Blogs from New South Wales, Australia, Oceania - page 1159

hej alle sammen ja der er lige sket en del siden sidst. jeg kommer lige med hoejde punkterne. vi er koert galt og jeg tager afsted alene. ja vi koeret galt men der skete ikke nogle skade paa nogle personer, men vores bil var helt faerdig. saa pludselig stod vi uden bil, men vi alle dem vi arbejdede sammen med var meget flinke til at hjaelpe os med at komme frem og til paa arbejde og til griffith. og vi har saa bare sovet i telt i stedet for. den anden ting er at vi jo begge skulle havde vaeret taget afsted her i dag videre til adelaide. og jeg ville bare afsted med eller uden bil, men det var meget vigtigt for malene at faar en ny bil. og saa har hun behov for at ... read more

The time has come to move to our flat in Coogee. The alarm from my phone began as the introduction to Kanye West, "Golddigger" belted out from the small speaker on the back, I rolled over to instantly hit the snooze button, which seemed a standard thing to do everytime anyones alarm started ringing. 9 minutes later "She takes ma money..." shreaks out once again so I sit up to consider climbing down the cold metal ladder from the top bunk. The rest of the guys were still sleeping until someone elses phone begins ringing out it's annoying alarm tone. They each in turn begin to stirr and the general grunts, yawns and tired eyes awaken. Through the tiredness excitment begins to brew as we are due to check out and move to our house on ... read more

Awareness Intensive Retreat @ Samaya (Rosebank) I’m speechless, and still. All is so still. Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree… frogs on all paths and wallabies waller by…“What is true?” we ask ourselves, to each other. Intellectual introspective. An unfolding, a journey ensues. Silence follows. Stubborness, boredom, tears of laughter - at them, with them, tears of depth, sadness, loneliness, “What can I accept?”. Revelations. Face to face I see myself and the other. “What is my heart’s desire?”. Profundity, sacredness, precious, heart connection, deep and true, nothing goes further - this is it - joy… Such stillness sinks in the heat of Samaya, the fowl wallow and the mozzies continue to feed, all glorious in this moment. Samaya (Rosebank) Lismore Thank you L & C for your kindness in opening your home to ... read more

Not much to up date but took a trip to Bondi beach... wicked! Very touristy and very crowded, but lots, and I mean lots of good looking people there. Colin and I bought the Ozzie uniform... some board shorts, very cool ones (mine are Rip Curl) with which they were giving away free Rip Curl thongs (or flip flops for you Brits!), brilliant. We now almost look ready to move to the beach, still missing a tan though, Doh! I took a wee walk down to the opera house to go sit in the sun and work on that tan, was really lovely down there, I sat on my own on the gorgeous gleaming green grass and read my book (The Da Vinci Code, a bit cliche I know, but hey it's good!). The other guys ... read more

Jereme was at the airport welcoming us to Australia. It had been four years since we were here the last time and it felt as if we were coming back home. Three months in Nepal and India was enough and we were glad to have a break from third world countries before continuing to South-America. We stayed in Coogee with Jereme and his flat mates. Coogee is a nice beach place, quite touristy but less than Bondi and only 20 minutes from the city. The first couple of days we tried to work out the situation with our broken digital camera, trying to get it fixed but ended up buying a new one. Sami got a new toy and hopefully the pictures in the blog will improve. Just a couple of weeks before coming to Sydney ... read more