Australia Day, a day of fun in the sun

Oh Harro,

Australia day was on Saturday 26th January. It is huge over here. It’s basically Waitangi day but without the protesting.
BBQ goes hand in hand with Australia day so a couple of us decided to head down to the park. We played the guitars, game of football, rugby, Frisbee and even petanque. We also ate like kings. All I needed was someone to fan me down with a giant leaf and feed me grapes.
There was also a 21-gun salute at midday. These canons were huge; the ammunitions were the size of my head. I think my heart stopped beating after each shot. 4.4MB video clip can be seen here.

Then it was back to the apartment to freshen up and straight down to the pub. After 7 hours in the sun, it was definitely catching up on us so the deck of cards came out and it was down to business with drinking games. Yes, I carry a deck of cards with me at all times and it has paid off well.
We decided to go for pancakes at 3am. 45mins after ordering our meals, there was still no sign of it so we got up and walked out. The dumb thing is, the place wasn’t even busy. In 45mins, I could walk in my drunken state to the supermarket, go back home, cook pancakes for 20 people, kick them all out and shower with time to spare. Ah well, the mince pie from 7-eleven tasted good…….I think.

On Sunday, we decided to play some games at the arcade. I have forgotten how much fun it is. Grown men mounting a horse, shooting bucks and even playing Dance Revolution. Just because I’m Asian doesn’t make me good at this game. But Lyncy, well he is like a Maori Justin Timberlake. Check out his 1.8MB video here.
We had another BBQ on Monday. Guitars, alcohol, eyetoy, xbox and cards all came out to play. Another great day to top off the weekend.
I’ll leave it at that for now, this is getting way to long and I’ll be cranky for work if I don’t get any sleep.
Australia Day Photos here

Good Night

Sam





Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy








Lynchy and Jax









Guitar lessons with Pommy Matt







Cresswell and Pheak from Sydney







Kids, don't do drugs

Busy, busy, busy

Greetings fellow Wellingtonians,

It has been a busy couple of weeks. Although it is still the silly season in Australia, time has been scarce. I’m back into my Microsoft studies just to get a few more certifications before I head off to London in April. I have always wanted to learn to play a musical instrument so I went out and purchased an acoustic guitar. Whoever ever said “Learning to play the guitar is easy” is a total tool. This thing is damn hard; OK I may be a little bit retarded but in no way is learning to get tone out of wood easy. My French is still poor as usual so I will be enrolling in some classes along with guitar lessons. To top it off, I am going to be making a lot of changes at work so that involves after hours work.

So yeah, the above is basically my Monday-Friday timetable so I try to make the most of my weekends with wining, dining, entertainment and getting WASTED! Nothing new I guess. Although it is never good when your flatmates show you photos of your drunken state.
The casino has been good to Lynch and I this week. We pocketed around $800 each. He went and bought an xbox 360 and I bought protein shakes.…maybe I’ll get a Hugo Boss suit. It has worked out quite well for us since the sharemarket is dieing.

Not much more to say but “a picture says a thousand words”

Sam




Dinner at Sizzler, the Australian version of Valentines








Suppose to be an Apple Crumble








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Sunday session's are grand

New Year, New Job and Bats!

Well where do I start?
We ended up having a house party on New Years Eve. It was well planned as it was raining cats and dogs in Brisbane. Drinks on the balcony, steak BBQ, prawns, oysters and vodka jelly all went down a treat. The blender and shot glasses decided to join the party and it got messy as expected.
When the sun started rising, it was time to call it a night. The walk home at 5am took longer than usual as I was zig zagging across the footpath.
Party rating 11/10.

The routine of work was actually very hard to get back into. Maybe it’s because I’ve only been there for 3 days or maybe it’s because I’m working for a government department. But at least I’ll have some kind of income till my return to New Zealand in April 08.

Last but not least, Bats! Now I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this but there are bats flying all around Brisbane. I mean, how weird is that? I’m used to seeing pigeons fly around but not Bats! The lizards here are the size of large Tuataras. Sitting at the top of the stairs staring at you. The rats are the size of a small cat. Must be something in the water.

Time to hit the hay.
Have a prosperous 2008

Sam






Cresswell and Jackie







I think we can pass as Japanese








Drunken twister