I've hit it, the excited less then 3 weeks to go stage...aaaaand bringing up the rear is the ugly head of "Have you got everything, squire?"(english accent, for those who want my conscience to have character). Yes, going on an adventure like this and not planning anything, in the the wet season, is bound to have endless mishaps. Preparing for the rain, probably the most life giving pain in the arse when travelling like I want to. But, I have all my wet gear, for me and my bag. Couple of ground mats, probably won't be camping much but you never know. All my climbing gear, check. That was easy but also spawns a new problem of space...it destroys it. Just sorting out my medical kit now, writing down all the things that may deviate me from 'Wooo this is awesome" to "OMG I can see the bone!!" to just plain old leeches. In a place where a mere flesh wound can turn septic in 24hrs, I need to be prepared.
Time has dragged till now...3 weeks is going to fly! Let the freak out begin!!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Moving forward
22 days. That's the time left before I head overseas for 4 months, short trip unfortunately. Heading mainly to Laos and Thailand with a quick stopover in Bali on the way in...soak up some vitamin d that I've lost in Melbourne haha Starting to get very excited! Check out my other blog http://stevessketchytopo.blogspot.com/ and follow me as I try and budget, hitchhike, ride, hike and paddle through a small Part of Asia. It's going to be a battle with mozzies and the deli belly, rain and the thick heat. Heading there in the end of the wet season is sure to make things difficult but I won't be short of a story. The corny side of it all is that this my short attempt to 'find myself', and just have a lot of time to hang on a whim and really go where the road takes me. Watch me try and stretch $2000 over 4 months, it shall be interesting :) This is a big journey for me. Next year I will hopefully be studying a Diploma in Outdoor Recreation and starting the next chapter in my life. This drives me more than even I know, everything feels just right!
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Pay attention...
I wasn't prepared, coming to Melbourne. I had this false sense of security that I was an electrician and I could get a job anywhere...not the case. I struggled to find work and ended up in a cafe getting paid $13 an hour, just enough to cover the food and rent. Now I originally said that I 'was doing it tough' but in fact I wasn't trying hard enough. I wasn't prepared to go out and find a job that I could be good at, outside of what I already knew. So I ruled out a multitude of jobs and now I'm paying for it. 2 months before I was leaving to go overseas the jobs I eventually found, casual electrical work/ cafe work, started to dry up...now I owe family money. Not awesome. Even though I thought I was a proactive person I learnt that I am not. So now, 3 weeks away from leaving, if I'd only got off my arse and found a full-time job I wouldn't be sitting at home writing this. Looking at it on the bright side though, I picked a pretty good time to make a mistake. 22, nothing tying me down, no big mortgage and the rest of my life ahead of me. I've changed my attitude towards a lot this year, and it's only half done! Moving to Melbourne has given me an extremely valuable lesson...
Make things happen, you're the only one who can!
Make things happen, you're the only one who can!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
March 7
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| Just woke up from an incredible nap...I love the beach and the sun! you will also be missed. Did you know tanning is bad for you? Saw some ad about that recently, reckons we're all going to die from cancer. Interesting. |
March 5
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| thought this was interesting...I may be wrong. Playing cards are believed to have been invented in Ancient India. They were found in China as early as the 9th century during the Tang Dynasty (618–907), when relatives of a princess played a "leaf game". |
March 4
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| A small selection of our hand selected antique Jewllery.The first signs of jewellery came from the people in Africa. Perforated beads made from snail shells have been found dating to 75,000 years ago at Blombos Cave. |
March 3
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| I put this tie rack up...and then minds were altered...not tying me down though...get it? ha. The necktie traces back to the time of Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). |
March 2
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| One of Melbournes limited number of gorgeous nights! The first European settlement in Victoria was established in 1803 on Sullivan Bay, near present-day Sorrento. |
February 28
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| my hair is now almost long enough for this to be effective haha The maximum hair length that is possible to reach is about 15 cm for infants (below the age of 1), about 60 cm for children (below the age of 13), and generally 100 cm for adults. |
February 27
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| Live music!!! WOOOOO!! In the 9th century, the Banū Mūsā brothers invented "the earliest known mechanical musical instrument" |
February 26
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| "ey, I like you beard" A puppet is an inanimate object or representational figure animated or manipulated by a puppeteer. Take George Bush for example... |
Friday, February 25, 2011
February 23
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| shisha, tasty. Hakim Abu’l-Fatḥ Gīlānī, an Iranian physician at the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar I (1542 - 1605 AD) invented the idea of the Hooka. Following the European introduction of tobacco to India, Hakim Abul Fateh Gilani moved to India where he became a physician in the court of Mughal and raised concerns after smoking tobacco became popular among Indian noblemen. He subsequently envisaged a system which allowed smoke to be passed through water in order to be 'purified'. Giving us the Hooka. |
February 21
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| heaven. This place is captivating, it's really something that can't be measured...truly inspiring! But if you go, please respect it. Once it's gone, it's gone. The Arapilies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJEopoD-YYI&feature=related |
February 20
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| one of our up and coming exports. Check this site, worth a read http://www.kangaroo-industry.asn.au/ |
February 18
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| Melbourne Central, The Shot tower - In a shot tower, lead is heated until molten, then dropped through a copper sieve high up in the tower. The liquid lead solidifies as it falls and by surface tension forms tiny spherical balls. The partially cooled balls are caught at the floor of the tower in a water-filled basin. These were used for firearm bullets. |
February 17
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| last minute snap...speaking of last minute snaps, have you heard the one how Crackle slept with Snaps missus? |
Thursday, February 24, 2011
February 16
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| nice flowers. It takes about two thousand flowers to produce one gram of rose oil. No wonder perfume is so expensive! |
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