| Hello there I'm Peter K from Newcastle Australia welcome to my Website.My Website has alot of information about me,it's just like reading A small book,A biography about my life.There's also informative letter's,great stories to tell,photo's and more. Also some fun games to play,click on the link "Games To Play" and try your luck.I hope you enjoy your stay here finding it interesting and fun.That's me on the left with my guitar,the georgeous girl in the background is Australia's own Tina Arena.That picture was taken by me watching Tina Arena live in concert. |
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| 6/12/04
Christmas time
Well boys and girls it's that time of the year again,Christmas is just around the corner.I wonder what Santa will bring me this year?Summer sure is here and boy is it hot!About 1 week ago there were these 2 crazy hot days which broke all records and the temperature reached 40 degrees! Lucky I've got a fan in my room to keep me cool,although I wouldn't mind air conditioning. I went out today and bought the brand new Tina Arena greatest hits DVD and I absolutely love it.So many wonderful songs sung by my favourite Female singer,Australia's own Tina Arena.The DVD is basically Tina's greatest hits from 1994-2004 and some of the video clips are done so well and I enjoy them that much that I'm sure I'll be watching them over and over again. My favourite song would have to be "Wasn't It Good" which went to number 1 when it first came out.I love this song so much,it's such a powerful,strong ballad.Others songs from the DVD I enjoy watching/listening to are "Burn" "Sorrento Moon" and "If I Didn't Love You" I had a chance to get away for a while and catch up with old friends who I hadn't seen in ages up at Nelson's bay at a birthday party.It was so good to see old friends,I had a blast!I was informing many people who didn't know about the car accident I was in about 1 year ago now. I went to the Dentist the other day for my 6 monthly fluoride clean,you know when the Dentist uses this special cleaning brush and my teeth feel sooooooooo clean! Well that's about it for now,have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. 26/11/04 The last few days have been an emotional roller coaster ride for me.I had the honour and pleasure of going to see my favourite singer and perfomer,Tina Arena live in concert.From the moment I walked in to that theatre,to the moment I left,I was totally captivated and suspended into another world of sheer joy.Forget all your problems,all your worries and just sit back relax and enjoy the show.It's special moments like these that really make life worth living for. Words can't do justice to this amazing performance I witnessed and endured,looking on in total awe captivated by the warm and beautiful presence of Tina Arena and her band.Flooding memories came back to me of the last time I had seen Tina live in concert which was back in 1997. I was alot younger,more fit,had a car back then,my old blue Mazda and used to travel frequently back and forth to Sydney to see my friends.I miss those days alot and especially the friendship I had made with close friends. After the concert,the next day I was privillaged to see a very special episode of "This is your life" with one of my childhood idol's,Olivia Newton John.Who I had seen recently in concert which I wrote more about in one of my past diary entries.Olivia is a special,beautiful warm human being,fantastic singer/song writer/performer who means so much to me. You see when I was a kid going to school in my teens back in the 80's,I like many many others had a crush on this georgeous girl steming from that unforgetable apearance in the movie Grease (Which is may favourite movie ever) staring along side another one of my hero's John travolta. Another movie Olivia starred in called "Xanadu" which again the songs "Xanadu" and "Magic" (You have to believe that we are maaaaagic) came from that movie means so much to me. At the time I was so infactuated by Olivia,I had a scrapbook collection of her photo's,apearences and I bought some of her records and played them all the time.Songs like "Lets get physical" "Hopelessly devoted" "If not for you" I remember back in the 80's when this movie called "Two of a kind" came out,starring Olivia and John travolta came out I begged my parents "Can I please see this movie,please!" I was lucky enough to go see the movie and enjoyed every minute of it. So as you'd expect,when watching this very emotional "This is your life" special with Olivia,it brought back so many fond memories of my childhood and I basically cried the whole way through the show going through a box of tissues and loving every minute of this wonderful show. On top of all this I spoke to some of my good friends in Sydney who I hadn't seen or talked to in quite some time and was so great to hear their voices and catch up with. Well it's nice been talking to you all,see you next time. 3/5/04 Finally some compensation at last! Last week I finally recieved my much anticipated cheque for the replacement value of my car which was writen off in the car acident I was in.Over 4 months have passed since the accident and with mounting medical bills and expenses steming from the accident such as towing fee,bus fares,medicine,physio,hospital records.....the cheque couldn't come at A better time. I've paid off some bills and expenses and managed to buy A new office chair for my room which I desperatley needed.It's A beautiful leather swivel chair with arm rest's and recliner,and it's so comfortable to sit in.I've also bought myself A brand new DVD burner for my computer which I have had on my want list for ages!It's great for backing up data from your computer on to A DVD. I'm going to Save up some more money to add to the money I recieved for A decent type of car.I'm thinking of geting A toyota corolla/Mazda 1992-1993 model 5 door hatch or sedan. We sure are geting into the colder months now with this freezing weather,winter's only around the corner. My family and I attened my Nephew's 1st ever birthday party,Nicholas is now 1 year old and he's such A cutie.He's got so many presents for his birthday and the look on his face opening all those presents was pricless! We also went to A 21st birthday party for A cousin of mine who I hadn't seen in such A long time.It was good to see my cousins and relatives and catch up,who I hadn't seen for so long. 15/4/04 Well it's been over 4 months since my car accident and I'm feeling alot better now,I'm not geting headches and migrains like I used to.I've been going to see my physio for treatment on my neck from the whiplash injury I sustained from the car accident.My physio has given me some neck exercises to do which will help strengthen my neck and I've been doing them for over A month now and my neck's really feeling alot better and strong from the exercises. I'm still waiting for my compensation payout to arrive,it shouldn't be much longer now as I've rang the insurance people and they've told me it's in the final stages and I should be receiveing A cheque very soon. I've bought myself A brand new hi performance computer which absolutley flies,I built it myself and its the eqivalant of A Pentium 4 3GHz with 256mb DDR400 RAM,NEW 80 Gig SATA HD,128mb ATI Radeon video card and more. 6/1/04 I've been in A very serious car accident,lucky to be alive Happy new year to everyone I hope you had A great and safe holiday,and happy birthday to me,I'm 31 today and boy do I feel old!Just the fact that I'm writing this to you today is A miracle,because I recieved the best Christmas present of all,being alive after the major car accident I was in.I'm very lucky to be in 1 piece and be able to walk around after my car was totally destroyed and written off. Basically I was driving along the road when all of A sudden blackout,the next thing I know I open the corner of my eye,my head is absolutley aching and killing me.I think I'm in an ambulance and this person who looks like an angel to me is holding my hand stating "Don't worry mate,just hang on to me,you'll make it" That's when I realised I must have been in A very bad car accident.I was rushed to hospital where it was determined that I had lost concisneouss for A period of time and suffered A concussion with A bad hit to the right side of my head which knocked me out.I had 2 black eyes which one of them was shut and cuts and bruises all over my body.On top of that I had all these needles and monotoring devices hooked up to me to check my heart rate,blood pressure,pulse...I had multiple x-rays taken which luckily came back all clear,no broken bones thank god for that!But I was still feeling very dizzy and faint. After being at the hospital for A while and being treated with life saving and pain killing medicine I started feeling A little better and was actually able to walk again unassisted keeping my balance. This is when the police turned up at the hospital to ask me A few questions,which I had trouble answering cause I still wasn't 100% The police told me they would let me rest for the time being and interview me later when I was feeling better,which was much apreciated.Well it's been over 3 weeks since the accident and I'm recovering very well and feeling so much better. The policeman later interviewed me and informed me that the other driver was at fault,and I should claim for personal injury and loss of vehicle through the other driver's insurance which is what I'm up to now.Hopefully this whole saga won't carry on for to long and I can get A speedy compensation payout sooner than later. 7/11/03 Hey people long time no see,it's been A while since the last time I've spoken with you.So what have I been up to?Quite A bit actually,the last time I was talking with you I was telling you how I was going to buy this new bedding package.Well low and behold,I've bought it and I absolutley love it!Going to bed each night on A beautiful brand new matress and base is just heaven.From the moment my head hits the pillow,I'm out like A light safe asleep and the next thing I know it's morning! I've just been speaking to one of my good friends in Sydney who recently got married and they're expecting their first child.I'm very happy for them and it's good to see they're doing well. He was telling me the next time I visit him,make sure I bring some photo's down to remenis on the old days.They say A picture is worth A thousand words,and boy do some of these photo's really live up to that.I always enjoy reflecting on the old days with pictures and the good times we all had. Our house is up for sale and we're geting alot of people through inspecting our house.It's crazy sometimes because the phone rings,it's A real estate agent saying they want to bring somebody through to look at the house.So Mum races around cleaning,making sure everything's spotless,neat and tidy.We make sure we're all out of the house while people are comming through.I usually end up taking our loveable little dog charlie out for A walk to the park. I've finally managed to save up some money and buy personalised number plates for my car,it gives my car that real sporty look,finishing touch which I'm thrilled about.I can't believe it's all ready November and next month is Christmas!Has this year flown by or what?Now that it's geting towards the summer season it's really heating up around here and I enjoy going for A swim at A local pool.I saw A really good movie the other day which has just come out on video called "2 fast 2 furious" sequel to "the fast and the furious" Boy you talk about fast car's,the drag racing on this movie is incredible,not to mention the hot looking girls as well!I sugest you check out this movie,it's Action packed all the way. I've just bought some new wrestling video's to add to my ever growing collection,which I really enjoyed watching.I've got so many video's now,mainly wrestling but also movies as well as c.d's that I had to move my big book case (Where all my video's,dvd's,c.d's,magazines are stored) out of my room and into another room.So it's freed up some space in my rather small bedroom (Which is crammed with my computer,guitar,tv,video,ps2...) who knows,now that we're selling our house,we might buy A bigger house with more room i.e big bedroom's,t.v room and even A swimming pool!Well I gues we'll just have to wait and see. Untill next time,take care and be good. 5/8/03 My Brand New Home Entertainment System It's beginning to look A lot like christmas...or at least it sure does feel like it!I've just bought myself A brand new home entertainment system which includes A brand new 51 cm stereo tv,A brand new 6 head Hi-Fi video cassete recorder,A brand new DVD player which also plays music cd's and also has A Kodak picture feature where you can view your pictures saved on A cd.So basically lets say you've got some pictures saved on your computer,you can burn those pic's to A cd,then put that cd into the dvd player and presto your viewing pictures! To top it all off,I've just bought myself A brand new playstation 2,which came with 1 free game! I walk into my room now and it's like walking into Grace brothers,all this new up to date technology. The next thing and possibly last thing for this year on my want list (Which is about 90% complete) is A new bedding package,matress,base,pillow and sheets.My matress and bed are so old they're ready for the junkyard!I've been to Sleep city (A bedding store) and I've seen this beautiful bed package that I'd like to buy.The lady at the store told me to lye down on this matress and see what it's like.Let me tell you the moment I lay down on that beautiful new bed,I didn't want to get back up!The matress is great for your back and posture it's actually called A "Spinal Care" matress.So I've put A deposit and A lay by on this bed package and hopefully will pay it off in A few months time. I've been amazed with this new tv show on channel 10 called Australian idol,where by all these inspiring young singers out there,boys and girls competing on this show to be the number 1 singer.Some of these girls that I've seen perform are just incredible,great looking with A beautiful strong voice which has really blown me away,it's left me breathless.I'm sure we're going to see the next Tina Arena/Kylie Minogue from this show.To find out more about this fantastic new show click HERE 12/5/03 Seeing A Speech Pathologist It's no secret that I've had problems with my speech most of my life,I've always found talking/having A conversation with someone/talking on the phone very difficult.It's very frustrating,really annoys me so much and it's bothered me for years and years.I just wish I could be like everyone else and be able to talk fluently like most people do.Why is it the 1 thing most people take for granted,is the 1 thing that I find most difficult-Speaking.It's so ironic because I go to people's houses and fix their computers,people call me over saying "Peter my computer has broken down,can you come over and fix it?" I've got my own Website here which I created all by myself,I work on my own car fixing any problems liking changing oil,spark plugs,leads...but the most simplest thing of all-talking is the thing I have most problems with.Is life cruel or what? Anyway my Doctor advised me to go and see A speech pathologist who I've been seeing now for A few months.Sarah is her name and she's really helped me alot in overcoming this fear I have with talking.My goal is to be able to speak fluently 100% all the time and be confident not fearful in talking to people and using the phone.Sarah has given me stratergies and very helpful advice in trying to solve this problem I have and for that I'm very thankful to her.Don't get me wrong,there's no quick overnight fix,but my speech has definatley improved and geting better day by day. 11/5/03 My Parents Have Broken Up/Seperated In what has to be the sadest day of my life,my parents have officially decided to separate and part ways.My Dad has moved out today and the first thing that came to mind was,if I do ever meet that someone special,decide to settle down and get married,I won't be able to introduce her to my Dad because where will he be?Will my Dad be at the wedding?The way things are looking here at home now,my Mum is A single Mum,the house could be sold in order to split the money and my Parents are going to court to sort out the financial detail's. 13/4/03 Olivia Newton-John Live in Concert I've just come back from A concet of A lifetime!Seeing Olivia Newton-John my childhood idol who I had A crush on,live in concert and I had A front row ticket!Going back over 20 years ago when I was A young boy,I remember my Aunty took me to the local video store and asked me what movie would I like to see.I remember picking up this video in my hand with A picture of A beautiful young lady on the cover and saying "I want this one!" We went back to my Grandmother's house up here in Newcastle where I saw the movie which was called Xanadu.In the movie I'll never forget seeing this beautiful girl on Rollerskates,skating along the path having fun,hair blowing in the wind and who would think that 20 years later I get to see that very girl live in person!Is life incredible or what!The girl I'm refering to of course is the georgous Olivia Newton-John.I'll also never forget that wonderful song which goes like this "You have to believe that we are maaaaaaaagic nothing can stand in our way" Do you know that I've had that song in my head for over 20 years going back to the early 80's and only now that I remember what A great song it is after seeing Olivia perform the song live in concert.Also another song from that movie is "Xanadu" which is cool and Olivia also performed some old favourites from "Grease" such as Summer lovin,your the one that I want and my most favourite song from that movie-"Hopelessly devoted" which I pretty much cried throughout,I absolutley love that song so much,it's such A beautiful,powerful song that always leaves me in tears.I'm sure you people remember that famous part in the movie where Olivia goes down to the pond singing "Hopelessly Devoted" and see's the reflection of John Travolta in the water.That reminds me of my childhood so much because I first saw it as A young boy about 20 years ago. 18/1/03 Turning 30,at the Crossroads in my life Happy New Year to everyone,I hope you had A happy holiday and wish you all the best in the new year.Speaking of new year,within 6 days of the new year (6th of January) it was my Birthday.But this was no ordinary Birthday,oh no,this was big,special and kind of scary in A way.I woke up on the 6th of January 2003 and realized I had now turned 30.How could this happen?Maybe it just crept up on me without realising it untill it finally sunk in.I Guess if there's anyone out there worried about geting old,it's definatley me and boy do I feel old.So I guess I'm not A kid anyomore,can't muck around and do Kids stuff,I'm an adult now.It's really very difficult for me to even comprehend that I'm now 30,cause I sure don't feel like it,in some ways I still feel like A Kid.I remember on my Birthday waking up in the morning,going to the bathroom looking at myself in the mirror to see if there were any changes.I felt this cold chill throughout my body,something was telling me that I'm now ancient,geting old.Then I just stopped and realised that I'm still A Kid,but trapped in an Adult's body. Let's compare what I used to do when I was 15 (I wish I was that age again) to what I do now.Well I used to watch cartoon's-Mainly He-man,I still watch He-man now.I used to play video games like Pacman,Space Invaders on my Atari and Commodore 64,I still play Pacman,Space Invaders now but on my P.C (Technology has changed computers over the years,but I can still play Pacman and Space Invaders) I also used to play Alex the Kid and Wonderboy 3 on my Sega Master System,I now still own A Sega Master system and play Alex the Kid and Wonderboy 3.I used to own A Rubix Cube and try to solve it,I still own A Rubix Cube and I'm still trying to solve it!I used to listen great Rock N Roll music of the fabolous 80's like Jimmy Barnes/Cold Chisel,Kylie Minogue,Johnny Diesel,Daryl Braithwaite...Friends who know me KNOW I still love that music very much and still listen to it!I used to LOVE watching wrestling-WWF (World Wrestling Federation) and my Favourite wrestler was Bret "The Hitman" Hart!Guess what?I still watch wrestling and enjoy it very much,I've actually got Bret Hart's special wrestling video and even his Book!I used to LOVE watching my favourite classic movies like Grease,Rocky,Superman,Back to the Future...(Did I tell you that I bought myself A new DVD player for Xmas) For my Birthday I got ALOT of brand new DVD movies!Ok here's what I got 1.Rocky 2.Grease 3.Superman 4.Back to the future 5.The Terminator 6.Hulk Hogan Wrestling.I love those presents and cherish them so much,So as you can see,not alot has changed for me. My Family,Uncle and Aunty all took me out for my Birthday to A great Restaraunt.I enjoyed the beautiful food and warm company so much,I had A great time.Thanks to all these wonderful people who gave me these special present's,I love them! On A more serious note,I've been saying that I want to go back to Sydney to my hometown of Baulkham Hills to be with my friends who I grew up with and live there again.I've been here in Newcastle now since 1995 (When my Parents sold our Baulkham Hills House) and have been trying ever since to return to Sydney as I miss my friends alot and still feel like I don't belong here as I never wanted to leave Sydney in the first place.Don't get me wrong,my Family are here and it's very nice,relaxing and peacefull here.Although I don't think my life will properly re-start again untill I move back to Sydney because sometimes it feels like I'm on A Holiday here.I want to get on with my life and establish myself in Sydney,by that I mean Get A place to stay in Sydney (Fixed Address) then find A good secure job with A steady income and hopefully meet A nice girl to settle down with and at the same time,have the support of my long time friends in Sydney. That in A nutshell is where I see myself being in Future.Lets hope that my ambition and determination gets me to where I want to be so I can start "Living my life" become independent and become an Adult. 4/10/02 Return to my homeland,Sydney! At the time of writing this I'm so happy and feeling better than ever,I haven't felt this good in such A long time,the smile on my face proves it.After A long 2 year absence I travelled to Sydney this past weekend to attend A friend's wedding and got to see all my friends in Sydney.I had been down to Sydney with my brother and family on 1 or 2 occasion's,but this was the first time I had been down to Sydney on my own with my car and boy did it feel great!Like I said before,I really do have A life again now that my car's back on the road,I'm mobile so to speak.Great to see friends who I hadn't seen in such A long time. I'm currently saving up money to buy myself A new DVD player and car stereo for Xmas.Hopefully I'll be comming back to Sydney early in the new year sometime around my Birthday-January and see all my friends again.Hopefully spend more time in Sydney and go to the beach,Manly.Just don't ask me how old I'll be,it's scary,I still feel like 16! 6/9/02 Back on the road...FINALLY! After A 2 1/2 year absence from driving,I finally got my car back on the road,registered today.After all the hard work I've done fixing my car,it's finally on the road and I'm so happy,no more busses and trains!I'm looking forward to having A life again,being mobile so to speak. 1/9/02 I'm going to be an Uncle! My brother and his wife came up from Sydney today,Father's day to deliver the best Father's day present for Dad,they're going to have A baby! I congratulated them both and wished them well.It came as A huge surprise to me,being an Uncle is something I've never even thought about it.In A way it makes me feel old,I'm not geting any younger,but I'm proud. My right shoulder is still giving me problems and bother's me often,but I am doing my rehab/strength excersises and it is geting better slowly.My doctor told me it could even take up to 18 months before it fully heals,so that's promosing to hear. If everything goes to plan,the next time I write to you people,my car should HOPEFULLY be back on the road-Re-registered.After all the money I've spent (Over $1000) time and effort working on my car,I've been asking myself if it was really worth it.I sure have paid A big price,and to be honest I'm not talking about the money,but my nagging painful shoulder injury which I injured while manually sanding back the rust on my car. I'm really enjoying playing some new games I've got on my sony playstation,it makes me feel like A kid all over again.One game in particular-The world's scariest police chases.Great game,your A cop in A police car and you have to catch the bad guys.If you have A playstation,I highly recomend you checking this game out,it's cool!You can read more about this great game by clicking HERE 7/8/02 Kylie Minough Concert,FANTASTIC! Hello people how you doing out there?Well it's now 5:30 AM Wednesday morning and I've just come back from Sydney,the Sydney entertainment centre to watch Kylie Minogue LIVE IN CONCERT ! All I can say is WOW! Kylie's A babe,great body,great singer,great person and A great concert! I had A really good ticket to,front row dance floor! Just standing in the entertainment centre,watching Kylie perform live with thousands and thousands of people cheering "Kylie,Kylie" is something I'll never forget.I was so pleased Kylie performed the "Locomotion" and also my favourite "I should be so lucky" this is definatley my kind of music,old school Kylie from the 80's! Well unfortunatley for me though,this concert came about 1 month to early,because I should have my car back on the road in 1 month's time (I was hoping my car would be ready by now,so I could come down and say hello to all my friends in Sydney before the concert) 6th september should be the date my car gets back on the road,Re-registered.Anyway so I had to catch public transport from here in Newcastle to the Sydney entertainment centre,WHAT A NIGHTMARE! Put it this way,Kylie finished her concert at 11:00 PM and I just got home now 5:30 AM! That's 6 1/2 hours after the concert had finished! Do you know what it likes sitting at Central station in the freezing cold in Sydney from 11:30 PM till 1:45 am for my train! But anyway who's complaining? I loved the concert,and seeing Kylie minouge perform live is A thrill and an experience I'll never forget,I love Kylie. Well it's now almost 6:00 AM,I think the sun is starting to come up,and I haven't even got any sleep yet because I'm still singing the locomotion and I should be so lucky over and over again,goodnight. Until next time,take care and be good Peter K 21/6/02 Kylie Minogue Spectacular,here I come! I am so happy to tell you people that I have just bought A Kylie Minough-Front row/Dance floor Ticket for Kylies upcoming Australian tour in August! (1 1/2 Months) Yes it cost A fortune,$140 but boy is it worth it.I absolutely love and adore Kylie Minogue,I've been listening to her wonderful music for over 15 years going back to my School days when she came out with that smash hit "Locomotion" and when she used to star in neighbours.The concert I'm going to is the 4th concert (Because the first 3 sold out sooooooooo quick) and Kylie's even announced A 5th concert today,but lucky I got A front row ticket for her 4th show which is on 6/8/02 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.I'm so excited and happy about this,it's really something I wanted to do for myself,and I'm sure it's going to be A great night. Well my car is getting closer and closer everyday to geting back on the road.I'm actually sending my car in to the smash repair's in about 1 weeks time to fix some major rust and get some welding done (Which I can't do myself,although I've fixed 5 out of the 9 problems with my car myself) This stuff I had to get done due to the inspection report of my blue slip,and once that gets done,theres only 1 small minor thing I have to get fixed at the exhaust place and that's it,back on the road! I'm hopeful that by the time I go to Kylie's concert 6/8/02 I'll have my car back on the road at that stage so I can drive to Sydney and see the spectacular show.Kylies A babe,I've liked her for years,I like the songs "I should be so Lucky,got to be certain and I remember dancing at A club when I just got out of School with school friends and some girl's to Step back in time-as if it were only yesterday.Life is certainly going great,and I should be so lucky! To read more about Kylie Minogue's spectacular upcoming Australian tour,click HERE Until next time,take care and be good Thanks Peter K 12/6/02 My Football team,The Manly Sea-Eagles are Back! I've been supporting my beloved football team-the Manly Sea-Eagles for many years now.That was up untill A few years ago when for some reason they merged with North Sydney to become the "Northern Eagles" Right then and there I no longer had A football team to support,basically Manly were gone and the "Northen Eagles" just doesn't sound the same as the Mighty Manly Sea-Eagles.The team consited of 1/2 of Manly's player's,and 1/2 of the North Sydney players.But not only that,the new "Northern Eagles" COULDN'T play all of their home games at Manly's Brookvale oval,1/2 were to be played at the home of North Sydney's ground at Gosford,and the other 1/2 at Brookvale. I've really missed supporting my team Manly,well officially today there back and I'm cheering!The Northern Eagles have announced they will get rid of the "Northern Eagles" merged team,and return on their own as The Manly Sea-Eagles returning fulltime to Brookvale Oval!FINALLY I have A football team to support again,I'm so happy and excited their back and really looking forward to seeing the return of The Manly Sea-Eagles,I hope they do well. To read more about The Manyly Sea-Eaglet click HERE 28/5/02 Fixing my car Hey people long time no see how you doing?I've been working very hard on my car for the last month now.I've had some rust to fix up,sand back and spray paint (Which I've done) Although in the process I've suffered another pretty bad injury.I didn't have an orbital (Electric) Sander,and there was A fair bit of rust to sand back and I couldn't wait to save up money and buy an orbital,so I did it by hand and really hurt my shoulder.I woke up the next morning and couldn't move my right arm,it was aching in pain.I went to the Doctor who told me "You severely inflamed all the tendons surrounding your rotator cuff (Shoulder).You WON'T be sanding your car for A month! Take these pills-and go to your Physio to get some treatment" Well I did that,had my shoulder taped up for A week,got the tape off and now it's feeling much better.NOT 100%,because I'm currently in the process of doing Re-hab with my shoulder,strenghthing excersises,but my shoulder is getting better and getting stronger. Back to my car,this Friday is D-Day,I'm going for A Blue Slip.A blue slip is needed if your car is unregistered for more than 3 months,which mine is.Hopefully with all the work I've done fixing it,I'll get it first go.Then I can get A green slip and go register my car and be back on the road. Wish me luck . Peter K 1/3/02 Hobbies and Collections If any of my friends out there are reading this and wondering why I put so much time and effort into my Website,especially since I don�t make any money out of it.I guess it comes down to this:When you give of yourself,without looking for reward,more often than not the reward finds you anyway.It's also A great way to express myself,let people out there know where I've been and what I'm up to lately.It's also A great way to reflect and remenis on the past and the happier and good times in my life. One of my favourite pass times is playing video games,back in the late 80's early 90's our family use to own A Sega master system and boy did I love playing it.With great games like Alex The Kidd in Miracle World,Doubble Dragon,Chase H.Q,Wonder Boy and more,the Sega master system was my favourite video games console of them all.(Don't forget I also loved the Commodore 64,but that was A Computer NOT A video games console) I have very fond memories of my friends and I playing doubble's on doubble dragon,beating the bad guys.To me it really didn't matter If I won or lost,just as long as I was having fun.Well now in the year 2002 you don't see the Sega around anymore,it's A rare site.But guess what...I recently bought one! Now I assure you it's worth every cent I paid for it!If you want to know exactly how much it cost me,what I got with my Sega,and want to see A picture of it,click HERESo where did I find such A rare piece of video game memorabilia?There's only 1 place,and that's E-bay online.It's an online Auction of products varying from T.V,Video's,Hi-Fi,computer's antiques,musical instruments,Video games and MUCH MUCH MORE!So if your after that hard to find item,or looking to find A bargain,check out the Official Website of E-bay by clicking HERE Peter K 20/1/02 Importance of Family Today has been A very informative and important day for me.It's the first time in as long as I can remember that I've been without my Family for the whole day and it really hasn't hit me untill now.It's now 10:30 PM on A hot and lonely night in Newcastle,my Family went to Sydney for the day.No one was here to talk to,say hello to,tell me my Dinner was ready and it sure feels strange.I guess I didn't realise how lonely and meaningless my life would be without my Family.It's as if everything I do is meaningless and of no importance,I was so looking forward to this huge Wrestling Pay Per View Special tomorrow...and now I couldn't care less.I guess it's times like these that you reflect on your life,and realise just how important Family is,and how lifeless it would be without them.I even rang my Mum on her mobile to see if my Family were coming home tonight...but my Mum's mobile was switched off.I want to take this opportunity to thank my Family for looking after me all these years,I honestly would be lost without them and life would be meaningless.Sometimes you don't realise just how valuable things are untill they're gone.I hope my Family do come back soon because it hasn't even been 24 hours and I miss them so much.I'm even looking forward to hearing my Mum say "Peter clean your room,it's A mess!" If my Family do come home tonight,at least I'll sleep well...safe and sound. Peter K 6/1/2002 Happy birthday to me I'm 29 today!Happy new year! The most important people of all,Parents. I hope you people had A happy holiday,it sure has been hot up here in Newcastle with temperatures reaching 40 degrees celcius.My right shoulder is still soar and causing me excruciating pain and discomfort,but I am getting treatment on it from my physio and I'm working through the injury with my shoulder strengthening exercises.Incase your wondering,NO I haven't taken the dog for A walk since my shoulder injury because he basically ripped my arm out of the socket when I used to take him for A walk on A lead.However,when I do get my car back on the road (Which is my goal for this year) I'll be able to drive him down to the park and then let him out there so he can run like crazy all he likes!At that point in time,it'll be good for me because I'll be able to do my excersises while I'm down at the park. When I was younger living in Sydney throughout the 1980's I remember on many occasions my Parents would take my family and I over to my Cousin's house at Lane Cove.I always had fun seeing my Cousin's,and from there many times we would all travel over to Manly/Balmoral Beach/Lane Cove National Park,have A family picnic and go for A swim in the beautiful summertime.My Parents would also take me down to Meadowbank where my Dad use to have his boat on the mooring.Many times my Dad took my brother's and I all out on the boat for A cruise and sometimes we'd find A nice place around Sydney Harbour and anchor there for the night.We'd wake up the next morning,do A bit of fishing,go for A swim and go snorkelling viewing all the wonderful fish,sea shells and all other fascinating things to see underwater.Also we used to have so much fun going camping,our adventure would usually take us to A caravan park right near the beach.We'd pitch the very large tent,which could easily house all of us,and there was still so much more room.Fishing,swimming,snorkeling and just soaking up the great outdoor's was A great experience.Going camping was really fun and I enjoyed it so much.There's so many more great adventures to tell.Going back to school days,the day after my Parent/Teacher night,I walked into my maths class and my teacher said "Peter I didn't realise how wonderful your Parents are,I met them last night,they're beautiful Parents and they're very proud of you".Back then in the 1980's I was enjoying life so much and having fun,looking back now,I think in A little way though I may have taken things for granted and didn't realise how great my life was,how fun filled it was and just how valuable and important my Parents would be in raising me.I had A great childhood,A great upbringing and these key factor's had A major influence on me and really made me the person who I am today.It's not untill many years later that you often reflect on your childhood,and realise just how great it was.Those of you who know me,know I LOVE going to Manly/Balmoral Beach/Meadowbank,go on scenic adventures with my friends and really have fun and enjoy life,but have you ever wondered why?Well now you know,because of my wonderful Parents.So if your reading this and you've had an argument/disagreement with your parents,just remember this-you only have 1 set of parents.No matter how bad things seem,your Parents will ALWAYS be there for you,because they love you. Peter K 21/12/01 Happy Holiday! Well people it's now 9:30 PM on A very lonely and boring Friday night.Usually around this time I listen to my wonderful music like Rocky,Summer of 69,Girls just wanna have fun,Stand by me... It usually keeps me going,it reminds me so much of my friends in Sydney and the wonderful times we've had together.To let you people know what life is like for me up here in Newcastle...it's like being in prison.I don't like living up here because I'm so far away from Sydney and friends The only people I know up here are my Family,my Doctor,my Physio and my Dentist. I miss my friends in Sydney so much and really value the good times we've had together.Personaly I feel like I'm trapped up here,and I can't get away...it's so frustrating like you wouldn't believe.My car has been off the road for about 2 years now,and I've been desperately trying to get it back on the road.It all comes down to money I guess,I've been trying to get A job up here for A while now and it's so hard,especially with my ongoing injury list which doesn't help.What makes it worse is that I'm the eldest in the family,and all my younger brothers have car's on the road except me.I would have to say that the last 2 years of my life 2000-2001 have been the 2 worst years of my life (Especially 2000 with my initial wrist injury) then the multiple injuries going into 2001.Right now my main injury which I'm battling is my Soar right shoulder,which has been soar for over A month and still bothering me.Believe it or not the injury was caused by me taking our dog for A daily walk...Once I put the lead on him he took me for A walk and in the process just about ripped my right arm out of the socket!.My physio has given me some shoulder excersises to strengthen my soar shoulder and I'm currently doing them now.HOPEFULLY 2002 will be A fresh new start for me,and hopefully an "Injury free" year. I never have told you people this,but I'd like to share it with you now.Many people I know have come up to me in the past and said "Pete your A great bloke,A good friend" one person in particular pulled me aside one night and said "Peter your one of the best blokes I know,your always honest and friendly.So many people always talk highly of you and look up to you with so much respect".Thank's for the compliment,I appreciate it immensely,it means so much to me and it's nice comment's like that which keep me going.Happy holiday to all,if your going to drive this summer PLEASE take care on the road's and DON'T Drink and drive!Merry Xmas and A happy new year. Peter K P.S I'll be posting my next diary edition on my Birthday-6/1/2002 where I'll be talking about the most important people of all...Parents. 20/12/01 Michael Jackson The name says it all,Michael Jackson is without A doubt the GREATEST singer/dancer/performer to ever grace the stage.His music has revolutionised the entire music industry and has reached out to the hearts of millions of his loyal fans all over the world including myself.I've just finished watching A special on Michael Jackson on T.V for his 30th anniversary.The performance was truly phenomenal,and the guest line up was amazing!Such performers like Whitney Houston Liza maneli,Gloria Estefan,Slash...and for the first time in many years,Michael re-united with his brothers the Jackson fives!I must say when I saw Michael performing my favourite song of his "Beat it" I turned up the volume real loud and I felt like A kid all over again,singing and dancing along to the music as I did when I was A kid growing up in the 80's.You know for A while there I forgot all about my problems/worries/aches and pains and sort of drifted of...captivated by the amazing performance that Michael gave.I guess that's his job though...and loves performing for A living and receives great pleasure in knowing he's touched someone's heart out there,what A truly wonderful warm human being and A remarkable career (: To find out more about the legend that is Michael Jackson click HERE Peter K 1/12/01 Tales of years gone by Well people it's now 5:30 AM in the morning,I've just woken up and I thought I'd share some random thoughts with you.You know the best thing about my computer and my Website is the fact that I can type something on my Website,and you people all around the world can read it and know what I'm up to,it's pretty amazing when you think about it.Gone are the days of the Commodore 64 and the Atari.Well before I woke up,I was having this dream about the happier days in my life going back to the Mid 80's.Allthough I had alot of fun with my old blue corolla,the mid 80's were DEFINATLEY the BEST days of my life,and I'll tell you why.My parents would always look after me,my Mum would make me lunch for school.I used to enjoy riding my bike,trying to figure out the puzzle on my Rubix cube and look forward to watching my favourite T.V show's "He-man" "Knight Rider" and the A team.I used to enjoy playing games on my Atari and Commodore 64 like Ghostbusters,Pac-man,Frogger and space invaders.Once A year my mum and Dad would take my brothers and I over to my cousin's house for the special Queen's birthday weekend and watch the beautiful fireworks.Have you people ever wondered why I love watching wrestling so much?Because in the mid 80's when I was A kid,I used to love watching wrestling-guys like Hulk hogan,Junk Yard Dog,Macho Man Randy Savage.It was always about good guys VS Bad guys,the Good Guys like Hulk Hogan would ALWAYS win!Later on in my school years when I was in high school,my Dad would constantly ask me "Peter,what do you want to be when you grow up?" I really didn't know how to answer him,because honestly-I had no idea and still don't to this very day.I used to HATE thinking about "Growing up" and still do. I used to enjoy life so much when I was A kid,listening to Rock n Roll music,going rollerskating,life was so fun and lay back and my parents would always look after me. Sometimes I still can't believe I'm 28,I certainly don't feel like it,I still feel like A kid.One thing's for sure though,I sure do miss my childhood. Peter K 25/11/01 Well it's now the end of A very hot weekend,Sunday night 11:00 PM.I've just finished watching A great movie-"Erin Brockovich" Staring the Beautiful Julia roberts.It was A great movie,Julia played A powerful role,she always gets prettier the more times I see her!Well there's alot of thoughts going through my mind at the moment,and I thought I'd share them with you.Firstly to my ongoing injuries,my right shoulder continues to bother me,but I have been doing excersises to strengthen it.With all the aches and pains I now have,I've gotten to the point where "If you can't beat them,JOIN THEM".My radiologist (The Doctor who performed the scan on my soar shoulder)was so inspirational and encouraging.I told him about my aches and pain's and he said "DON'T let doctor's asses you,YOU BE THE JUDGE,you be in control!There's NOTHING wrong with your shoulder,it's all in your mind.If you keep letting people asses you,claiming your very injury prone,well that's what you'll believe.YOU be judge,it's your decision,your A young man-go ride A bike,go for A swim,excersise...it's all up to you".What wonderful encouraging word's they are,it's really the best motivation I've had in 2 years,and I'm feeling MUCH better allready.Infact tomorrow is A special day,I've really been thinking about what my Radiologist had to say,and in the first time in over 2 years,tomorrow I'm going out looking for A job!You see people I haven't driven my wonderful Mazda in 2 years,and I really miss my car.I've been on public transport-busses and trains and I'm SICK OF IT!.Hopefully I'll get A job and save up money to Re-register my car and get it back on the road. Well people that's all for now,thanks for your time,and hopefully the next time I write to you,I'll have great news!If any of you are reading this and know of some friends that have been asking about me,what I've been up to,please let them now about my Website thanks.Untill next time,take care and be good,bye. Peter K 21/11/01 Road to recovery Well hello to you all people out there,Long time no see,how you doing?Well I've just been listening to some of my favourite songs-The bangles "Manic Monday-Eternal flame" Girls just wanna have fun,dressed for success and Down under.It brought back so many fond memories for me to hear those wonderful songs again.I can still remember days gone by when I'd play my music in my car travelling with friends when everybody would sing along and have fun.I sure do miss the old days and all of my friends alot.I remember one person in particular saying to me "Hey Pete your music came on today and I was thinking about you" What A nice gesture that is,and what wonderful caring friends I have.Well as many of you know,Christmas is just around the corner.So what do I want for christmas? Can I have Tina arena in A swimsuit?Please?Oh well... Ok well here's what I REALLY want,to get my car back on the road and travel around the country side listening to my music like I've been doing for so many years.As most of you people know,Registration and insurance ISN'T cheap,infact it costs A fortune!But that's what I'm saving up for,I must admit though my car needs A little work to pass rego,which is what I've been up to latley and still working on.Other than that believe it or not I've succumb to yet another injury,this time my right shoulder.It all started when I used to take our dog for A walk everyday,now he may be A small dog,but I assure you the moment I put the lead on him he races out the door full steam ahead and almost rips my arm out of my socket in the process.Sometimes I used to go for A big walk with the dog,and basicly he took me for A walk.By the time I'd come home my right arm and shoulder were aching in pain.One day after A big walk,I came home went to sleep that evening and when I woke up the next day my right shoulder was STILL aching in pain and I really couldn't move my arm at all.I rushed to my doctor and physio who looked after me,gave me some treatment and actually taped my right shoulder up.I was like that for A few days-with tape on.2 weeks on,and my shoulder was still saw.So the doctor sent me off to have A scan,which LUCKILY showed OK.No tears or anything nasty,my shoulder-according to the scan was in good condition.My physio has given me some strengthening excersises for my shoulder,cause even now as I type this to you,my shoulder is still bothering me.As you guessed,I HAVEN'T taken the dog for A walk in A while,and even in the morning's when he's staring at me with those "Puppy dog eye's" and moaning at me (As if to say "Can we go for A walk") the tape and pain on my shoulder is A quick reminder to say "NO"!With my excersises,My shoulder goes from strength to strength now,and my physio even advised me to eventually go swimming to strengthen it even more.But gee outside it's FREEZING COLD and blowing A gale!I recently went down to Sydney with my family to see our Cousin's who I haven't seen in such A long time.It was so great to see them,catch up with things and say hi.I remember when I was A kid growing up,we used to travel over to see my Cousin's on the Queen's birthday,A public holiday.We would get together and light the fire crackers on that night,which always was A wonderful sight to see.I'd now like to offer you people some friendly advice,DON'T let fame and fortune go to your head,regardless of how rich and famous you become.Don't forget who you are,or where you come from for that matter.Even if I won 1 million dollars,I'd still drive my Mazda,watch wrestling and still listen to rocky.Untill next time,take care and be good,bye. Peter K 24/9/01 Just to let you people know what I've been up to recently,my health wasn't going to bad up until A few weeks ago.As I�ve stated in my last newsletter entitled "I'm an original" I suffered A very bad back injury A few weeks ago.Here�s what happened,A few weeks ago now the weather outside was really bad raining and blowing A gale.My new oarning which I recently bought outside my window was taking A beating from the strong winds and I really thought the wind could have ripped my whole oarning down.When I bought my oarning the salesman told me he would give me A big long boat hook so I could roll my oarning up if it was raining or there were strong winds.But you see I really wasn't sure how to physically roll my oarning up and unfortunatley I've seriously injured my lower back and also strained my right knee in trying to roll my oarning up with this boat hook.I went outside grabed the boat hook,hooked the end of the boat hook around this little hook on my oarning and with all my strength I physically pushed up as hard as I could trying to roll my oarning up.But it didn't budge,I tried again with all my strength and my lower back and right knee started geting saw.On my third atempt (and I REALLY HAE TO SAY THIS) I put my back into it and used every single bit of strength I had and all of A sudden I felt this aching pain in my lower back and my right knee gave way and colapsed on me.I found out later that I was pushing the WRONG WAY!It was just like pushing against A brick wall.I rushed to the doctor and the doctor told me "The discs in your back have slightly come together and you've got A pinched nerve in your back!DON'T lift anything heavy". If your wondering what's A pinched nerve,to find out click HERE I then went to see my Physio Adele who treated my soar and aching back,and also taped me up.I had tape on my back for about 1 week,do you know what it's like sleeping with A soar and aching back with tape on?Anyway after I got the tape off,it SLOWLY got better and I've been doing some special excersises that my physio instructed me to do.My back has goten alot better,but the doctor told me "Don't run or lift anything heavy at the moment,your back will get back to 100% (thank god for that) but it could take some time-up to 6 months. I finally ended up going into A private hospital and getting my dental work done,to say I was scared is an understatement,petrified is A better word.Everything went well and my teeth feel and look so great,their sparkling white. Other than that,my hands are red,soar and aching and I've got tendonitis,from overuse on my computer creating my website-Constant pressing of the keyboard button's and clicking of the mouse.The doctor took one look at my swoalen hands and told me "Peter no more computers!" So I guess I shouldn't even be writing this to you.I've been taking anti inflamitries for as long as I remember,for my swoalen tendonitis hands,sprained wrist,bulging disc-pinched nerve in my back.I'm also taking 1 other prescribed medication for ongoing personal problems I've had in my life.With my hands as bad as they are now,and with the doctor's advice,I honestly don't think that I will ever get A computer job in my life like many people have told me. Bearing in mind the endless injuries and health problem's I've had recently which pretty much keep's me grounded at home (even though my eyes are so soar from the computer screen that I now have to take eye drops,because using the computer for me is really my only source of escapism-Which is why my eyes are so soar) I'm so glad,privileged and honoured to grow up with A great bunch of friends I've made along the way in my life,travelled on so many wonderful exciting adventures and really lived life to it's fullest.To take A quote from my favourite Actor/Comedian "Robin Williams" in one of the first movies I ever saw at the picture theatre while reaching Adulthood-"Suck the marrow out of life".In some way's I feel like A retired wrestler-I've got the multiple injuries,script's,scans and medicines which I'm currently on to prove it.Also I love the sport of wrestling and have been watching it for over 15 years.From the moment I wake up to the time I go to sleep,I basicly eat,sleep and breathe wrestling.From over 100 wrestling video's I have in my collection (Which still grows as time goes on) waking up in the morning and geting the wrestling results on the internet,to reading wrestling magazines at the Newsagent-I love wrestling.Well I guess I have to have some interest to keep me sane! I've just come back from my hometown-Baulkham Hills in Sydney.I've had the best weekend in A very long time.My brother Nick and I both went to Sydney this past weekend to see the big football semi final-Brisbane vs Parramatta.We both stayed at my Brother Lee's house on saturday night,then woke up early the next morning to travel to the big game.It was so great to see family and friends who I hadn't seen in such A long time.Thank you to everyone in Sydney for looking after me,you really made me feel welcome.Thanks for your wonderful warm hospitality,I apreciate it immensely and it means alot to me.Well I think I've talked enough now,thanks again,take care and be good,bye. Peter K Website designed and maintained by Peter K Have questions or comments about my Website? Send E-mail to [email protected] Copyright 2004 Geocities.com/peter010203 All Rights Reserved. |
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