Using Some Imagination

One day, at some place, I imagined my body, to be 'ripped'. (Half way to shirt busting muscle flexes)

Dwelt on that for a little while. BUT, (Takes a lot of work + maintenance)

It did not make me happy, nor did it make me smile. (All the hard work for this?)

Therefore I shall not pursue.

The Ombudsman

A few days ago, I was hit with a massive text which said: "Please call 1300786987 urgently to avoid a temporary suspension of your services. Current months spend is 622.03. Thank you."

I called up, and found that I had used 300mb on mobile when the lady at the shop mixed up the sim card transfer process . She did not put me on Internet and as a result I have a $622.03 bill for the month (long story short).

So, I called up THREE, and told them my issue.

After a long conversation, I said: "Is there anybody who can help me, or I can speak to??"

Indian guy: "No, absolutely not. Vodafone and THREE are completely different services. I cannot help you, even if you speak to my supervisor, he will tell you the same."

I said: "Oh you can't help me.... Okay, I'm going to have to call the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman, okay?"

Indian guy: "Oh... can you hold on, let me talk to my supervisor." (Indian guy talks with supervisor)
Indian guy: "I have spoken to my supervisor, and I confirm that we can offer you $150 credit off your bill."

I: "Nup no good."

Indian guy: "Let me talk to my supervisor." (Indian guy talks with supervisor)

Indian guy: "How about $200 discount off your bill?"
I: "No good."

Indian guy: "How about $300 discount off your bill?" (like I was trying to purchase my bill, $300 off!)

I: "Absolutely not." And I hung up.

- Called up the Telecommunications Ombudsman (www.tio.com.au)

- Lodged my dispute.

- Immediately notified THREE of the dispute (and probably charged them for it)

- They immediately disallowed THREE to charge my account, which was due the next day.

- THREE called back the next day, to waive the debt + give me free 2GB data per month.

Conclusion:

For any type of complaint within Australia, there is always a certain type of Ombudsman ready and willing to take your dispute.

There's all types of ombudsmen.

Water Ombudsman, Energy Ombudsman, Insurance Ombudsman, Airline Ombudsman, Police Ombudsman, you name it, you got it.

Disputes lodged with an Ombudsman, will usually be resolved faster with better outcome, because the longer and unhappier the dispute process is between you and the service provider you are unhappy with, the more the Ombudsman will charge that service provider. +, the Ombudsman is always a free service.

Indians Taking Over Melbourne

Has anyone ever felt like they are in INDIA while waiting for a train at Southern Cross Station? Or at Flinders St Station? Or even at Melbourne Central?

I have. And it feels great.

Check out this sound clip talking about Indian culture:
Guy Talks About What Indians Say When They Are Excited

I agree with him that Indian culture is great, will likely find myself in India in a few years time, to check it out for myself.

Elderly and Disabled

You see the signs on top of certain seats on trains that tell you to give your seats to the Elderly and/or Disabled. You happen to be sitting down on one of these seats next to the train door.

And then you see this guy, who looks kinda old, because he has white hair, but he kinda doesn't look that old, as in he looks like he wouldn't mind standing up for a 20 minute train ride.

You're not looking directly at him, but you can feel his eyes skim towards your direction a few times, because all the other Elderly and/or Disabled seats nearby all have elderly and/or disabled people sitting in them.

What do you do?

Do you:

(A) Stand up and offer the man a seat, and offend him for telling him that he's old? OR

(B) Remain seated and act like you didn't see the guy, and offend him by not letting him sit?

Pictures of the Time Frames

My mailbox, on a rainy day.

Perceived to be a Chinese driver.

During a game of Hide and Seek (!) =]

I wish Boaz was the dad, and I was Boaz.

Naomi and Grace interested in cicadas at a young age.

Camera definitely used much less while in Australia, but getting used more and more.

One World Currency

According to certain sources:

The leaders of the world met together last year to formulate a plan to dump the US dollar. The announcement for the One World Currency is coming very soon either this year or the next, and the adoption of the One World financial system will follow soon after.

Simple details in brief:

1. Euro to collapse

2. Collapse to domino across the Atlantic, and the USD will collapse up to 70%

3. The greatest depression of the history of the United States to strike

4. One World Currency to be put in place

First, watch the Euro collapse. I believe it's coming in 2011/2012. All the best.

Came Across This Ad

Which is advertising for a design job.

Check it out:

"I am Digital graphic Artist and website developer. I create design in A5 size with image. Graphic designing is my passion and web developing is my profession.

I provide you image source with all layers in psd file format so you can easily edit them later. I will prefer to provide all three important file format(.png, .gif, .jpeg) of each graphic art because I know in various condition we need different type of image file format.

I create image for you with my extreme power of creativity."

Nice eh?...especially that last line there.

2011 is here. We are in the eleventh hour.