Feb 26, 2012 - Week 2

Monday went back to WnH to continue job hunt. Got plenty of people to ring about work, so took a walk down to Alexandra gardens to chill and start calling them up. There was one job to be a film extra, but it had already gone, my dreams of stardom raised and dashed within an hour! When I got to WnH on Tuesday found out the the Crown Casino were interested in my CV and I was to expect a telephone call from them within the next 48 hours. Met up with Paul Fell, son of one my Dads old work associates, who also came to Australia 12 years ago to...

Feb 19, 2012 - Week 1

How do dudes and dudettes, Sorry its taken so long for me to get stuff online, but I will try and do it as often as possible now. Flight on the Monday was very good, had new Boeing followed by some number possibly 747. It was a double decker with plenty of leg room anyway. Got to watch Cowboys and Aliens and Johnny English Reborn, not to mention some cheeky episodes of Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother. Some loser who was clearly up himself as he was an 'Emirates Gold Member' wasn't very happy with his seat and refused to sit down...

Feb 15, 2012 - My School Schedule

Hi mates! Here is the schedule for my classes, my teacher's name is Mary Ann (we call our teachers by their first names). We have 21 kids in our class. We sit at tables arranged in a U. We have lockers but no space to put things under our tables. We're expected to arrive to class on time and find our way around campus. And if we're more than 10 minutes late we get detention. Monday Literacy, Literacy (Reading, we read books and take notes all together), Recess, Writing, Kitchen, Lunch (we eat what we cook in Kitchen), Music,...

Feb 14, 2012 - Last few days in Melbourne

After a restful Monday we caught the train into Melbourne with Irene and Foong to see more of the city. We did a circular walk round all the parks including Fitzroy park,the botanical gardens and Albert park where they hold the Grand prix and were busy setting up for the event next month. By the end we had walked for 4 hours we were shattered but we had certainly seen more of the city and had just enough time to do some last minute souvenir shopping before the shops closed and the train home.

Feb 12, 2012 - Melbourne

After our awful coach journey we found that we could not check into our hostel until 3pm. So we dumped our bags there, managed to get the free breakfast and then headed into the city. Slept on the free bus tour around the city for a short time and just wondered about before checking in and having an afternoon nap. Cooking dinner was impossible in this hostel, it was so busy there were no free seats to sit on and the kitchen was so busy, you could not get to a stove. So we gave up and went to the Italian Quarter of the city to have a nice...

Feb 11, 2012 - when i went to the movie museum with augie

i went to the movie museum. it was fun. I got there by train. we got to see a lot of clips about movies. My favorite part was - we went into this dark room and there was a light that shined and it went into this thingy on the wall and we would jump up and our heads would peak up - it was really fun. There was another dark room where this big case was and all these animals dressed up like there were stepping or jumping and it was spinning around and when the lights started blinking the animals jumped into puddles or start crawling around -...

Feb 9, 2012 - Cricket at M.C.G.

After my second day of school my dad asked me if we wanted to go to the 20/20 Australia vs. India National Cricket match. (For Australians this is like going to the super bowl). Of course I said yes, but It would be tough to ride bikes home ten km at 11:30 at night. We left early and got to the ground 20 before starting time. It took a while but we finally found our seats. By then the game was about to start. We didn't know a thing about Cricket but we got a basic understanding as the game got underway. In the first half or the match...

Feb 5, 2012 - Even newer words

G'day everybody. Here are some more new words 1. Walkabout-go on an outing 2. rubbish-trash 3. Good on ya- good for you 4. Have a go-Try it 5. Esky-cooler 6. lift-elevator 7. barrack New England Patriots-root for New England Patriots 8. muzzie-mosquito 9. cuzzie-bathingsuit 10. male toilets- mens room p.s. Send me an email about the funniest commercials in the super bowl so I can look them up on youtube.

Feb 3, 2012 - The first day of school

On the first day of school Frannie and I woke up at about 7:00. We packed our lunches with a bagel, cantaloupe, carrots and sour cream and chives potato chips. We started to walk to school at 8:30 and school started at 8:45 so we were plenty early. The first thing we did was introduce ourselves and then we wrote about what we did over holiday (summer vacation). Next we had recess. That was when my new friends showed me around school. After recess we labeled our new school supplies and I learned that everyone has to take Chinese lessons At...

Jan 31, 2012 - A month of working and moving :)

January was a tame month of hanging with friends and settling into our new place. We’re definitely thankful for pictures because days just seem to blur together and time goes so fast. Sydney kicked started a very full month. Once we got back, we had to quickly get back into work mode. I started my new job as an Acting Finance Manager. Talk about a very uphill learning curve, it’s nice to be challenged again. Every day I am able to add a new item to my CV. On top of the new job we also moved to a new apartment. Let’s just say that we were...

Jan 30, 2012 - My House

My house is like this. So, it's fenced in and there's a nice little kitchen with a bathroom right next to it. Then if you walk down the hallway down it, there's a room there, and keep walking there's another room there. In the kitchen there's a stove a sink a table a counter with tomatoes and knives and salt and pepper shakers and coffee maker and my mom's tea and a pineapple and paper towels. Above the counter is shelves and there's little hooks hanging down that contain a paper clip, a bunch of tea cups, and above that on the shelf...

Jan 30, 2012 - Melbourne

Hi everyone. Here are some facts about Melbourne. Melbourne started a lot like San Francisco. It started because people had found gold there and people from all of the world came there to find gold. It was like the california gold rush. Melbourne is also the 50th biggest city proper in the world. In Melbourne a car has its steering wheel on the right because they drive on the left side of the road. Sometimes when I look at a child sitting on the left side I think they are driving! There are lots of things to do around Melbourne. You can go...