Is the world's love affair with Toyota coming to an end? Considering that recalls of the Prius have now begun in Australia as well, plus news out of South Africa that Toyota knew way back in 2008 that the 2008 Auris had steering wheel problems.....hmmm, 'everything keeps going right' was the Toyota refrain when I was growing up.....what irony!

As a life-long Toyota fan, having driven solid, reliable simple cars that got from A to B without any fuss....I am disappointed and slightly chagrined. Oh well, looks my 2002 Camry is going strong.

And Honda's in on the act as well.

Maybe, it's the end of the legend of Japanese quality.....how the European car manufacturers must be smiling!!!

Aaaargh.......Benji wants to know how the baby's going to come out......!!!

We both passed him on to the other, until he finally went "Oh, I know how the baby's going to come out......through the belly button!"

Mum said yes, and changed the subject!!!!

Oh, the questions that are still on the way!!!

Can u imagine buying Benji t-shirts in Perth for $3.00 (not second hand!)?? We just did, in Bangalore. Decent cotton ones. Suited for the Perth weather. Went to a little mall near Brigade Road called Safina Plaza. There's some sort of handicrafts exhibition going on.......Joyz kinda went crazy and we've got some really groovy stuff, for the house and gifts for folks in Perth. Nice exchange rate, but Westpac slugs you these ridiculous foreign credit card usage fees - AAAAAAARGHHHH!!!!

The pounds appear to be staying off.....more or less. I've figured that if I keep the carbs, dairy and snacky stuff to a minimum and do a bit of walking every day, tis quite easy to keep things in control.

Nice to see my toes again.

Wintering in Bangalore is interesting......a far cry from the hot, humid and sweat-soaked week in Kerala.
There's a bit of a nip in the air, especially at night. I prefer the heat....at least, that way, I could sweat off the extra baggage! This way, I'm reduced to taking the stairs instead of the lift to the sixth floor in order to work off the fab food.
Sigh.

And the day has arrived.........the day we decided to move house. Not too far... hardly 4 kms away, but it's a larger place, with a games room, larger bedrooms (enough space for a cot for the little 'un on the way!) with plenty of storage space and a whopper of a laundry room with a massive linen storage cupboard.

It seems just like yesterday that our container and things arrived from Pretoria....we gotta up and move again! Oh, well, at least it's just 10 mins drive away!!

Benjy decided he wasn't going anywhere...until he realised he could take his bunk bed and teddy bears and the sofa with him.....now he's all set to go!!!! Hahahaha! You have to chuckle at the innocence of children!

Anyway, moving day is almost upon us.......right at the end of the month.

Sigh

Me stuck at home today....er...lets just say that I need to be close to a bathroom today. So, I decide to work on my laptop here at home and - sure enough, I can't get in cos the laptop refuses to recognise my password.

How stupid is that??!??????

^*^%@$#% technology!!!!