It was such a short trip, and now I am back in Taipei.
Gosh I really I really miss Melbourne. I really had a great time.
Hope I can go back again in July.
Tag: australia
I am experiencing quite a lot of strange weather changes recently.
I was in Turkey last year and experienced the coldest day in 10 years, around -10 degrees celsius.
During my honeynoon, when I was in France some said it was the first time since 1937 where it snowed in an October.
This time back in Melbourne, I experiencied three consecutive days of temperatures above 43 degrees celsius, which is the first time in the history of Melbourne weather bureau since records began in 1855.
Coincidently, the mercury peaked at 45 degrees celsius yoday, the hottest in 70 years.
Great, all of these weather changes is making me think one thing. The end of the world is coming.
Rafael Nadal and Fernando Verdasco are playing their semi-final match at the Australian Open right now. I hope Nadal wins.
Only a few days back in Melbourne I am already experience something I haven’t experienced in a long time.
Heat.
Melbourne is expecting a four consecutive days of 40 degrees Celsius or more in more than a decade.
Today is the first day, and the weather bureau records the the hottest in six years, at 43.4 degrees.
They expect tomorrow to get even hotter. Oh boy, I cannot wait.
Yes, I haven’t been updating in a while because I have been too busy stuck in Sydney. The good thing is, I can finally fly back tomorrow.
Quite frankly, the whole trip hasn’t been exactly great. It has gotten better, but never like what I first expected. The whole trip could have been a lot better if my boss hasn’t been too much of a prick.
They wanted me to say for a week I said OK.
After I got here they wanted me to say for three months. No way.
I said my rent in Taipei finishes on the 15th therefore I need to move out before then, they said OK, come back on the 14th.
What? Are you out of your fucking mind? I also need time to pack, clean and arrange mover you dumb fuck, tell me I can arrange that in one day????
Now they are telling me after I come back I might have to fly back to Sydney again, and this time really for three months.
Fuck you no deal. I am coming back early no matter what.
I mean, I don’t mind to stay here for three months if I am to stay in a more urbane area. Unfortunately where the company is located is like in a remote area off the east side of Sydney. It is a little like Clayton in Melbourne, where you do not get much except, houses, trees and nothing more.
Please do not get me wrong, I love Sydney. It is a great place, except the location of the company is just a little too remote for my liking. Perhaps I am more used to Melbourne city life, and the convenience of going to shopping malls and restaurants in 5 minutes, by foot.
Maybe I should rent a car.
Anyway, slowly but painfully, I did get to know this neighborhood a bit better. Hopefully it will get better next time I come back, but still, I hope not for three months.
Oh yah, last day tomorrow, I cannot wait to go back!
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Three Months???
My boss asked me to stay here in Sydney for three month??? He must be out of his mind. There is no way for me to stay for three months, perhaps three weeks is the most I can stay since I still need to go back and move house sometime around the middle of July. Still, what am I suppose to do here for three weeks???
I think I will try to get back early. I seriously don’t see any reason for me to stay here for that long.
Company is complaining the cost in Australis is too high, and now I can understand why.
I arrived at the customs and got busted with two cartons of ciggies valued at NTD470 each. They confiscated the ciggies, and to get them back, no problem, AUD105.00.
I took taxi from airport to hotel, AUD115.00.
The hotel is OK but it is certainly not the best, but it is certainly the most expensive so far. By the way, they do not even offer tooth brush, and it is costing me each night, probably excluding GST, AUD198.00.
This place has no free internet (even Vietnam and Philippines do), and per hour is AUD9.90. One day unlimited is AUD19.90.
This place offers no complementary breakfast, and breakfast costs a mere, well, per person is, AUD14.00.
Australia is a land of money fiends.
Then again, like always, here is a picture of my hotel room.
Man, I love business class. Actually, no, I didn’t take business class, I just have priority baggage. It does look pretty good hanging there though.
Me. Good night.
Next week is going to be strange. I will fly back to Australia, well, not for holidays, but for work related trip. I will stay in Sydney, but I need to make my own way to Melbourne.
Company is stingy. They won’t let me have a direct flight back to Taipei from Melbourne, because I purposely delayed the trip for personal benefit. Gay.
Anyway, like always, I am under tremendous pressure again. I don’t like business trips. They send you and make sure you cannot come back unless you get the tasks done.
If this statement stands, then dammit!! Maybe I cannot come back.
My nine days Chinese New Year break felt a lot shorter than expected. Like always, whenever I have fun, time seems to move at a much faster pace, and this Chinese New Year break was no exception.
Yep, again, we went to Crown Casino, just like every other time I came back, I spent money and gambled a bit. After all, there is one thing I must continue to remind myself, which is, you can never beat the games at the casino. No, never, and you can never win more than you lose. It is just human nature, that when you start winning, people tend to stick around a bit longer, and by the time you realise it, you have already lost it all.
It is funny how I always try to remind myself this before I play, but at the end I still go home regretting why didn’t I stop sooner.
His name is Brendan and he is only two months old. For some reason he looks a lot bigger for a two months old infant.
Brendan is absolutely adorable and playful. It is funny but from memory, most of the infants all they do is cry and cry, but Brendan doesn’t cry much at all.
Brendan loves camera. Everytime I have the camera pointing at Brendan, he would start to smile. He is just simply gorgeous and wonderful to be around with.
On the plane coming to Melbourne, I saw this this Taiwan news listed under China section. Why? Is it because The Standard is a China newspaper?
Melbourne hasn’t changed that much since the last time I came back. There are a few new buildings, but most of the places have remained pretty much the same. I went to a Japanese grocery store and noticed they have many more flavors of Hi-Chews than the ones being sold in Taiwan.
Anyway, it is good to be with mum and dad again.