Daylight savings has just started in Victoria, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania. Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia do not participate in daylight savings. I thought it will start on the 28th this year, but it turned out to be the 27th. Bummer, I just lost an hour. I suspected it when my computer clock showed 5:40 am but it was still dark outside. Dawn usually comes at 5 am in spring. Oh well, the start of daylight savings mean we turn our clocks forward 1 hour at 2 am to make it read 3 am. I always forget daylight savings time though. I remember going to class one hour early when I was in Christchurch, NZ. I woke up and got ready for school and wondered why my sister and my other housemates were still in bed. Only realized what had happened when I went to my high school and found it all deserted and shit. It happened to me the first time I came to Melbourne too...ended up going to class one hour late. Heh.
Anyway, I saw this interesting thing happen in the Ampol gas station at the corner of Blackburn Road and Ferntree Gully Road today. I was going to get some Chinese food from Yun Yun when I saw three fire trucks pulled up at the gas station opposite with their lights flashing. At first I thought it was a strike or something coz the trucks all had "Melbourne Fire Brigade Cost Cutting Will Cost Lives" stickers all over the trucks. I went there to get some Diet Coke and saw four firemen crowded around this big ass gas tank. The gas station attendant was very agitated and was walking here and there, making phone calls and pulling up the chain to stop cars from driving in. Turns out the the gas tank was leaking. I wish I had brought my camera along. It would be quite a sight to see a gas station with the gas prices removed and the entrance and exits all chain up, three fire trucks with the lights flashing and firemen crowded around the gas tank. I even thought up a caption for it - "I don't know what's going on here...but I don't want to be a part of it". Heh.
Link of the day: Boy band, but great music [quantumlynx.com]
You've got to check this out. I don't usually listen to music like this, but this one is pretty good. Insightful lyrics too, especially the middle part.
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