POSTED to EE&T ALUMNI 29 DECEMBER 2024

Sections: -- End of Year -- NYE YT Clips -- Wellbeing Check -- Christmas Movie Catch-up Hopefully, over the year you have avoided smoking, sparking or burning yourself out in the game of circuits and people.

The burnout almost happened with industrial action on the train network. Paused for this global event.

Sydney's timezone is GMT+11 at the moment.

This post is mainly for our friends away from Sydney at the moment or on a Work-Shift or just Interested.

== NYE YT Clips ==

Here are some recent ABC News clips from YT towards the coming smoke & sparks. The third clip is last year's for a review if you are keen.

[1] -- 27 Dec 2024

Sydney's NYE fireworks display to be bigger and better than ever before | ABC News ABC News (Australia)

2m01

https://youtu.be/XHCYn82TYoM

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Preparations have begun for the Sydney Harbour New Year's Eve firework display which is set to be bigger and better than ever before.

[2] -- 28 Dec 2024

Massive crowds expected at Sydney New Year's Eve Fireworks | ABC News ABC News (Australia)

3m26

https://youtu.be/RP80uYFgZp0

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Trains in Sydney will run continuously for 46-hours over New Year's Eve to service the massive crowds expected in the city.

[3] -- 1 Jan 2024

New Year's 2024: Sydney, Australia puts on stunning fireworks show Global News

12m23

https://youtu.be/KibrSBiAOoM

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Sydney, Australia put on an extravagant New Year's fireworks show filled with lights and music to mark the start of 2024. Fireworks exploded over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House as the clock struck midnight.

== WELLBEING CHECK ==

Also, it's good to see you at this end of the year. Hopefully, the elastic of your mental health has kept it's shape after all the multiple stretches over the year.

Don't worry about the clutter in your environment(s). It may be from incomplete decisions with your attention being pulled by more immediate situations. Hopefully, you can find your unfinished project threads in this holiday break.

Like to reach out and share something? I'd say anyone in the list at the end or myself may resonate with you.

== CHRISTMAS MOVIE CATCH-UP ==

If you have not seen them, you may like to skip through them in your time off. A 1980's group member reminded me. Thanks, Luke, we watched them again.

[Ladies] -- Love Actually, 2003

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Actually

[Gentleman] -- Die Hard 1 & 2

Die Hard, 1988

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard Die Hard 2, 1990

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard_2

Times were different back then. The commercial internet sparked up in 1993 for those who can recall.

I think, DARPA had their military version running in the 1970's. A canned story for another time...

POSTED TO

// Posted to EEnT Alumni (LI), Elsoc-Alumni (FB) and own LI space

// 29 DEC 2024

// Ctee: @Kaveh, @Luke, @Edmund, @Shakthi, @Vijay

// Prv Ctee: @GaganSK, @SomanshA, @SimonB, @MatthewR

// Heads: Dean @JulienE; EEnT Prof. @JinhongY

== COMMENTS ==

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