http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/cutetara/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from cutetara en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:12:20 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:12:20 +0000 I moved Yay My new address is 150 Epping Road Lane Cove NSW 2066. For those of you who want to mail me some wholesome American love I would prefer it in unmarked boxes containing Velveeta cheese Hellmannrsquos Real Mayonnaise and Hot Buffalo Sauce But seriously I moved and seriously you cant mail it to me because Australia is really strict with receiving any food products into th http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-20356.html Greetings everyone....I must say we've been getting a lot of news about the disaster in New Orleans. It is headline news the national news here is a bit fluffy but last night on 60 minutes no really it's 60 minutes only with better graphics bad anchor back lighting and more in depth coverage. They really showed everything... not fluffy foo foo news but hardcore trauma to New Orleans im http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-19851.html It's 11am on a Sunday and I'm sitting in the sun just looking at theclouds and trees. It is about 70 today but looking outside reminds meof when I was a kid. The trees were a bit bare and the sky looked a tadbit cold and snowy. The lights would hit the trees in such a way that Iknew it was winter... and quite fitting enough it's winter here.I have been here three weeks yesterday and it feels http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-19850.html gt Ah well another week has past... and I am still in one piece I'vegt had a full week of work and man it's been an incredible adjustinggt experience Imagine having to wake up every day at 8am to get to yourgt 9am job... only to arrive at work at 930 OR even 10am... tragic.gtgt I have difficulty waking up in the mornings... I havent woke up at 8amgt since high school. I dont http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-19849.html G'Day MatesWell It's been a whole week here in Oz and it's chocked full ofexcitement Yes that's rightI arrived here at 730 in the AM sweat right through customs andimmigration cause I didn't have my visa in time so I entered as a'visitor' only... and then got extremely ill with some sort of flufor a bunch of days... I'm still fighting it to this day... but now Ican walk and not fall ov http://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/New-South-Wales/Sydney/blog-19848.html Delete. Backspace backspace delete....That's exactally what it feels like. Remeber that feeling when you started to pack for college putting all your things in boxes for that first big move... ya know where you'd be living on your own for the very first time. Scary wasnt it. A lot of you wouldnt admit that. That's okay. But you all know that YOU were scared. Scared to find out who http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-13803.html 25 days until my last day of work. 38 days till I'm in Australia visa pending. That's right. I have a work visa that I am waiting for clearence for. I've done everything I can here it's just a waiting game.It seems that all my close friends and family are jealous that I am leaving for Australia. They dont think that I'm coming back to the states. I keep hearing 'oh well i guess that's http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-12744.html I moved.It was quite an adventure to say the least. We had prearrianged a Uhaul 14 foot and a helper for Sunday the 15th but we ran into somemishaps First and formost U Haul sucks. Dont use them. Theylaugh at you when you have a problem... so anyway the guy goes wedont have the truch you want.. it's either the 10 foot or the 26footer... We wanted to do it in one shot.. so we opt for http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/District-of-Columbia/Washington/blog-12658.html