This is going to be a continued updated section in my blog that fills you in about different and interesting things I encounter here that would be different in the States.
EXAMPLE,
make sure you look BOTH WAYS when you cross the street (yes you do that in the states) but here, they drive on the left side....
SHOTS
the most popular shots at a bar are WET PUSSY shots, QUICK FUCKS, and COCK SUCKING COWBOYS....
yes... i know....
Mate.... i mate is not someone you are spending time with like a bf/gf, husband or wife. A mate is used for everything. Getting someones attention, your friends are mates etc
Chips= fries
Heaps= Alot
I sometimes HAVE TO talk with an accent so im understood. so if I pick it up, that's why
vegemite IS delicious. Australians joke about their drinking habits and how they even use yeast extract on their food.
to be continued...
13 December, 2008
01 December, 2008
New Home, New Job...This is my NEW LIFE
G'day Mates...
Hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving. I ended up going to a feast where I was one of 2 Americans. It was nice to be able to celebrate but I will admit that it had been the first time I really felt homesick (understandable).
Thursday I moved out of my studio apt (Just in time! Bindy gave birth to a healthy baby boy this morning:-). I moved right to the beach which will be great because summer is beginning. I am living with 2 jewish guys that i found on a jewish networking site. The one that owns the place came out with Erica and I and a few mates the day before I moved in. I think that made it feel more comfortable once I arrived.
In fact, Saturday morning Erica called me in need of a place to live so she has been bunking up with me...which has made me feel very comfortable-with an even guy girl ratio;-) No but the guys are great! I feel totally chill with them and their funny! We went out with both of them and their friends sunday night and Im sitting here on the couch watching Zoolander with one of them and Er...
I had been offered the opportunity to work with an Owner of a pilates franchise. She hired me as her PA but is basically training me on the reformer and has me teaching heaps of classes. There had been some issues that were delaying the process but today, I signed contracts, taught two classes, and am beginning this journey. I will have afternoons free which again, will be great because its summer time. Its really cool to have this kind of experience in another country. A great spring board for an industry that regardless of the economy, people are STILL paying for. I am still working once a week at the Ivy which again, an industry people are STILL spending money on.
I never did the Bondi Beach Babe photo shoot because of the time and the hours at the Ivy. However, they called me to do an event this weekend and model in their launch party fashion show... Could be fun!
Been feeling a bit down with the holidays, daddys birthday etc but taking each day at a time, looking at these opportunities as something amazing
Looking forward to Fiji and then the Becker Bunch a few weeks after that. Hope all is well and PLEASE, keep me in the know
CHEERS
Hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving. I ended up going to a feast where I was one of 2 Americans. It was nice to be able to celebrate but I will admit that it had been the first time I really felt homesick (understandable).
Thursday I moved out of my studio apt (Just in time! Bindy gave birth to a healthy baby boy this morning:-). I moved right to the beach which will be great because summer is beginning. I am living with 2 jewish guys that i found on a jewish networking site. The one that owns the place came out with Erica and I and a few mates the day before I moved in. I think that made it feel more comfortable once I arrived.
In fact, Saturday morning Erica called me in need of a place to live so she has been bunking up with me...which has made me feel very comfortable-with an even guy girl ratio;-) No but the guys are great! I feel totally chill with them and their funny! We went out with both of them and their friends sunday night and Im sitting here on the couch watching Zoolander with one of them and Er...
I had been offered the opportunity to work with an Owner of a pilates franchise. She hired me as her PA but is basically training me on the reformer and has me teaching heaps of classes. There had been some issues that were delaying the process but today, I signed contracts, taught two classes, and am beginning this journey. I will have afternoons free which again, will be great because its summer time. Its really cool to have this kind of experience in another country. A great spring board for an industry that regardless of the economy, people are STILL paying for. I am still working once a week at the Ivy which again, an industry people are STILL spending money on.
I never did the Bondi Beach Babe photo shoot because of the time and the hours at the Ivy. However, they called me to do an event this weekend and model in their launch party fashion show... Could be fun!
Been feeling a bit down with the holidays, daddys birthday etc but taking each day at a time, looking at these opportunities as something amazing
Looking forward to Fiji and then the Becker Bunch a few weeks after that. Hope all is well and PLEASE, keep me in the know
CHEERS
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