Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
blogs are a pain in the butt
I don't make a blog in a few days and I get yelled at. GEEZE! it's not like i have a job and am trying to explore another country! My job has picked up the pace a bit which means less time spent on blogspot updating. This is a good thing, believe me, i was going a bit crazy sitting here staring at the screen for 8 hours. I've also noticed that my old habit of eating constantly while working in an office has started up again. Luckily, kent and i dont have much food, but when we do...oh boy watch out. then tammy and jennifer bring in chocolate and im eating that every two seconds...
So its raining again. It's alright, it suits my mood today. Got some bad news about my Grandpa Joe. I guess he isn't doing well at all. Makes me very sad. I ate a lot of chocolate last night. Went through most of my travel size tissues as well. Those don't last long at all. :-(
Other than that, it's been a good week. Kent and I did this costal walk in Randwick (where he works) and it was gorgeous. kent went as far to say it was the most beautiful coast he's seen. i would agree. The way the set up the coastal walk was very nice. they have sections where you can just go sit on the edge and stare for hours on end at the waves...and the stupid body boarders who get freakishly close to the rocks. We plan on taking jeff, squi and michelle on this walk. We only did a very small portion of it, but you can walk all the way from bondi to coogee (sp?) beachish area and it take a few hours. so beautiful. we have pictures...just havent posted any yet. Then we went to an Aussie Rules footbal game that night with Mark (Irish). That was a blast. Drank lots of beer and the two boys heckeled the magpies (we were cheering on the sydney swans), and got threatened by a couple fat men. it was a lot of fun. i'm kind of a fan of the sport now :-D
Sunday wasnt the best weather...again, so we chilled out. we finally found K-mart so we did a little shopping there, then went back to the apartment and watched movied with the flatmates. well we watched one movie, Lord of the Rings 3, but since its so damn long with 15 endings it counts as mulitple movies.
last night kent picked up a bunch of veggies and we made veggies and rice and he ate chicken along with it. very very yummy. i think i could live off pasta and veg.
ok back to work for me, hope thats enough to satisfy you jen!
also who the heck was that guy that commented on my last post?
So its raining again. It's alright, it suits my mood today. Got some bad news about my Grandpa Joe. I guess he isn't doing well at all. Makes me very sad. I ate a lot of chocolate last night. Went through most of my travel size tissues as well. Those don't last long at all. :-(
Other than that, it's been a good week. Kent and I did this costal walk in Randwick (where he works) and it was gorgeous. kent went as far to say it was the most beautiful coast he's seen. i would agree. The way the set up the coastal walk was very nice. they have sections where you can just go sit on the edge and stare for hours on end at the waves...and the stupid body boarders who get freakishly close to the rocks. We plan on taking jeff, squi and michelle on this walk. We only did a very small portion of it, but you can walk all the way from bondi to coogee (sp?) beachish area and it take a few hours. so beautiful. we have pictures...just havent posted any yet. Then we went to an Aussie Rules footbal game that night with Mark (Irish). That was a blast. Drank lots of beer and the two boys heckeled the magpies (we were cheering on the sydney swans), and got threatened by a couple fat men. it was a lot of fun. i'm kind of a fan of the sport now :-D
Sunday wasnt the best weather...again, so we chilled out. we finally found K-mart so we did a little shopping there, then went back to the apartment and watched movied with the flatmates. well we watched one movie, Lord of the Rings 3, but since its so damn long with 15 endings it counts as mulitple movies.
last night kent picked up a bunch of veggies and we made veggies and rice and he ate chicken along with it. very very yummy. i think i could live off pasta and veg.
ok back to work for me, hope thats enough to satisfy you jen!
also who the heck was that guy that commented on my last post?
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Well, Kent's done it, I'm insane!
I really don't think that it is Kent's fault though, many people who knew me before would say I was insane then too.
So I figured I hadn't told anyone yet about how we made Roo Rolls. I might have, but I'm just too damn lazy to go through all the old posts and see if I did. Kent and I decided to be adventurous and buy kangaroo meat and make burgers. We were a bit apprehensive, the meat looks really gross we weren't sure if it was like beef and you weren't supposed to cook it all the way or like chicken and if you dont cook it all the way you die. (I hear the chicken hear kills you too...not really). Seeing as neither of us wanted to get sick, we (meaning Kent) pan fried those up and I sauteed some onions and made some homemade baked potato chips. OH MAN, it was sooo damn good. Roo Rolls rock. Kent liked them as well, but felt bad, I didn't. I hope to have them again sometime soon. I have pictures of us making them, but I'm at work and can't post.
Last night Kent got a hankering for Manwich, but the dont sell it here, so we made our own. I think we used a bit too much tomato sauce, but it was damn close and yummy. Lu was really interested in it. She had never heard of it before, she tried a bit and i think she liked it, but im not sure. i cant read the British.
This weekend is supposed to be great weather and Kent and I both get pay checks so we are GOING OUT!! We plan on visiting Le Perouse, its a city about 45 minutes south of us which has an old fort and a museum and a park where this guy puts on a free snake show. (you sickos, actual snakes). They also have a beautiful beach there as well, so we plan on spending the day walking through the town and seeing the sights. We also are going to go to the Tarango Zoo, which i hear is great. Probably spend half a day there, then we plan on checking out the Chinese Market in Paddington. Lu told us that if we go there around 4 or 5 they are trying to get rid of their produce and we can pick up some cheap stuff. If i see some good deals i plan on doing most of our fruit and veggie shopping there. It's just so expensive every where else. I so excited to be out and about this weekend. The rain has put a real damper on the sight seeing, but now that we are getting paychecks we can go to more museums and the aquarium, and maybe convince the roomies to have a night out at the Casino. Well i'm at work so i better get going!
So I figured I hadn't told anyone yet about how we made Roo Rolls. I might have, but I'm just too damn lazy to go through all the old posts and see if I did. Kent and I decided to be adventurous and buy kangaroo meat and make burgers. We were a bit apprehensive, the meat looks really gross we weren't sure if it was like beef and you weren't supposed to cook it all the way or like chicken and if you dont cook it all the way you die. (I hear the chicken hear kills you too...not really). Seeing as neither of us wanted to get sick, we (meaning Kent) pan fried those up and I sauteed some onions and made some homemade baked potato chips. OH MAN, it was sooo damn good. Roo Rolls rock. Kent liked them as well, but felt bad, I didn't. I hope to have them again sometime soon. I have pictures of us making them, but I'm at work and can't post.
Last night Kent got a hankering for Manwich, but the dont sell it here, so we made our own. I think we used a bit too much tomato sauce, but it was damn close and yummy. Lu was really interested in it. She had never heard of it before, she tried a bit and i think she liked it, but im not sure. i cant read the British.
This weekend is supposed to be great weather and Kent and I both get pay checks so we are GOING OUT!! We plan on visiting Le Perouse, its a city about 45 minutes south of us which has an old fort and a museum and a park where this guy puts on a free snake show. (you sickos, actual snakes). They also have a beautiful beach there as well, so we plan on spending the day walking through the town and seeing the sights. We also are going to go to the Tarango Zoo, which i hear is great. Probably spend half a day there, then we plan on checking out the Chinese Market in Paddington. Lu told us that if we go there around 4 or 5 they are trying to get rid of their produce and we can pick up some cheap stuff. If i see some good deals i plan on doing most of our fruit and veggie shopping there. It's just so expensive every where else. I so excited to be out and about this weekend. The rain has put a real damper on the sight seeing, but now that we are getting paychecks we can go to more museums and the aquarium, and maybe convince the roomies to have a night out at the Casino. Well i'm at work so i better get going!
Friday, June 15, 2007
no one tell
I'm secretly removing danielle's posts and putting them back up once she realizes. Lets see how long it takes her to go insane. Mwahahahahah
-Kmo
-Kmo
Ok Ok ok
So before anyone asks why I haven't been updating and only danielle has, I SHOULD put up and update before everyone thinks danielle fed me to crocs.......AGAIN!
SO, I started my job today, some may ask why I'm posting on my blog, on my first day. Well I started on a friday, and everyone left around 4 except for all the bosses who left at 11. some country eh. actually this place only makes you work 9 days every 2 weeks, I will be worknig 10 because I need the money, but regardless, I rule.
The last 2 days have been a drag I was supposed to start work Wednesday that job got cancelled and I had to wait til friday to get started which means less money on tomorrows thursdays paycheck, but also means 2 days of video games and laundry with my roommate dave from england. YEAH!
In the next two weeks, I would like to, Goto a game of Aussie Rules, Wrestle a kangaroo again, Visit the Aquarium, just goto a beach and eat something in one of their many many cafes over looking the water, convince everyone to play a game OTHER than medieval(i prefer medieval alone) maybe convince Mattias to buy an xbox or something it'd be a waste of everyone's time but now that we're both making money that whole More time than money thing can just go out the door and I can try to get a equal balance between time and money where I make just enough to do everything I want to do and live it up.
while typing this I was disturbed my co-workers just wanting to chat. I think I'm one of 5 people in this entire building. So So Different.
SO, I started my job today, some may ask why I'm posting on my blog, on my first day. Well I started on a friday, and everyone left around 4 except for all the bosses who left at 11. some country eh. actually this place only makes you work 9 days every 2 weeks, I will be worknig 10 because I need the money, but regardless, I rule.
The last 2 days have been a drag I was supposed to start work Wednesday that job got cancelled and I had to wait til friday to get started which means less money on tomorrows thursdays paycheck, but also means 2 days of video games and laundry with my roommate dave from england. YEAH!
In the next two weeks, I would like to, Goto a game of Aussie Rules, Wrestle a kangaroo again, Visit the Aquarium, just goto a beach and eat something in one of their many many cafes over looking the water, convince everyone to play a game OTHER than medieval(i prefer medieval alone) maybe convince Mattias to buy an xbox or something it'd be a waste of everyone's time but now that we're both making money that whole More time than money thing can just go out the door and I can try to get a equal balance between time and money where I make just enough to do everything I want to do and live it up.
while typing this I was disturbed my co-workers just wanting to chat. I think I'm one of 5 people in this entire building. So So Different.
Damn Internet
I posted a long cool blog yesterday, but it's disapeared now. CURSE YOU EVIL INTERNET GODS!!!!
I beleive I tried to explain why there were no pics, but I dont feel like doing that now :-(
~D
I beleive I tried to explain why there were no pics, but I dont feel like doing that now :-(
~D
Thursday, June 14, 2007
sorry for the delay
I guess it turns out that if I don't post, we go days without putting something up and people think we died. We are not dead, don't you worry!
Brad, in response to your message asking where all the pics are, I will just do a quick update. Here in Australia, and I guess other places as well, you have different levels of broadband. The cheaper plans allow you to use up to 2 GB of bandwidth a month. That's what we have. The price doubles for anything higher, and we are poor so we arent upgrading. THIS means that we will only be posting minimal pictures seeing as we share the internet with all the roomies and we ruined last months internet by trying to download the last episode of Lost. We weren't aware of the bandwidth limit :-( We will still post them, but we at this time, we can't. We ruined the internet till the 15th when the new billing cycle starts. SO KEEP YOUR DAMN PANTS ON!!:-D
If anyone is wondering, yes, I am updating from work. Everyone abandoned me and I am praying that only people who have questions I can answer call. So, I decided to update our blog to stick it to the man.
Apparently there are Targets and K-marts in Sydney, and I am planning on visiting them this weekend. I want to see if their household products like toilet paper and shampoo are cheaper then their grocery and pharmacy stores are. I REALLY hope so because 6 people go through a LOT of toilet paper REALLY fast. We just rotate who buys the stuff and its our turn. Mind you, someone bought a pack of toilet paper about 5 days after we got here, so we went through a pack in about 1 week and 3 days.
Ok boss is back write more later!
~D
Brad, in response to your message asking where all the pics are, I will just do a quick update. Here in Australia, and I guess other places as well, you have different levels of broadband. The cheaper plans allow you to use up to 2 GB of bandwidth a month. That's what we have. The price doubles for anything higher, and we are poor so we arent upgrading. THIS means that we will only be posting minimal pictures seeing as we share the internet with all the roomies and we ruined last months internet by trying to download the last episode of Lost. We weren't aware of the bandwidth limit :-( We will still post them, but we at this time, we can't. We ruined the internet till the 15th when the new billing cycle starts. SO KEEP YOUR DAMN PANTS ON!!:-D
If anyone is wondering, yes, I am updating from work. Everyone abandoned me and I am praying that only people who have questions I can answer call. So, I decided to update our blog to stick it to the man.
Apparently there are Targets and K-marts in Sydney, and I am planning on visiting them this weekend. I want to see if their household products like toilet paper and shampoo are cheaper then their grocery and pharmacy stores are. I REALLY hope so because 6 people go through a LOT of toilet paper REALLY fast. We just rotate who buys the stuff and its our turn. Mind you, someone bought a pack of toilet paper about 5 days after we got here, so we went through a pack in about 1 week and 3 days.
Ok boss is back write more later!
~D
Saturday, June 9, 2007
yo yo yo!
Well, this weekend was a bank holiday, it's the Queen's Birthday, so Kent and I were all excited to go up to Manly and North Sydney and see the beaches...It's rained, and when I say rain, I mean monsoon! It's kinda funny because as you walk down the street, you see broken umbrellas everywhere. All the trash cans are full of them. Ours has lasted so far, but it does have a tendency to go inside out at the slightest breeze now. The winds are unlike anything I've experienced before. This isn't normal though, all the aussies keep saying that this is very unusual. The rain isn't, but the 40 mile an hour winds are. OK anyway, So kent and I went up to the Australia Museum, that was cool. Then we came back to the apartment because our shoes and pants were soaked through. The weather reports seem to say that Monday will be a little better, so hopefully we can go up to Manly and North Sydney then.
Oh, so I don't know if any one else noticed, but there is an American show playing here called Torchwood, the main character is the lead guy from Shark Attack 3. I was excited I noticed, Kent was embarrassed that we would know that. There is a part in the preview for the show that he says something like "didn't you know that I'm the man that can't die" and then he makes the "Megala-who!?" face, and i was like, HOLY CRAP ITS THAT GUY!
So I survived my first week at work (by that i mean two and a half days). Seems very interesting. My boss is an interesting woman. I am going to wait a couple weeks to pass any judgments though. I'm not sure quite how to take her yet. She seems to like me and has been very nice so i can't complain. The building I work in is so awesome. It's a government building, but its very modern in the inside, and it has a free "lounge" where they have a huge selection of national and international newspapers and a room full of magazines that people just come in and read before work or on their breaks. It's like a library but not. And they have a Library as well, plus three restaurants, a scale model of the CBD (central business district) under the floor in the entrance way, exhibits through out the building, it's just such a neat place.
Alrighty, there is a special on deadly Australian animals that i have to watch! TALK TO YOU LATER!
~D
Oh, so I don't know if any one else noticed, but there is an American show playing here called Torchwood, the main character is the lead guy from Shark Attack 3. I was excited I noticed, Kent was embarrassed that we would know that. There is a part in the preview for the show that he says something like "didn't you know that I'm the man that can't die" and then he makes the "Megala-who!?" face, and i was like, HOLY CRAP ITS THAT GUY!
So I survived my first week at work (by that i mean two and a half days). Seems very interesting. My boss is an interesting woman. I am going to wait a couple weeks to pass any judgments though. I'm not sure quite how to take her yet. She seems to like me and has been very nice so i can't complain. The building I work in is so awesome. It's a government building, but its very modern in the inside, and it has a free "lounge" where they have a huge selection of national and international newspapers and a room full of magazines that people just come in and read before work or on their breaks. It's like a library but not. And they have a Library as well, plus three restaurants, a scale model of the CBD (central business district) under the floor in the entrance way, exhibits through out the building, it's just such a neat place.
Alrighty, there is a special on deadly Australian animals that i have to watch! TALK TO YOU LATER!
~D
Be careful
What you wish for or you just might get it.
For the last five days danielle and I have been saying, oh how I wish it would rain. Today it's raining, yesterday it rained it will rain tomorrow and the next five days. Today danielle worked and I did as well, all I did was tell people, Yes it is raining, no it won't stop, the wind sucks I know, no I can't do anything about it at the meteorology department for Sydney. met a man named warren invited me out for beer couldn't make it because of the rain, but plan on calling him up and seeing if we can go next Friday. Turned down a trip to the Tree(3) Wise monkeys to get drunk at home which should explain everything. Danielle is asleep I am denmark The english are pissed at each other and all is well. does anyone know if ashton kutcher plays the drums in a band? I swear he's on the TV right now. Apparently Aussies say "Hows it doing" Rather than "Hows it going" which is more grammatically proper in the first place. Don't point out how terrible the grammer is in this entry. Jim moved to Chicago and we will be posting a link to his blog on this blog, then we will join the two in a cross promotion. No one will care, but regardless we'll triple our fan base, Michelle, Mike, Jeff, My parents Kelli, Kyle, Karla, Danielle's parents, Brad, and then well that's about it, if jim and I had more friends out blogs would do better. Please send jackets parents this country has become freezing over night. I NEED A JACKET!
For the last five days danielle and I have been saying, oh how I wish it would rain. Today it's raining, yesterday it rained it will rain tomorrow and the next five days. Today danielle worked and I did as well, all I did was tell people, Yes it is raining, no it won't stop, the wind sucks I know, no I can't do anything about it at the meteorology department for Sydney. met a man named warren invited me out for beer couldn't make it because of the rain, but plan on calling him up and seeing if we can go next Friday. Turned down a trip to the Tree(3) Wise monkeys to get drunk at home which should explain everything. Danielle is asleep I am denmark The english are pissed at each other and all is well. does anyone know if ashton kutcher plays the drums in a band? I swear he's on the TV right now. Apparently Aussies say "Hows it doing" Rather than "Hows it going" which is more grammatically proper in the first place. Don't point out how terrible the grammer is in this entry. Jim moved to Chicago and we will be posting a link to his blog on this blog, then we will join the two in a cross promotion. No one will care, but regardless we'll triple our fan base, Michelle, Mike, Jeff, My parents Kelli, Kyle, Karla, Danielle's parents, Brad, and then well that's about it, if jim and I had more friends out blogs would do better. Please send jackets parents this country has become freezing over night. I NEED A JACKET!
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
David's B-day!
Well today is our flatmate's birthday, so far we've (and i mean the boys) played hours of Medieval 2 Total War. In about three hours we are going to head to this Italian place called Remos. They have a BYOB policy so we are going to stop and get some wine and try to save a little money. I'm excited to get some good food. As most people know, i am not the most talented cook, so poor kent and i have been have noodles and chicken nuggets a lot...and i do mean a lot. Our British mates always make these delicious dinners and we are all staring at them eating, drooling on the sidelines and all Lu ever says is, it's just veg with some sauce! (vegetables) and they seem to think its some simple easy thing to do. and it's not sauce from a bottle, they make it from scratch and its different every time....and it smells soooo gooooood. Ok, well now im hungry and bored so i'm going to go take three hours to get ready for dinner.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Oh i forgot!
My first day of work went well. I am working at the Customs House for the manager of the building. I have a lot more responsibility than I had imagined, but it will be a great experience! if anyone wants to check out where i work, here is the site. It's a very cool building!
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/customshouse/
~D
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/customshouse/
~D
Boys are the same, no matter what country you go to!
So, I'm sitting here updating the blog because Kent and the other male roommates are all playing Medieval 2 Total War... Michelle, you know how much fun this is. This just goes to show that England, Ireland, Germany and the US aren't really that different. Crazy boys.
Today Kent got to make photo copies for 4 straight hours. Lucky him! I cleaned the apartment (yeah, I did, so no laughing any one!) and walked around Surry Hills a bit. Hung out with David (the Brit) until Kent got back from work. Learned that Kent and I need to move to the UK because degrees actually help you get jobs there. Who would have though!? He also told me about this radio station that used to be on ship and would sail 10 miles off the coast and broadcast into England so they could avoid the laws. Totally redefines the meaning of pirating music to me!
We've also taught the roomies how to play Texas hold em'. A previous tenant left a set here and we saw it and were like, "Any one want to play." And they all did and tonight was the second night in a row we played :-) We ate pizza and played poker and it was great!
OK, I'm gonna head to bed. Have a good night everyone!
~D
Today Kent got to make photo copies for 4 straight hours. Lucky him! I cleaned the apartment (yeah, I did, so no laughing any one!) and walked around Surry Hills a bit. Hung out with David (the Brit) until Kent got back from work. Learned that Kent and I need to move to the UK because degrees actually help you get jobs there. Who would have though!? He also told me about this radio station that used to be on ship and would sail 10 miles off the coast and broadcast into England so they could avoid the laws. Totally redefines the meaning of pirating music to me!
We've also taught the roomies how to play Texas hold em'. A previous tenant left a set here and we saw it and were like, "Any one want to play." And they all did and tonight was the second night in a row we played :-) We ate pizza and played poker and it was great!
OK, I'm gonna head to bed. Have a good night everyone!
~D
Sunday, June 3, 2007
sunday sunday
Well today Kent and I went to Bondi Beach. It was very nice. We walked through the Bondi Market which I guess is held the first Sunday every month, lots of good deals and I will definitely go back when I get some money. Jackie you would fall over and die if you saw all the skirts there. And they are all like $10, which for here is UBER cheap. There was some sort of surfing competition going on when we walked down on the beach, so we didn't stay long. Not to mention, it was rather chilly, but oh man i could spend a few days there sitting on the beach and trying all the food along the strip by the water. Kent and I walked by there when we were hungry and it took all we had to not spend our money there. It also was our first time using the bus, it was unusually crowded (according to a girl I talked too), and on our way back, it stalled in the middle of the street and we had to all get off and wait for another one to show up. Beginners luck! It really wasn't too bad.
Other than that, not really much news. Tomorrow is my first day at work. Yeah! I'm excited and I doubt I will sleep well tonight. My legs/feet are killing me from all the walking, but on the good side, my legs will be in GREAT shape in 6 months!
Other than that, not really much news. Tomorrow is my first day at work. Yeah! I'm excited and I doubt I will sleep well tonight. My legs/feet are killing me from all the walking, but on the good side, my legs will be in GREAT shape in 6 months!
Saturday, June 2, 2007
life as an irishman
So we went to celebrate my american birthday with my new irish roommate. Thats never a good idea especially when its a 4 mile walk home. Then Jeff called us at what felt like 4am, but it was like 11 at the latest, we had a nice discussion about what I miss, chocolate and my dogs. I actually thought that was a dream until this morning. other than that yesterday we didn't have to search for jobs. Its looking like I could get a pretty good one at Their equivalent of ATF, its like the OAGR something of Alchohol gaming and racing and danielle already has a job so yesterday we tried watching the season finale of lost, we downloaded the second half started watching the first it took forever so we decided to go grocery shopping got back and of course my flatemate had unplugged the internet from my laptop and put it back into Mathias's. then we got the internet back, and downloaded the first half, watched it and the second half was removed from the website. So now we've seen the first half of the season finale of lost and not the second half. I just wish we could watch the second half, the outback is great and all, but come on ITS LOST!!! Other than that we just hung around yesterday, we're still getting settled in, I realized I can bank over the ATM machines so I can start paying my loans again (thanks for the present mom and dad!!!!!) ok we'll I'm taking off, allegedly we have more Irishmen coming over to drink baileys and compare my moms bailey's mint chocolate baileys and regular baileys. Oh How I love the Irish!
-KMO
-KMO
Friday, June 1, 2007
YEAH JOBS!
So I decided to go with the job in Circular Quay, it makes my walk everyday about 10 miles, but I need the exercise, plus I will probably just break down and get either a train or bus pass. The view is great and I found out I get to work for the Sydney City Council, so it will be a great resume builder. YEAH!! Yesterday was Kent's Birthday and I took him on this Syndey Harbor dinner cruise. It was decent enough. I wish i had done some more research and found a better one, but I'm still glad we did it. A lot of fun, and we got to see the Sydney Opera House and the big bridge that I can never remember the name of at sunset. Very nice.
~D
~D
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