In australia, buddhism, travel on
28 February 2010 tagged 1984, airport, apple, around the world in 80 days, australia, beef masala, beer, bookshop, breakfast, buddhist, burma, business class, cold shower, corn, dharma, dinner, dorm, email, flight, fudge, gaya, george orwell, hotel, hotel maria, india, jules verne, kimchi bokeumbab, kolkata, korea, koreans, loud speaker, market, money, mosque, mumbai, myanmar, package, sleeping bag, street stall, taxi, the bastard of istanbul, train, vip, yangon with no comments
day 316 — i had breakfast and talked to dave for a while, then started my new book ‘the bastard of istanbul’. the book annoyed me (focusing on how much armenians hate turks and visa versa) and i refused to read more. i’m sure the book has a happy ending and they all grow to […]
In australia, rants, travel on
1 January 2010 tagged africa, australia, battery pack, blackmail, burma, camera, country, customs, dhl, europe, family, ipod, life, lunar new year, mongolia, myanmar, new year, package, tiger, travel, turkey, visa, world cup with 1 comment
the year 2009 was the most amazing year of my life. i quit my job and spent 10 months of the year on the road. i visited 20 countries and spent new years even in myanmar.
2009 was a year of extreme highs and lows. i had a lot of fun traveling and seeing so many […]
In australia, korea, travel on
25 December 2009 tagged air asia, alcohol, australia, bandar seri begawan, bangar, bangkok, beer, boat, borneo, breakfast, brunei, bsb, canal, carlsberg, chicken, cigar, city, dominican republic, duty free, email, ferry, flights, guesthouse, island, japan, kimchi jiggae, korea, korean restaurant, kota kinabalu, malaysia, mall, martini, memorial, mosque, museum, muslim, palau labuan, photos, prayer, river, satay, soldiers, sunset, surrender, travel, travel agent, visa, worldwar, ww2, wwii with no comments
day 296 — in the morning i walked into town again. i checked a couple of travel agents and realised my plan (to fly to bangkok via brunei) was going to be too expensive. i gave up and walked back across town. on the way i found a korean restaurant and decided to grab some […]
In australia, travel on
16 December 2009 tagged air north, australia, bali, beach, beer, bemo, blackout, cafe, chess, chicken satay, coffee, darwin, delay, denpasar, dorms, drinking, flight, homestay, hotel, immigration, jetstar, kakadu trek, kennis, kuta, lonely planet, medewi, minibus, negara, nightmare, passengers, photography, room mate, singapore, sleep, surf town, surfers, swim, taxi, tickets, travel, wifi, yelling, yha, yobos with no comments
day 261 — today was my last day in australia. i packed and checked out of my room. i had a coffee in town and met kennis for lunch. she’d just returned from a kakadu trek, which she said was fantastic. we had chinese for lunch and spent the afternoon together. we chatted until my […]
In australia, travel on
16 December 2009 tagged australia, bali, beer, book, breakfast, coffee, couchsurfing, darwin, didgeridoo, drunk, email, girl, guitar, hippies, hong kong, indonesian embassy, internet, kennis, lessons, marijuana, murray, noodle, pot, remembrance day, shopping, sleep, store, ticket, tourists, travel, walkter, yha with no comments
day 256 — remembrance day — i had breakfast and coffee with a black fella called murray, did some washing and read my book. then i got the bus into town to sort out some travel arrangements. i was going to buy a ticket to bali, but was told that i needed an outbound flight […]
In australia, travel on
16 December 2009 tagged aboriginals, alice springs, atlas shrugged, australia, beer, bonfire, breakfast, bus, camel station, camp, caves, chinese, coffee, couchsurf, darwin, didgeridoo store, drunk, economics, fire, football, germans, grottos, guide, hangover, hippies, hot, indigenous, katherine, katherine gorge, king's canyon, linux, marijuana, mattress, monolith, movie, noodle, olgas, pot, rock, shower, silhouette, stars, sunrise, sunset, swags, the ghan, theatre, tour bus, tourists, train station, travel, tripod, uluru, uluru climb, walking, water, water bottle bag with no comments
day 251 — today was hot, so i spent a lazy day in alice springs. i had an early coffee and talked to the owner of a didgeridoo store. the owner was a didj player and i got some advice from him. afterwards i got online, catching up on some chess games and had dinner. […]
In australia, travel on
16 December 2009 tagged australia, beer, bicycle, craig, esplanade, fish and chips, hervey bay, hervey bay theatre, inyoung, irene, josephine, maddigans, melbourne cup, photos, roma street, shopping, travel, urangan pier with no comments
day 246 — craig and inyoung wanted to look at some houses, so we did that in the morning. then we went shopping and spent the afternoon at home.
day 247 — i went to roma street and caught the intercity bus to hervey bay. i had been in two minds about visiting hervey bay. i wanted […]
In australia, drama & theatre, travel on
16 December 2009 tagged alice springs, australia, blackwood road, brisbane wheel, brookside, buffet, childhood, craig, cremorne theatre, drama, flight, high school, infant school, inyoung, librarian, mimosa street, mitchelton, myer centre, night photography, office lady, primary school, queen street mall, school photos, sizzler, southbank, staff, the crucible, theatre, travel with 1 comment
day 241 — i spent a lazy day at craig’s house.
day 242 — today i planned a stroll down memory lane … actually, the destination was andover lane, the small alley behind the house i grew up in. i caught the train across the city to mitchelton and walked along blackwood road. in the main […]
In australia, drama & theatre, travel on
16 December 2009 tagged alice springs, australia, brisbane, brisbane river, concrete, craig, cricket, darwin, driveway, flights, indonesia, margarita, mecian, megan, qpac, queen street mall, queensland bulls, rain, ray bans, southbank, sunglasses, tacos, the crucible, tickets, travel, uluru, wa warriors with no comments
day 236 — i spent the day at craig’s house, not doing much.
day 237 — i spent the day at craig’s house doing work online. after he returned from work, we drove out to craig’s sister’s house for a little mexican fiesta. we ate tacos (tacos rule!) and some heavily concentrated margaritas. feeling happy and a […]
In australia, sport on
16 December 2009 tagged 2010, australia, brazil, croatia, fifa, football, germany, ghana, japan, new zealand, serbia, soccer, socceroos, south africa, south korea, world cup with no comments
*i thought i’d already written about this, but i hadn’t … which is why the post is so late.
the socceroos have been handed a tough draw for the south africa 2010 world cup. in last week’s draw, the australians were grouped with germany, serbia and ghana. this is a difficult draw to predict, due to the […]
In australia, sport on
2 December 2009 tagged 2010, australia, brazil, croatia, fifa, football, groups, italy, japan, new zealand, soccer, socceroos, south africa, world cup with no comments
on friday, 32 nations discover their group opponents when fifa conducts the much awaited world cup draw.
with the completion of qualifications, all 32 teams have been confirms. eight teams (including england) have been seeded, with the remaining teams grouped into regional pools to prevent teams from particular regions facing each other.
the pools are:
Pots for Friday’s draw: eight groups […]
In australia, sport on
15 November 2009 tagged australia, bahrain, emerton, fifa, football, new zealand, oman, soccer, socceroos, south africa, wiltshire, world cup with no comments
the socceroos have continued their good run of form with an imporant 2–1 win against oman last night.
the australians traveled to oman on the back of a 1–0 victory, but looked to be in trouble after an early red card and penalty. oman missed the penalty, but scored the rebound, giving them the lead. the socceroos […]
In australia, drama & theatre on
‘the crucible’ — review">1 November 2009 tagged arthur miller, australia, michael gow, performance, play, qtc, queensland, the crucible, theatre, theatre company with no comments
i’ve always been a big fan of arthur miller’s “the crucible”. some say it’s over played, becoming a theatre cliché, but i think the show has a lot to offer to modern audiences. when well cast and directed, “the crucible” is a gripping drama with tragic overtones.
the story, set in the early 1600s, is a […]
In australia, computers & internet, korea, photography stuff, travel on
30 October 2009 tagged a league, airport, australia, barbeque, bbq, beer, breakfast, brisbane, brisbane roar, cd reader, computer, craig, cruise ship, football, frame, garden city, inyoung, linux, macadamia, netbook, nuts, photo, shopping, soccer, suncorp stadium, ubuntu, wedding, windows with no comments
day 231 — i went to garden city to do some shopping. whilst messing about with my dual boot, i accidentally deleted the grub boot files, meaning that i couldn’t run either windows or ubuntu. my netbook doesn’t have a cd reader, so i thought i’d have to buy one to fix my computer. we […]
In australia, photography stuff, travel on
30 October 2009 tagged abc, australia, beer, belaying, breakfast, bridge, brisbane, brisbane river, brisbane wheel, bus, cliff, climbing, climbing club, coffee, cremorne theatre, floodlights, football, goma, kangaroo point, london eye, lyric theatre, mall, night, oman, photography, playhouse, queen street, queensland, queensland museum, radio, restaurant, soccer, socceroos, southbank, state library, storey bridge with no comments
day 226 — after breakfast i took the bus into the city and found myself in the queen street mall. it’s such a long time since i’ve been there, and i was surprised how little the mall had changed. i wandered around for a while looking at the shop windows and contemplating a beer at […]