Fitness First Sucks

Carn straya!!

Happy Australia Day to all of my friends and family overseas...

More big decisions

My Mum has always wanted me to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. For some time, I've been quite happy keeping to my basic staple of meat and potatoes.

But I think there comes a time in a man's life when he needs to re-evaluate his diet.

I have used PCs for most of my life, but am now considering a fruitier option which has recently popped onto my plate.

I'm looking at buying a laptop for my time overseas and beyond. MacBook's specs are pretty hot, but so are Sony's and Toshiba's.

With all things being equal (except price...MacBooks seem a little more expensive for what you get), I'd like to know from a usability and lifestyle perspective which notebooks people prefer.

Why PC?

Why Mac?

Willis? Mick? Halter? Koilee? Angus???

Burns victim

Before and after - Motivated by his inner rock star, Kevin Rudd is growing sideburns...

This from the SMH online. Does anybody else think Kevin Rudd's new man-fur sideburns are ridiculously piss-weak?

Bravo for having a go, but seriously, Michael Jackson on hormone therapy can do better than these...

I think he needs to look back at some previous PMs who knew what they were doing when it comes to the sacred sideburns, like Alf Deakin or Billy McMahon.


What do you think? Feel free to comment or cast your vote on the right-hand side.

It's a date

The 9th of March - a date for the ages.

1834: French Foreign Legion founded
1945: American bombers attack Tokyo
1959: The Barbie Doll debuts
1987: Rapper 'Lil Bow Bow is born (bow wow wow yippie yo, yippie yay, where my dogg at?)
2008: Belly & Clare's "excellent adventure" commences.

Clare and I will be boarding Air Asia flight D72703 from the Gold Coast to Kuala Lumpur, spending a few days hanging out and eating some delicious curries, then jumping onto another flight into Bangkok, where we will continue our most excellent trip. Maybe we'll even be able to make it to San Dimas.

It was super cheap as well - $330 for both flights including all taxes and meals!!

Purchasing a flight really does hammer home that we're off - Clare's talking about insurance, I'm researching jobs. Clare's even found some sweet accommodation online...it should be an absolute hoot living in our own "sex and the city" style condo (minus the New Yorkers).

I'm looking forward to so much cool stuff...last night we were talking about heading up to Chang Mai for a bit of a look around and maybe a 4-day jungle kayak and camp, whilst I'm really keen to get over to Hellfire Pass again, this time on ANZAC Day - a sort of homage in respect to my late Pop and his mates who toiled there under the Japanese during World War 2.

I've got only a few weeks left in Sydney, so I'm determined to make the most of it. To my friends here, let's have a really good go of it...

It's official!!

I've just resigned from my job and I'm moving to Bangkok.

There - I said it.

And it's happening. In March. With Clare. In the heat. An adventure of a lifetime.

Why this fair city? Well, Clare was offered a job out of the blue with a Thai school teaching English - we though it would be an excellent opportunity to live, work and immerse ourselves in a non-English speaking and extremely culturally rich country.

And I can't bloody wait to sink my teeth into it!!

The resignation went down quite well here at work, with both my direct boss and General Manager offering me a job if/whenever I come back - the highest compliment I believe a resigning employee can be afforded.

But it didn't go down so well down in North Sydney at Willis' work...see the below video:

Shock manifests in many ways...

So, it looks as though Hotel Bell is going to have to pick up its beer taps and move to another location - watch this space.