sydney is just silly

next week, sydney is shutting down. yes, in another example of govt not knowing how to deal with certain situations, they enact marital law.

towards the end of next week, many companies in sydney are closing. roads are being closed. people are being told to stay away from the city. they’ve even set up a public holiday on friday. why? because sydney is hosting apec – the asia pacific economic cooperation. apec consists of 21 ‘member economies’ (see below for list). this is the conference where u always see pix of politicians in the ‘traditional dress’ of the hosting country.

on the special apec sydney website, you can find out about the havoc this will cause. my fav is why they’re closing schools & areas:

The Australian Government is responsible for the security of visiting foreign dignitaries and the NSW Police Force is primarily responsible for protecting them. Careful planning is necessary to ensure safe and secure APEC meetings for everyone and importantly the general public. As well, Australia is obliged to extend to dignitaries a similar level of diplomatic courtesy that is extended to Australian Government Ministers and officials when they represent Australia overseas.

yes, b/c every other city shuts down to extend diplomatic courtesy. could u imagine if nyc shut down every time something was at the UN?

here’s the best though – dress up george in a range of scary aussie clothes

participating countries
Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People’s Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; Peru; The Republic of the Philippines; The Russian Federation; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; United States of America; Viet Nam.

my wife is a gangster

i saw this movie on tv a few months back & thought it was fantastic. happens they were rerunning it last nite on tv which prompted me to look it up.

my wife is a gangster is the sweet tale of a girl who has achieved the #2 status of ‘big brother’ in her gang’s hierarchy. no one seems to notice or care that she’s female – esp as she kicks some major ass when fighting. but when she finds her long lost sister, who’s dying of cancer, things change. her sister’s last wish is for a traditional marriage & children for our hard fighting heroine. that’s where it gets funny.

here’s a trailer:

or watch this one! it has american movie voiceovers. too funny. ‘this summer…. ‘.

you can also watch an 8min clip of the movie. this is the scene when her hubby finds out she’s a gangster.

turns out there’s a sequel!!! my wife is a gangster 2.

if u get the chance to see this – def do.

update: there’s #3 also – check out the clip on youtube although it seems to not be the same girl & the comments said it sucked compared to the others

phone advice please

of course i want a phone while i’m traveling around the states so am wondering if anyone has advice for me. would definitely be getting a prepaid account. i need to check my phone to see if i can use it over there (ie is it tri band) and the national coverage has to be good since i’m covering the country.

virgin coverage looks pretty crap. verizon/vodafone looks like it could be pretty spotty also. which leaves t mobile or at&t. i always had at&t previously so any of u use t mobile??? comments?

both companies have ok pre paid plans (with at&t being slightly cheaper) so it’s probably going to come down to which doesn’t drop out as much.