Broome

I haven't updated in a month now so I'll try to wrap everything up in a nutshell.

I didn't find work for a week and suddenly I had job offered left and right. I had a couple of different work where I have only done 1-2 days.

Then I settled for a housekeeping job at a resort close to the beach. I freaking hated it at first, and had to remind myself during work that it's only temporary whenever I started thinking of how I would never be people's shitholes if I were in Vancouver. Now I'm finally getting used to it mentally and physically. We had a new job to do is to scrub the ring around the toilet bowl water built from the local water deposit. I have avoided doing it for days and today I finally had to do it but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.I guess I really learned about cleaning meticulously. Thanks Jenny G for calling me "Maria."

I'm finally getting jobs that pay employees properly, and apparently salary is higher in Broome.

I also had a second job for a week in, yes, another Chinese restaurant. The owners are really old, the guy is 73 years old and have an infected foot from sandfly bites. I quit because the business is not organized and not taken care of properly. He has a gambling problem and the wife would complain to me about it, and they fight too, how lovely. Because they are old, people might wait an hour for food which is ridiculous. Sometimes they look like they want to murder me at anytime. The decor is quite old, and you would feel like you are in the 70s or something when you step in.

My skin has been reacting to the local sandfly bites/piss.The bites are finally healing very slowly and sometimes they still itch, but at least it's not weeping. I have been super cautios and paranoid with all that. Two days ago, there is something on my right arm like dermatitis rash. Maybe I am being expose to too much chemicals from work, bug spray, and sunscreen. The sun might be a bad mix with it all too. It's tiring to deal with physical problems one after another. At least my wrist is pretty ok now.

On Thursdays, there's wet t-shirt contest on the busiest club night of the week. My ex roommate and my supervisor have gone up before, good times.

I got the chance to see "staircase to the moon," a natural phenomenon where the red moon would rise from the ocean. The moon's reflection on the low tide creates an illusion of a staircase. It turned out really big and red and the climax lasted for about a few minutes. At that beach, there is a small night market held. I accompanied my roommate who was doing hair wraps there and got a free one for being her assistant.

I've met a few good people here and some were reunited from the past, but many come and go quickly. We made meals for each other, BBQs and picnics. One time we had a dip in the water during sunset at cable beach which was quite memorable for me.

I think I got away without paying 3 weeks of accommodation so that helps alot. I'm tempted to go to another city to work because Broome is just a small tourist place. I plan to go up to Darwin (North), and from there I can fly to Bali to stay for a month or so, then go back to East Coast.