In thirty minutes it’s going to be the first of December! That means I get to open the first door of my Advent Calender But I will probably wait till the morning to do that. It’s been a wonderful weekend. On Friday I had an interview for a department in a mall job and though I didn’t get that job because they were looking for someone more permanent, I did get forwarded to the same store in another department. I got a call that same day from Vickie who works at Myer and told me to meet her the following day for another interview. This ended up being just an introduction and I was offered a job! Yay! It’s in a clothing store but whatever. I get paid pretty well so I am not going to complain. This means I got to open an account here after all though. I am now waiting on a call from the PR department to finish paperwork, etc. Vickie called me again today to see if it had gone through and since it hadn’t she is gonna go bug them about it.

Otherwise, Friday night I went out for Dean’s birthday. Met some wonderful people, danced a bit, bought Dean some good beer and then went home and slept. Saturday I made my way to that interview, which was awful. Public transport on Saturday was kind of shit and I missed 2 trains because Metlink told me to stand on the wrong platform (Thanks metlink). But I did make it and it was fine. Then after I went to the bottle shop and bought REALLY cheap sweet wine to make Glühwein at Kat’s Thanksgiving Dinner. Called the parentals real quick when I got home and then was off. Kat’s dinner was wonderful with great people and good conversation. Her apartment was stunning. She lives on the 10th floor and has a GREAT view of East Melbourne. Her cat is great too (though I think I might be allergic…) Then on Sunday, so yesterday, I woke up and realized that it was the first Advent. This means Christmas is officially starting and I don’t feel bad listening to Last Christmas by Wham and all it’s remakes. (Mutti, it seems that the person he confessed his love to last year has yet again left him) I went to the Reject Shop and bought a fake Weihnachtskranz (they don’t have pine trees here so no real Weihnachtskränze/Weihnachtsbäume) and some cheap candles as well as really cheap Weihnachtskugeln and decorated the apartment. Also went to this Chocolate Shop (more like 10) to find a cheap Advent Calender. I can’t believe they are that expensive. I saw some that were 30 dollars!!! But, mine was 3 bucks so I didn’t mind. Actually it was 2.99 but the Australian’s have this rounding system because they don’t have pennies. Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose. Either way, so last night I watched Love Actually, had the 1st candle on, made dinner with Jake and had more Glühwein and a wonderful evening all around. I love Christmas! But, it is kind of strange when it’s at least 20 degrees outside and sunny till 20:30.

Today I met up with Jake again to see if we can unlock his iphone from home. I think we got it Maybe. Also last week when I went to the VCA Show there was this one project that was really cool. This person cut out all colours from their food and took photos of it. Then I made a new Freundschaftsband. Mein Rücken tat ziemlich weh aber auf das Freundschaftsband kann man stolz sein.

I am gonna leave you with the Opening Monolouge from Love Actually. Why? Because it is lovely.

“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion’s starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don’t see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it’s not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it’s always there – fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge – they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaking feeling that… love actually is all around.”

Have a wonderful Christmas Season everyone
Keep smiling!

Check this out (my favorite scences from the movie but there are many more):
Hugh Grant Dancing
All I want for Christmas
Opening Credits

Und jetzt ist es der 1. Dezember =)

Okay so I just got back from getting my new Telstra Voucher for the phone. I decided to go over to the Post office after that instead of tomorrow to pick up my packet (YAY new camera & my hat). Either way, right after I step into my apartment door, the sky gets dark and 5 minutes later it is POURING rain, thunder and lightning and it went crazy. I love it! Now it is slowly clearing up and I am waiting for the rain to stop so I can walk around and take some photos. I edited these two pictures yesterday I took of the neighboring houses (see below) and I really had fun editing them so I think I am gonna go out and shoot some more pictures of houses and the places around here. It’s really cool cause a lot of homes have this weird decoration border thingie by their front porch. I will photograph it to explain better.
Other than that, I was going to go to this Networking Party put on by XING tonight. Depending on the weather though. If it doesn’t stop raining I am staying in. But, I am gonna stay positive and am thinking I will be alright.
It’s super humid here today (hence the thunderstorm) and if you go outside you start sweating like a pig within 2 min. Not smart for walking around everywhere. As a result, Raquel, cancelled meeting up. She is a fashion designer and we want to meet up and maybe to a couple shoots =) I am excited.
BUT now for the most important part of this entry…. I BOOKED MY OUTBACK TRIP! Yay. I am so excited. I was bouncing around in my chair yesterday at 3 am when I booked this. Here is the itinerary:
Dec 10: Fly from Melbourne to Alice Springs via Tiger Airways
Spend Night at Hostel
Dec 11-13: 3 day rock tour. I cannot wait for this. I get to go see Uluru, King’s Canyon and a bunch of other stuff.
This is copied from the website:
“Day 1: Kings Canyon (Meals – L, D)
You will be picked up from your accommodation at 6:00am, first destination Kings Canyon. Enjoy a guided 3 hour hike through the sandstone domes of the Lost City. Visit the many Amphitheaters, North & South Walls and have a swim in the Garden of Eden. Next stop, Curtin Springswhere we set up our bush camp. Your guide will prepare a healthy camp-oven dinner. Relax around the fire then curl up in your cozy swag under a million stars.

Day 2: Kata Tjuta & Uluru Sunset (Meals – B, L, D)
Feel the spiritual significance on your guided walk through to the Valley of the Winds at Kata Tjuta. Be shown bush tucker along the hike before heading to the Aboriginal Cultural Centre in the afternoon where you can listen to tales from the ‘Tjukurpa’ Dreamtime. We spend the evening enjoying dinner at the spectacular Sunset over Uluru. Witness the awesome sight of Uluru changing colour. We spend this night at the Ayers Rock Campground with toilets and showers.

Day 3: Uluru Sunrise (Meals – B,L)
Take in a memorable Uluru Sunrise over the World’s Largest Rock. You then have time to complete an optional Uluru Climb or guided Uluru Base Walk around Uluru. You will see beautiful sites such as the Mala Walk, Mutijulu Waterhole and Aboriginal Cave Paintings. We stop on the way home for an optional Camel Ride at the Camel Farm. You will arrive back in Alice Springs at approximately 5:30pm. Back to civilization, get cleaned up and we meet later with your Guide for dinner and a couple of beers in an The Rock Bar.”
On the 13th I am spending another night at the hostel
Dec 14: Greyhound to Adelaide
Get there in the morning on the 15th. Explore Adelaide for the day
Dec 15th: Greyhound to Melbourne. Get there at 6:45 am the following day!

I am SOOOOO excited I can’t even wait. It’s going to so amazing. There is this place in Alice Springs I want to go to thats a Kangaroo Rescue Center. You get to hold baby kangaroos and play with them! I am doing it! Expect a bunch of photos. Apparently Telstra is the only one getting service out there too so if I do have a bit of Service I will post a photo

Keep smiling! I am so stoked
Cheers

So after sleeping all of yesterday away because of a “nap” (I woke up at 8pm) I decided I should go out and do stuff today. I found out that the museums are free for students so throughout the next couple days I am going to go see the Melbourne Museum and the Immigration Museum. Today I went to the ScienceWorks museum. It’s kind of like OMSI. It has an IMAX and planetarium and then all this stuff you get to play with =) I went and saw this show in the planetarium about climate and then this guy showed the stars and planets that you can see tonight (if it was clear).
Afterwards I took the train back to the city, hopped on the tram and went to Carlton Gardens, Fitzroy Gardens and saw some cool old building. I don’t remember what it was but I gotta look it up. I think it’s part of Parliament. It was really hot and so it was nice to walk through Fitzroy Garden where it was shaded. Everyone always sits under the trees and sleeps in the shade I walked past Cook’s Cottage and took a photo from the outside. I think it costs money to get in and I didn’t want to pay. There were too many people.
Then after I was so tired and sweaty that I went home to shower. While waiting on the tram, my feet felt like they were burning off. The sun here is pretty harsh. But it’s nice that it’s not raining anymore. And with the wind even I can handle most of the hot sun
Since my internet is super slow for some dumb reason, I won’t upload photos till I get to the city. It says it’s gonna rain tomorrow but the weather constantly changes so I might go upload tomorrow. I really royally hate the internet here. The australians need to catch up about that. I think that’s the only thing so far that I can’t stand =)

I got my new John Mayer CD! It’s amazing! I can’t stop listening to it =)
Keep Smiling