Sunday, February 28, 2010
Adelaide Complains
Not a very exciting place I would say, not much night life going on around, and you will have to shop early or the shops are closed. You could count on the buses being late, they are never on time anyway. Train service looks nice as they are fast and punctural, but there are not many of them around. But this Belair line is such a joke that goes like a huge loop way outside of the city around the hills. What's the point?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Day of Drama
I finally had a chance to update my blog (Well it's not the first chance but I've been slack...) and I always wanted to talk a bit about Adelaide, but no I'll leave that for the next one so this one's about my last day in Melbourne, 1st Feb 2010. The big drama day.
As my flight is leaving like 5:35pm for Adelaide I booked my taxi on 4pm (bit stress in the first place I might not do that again), and I handed over my keys to my housemate cos I am no longer renting the place. And they are all at work.
I went out to tip the last bit of my rubbish out at 3:45, made sure that the door was not locked when I leave, but it's locked when I came back. So I have a flight to catch, and all of my stuff was locked in the house. I asked the neighbour for help and they are calmer than I am and decided to drive me and pick up a spare key in the real estate agent after calling them.
At 4pm we are about to set out to the office and I saw the taxi just outside of my place. I went to talk to the driver explaining the situation and asked if he could wait up for a bit and he agreed. The traffic is starting to get busy on our way to the agent and Carmen gets quite angry at the drivers ahead. There was two locks on the door and they only gave us one, I was hoping that it was the right key because one of the locks is not locked.
Not quite 4:20pm we are back and I could see the taxi still waiting. I rushed up and tried the keys and it was not the right one! Carmen's boyfriend started try to bust the lock and it didn't seem all that easy although he told me that he was a locksmith for some time. I tried to call my housemate but somehow he exchanged his SIM card with his cousin and I didn't mark down his new number right.
4:35pm I start to think that it's over that I would not make it to Adelaide today that my housemate comes back home from work and opened the door for me. And he drove me to the airport, we arrived at 4:55pm
Collecting my boarding pass and waiting to drop my bag and it says the plane is already boarding, so I was on the fast track. Then I was not able to check in my backpack because my suitcase is too heavy, I was fiven a choice either pay $50 to check it in or take it onboard. I'm not paying obviously but I was a bit worried that there might be something that I couldn't take onboard with in that backpack because I was planning to check it in.
And there was. I spent some 5 minutes at the security gate because they found a knife inside the bag but could not find it. It was my first Swiss Army Knife and I had to throw it away because there is no time for me to get back to the check in and put it in the suitcase. When I am finally inside the gate, I heard my name called and it was the final call for boarding.
And this is it, my eventful adeventure towards Adelaide.
As my flight is leaving like 5:35pm for Adelaide I booked my taxi on 4pm (bit stress in the first place I might not do that again), and I handed over my keys to my housemate cos I am no longer renting the place. And they are all at work.
I went out to tip the last bit of my rubbish out at 3:45, made sure that the door was not locked when I leave, but it's locked when I came back. So I have a flight to catch, and all of my stuff was locked in the house. I asked the neighbour for help and they are calmer than I am and decided to drive me and pick up a spare key in the real estate agent after calling them.
At 4pm we are about to set out to the office and I saw the taxi just outside of my place. I went to talk to the driver explaining the situation and asked if he could wait up for a bit and he agreed. The traffic is starting to get busy on our way to the agent and Carmen gets quite angry at the drivers ahead. There was two locks on the door and they only gave us one, I was hoping that it was the right key because one of the locks is not locked.
Not quite 4:20pm we are back and I could see the taxi still waiting. I rushed up and tried the keys and it was not the right one! Carmen's boyfriend started try to bust the lock and it didn't seem all that easy although he told me that he was a locksmith for some time. I tried to call my housemate but somehow he exchanged his SIM card with his cousin and I didn't mark down his new number right.
4:35pm I start to think that it's over that I would not make it to Adelaide today that my housemate comes back home from work and opened the door for me. And he drove me to the airport, we arrived at 4:55pm
Collecting my boarding pass and waiting to drop my bag and it says the plane is already boarding, so I was on the fast track. Then I was not able to check in my backpack because my suitcase is too heavy, I was fiven a choice either pay $50 to check it in or take it onboard. I'm not paying obviously but I was a bit worried that there might be something that I couldn't take onboard with in that backpack because I was planning to check it in.
And there was. I spent some 5 minutes at the security gate because they found a knife inside the bag but could not find it. It was my first Swiss Army Knife and I had to throw it away because there is no time for me to get back to the check in and put it in the suitcase. When I am finally inside the gate, I heard my name called and it was the final call for boarding.
And this is it, my eventful adeventure towards Adelaide.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Last Day in Melbourne
Sunny outside, shutters shut, and I am sitting in front of a quite empty now room staring at the sheets of sunshine escaping through the slits of the shutter, swaying as it breezes.
The jeans that hadn't been worn for ages, trashed. Socks that are bit worn, trashed. dustbin itself, to be determined but I'm not taking it. Rents, cleared. All packed up. Keys, handed over. I only just realized how rusted my keyring had become.
Almost three years now, about time to leave, about time for a change. Am I ready for that though? What is so wrong with my current life in Melbourne? I never felt this way towards Melbourne before. Nasty weathers, annoying flies, what is so good about it?
(2 hrs Later)
Had some dumplings for brunch, nice. The sun's still bright, but went past my window. called for the cab to pick me up at 4pm, should be alright. Not wanna turn off the computer yet but still have to dump the trash first. Opened the lid and saw the shoes I dumped yesterday was still there, I hate this pair too much that I would swear never to buy a Converse again, ever.
Time to go.
The jeans that hadn't been worn for ages, trashed. Socks that are bit worn, trashed. dustbin itself, to be determined but I'm not taking it. Rents, cleared. All packed up. Keys, handed over. I only just realized how rusted my keyring had become.
Almost three years now, about time to leave, about time for a change. Am I ready for that though? What is so wrong with my current life in Melbourne? I never felt this way towards Melbourne before. Nasty weathers, annoying flies, what is so good about it?
(2 hrs Later)
Had some dumplings for brunch, nice. The sun's still bright, but went past my window. called for the cab to pick me up at 4pm, should be alright. Not wanna turn off the computer yet but still have to dump the trash first. Opened the lid and saw the shoes I dumped yesterday was still there, I hate this pair too much that I would swear never to buy a Converse again, ever.
Time to go.
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