Australia: A Strange Into

G'Day blog fans!!

Its everyones favourite day of the week!
Blog update from down under!

Its been a manic first 2 weeks. Here's the low-down.....

So we arrived in Sydney from Christchurch and checked into Base Hostel in the centre of the city. It had a pretty crappy reputation on hostelworld etc, but like most things, it isnt as bad as everyone made out. Most people there were British or Irish, and there was a major divide between the people looking for work, and the people looking to get shit faced drunk every night... As tempting as it was, we needed cash, and we job hunted HARD from the get go.

In the first couple of days or so, our job starter pack helped us out a lot. We sorted bank cards, mobile phone and number, medicare... Also joined the library and got our CVs done. The job search guy was really helpful. He helped us get a office removals job pretty much straight away. Its not too bad. Pays $21 an hour. So cant complain for now. We had a couple nights out on our 1st week. Got on the GOOOON! Had the worst headache for FOUR DAYS. I slept on a bunk above this gay guy from England. He had to get up early every morning for work. But his alarm was "BUGABOO" from Destinys Child! lol! Was funny enough not to care about being woken up at 6am every day.

We didnt really have a lot of time or money to do much more in the 1st week. Didnt even see the Opera House, even though it was like a 15min walk away! Walked to the harbour and saw the monorail fly across my head. That was a nice surprise coz I didnt even know Sydney had a monorail. We found a few cheap places to eat and drink. It is expensive here, but some things aint so bad. You can get a steak and chips for $10 in a lot of places. But then, you could go into a corner shop for a KitKat and a can of Coke.... And come out with a KitKat and a can of anal rape. So beware.

After one week of hard work form me and Cat, her parents arived for their 10 day visit. PHEW! Was nice to check into the apartments. Felt like LUXURY! Away from hostel life for a while. Thank you Ambika for hooking us up :) Was nice to see the family face to face too. Walk around and see all the sights. The conversation between me and Cat has mostly come to "We need money - We need work - We need a night out." So to speak to the Himers about what we've done and how home is etc was a nice, needed change. Everything we did was good timing with them. Vivid Festival had just kicked-off, which meant The Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, and all the surrounding buildings were lit up at night with funky lights and sounds. So it made the occasion even more special. The weather was good for the most of it. Had a few rainy moments, but when we visited the places that mattered like The Blue Mountains, The Sky Tower, Wildlife Zoo, Manly and Bondi Beach etc, we had good weather. Its supposed to be their winter here now. PAH! Me and Vicky got to pat a kangaroo in the zoo. Very Australian thing to do :p We also had a belated birthday party for Cats dad. We reserved a restaurant on the harbour for a saturday evening. Ferenc didnt know that they are having fireworks on the harbour every saturday night at 8:30pm, so it was a great surprise. We had perfect views of the whole thing. Plus, I ordered ribs, and it was the biggest Man vs Food meal in the history of life!! :o

Its The Himers last day here tomorrow. Cats upset that they're leaving, which is understandable. Dont know if its easier to not see your family for so long - or to see them, then have them leave. Its a weird time for us at the moment. All that sight seeing we've done in the city will become a familiar sight of our everyday life for a while. This is a marathon now, not a sprint. Nothing's set in stone, but we might be here in the city until after the new years. Its strange because we're in a city so familar to home, yet we have no job, and no perminant place to live. So feeling kinda lost at the moment. Im gonna try something different whilst im here. I dont know what career is right for me yet. Im a lost soul :( Hopefully I can get something soon and feel normal by the time our friends visit us. Just gotta remember to have fun. Because having fun, is number ONE!!

After this its back to life, back to reality....

We're seeing a lot more friends in the next month or so. If you are one of them, you'll be happy to know you are penned into the diary ;) If everyone else I like could visit at some point I would appreciate it :)

Til then.... Keep em tight.......
(ps. Australians LOVE batty riders. Im really surprised their balls dont fall below their shorts)
Keep them tighter than Australian batty riders on laudry dayyyy! :D
And Ill see you sooooon!!

Byeeeeeee!!!