Been A While... AGAIN!

Right, I've really really got to start blogging more, now that I've left it so long how on earth am I going to remember WTF has happened since May 22 2011 considering it's now February 5 2012...?  I'll give it my best shot anyways....


Well what I'm going to do is sleep on it, make some notes on what I'd like to write about, or more so what I'd like to share *wink*


So stay tuned... (just for a couple of days while my brains gets into gear!)

I Stand Up for Derryn Hinch

Been a while since I've posted here, and I'm happy that my latest update is in full support of Derryn Hinch!

I admit that I never really had an interest in Mr Hinch, UNTIL I became a parent and I realised that what I've always seen on TV and read in the papers is now an actual threat to me!

Why is it that he seems to be the only one willing to 'out' these mongrels, these bastards that take away childrens innocence?

I don't understand how ANYONE would be willing to protect these assholes and give them a second chance in life - the poor children who are abused by these pigs, will never get that chance!  I'd love to see the statistics of how many of these kids actually grow up to be 'normal' happy people, or even how many of them survive past the age of 20.

If someone murders another, they're named and punished - their victim doesn't have to live with any more pain and suffering... An abused child has a lifetime of pain and suffering ahead of them, yet their abuser is protected.

What the Fuck is wrong with the Justice system in this country - does anyone not care anymore?

As a mother, I'd like to know who my child needs protecting from.  I'd like to know who is out there is society.  I'd like to know who I can and can't trust.  I'd like to know that my son is safe. BUT I'm not informed, therefore my son and I have to live in fear anyway...

Not even God could help anyone that ever laid a hand on my son - yes I would happily spend the rest of my life in Jail, as I'd be satisfied that I did what any parent of an abused child wanted to do!

If I find out any names of Child Abusers - I WILL NAME THEM!

Have a great day!

xoxo

Christmas Island Riots - Asylum Seekers

Asylum Seekers – Christmas Island

So last week about 150 Asylum seekers broke out of the Christmas Island detention centre.  They say they’re sick of living in the conditions of the centre – but what they fail to realise is that these conditions are a shit load better than where they’ve come from.

Do these people also realise that at least they have a roof over their head and food/water in their mouths?  AND at our expense, yep I go to work every day to support these people! That's even still alot more than some of our fellow country people here in Australia have!! 

See below the blog from Derryn Hinch on this issue, I couldn’t agree more with what he has said...

HINCH: If this offends you then so be it. I am not going to be politically correct about the rioters and arsonists and hooligans on Christmas Island. They are ungrateful sods and if they now face hardship because of their own doing then so be it.
The living conditions they have been living in at your expense are still far superior to the countries they fled from. Still better than some of the other countries that they deliberately bypassed on their way to Australia.
It is true some of the temporary lodgings they burned down were tents that had been temporary accommodation for more than a year.
But compare that to what the people of Christchurch went through a few months ago. And what hundreds of thousands of Japanese are enduring this very day.
While these homeless, lawless destructive bastards, were smashing and burning on Christmas Island they were at least getting more food in a day than many people in a devastated Japan have seen in a week. And fresh drinkable water.
These rioters put other people’s lives at risk.
I can hear the bleeding hearts now. These poor people are rioting because they have been waiting six months without being processed. They should be let out into the community while their bone fides are being checked. Yeah, right.
These riots and escapes have been going on all week since asylum seekers apparently received a letter from Canberra informing them that security checks would be undertaken next month. What’s wrong with that? What are they afraid of?
No country has a total open door policy. It is true that the problems have been exacerbated by over-crowding. If that’s the case why not re-open the expensive taxpayer facility on Nauru which has been mothballed?
Be smarter than stubbornly continuing with Julia Gillard’s  top-of-the-head, panicked, election policy to pursue the East Timor option. A so-called regional facility that no other country wants a bar of.
In the meantime, as Federal Police used tear gas to quell about 250 rioters, it is hard to feel sorry for the boatloads who came here illegally.
Not when, on the same news services, you are seeing thousands of people sifting through mud and rubble and wreckage where their towns and homes used to be in Japan. Demolished towns that are now tombs.
They had no say in the destruction of their lives, their hopes, their dreams.
Save your sympathy and thoughts for them.
UPDATE: A further 105 detainees from the Christmas Island detention centre will be moved to the mainland following another night of riots.
Hundreds of detainees rampaged through the centre overnight setting fire to a number of buildings and holding Federal Police at bay for more than three hours.
Tear gas and beanbag bullets were used to bring the situation under control.
Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says the ongoing violence will not speed up the visa process.
EARLIER: Federal Police are back in control of the Christmas Island Detention Centre this morning, following a night of rioting.
Several buildings were destroyed when more than 250 inmates moved through the centre, throwing petrol bombs and rocks.
They held police at bay for three hours and a number managed to escape into nearby bushland.
Sandy Logan from the Immigration Department says the overnight violence was the culmination of a week of unrest at he facility.
Meanwhile, it's still not known how a young Afghanistan asylum seeker died at a Detention Centre in far north Queensland.
Staff at the centre found the man in his room but were unable to revive him.
Police are now investigating.

My Housing Hunt..

So looked at a few houses/units today, and in all honesty I was the only National person looking!  In one of the places I overheard potential applicants talking to the Real Estate Agent - WELL that was an interesting conversation!!!

After todays search, there's nothing that I'll be applying for - either too small, too far from school or too grotty!!  Brandon and I both agreed on it also, and we both need to be happy with where we're going to live.

FYI - I'm not a very good liar!!  I don't put on application nor tell Agents about my son's condition, and they only realise I'm single when they get application. 

My Search for Housing....

Housing

I’m so sick of being singled out!! Sure I’m a single parent, but a damn hard working one!!!  But ‘single mums’ seems to have this stigma attached to them, and yes I’ve no doubt that there are a heap of them out there who deserve that ‘stigma’ – I’M NOT ONE OF ‘THEM’!

So now I find myself in a situation of not being able to secure a decent rental for my son and I – and when I say decent I mean probably a lot better than people think I can afford, but I’ve a good job and an equally as good income, and I do know what my means are!  It seems as soon as people see on the application – 1 Adult and 1 Child, it gets put to the bottom of the pile, and therefore other applications are given priority!!  I then out of curiosity drive passed the property at a later date and find that there is a family of any other race than Australian that got approved – OH YEAH they get Government Support!!

Why doesn’t the Australian Government give their own people as much help as they give those that come here from another country?  I’ve paid my taxes for the last 25 years, what do I have to do to get a little bit of gratitude and assistance?  Why am I paying for these people to take things away from me? Oh this paragraph could and should be in a whole other blog!

Now I’m getting really frustrated, what does a successful single parent have to do to get a rental property these days??  I’ve been looking since the start of February 2011, let’s see just how long it takes for me to secure one and give my mother some peace and quiet!!

Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan Fri 11/03/11

Japan

On Friday 11^th March 2011 Japan was hit by an Earthquake with a magnitude of 9, although the quake didn’t cause much damage the Tsunami that hit with outrageous force was devastating!!

This is yet another sign of Mother Nature at her worst!

Japan is prepared for such Earthquakes with most of their buildings built on springs so they just sway, and they also thought they were prepared for such tsunami as there was a 10m barrier meant to protect seaside villages, but the wall didn’t have a chance with this tsunami.

NOW the Nuclear plant that runs electricity in Japan is on the verge of total meltdown, with leaks already recorded.  What a frightening thought!

Just check out below...

Japan facing magnitude 7 aftershock

Japan's PM Naoto Kan says the country is facing its worst crisis in the 65 years since the end of WW II.

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CCTV of tsunami wave hitting airport

This incredible raw footage shows an airport going underwater in a matter of seconds following the devastating earthquake in Tokyo

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Tsunami and earthquake havoc in northern Japan

A 8.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan.

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Helicopter vision as tsunami hits

A helicopter captures the killer wave as it sweeps the coast of Japan consuming roads, cars and everything else in its path.

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Japanese fishing town totally devastated

Up to 9,000 people are feared dead in the Japanese fishing hamlet of Otsuchi, where a Red Cross spokesman says residents could not evacuate...

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• Official death toll is 3676, but a more than 11,000 feared dead
• Several survivors pulled from the rubble after four days
• Japanese PM: "Our worst disaster since WWII"
• Crews continue to battle to prevent a nuclear meltdown

Brandon's Operation....

Brandon

My son turns 8 in June this year and in Grade 2, he suffers from ADHD but he’s on the good side and I say that because he’s a good kid, very smart and very very well behaved and polite – no one ever picks him for an ADHD kid.  Makes me very proud.

When he was in his first year of school he had a school yard accident where he fell on play equipment and put a 1cm split in his foreskin, yep you read right he did some damage to his ‘willy’.  We paid a visit to Dandenong Hospital who in turn sent us to Monash Medical Centre to see a paediatric surgeon for further advice.  The surgeon said it would heal on its own but needed to keep an eye on this area as it was noted that he had a very tight foreskin which could cause him trouble down the track.  I did just that with regular checkups with our GP as at times he would complain of pain and this would stop him from going to the toilet.

Our GP then referred us to a surgeon at Monash, this surgeon told us there was nothing that could be done – you see circumcision is not practised widely despite any medical issues.  That’s the PUBLIC system for you.  After numerous infections I took Brandon to see another GP, who suggested that Brandon should be circumcised and had a surgeon in mind but I’d have to pay to go through the PRIVATE system – of course I’m happy with this as I’d do anything for my child.

Then, on the 28^th February we saw Dr Chris Kimber at Cabrini Hospital, he without doubt suggested circumcision for Brandon – mostly based on the infections he’s had and also that he has ADHD and the stress this caused him. FINALLY! Dr Kimber operates at William Angliss in FTG and West Gippsland Hospital in Warragul.  He advised that the wait would be 2-3 months through the public system, not too bad I thought.  I did mention that I’d be happy to travel anywhere I could get Brandon in the soonest.  2 days later I receive a call from Dr Kimbers office advising there is a vacancy for surgery on the 11^th March at Warragul, of course I took it.

On Friday 11^th March we made the trip to Warragul, we had to be there at 7am so had to leave home at 5.30am – and lucky we did cos the car broke down, and would you believe it on the Warragul exit off the freeway, but it was only an overheat so we sat for about 15 minutes then I filled the water up and off we went for the final 10kms to the hospital, making it there at 7.01am.  Brandon was operated on at about 10.00am.  But must mention that the night before the poor kid couldn’t take his evening medication so had trouble getting to sleep and couldn’t take his morning meds till 8.00am so in between this time was bouncing of the walls! Hilarious and he was asking for his meds, poor kid...

So here we sit today with Brandon recovering well.

Although, I can’t help but wonder what would’ve happened had I not opted to take the ‘Private’ option and kept waiting on the ‘Public’ system...