Category Life

Wailing Car Park

The other week I went to our local mall, Stocklands Balgowlah. They have a barrier at the entrance and a little machine that gives you a ticket if you ask nicely (and press the button). The machine has a mini digital screen that usually asks you to ‘PRESS THE BUTTON’ or ‘PLEASE WAIT.’ But yesterday […]

Goodbye Bump

Goodbye Bump Goodbye reflux,Goodbye indigestion,Goodbye heartburn, my old friend.Goodbye hot-foot syndrome, kicks to the colon and river-dancing on my spleen.Goodbye sciatica, sore tail-bone and needing three pillows to sleep. Goodbye dizzy head-rush, neck pulsing, strangulation by neck muscles feeling.Goodbye racing pulse and less breath than breathlessness,Goodbye bursting bladder, constipation blocked diarrhoea.Goodbye not being able to […]

Rental Smental

The Norwegian and I had our first taste of the competitive world of the Sydney Rental Scene today. The flat we are staying in is great, but they are selling, so we need to find another more permanent place to rest our heads. Rental properties are only available for viewing for 20 minute slots between […]

Crouching Tweeter, Hidden Blog

I’ve decided it is about time to make my blog private, so I’ll be sending out emails inviting you my newly privitised burblings. If you don’t get one, and would like to carry on reading, send me a message and I’ll do the do. Ta

Hard Rubbish Day

In a break from all the visa gloom and job doom, today has been great as it is Hard Rubbish Day. Not as you might think, a hard day that was also rubbish, but the day when junk-burdened Sydneysiders leave a load of stuff on the pavement in front of their houses for the council […]