APEC

I wish they would all piss off to where they should be - CANBERRA!

That is the Country's Capital, that is where Parliament is, so why in the name of God did the powers that be decide that Sydney would be a better venue. If I'm feeling hard done by than I can only imagine what the tourists must feel like.
But, of course we have messages telling us that we won't be disrupted too much and if you believe that you'll believe anything!
Mr M and I had planned to go to Adelaide that weekend just to get ourselves outside of Sydney, but of course we now hear that travel to and from the airport will be restircted due to the delegates. They shouldn't even be in Sydney they should be in bloody Canberra.

I have to admit that Canberra is not the most exciting place in the world but it came about for a purpose and it serves that purpose well. Just a shame the government doesn't utilise properly.

Packing police

So, we of course keep up to date as much as we can, with UK news. There has been yet another shooting leaving a biker dead. I'm not going into the why he was shot but it does make be question why the UK police force itself is against arming themselves with guns.

I've heard other ex-pats say that they feel unsafe here because the police are packing - you know what, I've actually felt safer. The police in Australia actually HAVE powers! Gee, there's a concept, the Police having the power to bring a criminal to justice rather than the crim taking the police to court because "he/she touched me!" Boo Hoo.

I have a huge respect for the Police force worldwide, I don't care in which country. To me they are the people that I turn to when I need help, if my car gets broken into or my house has a window smashed etc. All the Police I have dealt with over the years, both in the UK and here in Aus have been lovely. They have been helpfull and courteous and as stated before they have my full respect. I know that I could never do their job, particularly the UK police because their powers are so limited. If I was ever allowed to join the UK police force and let out on beat I'd be had for brutality because I would not be able to control myself against the idiots out there that know that the law is on their side! What justice is that! Nope, I'd be making sure that they had punishment, legal or not. And that is the biggest reason today that I have the utmost respect for the Police, because they know where they stand and just what they can do.

But back to guns - I'd like to know why the UK Police don't want to carry them. The amount of gun crime and more importantly killing, is on the increase, so to me it is only logical that the Poilce should arm themselves.
If the UK Police aren't happy with that, can we at least get some Aussie coppers across that are?
They can fly home with me in November for I shall miss them :-(

OK Go - Here It Goes Again

Excellent use of treadmills!

We were in a pub in Sydney the other night when this came on the TV. I had only seen it once before but it mesmerised me and I had to get Mr M and our friends to watch it, so I interrupted the conversation. Sure enough they were engrossed for the entire length of the video and so confirmed to me that it is on of the best music videos, at least to me.


So I thought I would share my list of favourite music vids:

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (fantastic vid from the 80's, excellent use of animation)

Blur - Coffee & TV (another with good animation because I really love the milk carton, it's so cute!)

Fatboy Slim - Weapon of choice (Christopher Walken dancing - need I say more?)

OK Go - Here it goes again (I love the use of the treadmills, and the choreography)


Of course there are other music videos that are very good, Thriller is always at the top on programmes that compile these lists, but as much as I do like Thriller it doesn't grab me enough to make my personal list. The videos that have made my list are quite simple in comparison but sometimes the simple ones are best. I was also tempted to include Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity as I do really like that video as it always has me wondering how it was done but but the insects in it are a huge turn off. Eugh!

So while my list isn't very long it is very exclusive and I'm sure I will find others along the years that will take their own place there.

Anyway, a completely pointless post really but I just felt like it. For one thing it has taken my mind of packing!