On Saturday, JieBie and I took the train to Homebush with the intention of going to a closing down sale. Upon arriving at Homebush station, we embarked on a 1 hour walk until we reached the warehouse hosting the sale. We were most disappointed to find that the merchandise at the sale was neither cheap nor worth buying.

Not to be disheartened we decided to explore the area we were in, and headed over towards the Telstra stadium. The stadium was seperated from the warehouse by a large fence. Thanks to my fantastic luck, it was easy to find a hole in the fence and me and JieBie headed through and took a walk round the stadium.

Upon reaching the other side of the staduim, we found ourselfs at the Novotel hotel so went into the bar for a Schooner before heading home. While drinking we saw a large line of people, heading from the hotel, over to the stadium. This was most interesting as the stadium was clearly closed.

Ofcourse, we decided to join this line and when we reached the door of the stadium the attendant on the door said "Are you with the BMW group?"

"Yes" I replied.

"Well hurry up, the tour is about to start!" said the attendent.

JieBie and I were then taken on a tour of the whole Telstra stadium, which included the changing rooms, the olympic podium and shown how the seats are rearranged for different events. Very satisfied with the tour we were looking forward to leaving the stadium before anyone realised we weren't supposed to be there. The tour guide then said "Ok Gentlemen, if you'd like to proceed through the the Platinum Lounge now where your function will begin."

We were then shown through to a room where there was a podium for a speaker, a whole wall of windows over looking the stadium, 8 tables set for dinner, and a number fo waitresses with trays of beer and wine for us. We took a beer and tried to look inconspicious whilst discussing an escape plan.

Escape seemed unlikely as we did not know the way out, and asking would have drawn suspicion. There was only one thing to do, we had to stay for the function. After checking there was enough seats for everyone, we joined a table with 4 guys about the same age as us, and an old couple. The old couple were there watching their son graduating as an aprentice BMW technicion and the 4 guys were graduating themselfs.

The questions as to who we were came first from the old couple so JieBie and I formulated the story that his family worked for BMW in Germany and I was his cousin, doing an IT contract from BMW in Sydney. The seemed satisfied with this and the younger guys kept to themselfs.

We enjoyed a lovely 3 course meal, a fantastic awards ceromony for the BMW graduates and before desert an Australian comedian entertained us. As we were getting ready to leave, the 4 guys said "Sorry, who are you guys, we never saw you at the games today. You didn't just join the big group of people did you?"

"Of course not!" we replied, and then followed up with a load of bullshit about why we weren't at the activities and our involvement with BMW.

All in all a most enjoyable day, infact a very sucessfull weekend as on Sunday I found a BMX in a skip. It has no saddle and is ment for kids of about 8 years old but is a means of trasport none the less. =)

Look at this fantastic fan!!!



We found this on the street on the way down to the beach. In our flat we had two light fitting, which was not really necessary. After removing one, we managed to seucre the fan in place by bending the bracket 90 degrees and using on eof the light fitting screws. After all that effort it was very satisfying to bask in its cool breeze.