first day down under....
My god! Woooooot!
I am here…and it is absolutely flippin’ AMAZING!
All of us are jetlagged out of our minds (so I might not be too coherent)…but we had the swankiest plane ride EVER…they flight attendants were essentially throwing alcohol and gourmet food at all of us (who ever heard of wine at breakfast?), and they had the most unbelievable Kiwi accents….i was swooning…wanted to keep pressing the call button just to hear them talk to me. They were sososo polite, but hardly smiled (which was a bit disconcerting, they have a very professional attitude)…But, they call you “madam”…love it!
In the space of a day I have learned that I am a COMPLETE sucker for accents. Eee.
Talked to loads of aussies on the plane and in the airport…they are super friendly…and the ACCENTS!!! Woo! Had some interesting and random conversations that made me smile wide. :-)
It’s strange to be technically existing in the ”future”…we lost Friday…(makes me wonder what I would have done with that day…hmm) Curious.
The weather here is balmy at the moment…gorgeous breezes, the air smells like how I’d imagined Australia to smell like—I imagined the smell to have some sort of “accent”…:-) (but it’s going to get hot soon, apparently it was 113 degrees a couple of days ago…so this niceness won’t be lasting…damn!)
…the area we are staying in Sydney reminds me of a cross between Hawaii and Berkeley…so it is absolutely GLORIOUS! Just mosey on down the street and you are surrounded by loads of bookstores, little cafes and shops and markets…And there is thai food about 2 minutes down the road. Muah! And the coffee here is absolutely intense and delicious…I was in desperate need of caffeine. And this stuff is THICK! Mmm.
My kind of place!!!!
And the University of Sydney is right across the street, (where we’ll be having classes), and it is by far the most beautiful campus I have EVER seen! There are fountains, and parrots, and flowers, and trees everywhere…I can’t wait to lounge about in the grass.
What is kind of strange here down under is that everyone is EXCEPTIONALLY attractive (it’s almost ridiculous), all kinds of mixtures of ethnic backgrounds (those with aboriginal heritage are absolutely STUNNING! Some of the most beautiful ppl I’ve seen…)…and everyone looks incredibly healthy and happy (And tan, of course), and boy, are they smilers! Makes me happy…strangers will smile at you from their cars, or in the crosswalk, or from behind windows…it’s lovely. My favourite thing though, is that they have (on the whole) the BEST smile and eye wrinkles! I was talking to this one woman (who was telling me about this certain kind of cookie that she said I HAD to try..she got really excited and animated, and it completely made my day) and I could not help staring at her beautiful collection of wrinkles around her eyes and mouth…people here aren’t afraid to wear their lives on their faces. My kind of place!
Tonight a whole bunch of us are going out on the town, as it IS Saturday night! We’ve been warned NEVER to engage in drinking contests with the aussies or we might just die (in all seriousness…apparently the aussies have great fun trying to “tank the yank”, and they love to encourage you to keep drinking until you are comatose. So, we’re all going to steer clear of any contests…also we’re wary of looking the other way when we cross the street…apparently last year, two students (from another school) were crossing the street, it was their second day in Australia, and they ended up looking the wrong way, got hit by a bus, and died. Very sobering…after that story we took about 5 minutes to cross one intersection…lots of paranoid squealing and sprinting… as the drivers here are notoriously bad…so jaywalking is quite risky.
The place we’re staying at is this huge old house, we all have our own rooms, and it is fantastic! We’re certainly spoiled at the moment…we’ve been told that it is all downhill (in terms of accommodations and luxuries—like showers) from here…but I am looking forward to roughing it…I really really want to sleep under the stars!!!!! But don’t especially favour an encounter with anything venomous….
My favourite part of the house is the creaky stairs…for some reason, I’ve always loved creaky stairs…there are several other students from around the globe that are staying here, too…kind of like a hostel…they are all extremely outgoing, and boast several different kinds of accents, and everyone just chills on the couches, chatting and smiling.
There are all these parrots that live outside my window, when I got to my room I passed out for an hour (since I only got about 3 hours of sleep on the plane) and these birdies decided to have a singing/barking contest…woke me up (bolted straight up in bed) and I was so confused, b/c I didn’t know where I was….but they are very friendly (though noisy as hell), and they like to look in and watch me (a wee bit creepy, especially when they cock their heads and make this cooing noise)…I think they are just being blatantly flirtatious. And ah, as for flirtation…the aussies are OUTRAGEOUSLY flirtatious…though not in a creepy way, which is good…but they have no shame. It’s highly amusing…they are not shy, to say the least.
Well I have to head back to the house (in an internet café at the moment)…cook up some din-din for myself (NO VEGEMITE…oy!), and then we’re off to experience the nightlife.
Tomorrow we have a bus tour and get to go swimming…no complaints about that!
Anyway…to sum it all up…I am in a perpetual swoon, it seems…everything and everyone here down under is sooo beautiful…and the air, I am convinced, has a sexy accent.
There’s so much to say, but I better run, it’s about to get dark, and it’s not too safe to walk alone after dark…
Off and running!!!!!!! IN AUSTRALIA!!!! My god!!!!!!!!
*grinning goofily*
I am here…and it is absolutely flippin’ AMAZING!
All of us are jetlagged out of our minds (so I might not be too coherent)…but we had the swankiest plane ride EVER…they flight attendants were essentially throwing alcohol and gourmet food at all of us (who ever heard of wine at breakfast?), and they had the most unbelievable Kiwi accents….i was swooning…wanted to keep pressing the call button just to hear them talk to me. They were sososo polite, but hardly smiled (which was a bit disconcerting, they have a very professional attitude)…But, they call you “madam”…love it!
In the space of a day I have learned that I am a COMPLETE sucker for accents. Eee.
Talked to loads of aussies on the plane and in the airport…they are super friendly…and the ACCENTS!!! Woo! Had some interesting and random conversations that made me smile wide. :-)
It’s strange to be technically existing in the ”future”…we lost Friday…(makes me wonder what I would have done with that day…hmm) Curious.
The weather here is balmy at the moment…gorgeous breezes, the air smells like how I’d imagined Australia to smell like—I imagined the smell to have some sort of “accent”…:-) (but it’s going to get hot soon, apparently it was 113 degrees a couple of days ago…so this niceness won’t be lasting…damn!)
…the area we are staying in Sydney reminds me of a cross between Hawaii and Berkeley…so it is absolutely GLORIOUS! Just mosey on down the street and you are surrounded by loads of bookstores, little cafes and shops and markets…And there is thai food about 2 minutes down the road. Muah! And the coffee here is absolutely intense and delicious…I was in desperate need of caffeine. And this stuff is THICK! Mmm.
My kind of place!!!!
And the University of Sydney is right across the street, (where we’ll be having classes), and it is by far the most beautiful campus I have EVER seen! There are fountains, and parrots, and flowers, and trees everywhere…I can’t wait to lounge about in the grass.
What is kind of strange here down under is that everyone is EXCEPTIONALLY attractive (it’s almost ridiculous), all kinds of mixtures of ethnic backgrounds (those with aboriginal heritage are absolutely STUNNING! Some of the most beautiful ppl I’ve seen…)…and everyone looks incredibly healthy and happy (And tan, of course), and boy, are they smilers! Makes me happy…strangers will smile at you from their cars, or in the crosswalk, or from behind windows…it’s lovely. My favourite thing though, is that they have (on the whole) the BEST smile and eye wrinkles! I was talking to this one woman (who was telling me about this certain kind of cookie that she said I HAD to try..she got really excited and animated, and it completely made my day) and I could not help staring at her beautiful collection of wrinkles around her eyes and mouth…people here aren’t afraid to wear their lives on their faces. My kind of place!
Tonight a whole bunch of us are going out on the town, as it IS Saturday night! We’ve been warned NEVER to engage in drinking contests with the aussies or we might just die (in all seriousness…apparently the aussies have great fun trying to “tank the yank”, and they love to encourage you to keep drinking until you are comatose. So, we’re all going to steer clear of any contests…also we’re wary of looking the other way when we cross the street…apparently last year, two students (from another school) were crossing the street, it was their second day in Australia, and they ended up looking the wrong way, got hit by a bus, and died. Very sobering…after that story we took about 5 minutes to cross one intersection…lots of paranoid squealing and sprinting… as the drivers here are notoriously bad…so jaywalking is quite risky.
The place we’re staying at is this huge old house, we all have our own rooms, and it is fantastic! We’re certainly spoiled at the moment…we’ve been told that it is all downhill (in terms of accommodations and luxuries—like showers) from here…but I am looking forward to roughing it…I really really want to sleep under the stars!!!!! But don’t especially favour an encounter with anything venomous….
My favourite part of the house is the creaky stairs…for some reason, I’ve always loved creaky stairs…there are several other students from around the globe that are staying here, too…kind of like a hostel…they are all extremely outgoing, and boast several different kinds of accents, and everyone just chills on the couches, chatting and smiling.
There are all these parrots that live outside my window, when I got to my room I passed out for an hour (since I only got about 3 hours of sleep on the plane) and these birdies decided to have a singing/barking contest…woke me up (bolted straight up in bed) and I was so confused, b/c I didn’t know where I was….but they are very friendly (though noisy as hell), and they like to look in and watch me (a wee bit creepy, especially when they cock their heads and make this cooing noise)…I think they are just being blatantly flirtatious. And ah, as for flirtation…the aussies are OUTRAGEOUSLY flirtatious…though not in a creepy way, which is good…but they have no shame. It’s highly amusing…they are not shy, to say the least.
Well I have to head back to the house (in an internet café at the moment)…cook up some din-din for myself (NO VEGEMITE…oy!), and then we’re off to experience the nightlife.
Tomorrow we have a bus tour and get to go swimming…no complaints about that!
Anyway…to sum it all up…I am in a perpetual swoon, it seems…everything and everyone here down under is sooo beautiful…and the air, I am convinced, has a sexy accent.
There’s so much to say, but I better run, it’s about to get dark, and it’s not too safe to walk alone after dark…
Off and running!!!!!!! IN AUSTRALIA!!!! My god!!!!!!!!
*grinning goofily*
posted by heather at 12:49 AM
1 Comments:
yeah... you are in heather-heaven... a mix of berkeley and hawaii with hot australians and thick coffee to boot? My goodness, dear, it may just be too much for you...
Glad you're having a blast! Flirt with a parrot for me... ;)
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