Today was an extremely busy day, as I needed to see some people about work which was pretty boring and overall pointless (at least I get paid ). I then spent about 30 minutes on hold for Telstra’s business support to fix up a billing issue, they tried to blame me and it was only when I challenged this they admitted that it was their fault. After my Telstra dose I headed down to school to offer my moral support to all the technical crew (I didn’t actually do anything technical related), but I managed to speak to Ms. Hill which was good. After “helping” at school I then headed into JB Hi-Fi to pick up a MiniSD card for my phone, I managed to get a 1Gb Sandisk for $29 (got it reduced from $33 ). After reveling in my awesome bargaining power and the $4 I saved I then made my way to Caulfield and had lunch (at 3:30pm). I then spent the rest of the afternoon getting prices for the Nokia N95 (for my boss), anyway it will cost a small fortune (about $1250) but that’s the phone he wants so that’s the phone he will get (he reminds me of a certain principal I know ). I’m now sitting down watching the football (Collingwood Vs Richmond), I was going to go but decided that I really can’t be bothered.

Also another note to a certain Connex cynic who shall remain nameless (his blog can be found at http://www.jamesx.net), I caught 5 trains today, and they were all on time (one was 2 minutes late to be accurate). The buses however were a different story (both of them more than 10 minutes late).

Also this is post #98

Well today was slightly more exciting than the past few days. Firstly in the morning the marshal questioned me about missing class yesterday, despite the fact I was in class. I then heard Luke bitch about how a certain member of staff lets call him Mr. ‘owler’ confiscated his keys, and then had a meeting with Mr. Scott which went alright but he was pissed off about something. I then spent the rest of the day sending emails to heads of precinct and other slightly less important people.

For those of you that are Optus customers, you would know and agree with me that their Optus Zoo sucks. Well today I found out something that has almost convinced me to stay with Optus as a mobile phone carrier, it’s called myZoo. It’s still in the beta stage, but I was made aware of it by an Optus technician whom I was on the phone to for about an hour today trying to fix yet another Optus Zoo related problem.

It looks pretty good, however the mobile account parts (the current Optus Zoo) are not available yet (the links redirect you to the old Optus Zoo). It is a lot like the Ninemsn homepage in terms of the customizable content etc, however Optus have added there own little flair to it. Heres a link to it so you can check it out for yourself http://www.beta.optuszoo.com.au/

Today I went down to Western Port bay fishing, which was rather good (and early). I ended up catching about 6 fish which I was pleased with. In other news thank god its Sunday, this week has been extremely hectic with a combination of work, family and friends, so now hopefully I can at least have most of this week off to do nothing. Also if anyone else tells me how great the new iPhone is going to be and that it is revolutionary I will end up hitting them.

Well most of you would have seen that Apple have announced their new “iPhone”. I’m personally not a fan of apple’s non computer products (ie. iPod). I will of course not be buying an iPhone but will end up buying the cheaper, superior product that will no doubt be made by the likes of Motorola, Nokia, Samsung etc. to counter Apples new shiny gadget. The thing I like about Apple is there products have a huge appeal and practically walk out the store, this forces other companies to come up with new products (or rip off apples) and sell them at a lower price (this is where I come in), I then buy this cheaper, often superior product and then gloat to the iPod wielding, iPhone talking yuppies that I have a better music player, and a better phone and all for a cheaper price.

Anyway thats my little bitch for the day, also this bloody smoke is annoying, however today it wasn’t so bad because it cleared up. Tomorrow I’m going down to Sandringham to have lunch with some people and will no doubt head down to the beach as it will be a scorcher.

Today I went and saw the new James Bond film, Casino Royale up at Hoyts. I thought it was pretty good (I’m a sucker for James Bond films) and was much better than some of the previous James Bond films (the modern ones, not the old ones which I think are good). In other news I’ve bought a new wireless modem which is much better than our old one (the new one is made by CISCO). Well it’s now only a week until Christmas, and people are running around like mad trying to finish their Christmas shopping which is annoying for people like me whom are picking things up like magazines from Borders.

Tomorrow I will be running around Chadstone, and the City, picking up things like tennis tickets, and gift vouchers (I seem to be doing all my families Christmas shopping for them). Hope your all having a great break, study hard and don’t do drugs.

Well today has been a very smoke filled and busy day. Anyway I spent most of my day looking for a Pocket PC for Dad (it’s his birthday/christmas present), and as it turns out Myer are the cheapest place (I couldn’t believe it either). I also managed to convince Mum to spend money upgrading our home wireless network as ours seems to dislike if it if you are more than a foot away. Also I had an argument with Connex today as my yearly metcard failed and they are unwilling to give me a new one, (well they’re willing but it’s going to cost me $14), anyway after a long and drawn out argument I now have a new metcard. I also must mention that I’m insanely jealous of Luke and his adventures with Clarabel, also my name is in the paper (both The Age and Herald Sun) because of my score in VET IT.

Well the Speech Nights are over, with Newlands capping off a great year last night. In typical speech night fashion they were rather boring, however I managed to get some pretty good shots. Today we had a Newlands end of term assembly, which was rather boring, I spent most of the time talking to Mr. Freeman. The highlight was of course Mr. Bacon making an idiot of himself in the staff rock band.

Also the school magazine will be distributed at the beginning of next year, with volume 2 coming roughly at the start of term 2.

Finally, Alastair Bryant now has a web presence with his blog Paradoxical Oxymoron (seriously I think they were all on drugs when they thought up their blog names)

Today I met up with a mate that I haven’t seen in about 5 years, thats when I realised that I can sum up the last 5 years of my life in a 5 minute conversation. Anyway I’ve decided (since I’m extremely board) that I would sum up my last 5 years in my blog. So here goes,

• September 11th happened when I was on camp
• We got a new car

2002

• Started Year 7
• Got an achievement & effort award
• Went to Camp Jungai were we all got sick (I didn’t)
• Tattoo - from the City to the Country (or something like that)
• Got my dog (marlo)
• Had Ms. Stewart as teacher

2003

• Started Year 8
• Went to Eildon camp
• My cat (Nelson) died
• Almost got expelled (beyond all reasonable doubt, I love that phrase)
• Had Mr. Clayton as class teacher
• Graduated from Middleschool

2004

• Started Year 9
• Went to Central Australia (SA + NT)
• Went to Grampians
• Went on the Hospitality option (with Luke)
• Left my stupid campus
• Came to Senior School
• Had the Tattoo
• Spent a week at Castlefield

2005

• Started Year 10 (senior school)
• became part of Editorial
• Got my phone (Siemens SF65)
• Got my Camera
• Went to Hamilton Island
• Went overseas
• got my job

2006

• Started Year 11
• Had the Tattoo (20th Century- even decades)
• Had countless editorial things
• got my cat (Simba)
• Started my blog
• Began Year 12
• Became a Prefect
• quit my job

Well thats all I can think of for now, but I’ve pretty much had a boring couple of years.

This saga seems like its coming to an end. We (4 leaders and myself) spoke to Mr. Scott this afternoon, and unfortunately it doesn’t look like Haileybury will budge. Pretty much Haileybury are stuck with twelve or so Metlink funded bus routes that can’t be changed without losing the Metlink funding for that route. So in order to meet demand Haileybury have had to introduce ‘Haileybury’ funded buses, and of course these buses cost money, a lot of money.

Unfortunately Haileybury is pretty much being held over a barrel and theres not much they can do, except cover the cost of the new buses themselves, which they do, and of course to do this, ticket prices must rise. Mr. Scott is going to raise some of our concerns with Mr. Dwyer, mainly about the flexibility of the system and some issues such as late buses etc.

Also Luke Hawley got his Haileybury vest embroidered with ‘Tech Crew’ on the back, it looks very cool and I must say I’m very jealous.