Vodafone Live! 3G

Today Vodafone launched their 3G network in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, as well as airports in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. I don't know how it'll go given the slow reception to Hutchison "3" but we'll see. Personally, I don't see the need for such technology. A phone is a phone. You make your calls and send your SMS. Do you REALLY need instant access to news? download movie trailers or make video calls? What is so urgent you can't wait to do at home/office and use broadband internet? Besides, the plans will probably cost a fortune. Finally, I thought phones are meant to be getting smaller. Some of those 3G phones are comparable to the NOKIA 5110 in terms of awkwardness to carry around.

Anyway, Vodafone chucked a launch party this arvo for all the contractors/partners involved in the project and yes, I skipped uni to be part of the party. What can I say? Free food, drinks and entertainment by Thirsty Merc :D


VF CEO Russell Hewitt. That's him on the big screen. Blonde guy got in the way :(


Jackie O shows off how to use Vodafone 3G


Thirsty Merc in red.


Thirsty Merc in blue.


Me and this other girl from the office with Jackie O.


Thirsty Merc in green.

10 green V cans (Sing to the tune of 10 green bottles)

1 green V can,
sitting on the sill.
1 green V can,
sitting on the sill.
And if Jeff drinks 1 can,
to help him get over the hill,
There'll be 2 green V cans sitting on the sill.

2 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
2 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
And if Jeff drinks 1 can,
as a 'staying awake' pill,
There'll be 3 green V cans sitting on the sill.

3 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
3 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
And if Jeff drinks 1 can,
for concentration and sitting still,
There'll be 4 green V cans sitting on the sill.

4 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
4 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
And if Jeff drinks 1 can,
and still not go downhill,
There'll be 5 green V cans sitting on the sill.

5 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
5 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
And if Jeff drinks 1 can,
but not going for a refill,
There'll be 6 green V cans sitting on the sill.

6 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
6 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
And if Jeff drinks 1 can,
to improve his 'pulling an all-nighter' skill,
There'll be 7 green V cans sitting on the sill.

7 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
7 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
And if Jeff drinks 1 can,
out of his own freewill,
There'll be 8 green V cans sitting on the sill.

8 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
8 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
And if Jeff drinks 1 can,
and he is still not ill,
There'll be 9 green V cans sitting on the sill.

9 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
9 green V cans,
sitting on the sill.
And if Jeff drinks 1 can,
(Is this a bit of an overkill?),
There'll be 10 green V cans sitting on the sill.

McGrath scores one day century

Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee helped Australia from the brink of humiliation to a dramatic victory over the World XI. Set 253 to win, the pair came in at 8-0 and put on a partnership of 254 in a sublime display of one-day batting never seen before. After Shoaib Akhtar ripped through the top and middle order, there was a realisation that the Australians could be bowled out for 0. McGrath quashed that possibility by scoring his maiden first-class century in which he hit 14 4's and 12 enormous 6's. Ashes nemisis 'Freddy' Flintoff was slaughtered for 31 runs in his one and only over.





Note 1: I love watching tailenders bat.
Note 2: Yes, I am meant to be writing my ethics report. Stickcricket is addictive.

21 +1 = 22

Thanks to those who wished me a early happy birthday from church on Sunday.
Thanks to the uni guys who wished me a happy birthday. Nick, can I still claim the drink sometime down the track? :P
Thanks to the people from the 'work spam' team for the happy birthday...err...spams :)
Thanks to those who messaged/called me from other parts of the world (Mum from HK, Jen from Malaysia and Ash from India).
Thanks to the person who put a fake parking ticket on my windscreen.



You guys made my 22nd birthday that much more interesting.

Didn't get any pressies at all (not even a cake at work! Somehow my name isn't in the birthday database. Oh well...) but when you have God's gift of salvation, it's the best present any person can get.

Ephesians 2:8 "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God"

"I have a brain..."

Had to stop by Waverley Council this afternoon on the way to uni to deliver a cheque on behalf of an engineer at work (see, I get all the dirty jobs) and I was served by this dark-skinned South African (I think) woman. Anyway, there was this old lady who was waiting and she got real pissed off that the people in front of her were taking so long. So she came up next to me and started abusing the staff behind the counter. Now the South African woman was trying hard to calm things down and said nicely: "Lady, it's a bit hot and you look a bit flushed. Why don't you take a seat and we'll call you when your number is up", to which the old lady replied: "I'M NOT STUPID. I HAVE A BRAIN...AND IT'S WHITE." Of course, the woman got offended and ignored her. This infuriated the old lady even more and she muttered under her breath: "what a bitch", "bloody bastards" etc.

Old ladies can be scary sometimes...

Putting September behind, bring on October

Just a couple of things to close off September...

Thursday
Tin-Lok and Jimmy's 21st at Greengate Hotel. The theme was Spanish/Latino and I was surprised at the large turnout of senore and senorita outfits. Oh, and there was a bull too...Hehe. Tin-Zhung's outfit was quite impressive and I think I got more pics of him than the birthday boys...No bull *ahem*.


With the birthday boys


Tin-Zhung as 'The Bull'

Friday
Headed to Nancy's place after work for cards/drinking night with some of the uni guys. Mark decided to dog us by going to Switchfoot concert instead...not happy Mark. The cards part didnt end up happening because we just watched TV with Gan talking non-stop about how Ben Affleck and Michael Douglas are sissies and he can take both of them on and beat them (we were flicking between Don't Say A Word and Changing Lanes). Yes Gan, you go around and start taking on people with your kendo stick :P We then headed off to Revesby workers Club for the drink off challenge put forward by Nick last week:

9/29/2005 4:26:04 PM Cuevas: I am officially challenging you to a drink off on friday
9/29/2005 4:26:16 PM Cuevas: we match each other drink for drink
9/29/2005 4:26:20 PM Cuevas: first one to pull out loses

8 Bourbon and Cokes later and with neither of us looking to pass out anytime soon we called it quits. Hmm, that man CAN drink. I'm impressed. My respect for him has just gone *that* much higher. Nick, next time we'll go Tequila =)