Friday, May 22, 2009

Going Private - Bulletin

Hey all. We have decided to make this blog private - i.e. not open to any man and his dog on the internet. We will send an invitation to all our friends and family which will give you access instructions to see this blog.

If you are not a member of our immediate family leave a comment here with your email address and we will add you to the list.

Ciao

Friday, May 15, 2009

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

All organised for War of the Worlds - well semi

At the end of June we are going to see Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds on stage in Brighton, UK ... beam me to the web page . I finally booked the train tickets to London which was the last thing to do. Accomodation was booked in February for 8, I swear we got the last 4 rooms in Brighton.

We got 8 tickets last year in October when they went on sale, so we are going with Celine, Laurent, Clare, Clare's friend, and hopefully Ronaye and Glenn can make it all the way from NZ. Glenn has requested a flight (pilot for AirNZ) to London at that time which will see him with a few days in London, hopefully at the perfect time. Ronaye and I will finish our next rotation in Oman, almost together a week before the concert, so if it works out we might get to spend some good girlie time in Belgium that week - and it is her birthday that week too - so it could rock!

Only one slight snag.....the company that sold all the tickets has gone into recievership - but we have had official word another compnay will make all their best efforts to get the tickets out to the rightful owners before the concert - here's with fingers crossed.....otherwise we might just be having a hoolie on the town in Brighton that night - us and thousands of others that have planned to see the concert.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Some proof that I really do work in an oil field



Well I guess it is about time for a blog. The last three weeks were really busy and I didn't make much time to blog.

This time I spent 4 days at the field, which is about 600km south of Muscat in the middle of the desert. Here is a few photos of me and Ronaye getting down and dirty at the coal face.
It is getting up to 50 degrees at the peak of the day now in Mukhaizna, and about 39 in Muscat. Luckily the humidity has not started yet in Muscat, but it is on it's way. It's gonna be ugly when I get back next time.

Monday, May 11, 2009

Sonata Arctica Tallulah Music Video IA®

Another for your enjoyment.

Sonata Arctica - White Pearl, Black Oceans

It's the theatricallity of the mmusic that I like I think - warning it is 8 and a half minutes long...check out the animation in this video. It is amazing what they can do now.

Sonata Arctica- Shamandalie

A collegue introduced me to these guys and I have been maxing out on their albumn Reckoning Night.

These guys are total nutters - but make my life fun...


Two important traits for the Oil Field - Simplicity and Vulgarity