In 1972 I was working on the Australian production of the live musical, Jesus Christ Superstar. The promoter, Harry M Miller, produced this stage music spectacular and I felt privileged to have been chosen to work as a member of the sound department. I worked hard with the rest of the sound department, helping to …
Author Archives: Peter Pullar
I put my daughter at risk
She was 14 at the time. In January 2001 she agreed to do the Landmark Forum program for young people. However she later wanted to attend the Big Day Out event in Melbourne to see Limp Bizkit, one of her favourite bands instead. I wanted her to do what she had agreed to so I …
Community
Some of my friends are now receiving the aged pension and some of them would love to work more. However they say that they can’t do that because they would lose their pension. As I want to give these people an opportunity to free themselves from those limitations, I put my old peterpullar.org domain name …
Life coaching
I love being a life coach. Especially when I notice that any person who I am coaching is clarifying their own goals and taking action steps toward those goals that are aligned with their values. My biggest challenge at the moment is that none of the people who I am coaching are paying me. I …
Taxi driving
In about 1993 I was a taxi driver in Brisbane, Australia. I was looking at jobs and I saw Yellow Cabs was looking for drivers. They offered training and employment so I applied. The trainer told us about taxi driving. He seemed to be an experienced driver. I liked what he said. I attended the …
Frank Pullar
Frank Pullar was my father. I remember the times he took me to the Ardmona cannery or the Kyabram cannery. I was in awe of the sight and sounds of the big busy factory that was producing thousands of cans of fruit. When he was driving me through the orchard that his father owned and …
Brian Cabena
From 1963 to 1966 I was a student at Trinity Grammar School in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. I lived at the school as a boarder. I was an electronics hobbyist and the nearest electronics store was Eccleston Electronics which was run by Brian Cabena. In about 1974 I again met Brian and …
School Pranks
School pranks I still can’t help laughing as I reread some of these. While I know that a few of them caused my teachers to suffer, caused some damage to property and also distracted my classmates from their studies, I believe that they are a part of history that has some value. There is the …
Prickles in the park
The family went to the park, my partner, our daughter Simone and me. We got out of the car and took out all the things we wanted to enjoy what was going on there. I noticed that Simone had left her shoes in the car and I asked her to bring them with her. She …
Weight loss
About 10 years ago I weighed 110 kilograms. The belt that I am wearing didn’t fit around my waist. Family and friends were concerned about my health so I decided to lose some weight. I got some diet and exercise advice. Over the next few months I lost some weight and put it back on …