What have I learnt!

Since being away I have learnt many things....but have noticed a rather alarming trend amongst the following...

1. have learnt how to use and credit my skype account
2. have begun to understand google mail and all it's features
3. Have learnt how to use a blog account
4. Have learnt how to upload photos
5. Have learnt how to use digital camera
6. And now have learnt how to use facebook...well almost

Am sure there are many more that run on this theme....wonder if it will look good on my c.v? Or sound good when asked in an interview...."What have you been doing over the last six months?" ... I wonder

Shopping in Singapore

Two big whims....

1. How am I supposed to save money when there are so many things to buy, buy, buy

and

2. How am I meant to lose lots of weight before returning home when the food is so good and so cheap!

Despite the two above mentioned complaints, I love it here. There is so much to do, see, and experience. Best of all I just get to barter till my heart is content, without much effort at all. Everything just tastes so nice, and I keep reminding myself that for now I should consider it a privilege as I am sure my diet back in London will consist of ....oats, popcorn and noodles! From Morrison's, or other similar priced supermarket.
I didn't expect to enjoy it as much here, and now am craving to find out more about it all. The buildings are just amazing...and did you know from east to west it is only 42km (about) crazy hey. Shopping malls everywhere, huge, wide, high shopping malls, with gardens, little rivers to cool off in and lots of shops, obviously. Everything is so clean and tidy and all precise. Have learnt alot about feng shui, and have realised why my life is such a disaster at times! Learnt about corners, structure, and always have two flowers in a vase....never one! And, for all the boys out there.....always close the toilet lid!
Have also managed to walk clockwise round worlds biggest fountain three times, clockwise...for all my wishes to come true!

A Normal Dorm Night

Thought I would write down the happenings of a good night in a dorm.....

• 11 pm Go to sleep
• 12:00 am Room mate walks in drunk, switches on light, looks in his bag and passes out on his bed. I get up and switch off light
• 2:30 am Next room mate comes in, drunk as well, opens blinds, closes window. Then opens blinds again, opens window. Unpacks backpack and then packs backpack. Finally goes to sleep, remembers to switch light off.
• 3 am Two American girls come home, yes, drunk, decide to make massive cheese sandwiches, wake up a couple of people, and I hear them being asked to be quiet, which causes a fit of giggles!
• 3:30 am Can't sleep now, am wide awake, take my duvet upstairs to big sofa with book and read
• 4:30 am Starting to feel sleepy and as I begin to drift off on comfie sofa, guy comes home and gets very very ill in toilet. Sounds are unbelievable. Few people wake up to see what is going on.
• 5 am Go back to my room to try and sleep
• 6 am My alarm goes off, time to get ready for a day of diving and swimming!

This is a good night! I can feel a need for sleeping tablets arising! Hostel though is lovely, one of the best so far in the land of Oz!

Wild life in the Rainforest

I finally made it to the rain forest, where it really does rain alot, especially in the early hours of the morning. Am living in a tent, and totally loving it! I have a mattress, sheets, and a light. What more could I ask for. There is nothing better than being inside when it pours down with rain. Or waking up in a hot hot tent, opening a window and feeling the cool air flow in and brush over you. Feel like I have finally found a home...yes it is a tent, despite the many criticisms and disagreeing looks I get, that a tent could never be home....but home it is, for a few days, when I return to backpackers sharing room delight!

Went to a natural national park today with Kangaroos, Koalas, Crocodiles and many many birds. Got to hold a Koala, slightly smelly, and heavy but so cute, felt like taking him home. Fed a few Kangaroos and their babes. Some were bigger than me! Really like the Curwley bird? Not sure about spelling. They stay together with their chick, until they have another chick and then.....they push the older one away, and he has to fend for himself. So yes have learnt a few interesting facts about birds. The Kookaburra was the first bird to learn how to eat a King Cane Toad and not be poisoned.....the facts are endless. Had some breakfast with parrots, magpie geese, and a variety of other birds, very entertaining. They sat on my shoulders, tried to nibble my food, and one even had some champagne. Obviously I still drank from the same cup, as not to waste...Named one Gus, short for Guts, as he attack any food or item he could. He even managed to take a pearl earring from someones ear! As I walked around, birds flew just a few centimeters above my head, and one seemed intent on aiming towards it. A saying of my dads floated into my head, being...."I think your bird needs some water" Where he would lick his finger and touch my forehead, symbolising my brain. This saying would usually come when I had a crazy idea, or just a very silly one. I thought how much my dad would love to be here, to decide which coloured bird was the perfect resemblance of my brain!

Today has really been one of my favourite days in Australia, the wildlife is amazing, I loved playing with the baby joeys and wallabies, watching them slowly creep onto my lap, positioning them self for a bit of food! The birds are just out of this world....Huge, colourful, and squawker loud. I am beginning to fear I might turn into a bird watcher!

What else could I do!

Well it is still pouring with rain! So what else is there to do but shop! Which really is not a good thing.... for me or my bank account. It is amazing how one can feel so overjoyed and on such a natural high with a little plastic bag hanging from ones hand! I have bought the prettiest dress ever, and can't wait to wear it. I even have shoes to match, the only problem, them being in a box in London......Will have to have a welcome home party now, any excuse to wear it. Did think it was the perfect dress for a wedding, engagement etc. But then realised that everyone I know is already that! But still love my dress and it has put me on a wonderful high. All I have to do is look in bag that is sitting beside me and get a warm glowing feeling all over me! Why girls enjoy shopping so much, and why there is so much joy in a newly bought item I will never know. But I love the feeling. So shop away, it really does solve any problem, if only for a while!

We do not remember days.....we remember moments

New Saying..

Sometimes you just have to get out from under your umbrella and get a little wet to get somewhere....