Sunday 26 April 2009
26th april
Think I'll leave tuesday, if i can get the flight, to thailand. My best mate from hostels leaving for the coast on monday with a girlfriend of ours - again one of me best mates in the hostel - so loads of ppl have gone and I want to get out of oz and experience the wonders of thailand - and maybe into laos, or vietnam. Ill stay in bangkok for a week or so, then start to travel round, hopefully getting to the islands for the full moon party - its amazing how famous this party is - every backpaker knows of it or has at least heard of it. recently been goinmg out alot, celebrating the fact that johnny is leavng for the coast, so we're having piss-ups and dancing at various sydney clubs and such. All fun, fun, fun. So thats the plan - I just need to put it into action. Much lve everyone, xxxx
Monday 20 April 2009
21st april...only just (its 12.25)
Well here i am, in a bar, where i can access internet - the bars pretty dead, a few other internet users, a scattering of gentle drinkers, and socials out in the beer garden - this place usually has a band, most nights it does - last night there was a real big uproar - loads of ppl and a fierce band. Its a nice place, two stores away from the hostel - convenient - but also has $6 jugs of beer on tuesdays - and free bbq - which is basically bread sausage and roasted onions - but still take every free meal that you can - ahhh the romantic life of the backpacker...
Well I've been working today, kinda enjoying work tho, bit of fun, talking to ppl all the time and such, and the girl i was working with was fun - she from america. I've worked out I shud be getting at least a grand for my work, but more will be added for the commission. So I had a lonmg today - i was saupposed to start at 12.30 finish 8.30, but i had it muddled up in me head and turned up two hours earlier, altho when I was notified i got to go sit down and watch the races - well the horses trot around the large stadium, which I think is an aussie rules stadium when not being used by the easter show, and the jockeys are all small, petite blonde girls who enjoy whatever the competition is, which baffles me completely - some girl gets a prize for trotting elegantly. Whilst I relax with intellectual papers - the sydney morning herald - the only one I get a kick out of (its the closest to the sunday times). Then for the first time I went to check out the rides - they look fun!
aNYWAY - my point for writing - an undecided view on the future needs a resolution. I was generally quite decided on once getting pay head for thailand, or at least after a week after pay. The other option lingering is once paid, have fun, then go fruit picking for few weeks then go thailand, which might be a smarter option considering thailiands current political climate. But I was generally settled for the first, australia seems to be pissing me off atmo, and although the country would be more than refreshing - i dont no how much i'd get out of it - plus nothings like the english countryside. But then i saw an ad today for the sydney writers festival - looks intriguing and interesting - but its not till may 18th - and im not sure the wait will be worthwhile. Hmmm - so time to think i need and plan my route and then to act, but nothing until I get paid. I need to leave the bars clos9ng and there asking me to leave. Its only 12.30 - this would never hap[pen in london!xxx
Well I've been working today, kinda enjoying work tho, bit of fun, talking to ppl all the time and such, and the girl i was working with was fun - she from america. I've worked out I shud be getting at least a grand for my work, but more will be added for the commission. So I had a lonmg today - i was saupposed to start at 12.30 finish 8.30, but i had it muddled up in me head and turned up two hours earlier, altho when I was notified i got to go sit down and watch the races - well the horses trot around the large stadium, which I think is an aussie rules stadium when not being used by the easter show, and the jockeys are all small, petite blonde girls who enjoy whatever the competition is, which baffles me completely - some girl gets a prize for trotting elegantly. Whilst I relax with intellectual papers - the sydney morning herald - the only one I get a kick out of (its the closest to the sunday times). Then for the first time I went to check out the rides - they look fun!
aNYWAY - my point for writing - an undecided view on the future needs a resolution. I was generally quite decided on once getting pay head for thailand, or at least after a week after pay. The other option lingering is once paid, have fun, then go fruit picking for few weeks then go thailand, which might be a smarter option considering thailiands current political climate. But I was generally settled for the first, australia seems to be pissing me off atmo, and although the country would be more than refreshing - i dont no how much i'd get out of it - plus nothings like the english countryside. But then i saw an ad today for the sydney writers festival - looks intriguing and interesting - but its not till may 18th - and im not sure the wait will be worthwhile. Hmmm - so time to think i need and plan my route and then to act, but nothing until I get paid. I need to leave the bars clos9ng and there asking me to leave. Its only 12.30 - this would never hap[pen in london!xxx
Saturday 18 April 2009
19th april
So its sunday. Im real broke, was hoping to work a full day at cafe but only got 2 hours, there was like 7 ppl working, i dnt understand why he asked me to work, i cudda been doing easter show today! But i wanted cash in hand so i can pay me rent.
So recently doings in the hostel: A schizophrenic guy moved in, he was horribly overweight and strange behaviours, tho kinda harmless, he moved out tho the other day. Daz, the guy who used to sleep all the time got kicked out - hes bit of a nut as well, he started throwing beer bottles in the urinal and scratching his name into the kitchen table - nevertheless the hoistel caretaker, david, blew a pipe and got him on his way.
Other thasn that, cos im so skint, trying to spend as little as possible and havnt been going out at all this week.
The easter show - I worked last thrusday, then monmday, then wed, thurs, fri and sat. Im getting quite gd at selling the stuff. I dnt mind it ewither, just lonbg, and kills the feet from constant standing. Im wkring mon, and tues this week, it finished on wed, shud hopefully get paid on friday, expect big increase, but its keeping meself going till thern thats gonna be hard.
So recently doings in the hostel: A schizophrenic guy moved in, he was horribly overweight and strange behaviours, tho kinda harmless, he moved out tho the other day. Daz, the guy who used to sleep all the time got kicked out - hes bit of a nut as well, he started throwing beer bottles in the urinal and scratching his name into the kitchen table - nevertheless the hoistel caretaker, david, blew a pipe and got him on his way.
Other thasn that, cos im so skint, trying to spend as little as possible and havnt been going out at all this week.
The easter show - I worked last thrusday, then monmday, then wed, thurs, fri and sat. Im getting quite gd at selling the stuff. I dnt mind it ewither, just lonbg, and kills the feet from constant standing. Im wkring mon, and tues this week, it finished on wed, shud hopefully get paid on friday, expect big increase, but its keeping meself going till thern thats gonna be hard.
Monday 13 April 2009
14th april
Seem to be working on and off at easter show thing, worked yester, but not today. The big bummer is my phone fell out of pocket on train. Ive being trying to get hold of it, to no avail.
Tuesday 7 April 2009
8th April
So I'll explain what happened wwith the job. We changed what we were selling and I was now working with charity teams, all the guys from optus were still there but we were just seperated into teams. So I did one day of it, we work on the street with a red savethechildren t-shirt. Its still all commision though. I enjoyed it more than door-to-door to be honest. But no sales. I talked to Mark about the $400 from last week and he wasn't prepared to pay it because I was off on monday, and on wednesday my phone went dead so the rest of the team waited for me, but I took off once I'd finished as I expected the others to do so. And also the thing on friday - altho they still thort I worked a whole day. I said to him I worked full days both of those days - but he was like I've only got your word. So he said he'd pay $200 instead. And for the next week the arrangement was gone, I would have had to wait till thursday for the $200 becuase you get paid for the week before. The next day I rang up in the morning and said I wouldn't be continuing. So basically I would have had to be re-trained to learn the new pitch for signing ppl up to savethechildren, wait till thursday to get payment, even though I'm due payment for some of the optus sales I did, and obviously I need money faster than that - its all just dodgy and bullshit becuase their investing in me and they don't want to have to pay more money than neccessary. Mark said he would pay for the outstanding payments, so we'll see on thrusday if it goes through.
But I went back to the cafe and they said they'll probably be able to get me something.
And i'vew been on seek.com.au looking for work. Btw father, did you pay in money to my ISA account because its gone up and it just says interest credited - but its like 70pound!
Apart from that been having fun nights with boys from hostel &girls, we went out last night etc.
But getting pretty sick of sydney, I miss the country-side and the feel of moving around, if I can get some money togther I might venture a little way up the coast and see some of the sights, like vineyards and the Myall lakes. Its also got a lot colder in sydney recvently and the clocks turned back the other day.
Just bit sick of the city life. But will get some money before doing anything.
Ok so see ya laterxxx
But I went back to the cafe and they said they'll probably be able to get me something.
And i'vew been on seek.com.au looking for work. Btw father, did you pay in money to my ISA account because its gone up and it just says interest credited - but its like 70pound!
Apart from that been having fun nights with boys from hostel &girls, we went out last night etc.
But getting pretty sick of sydney, I miss the country-side and the feel of moving around, if I can get some money togther I might venture a little way up the coast and see some of the sights, like vineyards and the Myall lakes. Its also got a lot colder in sydney recvently and the clocks turned back the other day.
Just bit sick of the city life. But will get some money before doing anything.
Ok so see ya laterxxx
Sunday 5 April 2009
5th april
This may be a slightly drunken poswt, but should be coherent enough to understand all that is wholly, and undeinably important: fact is, I'll break it down into chunkable sizes easy enough to swallow with your morning coffees, because as I'm typing this at night you, my friends and avid readers, are reading in the morning. Well at least I hope someone is reading...haha! To last week,and all its strange happenings and revolations!!
Monday: Monday was fun, fine, and fun. I rang up work, gave some bullshit story that I was ill, throwing up. So it was a gd laugh, me and hostel boys took down to the nearest park with football, and played until our hearts were fulfilled, and till ur legs killed enough. B4 that however, I had rung up trailfinders and got an extension on me stay.
After footy, took to a cafe to get free water and a bus to coogee beach pulls up, this week i fortunately remembered my trunks and took off guns blazing, for water and sand recovery, with ken kesey to keep me company. The water was freezing, their was millions of bluebottles jellyfish waded onshore, washed up from the hard, fast waves that were crashing into the rocks, even big blue bottleshish were being reluctant;ly dragged ashore.
Tuesday: Work; work has been a complete drag this week, with wet days, and downpours leaving me cold and wet whilst trying to gather enough mental willpower to sale my product and maintain a cheery face, all but fake.
Wednesday: Made sale. But still raining here and there. Phone out of battery, so had to take off, work boys waited for me awhile; found out mario would bring this up later in week. My hand swelled up to size of balloon in day as touched something had reaction too. Also a late night speech from salesman who had done well in company, three different people, very strong-willed types who were trying to reflect their hard-work, never-give up ethos into us. So was a late night back from work.
Thurs: Got to lay in a bit more because out late night b4. I was real motivated after sppech and worked my nutas off, only to get no sales. I was rained upon, dryed up in sun later, and then 30mins before day finished, rain came and soaked once more, an unhappy wet day. After work was fun tho, went to cool bar with work guys got some beers and then to Kellys in newtown, where it was karoake night and met friends from hostel; the usual: got drunk and sang songs.
Friday: This is the day fireworks really went BANG!!
The first half the day was bad - cops all over train, which i usually get student tickets and stuff. I spilt green tea all over work clothes, so I ddint think it was gonna be great day. then out of nowhere got txt from brissy friend, Monique, she was the girl I mentioned I met out at a club with the swedish guys, a month or so back. She told me she was coming to sydney but I completely forgot. She invited me to this real fancy dinner party, for charity, that was part of her work-do, but she still had ticktes for it.
So I was in bit of dilemma getting ther for work and such. So I had just started out in the field, in N.strathfield when I left, without telling work-mates, they throt I was still working. Came back to Newtown, tried to sort out painful IBS, got haircut new shirt and shaved, showered, made myself look real dapper! Meanwhile ringing up boss giving some story how I had injured my foot, which I really had, I was limping on thursday, and my workshoes had really cut into my foot! But anyway, I said I had to go and pretended to be on train. Mario didnt sound too happy.
Anyway got bus into city and was gonna get another bus, but wudda been hard and was running bit late, the dinner was on other side of harbour bridge. So quickly grabbed cab. It was a real fancy do, with waiters , 20 tables about 100ppl. Champagne, red + white wine, cascade beer, 3 course meal. It was nice to catch up with monique, apparently her friends thort i was well kl, convo with her seemed a bit stilted tho, I was a bit nervous, understandably! bUT WAS still charming as always.
There was speeches for Katoake village, it was all money raised for charity, there were slideshow pictures of progress in katoake, such as they had built school and house and such; and pictures of the tanzania people, looking deprived but happy cos of the great work done. They were selling, fluffy animals with port included. Their was even a U2 tribute band called Achtung Baby, the singer looking just like Bono.
Then the auction took off, holidays, cases of beer all sorts of great and not-so-great things were being auctioned off in a very flamboyant style. There was a painting that was auctioned; I made the first bid, as kind of a jioke, just to get it rolling, expecting a bid from someone else. The auctioner looked around giving it a good blast "ITS worth MORE THAN A HUNDRED BUCKS FOLKS!!" - and I jst sat back in fright and anxiety as no-one else bid, and ha! the picture was mine, I stole a glance at Monique, she gave me a "what-the-hell" look. Anyway the picture was mine, the dinnewr soon came to end, we all strung onto streets, drunk, me with a massive picture attached to my back. The thying I really feel guilty for is when they gave me form to fill out for pic, I gave them wrong C.card details and wrong contact no.! I feel bad now, becos it was for charity. And I still got pic. We went back to moniques hotel where we left pic and laid about for a bit.
Then took her out to K.cross to meet hostel friendas, we didnt stay for long and went back to hostel. Monique seemed to moaning conastanly since leaving dinner, so was a headache. That night, I got free beer, wine from dinner, more free drinks from club in k>corss that josh(mate) bought, and free beer from hostel - but still spent quite a bit -moastely on taxis, here and there. So got monqiue taxi back and I kept drinking till sunrise with hostel friends. I put on music and collapsed later after too much beer. Woke up to boss tring to ring me.
Saturday: was a rewal great day again. woke up at 4:30. Monique came over and elivered picture. We had a nice coffee and had great talk, it was much better than night b4, really had great convo and gd fun, we are walking down street and Im saying hi to all the bouncers from the clubs that I no, and their treating me like Mr popular all infront of a very impressed monique. She then took me to cinema to see watchman film, not great, Iw as falling asleep and such. So we left said goodbaye, and she got taxi back. I have this great big painting of Venice and I dnt no what to do with it!!!!!!!!!
So then chilled and listened to this greek guys music all nigtht, as he had it on laptop and this gd speaker, whcih we got great sound out of!
SUNDAY: Today, sweet. ANother great day. Just catching up on sleep and then went to this reggae festival, which was a like a local shenagin that all the alternative-hippie-funky ppl of newtown go down too. Really it was just a few Djs playing some dancy-reggae tunes. There was black-guy all dressed up as a blonde woman, caliming he was pamela anderson, and her/his boyfriend was this ginger, shaved hair guy who was completely out of it on something! As he was turned on by this freakish character! But the beats were real nice and bassy, and was fun with hostel girls.
Anyway think ill be able to get siome picts from meal onto facebook, ill try and post em'up here if can.
Also I rang mario today, he was upset about friday, and I have to meet Mark, big boss, the one who hired me, for real early meeting tomos morn so best get some sleepy. Ill retire with ken kesey again, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST - a perfect read for newtown!!
Anyway, I hope eveyones great and dandy, mcuh lovexxxxxxxxxxx
thurs:
Monday: Monday was fun, fine, and fun. I rang up work, gave some bullshit story that I was ill, throwing up. So it was a gd laugh, me and hostel boys took down to the nearest park with football, and played until our hearts were fulfilled, and till ur legs killed enough. B4 that however, I had rung up trailfinders and got an extension on me stay.
After footy, took to a cafe to get free water and a bus to coogee beach pulls up, this week i fortunately remembered my trunks and took off guns blazing, for water and sand recovery, with ken kesey to keep me company. The water was freezing, their was millions of bluebottles jellyfish waded onshore, washed up from the hard, fast waves that were crashing into the rocks, even big blue bottleshish were being reluctant;ly dragged ashore.
Tuesday: Work; work has been a complete drag this week, with wet days, and downpours leaving me cold and wet whilst trying to gather enough mental willpower to sale my product and maintain a cheery face, all but fake.
Wednesday: Made sale. But still raining here and there. Phone out of battery, so had to take off, work boys waited for me awhile; found out mario would bring this up later in week. My hand swelled up to size of balloon in day as touched something had reaction too. Also a late night speech from salesman who had done well in company, three different people, very strong-willed types who were trying to reflect their hard-work, never-give up ethos into us. So was a late night back from work.
Thurs: Got to lay in a bit more because out late night b4. I was real motivated after sppech and worked my nutas off, only to get no sales. I was rained upon, dryed up in sun later, and then 30mins before day finished, rain came and soaked once more, an unhappy wet day. After work was fun tho, went to cool bar with work guys got some beers and then to Kellys in newtown, where it was karoake night and met friends from hostel; the usual: got drunk and sang songs.
Friday: This is the day fireworks really went BANG!!
The first half the day was bad - cops all over train, which i usually get student tickets and stuff. I spilt green tea all over work clothes, so I ddint think it was gonna be great day. then out of nowhere got txt from brissy friend, Monique, she was the girl I mentioned I met out at a club with the swedish guys, a month or so back. She told me she was coming to sydney but I completely forgot. She invited me to this real fancy dinner party, for charity, that was part of her work-do, but she still had ticktes for it.
So I was in bit of dilemma getting ther for work and such. So I had just started out in the field, in N.strathfield when I left, without telling work-mates, they throt I was still working. Came back to Newtown, tried to sort out painful IBS, got haircut new shirt and shaved, showered, made myself look real dapper! Meanwhile ringing up boss giving some story how I had injured my foot, which I really had, I was limping on thursday, and my workshoes had really cut into my foot! But anyway, I said I had to go and pretended to be on train. Mario didnt sound too happy.
Anyway got bus into city and was gonna get another bus, but wudda been hard and was running bit late, the dinner was on other side of harbour bridge. So quickly grabbed cab. It was a real fancy do, with waiters , 20 tables about 100ppl. Champagne, red + white wine, cascade beer, 3 course meal. It was nice to catch up with monique, apparently her friends thort i was well kl, convo with her seemed a bit stilted tho, I was a bit nervous, understandably! bUT WAS still charming as always.
There was speeches for Katoake village, it was all money raised for charity, there were slideshow pictures of progress in katoake, such as they had built school and house and such; and pictures of the tanzania people, looking deprived but happy cos of the great work done. They were selling, fluffy animals with port included. Their was even a U2 tribute band called Achtung Baby, the singer looking just like Bono.
Then the auction took off, holidays, cases of beer all sorts of great and not-so-great things were being auctioned off in a very flamboyant style. There was a painting that was auctioned; I made the first bid, as kind of a jioke, just to get it rolling, expecting a bid from someone else. The auctioner looked around giving it a good blast "ITS worth MORE THAN A HUNDRED BUCKS FOLKS!!" - and I jst sat back in fright and anxiety as no-one else bid, and ha! the picture was mine, I stole a glance at Monique, she gave me a "what-the-hell" look. Anyway the picture was mine, the dinnewr soon came to end, we all strung onto streets, drunk, me with a massive picture attached to my back. The thying I really feel guilty for is when they gave me form to fill out for pic, I gave them wrong C.card details and wrong contact no.! I feel bad now, becos it was for charity. And I still got pic. We went back to moniques hotel where we left pic and laid about for a bit.
Then took her out to K.cross to meet hostel friendas, we didnt stay for long and went back to hostel. Monique seemed to moaning conastanly since leaving dinner, so was a headache. That night, I got free beer, wine from dinner, more free drinks from club in k>corss that josh(mate) bought, and free beer from hostel - but still spent quite a bit -moastely on taxis, here and there. So got monqiue taxi back and I kept drinking till sunrise with hostel friends. I put on music and collapsed later after too much beer. Woke up to boss tring to ring me.
Saturday: was a rewal great day again. woke up at 4:30. Monique came over and elivered picture. We had a nice coffee and had great talk, it was much better than night b4, really had great convo and gd fun, we are walking down street and Im saying hi to all the bouncers from the clubs that I no, and their treating me like Mr popular all infront of a very impressed monique. She then took me to cinema to see watchman film, not great, Iw as falling asleep and such. So we left said goodbaye, and she got taxi back. I have this great big painting of Venice and I dnt no what to do with it!!!!!!!!!
So then chilled and listened to this greek guys music all nigtht, as he had it on laptop and this gd speaker, whcih we got great sound out of!
SUNDAY: Today, sweet. ANother great day. Just catching up on sleep and then went to this reggae festival, which was a like a local shenagin that all the alternative-hippie-funky ppl of newtown go down too. Really it was just a few Djs playing some dancy-reggae tunes. There was black-guy all dressed up as a blonde woman, caliming he was pamela anderson, and her/his boyfriend was this ginger, shaved hair guy who was completely out of it on something! As he was turned on by this freakish character! But the beats were real nice and bassy, and was fun with hostel girls.
Anyway think ill be able to get siome picts from meal onto facebook, ill try and post em'up here if can.
Also I rang mario today, he was upset about friday, and I have to meet Mark, big boss, the one who hired me, for real early meeting tomos morn so best get some sleepy. Ill retire with ken kesey again, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST - a perfect read for newtown!!
Anyway, I hope eveyones great and dandy, mcuh lovexxxxxxxxxxx
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