Sunday, January 21, 2007

Saffies are all over...

AHHHHH what a day, definitely feels like i never left this city. its large enough to be an international location but still feels small enough to navigate easily around. its geography is perfectly laid out in terms of locations. theres no one "hot spot" to be in, each corner has its own thing going on. very cool, very new and modern, reminds me of an aussie mini manhattan.

all in all we are well and happy. Rich is a bit spaced in terms of it being his first major trip out, no parental guidelines and hes just soaking it all in. mark was a bit directionless the first day but i feel like i know the place well, kinda studied the map too much.

much apologise for the slim pickings of pics, my camera has gone to LCD heaven and mark hasnt taken many shots, will bust it out soon for you all to see some of the sites.

personal note im looking at units for UNI SUN and MON, and will be available for the phone on TUES arvo if you need me mum. so call if you need to, otherwise thanks a million to Ty for helpin me out. owe ya one mate.

middle of the day Rich and I ventured off to the NSW Art Gallery, while Mark caught up with family in the rocks. Rich felt it might be interesting, but gave me the line "dont think your going to stay here long and stare at every picture Shaun" haha. well turns out ... HE was the one more interested than me, inspecting and reading everything he could soak up. it was fantastic, for both of us and an eye opener for him. we got through about 40% of the gallery when it began to close. might go back and check out somemore.

well end of day one we had some quality 100% marinated beef burgers and chili wedges, awesome stuff, and low and behold a south african from JoBerg behind the counter ... funny stuff, we chatted and his words were to the effect of "good place to live in eh man (heavy accent) , home from home, glad we're here" i had to agree all the way. we dont know how good we have it here until we hit the outside world and realise we wanna go back home. the night was ended with Rich dragging the old fellas to some Bar called the "Mandarin" of all places in chinatown. we enter and go down to this basement, and upon arrival we all look at each other feeling like we've just stepped into a tokyo bar. when had a beer and chilled out. made it back in one piece all safe and saw the end of the tennis. heres to the sunday and our jet boat ride + aquarium + 40degrees.

oh yeah btw. i got toasted today. :) time to shop indoors.
S.







4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great to hear all the news. Also great to hear you are all enjoying thing very much.Glad it is hot, as it has been mild here (even cold at night!).
Will do my best for you at Curtin on Tuesday, let me know what units you have chosen asap!
Didn't know you got a camera! What do you mean it is playing up!!!! ??is it new??
When is the concert?? Catch up soon.

SHAUN FOX said...

yup got a camera, second hand, the LCD is dieing on me so i'll sell it and buy brand new.

will let you know on units tonight, and will be avail tues if you need me on the phone.

bit of a bummer this morning. did the fish market tour and lost my visa card. no biggy / canceled the card, transfered my funds to my savings account and im cooking again, just a snag and something to piss me off. wont let it affect the mood. TOOL wednesday!

safe and sound. happy and sunburnt. all is good. more soon

Anonymous said...

RICH PHONED TROY AS AT 4:40 PERTH TIME HE SAYS HE HAS PUT MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACC PLS CHECK AS SOON AS YOU CAN AND LET ME KNOW SO I CAN FOLLOW IT UP.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL ARE HAVING BALL NOT FAIR YOU HAVING THE NICE HOT WEATHER, THEY DO SAY THAT BY THE WEEKEND WE SHOULD BE HAVING 37,39??? WE WILL SEE BE GREAT FOR DUNSBOROUGH AND SOMEBODYS
"50th'*@#!^# HAVE YOU DONE THE UNDERGROUND AND KINGSCROSS YET? TAKE CARE, CHAT LATER

SHAUN FOX said...

I LOVE TO CHAT IN CAPS ... but it hurts my throat with all that yelling :)

nice to see u made it to the blog. keep ur eyes peeled for me.