Melbourne + reiki

My last day at the hostel was great. I went tomato picking with 2 new friends at the pimp's farm. This time at least I can laugh about him with other people. It was a really hot day and we decided to finish by 1 o'clock. Haha, I have only picked 6 bins. Many tomatoes were wrecked so raising 50 cents for 1 bin meant nothing. So I was supposed to get $18 but he gave me $20, like last time when he rounded it to $40 from $37.50. After that, I suggested to go to the local pool to cool off. We tried to catch the bus and ended up having to call a taxi, realizing that there were no buses at all on the weekends! Walking into the outdoor pool on a hot day was an amazing feeling, so we swam and lounged a bit on the side. Then, we did the whirl pool and sauna. Good stuff. When we came out, it was such a tranquil relaxing feeling! Apparently, we could walk through the river/park/forest which is on the way back. The quality of the river was like a swamp but was still very pictureque with the reflection of trees which carried an unique serenity. The trees in the forest/park were somewhat far apart or scarce and extended the same quality as the river. Suddenly, 3 kangaroos jumped passed us!! Not exactly too common in that town apparently. We got back onto the road and tried to hitchhike. We were about to give up after a few minutes because it seemed so awkward. Then, a truck pulled over and we got a free ride, yay!

Of course I had to party the last night, so I went out to the city with people from the hostel. Brad Pitt came but his buddy backed out, boo! Brad Pitt ended up having to sleep one hour before going to work drunk. Gotta give props to that.

After I left the Shepparton hostel, I had this strange reminiscing feeling again. It's like doing a series of yoga poses and coming into stillness to reflect on what had all happened. I felt like I was seeing the bigger picture again and I didn't want to go home for awhile now.

I like Melbourne. The energy is much better than Sydney, an artsy relaxed vibe in the city centre comparing to anxious-gotta-get-to-point-A-ASAP-speedwalking people. Besides, the place seems smaller or managable and public transportation seems pretty good. There are also many Asians here and cheap authentic Indian food. The downside is that internet is frigging expensive!

The hostel I'm staying in is by Flinders Station. It's a huge ass hostel which is not good for a single traveller like me because I can't meet people. I bumped into some Germans from Shepparton so we might go out on the weekend after I'm done with my reiki course. I've been busy with it anyways so I don't feel so lonely as of now.

Yes reiki! My teacher is quite a character, a little scrawny and theatrical. He would suddenly talk in an Indian or Scottish accent sometimes. I'm not sure if that's really appropriate but whatever. There are 60 students in class so he had to do most of the attunements as a group. For the kind of class size, I have to say he does a good job. I wasn't sure what to expect to feel since I have gone through matrix already, but now I remember reiki's power and love in its simplicity. I feel like I'm going through a cleanse with a big thirst for water. The practice sessions make me and many others want to fall asleep. One interesting thing today was that we went into small groups to do group healing on one person. The woman we were working on asked if I did spiritual work. She said she was clairvoyant and she saw very clearly a young Japanese woman with traditional Japanese hair style guiding me. Her name is Skimo or something. Interestingly enough, I'm talking to Alan online and apparently he has a knight as a guide.

I think I want to stay in Melbourne for awhile to make some money.