Posts Tagged ‘driving’
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Dang! I’m slacking BAD!
Been to Fiji and back. Gorgeous islands, beautiful waters. We didn’t want to leave! I definitely would like to go back and stay longer than we did. Photos of Fiji are on my Photography site (deviantArt).
We’ve now booked flights for Auckland. This time we’re staying for 2 weeks. None of this 4 and 5 day crap. This is our last flight out of the country so we’re going to make the best of it. Then we can lodge our Visa application so I can live here permanently.
I got stopped in customs in Brisbane because there’s a pattern with me coming and going every 3 months. I’m tellin ya, I was scared shitless that I’d be deported back to the states! Why? Cuz I watched too many Border Patrol tv shows! LOL. Nah, it was all good. She asked me a few questions and I said, no I’m not working and no I don’t plan on living here. I don’t think she believed me because she gave me a number to call to get my tourist visa extended… LOL! Anyway, she let me go and just made a note that I’d be leaving and coming back again in December/January. And so it goes…
So yep, we’re off to Auckland and got our sight seeing places mapped out. Can’t wait! The land of Xena: Warrior Princess! 
Things here have been good. Just depressing that I can’t work. I feel guilty and bad sometimes and I get sad. Lyn feels the same way too. We just gotta keep plugging along. We’re nearing the end now. Just a few more steps to go and we’ve made it! OH How I can’t wait to call myself an Aussie. OH how I can’t wait to start working! And OH how I can’t wait to L I V E with my girl in peace!
So that about wraps it up for now. Until I forget to write again…
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p.s. I’ve gotten much better with driving, but I STILL forget which side the turn signal is on!
Tags: Auckland, customs, deviantart, driving, Fiji, flights, island, maps, New Zealand, photography, tourist, Visa, Warrior Princess, Xena
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
It’s getting closer for me to depart AU so we are searching for some deals with airlines. We haven’t decided where we want to go yet, ie: Fiji, Guam, or Auckland. Seems tho that if we go to Auckland I’ll have to get a Visa for that country, but if I go to Guam, it’s part of the U.S. so I won’t need a Visa. And it’s only 4.5 hours flight from Cairns.
Driving is becoming much easier now. I actually drove with an ice cream cone. I drove roundtrip from Gordonvale to Cairns and back without turning on the windshield wipers as well! PROGRESS!
Still have trouble with store names. Dunno how long it’ll take me to get used to. Lyn laughs every time I say one wrong. **blush**
Internet is funky here. So not like the U.S. Here you have to pay for bandwidth. Rather sucks because it gets quite expensive! I’m paying for 5 gig bandwidth a month for $40! I paid for unlimited use in the U.S. for the same price. They don’t have much in the lines of competition with businesses so they can pretty much charge what they want. I purchased an internet mobile device. Virgin Broadband Mobile but I tell ya… it’s massively S L O W ! ! ! I was clocking the highest rate at 5.2kbs DAMN! Downloading a 1 meg file took 10 minutes. But it’s like a cell phone, if the signal is weak, slower connection. SUCKS!
I’m not much of a sports person. I never liked sports in the U.S. all that much. Football is ok but the Footy here is pretty cool. They don’t suit up at all, and it’s all around different. I’m quite liking it better. Rugby, however, WOW! That’s grueling! But something I could definitely watch. Figuring out the game is the hard part but Lyn’s explaining it to me little by little.
So it’s coming into Winter here. Winter in July! How ’bout that! My first Winter Birthday! (July 7th). Yeah, I know it’s only June. Anyway, the temperature is just gorgeous! I can’t imagine what summer must be like. (in December!) Oh my god! I just can’t get over that! Summer in December… hmmmmmm
Tags: airline, Auckland, australia, bandwidth, birthday, business, Cairns, christmas, competition, deals, december, download, driving, Fiji, file, flight, football, footie, footy, game, gig, Guam, internet, july, june, meg, money, paying, plane, rugby, summer, ticket, unlimited, Visa, winter, xmas
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Well here it is. This is my new site. Since I don’t have flight Jitters anymore I decided to change the name of my blog. I’ll still be travelling and still be flying but all for a different reason. And I really wanted my own domain. 
Everything is still going great, although I swear Ty picked up some bad habits in quarantine! I really haven’t slept well in the past 3 days because he’s been panting a lot. I’m used to sleeping in a cool room with air conditioning which keeps Ty’s panting under control. Last night I resorted to keeping him in the living room until Lyn gets up for work at 1am. By then, the house is much cooler and less panting from Ty. I dunno how well that’ll work, he did a bit of whining at the bedroom door until Lyn’s youngest layed down with him on the sofa. She fell asleep, and he pooped by the door! Eeesh!! No one’s to blame… no one’s fault… LOL!!
Driving is getting a bit easier. Still struggling with the dang wipers and turn signal thing! Ugh! But driving on the left…. piece-a-chocolate mousse!
Tags: australia, blog, blogging, dog, domain, driving, habits, living room, new, panting, pug, quarantine, site, sleeping, website
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
…. and I’ll be reunited with my dog! I can’t wait! I’ll probably be a blubbering idiot! I can’t help it, he’s my boy! I don’t get to pick him up from the airport until 10:30 at night which sucks! But I’m rather glad I’m not working so I can spend lots and lots of time with him! I hope he’s not mad at me and still… I hope he didn’t forget who I was. I’ll be so hurt! I don’t like to think about it. (more…)
Tags: adjust, australia, concentrate, dog, drivers, driving, focus, forget, geer, international, left, license, miss, opposite, pug, quarantine, reunite, right, shift, signal, state, wheel, wipers
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
So I’ve been in Australia now for a week. It’s taking some getting used to. I’m not living like a tourist and eating out everyday and sight seeing. I’m living as a resident would. Shopping in grocery stores for dinner is pretty funny. Grocery items are so different. There are some things that the U.S. has but most of which is their own brands. Foods have different tastes as well. (more…)
Tags: accent, aussie, australia, beautiful, brands, colorful, different, dog, down under, driving, food, friendly, IDL, international, light, oz, road, shopping, slang, stores, turning, vehicle
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