It started with a chair, but not just any chair. It was an exercise machine built to help build your core mussels. I cannot go into detail past this point, but I can say it should be mentioned in a highlight post under one if my segments "Letters from an ******".
Anyways my brother and I spotted a photo-opportunity to see Arnold some time ago, the cost was $2,000 per person and this was a limited half-price special. It was at a university were you would sit and listen to speeches for about 9 hours, Arnie of-course was at the end of it all and you had the chance to grab a photo with him. We discussed this for some time and just couldn't find any logical reason to spend that much money, waste our time with such a long wait or even come up with that kind of money. (Hey, I'm on an Undertaker's salary here!) So time went by, phone calls came in for last chances to change out mind and the opportunity went by. It wasn't until this chair... this magical wondrous machine would somehow bring us the news of the event of Arnold visiting Melbourne for a special event at a price that was affordable.
My brother sent me an sms of the news of this occasion and asked if I could tag along for fun. Like I said before, with my salary the $100 for a General Admission ticket was not in my price range. So time passed and I had to watch my brother gloat in the glory that he not only could afford to go, but would also be having the V.I.P experience.
Luck somehow sprung up on my side, for it was only a few days before the event I got caught up in medical hook-ups which granted me the day off work, and with a bonus at my brothers work he spotted me the money and within hours of selling out I just scrapped in. I spent the night on a hotel couch tired and sick, but this Blood-Thirsty Pit-Whore had an absolute blast! And yes, I still managed to get V.I.P food,drinks passed over the partition for me and of-course great photo and video shots, its what I do - I bleed for you all.
The star was visiting Derrimut 24:7 Gym to give a motivational talk while in the country.
Boxer Danny Green was on hand to greet the Terminator, as was Melton Mayor Kathy Majdlik who would be presenting him with the keys to Melton.
At 65, Arnold Schwarzenegger might have been tempted to trade in his old titles – the Terminator, the Governator, even the Inseminator, following that rather unfortunate indiscretion with the maid – for one that comes with its own set of matching pipe and slippers: The Superannuator. But while lesser mortals would relish the prospect of a retirement cushioned by a vast fortune, he has recast himself in a new action role while he waits for his rebooted movie career to hit full speed. As the deep-voiced movie trailer guy would say, "Arnie is back ... and this time he's The Motivator".
Arnold Schwarzenegger receives the keys to the city of Melton from Mayor Kathy Majdlik beneath a mural of his younger self.
Schwarzenegger is on a speaking tour of Australia organised by Jamie McIntyre, the real estate investment spruiker and founder of the 21st Century political party, whose platform seems to consist of smashing unions, downscaling government and sending everyone back to the re-education camp known as the School of Life.
Enter Arnie and his five rules for success. ''If you follow all of these rules you will be able to celebrate many, many victories,'' he told a crowd of about 1000 people in a gymnasium in Melbourne's west.
''Have a vision. Think big. Ignore the naysayers. Work your ass off. And give back and change the world. Because if not us, who? And if not now, when?''
It was a polished performance, well-honed and distilled from his autobiography into bite-sized chunks leavened with humour.
Not of the self-deprecating kind, mind. Arnie doesn't do self-deprecating. He rattles off the names of the famous he's mixed with: Gorbachev, Mandela, Muhammad Ali. The Kennedys get a look in, of course; he is, after all, married to one (he and his wife, Maria Shriver, are rumoured to have reconciled recently).
He casually mentioned he was making $20 million to $30 million a movie before he decided to swap saving the world on screen for fixing California in real life. Which, naturally, he did.
''They invested $60 billion to rebuild the state, the biggest investment in 50 years,'' he proudly claimed.
Arnold has long since swapped the budgie smugglers in which he won three Mr Universe and seven Mr Olympia titles (the last, in 1980, in Sydney – this is not, as has been claimed, his first visit to Australia) for more sombre attire.
His grey suit was befitting a man of his age, stature and, well, pay packet. His appearance at the 247 gym in Derrimut was secured at a cost of ''between $150,000 and $250,000'', a well-placed source told me.
When he landed in Perth on Thursday night, Arnold let slip that he was due to start shooting Terminator 5 in January. On Friday he said it again. Predictably, the crowd went wild. (He added that there are also sequels to the feature in which he had his first lead, Conan The Barbarian, and his comedy hit Twins – apparently to be called Triplets. With all this retreading of old work maybe we should be calling him the Rejuvenator.)
As proceedings came to an end, Kathy Majdlik, mayor of the City of Melton, presented Schwarzenegger with a certificate, ''a symbolic key to the city''. He accepted it graciously, but didn't say, ''I'll be back.''
Then, with nothing left on the meter, it was hasta la vista, baby.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
This is the Compete 5 Steps to Success, The video might be a little small, but it is the Closest one in the world, and the only complete one in existence. The Audio is great, so pump it up and enjoy!
This Video is a highlight Question from Australian boxer "Danny Green"
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