Hmm...where to start? It's been a long time! I haven't heard much from many of my friends either. I wonder if the memory of me has been somehow slowly disappearing from their lives?

Last week I finally went to see a physiotherapist for my wrist pain. Apparently, I have injured the tendon of my wrist, which he named it as a "nasty injury" and a "boring injury to treat." Thank, doc. It's ok since his cuteness makes up for it. So that means no more fruit picking/ South Australia plans for me, or working in restaurants (maybe a blessing?). I don't really know if I can do much and it's a even bit frustrating to cut up vegetables for dinner. Things come up and plans change again. I guess I will have to stay in Melbourne for awhile, and not even move around hostels because of my luggages, although I have been offered help by a young German boy from Elephant BP.


After I found out about this, I was scheduled to work at Formula 1 Grand Prix for the Ferrari booth the past weekend. Not that I have ever been into things like that, but it did feel good to be a Ferrari girl. I was pretty excited to get a free top with the colour and style that I wanted. The days were long (10-12 hours with 1 short break) and 2 out of 3 days were almost up to 40 degrees!! I was lacking sleep and the place was dry, dusty, dirty, sweaty, and windy at times. It's nice to be doing retail work again, and eventhough it was tiring, everyone had fun. I also found out that Spanish guys are quite cute.


I had been hanging out with Dan for the past 2 weeks, and had checked out all the gay bars in Melbourne. Dermot from Shepparton also came down to Melbourne for a few days before leaving to NZ, and it was good to be with him for his last days in Oz since those times are one of the most memorable for alot of people. Time has flew by and I still don't have any solid work. What the hell was I so busy with? No idea. Dan has finally left with his German friends to drive along Great Ocean Road to Adelaide, then to outback, Alice Springs, and end up in Darwin. All in 2-3 weeks! Uh...good luck. Just when I felt weird to be alone again, I keep finding new random companies. There has been 2 Taiwanese girls whom I would have washroom chats from time to time. One I have briefly met from the last time I stayed in the hostel has accompanied me to see some live bands in Fitzroy. I asked her because I have only been going to gay bars and was hoping to see the real local scene. It felt like what I wanted would show up for me finally. Even just once is better than nothing.

I also met up with French guy from Shepparton, and the DJ from facebook. Yup, and Rodrigo has came to watch F1 so it's nice to meet him again and show him around. He looks even more ghetto with his hair growing out now.

Meg came before for a weekend and I'm fed up with hearing her repetitive dramas. She really drains my energy when she does that. I hope she finds her man and excitement or whatever.

I found a Gem in Fitzroy- a yoga/meditation centre that only charges by donation or nothing at all. I went in and enjoyed a yoga/chi kung class, with a free meal after that. Then a chanting session and a free chai. Chanting the same old mantra seems to be the main thing for these peope. It was good timing and I went to a retreat with them to someone's house away from the city. We did alot of chanting, did yoga by a river, and had 2 delicious vegetarian meals with Chai and desserts. I haven't been back because of bad timing but I plan to attempt to go in sometime this week.


There have been alot of festivals here such as the Moomba festivals where people chill by the Yarra river to watch wakeboard competition and go on carnival rides for 3 days. Right next to this event was Future Music Festival in Botanical Garden. I walked by and Chicks on Speed was coming on. I wish I was in there but it was sold out long time ago and I can't really splurge on something like that anyways.

I started checking out the big art galleries and they are pretty awesome. The best part is the no charge part. They have really ancient national and international art along with some contemporary exhibitions. I also enjoy the random alley lanes in Melbourne that are filled with graffiti. One time I went into one and ended up in an art gallery with a street artist exhibition.

I don't know what to do now since I can't work at alot of jobs. Maybe it's time to go home? But most of all, I just need to rest my wrist and not be too stressed about finding work. I have planned to finally do the dolphin swim tour with my German roommate, so that's going to be very exciting.