Last night most of the house went to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the movie theatre so naturally I tagged along. It was a strange movie. I don’t remember the book or the first movie made from it but I was totally unnerved by the oompa loompas but I thought Jonny Depp pulled […]
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Quirky Australian fact of the day
by Bertha on 04. Sep, 2005 in Australia 2005
Father’s day is today, September 4th. I have no idea when mother’s day though but I was wondering why every place was advertising stuff about father’s day when it was in June…
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Colder than I thought
by Bertha on 04. Sep, 2005 in Australia 2005
so ya, the temperature lately has been about 1-13C and I knew that even before I left. Kathy mentioned to me before I left that they had one of the coldest winter nights a week before I left and it was 1C. For some reason I still did not clue in and bring 2 sweaters…. […]
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Working Girl right here!
by Bertha on 01. Sep, 2005 in Australia 2005
This morning I went to my interview with the recruitment agency and after taking all the proficiency tests I was offered a temp office job in THEIR office. They are behind in scanning their docments so I am trying to help them catch up. All their client files are stored online. I am also helping […]
Homebase
by Bertha on 31. Aug, 2005 in Australia 2005, Travel
is the name of the Houseshare that I’ve managed to get a room at. On Sunday I will move from a 2 person room to a 3 person room so that I can save 10.00 more dollars/week. I’ve got a signup at the recruitment agency tomorrow at 9:30am and then afterwards I’ll need to go […]
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Orientation Day
by Bertha on 29. Aug, 2005 in Australia 2005, Travel
THis morning my last roommate checked out of the room. It’s great that I have the whole 4 bunk room to myself now! I think it’s worth paying the extra 4.00 to have a private room temporarily than my new friends Arne and Connor are paying for a full room of 6 peoples. Bwah ha […]
McD’s
by Bertha on 27. Aug, 2005 in Australia 2005, Pictures, Travel
I just had a McOz burger for dinner. It’s got lettuce, sauteed onions, beetroot and cheese. That’ll make it the 3rd time I’ve eaten McDonald’s in a year. Gross! McDonald’s has McCafe in Asia and Australia. It’s *surprise* a cafe! This is me eating ocngee in the Malaysian McDonald’s. It’s called Ayam Goreng or something […]
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colds + address
by Bertha on 26. Aug, 2005 in About Me, Australia 2005
I think I’m coming down with one!!! *wah* I will need to sleep that off real quick. oh, and if anyone wants to send me a letter or something, I have an address forwarding thing through my agency at: Bertha Ng Locked Bag 21 Royal Exchange NSW 1225
Sydney Central YHA
by Bertha on 26. Aug, 2005 in Australia 2005, Travel
Took a cab to the airport with the Austrian Amin. He is a mechanical engineer that likes to travel on the cheap so he can meet people. I had 2 SGDollars left while he had about 14. We had to bum some change off people cuz if there was any sort of traffic, we wouldn’t […]
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