Blogs from Victoria, Australia, Oceania - page 588

I have started some work for the call centre job - which I was assured will start for real on May the 1st. This has now been postponed again!! All I have been doing is entering peoples phone numbers into an internal database - incredibly boring but also very easy. 8hrs a day of this does screw with my head but it is easy money. The call-centre isn't selling or any of those ******* telemarketing things. Its for a company who require us to contact/recieve calls from their shareholders about an upcoming takeover or something like that anyway. Luckily the people I was working with all seemed a good bunch. On Saturday Mikey, Chris, Hovis and myself went to the famous Victoria Markets. Unfortunately it was closing up just as we arrived but looked like it ... read more

Hello from Melbourne Airport. Last few of days were great. Visited wineries a couple of days ago. Great fun, fave was St Hubert probably because it reminded me most what I like about the Okanagan. Today was ANZAC Day (Australia's Remembrance Day). Got up early to watch the ceremonies and parade. Lots of people, and so many soldiers (I think they call them diggers) also lucky to catch a glimpse of the air force jets doing a fly over. Perfect way to say goodbye to the city (and the country). Now I'm in the MEL Singapore Airline lounge. Just enjoyed a couple of tea sandwiches and a VB (moving onto Tiger next...grrr). Nice lounge. Lots of really great snacks and bevies. TV, internet, and lots of magazines. On the down it's quite small (and strangely I'm ... read more

Well this evening we went to see Ross Noble, one of my favourite British stand up comedians who was playing an extra show at the St Kilda Palais (about 5 mins walk from our flat in St Kilda. We already had ticekts thank god which we purchased the other night at the Beth Orton concert, and thank god we did. When we arrived there was a queue of at least 2,000 people waiting to pick up their tickets from the box office. Ross Noble had had a 2 week stint at the comedy festival playing another theatre and had sold out every night. Due to popular demand he had put on at late notice one final night - tonight show. Because it was short notice ticketmaster didnt have time to mail everyone their tickets so they ... read more

Huone piti luovuttaa jo aamusta, mut tavarat sai onneks jättää säilytykseen. Aateltiin mennä katteleen sellasta Queen Victori Markettia, jota oli kans mainostettu yhdessä sellasessa lehtisessä. No ei siel mitään ollu ku päästiin perille. (myöhemmin selvis, että se ei oo auki ma ja ke. hyvä tuuri taas tytöillä!!!) Tehtiin sit sellanen kävely kupungin ympärille, johon oli kartta ja hieman selitystä rakennuksista. Mä toimin sit matkaoppaana ja yritin selittää Minnalle tärkeimmät. "plaa, plaa, plaa. ahaa! tän on suunnitellu joku 19v. poika" oli se ihan mukava kierros. nähtiin parlamenttitalo ja muita kivoja rakennuksia. Sit otettiin ratikka alle ja istuskeltiin siinä. täällä kiertää yks ilmanen ratikka kaupunkia ympäri ja sit siinä tulee joka pysäkin tärkeimmät nähtävyydet tai mihin ratikkaan pitää vaihtaa, että pääsee tustumaan johonkin. Oli se aika kivaa! ja se oli oikein vanha ratikka!... read more

Well there's only 2 weeks left until I leave Melbourne, on my way to Hanoi!! The realisation has just sunk in, so I am madly packing, organising, and panicking... My fundraiser is only 6 days away. Oh god what have I done?? I have frames, but no prints that fit in them, no hanging wire on their backs, not enough wine, and possibly no one actually coming... (in which case the lack of wine ceases to be a problem)... read more