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Published: October 13th 2006
Hahahahaha, surprising, eh? There was probably some snow at some point last night, but all traces were gone when the sun came up this morning in my new home town of Kingston. Walking from the Post Office to the library, I was caught in a sudden fall of hail, or as I euphemistically term it small round hard SNOW! Hahahahaha, geez I'm so Australian, just the thought of snow is so novel to me that I get excited, whilst all of the locals are just bitching about the cold autumn weather.
Thanksgiving was as to be expected - a public holiday based on gorging yourself one day and eating the leftovers the next (we're still working on the leftovers actually...). Halloween is rapidly approaching, and with it the arrival of cheap CANDY! (yay). I'm not sure if my new apartment is in an area with lots of families, so I doubt if I'll get to see any trick or treating kids, so I may just have to don an insulated pirate suit and hit the streets myself (anything in the name of free sugar).
So I have some free time today and while it's so cold outside (a pattern tipped to last for at least another 4 months) I might try to finally get the last of my trip photos on the blog, so I can start with the new Canada photos - I promise lots of squirrels and (thankfully for many) a lot fewer euphorbias (but there are still some hahahahahaha - suffer in your jocks).
As an Australian I'm quite the novelty here in Kingston - in a larger city like Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver I would probably remain under the radar. No-one (apart from Clive) has asked me to say Crikey yet (thank god), but I did get one of the guys at my new job asking me to say G'day. The new job is just part-time until Christmas, but it's at a great spot - a fine foods company, so the place is packed to the rafters with imported coffee, chocolate, biscuits, cheese, tea - everything! I haven't asked about a staff discount yet, but believe me I'll be partaking of any benefit that comes from working there, on top of the free hot chocolate. Unfortunately they are currently unable to import Tim Tams and Vegemite from Australia due to distributor problems, so any parcels containing the above-mentioned items would be gratefully appreciated, especially as Clive has decided that he loves Vegemite and is plowing his way through the tube I brought over from Melbourne. I'm praying that the huge jar I sent from home arrives soon, with the Tim Tams in tow.
It's a battle to fight off the assorted colds and flus that seem to be infecting the entirety of the country right now - I thought I was just allergic to Nick's cat (where I'm staying until we move into the aprtment on the weekend), but no I'm officially sick which bites the big one, but at least I'm not alone.
A quick check of the computer has just unearthed the fact that I cannot, in fact, upload photos because I can't access the two USB ports on the computer (so why are they there?), so I'll have to upload from home at some point. I'll go and find a book or newspaper to read instead, and try to keep myself out of the cold weather.
Greetings to all at home and abroad - send me some emails! Ciao mis amigos!
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Clive the witness
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yes, snow
yes. as Emily said.. send more tim tams and vegemite. in return, we'll send you stuff we have too much of - a box of tim bits and chunks of yellow snow. don't eat either.