Ramblings

Wow. It's been a really, really busy last week or so; I guess mostly because I've been, oh, you know, travelling for approximately fifteen thousand hours. Anyway, after a stop of about 36 hours in Hong Kong, I madeit down to Australia. I was going to write a blow-by-blow description of my travels, but I have become quite a fan of bullet points, because I get to write in incomplete sentances, so I'm going to do that instead.

LONDON:

• If you want to have an (affordable) meal in London with a view overlooking the Thames, then I would suggest going to the Nandos restaurant located by London Bridge. The restaurant is actually built Underneath the bridge, where it overhangs the river, so our table was only about 5 metres above the water line. It was awesome. We had a lot of fun talking about Tyra Banks, and then we walked to the toilet, looking fierce.
• Because I travel on a staff air ticket, I have to go up to the check in desk and tell them that I'm here. They usually send me away for about 20 minutes, and then I come back to find out if I have a seat or not. Sometimes the news is good, sometimes it is bad. Anyway, so when I got to Heathrow, I had to go to register. I had a business ticket, and there was a huge line at the economy class check-in desks, but nobody at the business ones. I had to walk in front of hundreds of tired-looking, cranky people up to the business check-in desk. I really, really wanted to just sink into the floor. The worst part, of course, was that once I went up to the desk, and identified myself as staff, they just said "OK, come back in 30 mins" so I then had to walk away with all my luggage, still under the mean eyes of everyone else. I bet they were thinking "Oh look, she tried to beat the line by going to that desk, but she didn't notice that it's business class only and they're sending her back to the proper line. Stupid, silly girl" And then I really felt like explaining it to everybody, but I couldn't because there were too many people, and I ended up getting downgraded anyway.

HONGKONG

• The Donkey (and his car) is a God. Really. I worship at the alter of your godness. That is all.

AUSTRALIA

• After arriving in Melbourne, my mother decided the best way to greet her daughter whom she hasn't seen in six months was to stay at home in bed and say "Ugh. I went to bed late...g'away......Talk later........hmmmm"
• I went out to a Poetry reading with Miss Frizzle and her housemate Dr. Doolittle. Some of the poetry was interesting, especially one girl who solemly announced that she would like to acknowledge "The Indiginous people upon whose land we stand, and also my deep shame regarding my inability to do anything." And then she read some crappy story about birds and her sister.
• There are some really bad bushfires in Victoria at the moment, and today dad and I had to do some driving. There was smoke everywhere, and you could barely see across the road. You can even smell the smoke inside our apartment, with the doors closed and the aircon on. My eyes feel gritty, like there are smoke particles in them, and my clothes smell like a fire. I hope my friends won't die in the fire, because that would suck. Alot.
• And, I know it's a few days late, but I would like to say this to boxcar:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BOXCAR

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

That is all.