First Bite!
My son had his first solid food yesterday! We were wondering if he would know how to eat from the spoon, and pretend to chew and swallow! Pretty amazing how he took to it 🙂 Good boy!
My son had his first solid food yesterday! We were wondering if he would know how to eat from the spoon, and pretend to chew and swallow! Pretty amazing how he took to it 🙂 Good boy!
An absolutely gorgeous Sunday yesterday… spent time staring at the sky under a tree with family! Perfect!
Even after being in working environment for an year, some of these are new to me! A must read though, if you are planning to come here, or are in the process of planning!
I was in the market to buy an office desk for myself for a while now… Though Gumtree is usually my go-to website to find things that I need and I don’t, this time around I couldn’t really make up my mind for a few reasons..
I finally decided to buy a new one from POCO… A wood finish Monte Office Desk, originally priced at $199, however available for $120 till stocks lasted, and I managed to get a further $25 off by signing up for the membership… So final price $95, which isn’t too bad considering all decent office desks on Gumtree were also in the same range.
Another advantage with POCO was that they let you use their van for free, for the first one hour if your purchase does not fit into the car. Mine did, as it was flat packed, and I was able to fit it in by laying the rear seat flat… Getting the 48kg pack from my garage to the the 2nd floor apartment is a whole different story, but I managed it alone in about 15 minutes without killing myself or breaking any bones or rupturing any muscles in the process!
The box stayed near the door because I was too lazy to open it and assemble (which I assumed would be amazingly simple) because I was told that all the tools required (basically a hex-key) are inside the packing! Also that this was hard wood and hence this heavy (NO its not wood, it just has a wood finish). I finally opened it a few days ago, and took out a 10 page manual with all the assembly instructions, a time estimate of 2 hours, and that I need a few tools like a measuring tape, a hammer, and a Philips screwdriver to assemble. Now thankfully I had everything but the hammer, but think of someone who would buy this based on the salesman’s comment! Its practically lying to the customer!
I took out all the pieces, sorted them along with the screws etc, and got to work… About 2.5 hours later the desk was ready for use! First I messed up with some screws for the top, and also realised that I had put in the drawers wrong way during the final assembly. This is a good desk, and I would recommend it to someone who is looking for a new office or working desk 🙂
However I would still want Poco to stick a note about an estimated assembly time, and the tools needed next to all display furniture in the showroom. Also the weight of boxes (I know they don’t do this because it would scare away customers, but still)
Photos below (Oh and because I didn’t have a hammer handy, a plumbing wrench was used)
I am a subscriber to Business Insider Australia, and keep getting these wonderful “10 things you need to know this morning” emails! Love them… In yesterday’s email, there was a link to details of a document published by NSW government on various parts of Sydney… Attaching it here for my reference, and for the benefit of anyone who’d like to take a note…
Find the detailed article here.
Image in the post from : Business Insider Australia‘s post
Signs of spring coming to the land down under…
Shot and edited on an iPhone…
I found this amazing way to improve battery life of my smartphone, and it has worked every single time I have use this technique!
Its simple!
DON’T USE IT!
Trust me this works every time! every single time! I have tried this over weekends, and I did not have to charge my phone once over the weekend… Try it! and let me know how it goes…
I have struggled with this question myself, and one fine day just took a call to give it a shot! Things moved from there on, and I am here!
Got my PR in second week of July 2014, booked the tickets the next day, resigned from CSC, and started packing!
Took a Jet Airways flight on the 18th of September, and landed in Sydney on 19th of September! This is a good 10 months ago, and am at a place where I can share some bits about how this whole move feels like!
There are a few reasons why the whole “migrate to Australia” thought would come up in your mind
There are some other factors which make living it a foreign country (this time Australia) easier than India
There are so many issues as well with living outside India, and some of them are fairly obvious
Like I mentioned earlier, you gain some you lose some! its a call that every individual can take differently!
more to follow….
Post # 2 : About jobs in Australia
Post # 3 : Costs and Expenses associated with moving to Australia
Post # 4 : Speaking English 🙂
This is how the otherwise lazy city of Canberra welcomed 2015… 4 hours of amazing mixes by some of the most talented DJs around!
Happy new year everyone 🙂