leave in 2 minutes...posted some last minute pics (definitely not a complete set), hope that will tide you over until i get back...i didn't finish my emails...but i did get some done...if you didn't, then i apologize and i will buy you candy when i get back.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Monday, January 24, 2005
a little more...
miranda: you're right, gabillion is NOT a word...however, give me some artistic freedom, will ya? as for making out with cousins...i think you have australia mixed up with southern USA. and, i will not be in guelph for the summer :( i will be here, doing school...and i will be back around august 22nd...(well, that's when i leave australia, and the time change will screw around with some things, so i think i actually end up getting back on the 22nd too...wouldn't it be wonderful if i got back on the 21st?) and then i'll be coming back to guelph soon after that!! how i miss guelph...
laura: yes, golf DOES hate me. but that's besides the point. my dad is buying a set when i get back, so maybe i'll be able to hit the ball soon! that'll be exciting...as for your pet rabbit, i thought that you ACTUALLY got a rabbit...and it was half your size...and it ate bailey...that may have turned out badly. i get it now.
syd: welcome to my blogger...what's your address? (leave me one... unless you don't want a postcard :) ).
jon: i'm sorry i haven't been keeping up...when i start school i will do my best since i'm sure i'll go back to my late night days. and thanks for the wonderful books...i finished franny and zooey, and i must agree, i enjoy salinger's style...i've just started hotel new hampshire and am so far enjoying it too...
on that note...for anyone who plans to read a fine balance (i'm never trusting you again meg ;) ) only read if you want a really depressing story that lasts a pretty long time. i've warned you. damn you oprah.
meggie: condolences for your loss of green chocolates...in the bright side, they can't be anything worse than VEGEMITE....the bane of my eating existence. in singapore i didn't see any cars racing...mostly due to the fact that the roads are too small and busy to do anything. it's really quite sad..and a waste of money. it's mostly for status, i think. i will do my best to bring you back shoe/skates or that beer thingy...unfortunately, i've already left singapore and i don't know if they will fit in my already PACKED suitcase..i think some thigns will have to be shipped back via sea. they say WTF here...in fact, more than we do. i will do my best to say it more and hold up our good canadian name.
al: it's not as humid here, only when it rains, and it doesn't rain that often. in fact, it's hot during the day and it gets quite cool at night...it's quite lovely. i miss potluck!
missing people even more!! i actually am going to write my email responses today...i think...
laura: yes, golf DOES hate me. but that's besides the point. my dad is buying a set when i get back, so maybe i'll be able to hit the ball soon! that'll be exciting...as for your pet rabbit, i thought that you ACTUALLY got a rabbit...and it was half your size...and it ate bailey...that may have turned out badly. i get it now.
syd: welcome to my blogger...what's your address? (leave me one... unless you don't want a postcard :) ).
jon: i'm sorry i haven't been keeping up...when i start school i will do my best since i'm sure i'll go back to my late night days. and thanks for the wonderful books...i finished franny and zooey, and i must agree, i enjoy salinger's style...i've just started hotel new hampshire and am so far enjoying it too...
on that note...for anyone who plans to read a fine balance (i'm never trusting you again meg ;) ) only read if you want a really depressing story that lasts a pretty long time. i've warned you. damn you oprah.
meggie: condolences for your loss of green chocolates...in the bright side, they can't be anything worse than VEGEMITE....the bane of my eating existence. in singapore i didn't see any cars racing...mostly due to the fact that the roads are too small and busy to do anything. it's really quite sad..and a waste of money. it's mostly for status, i think. i will do my best to bring you back shoe/skates or that beer thingy...unfortunately, i've already left singapore and i don't know if they will fit in my already PACKED suitcase..i think some thigns will have to be shipped back via sea. they say WTF here...in fact, more than we do. i will do my best to say it more and hold up our good canadian name.
al: it's not as humid here, only when it rains, and it doesn't rain that often. in fact, it's hot during the day and it gets quite cool at night...it's quite lovely. i miss potluck!
missing people even more!! i actually am going to write my email responses today...i think...
i miss home...i miss volleyball..
i've been here for two weeks!! it's been a good ride, but i'm itching to get out of sydney (already!)...i think it's mostly cause the only contacts i've had here since i've gotten here are my uncle, aunt, and 3 cousins (and my dad). they're really good people, and i enjoy their company, and we do lots of stuff and everything, but it's one of those situations where they don't do enough things. like, volleyball, for instance. and you know me (those of you who do know me)...i like to do things...everything, actually. and meet people...my cousins don't hang out with their friends. so..i've met no other australians. i'm crying on the inside. BUT, i leave for whitsunday (a resort type town up the east coast on the great barrier reef) tomorrow with my dad, and then right after that i head to heron island with...PEOPLE FROM SYDNEY UNI. WOOOOOOT! how happy does that make me? wow. trust me...really happy. so this means you won't get another posting for 2 weeks...unless i manage to get into an internet cafe or something weird like that. but, that's almost normal for me, so i'm sure you guys won't mind the wait...and HOPEFULLY, i'll have some REALLY exciting news for you when i get back. and fun pics!
so in the past few days i've gone to the Jenolan caves, which is a range of really large caves that you can take tours through (and do adventure touring too...i may go back and try that out..). unfortunately, my camera is a piece of CRAP, so most of the pictures i took just look like brown fuzziness..but the cave was quite amazing. when we left the caves we saw a huge lizard on the sidewalk...when i asked if i could pick it up the australians looked at me like i was crazy...it's not like in canada, where all reptiles and amphibs are fair game...things here bite and are poisonous. there was lots of excitement on the way up to the blue mountains (where the caves are located)...my uncle is a bit of an INSANE driver (as they all are here...there are quite a few cases of road rage...and pedestrians DEFINITELY don't have the right of way), and there are roads leading up to the blue mountains similar to those going up to tremblant, for those who know...but worse. infact, they are 2 way streets with one lane and a big sheer drop on one side. and, my uncle takes these turns at like, 80km. so, in addition to wanting to hurl because i'm insanely motion sick, i also want to throw myself out of the car because i'm scared out of my wits. my dad kept saying subtle things to make him slow down. fortunately we came up behind two REALLY slow cars and had to follow them most of the way up the treacherous part. *phew* oh, we also visited katoomba...wonderful scenery atop a cliff...i've never seen so many trees, it was awesome. oh, and there's a rock called the three sisters that has three peaks...apparently they are part of the seven sisters, but i think they might have been mistaken because i sure didn't see the other 4 sisters. that night we watched terminator...one...does anyone remember that movie?
the next couple days were filled with aimless shopping at random places...a huge market that's like our flea market in ottawa, but a million times better. then only thing i bought was a clippy thing to go into my hair...i got home and found out that it doesn't work. buh.
yesterday i went to my cousin's christian church. it was like a concert. we sat in a theatre in cushy seats and there was a stage and people playing guitars and drums and there were four singers and the words were displayed up on a screen karaoke style. people were singing and dancing and waving their hands. there were powerpoint presentations made by various people...two were ads for youth-type groups in the church, another was a presentation made by a couple who was in thailand in a hotel by the coast when the tsunami struck, and a couple others. then, there was more singing and clapping. and then the reverand spoke, complete with powerpoint presentation and clip art and background music (Provided by band) and all. and every once in a while he'd break out into song and everyone would join in. it was the most fun sermon i've ever seen. and a huge congregation, mostly of younger people. the older generations have a church upstairs (the building is HUGE..and inside a shopping centre...which is new to me) which is more traditional...there were like, 4 people in there when i walked by. i'm still not sure what to make of it...
after we went to lunch at a family friend's house...they were all pretty religious and were making testimonials and we watched a video about reverend daniel, who was supposedly dead for 3 days and then came back to life with the help of prayer. i'm sure some of you have heard of it...i think it was quite a famous case. also brought up was the asian culture of praying to everything (trees, houses, spirits, etc etc etc), which apparently invites spirits into your own body, and a whole multitude of things. it was all very interesting to listen to for a while. then my cousins and i decided to go ice skating.
it cost me 16 freakin' dollars to skate on a rink that melted really fast (though it was indoors...in a mall, as everything seems to be). damn lack of ice here...i haven't been in quite while, but i managed to teach john and dan how to stand up and do some things...and though i've lost all my stellar skating skills (i blame the really bad rentals), a good time was had by all.
today i pack (living out of a suitcase is really quite unpleasant.. i can't wait to have my own drawers), and prepare for scuba diving and beaches and sun :D booyah.
so in the past few days i've gone to the Jenolan caves, which is a range of really large caves that you can take tours through (and do adventure touring too...i may go back and try that out..). unfortunately, my camera is a piece of CRAP, so most of the pictures i took just look like brown fuzziness..but the cave was quite amazing. when we left the caves we saw a huge lizard on the sidewalk...when i asked if i could pick it up the australians looked at me like i was crazy...it's not like in canada, where all reptiles and amphibs are fair game...things here bite and are poisonous. there was lots of excitement on the way up to the blue mountains (where the caves are located)...my uncle is a bit of an INSANE driver (as they all are here...there are quite a few cases of road rage...and pedestrians DEFINITELY don't have the right of way), and there are roads leading up to the blue mountains similar to those going up to tremblant, for those who know...but worse. infact, they are 2 way streets with one lane and a big sheer drop on one side. and, my uncle takes these turns at like, 80km. so, in addition to wanting to hurl because i'm insanely motion sick, i also want to throw myself out of the car because i'm scared out of my wits. my dad kept saying subtle things to make him slow down. fortunately we came up behind two REALLY slow cars and had to follow them most of the way up the treacherous part. *phew* oh, we also visited katoomba...wonderful scenery atop a cliff...i've never seen so many trees, it was awesome. oh, and there's a rock called the three sisters that has three peaks...apparently they are part of the seven sisters, but i think they might have been mistaken because i sure didn't see the other 4 sisters. that night we watched terminator...one...does anyone remember that movie?
the next couple days were filled with aimless shopping at random places...a huge market that's like our flea market in ottawa, but a million times better. then only thing i bought was a clippy thing to go into my hair...i got home and found out that it doesn't work. buh.
yesterday i went to my cousin's christian church. it was like a concert. we sat in a theatre in cushy seats and there was a stage and people playing guitars and drums and there were four singers and the words were displayed up on a screen karaoke style. people were singing and dancing and waving their hands. there were powerpoint presentations made by various people...two were ads for youth-type groups in the church, another was a presentation made by a couple who was in thailand in a hotel by the coast when the tsunami struck, and a couple others. then, there was more singing and clapping. and then the reverand spoke, complete with powerpoint presentation and clip art and background music (Provided by band) and all. and every once in a while he'd break out into song and everyone would join in. it was the most fun sermon i've ever seen. and a huge congregation, mostly of younger people. the older generations have a church upstairs (the building is HUGE..and inside a shopping centre...which is new to me) which is more traditional...there were like, 4 people in there when i walked by. i'm still not sure what to make of it...
after we went to lunch at a family friend's house...they were all pretty religious and were making testimonials and we watched a video about reverend daniel, who was supposedly dead for 3 days and then came back to life with the help of prayer. i'm sure some of you have heard of it...i think it was quite a famous case. also brought up was the asian culture of praying to everything (trees, houses, spirits, etc etc etc), which apparently invites spirits into your own body, and a whole multitude of things. it was all very interesting to listen to for a while. then my cousins and i decided to go ice skating.
it cost me 16 freakin' dollars to skate on a rink that melted really fast (though it was indoors...in a mall, as everything seems to be). damn lack of ice here...i haven't been in quite while, but i managed to teach john and dan how to stand up and do some things...and though i've lost all my stellar skating skills (i blame the really bad rentals), a good time was had by all.
today i pack (living out of a suitcase is really quite unpleasant.. i can't wait to have my own drawers), and prepare for scuba diving and beaches and sun :D booyah.
Wednesday, January 19, 2005
FOOOORREEE
who would've thought hitting a ball with a stick would've been so hard? i mean, baseball isn't that hard, and hockey isn't that hard, but dammit, golf is just beyond me.
didn't keep score, but on a 9 hole course i managed to hit 3 trees, 2 swamps, 1 house (it went over the mesh fency thing..it made quite the sound), and i tripped over my bag once. i managed to roll it to the green a couple times...and even get the ball in the hole 9 times...
good times, i think i might even try again...
visited olympic park yesterday...went to the driving range (much more fruitful than the golfing course). walked around, pretended to be an olympic athlete...
speaking of spiders...(thanks for reminding me keegan), there was a HUGE huntsman spider on the wall in the house. i took a picture and will show you all later on...not only was it massive, but it was carrying an egg sac. NOT COOL. they say you eat 8 spiders in your sleep over your lifetime...my god, if i woke up and i had that things legs in my teeth when i woke up i think i'd have to kill myself. or drink disinfectant or something. ugh.
still haven't read all the emails...i'm sorry...i will do it by...tomorrow. oh, and postcards start going out tomorrow! if you haven't already, leave your address :)
"cheers"
didn't keep score, but on a 9 hole course i managed to hit 3 trees, 2 swamps, 1 house (it went over the mesh fency thing..it made quite the sound), and i tripped over my bag once. i managed to roll it to the green a couple times...and even get the ball in the hole 9 times...
good times, i think i might even try again...
visited olympic park yesterday...went to the driving range (much more fruitful than the golfing course). walked around, pretended to be an olympic athlete...
speaking of spiders...(thanks for reminding me keegan), there was a HUGE huntsman spider on the wall in the house. i took a picture and will show you all later on...not only was it massive, but it was carrying an egg sac. NOT COOL. they say you eat 8 spiders in your sleep over your lifetime...my god, if i woke up and i had that things legs in my teeth when i woke up i think i'd have to kill myself. or drink disinfectant or something. ugh.
still haven't read all the emails...i'm sorry...i will do it by...tomorrow. oh, and postcards start going out tomorrow! if you haven't already, leave your address :)
"cheers"
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
i'm really bad at this
okay. here's my excuse: since i've gotten here i haven't been going on the internet cause i basically wake up, eat lunch, go out to see the sights around 11, and then don't come back til 7, eat dinner, and then fall asleep. so. i've decided to take it easy (-ier) and i'm going to try and be home around 1pm-4pm (ish) here, so that it will be 7pm-10pm(ish) there! and THEN...i can actually talk to some people!! YAY! so...that'll kinda kick ass. this is my goal for the next few days. in the last two days i've played tennis (meggie, you'll be happy to hear that i didn't hit the ball over the fence at all! and my serve is almost scary :) ), and i went to the driving range this morning and found out that irons are my friend. big time. and i'm actually attempting a semi-real game (9 holes) later this week...which means i'll have to go and buy LOTS of golf balls...today my dad and i were hitting wiffle balls in the backyard and we lots all three balls to other yards...oops. i suppose i'll start posting pictures today...oh...and read my emails...and i may even respond to them..shocking.
wish me luck!
hope school is kicking ass for everyone...remember, when you're having fun during summer, i'll be in school...
wish me luck!
hope school is kicking ass for everyone...remember, when you're having fun during summer, i'll be in school...
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