31st December 2006
Farewell 2006. Another year has gone by, and it seems to have gone so quickly as well. I can still remember beginning this year in the Blue Mountains with Eleonor. I remember Sydney suffering its hottest day on record, and now, in more comfortable conditions, we are about to say goodbye to what I believe has been a pretty good year.
Workwise, I'm still at the same job, and approaching 5 years of service come April 2007, but at least my experience has grown and 2006 saw me 'promoted' to a more IT related role, finally! However, new circumstances for '07 are seeing me training up my good friend and colleague Jom to the position so he can takeover in my absence. Certainly, the outlook for 2007 is only looking good because of two great opportunities which came up midway through '06 allowing me to work in more web related and other interesting fields of the IT world.
Socially, it was great to get out on holiday to Cairns in early January with Eleonor. We both enjoyed ourselves and this trip has encouraged me to try and get out on holiday more often in the near future. Too bad that most of my digital photos are at the moment stuck in digital oblivion when my hard drive decided to die. Though Eleonor decided to leave me in the lurch for 9 weeks during September and October, I managed to soldier on! Good ol' technology has managed to keep me and most of my friends in contact for another year running :)
Yes, my computer suffered two massive failures this year... most notably and causing the most damage was the death of my hard drive... This still hasn't been rectified, but something I hope to look at in '07. Shortly after the hard drive incident, the motherboard fried itself, so a complete computer rebuild was in store. So I kicked back with a machine that would decimate all! (For a couple of months anyway!)
In the musical world, I missed the Fort Minor show, but made up for it later in the year with Eskimo Joe, Wolfmother, Nickelback and Korn. Nothing could beat the ear-bursting sounds of Disturbed though who had me jumping around like crazy as they rocked the Superdome!
Farewell 2006. Another year has gone by, and it seems to have gone so quickly as well. I can still remember beginning this year in the Blue Mountains with Eleonor. I remember Sydney suffering its hottest day on record, and now, in more comfortable conditions, we are about to say goodbye to what I believe has been a pretty good year.
Workwise, I'm still at the same job, and approaching 5 years of service come April 2007, but at least my experience has grown and 2006 saw me 'promoted' to a more IT related role, finally! However, new circumstances for '07 are seeing me training up my good friend and colleague Jom to the position so he can takeover in my absence. Certainly, the outlook for 2007 is only looking good because of two great opportunities which came up midway through '06 allowing me to work in more web related and other interesting fields of the IT world.
Socially, it was great to get out on holiday to Cairns in early January with Eleonor. We both enjoyed ourselves and this trip has encouraged me to try and get out on holiday more often in the near future. Too bad that most of my digital photos are at the moment stuck in digital oblivion when my hard drive decided to die. Though Eleonor decided to leave me in the lurch for 9 weeks during September and October, I managed to soldier on! Good ol' technology has managed to keep me and most of my friends in contact for another year running :)
Yes, my computer suffered two massive failures this year... most notably and causing the most damage was the death of my hard drive... This still hasn't been rectified, but something I hope to look at in '07. Shortly after the hard drive incident, the motherboard fried itself, so a complete computer rebuild was in store. So I kicked back with a machine that would decimate all! (For a couple of months anyway!)
In the musical world, I missed the Fort Minor show, but made up for it later in the year with Eskimo Joe, Wolfmother, Nickelback and Korn. Nothing could beat the ear-bursting sounds of Disturbed though who had me jumping around like crazy as they rocked the Superdome!
My interests continued to flourish in the automotive world with continued updates to my own ride, not forgetting a photoshoot with two models held in January, participation at the All Ford Day in August and a Magazine photoshoot in December. I also attended the Sydney Motorshow and AutoSalon Final Battle. The only downside was an incident with a truck halfway through the year. The family farewelled our Explorer after 8 years, and welcomed a brand new Focus as its replacement. Ford won Bathurst this year, they also won the manufacturer's title and should have won the championship. I also won the top subscription prize from Performance Ford Magazine - a chance to drive a V8 Racecar!
In the skies of aviation, which made a huge comeback for my interests this year, I started collecting diecast planes, and have gone from 2 to 80+ in the space of 11 months! I visited Sydney Airport on five occasions to do some 'spotting' and attended the Richmond Air Show with Dad in October.
I'm looking forward to 2007, there will be challenges ahead, and interesting times to look forward to, resolutions to keep and blogs to continue writing :)
To my international audience, I wish you all a Happy New Year and best wishes for a wonderful 2007!
Signing off for 2006, Thanks for reading!
Daniel.
