplace and signed up for a new prepaid service. I can still use my current phone, it just means that I now have a new mobile phone number and I do not have to be locked into any contracts.

End of the line with ACN

Today, I ended my association with ACN, who provided my mobile phone. I am sick of them sending me bills with lots of hidden charges. I will look around for a good deal on another phone.

A very busy weekend away

Okay, lets recap the weekend. I had a very busy weekend away in Sydney to go to the wedding of my sister Pauline and Barry Whiley. Pauline and Barry were engaged years ago but for various reasons, had to break it off. Then in 2011 they met up again through Facebook, and decided to get back together and on Saturday the 24th of March 2012, finally got married. The wedding service took place at the Wanda Surf Club which is located on Cronulla Beach. Most of my family and Barry's were there and it was a great night.

Timeline.

On friday the 23rd of March i flew to Sydney with Jetstar. The flight was OK. Not too bumpy. It was my first time with Jetstar. They were ok. I stayed at the Cronulla Motor inn, a three star hotel in Cronulla. The accommodation was a bit basic but generally ok. In the evening we had dinner at the Cronulla Club which is a typical working man's club in Cronulla. The roast duck was great and I met some of Pauline's friends who had come down from Brisbane.

The next day was the wedding. I was asked to video it as no one else wanted to. That was the first time I have ever filmed a wedding. It was a good experience. The night went off really well and I feel that it was worth going to. Everybody appeared to enjoy themselves and it was a wonderful occasion.

On Sunday the 25th I flew back to Melbourne. I went to Cronulla station to catch the train back but has to take the bus to Central as there was maintenance work being done to the tracks. I made the train to the airport OK, which as a different experience and made it back to Bendigo ok. It was a tiring and expensive three days but I wouldn't have missed it for anything.

Going to Sydney

Today I finally updated my plans to go to Sydney for my sisters wedding on the 24th of March. I have finally sorted out my flights and where I will stay for 2 nights.

The Shiraz group meets again

The Shiraz group finally caught up again after a long while. We met at Kevin Furness's house and had a great meal and fellowship and watched some cricket as well.

I am having some trouble at my place as my shower keeps running. I have had to turn the water main off to stop it running. I don't have any hot water right now and I can't wait for the plumber to get here to fixit up.