Love You & Leave You
The second week started off well, with a tourist ferry ride home via Circular Quay for some photos, then on Tuesday the lovely Lara organised some tickets for the Zoo for me & Cam to enjoy. I do love a good zoo trip and while this one was good I couldn't help but think the zoo has gone downhill since my youth.
I remember when they used to have panthers, more monkeys, an awesome aquarium at the bottom with a kickass seal tank. Also they have traded the impressive African elephants for puny Asian ones... talk about a shitty deal. All the new buildings are pretty wack I think, especially the Thai style elephant enclosure and food hall and the layout seems more difficult to navigate. Still worthy but not worth paying the $33 they charge. The highlight was easily the bird show; with huge birds regularly swooping over your head it's very impressive indeed and the stadium has one of the best views of the harbour in Sydney, great spot.
The rest of the week was filled out with dinners, last trips to the beach and yum cha. Then on Friday we went along to see Nick's new band Sparkadia play which was awesome, I highly recommend seeing their show and checking out their music. It's great to see my good friend doing well in a band that has a promising future on the horizon. Soon they are moving to London to try and crack Europe. Best wishes to them, I'm sure they will do well.
So that was that, a nice little trip for me. I got to tan it up a bit, see my friends (people I didn't see don't classify), catch up on news and what not and eat a shitload of Ogalo burgers... damn fine it was too! Two weeks was enough for me to get an idea of the life I could of had and I feel no regret in my decision to come to Japan. There are plenty of great things about Sydney but also many disagreable things; not the least of which is the transport.
Public transport in Sydney is a joke and owning a car is not much better unless you never want to go to the city. How can people live productive lives when they can't even get around? This theory also extends to the realm of Sydney's social structure. Because you need to use private transport for socialising I think that it's partly the reason that people to develop small social circles which lead to exclusivity and socially strategic attitudes... which I detest. It's just an idea which may or may not contain some truth , however I would point to Melbourne as a case example where the public transport is great and people are friendlier with less attitude. Think about it.
Enough ranting, it's back to Tokyo for me for a few months until I head off to see the rest of the world for research purposes before I begin my campaign to start my global empire. Take care of yourselves and each other.
I remember when they used to have panthers, more monkeys, an awesome aquarium at the bottom with a kickass seal tank. Also they have traded the impressive African elephants for puny Asian ones... talk about a shitty deal. All the new buildings are pretty wack I think, especially the Thai style elephant enclosure and food hall and the layout seems more difficult to navigate. Still worthy but not worth paying the $33 they charge. The highlight was easily the bird show; with huge birds regularly swooping over your head it's very impressive indeed and the stadium has one of the best views of the harbour in Sydney, great spot.
The rest of the week was filled out with dinners, last trips to the beach and yum cha. Then on Friday we went along to see Nick's new band Sparkadia play which was awesome, I highly recommend seeing their show and checking out their music. It's great to see my good friend doing well in a band that has a promising future on the horizon. Soon they are moving to London to try and crack Europe. Best wishes to them, I'm sure they will do well.
So that was that, a nice little trip for me. I got to tan it up a bit, see my friends (people I didn't see don't classify), catch up on news and what not and eat a shitload of Ogalo burgers... damn fine it was too! Two weeks was enough for me to get an idea of the life I could of had and I feel no regret in my decision to come to Japan. There are plenty of great things about Sydney but also many disagreable things; not the least of which is the transport.
Public transport in Sydney is a joke and owning a car is not much better unless you never want to go to the city. How can people live productive lives when they can't even get around? This theory also extends to the realm of Sydney's social structure. Because you need to use private transport for socialising I think that it's partly the reason that people to develop small social circles which lead to exclusivity and socially strategic attitudes... which I detest. It's just an idea which may or may not contain some truth , however I would point to Melbourne as a case example where the public transport is great and people are friendlier with less attitude. Think about it.
Enough ranting, it's back to Tokyo for me for a few months until I head off to see the rest of the world for research purposes before I begin my campaign to start my global empire. Take care of yourselves and each other.
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