It's been a busy but highly enjoyable last couple of weeks for me. I have finally gotten off my arse and things seem to be happening all at once. Which is good, I feel so much better about myself when things are busy.
So what has been happening? I am now properly employed. I have gone through training and have been working for a week now. I'm actually finding it quite fun. Basically the job is to go to Shopping Centres and Expos around Brisbane and try and promote the Mathemagic Computer Tutor and generate leads for their consultants and other people. We just hang around and talk to people, give kids balloons and just be friendly. It only sucks when it's not busy at all and its just 2 of us standing there talking to each other. Ah well who cares, it's good most of the time.
The folks have also got another dog to keep our current dog, Tipsy, entertained. Tipsy is a Border Collie and even though she gets taken to the off-leash area by my day every morning and taken for a walk by me every evening it's not enough stimulation in our small back yard. So we now have a new tiny little puppy, that is a Border Collie/Golden Retriever Cross. It's a very cute little thing but noone can decided on a name for it so I have started calling her Tito, after the leader of Communist Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito. It kinda sounds like a dog name, who knows if it will last.
With all of that happening at the moment, it's my mum's birthday on Friday and I have done nothing to prepare for it which sucks. Not to self, do something about it.
I am flat broke at the moment until Tuesday when I get paid for my new job which will be good and then hopefully I will be moving in with a bunch of good mates in Toowong. I've done the budget and it looks good, it's just a matter of me getting the money for bond and rent etc. early enough. Fingers are crossed at the moment. It will make transport etc so much less of a pain in the arse.
Also, I found out that my favourite band of all time, cheesy i know, but NoFX are coming to Australia in February and playing 2 shows in Brisbane. I have previously said that I will pawn all my possessions to see them in concert and this is the only time you will ever see me behave like a groupy but I'm going to try and get tickets to both of those shows. Yay!
All in all a successful little period and we can only build from here...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Goals...
Hmm. Well what's going on with me? A good question. A few things are changing and I really need to get my act together as soon as possible, however I am finding it increasingly more difficult to do.
I'm going to use this blog thingy as a way to write down my goals for the next week, as a form of personal accountability.
Ironically my first goal for the week is to do some personal goal setting and sort out all the basic things I want to achieve in my life and figure out where I want to go over the next few years. What I want to achieve etc.
Secondly, write a hospitality/retail resume and apply for some basic simple jobs around my area, as well as restart applying for admin jobs. This is very important as I haven't finished up my swimming coaching job, which was fun and I learnt that I really do enjoy teaching, however very young kids can certainly test your patience. I also discovered that finding the motivation is very difficult when I hd been working for the sole purpose of saving money to take time off uni and to travel. Now that I no longer have that goal I have struggled finding motivation.
The other thing I have to do this week is look into setting up an Indoor Soccer team in the Valley which would be sweet. I also have a game this afternoon which I am looking foward to. I haven't played football in ages. I also want to swim 3 times a week this week and for the next few weeks.
Finally this week I want to really look into projects for next year. I have some cool ideas for what would be an awesome project to run out of AIESEC UQ next year, bu I have a heap of knowledge gaps that I need to close first.
Not much is really going on. Life is good, I need a good kick up the arse. Everyone is in exams so it's a bit quite socially but it's good to get a bit of a break and realign myself. Plus there is heaps of stuff on post exams, to keep me busy and having fun. So much catching up to do, so many people I haven't seen in ages. Well, time to get to it...
I'm going to use this blog thingy as a way to write down my goals for the next week, as a form of personal accountability.
Ironically my first goal for the week is to do some personal goal setting and sort out all the basic things I want to achieve in my life and figure out where I want to go over the next few years. What I want to achieve etc.
Secondly, write a hospitality/retail resume and apply for some basic simple jobs around my area, as well as restart applying for admin jobs. This is very important as I haven't finished up my swimming coaching job, which was fun and I learnt that I really do enjoy teaching, however very young kids can certainly test your patience. I also discovered that finding the motivation is very difficult when I hd been working for the sole purpose of saving money to take time off uni and to travel. Now that I no longer have that goal I have struggled finding motivation.
The other thing I have to do this week is look into setting up an Indoor Soccer team in the Valley which would be sweet. I also have a game this afternoon which I am looking foward to. I haven't played football in ages. I also want to swim 3 times a week this week and for the next few weeks.
Finally this week I want to really look into projects for next year. I have some cool ideas for what would be an awesome project to run out of AIESEC UQ next year, bu I have a heap of knowledge gaps that I need to close first.
Not much is really going on. Life is good, I need a good kick up the arse. Everyone is in exams so it's a bit quite socially but it's good to get a bit of a break and realign myself. Plus there is heaps of stuff on post exams, to keep me busy and having fun. So much catching up to do, so many people I haven't seen in ages. Well, time to get to it...
Saturday, October 28, 2006
The beginning of getting old...
Well, so far it's been an interesting week. Last night I went to the 21st party of a great mate of mine, and well I guess this is the first 21st party for people who were in my year at school, and hence roughly my age.
As a shit of a kid I always used to say that everything is growing until you hit the age of 21 and then it's the slow decline into old age from there on. I know age is just a number and I was just being facetious at the time, and it's not like I really care, I'm having a great time at the moment. I guess this just heralds another stage of life, one that will be marked with quite a few chances to celebrate into early hours of the morning and tell as many stories to embarrass as many people as possible.
Something to look forward to me thinks.
Emma's 21st was great fun, were a whole bunch of people there I haven't seen in ages, some not since school finished all those years ago. Was also a chance to break out a bottle of Zubrowka, a Polish vodka I bought back with me that tastes fantastic, especially with apple juice as a chaser. It was a lot harsher on the palate than I remember, but it was warm and with no chaser, so perhaps that was the reason, or maybe I've just gone soft since I was in Poland.
To go in reverse chronological order, I was out very briefly on Wednesday night and met this random as hell guy on the bus on the way home. He just started talking to me about everything at the bus stop. At first it was really quite awkward because he was asking lots of questions about different things. I found myself increasingly amused by the randomness of this guy so I thought it was pretty humourous as I was about to get off the bus I was given this little booklet of humourous little comics about life (read Bible verses). I guess it just shows there is always a catch to random friendliness on the bus.
This post is long but I don't particularly care. The other cool thing that happened this week was a presentation on the Poland PEACE Project I did for the UQ UNSA (United Nations Student Association). Well I was part of a panel more accurately, but that is of little consequence. The people who were on the panel were from organisations such as AusAID, UNHCR, the Rotary Peace Fellowships and more. They were really interesting and had done some really cool stuff that made me jealous. Through the whole process I got to meet a bunch of cool new people from the guys who organised it through to my fellow panellists.
I love talking shit about my time in Poland, it was a great opportunity to promote AIESEC as well, although I do miss all the other guys who were in Poland and made the experience as special as it could have been.
To round out the week, I have started swimming again a few evenings a week (well I have done it once so far) as a way of doing something a bit more active. Plus it should be helpful with the coaching I do on Wednesdays.
Stay true, Dan out...
As a shit of a kid I always used to say that everything is growing until you hit the age of 21 and then it's the slow decline into old age from there on. I know age is just a number and I was just being facetious at the time, and it's not like I really care, I'm having a great time at the moment. I guess this just heralds another stage of life, one that will be marked with quite a few chances to celebrate into early hours of the morning and tell as many stories to embarrass as many people as possible.
Something to look forward to me thinks.
Emma's 21st was great fun, were a whole bunch of people there I haven't seen in ages, some not since school finished all those years ago. Was also a chance to break out a bottle of Zubrowka, a Polish vodka I bought back with me that tastes fantastic, especially with apple juice as a chaser. It was a lot harsher on the palate than I remember, but it was warm and with no chaser, so perhaps that was the reason, or maybe I've just gone soft since I was in Poland.
To go in reverse chronological order, I was out very briefly on Wednesday night and met this random as hell guy on the bus on the way home. He just started talking to me about everything at the bus stop. At first it was really quite awkward because he was asking lots of questions about different things. I found myself increasingly amused by the randomness of this guy so I thought it was pretty humourous as I was about to get off the bus I was given this little booklet of humourous little comics about life (read Bible verses). I guess it just shows there is always a catch to random friendliness on the bus.
This post is long but I don't particularly care. The other cool thing that happened this week was a presentation on the Poland PEACE Project I did for the UQ UNSA (United Nations Student Association). Well I was part of a panel more accurately, but that is of little consequence. The people who were on the panel were from organisations such as AusAID, UNHCR, the Rotary Peace Fellowships and more. They were really interesting and had done some really cool stuff that made me jealous. Through the whole process I got to meet a bunch of cool new people from the guys who organised it through to my fellow panellists.
I love talking shit about my time in Poland, it was a great opportunity to promote AIESEC as well, although I do miss all the other guys who were in Poland and made the experience as special as it could have been.
To round out the week, I have started swimming again a few evenings a week (well I have done it once so far) as a way of doing something a bit more active. Plus it should be helpful with the coaching I do on Wednesdays.
Stay true, Dan out...
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Life since the return
As most of those who know me know, I got back to Brisbane, Australia after 6 months of travel throughout Europe, which was an increadibly mind-blowing experience. I got back right after the start of second Semester. I decided not to return immediately to my studies and take more time off to work.
This may not have been the best move as 8 months of holidaying and getting my tax return shortly after returning home, provided me with limited excuses not to do what I wanted and continue to live a fun a relatively responsibility free life style. After being back for 2 months of kicking back and going out, I am quite broke and in high need of some real work. I am keeping afloat though through being a swim coach in Ashgrove for primary school kids in Grades 1-4, which is fun and I've found I enjoy teaching.
Still have some people I haven't had a chance to catch up with and feel really bad, plus all the people who live overseas who I need to call/email. Will try and get it all done soon as well as find some real work.
Until next time...
This may not have been the best move as 8 months of holidaying and getting my tax return shortly after returning home, provided me with limited excuses not to do what I wanted and continue to live a fun a relatively responsibility free life style. After being back for 2 months of kicking back and going out, I am quite broke and in high need of some real work. I am keeping afloat though through being a swim coach in Ashgrove for primary school kids in Grades 1-4, which is fun and I've found I enjoy teaching.
Still have some people I haven't had a chance to catch up with and feel really bad, plus all the people who live overseas who I need to call/email. Will try and get it all done soon as well as find some real work.
Until next time...
A new beginning...?
Well then. The first experience with the blog clearly didn't go to well at all. I think mainly because I tried to document everything as opposed to just putting up the interesting highlights or random analogies. Made trying to post anything a pain in the arse and email was easier to rely on to keep people updated.
I was also somewhat opposed to blogs and I had an opinion similar to something I read by Scott Adams a while ago,
I was also somewhat opposed to blogs and I had an opinion similar to something I read by Scott Adams a while ago,
'When I see news stories about people all over the world who are experiencing hardships, I worry about them, and I rack my brain wondering how I can make a difference. So I decided to start my own blog. That way I won’t have time to think about other people.
Having now been through that same thought process, mainly point 1, I have started this endevour. I guess another main motivation for starting this up was reading some travel blogs from friends that were really good. So ignore anything before the 2006-07 financial year and enjoy...
People who are trying to decide whether to create a
blog or not go through a thought process much like this:
1. The world sure needs more of ME.
2. Maybe I’ll shout more often so that people nearby
can experience the joy of knowing my thoughts.
3. No, wait, shouting looks too crazy.
4. I know – I’ll write down my daily thoughts and
badger people to read them.
5. If only there was a description for this process that
doesn’t involve the words egomaniac or unnecessary.
6. What? It’s called a blog? I’m there!
The blogger’s philosophy goes something like this:
Everything that I think about is more fascinating
than the crap in your head.
The beauty of blogging, as compared to writing a book,
is that no editor will be interfering with my random
spelling and grammar, my complete disregard for the
facts, and my wandering sentences that seem to go on and
on and never end so that you feel like you need to take
a breath and clear your head before you can even consider
making it to the end of the sentence that probably didn’t
need to be written anyhoo.
If that doesn’t inspire you to read my blog, I don’t
know what will.'
Monday, May 29, 2006
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Licking the Wall in Wielicka (or something-the Salt Mine)
In Klobuck (1st meeting with students)
Me and Ariadna (in first week)
Damian (Maria Paula's host in Sieradz), Maria Paula and me after snowboarding
Ljubica, Xiaochen (Anna), Rashmi and Kristin
Me, Pawel (host in Warsaw) and Michal (OCP)
Me, Piotrek (host in Warsaw) and Suza (I think, I mean hope)
In Klobuck (1st meeting with students)
Me and Ariadna (in first week)
Damian (Maria Paula's host in Sieradz), Maria Paula and me after snowboarding
Ljubica, Xiaochen (Anna), Rashmi and Kristin
Me, Pawel (host in Warsaw) and Michal (OCP)
Me, Piotrek (host in Warsaw) and Suza (I think, I mean hope)
Group No 1 - In Sieradz
On the Bus (Me, Maria Paula, Anna, Marina-left to right)
With Countries
After Primary School Performance
With Countries
After Primary School Performance
Monday, February 06, 2006
Impressions of Poland
This is not complete but I realise it's absurdly long and hopefully I will go back and edit it later. It's randomly edited a few times already.
Hey all,
I realise this is fast becoming something just for me to remember everything and will probably bore everyone else but last time I travelled I didn't keep a detailed enough diary etc and forgot stuff so I am now trying to improve this.
I hope everyone is going well. I'm finally getting over jetlag and moving onto starting to enjoy myself in Poland. So Poland...
On the first night I was here the guy I was staying with (Pawel, every second guy here has the name Pawel or Piotr(ek), which makes things easier) had a party in his apartment. It was pretty fun, or it would have been if my tiredness didn't kick in just before it started. The party at least didn't last to long and I went and slept while everyone else went to a club. I would like to have gone but I was wrecked from the flight.
The next day I went into the city with Helen (the other Australian) and Ala, the girl she is staying with. After we bought a few things that we needed (such as getting more Polish currency) we didn't really know what we wanted to do so we decided to grab some lunch and a coffee. We went to this cafe and had these pancakes wrapped up with meat inside and covered in sauce (apparently a Polish dish) with a Sauerkraut Salad. It was quite good actually. We knew we had to go to the university in a few hours to meet people so that we could go to a pub and weren't sure what else we wanted to do so we just went back to Ala's place and just chilled out for a while. The pub was interesting, got to meet quite a few of the people from the Organising Committee (OC) for the project and a few of the trainees.
Tuesday
After waking up quite early I made sure I put on heaps of clothes (5 layers on top, jeans and thermals and 2 pairs of thick socks to go with my Gortex boots) to be in SGH by 9 in the morning. We were doing this day what was jokingly referred to by the OC as the 'Running around Warsaw in a snow-storm game'. The idea of the game was for us to see a bit more of Warsaw and to learn a bit of the history and culture. We were put in teams of 4 and given a list of tasks we had to complete at 2 places around Warsaw. My group had Thiago from Brazil, Marina also from Brazil and Xiaochen (Anna) from China. The places we were sent to see were Łazienki (a famous old park in the middle of Warsaw) and the Column of Sigmund II in the middle of 'Old Town' in Warsaw. The weather on this day was quite cold and we got a lot of snow. Łazienki is really cool. It's this old park in Warsaw with a few old palaces and statues (with quite a large one of Chopin). Polish people are really nice. When we first started looking for Łazienki we had maps out and this Polish guy came up to us and asked us where we were looking for and walked us to the bus stop we needed to take. Then when we were on the bus this Polish lady asked us where we were looking for and we told her the street and she knew what park we were looking for and showed us where to get off and then where to walk and even told us what bus and what bus stop we had to take to get to Old Town. When we first arrived at the park we ran into this old Polish guy who didn't speak any English or German (Thiago speaks German and I speak a very little bit) but he was really nice. We managed to tell him where we were all from and he gave us food to feed the squirels and the birds and helped us find what we were looking for in this park. Because it has been so cold in Warsaw there is thick snow everywhere and this park looked very beautiful covered in snow although the ducks and other animals looked very cold. What was probably the most surreal is that there were Peacocks in this park and I never expected to see a peacock in Poland. After that we went into 'Old Town to see this column and were again helped by random Polish people without even having to really ask. Marina didn't have proper shoes for the weather and by this time her shoes were saturated and she was really cold. We quickly tried to get everything we had to do done. The statue on top of the column is pretty impressive. It's the old king of Poland carrying a sword and a cross in the other hand. He apparently fought a famous war with Russia to make them Catholic. Pretty crazy stuff. After this they gave us a run-down of the different types of sub-cultures and stuff you are likely to encounter in Poland and the types of people you should probably try to avoid.
That night we had global village. The idea is that everyone from different countries has a stall with different foods, drinks and cultural things from their country. Helen and I had a flag, blow up kangaroo, koala puppet, bunch of photos, Vegimite, we bought some Australian export wine from a bottle shop in Warsaw and also cooked Pavlova. That was an interesting experience because neither Helen or I had cooked Pavlova before. I got mum to send me the recipe but wasn't even sure about some of the cooking terms but fortunately Yvonne from Switzerland had done a cooking course and knew all of them. Finding the ingerdients was also a challenge as the Polish people didn't know the name for some of the ingredients. Using a dictionary we eventually managed to find everything quite easily, except we coudln't get vanila essence anywhere. We tried a few shops and they were either sold out or didn't have it at all. We asked a Polish girl to check a shop for us and she couldn't find any either but came over with cooking rum. We managed to get everything together and it actually turned out really well and was quite well received. We also made everyone do Aussie Aussie Aussie and sung beer is best as our national anthem. Other peoples stalls were really cool and heaps of effort had clearly gone into making it as fantastic as possible.
Wednesday
Today was quite a good day although after Global Village the night before, everyone was out really late and even though we started later today (10:15), everyone was really tired. This was the day that we had the sessions with the guys from the UNDP who were talking to us about the UN Millenium Development goals and the things that they wanted us to cover with the students. It was good, however most of the information was not new to me but it's always good to think about the current reality of the world. The first part of the day we were taught about some facts about the state of the world and the targets for the MDGs. After coffee break which was another absurdly huge meal from KFC this time (another member of the Partnership for Corporate Social Responsibility) we then were broken into groups as to how we would work to help a very poor girl in Africa from the point of view of NGOs, private sector etc. It was OK, it just seemed very disorganised and their was quite a lot of confusion as to what our actual task was. After that we had quite a good session about travelling in Poland where they went through the process we would have to take to get transport in between the cities, towns and villages we are travelling to in Poland. They also told us certain things about laws in Poland and that you can't drink in public and you can get into a lot of trouble if you provide alcohol to a minor. They also told us that we couldn't have sexual relations with people under 18 years of age. Someone was apparently arrested and taken to jail 3 years ago after the father of the girl (who was hosting this guy) accused him of having sexual relations with his daughter. I made many bad jokes about my disappointment but mainly before we were told this.
Hey all,
I realise this is fast becoming something just for me to remember everything and will probably bore everyone else but last time I travelled I didn't keep a detailed enough diary etc and forgot stuff so I am now trying to improve this.
I hope everyone is going well. I'm finally getting over jetlag and moving onto starting to enjoy myself in Poland. So Poland...
On the first night I was here the guy I was staying with (Pawel, every second guy here has the name Pawel or Piotr(ek), which makes things easier) had a party in his apartment. It was pretty fun, or it would have been if my tiredness didn't kick in just before it started. The party at least didn't last to long and I went and slept while everyone else went to a club. I would like to have gone but I was wrecked from the flight.
The next day I went into the city with Helen (the other Australian) and Ala, the girl she is staying with. After we bought a few things that we needed (such as getting more Polish currency) we didn't really know what we wanted to do so we decided to grab some lunch and a coffee. We went to this cafe and had these pancakes wrapped up with meat inside and covered in sauce (apparently a Polish dish) with a Sauerkraut Salad. It was quite good actually. We knew we had to go to the university in a few hours to meet people so that we could go to a pub and weren't sure what else we wanted to do so we just went back to Ala's place and just chilled out for a while. The pub was interesting, got to meet quite a few of the people from the Organising Committee (OC) for the project and a few of the trainees.
Tuesday
After waking up quite early I made sure I put on heaps of clothes (5 layers on top, jeans and thermals and 2 pairs of thick socks to go with my Gortex boots) to be in SGH by 9 in the morning. We were doing this day what was jokingly referred to by the OC as the 'Running around Warsaw in a snow-storm game'. The idea of the game was for us to see a bit more of Warsaw and to learn a bit of the history and culture. We were put in teams of 4 and given a list of tasks we had to complete at 2 places around Warsaw. My group had Thiago from Brazil, Marina also from Brazil and Xiaochen (Anna) from China. The places we were sent to see were Łazienki (a famous old park in the middle of Warsaw) and the Column of Sigmund II in the middle of 'Old Town' in Warsaw. The weather on this day was quite cold and we got a lot of snow. Łazienki is really cool. It's this old park in Warsaw with a few old palaces and statues (with quite a large one of Chopin). Polish people are really nice. When we first started looking for Łazienki we had maps out and this Polish guy came up to us and asked us where we were looking for and walked us to the bus stop we needed to take. Then when we were on the bus this Polish lady asked us where we were looking for and we told her the street and she knew what park we were looking for and showed us where to get off and then where to walk and even told us what bus and what bus stop we had to take to get to Old Town. When we first arrived at the park we ran into this old Polish guy who didn't speak any English or German (Thiago speaks German and I speak a very little bit) but he was really nice. We managed to tell him where we were all from and he gave us food to feed the squirels and the birds and helped us find what we were looking for in this park. Because it has been so cold in Warsaw there is thick snow everywhere and this park looked very beautiful covered in snow although the ducks and other animals looked very cold. What was probably the most surreal is that there were Peacocks in this park and I never expected to see a peacock in Poland. After that we went into 'Old Town to see this column and were again helped by random Polish people without even having to really ask. Marina didn't have proper shoes for the weather and by this time her shoes were saturated and she was really cold. We quickly tried to get everything we had to do done. The statue on top of the column is pretty impressive. It's the old king of Poland carrying a sword and a cross in the other hand. He apparently fought a famous war with Russia to make them Catholic. Pretty crazy stuff. After this they gave us a run-down of the different types of sub-cultures and stuff you are likely to encounter in Poland and the types of people you should probably try to avoid.
That night we had global village. The idea is that everyone from different countries has a stall with different foods, drinks and cultural things from their country. Helen and I had a flag, blow up kangaroo, koala puppet, bunch of photos, Vegimite, we bought some Australian export wine from a bottle shop in Warsaw and also cooked Pavlova. That was an interesting experience because neither Helen or I had cooked Pavlova before. I got mum to send me the recipe but wasn't even sure about some of the cooking terms but fortunately Yvonne from Switzerland had done a cooking course and knew all of them. Finding the ingerdients was also a challenge as the Polish people didn't know the name for some of the ingredients. Using a dictionary we eventually managed to find everything quite easily, except we coudln't get vanila essence anywhere. We tried a few shops and they were either sold out or didn't have it at all. We asked a Polish girl to check a shop for us and she couldn't find any either but came over with cooking rum. We managed to get everything together and it actually turned out really well and was quite well received. We also made everyone do Aussie Aussie Aussie and sung beer is best as our national anthem. Other peoples stalls were really cool and heaps of effort had clearly gone into making it as fantastic as possible.
Wednesday
Today was quite a good day although after Global Village the night before, everyone was out really late and even though we started later today (10:15), everyone was really tired. This was the day that we had the sessions with the guys from the UNDP who were talking to us about the UN Millenium Development goals and the things that they wanted us to cover with the students. It was good, however most of the information was not new to me but it's always good to think about the current reality of the world. The first part of the day we were taught about some facts about the state of the world and the targets for the MDGs. After coffee break which was another absurdly huge meal from KFC this time (another member of the Partnership for Corporate Social Responsibility) we then were broken into groups as to how we would work to help a very poor girl in Africa from the point of view of NGOs, private sector etc. It was OK, it just seemed very disorganised and their was quite a lot of confusion as to what our actual task was. After that we had quite a good session about travelling in Poland where they went through the process we would have to take to get transport in between the cities, towns and villages we are travelling to in Poland. They also told us certain things about laws in Poland and that you can't drink in public and you can get into a lot of trouble if you provide alcohol to a minor. They also told us that we couldn't have sexual relations with people under 18 years of age. Someone was apparently arrested and taken to jail 3 years ago after the father of the girl (who was hosting this guy) accused him of having sexual relations with his daughter. I made many bad jokes about my disappointment but mainly before we were told this.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Arrived in Poland
Hey All,
Am safely arrived in Poland after way too long in airports and on aeroplanes. It was very random in Brisbane. The plane went to leave and then realised they'd left some business class passenger behind so went back after being at the runway. I feel like making some comment about them eviscerating the proletariat but communism is apparently dead. Or I can't be arsed. Probably the latter.
I'm pretty tired. The flights were actually quite good. The flight to Singapore had heaps of entertainment on it with awesome movies like the Motorcycle Diaries on it. Then I got frustrated with the free internet in Singapore because it kept logging me off every 15 minutes. But then again I wasn't really supposed to be on there longer than 15 minutes and I think MSN is probably strongly discouraged.
Got into Poland a few hours ago. Met at the airport by 2 Polish people. I've been so impressed. All the Polish people I've met have been really, really nice. I've loved every minute so far. I was really quite nervous getting off the plane but within 5 minutes I was laughing on the bus on the way back to the flat I'm staying at. So yeah, at the moment I'm really loving Poland and Polish people, but that may just be the adrenalin keeping me awake speaking. No. They've been genuinely fantastic so far. Anyway I may go. Will try and keep this updated with photos and info as much as possible.
Keep it real guys,
Daniel
Am safely arrived in Poland after way too long in airports and on aeroplanes. It was very random in Brisbane. The plane went to leave and then realised they'd left some business class passenger behind so went back after being at the runway. I feel like making some comment about them eviscerating the proletariat but communism is apparently dead. Or I can't be arsed. Probably the latter.
I'm pretty tired. The flights were actually quite good. The flight to Singapore had heaps of entertainment on it with awesome movies like the Motorcycle Diaries on it. Then I got frustrated with the free internet in Singapore because it kept logging me off every 15 minutes. But then again I wasn't really supposed to be on there longer than 15 minutes and I think MSN is probably strongly discouraged.
Got into Poland a few hours ago. Met at the airport by 2 Polish people. I've been so impressed. All the Polish people I've met have been really, really nice. I've loved every minute so far. I was really quite nervous getting off the plane but within 5 minutes I was laughing on the bus on the way back to the flat I'm staying at. So yeah, at the moment I'm really loving Poland and Polish people, but that may just be the adrenalin keeping me awake speaking. No. They've been genuinely fantastic so far. Anyway I may go. Will try and keep this updated with photos and info as much as possible.
Keep it real guys,
Daniel
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Australia-The Beginning
Hey all,
Just thought I'd try a proper post with photos etc. I'm currently in Perth and recovered from my 5 days in Adelaide. So many crazy things were attempted and achieved from hanging at the beach with beach cricket most of the day to chilling on the beach at 1:30 in the morning, including games of a new form of monopoly, partying with hairnets, visiting the city of Adelaide, late night Bocce and backyard cricket in between.
It was awesome fun just to catch up with all the Adelaide guys again and experience true Adelaide hospitality, although I am going to see all of them in the next few days as they're all coming over to Perth.
Perth has been pretty good. A lot of family time and catching up with obscure relatives. I have an exam I have to sit on the 18th January too which will be a pain in the arse.
For new years I went over to Julz's place. She lives like ages away from where I was staying so I was pretty happy that my uncle was prepared to drive me all the way down there and pick me up at 1am. The party was good. Fairly relaxed but I got to meet a whole bunch of people from WA which was good and good times were had by all.
That's about all that's somewhat interesting that has happened to me for now.
Just thought I'd try a proper post with photos etc. I'm currently in Perth and recovered from my 5 days in Adelaide. So many crazy things were attempted and achieved from hanging at the beach with beach cricket most of the day to chilling on the beach at 1:30 in the morning, including games of a new form of monopoly, partying with hairnets, visiting the city of Adelaide, late night Bocce and backyard cricket in between.
It was awesome fun just to catch up with all the Adelaide guys again and experience true Adelaide hospitality, although I am going to see all of them in the next few days as they're all coming over to Perth.
Perth has been pretty good. A lot of family time and catching up with obscure relatives. I have an exam I have to sit on the 18th January too which will be a pain in the arse.
For new years I went over to Julz's place. She lives like ages away from where I was staying so I was pretty happy that my uncle was prepared to drive me all the way down there and pick me up at 1am. The party was good. Fairly relaxed but I got to meet a whole bunch of people from WA which was good and good times were had by all.
That's about all that's somewhat interesting that has happened to me for now.
Azz, Ben, Margot and Pete-Monopoly at Azz's Place
Paul, Mike and Azz at Mike's
Azz + Hairnet
Cricket on the Beach
Late night Bocce
Paul, Mike and Azz at Mike's
Azz + Hairnet
Cricket on the Beach
Late night Bocce
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