I am not sure what went through my mind on Tuesday night when I decided to offer to cook Pad Thai for all the hostel.... and 26 people signed up to get Pad Thai on Wednesday night...
Fearing it would exceed 20 people I was far from thinking so many people would be interested in trying my cuisine...
So after work I went on to my Thai Supermarket, get 3 blocks of tofu, 5 packs of rice noodles, some chives, beansprouts, taramind juice, garlic... a wok.... and I started cooking at 7pm... Cooking 1 dish at a time (much nicer that way!) I had the best kitchen assistant Marjolein, who would crush, cut, mix while I would be cooking we finally stopped at 10pm, exhausted but I really had a lot of fun... I only charged 2 dollards per person which covered my grocery cost and everybody seemed fairly happy and full by the end of the night.
Mission accomplished I am now a Pad Thai master :D
Friday, March 21, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
I sit in the office while my heart beats for more travels
Today was my first day in work and title of this post summarise pretty well how I felt today ....
HAPPY PADDYS DAY
We celebrated it yesterday, with a parade going through Sydney City Centre and a band playing U2 in Hyde Park.... and guess what.. It was full of drunk Irish People lolol
To all the Irish and the wannabe Irish: Happy St Patrick's Day !!!!!
What to do when you have a week off in Sydney?
Well chill out on the rooftop of the Wood Duck Inn, go to the beach, go for a walk, enjoy the sun, walk around the city centre.... so many options...
Finally I spent my monday and tuesday in Manly which I really enjoyed, nice quiet beach... on wednesday as I was forced to clean every step in the hostel part of my morning cleaning task I was late and a bit tired to make my way anywhere, so I just fell asleep in Hyde Park. Finally on Friday, I used all the strengths I had left to walk from Coggee to Bondi.. An amazing walk, the scenerey is just beautiful, on the way you go through 2 more beaches where ppl are either sunbathing, enjoying a bbq (yeah there are free public bbqs on all of sydney's beach!) or surfing... and I finally got to the most famous beach in all Australia (well I think as I heard this name so many times!) which wasn't so impressive but still the sand was really soft (pictures of the walk below). On Saturday I went to the cosiest neighborood: Glebe, surrounded with Library hiding a little cafe at the back, it felt like a place where I would see myself living. I headed to the market in the morning nothing compared to the markets in Thailand but there was still loads of interesting stuff to buy... I took this opportunity to get a new book, well not so new as I purchased The Alchemist, I read some years ago but it felt right to read it again now.
I finally spent my afternoon working on my tan on Coggee beach and went for my first swim in the Tasmanian Sea (well a bit colder than the sea in Thailand but you could still get in without shivering as you would obviously do if you were swimming in Brittany!!!)
That same night, I ended up going out with a few ppl from the hostel which was really good fun, we went out for a few drinks in the Gaff hmm sorry a few free drinks :D and ended up in a place called Candys... well the music wasnt so good, I think they need our european Djs, as I had already experienced 2 weeks ago the same feeling... a dj playing the same beat over and over again so it turned out to be an early night watching Scary Movie 4 in the TV Room :D
Apart from all that, I am doing really well, I have met up with loads of people here although I miss you all, I am quite happy to be where I am now :)
Finally I spent my monday and tuesday in Manly which I really enjoyed, nice quiet beach... on wednesday as I was forced to clean every step in the hostel part of my morning cleaning task I was late and a bit tired to make my way anywhere, so I just fell asleep in Hyde Park. Finally on Friday, I used all the strengths I had left to walk from Coggee to Bondi.. An amazing walk, the scenerey is just beautiful, on the way you go through 2 more beaches where ppl are either sunbathing, enjoying a bbq (yeah there are free public bbqs on all of sydney's beach!) or surfing... and I finally got to the most famous beach in all Australia (well I think as I heard this name so many times!) which wasn't so impressive but still the sand was really soft (pictures of the walk below). On Saturday I went to the cosiest neighborood: Glebe, surrounded with Library hiding a little cafe at the back, it felt like a place where I would see myself living. I headed to the market in the morning nothing compared to the markets in Thailand but there was still loads of interesting stuff to buy... I took this opportunity to get a new book, well not so new as I purchased The Alchemist, I read some years ago but it felt right to read it again now.
I finally spent my afternoon working on my tan on Coggee beach and went for my first swim in the Tasmanian Sea (well a bit colder than the sea in Thailand but you could still get in without shivering as you would obviously do if you were swimming in Brittany!!!)
That same night, I ended up going out with a few ppl from the hostel which was really good fun, we went out for a few drinks in the Gaff hmm sorry a few free drinks :D and ended up in a place called Candys... well the music wasnt so good, I think they need our european Djs, as I had already experienced 2 weeks ago the same feeling... a dj playing the same beat over and over again so it turned out to be an early night watching Scary Movie 4 in the TV Room :D
Apart from all that, I am doing really well, I have met up with loads of people here although I miss you all, I am quite happy to be where I am now :)
Monday, March 10, 2008
No longer jobless...
After a week searching for work I finally got offered a very easy position in Australia's biggest bank: Westpak... I spent a week my morning cleaning and my afternoon going to interviews and was very much happy to get offered this job (Admin) last Thursday... Now I can finally relax and enjoy Sydney. As I am starting on the 17th of March (St Partick's day) I am now still cleaning the hostel in the morning and in the afternoon I am heading to the sun... to the beach... simply having a good time ... Today I was in Manly... on shelly beach :) after a ferry ride (30 minutes approx), I walked for another 20 minutes to finally relax there.. a nap, a bit a reading... as th sun starting to go down I made my way back to the ferry to enjoy an amzing scenery on my way back ... Sunset.. and Sydney's city lights, really nice! Manly is a very nice place... if it wasnt that far from the city centre I would probably consider to move there... but for now I am enjoying a bit too much the backpacker life where I am so I am thinking to stay in the hostel till I get tired of it. I will give you more news very soon, my internet credit is running out now :(
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
As long as it keeps me going
Here we are, already 6 days in Sydney almost a week... It has been a month since I last staied that long in the same place the only thing is I don't feel bored at all!!! While a week ago I was feeling completely confused, in need of more travels... meeting new people seeing new things... I now can say that I really really like Sydney... Let's go back to when everything turned pink again lol.. Well I reckon it was Friday and even more Saturday... The SUN is here and it s so hot here when it s sunny and it s so much nicer I can just walk around the city, take a nap in one of their numerous parks and so...
On Friday night I met Michael (A made in Sydney Aussie I met at the down under exhibition last October in Dublin) who took me out, well invited me to join him in a Sydney standard night out with Australians... I am really grateful to him for taking me out... It was a great and fun night although I didn't feel too comfortable in my thai clothes lolol + as a backpacker you don't get the chance to go out so much with aussies, you obviously wander around the backpacker places instead. Anyway that night really opened my appetite to discover a lot more about Sydney's night life.
On Saturday: Mardi Gras! The 2nd biggest gay & lesbian pride in the world. Before that I met Laurent (qui passe par ailleurs le bonjour a Titi, Caro & Manue ;)) who has been living in Australia for already 2 years... It was good to see him and hear about his experience, I think he really likes it a lot here.. I wouldn't be surprised if he staied another 2 more years ;)
Anyway we headed together to the Mardi Gras, which was Crazy, Nuts!!! People dressed up everywhere, people drinking in the streets, parks....
The parade was good although a little disapointing I was expecting something a little bigger, unfortunately most of the parade was about people walking on the ground.. so being at the back we happened to miss a good bit :( After that we headed to Scruffy Murphys, full of backpackers, girls dressing up as the YMCA band and dancing on the bar lol.. I met a few people including an english with whom I talked about Thailand... aahhh Thailand!
Sunday, rest, I joined Emilie and her boyfriend (I met Emilie in Thailand) we wondered around the city, searched for a place where to eat and finally ended up in Hungry Jacks lol
Since Monday I have started my new cleaning jobs at the hostel... stairs up and down and up and down lol...clean, clean, clean lol and in the afternoon Interviews... I am fully interviews booked for the afternoons... on Monday a marketing company, today recruitment agencies... after 6 days in Sydney I already hear about Sponsorship ... Interesting ;) Next 2 days more interviews and hopefully Friday ... rest :D
The backpacker life here is amazing! there are organised nights all week long, free drinks, meals, cheap drinks, cheap movies... the choice is huge and I happen to stay in the best place in Sydney, 5 minutes walk from the business centre... 5 minutes walk from the night life centre lol
Last night I organised the first sushi night, everybody in the hostel was quite impressed with my skill lol
So to summarise a little: I really like it here, it's fun and full of opportunities + loads of ppl to meet and share experiences with...
I have to go there is a cockroach walking around the computer and this one is quite big.
PS: Ian, now I know what you meant and understand how you felt when you were talking to me about OZ... It's just as you said, amazing!
On Friday night I met Michael (A made in Sydney Aussie I met at the down under exhibition last October in Dublin) who took me out, well invited me to join him in a Sydney standard night out with Australians... I am really grateful to him for taking me out... It was a great and fun night although I didn't feel too comfortable in my thai clothes lolol + as a backpacker you don't get the chance to go out so much with aussies, you obviously wander around the backpacker places instead. Anyway that night really opened my appetite to discover a lot more about Sydney's night life.
On Saturday: Mardi Gras! The 2nd biggest gay & lesbian pride in the world. Before that I met Laurent (qui passe par ailleurs le bonjour a Titi, Caro & Manue ;)) who has been living in Australia for already 2 years... It was good to see him and hear about his experience, I think he really likes it a lot here.. I wouldn't be surprised if he staied another 2 more years ;)
Anyway we headed together to the Mardi Gras, which was Crazy, Nuts!!! People dressed up everywhere, people drinking in the streets, parks....
The parade was good although a little disapointing I was expecting something a little bigger, unfortunately most of the parade was about people walking on the ground.. so being at the back we happened to miss a good bit :( After that we headed to Scruffy Murphys, full of backpackers, girls dressing up as the YMCA band and dancing on the bar lol.. I met a few people including an english with whom I talked about Thailand... aahhh Thailand!
Sunday, rest, I joined Emilie and her boyfriend (I met Emilie in Thailand) we wondered around the city, searched for a place where to eat and finally ended up in Hungry Jacks lol
Since Monday I have started my new cleaning jobs at the hostel... stairs up and down and up and down lol...clean, clean, clean lol and in the afternoon Interviews... I am fully interviews booked for the afternoons... on Monday a marketing company, today recruitment agencies... after 6 days in Sydney I already hear about Sponsorship ... Interesting ;) Next 2 days more interviews and hopefully Friday ... rest :D
The backpacker life here is amazing! there are organised nights all week long, free drinks, meals, cheap drinks, cheap movies... the choice is huge and I happen to stay in the best place in Sydney, 5 minutes walk from the business centre... 5 minutes walk from the night life centre lol
Last night I organised the first sushi night, everybody in the hostel was quite impressed with my skill lol
So to summarise a little: I really like it here, it's fun and full of opportunities + loads of ppl to meet and share experiences with...
I have to go there is a cockroach walking around the computer and this one is quite big.
PS: Ian, now I know what you meant and understand how you felt when you were talking to me about OZ... It's just as you said, amazing!
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