Mon Oct 13
21:33 Melbourne
I just saw the cutest ad! It’s for Kleenex, and there’s this yellow lab puppy resting its head on a roll of toilet paper. The caption above read: “Lab tested for softness”. So I’m a sucker for cute things and plays on words. Sue me =P
Spent an easy day in the city. It was raining in the morning, after an apparently hot weekend. Had a nice dinner with Chaturi; we’d finally managed to meet up, and it was fun seeing someone after 9 years. I wouldn’t know, having been in Hobart and then Phillip Island.
Heading out again tomorrow. I’m going to miss travelling, but not the smell of stinky socks. Two of my Taiwanese roomies came in, and whew! The room smells now. I had thought at first that it was the guys that stunk in Hobart. Now I’m not so sure.
Melbourne’s a really nice city. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to stick around for a while. Me, I still love Vancouver best. The climate is just so much more for me. I’ve been in extended periods of 30+ weather, and it’s not for me. Give me temperate (yes, rainy) Vancouver any day over that. What HAS been nice, though, is the relatively few homeless people. Oh, and no skunks. And the fact that I’m vacationing helps =P
Heh. One of my Taiwanese roomies asked where I was from. And then she remarked that she thought Asian people in Canada all had brown hair. I’m rather puzzled…what does locale have anything to do with hair colour? What about hair dye? I don’t recall seeing very many women in Japan having their natural hair colour. It’s interesting learning about different stereotypes.
For instance, in Germany, they tell each other, be careful of the crocs, they really like German people. Our Phillip Island tour guide responded that “It’s not that the crocs are racist. It’s just that the Germans are always where you tell them NOT to go. You tell the group don’t swim here, and a few minutes later, you turn around and who’s there? The Germans!” The 4 German girls in our tour laughed and agreed.
21:33 Melbourne
I just saw the cutest ad! It’s for Kleenex, and there’s this yellow lab puppy resting its head on a roll of toilet paper. The caption above read: “Lab tested for softness”. So I’m a sucker for cute things and plays on words. Sue me =P
Spent an easy day in the city. It was raining in the morning, after an apparently hot weekend. Had a nice dinner with Chaturi; we’d finally managed to meet up, and it was fun seeing someone after 9 years. I wouldn’t know, having been in Hobart and then Phillip Island.
Heading out again tomorrow. I’m going to miss travelling, but not the smell of stinky socks. Two of my Taiwanese roomies came in, and whew! The room smells now. I had thought at first that it was the guys that stunk in Hobart. Now I’m not so sure.
Melbourne’s a really nice city. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to stick around for a while. Me, I still love Vancouver best. The climate is just so much more for me. I’ve been in extended periods of 30+ weather, and it’s not for me. Give me temperate (yes, rainy) Vancouver any day over that. What HAS been nice, though, is the relatively few homeless people. Oh, and no skunks. And the fact that I’m vacationing helps =P
Heh. One of my Taiwanese roomies asked where I was from. And then she remarked that she thought Asian people in Canada all had brown hair. I’m rather puzzled…what does locale have anything to do with hair colour? What about hair dye? I don’t recall seeing very many women in Japan having their natural hair colour. It’s interesting learning about different stereotypes.
For instance, in Germany, they tell each other, be careful of the crocs, they really like German people. Our Phillip Island tour guide responded that “It’s not that the crocs are racist. It’s just that the Germans are always where you tell them NOT to go. You tell the group don’t swim here, and a few minutes later, you turn around and who’s there? The Germans!” The 4 German girls in our tour laughed and agreed.
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