Christchurch continued to rattle its way through the aftershocks that persisted in the months that followed the February earthquake. Thankfully the strength of the tremors gradually diminished and with it my fears that there would be another big one. Even so, Christchurch remained in ruins and I had no yearning to return to New Zealand … Continue reading My First Relapse
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For the rest of my life, I will always remember where I was and what I was doing on Tuesday 22 February 2011 when I first heard the news. I was living in Newcastle, Australia and had just returned from my lunch-break to find an email in my inbox from a shipping company in New … Continue reading February 22, 2011 – The Second Earthquake
In 2008 I sold the house in Diamond Harbour and following the nightmare of my son’s testicular cancer, the kids and I had a fantastic holiday in England. Unfortunately, while we were away the company I’d been working for had been sold to a global organisation. Staff were being laid off and I was one … Continue reading The Move to Newcastle
The date was 4 September and the time four thirty five When the ground beneath our city gave a jolt and came alive The earth began to shudder and I heard a mighty boom And the stuff inside my bedroom started flying round the room I heard a lot of smashing as I lay there … Continue reading Christchurch Earthquake – 04 September 2010
I never thought for an instant that I would consider leaving Diamond Harbour and return to Australia to live. But I also never dreamed that on September 4th, 2010, I would be woken at 4:35am by a shallow magnitude 7.1 earthquake centred only 70km from my home. The night before the earthquake was a Friday … Continue reading September 04, 2010 – The Christchurch Earthquake
A scandal has erupted that has everyone incensed Over ministerial credit cards, used at our expense After months of close inspection, the pencil pushing wallahs Have published a report that cost us fifty thousand dollars It says that there’s been spending sprees on stuff that is fantastic That has been accumulated on the ministerial plastic! … Continue reading Ministerial Credit Cards …
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I arrived at work one morning and my boss took me aside He said: “We’re in a bad recession and we’re on the downward slide” I’d known for quite a while that their funds were not abundant Yet still it was a shock to learn that I’d been made redundant I cleared away my desk … Continue reading The GFC
