29th November, ‘Mo’vember.

Another week flying by – usual mid week drinks and monday night was a blinder – back in at 9am. Italian housemate marco came back from his night out same as me around 1am he’d had far more than me and wanted to continue on the games….Scruffy’s notorioussticky floors ring a bell, also bumping into a father christmas sitting on the streets giving us words of wisdom (I wil have happiness – spose i’m pretty happy nowadays anyway!) but I wouldn’t describe him as a tramp as he was the guy giving us ciggerettes! he did keep saying “beebib bib beeb” a lot though.

Feeling soo much better now. Never heard of ‘mo’vember before but apparently it is quite internationale. Basically growing a ‘mo’ in november and raising cash for prostate cancer. It was a good fun. Flatemate of Mike’s was organising the event. obviously I just bought I stick on one (look how ridicuolous I looked!).

So it all started with me buying a bottle of rosetta, everybody else followed suite buying bottles of it after. We went through 3. I’m sure before they met me they were just on regular tooheys new.

 

Spinning the wheels of steel…. I am far more professianal than steve, can’t you tell?

Me ‘n’ Jerry, Looking remarkably like laurel and hardy.

I couldn’t resist and got a massage which was painful at the time but I thought no pain no gain which worked pretty much worked in asia. But no. Woke up the next day with the achey shoulders and neck.

“you put your left leg in, your right leg out, in and out, in and out and shake it all about…..”

Holly and TK, The Udacs….

Spotted this girl getting involved – “honestly it’s real”, I was a little suspect. Holly, Mikes’ other flatmate was nice enough to lend me her fluffy gangsta hat.

“Iza da pizza ready a?!” Steve striking quite a pose.

I had an incredible moving ‘mo’, but these guys did it properly, check out the circus ’strongman’
mo on the right (who coincidently was called Jay too), it was incredible.

So after the party finished, I lost the others at the next bar/pub/club, went upstarirs to find them and ended up gatecrashing a girls 22nd birthday getting some free grub and food. It all started with a wave as I walked into there area and I thought they were looking at me when in fact they were looking at the tv. I still walked up to them and just said ‘hello’.

So thats the weekend. Back to work and all that, but I tell you tuesday was hard going especialy after not getting much sleep that day after getting back a 9. Word on the street is he wants me to come to a party tonight after work. Damn you italians….

November 16th, Feeling a little homesick…

Been feeling down the last few days. Couldn’t work out what it was until yesterday. Missing the xmas period – my favorite time of year! Here there is nothing xmassy anywhere. No music playing no lights, no TV. I guess Its also cos I am settled down a bit and have time to think about these things! Oh well, I’m perkin up though – downloaded some xmas music to remind me of home….

So the last weekend was more of the same just more extreme. Thursday through to sunday. Went out of the city though which was good – to newtown. Hey its not far but as soon as the city scape dispaears I feel like im on holiday again!

Thursday night went out with Todd from work up oxford st, which is more ‘alternative’ should I say.

Also a bit of random sock action. I have no idea too….

Shakin’ my bootay on the dancefloor and some random. Not as scary as he looks….

So saturday night was out with vicki and her mate Sally down to newtown. No idea where it is but like I said it was out of the city and went to someone’s place for some pre drinks etc…

Anywho. Long long evening and morning. Ended up leaving this club (the gaff if you’ve been there – I know!) at 6am in full daylight and going to another 24hour pub till about 9 ithink. Tried to get some sleep but didn’t and headed to newton music festival where I have never felt so bad in my life (one of the worst anyway), hence the thumbs down. Should have taken more photos and taken a look around but I was so lazy I didn’t really move. So much was going on I feel like I missed out, but it was all fun nonetheless.

So again really no dangerous travel stories here. But they’l be back. I’m looking forward to doning the back pack again and feeling ‘dirty’. For now I have 8 weeks left so I best enjoy as much as I can before its all over and I am reduced to tears… So best stop feeling homesick.

United Defense Aviation control. UDAC

Another week, another UDAC (each ad has its own UDAC code) I know things about the Yellow pages and the production process than anybody should ever need to know. Its completely useless information that quite frankly when I leave Oz in january I will have a ritual burning of the yellow pages…

More of the usual drinking going out the and the new sunday sesh on darling harbour – a kind of get together and introspective of the week. Last sunday the England Cricket team turned up at the bar we were at. I didn’t have a decent enough camaera on me damn it! Mike told Flintoff ‘good luck in the ashes’ an all that….. The Ashes start soon.

Les aka the Coach – starting that BBQ was a complete dog’s dinner. We eventually got it going though. Then we just sat admiring the steaks, they were indeed phat.

Check out the phatness…. I certainly ejoyed.

Steve and his girlfriend. He’s almost got the pose right. Jerry on the right again ‘no cameras pliss’…

Here we have the Captain (mike), The General ( my new nickname) and TK. Don’t even ask about the guy Toby on the right trying to do his ‘magnum’ out of Zoolander.

So all in all A good week. Well, I had fun anyway.

26th October, Giddy-up you little rippa!

What a morning. Just finished of some work, again working against the clock and rushing around the city to hand this stuff in. Still trying to chill out but there’s always that bit of uneasyness after handing stuff in – does it work?Was there something I’ve missed. So untill a good hour has passed then I can relax…

Anywho. Pic below. Suppose I better explain but it was one of those – ‘guess I should have been there…’ moments. Was setting this ad with this box dude which was cluttered with text allover he simply had no space to move. Me and this guy after setting this ad found it hilarious to move him around this white space singing that tune. Yea, had to be there….

So saw this french girl Amel for a drink who I met a while back, on friday night. She is strange one, typically french and felt terribly embaressed spilling red mine all over me. Anywho went for a bit of a boogie and planned to go to the beach the next day. Didn’t go in the end – the heavens opened up and it was like being back home again. Anywho guess I’ll see here again – not quite sure though. The language thing is a challenge and maybe the age thing (20). She has invited me to stay over if ever I’m in gay Paris. It would still be quicker for me to get down there than it would me travelling to newbury to work (back in my other life)!

She looks a little latin (i think in this pic) but we were very drunk. Well, I know I was.

Met some good group of mates from work who like a good ol drink like me a guy called Mike – ‘giddy up’ from NZ and a polish guy called Jerry. Its good to have male friends again after being saturated with talks of guys and ‘girlie’ stuff. So this ones for you Jerry – I know it’s taken ages to put up but like I said not much happenning in the pic….

This was in some club called retro… Imagine the scene, everything about this place is wrong. Including the DJ big guy middle aged and with his geeky looking crew. ” Everybody ready to party!!!!!!”, “yeahhhhhhh!” the crowd react. next thing you hear is ‘Jitterbug’ by wham I think. Jeez I almost wet myself laughing. The DJ was quite clearly lovin himself and raring to get the next hit track on I couldn’t wait in anticipation. ‘Girls just wanna have fun’ was next up followed by ‘Material girl’. That was me and Mike’s exit….

That sunday went down to Bondi and met up with Mike for afternoon drink which ended up ending well into the evening.

Funny old night. Again had a sureal moment bumping into Matt and Jenny from art college and uni out of the blue. Last time I saw them was in Reading late one night ordering a kebab. Wierd. Seems to be a regurlar occurance. And I’m sure I saw another guy from Art college (can’t remember his name) shopping in coles. I’m sure this wont be the last of this….

It’s thursday which can only mean ramping up for the 4 day weekend. Well, it seems like that cos we all work in the evenings as to not ruin the lie-in.

So all is well, but its starting to hit me that I only really have about 2months left here which will fly-by then of to NZ. I will have to come back. I need to see some desert and mountains.

13th October, F-F-F-Friday!

6th October, Knackered

What a week. Busy busy. Working or working. And still finding time to go and do stuff. Went to the races last saturday – an excuse to dress up I suppose .Met some crazy characters. It was the Australian football (AFL) finals so all sorts were out and about. Kinda got a good an impression of drunken aussie guys. Just like back home. Lots of drinking ensued and we kept trying to lose em once we got back to the city. Just imagine the classic meathead brit with an aussie accent and your there….

Found this british sweet shop in town which sold a load of british snacks an sweets. I almost wet myself. I suppose if you’ve been away for this long you kind of get to miss the simple things! So bought myself a packet of wotsits, some colemans mustard and some proper cadbury’s chocolate. Trust me, there is a difference! The pic left is where I work in the evenings, just down the street.

Finally I got to see a Kangaroo a koala and also found out what a real tazmanian devil looks like. Really weird setting as it over looks the city. Again nice views….

Had to get to work for 5pm and on the way back got lost in the zoo ( my sense of direction is dire) and got sidetracked at a nearby beach, not realising we took a bus down to the zoo berfore jumping on random ferry back. Oh well got to work an hour later and no one noticed anyway – just like being back home with my ‘roll in at 11am’.

So besides working and going to the beach all is well. Lisa and Vicki are off to melbourne. Vicki’s back in a month but lisa (girl in the pic) is off to NZ so it was goodbye time again. We are planning to meet up when I get to the states and do a road trip.

So things have settled down. I go a sustainabl life here and its pretty much like what dom said in the comments. I don’t feel like a backpacker anymore ( I feel like I’ve been promoted). I miss the rural jungles and cheap beer. But that time will come again when I get outta here. For now is all about getting money together for the next leg of the journey and getting a feel for the city I suppose. doing work for a bitch of a producer – everything is ASAP, see in in five and ‘dynamic’ or ’synergy’…. Least there is lots for me to work on – a little too much I feel. Money’s good though and actually get paid for meetings. Need to calm things down a bit and have a little more time to chill out because it literally is working or ‘avin it on a night out.

The accent is starting to annoy me a little – I dunno why though. Suppose its because of that bitch of a producer….

25th September, I don’t like mondays…

Had a really good weekend. Saturday had that meeting and had brunch I suppose at a ‘yom Cha’ restaurant (Hong kong equivalent of Dim Sum) It was a strange experience. It was a huge restuarant/dinner hall (very very popular!) I had no clue about how it worked but the guy I was having a meeting with sorted it out. Basically they bring trolleys round of different small dishes and you basically just pick. The great thing is that trolleys just keep coming past with random stuff and again suspicious meats. Great stuff.

Anywho with nothing else to do I wondered through town and saw this kid busking wth a violin. It didn’t seem right at all. I like the little kid on the left – full of joy. Went to circlular quay and had a nap in the park went home and anpther kip. Saturday the usual Drinks at Lisa’s and Vicki’s, and then out with no plan.

Got back at 4:30am, and bloody got woken up at 11:30 to get out and about in the sun.

Ended up going down to the opera house to get some tickets for a show but there wasn’t any seats together left. So after a long walk getting there we get a taxi to Darling harbour and basically just chillout there for the rest of the day. There was so much going on it was great.

There was this thing called ‘chalk the walk’ where there were loads of people just doing chalk art and people were allowed to draw on the bridge walk. Then there was this bazaar mini festival going on – check this crazy dude!

This kid was chucking water at his sis you can imagine what happens a split second later. Just one of those random moments….

There was a brazillian festival thingy going on too so just sat and watched that capo-martial arts dancing thingy and other stuff. That was good fun. Didn’t undertand a word thoughas it was mostly in brazillian. Anywho just ended the evining wathing australian idol and getting a domino’s.

Work tommorow, busy day awaits.

23rd September, At last

Finally pretty much upto date on the pics. So just click on the relevant section. I’ve split australia up, too many pics so Cairnes and sydney so far! So now I can do things properly! Just go to these sections for the latest, but the other sections do have photo’s you may not have seen from the previous email attachments. Its a big laugh and doing this has made me realise again how much I have done. Especially now after settling a bit and getting down to work!

Oh I did have 2 beers last night. That and a 3 shots of Southern comfort and ice. My meetings been moved till twelve! Hurrah!

22nd September, Updating

Hi guys, you may well know I am currently updating the site so it actually has photos in the entries. For all the previous stuff I have put it all in its own page which you can click on the main toolbar. Still needing to update the Australia pics so bear with me.

I have t go to work soon – gay. And I have an early morning meeting at 9am (on a sturday!!) to go through some projects. Oh well its all good, only a maximum of two beers tonight. Really – I have to be on the ball.

Anywho here is a photo of a photo when I did that bridge climb – awesome. You can’t really get an idea of the hight involved from these but trust me it was high… And I didn’t just superimpose myself either!

There I am, looking slightly gay no thumbs! not to worry!

There we go!

And again! yea thats what it’s all about!

Anywho in the next few days ‘Australia’ will be jamm packed. Then my next venture I’ll see how the video thing works!

Enjoy!

21th September, Kareoke and stolen whisky

I am drunk. WE are drunk. I am learning Japanese and Korean. My japanese friendhas stolen (like theif) – but love it, $100 worth of whisky from his work. He needs to get som dom perignom for tommorw and i will be happy. We have been singing lots of gay loves songs – sorry its true, from westlife to mariah carey – all i want for christmas is you. Its 4:45am. I don’t work till 5pm so I wont be getting up till 2 at least. Ko wagan na – don’t be afraid in japanese, ko chang ma – korean.

Yeah anyway I am drunk I emphasise that – the beauty of wireless!

WE NEED KAREOKE! we are off for a hungry Jacks – burger king!!!! get involved!!

Hey Mr Marko de jour, nice chatting to you – i’m glad people still look at this, and its brand spanking new so this ones for you… I feel inspired to write more stories of tears and joy!

See the sun is coming up at 5:45am – really!