Hard Waste and A busy Saturday

Saturday is my sleep in day but last Saturday it was not so. I had to wake up early on Saturday to send BIL to the airport. After 6 weeks, it is time to go home. He is one of the few people who love to go to airport early. His flight is at 11am and he need to check in at 9is. However he wanted to leave at 7am, take a slow drive, and buy a Chinese newspaper along the way. The sad part most Chinese shops or newsagent do not open that early compared with the Australian News Agent.

Good fortune was with us. We dropped into a convenience shop just outside my place and we manage to catch a delivery man delivery Chinese newspaper. He was happy to sell us a copy of the paper.

The ride to the airport was smooth until we were about 3km away from the airport. There was a traffic jam to the airport.

It was unusual and especially at this early. You would think the high cost of fuel, air tickets; terrorism threat etc would deter them from flying. Anyway after a few minutes of slow crawl, my BIL decided to walk up to the airport since he had little luggage.

The ride home was easy and I enjoyed the view along the way. Since it was early, I dropped in to my sister place along the way and had breakfast there. Then I headed back home.

Once back home and a quick change, I started clearing the storehouse. Removing unwanted stuff and putting them out for collection on Monday morning. Twice a year we have hard, green waste and metal collection, one in early spring and one in early autumn. As you drive around the neighbourhood, you see all kind of things the neighbours throw away. There were Lounge set, computers, computer screens, chairs, TV, radio, electrical goods, empty pain cans and garden waste. If you looked out the window you can see “scavengers” driving around, having a field day, salvaging goods that are still in good condition to be resold at open markets or 2^nd hand stores.

It was all hard work and I was knocked out by the end of the day.