another week.

first i'd like to say that i have come to the conclusion that i must stop working so much! i've worked myself into a cold and had to take a skip a day at work this week! it was definitely a sign. additionally, my promotion (and pay raise) will be official as of monday meaning i can work less hours and make the same money as i am now! watch out australia, i'm about to have much much more fun!

i've noticed customers at working saying 'ta' which means thank you and i just think that's strange. it sounds like they're just mumbling or something. and i've started saying 'heaps and heaps' and i've never said that quite as often as i do now! i'm picking up some lingo. another phrase often heard is 'do you reckon?' but i might have already mentioned that in one of these postings.

i was walking up the road today after work on my way to the train station listening to my ipod and i suddenly had a wonderful feeling of happiness just watching all the different people walk by and even the construction on the road and waiting for lights to change made me content. it was great and i think i need to start doing more people watching in my free time... maybe this saturday at the beach when it'll be 25 degrees (celsius of course). ahhh i can't wait for my first day at the beach here!

i honestly made a good attempt at finally posting pictures. i put them on my flashdrive, took it to the internet cafe, and really tried to finally get them to post. but still no luck! grrrrr !&$#^*. will keep trying.

home sweet home

and by home sweet home, i mean i moved out of the really awesome (noooooot) hostel that i had been staying in. and thank gosh! privacy was overdue! this move happened on wednesday morning. so i'm not really unpacked or with all the household items necessary to life just yet, but there's saturday for that! and i can't wait to get a few things for the place. i love it. if you want my address to send me snail mail or something (wink wink) send me an e-mail and i'll get it to you. no worries.

went to the movies on cheap tuesday this week. by cheap they mean $9. which is very cheap for australia. and i saw baby mama. and the film takes place in philly. so i was feeling a bit nostalgic. and i got excited when i saw things in the movie that i recognized. and i also thought it was laugh out loud funny funny. but the girls from work definitely didn't find it nearly as amusing... but maybe they just don't get stupid american comedy. and they probably don't watch saturday night live to truly understand tina. anyways, the evening was a success and happy times all around

big jewish holiday is coming up. my place of employment is in high gear for preparation at this point. the challas will be sold like crazy. it's all the talk. but it's not until the 29th. and then there are some days off during the month after, which will be such a gorgeous thing

i'm still using an internet cafe. but at this new apartment, we pick up a wireless signal from this small cafe next door and can use that fo' free, but it disconnects when the cafe closes, and i have crazy messy hours and don't know when i'll be home to use that connection... i'll have to make it work

annnnd, what else? oh, my self-exploration thing that i've got going on a bit has evolved to pilates this week. i can't focus on what my joints are doing. the instructor said "focus on your joints and not on what you're going to have for dinner after class" and so my mind went straight to "what is for dinner?". better luck next time.

i'm glad to see i'm not writing this thing for my own amusement. miss you all. xoxo.

time flies

so that whole "i'm writing a post for this thing every thursday" thing doesn't really work out too well if you forget what day of the week it is because time just flies by and you're busy doing other things... like working an insane amount of hours in one week.

anyway, i finally had a day off from work last week! so on my glorious day free from responsibility, i went bowling with friends. it was the coolest bowling alley i've ever seen. but just because the alley was awesome definitely didn't mean that my bowling skills were... eeeeee. i also took a yoga class in the evening to "find my inner peace" and i learned that yoga is muchhh more difficult than it appears to be. i was standing on my shoulders at one point and man was it tough. i think i'll do it again this week.

i have made friends with a fairly large group of irish people through one of the girls i work with. they are a mighty fun group of people to hang out with and every night out with them smells like a good night. they're going to brisbane (up the east coast) in a few weeks to stay for the rest of their trip... so i think i found a place to stay when i take the trip up the coast! and it's really great making friends with people from all over the world because it offers the potential to visit some new country for a bit and have some contacts there as well! ireland sounds like it would be a great place to visit in the future. :)

living in the cross (well on darlinghurst rd. actually) is really getting old and i have made some strong opinions on some socially deviant behaviors that appear to occur quite frequently in the cross. wednesday is the day of the big move (really just a walk through a courtyard) and i am pumped! finally i'll have my own room again and privacy. i'm really going to appreciate that as well as the dresser, closet, kitchen and large living private living room. can't waiiiiit.

that's all i've got for now. it was a beautiful day today and spring is really getting nice here! i can't wait to go to the beach soon!!

oh the weekly happenings

there really haven't been too many happening events over here in the past week... let's see what i can think of.

i went out to this really fun place in bondi junction called the tea gardens. a whole loooooot of irish people seem to hang around there. and let me tell you, it's easier to understand someone whose first language is not english than it is to understand an irish person. geez louise. i swear that some irish person was talking to me and every other word out of my mouth was what? and then after asking them to repeat themselves twice i would just nod and pretend i understood them. ha! yeah right. i just hope i wasn't agreeing to absurd ideas or comments.

in addition to the many many irish folk around my area right now, i have noticed that there are also tons of germans occupying this country at the moment! backtrack a bit, i moved out of bondi into a hostel (which for anyone who might not know exactly what a hostel is... cough some of my family members cough... it is a dorm style living arrangement). i'm staying at said hostel for 2 weeks and change until the 17th when i move into the new place. we will be having a housewarming party for all of you who are interested. no need to rsvp, just show up! anyway, we wound up having a german roommate for a few days at this hostel and everyday ends up being one big german fest. they invade the room! it's insane. and now i work with two german girls, and liz also works with some germs. i'm telling you, being german is in.

about the hostel - not my favorite type of accommodation, not gonna lie. but it's cheap enough. and we're in king's cross. which i would call a very controversial area. i have seen some crazy things. transvestites, "vip lounges", and some other strange things. but it's also part classy. probably a lot of fun on weekends (which i will find out this weekend if i am up for going out!) most people call this area the cross, just fyi.

what else do i have in my life right now... work. well, it seems i've been promoted!!! i'm a supervisor. which means a bit more ching ching. always a plus. and it'll look better on a resume. and to think that this job was originally only part-time! not at all... 40 hours plus per week. keeps me out of trouble though. and i'm learning a bunch of things about the jewish culture.

now that i'm not in america, i'm a bit more interested in american politics. also, living without E! is difficult because i don't know what is going on with all of our celebrities. i miss certain foods that were readily available at home as well as the ability to drive. i'm just finding out that i have a passion for reading, which is wonderful because my brain needs some positive stimulation. there's probably more i could say, but i have to work at 7 am and serve hundreds of challas to the community of bondi.

i swear there are pictures to come. but i'm with limited internet currently. and eventually, it won't be so limited! and additionally, notice that i have a trend of updating this thing on what is my thursday. just thought i'd point that out.

i've almost been here a month! i absolutely love it!!!!