aussie out of world cup

I have no idea how many Australians who actually watch the game live, must have been plenty, but unfortunatly they lost. A bitter lost, I might add. 90 minutes of fighting and it was ended by a penalty kick.

So with the final score of 1-0 favouring Italy, Aussie is now out of the World Cup. Well the good news is we will be able to sleep like we used too.

a stupid bird

Please turn on your speaker for the bird.


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don't worry...

I like this,

The future is unclear. Instead of hoping for what it could be, just wait and see.

krispy kreme in VIC (not melbourne)

Yes, it is TRUE. Krispy Kreme, the famous American donuts (or doughnuts, whatever), is coming to Victoria. So far, they've only open stores in NSW.
Well, everybody knows this. But now there is a definite date on the store launch. It's 4 MORE DAYS. The 22nd of June (correct me if I'm wrong but that Jakarta's birthday right ?) is the date when the only Victorian store will open. The fun starts at 6.30am.


As you are all aware, the store is located in Narre Warren, exactly it's on Fountain Gate Shopping Centre. If you have the VIC map, Narre Warren is south-east of Melbourne. It's pretty easy to go there. You can just take Princess Highway and after a series of traffic lights, you'll reach there. Ok, I don't want to mislead you, it is quite far. I think it's about 1.5-2 hours drive from Melbourne (or maybe more). So make sure when you go there, you fill up the car's boot with donuts, about 10-15 dozen maybe ?


They're saying that the store will open 24 hours and provide a drive in service, you know....like McDonalds. For the opening, there will be performances, bands, etc and I think they're going to continue for 4 days. For more information, go to http://www.krispykreme.com.au. Over there as well, you can join to be a FRIEND of KRISPY KREME. But, there is one condition; you must be obese or at least fat. Ok, just joking. Everybody can sign up and receive news about the upcoming store.

Well, before I finish. I have one more thing to say. Just something to remember when you're eating that mouth-watering tempting enticing alluring original glazed donut.....mmm..... To burn 1 donut, an average person of 75kg need to walk for 30 minutes.

cheap petrol

Everybody wants cheap petrol these days. When I first came to Melbourne, petrol was around 70-80 cents a litre. Apparantly a couple of years before, it was only about 50-60 cents a litre. In the recent months, the price of petrol has jumped so high, it's leaving us with a big hole in our wallet. So, we want something to stitch back our wallet.

Firstly, the supermarket docket. Spend $30 or so dollars and they'll give you a coupon to save on petrol. Savings vary but normally it is 4 cents, some supermarket has 30 cents discount but there is a lot of conditions (only 30 litres, spend more than $50, fill up at independent petrol kiosk, etc). But I seriously don't understand why the supermarkets are still giving discounts at 4 cents a litre. They're giving 4 cents discounts when fuel was 70 cents a litre and now when it's nearly $1.50 a litre. Ok, just imagine with 4 cents discount coupon, you will save:

• small car: 4 cents x 30 litres = $1.20 savings per fill
• medium car: 4 cents x 50 litres = $2 savings per fill
• large car : 4 cents x 60 litres = $2.40 savings per fill

That's not a lot, not a lot AT ALL. Last time, to fill up a tank of petrol, I need to fork out around $40-50 but now, I'm spending $60-70 on petrol. That's about $20 difference and the docket is only helping me with $2, nice....

But, if you do shop at supermarket and get the docket anyway, just use it. As my mom always say, $999 is not $1000 without the dollar, every dollar (and cents) count.

Another way to get cheap petrol is by regularly checking websites like this one, http://au.maps.yahoo.com/fuelwatch/. Yes, I know that there is a lot out there but I think this one is kind of cool. You search by suburb or postcode and it will then give you a map of the suburb. You can zoom in or zoom out, but the nearest petrol stations are displayed. This includes, the cheapest petrol station, the most expensive one and average. They label this with stars, green for cheapest, red for most expensive and yellow for in between.

Then, you can click on the start and find out the price for unleaded petrol, the address and the petrol kiosk operator (Coles Express, Mobil, Caltex, etc etc). Nice. I haven't actually checked whether the price on the website match the real one but I guess it should be pretty acurate cause Yahoo is doing it with Motormouth (which is a website that looks at petrol prices and stuff).

Ok, it doesn't actually let you save money like the docket but it's a great tool to find where's the cheapest fuel around.

Another tip is to follow the petrol price dynamics, the cycle, when it goes up and when it goes down. It always goes like this, slowly going down until it reaches the minimum point then sharp and sudden rise (about 10 cents rise), and then it slowly goes down again. The cycle normally repeats itself every week. Currently, the price always goes up every Wednesday and the lowest point is around Monday-Tuesday. It used to go up on Thursday so they're always changing so keep your eyes open.

Some other people has resort to something more dramatic like stealing petrol, not paying for it, putting another person's plate, etc etc.

Or you could always switch to public transport or cycling or motorcycling. I want to switch to motocycling but I don't have the dough to get a bike (and the helmet, jacket, gloves, and so on). But seriously, for long term I am considering motorcycle. They're saying that the petrol price could reach $2/litre by the end of this year. Imagina how hard would life be if that happens. That's another $20 extra per fill and not including the price increase on goods.

So that's why, bring on the next generation in transport: fuel-cell car, hydrogen powered car. But in the meantime, let's try and save up for every fill.

dion (in memory)

a good friend....

it has been 2 long years.....

rest in peace my friend.....

will always remember you....

God, please take care of him.....

Pam's Blog

Wow, I didn't realise that it's been a couple of months since I put an entry to my blog. I guess after a while, it's kind of hard to get a topic going. And when you do get one (or a few), you just have absolutely no time.

Anyways, the reason I'm adding an entry today is I have just seen Pam's blog. Well if you don't know, Pam is one of my friend who's been with me since the beginning of time...haha, I meant my time in Melbourne. She is a very funky girl and if you do know her, I think you will agree.

Well, here is the link to her blog. She's a really good writer and have very interesting topics/things that you might not even think at all. Her blog is http://itspams.blogspot.com/. I will add the link to my Links section as well.

Go Pam, we'll be waiting for your next blog.