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Sad.Sigh Down Under - Part 9
11.25.08 - Queenstown - ADVENTURE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!!!!!
Dudes. It is EXTREME down here in Queenstown.
Or at least that’s what the marketing would have you know.
I awake at 5:45am, (blerg), to head out for my skydive, (glurg), only to learn that it has been canceled on account of the weather. Curse you, RAAAAAAIIIIIIIN!!!!!!! (shakes fist) [...]
Antipodean Slang
Are you tired of seeing me type ‘Antipodean’ yet? Well too fucking bad.
Here’s the layout:
Antipodean slang word:
Approximate English meaning:
Why it makes me Sad:
Let’s go!
Sad.Sigh Down Under - Parts 6,7 and 8
Hi Dudes. Sorry for my absence. I was in the mountains/on a lake w/o access to the internets, which was probably the most Sad Sigh thing of all. (Or rather, the fact that I was constantly bemoaning the lack of internet access instead of enjoying the breathtaking scenery was probably a bit more Sad Sigh.)
This [...]
Sad.Sigh Down Under - Part 5
11.19.08 - Bondi
That’s pronounced Bon-Dye, you Yankees.
In the morn, prior to boarding the free shuttle from our Central City hostel to the one in Bondi, which is a suburb of Syndey on the beach, I needed caffeine like a mother, and went straight to the… you guessed it, Starbucks. The reasoning behind this American superiority [...]
Sad.Sigh Down Under - Part 4
11.18.08 - Taronga Zoo, Oxford Street/Darlinghurst
Rachel, Jamie’s friend from The JC was supposed to leave to head back to the States this afternoon. However, before she was to do that, we decided to go to the Taronga Zoo, on Sydney’s North Shore. Jamie, who’s been to 167 zoos whilst she’s been here, (including world-famous Australia [...]