Day 65 Perth Beautiful Perth!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 06:52AM Good evening, today was an uneventful day, slept in till 7am, got up, had brekky, watched the news & then slowly got ready to go to work at 10am, perfect day really.
You know one of the best things about what I do is I get to meet so many different types of people & characters. Today we met a guy who is Muslim, he works in the top secret facility that we spoke about yesterday, he was a really nice guy to chat to and told us the story that when he goes back to Bosnia (I personally did not know they had Muslims in Bosnia?) he gets into a taxi and puts his seatbelt on and the taxi drivers laugh at him. They don’t wear seatbelts in Bosnia.
The next best thing is that we see some weird people in weird places, I know I should probably not say this but do some people not have mirrors in their houses? How can some people go out in public looking like they do? Shoulda seen what we saw today. Oh now I think James has been hanging out with me in shopping centres for too long now...he is starting to talk like chicks do!!
Raining here in Perth, lets have a global weather round up, What is it like in Hanoi Rob? How’s the weather in Dubai Mr. & Mrs. Box? Is it still raining in NZ Meredith & Arama? How is the humidity in Singapore Vanessa M? So good to have multi cultural readers for my blog. What about closer to home, what is the weather like in Melbourne, hey mum is it cold in Yarra Glen yet?
Vanessa is so happy to be in civilisation that she had a pedicure today, I don’t really know what a pedicure is but when I left her she had her feet in a bath of water & the girl had a face mask on? Is this because of the chemicals they use or because Vanessa’s feet smell bad? My feel are beautiful and even more so now and guess what I still have thong marks so it wasn’t just the Pilbara dust and I do have a tan.
Georgia pointed out that I spelled Soduko wrong & also Bear Grills, have you ever thought that I do it intentionally Georgy..... Just to P you off! The rest of your life you will be picking up on my spelling mistakes! In regards to Suduko and your response Merry Berry, yes I love the clueless crosswords and the cryptics.
Thanks to Liz & John for the message, good to have you on the trip with us. Having the occasional red wine John....purely to stay sane.
Last night there was a story on 4 corners about the coal mining industry in NSW, Singleton in particular. A lot of people have breathing difficulties and asthma. Now we obviously work with mining & heavy industry, but I would have to say that I am neither for nor against these types of workplaces, I believe they can work together successfully. But you know the thing that really makes me mad.... is the stupidity of some parents. Did you hear that a couple of the families noticed that their kids health improved when they went on holidays away from Singleton, but then worsened when they came back!....... Der Fred!!! If you love your kids why leave them exposed to the things that are making them sick!.... Some people!!!!
Ok, going to have dinner..... served by someone else..... we are so spoilt this week!
James & VW
P.S. Happy Birthday Mrs Rowley.... hope you had a fab day!!
Reader Comments (4)
If I remember Luka's story from ER correctly VG the whole conflict in Bosnia was religious persecution of the catholics.
weather in Hanoi....grey skies(have been since I arrived 3 1/2 weeks ago) humid(has been since I arrived), heading into summer here, APPARENTLY once summer hits the skies get blue, but humidity gets so bad you don't want to go outside to see them!! Lucky I live in the comfort five star hotel! :)
Enjoy Perth and it's shopping centers-I'd be happy with just one shop that sells clothes that aren't made for a 12 year old girl!! No med or lg here-only sm and extra small!
On seatbelts...when we were in Fiji recently we jumped into a taxi at the airport to take us to the hotel and I instantly went to put my seatbelt on ...the taxi driver saw what I was trying to do and in a thick Fiji Indian accent told me that I didn't need to wear a seatbelt in the backseat as it was only law for them to wear them in the front.........(now I want you to visualise and hear the discussion) Does being in the back seat make it safer????I think not........Anyway I couldn't have put the seatbelt on if I tried as it was only half there....it seems this is the norm in Fiji...just as well the roads are not smooth and fast like they are in Oz and NZ...you can't get up too much speed on a potholed dirt track in Fiji.
Weather in Auckland today is 13 - 21 and a few showers......
Now that you are experiencing civilisation and can order whatever you want in whichever cafe / restaurant you want my question is what did you hunt out first to eat and what are you still craving?
I dont feel cold as i have just endured 10 weeks in scotland at below 5 .