We've been awake the whole night because our sweet flatmates have been partying all night. It's Ireland playing France in soccer. So they decided to throw a big party! Why not, they just have 2 other people in the house that has to sleep and work in the morning, but hey, why the fuck do they have to care about us?! Screaming, shouting, and singing "Oleee Oolee, olee olee" in the loudest voice possible.
As i said, there is no respect here what so ever.
(But whenever it's during the week and they have to sleep and work the next day, we have to be quiet as mice)
Now i do understand why all australian people hate the irish, because it's not hard!
We are now thinking of moving, not just away from this place, away from brisbane aswell!
It's now 7.15 in the morning and second half of the game just started.
I'm going to have a shower and get ready for work, then me and David are going to go to the cafe down the village, get tonnes of coffee and go to the park and chill out. Better then fucking sitting here!
This used to be a fun house, but now it's full of evil cunts! (pardon the language, but it has to be done)
Angela & David
Saturday, November 14, 2009
NEVER EVER!
14th - 15th November
Never will we share an apartment with other people again!!
This is redicilous.
NO respect what so ever in this place!
Angela & David
Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday 13th----or as we know it our 4 year Anniversary!
Friday 13th November
4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Today is when it all began 4 brilliant years ago, I never would have imagined that I will be writing something like this on such a day! It is of course not a mystery why this happened to me in particular as we are the most compatible people on the planet, and want the same things out of life.
If you look at it this way (a north pole cannot exist without a south pole) (a chicken cannot exist without the egg) (and Irish person cannot exist without Guinness) (an Australian cannot exist without Convicts) etc and so the conclusion is (David cannot exist without Angela) and (Angela cannot exist without David).
Even though we are apart on this night as we both work at different times, we are together always as one. I dedicate this post to my fantastically amazing fiancee Angela.
I LOVE YOU so much, and more each day! I am having a fantastic time on this trip, and it would not be the same without you.
David
Thursday, November 12, 2009
A very funny story!
10th November
We met Dawn at the start on our trip in Thailand - kanchanaburi. A lovely girl with a very strong welsh accent. ;) We got to know each other in kanchanaburi but after the 2 day stay we separated.
2 weeks later, we bumped in to her on a street on Phi Phi Island and maybe 1 month after that we bup into her in a hotel in Hanoi-Vietnam, thinking oh my god, how do we keep bumping into you? But it's not the last time! maybe 3 weeks after that we bump into her on a street in Bangkok aswell. (where we ended up having a great night out together)
A few days ago i checked my F.B and saw she's in Brisbane. So we decide to meet up...again. Even though this time is arranged, it's still pretty cool they way we've met her in so many coutries without even knowing she was there!
This time we went back to our place, cooked lovely spaghetti bolognese, watched some soaps on the telly and had a few glasses of wine.
Then, off to Bar alto for some discounted wine and tapas!
Dawn & Angela
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Dawn, Angela & David
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We really miss this girl, she's such a warmhearted person! But i know us right, then this is not the last time we see her ;)
Pol Roger Champagne night!
9th November
We haven't been up to much lately, well, the latest is that I got smashed last monday from drinking champagne. I will tell you the story, as i can laugh at it now
Tess, Matt & Angela
Chamapagne, Champagne EVERYWHERE!
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I was working monday at Bar Alto, we're usually closed that monday, but this day it was open for a function. They have already bought LOADS of bottles of champagne and wine, so all we do is pour it in to the glasses and serve them! Not many people drank that much so at the end of the night we had 18 bottles left, unopened. But because we cannot bring them home unopened, we had to open them there and then and drink it!
We cleaned up and sat outside with a bottle each to start with. Bubbly bubbly. yummy yummy! It even tastes nicer as one bottle is worth 150dollars!!
So we drink away and have a lot of fun, we even have to ring Daniel and Ryan to come and help us to drink up the champange. The night involved a lot of gay talk, Matt scaring the hell out of us after bringing in the bins, me wrapping Glen up in toilet paper, Ryan getting lost and me getting very very drunk!
Darren with...Champagne, what else?
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Glen & Matt
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Matt & Ryan
Guess if Matt was happy when Ryan's underware ripped!
...by the way, don't ask me how they ripped, i was just there to take the photo. ha ha
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The next day i found out that Ryan had fallen asleep in the park beside Bar Alto, he got woken up by the police the next day, and for me...well lets just say that Glen had to help me home, I woke up David that had to get up early the next morning and I wasn't feeling very well for the next 2 days!....and some memory loss!
Angela & David
I miss...
6th November
Ok, yes it is official!...
...I am homesick!
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Dont get me wrong, i love being here in Australian, I love being on this trip and will never regret any of this. But right now all i wish is that i could just spend 5 minutes each with my friends and family back home just to boost me up a little.
I was never this homesick when i lived in Dublin for 5 years. But after being on this trip for nearly 6 months i miss my friends and family so much. Maybe it's because now i have 2 cities to miss. Not just Gotland, but Dublin and all my friends there aswell. Or maybe it's just for the fact that Australia is sooo bloody far away. It was easy when i lived in Dulin to go home just for a weekend or so, but here...it's impossible!!
Click on the picture to make it bigger
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I want to dedicate this post for my family and friends that i miss, and even if you're not on the picture, don't worry...i miss you too ;)
If noone leaves any comments after me sending this post...i will cry...ALOT!
Love you all!
Angela & David
BBQ with friends in New Farm Park
2nd-3rd November
The weird thing is that you all are sitting at home complaining about the cold,
while we're here in Australia in spring time :)
Glen, Matt & Angela
The first sip is sooo good!
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As Bar Alto, where i work, are always closed on mondays, we decided to organise a little picnic with some friends from work.
Monday came and we got up early to start getting stuff ready. David boiled some potatoes and made a salad while i got ready. There was no place for a woman in the kitchen.
Then we went to the shop to get som more essential things before meeting up with the rest of the group. We got some lovely sausages, kebabs, corn on the cob, fruit, cheese and some crackers. And we got this huge cooler bag and some party ice of course. While i wondered around in the shop David went to the bottle shop to get some booze, to put in our new bag. (I have never seen anyone this excited about a cooler bag before, but maybe it was the beer that got him excited actually?!) In the shop he bumpes into Matt (my manager) and Glen (bartender in B.A) They were also getting their essentials for the picnic, beer beer and more beer.
Together we walk down to the park, our mouths are drooling from the smell of uncoocked meat and unopened beer.
We get there at last, find a perfect table in the shade and we sit down. (little table, get ready to get beer raped) haha
See, in Australia in the parks you're aloud to drink if you have a big meal with it. That's why they provide all the parks with BBQs :) It is such a brilliant idea!
David
He just want's to see if it's hot, by putting his head on the grill!
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Ryan & Glen
enjoying the beer and sunshine
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Daniel & David
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Glen playing with his ball while Matt took a super shot of it!
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Ryan & Daniel with their super big stake!
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Daniel, did you forget to bring a plate, well just use the goon box instead ;)
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We had some cheese and crackers to start with, while we were waiting for the other people. Daniel and Rhyan didn't show up untill 3 hors later! We couldn't wait for them so David started the fire!
We had a great time in the park, a lot of gay conversations as my manager is gay and is not afraid to talk open about ANYTHING! haha, it was great fun! A gang of 5 boys were playing football beside us and as they got hot of course they started taking of their t-shirts, so for about 30-40 minutes, Matt was sitting there with our camera, taking picture after picture. And these boys werent shy as they thought they were going to be on the first page of a magazine, not as Matts screen saver! ;) So they kept posing!
The german boys!
Matt is so enjoying this picture (alone)
while they're going around thinking they're on the front page!
(by they way, later on these guys came over to our table and started eating our half eaten corns and half eaten, dried stakes)
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Angela & David
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Ryan, Glen & Matt
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Glen, Ryan & Tess
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Tess also joined us for a while, but it started getting really cold so we all went home. Daniel and Ryan came home with us for more beer and drinking games!
The night ended with Daniel of cours falling asleep in our couch, and we abused him with taking funny pictures!
Poor Daniel, but that's what happens if you fall asleep early!
The best "drink" award will have to go to Ryan and Daniel who brought very cheap goon, mixed with creaming soda!....!
Angela & David
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Sunrise Coast, more like it!
27th October
Noosa Heads Birdseye View
(I was asleep when David took this picture)
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Its 5 am and the eyes slowly open due to an intense light. Its the morning sun of course, and the parking position was not the best the night before. So sleepy eyed David drives quickly to a new location within the caravan park. Its easily done too as the bed is on wheels....
Angela
(Still in bed........I mean car.)
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A few hours later we head back to the beach that we found. This time there are people sunning themselves so we do the same. We both jump into the cool refreshing water, we get to experience the very strong currents, we body-surf our way around in the small swimming section between the flags. In other words we have fun, lying on the sandy beach, watching people attempting to catch that awsome wave on their surf boards.We mange to burn a little in the 3 hours we are there, and its time to head back as work is very early in the morning for David.
We devise a plan to use our car for our benefit, so we find out where Aldi was and go to stock up on cheap food. Then we drive all the way to Ikea in Logan and treat ourselves to (kottboller) or meatballs as they are known in English. Tasty meal that reminds us of home. David then had to drop the car to the airport, so he filled it up fwith a full tank and instead of putting unleaded fuel he put in unleaded with 10 % ethanol. Hope they never find that out, or there will be problems.
David & Angela
(Quiz----How can you tell that we were at the beach?)
(Answer: Where else would you get a red face from and nose from)
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The Sunshine coast was very nice to see, and we will be back there again when it gets slightly warmer in the water. As for now its back to work.
Angela & David
Sunshine Coast, yes please!
26th October
Monday morning and its time to take our first trip outside of Brisbane. This is what its all about for us, trying to see Australia. We rent a car and set off on the two hour journey up north. The journey is smooth and in a/c comfort with the tunes playing non stop on the radio. Having the car gives us great freedom and we take an alternative route and get on the Steve Irwin Highway, this take us past Australia zoo and we get to see a beautiful mountain range called the Glass House mountains. We keep driving though as our goal is the beach for this trip. As a halfway stop over we end up in a pub known for its tourist attraction and its called "Ettamogah Pub". Its all done up of Aussie artefacts and makes for a nice picture and pit stop to recharge the batteries.
Ettamogah Pub (The real Australian watering hole)
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After an hour and a half we find our way onto the David Low highway and the Sunshine Highway plus we stop at the first sign of a beach. Climbing over the sand dunes the brisk wind and sand in our faces tell us that it is not exactly the height of summer just yet. The beach is secluded and empty. We don't get bothered by this and we find ways to entertain ourselves (this can only mean taking lots of silly pics of ourselves). David did find the courage to take a dip in the cold water, but not for long, as it was as cold as Ireland or Sweden.
Angela & David on the Aussie beach at last!!!
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David and his Buddha impression
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We move on up the coast in search of people and calmer waters. It takes many stops along the way to reach the main beach at Noosa Heads. The town itself is small but reminds us slightly of Killiney, in Ireland (expensive).
A nice viewing point along the way
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Darkness falls and swimming will have to be done tomorrow morning instead, for now its time to find food and shelter for the night. We did have a plan to sleep in the car all along, but David however was having second thoughts. After a long discussion we come to a compromise and that is to stay in a caravan park and still sleep in the car. So we stock up on the wine, incase we can't fall asleep that is. We settle down for the night in Peregian Beach Caravan Park. The night is hot, its sticky, its showery rain. Our attempts to keep the windows open for air are spoiled by the rain and we get woken up many times during the night with drips in from the window. But we are doing it, we sleep in a Hyundai Getz......oh yes!
Angela & David
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Meatball footlong please!
25th Oct
The day began very early this morning, at 5 am to be exact. Not by choice mind you but because of our housemates again. I know we are complaining about them a lot but its all true and most definitely getting beyond funny. As they came back from beer drinking and they knew that we were sleeping, it didn't stop them playing music, singing etc until when David had to leave for work at 8 am. All day they are very sorry and blaming the drinks for their noise pollution, but its been happening every weekend since we have moved in here. Its not fair and we made a mistake moving in here it seems. If it wasn't for the location and the place being nice, well who knows we could be moving out sooner than we think. Not easy to move around though and full of hasle too, so David had a talk with them after he finished work. They were sorry sorry and using the oldest excuse in the book, "I was drunk, sorry". We have used that one ourselves on occasion, but not every weekend. Now they don't really speak to David and times are hard in Brisbane.
Oh yeah a funny thing happened in David's work today. While he was engineering his subs, some problems in the crowd occured. The queue was long and then he sees a down syndromed boy lying on the ground. They run out to see what has happened, and the boy (who is a regular to subway) has fainted. He gets some water and as he comes around all he says is "Meatball Footlong please", oh boy, what a guy. Dedicated to his meatball. Of course he ends up getting the sub for free and a bottle of water too. So you should all go to a busy subway and faint to get your free sub, that is the new way for cheap meals.
I was working today too in the eveing time, its Sunday so the comedy is on. Don't worry though as tomorrow we are driving up to the Sunshine Coast for some beach relaxation and sightseeing of Queensland. It shall be fun, we hope?!
Angela & David
Eating Kangaroos!
21st Oct-24th Oct
The sun is still shining this morning, as it always does! We are waking up happy with the thoughts of Koala's and Kangooroo's, and on that thought it reminds me that today is the day we are going to eat 'Kangaroo Burgers' for dinner. The preparation of the meat brings back all the cute memories from yesterday, all the playfulness and curiousity of the kangaroo. However here is a little fact for you "Australia is overpopulated with kangaroo's and to add the meat is 97% fat free and ful of iron" so what wins in the end is human carnivourous nature. Its a bit tough, its a bit meaty but David appreciates every bite and goes back for more. I think its gonna be his diet for the next few months and don't forget the steak of course.
Thursday comes and goes, and the sun is splitting the stones again. Its getting hotter each day and more and more people a flocking to the man made beach in Southbank, everyone is sunning themselves even if the risk factor is most in Australia (skin cancer at its fiercest). Anyway, the point is that we get to the cinema to watch SAW VI, and its slightly disappointing but still a must see, if you like that sort of thing (and we do).
Friday was suppose to be my day to work, but a call comes and its cancelled!!! I need more hours, its just not fair. I love the job and just wish that they can give me the hours. So back to the cinema we go, through our usual route on the boat with beautiful scenery of the Brisbane skyline. Its so much nicer than Dublin, but Dublin is Dublin and will always be great craic.
Angela & David
Koalas and Kangarooos!
19th Oct-20th Oct
Happy Mondays, thats what they should be called from now on, or sleepy Mondays would suffice aswell. Wakey wakey David its time to work now........."No chance". The phone dials the work number and a very sick Dave makes his first sick call to work, and he is not even working there two weeks. Oh oh, trouble trouble but its better than turning up smelling like a chardonnay and stale vodka. The tought of making sandwiches was enough not to go to work, so he slept all day until 5 pm. I braved the day from 1pm, it was still hot and very sunny as it always is here. Praying for rain is unheard of here.
Tuesday was more creative on our part, we woke up early to the sound of the birds and fresh minds. It was time we did something with our days off. We went to visit the 'Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary' which is a short ride away on the 445 bus. When we got off the bus the immediate smell of eucalyptus that has passed through a stomach of a Koala was evident (I heard they're not supposed to smell that good, but my lord, that was a disgusting smell), but nice to be out of the city. We went in and got discounts with our backpacker cards. We strolled around this small enclosure, we saw a sheep dog demonstration and some man shearing a sheep. Some free running turkeys who snatch any type of food out of your hands at any given moment. Then we got to meet the kangaroos in the open enclosure (you can't skip them......ha ha ha), we roamed free with the roo's, trying to avoid their droppings everywhere. They are strange looking animals, with their little arms that remind you of the T-Rex dinosaurs. But i promise you, they are the most coolest and cutest animals!
Angela
Trying to connect with the kangaroo
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Then it was time for the days big event, and that was to get a cuddle with a Koala. We got to hold a Koala named " Scarlet", she was not moving very much as you can imagine (they tend to sleep for 20 hours per day, and when not sleeping they only wake up to eat the Eucalyptus plant, and get rid of the previously eaten plant). She was very cute indeed so we got a little souvenir and went back to the roo's for a second look, and had food for them this time to get the better picture.When i get the chance i'll be back there to cuddle with the roos, the koala was a bit too boring for my liking! But they sure are cute!
Angela & Kanga
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David & Roo
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Today was a lovely day and it was finished off by having a super veal stroganoff with a nice cup of tea.Angela & David
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Monthaversary
13th - 16th October
The meat Platter
oh so yummy
Its our monthaversary and we are very close to being 4 years together, so we decide to enjoy our time and go to a lovely restaurant for dinner. Well in fact it is the place that I work in and I get 20% discount on the food there. We get dressed up in our best rags and go for some amazing food and wine. We start of with a fantastic platter of cured meats (just saying that makes my mouth water) and mains and dessert to follow and all at a reasonable price of 110 australian dollars (€65). We had a great time and managed to get some snaps of the creatures of the night while walking home. The place we live in is peaceful and quiet but at night time it comes alive with possoms and crows start singing in the morning (well crowing in that annoying tone kakow kakow at 5 am). It is a nice neighbourhood though and full of activity. We sleep happy tonight, still on that crazy matress that is too big for the bed as we have not got around to getting a new one yet.
David
With a glass of red and some dessert in mind
Angela
The saffron dessert was to die for!
Possum
On our way home we found a lost possum in a tree
Happy Monthaversary!
Angela & David
Night out...Not
16th Oct-18th Oct
Next day was work again, and yet another late night. We finished off with a couple glasses of wine and went to sleep at 2 am, to be woken up by our housemates voices again at 5.17 am. They were of course just coming back from their night out. We eventually fell back asleep at around 7 am and slept until 12pm. When we got up to make lunch (a delicious tuna pasta sauce thingy) all we could hear from our housemate was " oh my god, I can't believe they are making noise outside as I'm trying to sleep" the flipping cheak I though! As she stormed out of the room without saying anything, and went back in without saying anything......thats what you get with living with people that only care about themselves.
I got called into work early, and David joined me in work later. Well he was only there to enjoy the free stand up comedy night and of course the added bonus of cheap beer because I work there. Bloody excellent for him anyway..... So thats how the day/night suppose to end. But of course it is not the case. I finished work and Dan, Glen and Ryan from work, wanted to get a few wines, so we arrived at my house and to our cosy basement. David joined us with a few beers and some music and the night turned into day very very quickly. We saw the sunrise and the cold of night turn to hot day. We watched our flatmates leave for work one by one as we waved them on there way, because we did not finish the party until 8 in the morning!
Angela & David
Responsible Service of Alcohol
11th Oct-13th Oct
Saturday. Good morning indeed, as I was a bit tired and David had to work in the afternoon and so did I of course. It sure does feel strange to have to say the word work all of a sudden but hats how it is I'm afraid. We have wanted this in Australia and now we have it. So now we miss travelling and doing what we want in the day. But ok, it is what we need to do and we will do it.
We worked this saturday, we came home to find more of the same. The house alive with the sound of drinking, however all the off liences close at 10pm so we have nothing to enjoy after work unless you plan ahead that is, its ok on this occasion as we are tired and happy to sleep or in our case listen to the rest of the house have fun (or another word for it is 'keeping us awake'). I know what you are thinking, "you are in another country, you should be doing what they are doing too" however sometimes sleep is all we want. So on Sunday morning we wake up to the usual question "Did we wake you last night?" and we say "Yes". But there is no remorse in their voices. David has his day off and I work again. The last day for the week, oh boy short week.
Monday comes and goes, and our housemates are little angels that go to bed at 8pm, all nice and quiet. I get to do my RSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol Certificate-which is compulsory here if you wanna work in the bar industry). I do however have to travel to Starbucks in the city to get internet as our one at home is not set up yet (but promises promises it should be here soon. While David is doing his best to try and reform the Subway personnel by arguing with them and trying to get them to understand that if you work more than 6 hours a day, then you should have at least 30 mins break for it. It is not the case however here, he only gets 10 mins if he is lucky. The funny thing is that Australian law says otherwise, but no one pays attention and if a place is busy well then you work all day. So we are finding out exactly how the system works here, but hey, now we are the ones that are desperate for work and its hard to beat the system.
Angela & David
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