Harbour City Update
Well I'm back in Sydney for like the 12th time I guess, I've lost count actually... I do like this city a lot, especially at moments when I'm crossing the harbour bridge or walking around in the bustle of the CBD. But it definitely feels different to Melbourne, and not always in a good way. Chena and I lamented the lack of good, cheap Asian food in the city tonight and that's one thing. The main thing, though, is Sydney on a Friday night... it seems to be full of loud, annoying people... kind of makes me think of what London is probably like on a Friday night. I dunno, I guess I just don't dig that vibe...Been a good day though, caught up with a girl I met in Taiwan 2 years ago at APLCPM... EJ... she's on study exchange at UNSW. We had lunch at Ichiban Boshi and trawled through Kinokuniya, two of my favourite places in Sydney. Went to the MC office after that and hung out with those guys for a while, the SMs are all there having transition. Had coffee with Ralph at Three Bean and then went to the gym, there's a Fitness First there... which is pretty ok except not that well air-conditioned.
Then a bunch of us went down to this Thai place to have dinner... Pad Thai, nice. Then we made tracks to UTS for the AIESEC Sydney awards night, which wasn't to be... we went to karaoke instead. Karaoke was like 30 people crammed into a room fit for about 15 people... and it wasn't the kind of karaoke I'm used to. I guess I prefer karaoke with 6-10 people just singing the songs we like, sometimes together, sometimes individually, sometimes chatting, sometimes listening... i find it more relaxing and a better social experience. This 30-person crazy yelling karaoke (the Italian trainee who's warbling actually caused me physical discomfort didn't help) isn't really my gig. Weirdly, there was another small TV in the room showing this weird sex show on SBS, we would turn our heads and see zoomed-in photos of genitals, nice.
So after 2 hours of this, most of 'em went to Scruffy Murphy's. I elected to go get a kebab with Manny, Dan and Susu and then bus it back to Tilly's place. Thanks heaps Tillz for putting me up!
Thanks to the bus ride, I'm almost finished reading DBC Pierre's "Vernon God Little". I found the book annoying to begin with but it quickly grew on me and I quite like it. Very much reminiscent of Chuck Palahniuk type social satire.
And that's where I am now. La casa de la Tilly, with Joachim snoozing peacefully on the floor nearby...
Things that need doin:
- phone chat with Emma
- shop for t-shirts, business shirt, formal shoes (Bondi Junction, Oxford St, TGV, QVB)
- yum cha with MelMel
- IM with Joa
- call mum abt gym payments and broadband plan
- more gymmage
- catch up with various peeps
- sit sipping coffee and reading
- find books for my Spanish essay
- write Spanish essay (argh)
posted by LX @ 1:38 AM
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