Bridget Jones Diary..

Last night Eric and I were leaving this bar and we walked a different way back to the hostel and happened upon what else but the Australian Premiere of Bridget Jones Diary!! We got to see Renee Zellewger and I got a pic of her although it's far away b/c there were crowds and they wouldn't let you close, can't tell how good it turned out until I download it, but I was hella mad with myself for not buying a digital camera with better zoom!! Didn't get to see Hugh Grant..sorry Lisa :( Also I got a job today and also started today..been a bit of a whirlwind I tell you!! Anyways it's alright so far just doing accounting stuff but it's for this company that brings all these major shows and concerts to Australia like Justin Timberlake, Cher, Lion King, etc. Their offices are pretty cool and everyone there seems younger and laid back so we'll see like I said I just started today..but I think that's quite good..been here exactly a week and got a phat place and a job..love it! Also Eric has an interview tomorrow morning with French Connection so hopefully we'll both have jobs!!! Oh and on a side note the lady at the staffing agency that placed me is constantly text messaging me!! She sent me 3 text messages today all before 2pm..I'm working which you know b/c you got me this job!!! Doesn't help that I can't figure out how to text message either so I just don't write her back. Also the other night I met this super annoying guy out and he got my number then texts me the next day saying..Do u remember me we met at sidebar...and that's it no name..nothing I mean honestly for all he knows I met lots of people at sidebar (I didn't..just him who I was trying to avoid b/c he kept saying I love hot USA babes..and another guy from Denmark--they are everywhere!!) Okay that ends my rant of text messaging I guess I'm gonna have to get with the program b/c our landlord(who incidently is named Kylie) kept text messaging tenants when she was showing us houses so it seems I'll be getting them from everywhere!!

Bridget Jones Diary..

Last night Eric and I were leaving this bar and we walked a different way back to the hostel and happened upon what else but the Australian Premiere of Bridget Jones Diary!! We got to see Renee Zellewger and I got a pic of her although it's far away b/c there were crowds and they wouldn't let you close, can't tell how good it turned out until I download it, but I was hella mad with myself for not buying a digital camera with better zoom!! Didn't get to see Hugh Grant..sorry Lisa :( Also I got a job today and also started today..been a bit of a whirlwind I tell you!! Anyways it's alright so far just doing accounting stuff but it's for this company that brings all these major shows and concerts to Australia like Justin Timberlake, Cher, Lion King, etc. Their offices are pretty cool and everyone there seems younger and laid back so we'll see like I said I just started today..but I think that's quite good..been here exactly a week and got a phat place and a job..love it! Also Eric has an interview tomorrow morning with French Connection so hopefully we'll both have jobs!!! Oh and on a side note the lady at the staffing agency that placed me is constantly text messaging me!! She sent me 3 text messages today all before 2pm..I'm working which you know b/c you got me this job!!! Doesn't help that I can't figure out how to text message either so I just don't write her back. Also the other night I met this super annoying guy out and he got my number then texts me the next day saying..Do u remember me we met at sidebar...and that's it no name..nothing I mean honestly for all he knows I met lots of people at sidebar (I didn't..just him who I was trying to avoid b/c he kept saying I love hot USA babes..and another guy from Denmark--they are everywhere!!) Okay that ends my rant of text messaging I guess I'm gonna have to get with the program b/c our landlord(who incidently is named Kylie) kept text messaging tenants when she was showing us houses so it seems I'll be getting them from everywhere!!

Big Hair

So turns out that I have big hair in Australia, don't know why perhaps it's the weather although it's not that humid here..just one of those things I suppose. I started the job search here, applied for a few positions and went on an interview today which went well. I'm gonna look at the shops by my new house though b/c it'd be nice to be able to work right on the beach. Tonight the hostel is having a pub crawl, 5 pubs and goes until 6am haven't decided if I'm going or not b/c well I do have stuff to get done tomorrow and I'm sure that the pub crawl would put me out of commission. Yesterday we spent all day at the beach working on tans and stuff and then went to this huge beer garden that they have right on the beach and sat and had a few beers and a chat..it was such a lovely day..having a great time here..gonna go and grab a bite..later.

New House!!

So big news today we found the place where we're gonna live!! Don't move in until Saturday so a few more days in the hostel, but luckily today one of our French-Canadian roomates moved out. She was a real piece of work, she asked us if we'd ever been to Las Vegas and when we said yes she wanted to know if we'd seen Celine Dion b/c she's Celine's biggest fan for 21 years, got to hear all about Celine we did. So the new place is 10 min. walk from Coogee Beach, we have a view of the beach from our house, which is 4 bedrooms and 2 baths we'll be sharing the house with 4 other people and it's a really nice place and great location, beautiful beach with warm water and great places to go out and 15 min. to get to the Central Business District. So last night I met my first husband, he's from Denmark and oh so cute but well it wasn't meant to be b/c he's going up the coast to work cleaning a hostel for free accomodation somewhere that you can swim with the dolphins apparently..it's kinda odd, also he was like 20 so it's an issue, best that he's leaving town. Tonight we're going to some crab races at this bar..I have no idea what that entails but it's $6.50 pitchers all night and it's supposed to be the biggest night out so we'll see. Also found out today that next Sunday they switch the clocks but they go an hour forward and the US goes an hour back so well now we'll be 19 hours ahead of US time!!!

Whirlwind Day

So yesterday was a good day, currently we are sharing our hostel room with an Irishman named Viv, we call Viv the Irish mathematician b/c I swear everytime you're in a conversation with him he tries to figure out, out loud how much tax back he's gonna get when he leaves Australia and then yesterday he went into this whole ordeal about how he should have changed his euros into pounds and then to Australian Dollars, also he doesn't drink or says he doesn't drink anyhow..an Irish construction worker who doesn't drink I just can't believe it! Last night we mets lots of people at Pub Crawl..few Americans--2 girls that are from Jersey and Boston who'd been drinking since noon but were fun, then another American girl who had studied abroad and her Northern Irish roomate who very badly wants to meet Viv b/c he doesn't believe that there's an Irishman that doesn't drink. Also this guy was telling us about a shot they take in Belfast and I think it's called a superhero or something there but here in Australia it's called a toothbrush so word of warning..never take this shot: it's a shot of tequila with the salt on the bottom of the glass and you shoot the tequila, then snort the salt up your nose and then squirt the lime in your eye...so yes that's how crazy people are here...just thinking about it makes me ill. Also there's this American who I won't name but he's an Indian guy and we can't seem to shake him, he's so annoying like the typical American Jerk..lived in NYC, never shuts up and knows/has done everything and just says the most unnecessary stuff. Like last night was telling this British couple that he's met another Brit--which was this Irish guy and they're like yeah he's Irish and Mr. Annoying says..British, Irish it's all the same..uh..also someone mentioned Rugby and he's all I played rugby once...uh he says that to everything..I hope we dont' run into him again today I simply can't handle it!!! By the way weather here is beautiful today...sunny and warm..so so perfect!!

I have Arrived!!

So it's offical I'm now in Sydney. Got off to a bit of a rough start this morning but we're getting our bearings together. After orientation we were even more confused b/c there are so many awesome options of stuff for us to do that it's causing us to rethink our plans a bit..we'll see how that goes. So on the plane over here there was this asian guy with a camolflauge (sp?) shirt on and written in white letters it said "Ho, Now you can't see me." Don't ask me what that meant or what would posses someone to buy a shirt like that but well it cracked me up and all day Eric and I have been saying Ho, Now you can't see me!!!! Anyways off to get ready for Pub Crawl tonight..hope I can hang in there..feeling pretty sleepy at this point and it's only like 4pm!!

Another Fine Mess

So it's almost here folks...the day I leave. In approx. 24 h0urs I'll be on a jetplane heading down under. Funny thing is if you looked at my room right now it wouldn't seem like it. I have clothes everywhere, several shopping bags and nearly all my belongings still in their places. I've been doing some major procrastinating. Let me run through the list of unnecessary things that I've done today instead of pack: 1) Decided to empty my change cup into a change pitcher then searched the house for more change to add to the pitcher 2) Took the pitcher up to my local grocery store to cash in the change at the Coinstar machine 3) Burned a CD for my dad 4) Loaded up songs on my MP3 player 5) Went and had a margarita and a beer at around 3pm b/c I needed a break from "packing" 6) Went out to dinner with some friends, watched the Red Sox/Yankees Game 7) Update my blog.
So now that I have no choice but to pack up nearly everything I own tomorrow, I think I'll be quite productive. In fact I think I better go to bed soon so that I'm rested up for my big day of packing tomorrow.

Packing Tips

So Only 3 days of work left before I leave, which I must say is quite a relief. Yesterday I went into my boss's office so that she could sign my final timesheet and she asked me if I had packed yet, normal question I suppose but you see my boss is no normal person so I knew something crazy was sure to follow. Now a little background, my boss is a very nice person it's just that she is slightly crazy, one of those people that has no self-edit button, says whatever is on her mind whether appropriate or not. In addition she is slightly manic, like one of those people who sometimes forgets to change their clothes or comb their hair everyday. So you can imagine that I was bracing myself for some crazy revelation when I was simply asked if I had packed. No I haven't quite finished getting everything together I replied. Then she says well you really don't have to pack that much I mean you can wear the same clothes for 3 days it's no big deal, I do it all the time I bet you didn't even notice did you? (As a matter of fact I had noticed as had just about everyone else in the office but well we just thought she forgets to change or something and of course no one mentioned it to her) Umm..no I never noticed I said, mostly because I had no desire to get into a discussion about her dressing habits and also well the conversation was awkward. Anyways so then she starts going on and on about how changing your clothes everyday is an American thing anyways (which by the way she is in fact American) and that it's just one of our hangups. Perhaps singlehandedly my boss will change American thinking about wearing clean clothes everyday, somehow I doubt it but I for one plan to carry my great American tradition of changing my clothes everyday off to Australia, packing tips be damned!!

2 Weeks and Counting...

Exactly 2 weeks from today I take off--thank goodness. Today someone at work(his name is James Wong and I swear he wears the same clothes everyday and has greasy hair, he's like the Asian version of Milton from Office Space, if Milton wore black cargo pants and a Hawaiian shirt everyday) asked me to get him some rare archery equipment that they only sell in Australia and mail it to him, as if, everytime I have to give him a check request to process he gives it back and finds some reason not to do it until eventually I just have to do it myself, get your bow and arrow somewhere else Mr. Wong! Also I have now officially sent off everything for graduate school, I've applied 2 places one to get a Masters in International Public Health (which I was told was very competitive) and another program to get a Masters in International Business, not sure if I want to commit to either one but it'll be nice to have the option. This weekend Operation pack up all my earthly possessions will begin. Last time I had to do that was 3 years ago when I moved from Texas to California and I had to fit everything in my car, including my guitar (which took up more space than it was worth in the car considering I've only played it once in 3 years and it's not something I ever wanna talk about again!!) This time I hope I have the courage to toss out those things I no longer need!

The Best Weekend EVER!

This weekend I had my going away party which was simply fabulous, mad props to my roomate Joey who had the house decorated so great for the party..lights going all the way up the stairs, big australian flag and posters of Australia in the living room and cardboard fish on the walls in the kitchen and tiki lights in there..it looked so great. Also we had a big piece of butcher paper up and all of our friends wrote great messages for us. We did in fact finish off all the trashcan punch, also there was a bluegrass festival and so I was at Golden Gate Park all day drinking some beer and listening to some great music so by the time I got to my own party I was already pretty tipsy but it was a very good day and I was happy that everyone came out for the party. So thanks everyone for coming to see me off and thanks Mark for driving up from LA!!!