If anybody reading this has been curious of macro-meteorological medians (average climates and temperatures) visit ACU. They have interesting facts which I never knew, like: Brisbane has a humid subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and dry, mild winters. The city’s highest recorded temperature was 43.2°C on the 26 January 1940 and its coldest was [...]
Getting up at 4am for work was a b**tch the first day. At the end of it I was exhausted. I came home, made dinner, played online for a bit, then went to sleep about 6pm. I awoke at midnight quite refreshed but, with two hours remaining before having to official rise for work, I [...]
Finished my first week at my new job. I plan to upload some pics of my workplace and my snazzy new uniform! I think it should pay around $20/hr. THat’s what the other employees are making, so I think I should get the same pay. I only got about 23 hours last week. They were [...]
Yvonne and I are setting well in our new place. We are close to almost everything. Toowong is only 25 min walk away, and UQ (University of Queensland) is just 10 min away. Grocery shopping can be done in Toowong, which we mostly prefer, because there is more selection, and we can also shop for [...]
We’ve been getting used to the public transit system here. We hopped onto the train at Geebung station and rode it all the way to Toowong station, where we got off. We headed to ProRentals, where were added some important letters of reference to our already-submitted applications. RENATA TAKE NOTE. You were my previous landlord [...]
We got a phone number today [finally]. I can’t tell you the number, because it’s like .78/minute + .29 connection fee to send a receive calls. Sorry. We will have to keep emailing and Skyping. The phone is a hand-me-down from one of EV’s cousins; some cheapo white candybar Nokia with 1998 ringtones and no [...]
Bugs 4 am. Yvonne is really upset, her voice trembles. Out of my groggy sleep, I can hear her sobbing quietly. “What’s the matter?” I ask, knowing I’d be waiting for an answer. “Bugs,” she replied through her tears. “Turn the lights on,” I said, getting out of bed. 4 orange beetle-things were on the [...]
There was nothing special about today. We looked at another place, it was another shit hole. We arrived before the guy showed up. Good! It was awful. We took off and grabbed some food. It was nearly 6:30 pm and we were really hungry. It wasn’t so hot today as it was on previous days. [...]
We must find a place to live as soon as possible. We have an 11:00AM appointment today to view an apartment. We are calling some other places to arrange something with them. Prospects are looking better, some include 6/173 Macquarie St (St. Lucia), 6/53 Alpha St (Taringa), 6/5 Norwood St (Toowong). Yvonne’s Aunt and Uncle [...]
Hot day. 34 degrees. Went to Toowong today to look at places to live. We didn’t find much, either really sloppy and run down, or not furnished. We’d prefer a furnished place, since we don’t have to worry about moving fridges, stoves, beds around when/if we decide to move out and find another place. We [...]