I went out for all you can eat chinese dumplings for $12 dollars yesterday, after finding $20. brought a $6 bottle of wine to wash it down with.. :P Got quite pissed (but obv. not that drunk, as i had work the next morning :( ). Went to another cool bar, with stuffed animals on the walls. Like Emus, Giraffes, Roos, that sort of thing. Cool place. Had a few more pints. Went back to get back to the hostel earlyish (11pm) for work.
Got on the tram. Fell asleep. Im supposed to get off at stop 34. I woke up at 52, and had to walk ALL the way back. So i got in at bloody 1am, and i had to be up at 630am for work.
The word i think im looking for is 'retard'
Thursday 29 July 2010
Tuesday 27 July 2010
ERmm....Karl Kenneddy?? Im really scraping the bottle of the barrel of australian sayings now! :P
Hey, Just a quick update...They've slowed down a bit because im working mon-sat at the moment to get some money together, which has severely limited my fun potential. The week before last I ended up going over the Espy Bar on the saturday night for a few beers, and watched an Irish Punk band, which was pretty cool. A bit like the Dropkick Murphy's. But better.
Lol, it was an interesting night. I had quite a lot of a bottle of Southern Comfort before i went out, so i wouldnt have to buy any drinks. Which sort of worked. I only had one drink whilst I was at the espy, but dropped / knocked over about 4 whilst dancing. So i ended up spending $30 anyways..bugger!
Then on the sunday I got up, and went over to Melbourne Museum...That place is really really cool. Its quite interactive, a bit like the science museum for adults. There was a cool part of it, called Body and Soul, and it was all about the mind, dreams, illusions, the effects of drugs on the mind...loads of stuff. They had these booths with people talking about various problems. There was one quite cool thing, where you see things as coulours. So the Letter 'H' for example would be dark blue, whilst a high C on a guitar would be a...i dont know, fiery orange. So that was pretty good..
Then the last weekend just gone, I went out for a few drinks in the Cherry rock bar, whilst watching an ACDC tribute band (its their 30th anniversary). Got quite a few shots etc brought for me, so i was pretty drunk. Walked the 6-7miles back from town to my hostel, but only sobered up halfway, which. Well. Didnt help. I was like 'what the hell am i doing here? where am i? And how the hell did I get here?.
So that was cool. Then the next day (after spending a large proportion of it in bed recovering from the mother of all hangovers) it was Christmas in July, where the hostel cooked everyone a massive roast dinner, and there was free nibbles, and mulled wine, and beer, and pinatas. It was really good. The roast was DEFINATELY what i needed.
Then yesterday I did the open Mic night again, and won not only an hour on the internet for free (for playing), NOT ONLY a Boost Chocolate bar. NOT! ONLY! free nibbles and punch. But also a ticket for the melbourne film festival. Which is pretty damn cool. Im just about to see what im going to go and see...
So yes, a pretty good week. or two. :)
Lol, it was an interesting night. I had quite a lot of a bottle of Southern Comfort before i went out, so i wouldnt have to buy any drinks. Which sort of worked. I only had one drink whilst I was at the espy, but dropped / knocked over about 4 whilst dancing. So i ended up spending $30 anyways..bugger!
Then on the sunday I got up, and went over to Melbourne Museum...That place is really really cool. Its quite interactive, a bit like the science museum for adults. There was a cool part of it, called Body and Soul, and it was all about the mind, dreams, illusions, the effects of drugs on the mind...loads of stuff. They had these booths with people talking about various problems. There was one quite cool thing, where you see things as coulours. So the Letter 'H' for example would be dark blue, whilst a high C on a guitar would be a...i dont know, fiery orange. So that was pretty good..
Then the last weekend just gone, I went out for a few drinks in the Cherry rock bar, whilst watching an ACDC tribute band (its their 30th anniversary). Got quite a few shots etc brought for me, so i was pretty drunk. Walked the 6-7miles back from town to my hostel, but only sobered up halfway, which. Well. Didnt help. I was like 'what the hell am i doing here? where am i? And how the hell did I get here?.
So that was cool. Then the next day (after spending a large proportion of it in bed recovering from the mother of all hangovers) it was Christmas in July, where the hostel cooked everyone a massive roast dinner, and there was free nibbles, and mulled wine, and beer, and pinatas. It was really good. The roast was DEFINATELY what i needed.
Then yesterday I did the open Mic night again, and won not only an hour on the internet for free (for playing), NOT ONLY a Boost Chocolate bar. NOT! ONLY! free nibbles and punch. But also a ticket for the melbourne film festival. Which is pretty damn cool. Im just about to see what im going to go and see...
So yes, a pretty good week. or two. :)
Thursday 15 July 2010
Flaming Galahs! (Im going to need some help thinking up some more neighbourisms here people!)
I just realised, I havent updated this in bloody ages!
Last week, on the Saturday, I met two great people from the hostel...had quite a lazy day, but did go and see the penguins...erm. Well. Having a bit of an orgy actually. Its thier mating season. That was something special...easily the best sight so far in Australia (In fact, sod it. I may as well come home now, Ive seen everything I need). They were only little penguins. But theyre awesome...and they DO sound a bit like pingu, so i was very impressed with that.
That was cool. Then in the evening, I went out with some of the people from my last hostel, who are travelling up the East coast. We started off in a strip club (quite a nice strip club. Better so because it was free), because one of the girls who was leaving worked there, and wanted to say goodbye to her mates there (SHHHCCCCAAAWIIING! JACKPOT!), then we went off to a bar that played Soul and 60's RnB. Tres cool. Then We ended up going back to the hostel, watching Finding Nemo (Yes. I AM 10 years old, thank you!), then I crashed out there for the night..
The next morning I went down to Victoria Markets to get some cheap meat and veg for the week (Seriously, that place is awesome. they practically GIVE stuff away) then we went and had a BBQ with Paul Welland and Phoebe (his Girlfriend) and their mates.
It was quite funny. We were all shopping in the market, and Phobe was like 'can you get some sausages and patties (thats burgers) for the barbie?' to which paul, the happy, go lucky, eager to please boyfriend goes 'sure honey!' and runs off. So me and Phoebe finish our breakfasts, Paul comes back with a bit of a sheepish look on his face'
Pa: 'erm. I MAY have made an impulse buy.'
Ph: What have you done? You havent overspent have you?
Pa: Erm. Not exactly. I just might have brought $30 of steak. But i had do. It was for a tray full. And there were these other men looking at it, and i just had to go for it! It'll keep!
Paul, the legend, had only found 30lbs of Prime Rumpsteak for nothing. I mean, these steaks were each 2-3" thick, and the size of a bbq. They were amazing! So we ate some of them on the bbq. And some sasuages. And (for woody) NO couscous. :( But nothings perfect.
Then we finished off the beers and watched some footy in the afternoon with his mates, then just chilled out, and went back.
This week has been a bit less interesting. Ive been in bed with the man-flu. Monday i didnt feel great, Tuesday I felt awful. I basically spent the entire day in bed. Yesterday, I felt equally awful, but thought 'i NEED to sort this out!'
So i ordered myself a Chilli Con Carne Pizza (Yes. It IS as awesome as it sounds. Massively unhealthy, but soooooo nice! 3 types of meat, Capsicoms (thats peppers to you guys!), JAlapenos, and 6 different types of grease...laaaaverly!. Then i washed it down with some free mulled wine (Gorgeous! It was a winterwonderland night yesterday, which was good), and some fruitcake, and went to bed at 9pm.
When I woke up at 6am I felt like a new man. Ive got a Cough, and a bit of a runny nose, but my flu has been cured. So that makes it 1-0 to my alternative medicine diet. (Booze and pizza). Oh, and I cooked myself quite possibly the nicest shepherds pie on monday. It was awesome. So apart from being declared clinically dead from tues onwards, its been a pretty good week!
Ill keep you posted!
Last week, on the Saturday, I met two great people from the hostel...had quite a lazy day, but did go and see the penguins...erm. Well. Having a bit of an orgy actually. Its thier mating season. That was something special...easily the best sight so far in Australia (In fact, sod it. I may as well come home now, Ive seen everything I need). They were only little penguins. But theyre awesome...and they DO sound a bit like pingu, so i was very impressed with that.
That was cool. Then in the evening, I went out with some of the people from my last hostel, who are travelling up the East coast. We started off in a strip club (quite a nice strip club. Better so because it was free), because one of the girls who was leaving worked there, and wanted to say goodbye to her mates there (SHHHCCCCAAAWIIING! JACKPOT!), then we went off to a bar that played Soul and 60's RnB. Tres cool. Then We ended up going back to the hostel, watching Finding Nemo (Yes. I AM 10 years old, thank you!), then I crashed out there for the night..
The next morning I went down to Victoria Markets to get some cheap meat and veg for the week (Seriously, that place is awesome. they practically GIVE stuff away) then we went and had a BBQ with Paul Welland and Phoebe (his Girlfriend) and their mates.
It was quite funny. We were all shopping in the market, and Phobe was like 'can you get some sausages and patties (thats burgers) for the barbie?' to which paul, the happy, go lucky, eager to please boyfriend goes 'sure honey!' and runs off. So me and Phoebe finish our breakfasts, Paul comes back with a bit of a sheepish look on his face'
Pa: 'erm. I MAY have made an impulse buy.'
Ph: What have you done? You havent overspent have you?
Pa: Erm. Not exactly. I just might have brought $30 of steak. But i had do. It was for a tray full. And there were these other men looking at it, and i just had to go for it! It'll keep!
Paul, the legend, had only found 30lbs of Prime Rumpsteak for nothing. I mean, these steaks were each 2-3" thick, and the size of a bbq. They were amazing! So we ate some of them on the bbq. And some sasuages. And (for woody) NO couscous. :( But nothings perfect.
Then we finished off the beers and watched some footy in the afternoon with his mates, then just chilled out, and went back.
This week has been a bit less interesting. Ive been in bed with the man-flu. Monday i didnt feel great, Tuesday I felt awful. I basically spent the entire day in bed. Yesterday, I felt equally awful, but thought 'i NEED to sort this out!'
So i ordered myself a Chilli Con Carne Pizza (Yes. It IS as awesome as it sounds. Massively unhealthy, but soooooo nice! 3 types of meat, Capsicoms (thats peppers to you guys!), JAlapenos, and 6 different types of grease...laaaaverly!. Then i washed it down with some free mulled wine (Gorgeous! It was a winterwonderland night yesterday, which was good), and some fruitcake, and went to bed at 9pm.
When I woke up at 6am I felt like a new man. Ive got a Cough, and a bit of a runny nose, but my flu has been cured. So that makes it 1-0 to my alternative medicine diet. (Booze and pizza). Oh, and I cooked myself quite possibly the nicest shepherds pie on monday. It was awesome. So apart from being declared clinically dead from tues onwards, its been a pretty good week!
Ill keep you posted!
Friday 2 July 2010
Fair Dinkums
So Ive decided to do my next installment before i forget everything Ive done!
Last week was pretty cool...Ive been mostly living off the hostel again! On the tuesday I did the open mic night again, this time with my wonderful assistant Lara, and sang a few songs, got some free punch, and another hour on the computers, which was pretty cool!
Then on the wednesday It was a Free Cheese and wine night, which was awesome! I mean, seriously, I need to go back in time, find the man who invented cheese, and kiss him. :P There was some pretty good wine too. ALSO, I managed to win a neighbours night ($40) down the local pub, by thinking up the best descriptive word for the wine I was drinking.
I decided to go with flambiguious'. (V. Meaning "to win a free night out, whilst watching Karl Kennedy and Paul Whatshisname from neighbours perform at the pub round the corner, instead of actually paying for anything! :P)
so yes, that should be pretty cool! On top of that I went out yesterday to this pretty cool rock bar called the cherry tree or something, that was awesome. despite having probably the cheesiest rock / metal band playing.[ They were called something ridiculous like 'dont rape the cat' or something, with someone that looked like a f***ed up billy connelly on guitar(as if hed never left the glasgow docks), and alexi sale gone wrong singing. well. I say singing. Its hard to describe without making up another word, so im going to use contagilibulous. He was INCREDIBLY contagilibulous. Which was funny..
Anywys, Ive got 3mins of internet left, so i guess ill leave you guys for antoher few days!
Last week was pretty cool...Ive been mostly living off the hostel again! On the tuesday I did the open mic night again, this time with my wonderful assistant Lara, and sang a few songs, got some free punch, and another hour on the computers, which was pretty cool!
Then on the wednesday It was a Free Cheese and wine night, which was awesome! I mean, seriously, I need to go back in time, find the man who invented cheese, and kiss him. :P There was some pretty good wine too. ALSO, I managed to win a neighbours night ($40) down the local pub, by thinking up the best descriptive word for the wine I was drinking.
I decided to go with flambiguious'. (V. Meaning "to win a free night out, whilst watching Karl Kennedy and Paul Whatshisname from neighbours perform at the pub round the corner, instead of actually paying for anything! :P)
so yes, that should be pretty cool! On top of that I went out yesterday to this pretty cool rock bar called the cherry tree or something, that was awesome. despite having probably the cheesiest rock / metal band playing.[ They were called something ridiculous like 'dont rape the cat' or something, with someone that looked like a f***ed up billy connelly on guitar(as if hed never left the glasgow docks), and alexi sale gone wrong singing. well. I say singing. Its hard to describe without making up another word, so im going to use contagilibulous. He was INCREDIBLY contagilibulous. Which was funny..
Anywys, Ive got 3mins of internet left, so i guess ill leave you guys for antoher few days!
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