Okay so first of all i've moved into my new appartment in bondi now and everything's just fine! My flatmates are incredibly nice, my landlady gives us free food and although this still isn't the nicest place on earth it has started to feel like home a bit. Just a bit so far. But the most important thing is that i feel 100% comfortable to be here and invite my friends to come over etc. Every morning when i wake up i can hear the birds singing and we've even seen some possums and parrots around our house! And during the night you can hear some other noises, too. A few nights ago we got to find out that one of our neighbours had apparently bought $800 worth of drugs from another neighbour, and hadn't paid. Unfortunately they were talking trough the windows so we didn't really get to sleep that much. You should try it -it's not that easy when someone is yelling quite near to you words like "i will smash your head". But not to worry, it's still a nice and calm neighbourhood. And quite safe, too, apart from them.
And we have some pets here to keep us company! But the only thing is that i don't like them coming to the bathroom - that's just disgusting! And now i'm proud to tell you the story of alfred... It's quite funny, actually! it just happened a few hours ago. I went to the bathroom and switched on the lights and there he was, alfred, sitting on the floor. Well because he happens to be a pretty huge cockroach i freaked out and asked for some help - sometimes you just can't handle these situations on your own! Well, first of all we for some reason assumed that alfred had gone into one of our make up bags, so what we did is that we put the whole bag into a huge plastic bag with the help of a pair of shoes (didn't want to touch anything on our own!!) and then ran out of the appartment into the corridor. And then we quickly emptied the whole bag on the floor just in front of our neighbours' door. But the damn alfred wasn't there at all! And then we heard someone coming from the elevator so we just had to clean up the mess reeeally quickly and hysterically escape back to the flat. And then i'll tell the rest by pictures:
That's alfred, still in a good condition - having the time of his life! The damn thing was on the wall all the time.. he's obviously smarter than us!
Kerstin trying to locate alfred....
And this part was way too violent, i just can't show that to you for your own good! believe me, it was tragical.. something i'll never forget! Yet another life ended! I'm sad and relieved at the same time.
This is what finally happened. He died. No, he was murdered!
Jenny took care of the body
Alfred heading towards his last home.
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Time to move on i think! So.. about my job situation. I'm working now in Luna Park Sydney in the guest relations department. It felt quite good to be chosen to work there since almost everyone else are working as rides or games hosts. And that's what i wanted to try at disney, too, so all in all i was glad. But what it means in practice is basically just ticket selling - which is ok. I learned the whole register system during my first day and the magical words you have to say to each
guest: "there's a sticker here, you just peel it off and place the wrist band around your RIGHT wrist. Not too tight, not too loose." And that's about it. I still have got some things to learn about the rides and prices cause people keep asking questions but i think i'll be just fine there. And the team is really nice, i felt comfortable from the first moment on. At first it looked like i'd only have about two shifts per week but that's not the reality. They keep calling me and asking to do extra shifts so it'll be ok. I already considered taking another job as a dvd-packer but for now i'll wait a bit and see how many days i'll be working in the park. Yesss. I have enough energy to work hard right now, i just need some $$$ so yes, we'll see.
It's really hot in here right now, tomorrow +38! I hope i'm gonna survive! You can really feel the radiation, it's so strong! I don't get burned that easily but even though i always have my sun screen on i get red just after two minutes in the sun. Horrible, i'm getting afraid! And then i got this horrible heat rash to my arms. And i almost fainted after a while on the beach. It's something so strange to me and i really am not looking forward to going to the beach again! But what else can i do tomorrow? I just have to be careful. And there are also many really severe bushfires in australia right now, one of the worse areas is blue mountains where i'm supposed to travel within 3 weeks because of the prize i won the other night. But no way, don't want to! And the whole area is closed, too, so i couldn't even if i wanted to!
We want to go and demonstrate against the prime minister of australia because he has just announced that they might be building some new nuclear power plants here in a few years' time because : "there's plenty of space for the waste" Hmmm have you thought of the fact that the waste's gonna stay here for hundreds of thousands of years? We got angry, that's all i can say. Maybe it sounds naive but then let it be that.
I don't know what else i wanted to tell you. Oh yes, i might be able to make some free calls trought the net if you have landlines so in that case please let me know your number. And i've got skype nowadays, too. So all in all it's easier to stay in contact now. AND my finnish sim card is functioning again: +358408245881. Feel free to send me sms!
Ok, time to go to bed now since it's almost half past two and jenny's gonna scorn me if i get up too late. They all have this look on their face if i sleep "too much" whatever it means! So talk to you soon!
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