April 27

***Pic One is some city art stuff that's been going up all over. It's basically hundreds of little plastic cups shoved into fences but it looks pretty great when it's all done Pic two is Caroline and I. I can't remember which night this was since we were out together for the past three nights in a row. Pic three is the gang from this weekend. Caroline, Laura, Me and our friend Ryan.**
Busy Busy Busy. Never a dull moment in the big city! I've been spending some of my evenings checking out some of the local suburbs near my place. They've got such cute little side-streets with art pieces installed in the sidewalks, light posts or other interesting places. I'm going to have to remember to bring my camera next time I'm out there so that you can see what I mean, but trust me, it's fabulous.
On Tuesday night, I went out for dinner again with the French guy that used to live at my place. We decided to be a little more adventurous and go for some serious japaneese food. I've been adoring Sushi lately, so I figured it was time to try sushimi... basically a little slab of raw fish. ooooh goodness, it was SO good. I mean, not something you'd want to eat every day, but as something special it was fantastic. I'm becoming much more handy with chop sticks too, but still a little slow. We also went to see the film 'Forgetting Sarah Marshal'. It was quite rude, but still really funny.
Wednesday night I took another stroll and ended up on a posh street in the middle of Surry Hills. The streets were lined with tiny restaurants (literally the size of someone's living-room) with enough space to fit about 10 people. What a cool feeling, very cozy. I ended up in a little cafe and ordered a decaf capuccino (now completely addicted to coffee). I Curled up in a corner lounge with my book and read for an hour before the very friendly owner came over & brought me another coffee 'on the house'. How nice! So I'm reading my book and eventually a guy with a guitar and a girl get up, sit on some stools and start singing some smooth jazzy music. How lucky for me to be there! I'm definately going to make a point of getting there again sometime this week.
Thursday night was party night because of Friday's holiday here. Friday was Anzak day (basically like rememberance day with parades and wreaths and flowers, but everyone gets the day of work, yay!) I went out to 'the argyle' with Laura, Caroline (Laura's new house-mate from New Zealand and very cool girl) and some of their other friends. We stayed out pretty late, as usual, and by the end of the night Laura and I got in to an intense conversation about my returning to Canada. "Please don't go!!" she says over and over. Aww how cute, If only I could convince her to come to Canada, everyone would love her!
On Friday morning/lunch time, I went out for lunch with some of the boys from the house. We always have such a great time together, it's so interesting learning about their cultures and different places they're been to in their lives. One of the new guys in the house, Fred, is French and is an Opera Singer/Dancer. Or Carsten who's an IT business owner back in Germany and tells stories of what it was like to live in Berlin when 'the wall' came down. Or the little ginger haired Irish guy, Cillian, who's one of the most rude & crude people I've ever met, but I can't help loving being friends with him. It's such a different situation in the house but somehow it totally works.
Friday afternoon, the same crew from Thursday got together for some Anzak Day festivities. There's a law here about a game called 'two-up' where it's illegal to play every day except for Anzak Day. Basically, it's betting on heads or tails. If you want to bet heads, you hold your money by your head. If someone wants to take your bet, they come up to you and give you whatever amount of money. The main coin-flipper-guy flips the coins and BAM, you win or you loose. I didn't bet because I can't afford to loose, but Laura bet $20 and lost it all in a matter of 30 seconds. The whole thing gets pretty rowdy and some people loose thousands of dollars.
Saturday, I spent most of the day reading my book in the park. I've borrowed some really intense books from one of my friends here & I'm trying to broaden my horizons by reading something other than cheesy chic books. It's going pretty well so far. For Saturday evening, I went to a nearby suburb 'crows-nest' for a dinner party with one of the friends of my landlord that I met last week. The whole thing was so grown-up, I loved it! The host cooked everything himself, even backing the bread! I stayed there until about 11:30 and then went out to meet Laura and Caroline in Darling Harbour where we club-hopped until about 5am. I'll never EVER get sick of it!!
Today was another relaxing day.. the weather being stellar here, Laura and I went out to Hyde park to discuss our eventful weekend, look at fashion mags and get some sun. Wow, I'm really going to miss this place.