Air conditioning unit

i don't know how they do it. most aussies don't have ac, nor heat in their homes. i feel like i'm camping most of the time. so i bought a portable ac unit for jakey. he seems to be doing a lot better now. i ran to this electronic store after work. i took the last one at the store. not cheap $860 (with warranty). this is how i got this thing into my house. the guy at the store wheeled it on a cart for me to the street. he + grumpy chinese cab driver put it into a cab. cab driver dumps me + my ac unit on the street.

i then walk over to the youth hostel .. yes the same one that i have been talking mad s*** about ... there is always a group of guys outside w their shirts off smoking cigarettes and drinking beer. it's a youth hostel. i was like "can someone help me carry this thing up some stairs? preferably two ppl who are the least drunk at this point. i'll pay you $20". these two nice men were like sure no problem and they wouldn't take my money! i now take back all the trash i have ever said about the youth hostel. :) like the little boy in "up" i felt like they were "assisting an elderly person".

Tv in Australia

There are times while watching tv in Australia when I completely forget I'm in a foreign country! All the programs are American! I get to watch the Kardashians, Colbert Report, Kendra, and The Daily Show! Urban legend has it there is a law where 30% of the content has to be Australian ... do not know how they are able to meet the quota.

Charlotte's web

Huntsman spiders are all over Bondi. At first I was petrified, however now I am used to them. :) They build the most amazing cob webs and are known as giant crab spiders. They are not dangerous/poisonous.

Post quarantine blues

Each night after work, I come home and find a huge mess from Jakey ... Half eaten tampons, a bunny with just one ear, etc ... Jakey has always been naughty and so the best part about quarantine is that I can blame Jakey's poor behavior on his time in jail! When strangers try to pet him and Jakey tries to bite, I just quickly comment "Oh I'm sooo sorry, he just got out of quarantine. He's been off ever since". At this point, I get a sympathetic "Oh poor guy" .. I then pout my lips and nod my head in agreement. :)

Crazy Australian phones - what the hell is this?

Hello? Welcome to the 1970s. Do any of you guys even know what this is? Well, it's a phone jack! Setting up internet in Australia is equivalent to performing brain surgery. First you need to set up a phone line and then covert it to an ASDL line.

North Bondi Italian

Fun, lively restaurant packed with beautiful Bondi beach go-ers... The food was solid (with the exception of the sardines .. keep reading), the drink list long. One reason I like to go to restaurants is because I like to eat food I can not prepare at home (this basically covers 99.5% of all edible items in this world). I ordered the sardines. This is one dish I know I can make at home. Go there for the ambiance, do not order the sardines. hmmm, just realized I'm writing as if someone will read. Is that narcissistic of me? http://www.northbondirsl.com.au/

Rows in a movie theater

I go to Bondi Junction (super huge mall complex complete with a movie theater - typical suburbia mall). I order tickets (assigned seating in Australia).
me: "Can I please get two tickets in the middle of the theater?"
Movie employee: "Sure. How about row 5?"
me: "Sorry, I wanted to sit in the middle of the movie theater"
Movie employee: "Yes that is in the middle. There are 12 rows in total"

*sigh*