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| Subject: Pass the syrup, eh? Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2003 02:41:06 -0800 Howdy, Well I know its been a while since I've emailed, but better late than never. Much has been happening and it would be an extremely looong email to explain it all fully, so here is a much abridged version... End of October I left life in Dorking, England behind - That one extra month working there after my time in Europe convinced me it was time to move on. I had a great time and awesome experiences there, but its definitely time to move on to new things, and I'm sure Joanne is happy to have the house to herself now for a while! So first it was off to Scotland for a week! Lots of hairy coos, haggis, and highland adventures ensued. I based myself firstly in Edinburgh which is a wonderful city (and Kylie Minogue visited while I was there!!!) I did some bus touring and hiking, visited many castles and the odd Loch too of course. Re-enacting scenes from Braveheart and The Highlander series was inevitable too after a few drops of the local brews. Partying in Glasgow was a heck of an experience - understanding the Scots was at times a struggle, but once both communicating parties are in various states of inebriation it suddenly gets so much easier to understand the "och"s, the "nay" and the "aye"s. Then before I knew it I was landing in a little town on the east coast of America called NEW YORK! Well, what can I say this place blew me away! I got to catch up with my NY friend Daria who pointed me in all the right directions. Highlights included doing all of the following in one day: going to Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty, walking through Wall Street (and not have to dodge being flattened by suicidal stockbrokers jumping out of windows like I'd expected), seeing the huge construction site that the former World Trade Center now is, visiting the United Nations buildings, the views from the top of the Empire State Building, all the extravaganza of Times Square where did I mention I scalped tickets and got to see a show at the Orpheum Theatre. And guess what, it was 'The Boy From Oz' starring no less than the great Aussie actor Hugh Jackman. Some great homesickening scenes (the finale being 'I Still Call Australia Home' didn't help). My ticket was for one of the best, ie. most expensive, seats in the house, row 3, dead centre of the upper section - a $US129 ticket which I scalped just after opening time for $25, then had to sit next to the poor lady who had given the ticket away to some guy on the street when she hadn't been able to sell it at face value and who had then in turn sold it to me. haha! Apparently Boy George's new show was opening in the theatre across the road because there was much craziness and crowds and TV crews blocking the entire street. ok sorry this is the abridged version right? And thats not to mention the entire day I spent exploring Hyde Park, and the rest of the week filled with NewYork/Seinfeld cliched events, riding on subways, catching taxis, eating in diners / LittleItaly / ChinaTown, etc, etc. Its mid-November and where do I find myself? No, not on Kings Beach slopping on some sunscreen and preparing for a nice warm summer soaking up the sun and bobbing in the waves at Caloundra. Instead the best place to be would be in Eastern Canada just as winter is starting... right?? My first glimpse of Vancouver was not the most exciting, its raining, and its windy, and its COLD!!! Luckily though the people here have totally forced me to change my opinion of the place and my time has been fantastic and relaxing after the pace of the previous few months. Even though my job hunting has been fairly unsuccesful right now (curse my lack of organisation and therefore lack of visa) catching up with my great Canadian friend Julia has been fantastic and meeting her room-mates (And buttering them up with frosted muffins) has resulted in the appropriation of free accomodation... at least for now. Within my first 24 hours in Canada I managed to gain an important supporting role in the cast of a Canadian hockey film (ok so I was an extra in a party scene... but I'm sure my acting shines), eat a waffle brunch (with maple syrup of course) and partake in the great spectacle of varsity sports (its kind of addictive cheering on the home university where I'm staying and I'm now a regular). Visiting the ski resort Whistler managed to make me extremely frustrated at not being able to find work and also extermely jealous of those with money enough to be staying up there and not to mention the whole being able to ski/snowboard thing which I still haven't actually tried yet! Meanwhile life in Vancouver right now is quiet - all the students, including Jules, are studying for exams so I'm left to my own devices most of the day - so I'm either at the gym or otherwise being generally lazy. I played a short gig last week (at a Thanksgiving Dinner of all things) which was nice to dust the cobwebs off, and I expect to do some more gigs around Vancouver in the next couple of weeks which hopefully will make for some cool experiences. So... Christmas looms and though its all a bit undecided right now it looks like I'm going to be heading into central Canada to visit some real Canadians (ie. Julia's family) where there should be a white christmas waiting for me (Actually I'll be lucky if santa arrives because from what I've been told, it sounds like the temperature there is actually often colder than what he's used to in the North Pole!). Hopefully I'll get a chance to do some real cross-country skiing though and if all my digits survive I might play some gigs there too. As for the new year who knows what that'll bring - I'm very tempted by Cameron's call to arms down in the depths of Wyoming, USA so I can try my luck at getting ski resort work down there. But perhaps the lure of the Aussie sun will twist my arm to lead me to head back home again - advice anyone?? On a side note, I want to congratulate my good friends Emily and Adrian who were married on the 23rd November. It was great talking to Em before the wedding - I hope everyone had a wonderful day and enjoyed Goat's well decorated cake. I wish you both all the happiness in the world - for now and into the future (and I hope being married doesn't stop you guys from partying)! On another side note, a month or so ago saw the passing of Elliot Smith, a musician who I've been a huge fan of since dear Madeleine introduced me to his work a couple of years ago. A very sad day indeed. Next time any of you are in a record store - look him up and buy an album, you won't be sorry and to enjoy his music is the best way we can celebrate his life. ok, must go, its almost 3am here and the sandman is calling. Yeah and sorry - It turned out to be quite a long email, eh? 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| Subject: haggis Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 08:27:11 +1000 >> >>hi everyone, >>I must apologise for my slackness lately! Things have been rather >>hectic since I last emailed (Switzerland? Germany?) I'm afraid this >>is going to be another ultra quick email. >>I'm just writing to make you all jealous - I'm in Edinburgh right >>now, about to hit the Highlands of Scotland on my last hurrah in >>the UK! I got into the black pudding and haggis today - its really >>delicious and considering the good times I've been having so far, I >>think its no coincidence that I've been compared to one of The >>Proclaimers (Scotland's favourite sons). >>Well I've missed heaps due to my emaiing slackness - Hijinks in >>Holland, Mashed in Munich, Lust in London (ok so the last one is a >>lie, but you get the idea...) Still to come: Cool in Canada and >>Naughty in NewYork! >>keep in touch everyone >>david |
| Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 3:15 AM Subject: amiss in swiss > hey everyone, > well thanks for all your emails everybody - sorry I have to send a group > email, internet is really expensive in switzerland. My time so far in > Switzerland has been AMAZING, I'm so glad I'm going to have at least a week > here, before going upto Oktoberfest and maybe meeting up with my old friends > Neval and Joe in germany. Barcelona was simply fantastic and my time in > Italy and France was really rewarding as well - so much more to tell - one > day you'll all see the photos. I'm not looking forwarding to going back to > work at all... Last night was spent celebrating (lots of new friends buying > me drinks!!) and today buying myself gifts (its my birthday, thanks for all > your awesome messages those who remembered) like spending ALOT of money on a > very very cool swiss army knife. Hopefully the rest of the week I'll be able > to explore the alps and have some more good times amiss in swiss! > have fun all and again sorry for the group email > auf wiedersehn > david |
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| Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 10:52 PM Subject: v2.0 Dave in England - Magical Mystery Tour Hello everybody, So... my "magical mystery tour" continues... hmm in fact its been neither "magical" nor "mysterious". And come to think of it I haven't been on a"tour" as such either. so I guess that just leaves " ". Ok so you've noticed that I'm becoming delirious. Work is kind of taking it out of me by about 2pm everyday. So unfortunately my plan everyday to send heaps of emails has become unstuck because I'm just plain exhausted. But if you send me an email I do reply, so you only get out what you put in (a lesson I learnt from those wonderful Nutri-Grain ads)I've basically taken over the contracts administrator position, as well asmy customer service role - so one of my biggest and bestest jobs is chasing up clients overdue bills. how wonderful! Meanwhile, I can't wait to get paid. ���s are cool when you're getting paid them, though not so cool when you're spending them. Though it is amazing what you can buy with 20p or 40p. In far more exciting work news we are installing a large system in Stockholm next week and assuming we get properly organised, I'll be going along to add a helping hand. so that will hopefully be a weeks excursion to sweden! my fingers are crossed for that one. Life in the house is good - Joanne's back from her week holiday, and missing her man whose gone home to Australia now - something I can empathise with. Tonight I am buying and cooking - any ideas for what I should feed these people?!?!? help!!! :p Yesterday Steve and I continued our regimented fitness program. We have taken to riding up Box Hill - awesome view up the top, and the ride down is just astounding!! my plans to play football have fallen through because the season just finished - so everyones playing cricket now. instead I'll be pursuing a booming squash career it seems. or maybe lawn bowls will be the go. Or chess, I've already started training - I beat steve so that will be good basis for some gloating for as long as I can hold off the rematch. Things that suck: -Trying to open a bank account in england is impossible. apparently they simply do not want to take my money off me! -Liverpool's llast match on the weekend - I bet money on Owen to score and Liverpool to win. Neither happened. -The lack of warmth and humidity means you can be exercising hard for an hour and not work up a sweat. -Not being able to follow my Lions -Steve's lowry Things that rock: -Jam Donuts -David Gray's new album, and his last one too -Amsterdam - hopefully I'll be there in a few weeks. -Elton John dressed like one of Willy Wonka's oompa loompas. -Joanne's BMW thats all later peace love other stuff david! |
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| Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 1:38 AM Subject: v2.1 Dave in Paris!!! > Hello everyone, > quick update - my sweden trip got postponed until second week of june. so > instead of stockholm I decided to go to paris for the weekend. I'm catching > the train tomorrow morning and will be back sunday night. > good times > david |
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| Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 10:48 PM Subject: v3.0 Dave in England - We're not in Kansas anymore... Hey everyone, Well I'm sorry for the delay in emailing. Things have been full on around here these last few weeks. Paris was awesome. It rained almost the whole time we were there though which was disappointing. It didn't spoil the wonderful sights though. Jo and I were exhausted though because we walked basically everywhere across europe. we saw heaps, like the mona lisa and heaps more in musee du louvre, I had a xxxx in an ozzy pub across the road from the moulin rouge, being accosted by beggars under the tour eiffel, notre dame cathedral, lunch on the champs elysees, napolean bonaparte's tomb, the bastille, the arc de triomphe, etc, etc !! And I didn't even see half the stuff I'd like to see. So I'll be going back there sometime soon to do as much as I can. Last weekend I met my new friend jacqui (hi jacqui!!) and was taken on a varied tour of london. the highlight was most definitely saturday night in the Redback, a pub full of aussie ex-pats. It was nice to spend some time with people my own age :) Jacqui and I are planning on doing heaps of stuff together, so hopefully I don't make her hate me too soon and we get a chance to see lots. This weekend we were planning on having a london theatre adventure, but I've been sick these last few days missing work with this hardcore throat infection so it doesn't look like I'll be able to go :( And I think being unwell makes being homesick 10 times worse which isn't much fun. In other news some of my friends back home graduated thursday night. I would have been graduating too if I were there and I really wish I could have. Carrie has told me that the ceremony was on the news because of Sir William Deane's speech and Emma tells me that he was great. So congrats to you grads, and I guess I'm a law graduate officially now too - I think my certificate gets sent in the mail, but hopefully I can go to a presentation next year with the fel, nic, ning, amanda, fox and the rest of my science/law/whatever dual degree buddies. Being at home during the day has its perks - lots of The Osbournes to watch, and lots of Gaelic football which is a bloody awesome game - these guys are psycho!! And my FreeCell percentage is up to 97%... My stockholm trip for work is hopefully going ahead and I'll leave next saturday for a week in sweden! wh00t! ok my heads starting to throb again now so I might go lie down for a while. good luck to everyone with their study and assignments and stuff for uni, or work or whatever you all are up to :) ciao david! |
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| Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 8:50 AM Subject: v5.0 Long days, short cuts, shoestrings. Hi dudes/dudettes, So its time for another exciting update from dorking dave. (please hold your applause until the end, thank you). Right now my weekdays are full of work, trying to sleep in the sunlight, getting lost (quite literally - it got scary tonight when it was 10:30 and I had no idea where I was, I didn't realise it would get so dark after about 10pm, and my shortcut home didn't turn out to be quite so short...) in the hills and towns of Surrey riding my bike. Either tomorrow evening or wednesday morning I'll be flying to Stockholm for an installation job for one of work's big customers. Unfortunately it means I am now going to miss out on the Bon Jovi and Live concert in Hyde Park on Saturday which I had just won a ticket on eBay for :( OH well, I can't complain too much - a free trip to Stockholm ain't too bad I guess, but its annoying since its been put off for so many weeks that it would finally land on the weekend I didn't want it to. Typical! I have much travel ahead which I'm looking forward to immensely, though unfortunately it means I'm scraping the money barrel every day to try to save enough money for when I leave work. Though it brings me pleasure to note that the current exchange rate is about $4 - �1, so if I have any money left when I get home (not likely, but you never know) maybe I'll be able to pay off my debts and have enough left over to buy a wedding present for Em and Goat! I saw the film Identity on Sunday, was good I thought, kept me thinking which I like. You should all check it out - Amanda Peet proves why she's been at the top of my list for a while (beaten only by Natalie Imbruglia when in form). Wimbledon started today of course - so all we've heard about is 1) Tiger Tim Henman (I can't imagine a more inappropriate nickname for someone), and 2) Lleyton Hewitt losing. This is especially bad since we just lost the Rugby to England as well - they are starting to get big heads, and it is just not cool to be getting beaten by the poms. fortunately we still have the football (soccer) and cricket to make a point with. Not really knowing many people, and especially no-one my own age (except you Jacqui, but then you ARE a fair bit older anyway...) is getting really hard at the moment. So you people who haven't sent me an email - send one NOW, as soon as you read this, to at least say hello. It can't be that hard! Be warned... the email karma beast (of yore) will come get you if you don't!! Of course I guess I'll meet endless people on my travels in a couple of months, SO, until I find better ones you all are the only friends/family I've got - stop being slack, you know who you are! Well I must be off, much mroe I could talk about but I have clothes to hang out (exciting huh, but it IS midnight and I have no clothes to wear tomorrow). Have a good week y'all, each and every one. David |
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| Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 7:46 AM Subject: v5.1 Its time to Stock up... (at holm) and Fill Yer Boots with Poo Hej!! First of all everyones who is emailing, muchos gracias, I'm totally behind though in emails for this last fortnight because I'm snowed under from work where I am putting in extra hours and just crashing when I get home. I will catch up soon though I promise. This is just a quick update... more detail in those personal emails, except for you other lazy sods! I got back monday evening from stockholm. I can report that its a great place. The swedish are really nice people and life is made easier by the fact that they all try really hard with their english and, since my swedish ain't great, that made communication a pleasent and less frustrating experience. The job we were doing in stockholm went relatively smoothly and I found that installing 117 phone sockets and a telephone system isn't all boring since it was a nice quiet place, I had the walkman, and the expansive timber floors made indoor cricket a necessity for two aussies. I got to see quite a bit of stockholm on the weekend too, though steve was sick, and I ended up with sore feet and a used up roll of film. In other news: - Today I heard MotorAce (good Melbourne band for all you uninitiated) twice on the radio which was a nice surprise (Stereophonics and The Coral seem to own the radio station I listen to over here though otherwise - which isn't all bad). The other Aussie music that gets played is Kylie and Danii, INXS and of course if you're walking past an aussie pub at the right time... the Chisel's Khe Sanh. - Camille is in London for a few weeks for some study so hopefully we'll get a chance to catch up soon and I can hear all the latest goss from Brisvegas. - The weather has gone to shit as you can probably tell from the Wimbledon coverage...speaking of which: - Go the poo! I don't remember if I said this in my last email or not but Steve and I put money on Mr Scud to win wimbledon at just under 20-1!!! So now he's beaten agassi and popp and into the semis and his odds have dropped down to about 4-1. If he goes all the way Steve and will win �150 between us. Not bad since I gained sufficient satisfaction from seeing Henman lose today to replace any lost betting moneys. - On Tuesday I got paid (Remember over here I'm getting paid cash, and the country gets paid monthly) and seriously the smell of the large stack of �20 notes is wafting out of my bedroom into the hallway (only slightly overpowering the smell of the large stack of dirty washing in the corner). - Plans continue to blossom with TL (team leader or total loser...you decide) Jacqui for our trip - though we are both struggling to maintain savings levels to ensure our extreme pampering needs are to be met. But don't worry too much, even if we can't fly first class all the time (can you believe its not even offered on many international flights across europe - how appalling) I hear that business class is quite alright these days. - I don't want to freak too many people out, (mum and dad - hi!) but I've been looking at some options for my return schedule and some of the jobs on offer in the US and Canada are looking rather intriguing to say the least, but thats very much in the pipeline right now and I am missing home alot, so we'll just have to wait and see eh? Heaps more things to share, in fact I think of things to send in emails everyday but forget them pretty much straight away. Still, tonight I ended up writing more than I expected, but now I really need to go to bed (beauty sleep don't ya know). have a GREAT friday everyone and an even better weekend. farv�l min kamrats |
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| Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:26 AM Subject: v6.0 Delicate Dorking Delights > Hey, > Yes I know that I am struggling to continue to find (half-)witty subject > headers. > Its been a fortnight since my lost sojourn into the world of group emails - > sorry for the delay, but I figure most of you require a recovery time > between each. Warning - this is my deepest and dankest of efforts so far. > > So what have I been up to? (a concise summary) > > Week 1: > Work - Work - Work - Read some books - Work - Work - Watch the one and only > TV channel I watch - Work - Watch a movie or two - work - see one of those > new films in a cinema (thats how memorable it was) - work and work. > > Weekend 1: > Train to Wimbledon - Meet Carolyn (Hi Carolyn) - line-up until told nopoint > in lining up, no more room inside - go to local pub - meet hundreds of > aussies - watch the poo get his ass kicked - cry in my beer and try to wipe > clear the memories in my head of the 100 ways I had planned to spend my �50 > winnings - more beer - Train - stumble home. > > Week 2: > Work - [insert week 1 here] - work - hear that shwasea's Rics gig went well > - wish I had been at Rics to enjoy the buzz - Work - organise flights home > from munich with Jacqui (hi Jacqui!!)for 3 months time - work. > > Weekend 2: > Drive Joanne to airport (she's off to Thailand for a week and half), get > home to find some homeless bum on my doorstep. Invite her (Camille... Hi > Camille!) in - quiet night in - day spent pub crawling across dorking on a > bicycle. drunken bike crash on the way home - bicycle seat = pain - wake up > in the morning - extremely bad hangover - discover camille is related to the > bassist in one of the bands I've been getting into over here called > 'Longview' (the band, not the bassist) - avoid making eye contact with empty > vodka, irish cream and beer bottles around the house - leave camille at > train station - pickup Belinda from airport (had been in Italy for a week > and a half) - decide that bicycle seats are the worst designed invention > ever - resolve myself to design the bicycle 'couch' instead. > > Week 3: > work - [insert week 2 here] - send a group email - wish I could make itinto > london to see MotorAce play on thursday night - design the bicycle'couch'. > > Weekend 3 (this coming weekend - Disclaimer: all predictions may not come > true): > train into London - meet Anna (hi Anna!) - see a Mozart concerto in > trafalgar square - find somewhere good to have a few quiet drinks in london > - find somewhere to have a few loud drinks in london (hi camille!) - shout > everyone in the pub free drinks - find somewhere to sleep in london - go to > the london museum - go to the queen's house - meet the queen - travel back > in time to 1980 and purchase stocks in Microsoft - train back to dorking - > complete creation on first prototype of the bicycle couch - attempt to test > bicycle couch out, but discover that still in too much pain from damage > caused by aforementioned bicycle seat. > > Weeks for the next 4 weeks: > see weeks 1, 2 and 3. patent bicycle couch > > Weekends for the next 4 weeks: > see weekends 1, 2 and 3 - plus more parties. > > Weekends for the rest of year: > ok I need some help here... time to cut the bullshit. > I'm hitting canada and the US in november - ultimately I would like to get > employment there legally for the 5 months before my return ticket home to > Australia, and my wallet's balance, runs out. Unfortunately though the > following obstacles exist: > Canada - no working visas are left to apply for, the 5,000 they make > available ran out in May. > USA - to get a visa one needs to have been a fulltime student all this year. > Since I imagine I'm going to find it hard to find a job willing to pay in > cash and help me avoid the taxman and the immigration dudes - I'm not sure > what I can do. > so I'm discovering now why more planning perhaps should have gone into my > scheme before it was undertaken with such foolhardy gusto. > If anyone has any ideas or advice or information or special (presidential) > contacts - send your brainstorms (and brown paper bags perfect for use in > bribery) this way. cheers. > > So that about wraps it up for now. > keep your dreams alive, and more importantly, send me an email! > david > > PS Camille's man - Dan - has a band playing at the Zoo this weekend. Go > check them out and support local music! I haven't done any research though > and don't know the bands name or which night they are playing... (maybe > email Camille for more info: [email protected]) just go to the zoo all > weekend anyway - you're sure to see good music at some point in that time > anyway and you'll thank me for it. Also : Friday 25th July > Edinburgh Castle Hotel (Kedron) > >From 8pm > SHWASEA > with: > A Thousand Parks, Milikit Snip, Ezmerelda (Sydney) > Free Entry > BE THERE (on my behalf)! > If you've reached the bottom of this email all in one sitting - > congratulations - here's a prize: > > ---The Way In--- > Whoever you are: some evening take a step > out of your house, which you know so well. > Enormous space is near, your house lies where it begins, > whoever you are. > Your eyes find it hard to tear themselves > from the sloping threshold, but with your eyes > slowly, slowly, lift one black tree > up, so it stands against the sky: skinny alone. > With that you have made the world. The world is immense > and like a word that is still growing in the silence. > In the same moment that your will grasps it, > your eyes, feeling its subtlety, will leave it. . . . > ---Rainer Maria Rilke |
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| Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:25 PM Subject: v6.1 These are a few of my musical things... > hey, MUCH shorter message than last time. > Firstly, 'The Ticket' (Camille's dan's band) are playing at the Zoo on > Saturday the 19th. Go see them if you get a chance - I'm sure there'll be > some good music on all night. > Secondly, I did end up going in and seeing MotorAce at Kings Cross last > night. great night, up the front at a small club (strange to think I saw the > same band play in front of literally thousands upon thousands only 4 or 5 > months ago in melbourne. and we (kinda) hung out with the band after the > show which was cool. > Thirdly, anyone going to Splendour - I hate you! > dave |
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| Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 9:25 PM Subject: v7.0 Let the good times roll, baby, roll. > Yasu, Buongiorno, Bonjour, Guten Tag, > > Well my time in Dorking has, for a while anyway, come to an end. I haven't > been doing too much this last month or so, its been warm here (lots of > whingeing poms - my favorite overheard conversation was Person A "Oh its > just too hot isn't it?" Person B "Oh yes, give me rain any day", Person A > "uh-huh"!!!!!) so time has been spent enjoying the sun, or catching a film > and eating out occasionally - we saw a cool 2-piece blues band this weekend > which was ace. > > I finished work on Friday (I'll be back for a fortnight in a few months,but > that seems years away at the moment), and Saturday was the big company > summer bbq, complete with west indian steel band, jumping castle anddrunken > executives - lots of entertainment for the whole family. > > So, today I pack - And tomorrow I meet Jacqui at Gatwick Airport and wefly > to Athens, where the real adventures begin. > > First its lounging and partying on the Greek Islands, then its soaking up > the culture along the West Coast of Italy. A few stops in France and > Switzerland of course and then the grand finale at the beerfest in Munich, > Germany. Almost 2 months of leisure (ie. scrounging enough money together > each week to buy a loaf of bread which needs to last the next 6 days but is > half eaten 5 minutes after I've bought it). > I could describe my plans in more detail, but I think its best left to the > imagination for now and you'll hear all about my travels whenever I manage > to find a cheap internet cafe. > > Hope you're all keeping well, send me an email so I have lots to read when I > find an email spot, but don't send any attachments, etc - they'll blow up my > hotmail account! > Well I've got more packing to do so for now its... > Andio. Arrivederci, Au Revoir, Auf Wiedersehen > Davido! |
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| Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 5:00 AM Subject: Florence! > Hi everybody, > Well I'm in beautiful Florence this evening, halfway through what's been an > amazing trip so far! > I'm not sure how much I mentioned in the last email but the Greek Islands > were fantastic. Chilling on Santorini and Paros and then dancing the Ios > nights away were great fun. > Unfortunately the 48 hours of hell including travelling on an 8 hour ferry > back to athens and then up through greece to Patras to catch another > fantastic ferry over to Italy (Brindisi) and then a bus to Naples, and a > train to Sorrento, then a bus to our campsite. In total it was 47 hours > exactly without a bed from when we stepped on our ferry on the island of > Paros in Greece until we walked through the gates of Camping Fortunata and > were directed into our comfy and spaciously fitted half-a-camper-van. > By we, I refer of course to myself, joined by the divine Jacqui (raucous > cheers of appreciation) and the enigmatic Purdy... joining us all the way > from Kiama NSW (polite round of golf clapping applause please). > >From Sorrento the aforementioned "we" explored the town and took a daytrip > to the isle of Capri. From Capri we took a boattour around the island. > normally this would encompass a visit to the famous BlueGrotto but > unfortunately the wind and swell conditions prevented that, but we still saw > some great scenery and some cool grottos. > I managed to come down with a bit of a cold in sorrento, which made life > interesting at least, and certainly gave me the additional experience of > trying to communicate with a non-english speaking pharmacist in rome. I > think I've been taking flu medication, either that or the medication I've > taken means I certainly don't need to worry about getting pregnant any time > soon!! > Anyways, from Sorrento we started on the BusAbout travels with my first leg > going up to Rome. Some very good people took care of us in the CasaOlmata > hostel in rome from where we based for some great days taking in the Roman > archaelogical sites (Roman Forum, Pantheon, etc) and also the Vatican City > area, St Peters Basilica which was really amazing and generally being very > cultural indeed ("When in Rome..."). > Tomorrow I'm looking forward to checking out my namesake, Michaelangelo's > "David" and some additional Florence sites to the ones I've explored today. > We were thinking about going to the Ferrari museum and maybe looking into > test drives, etc but everyone has exploded their budget in the last few > weeks (going out most nights and eating too much good food) so a quiet day > exploring Florence and building excitement for our trip to Pisa and on to > the Cinque Terre area (which we have heard constant raving about) is instead > on the cards. > > I'm having a blast generally and enjoying every minute of it and trying to > take in all the great stuff I'm managing to see and do. > The lack of emails from home is kind of depressing though - have you all > forgotten about me already?? > Who saw/participated in the Law Revue this year? and was it any good? Are > Shwasea national pop icons yet? Why did the Lions lose to Collingwood? Who > did Pauline Hanson use as her one phone call when she was put into > detention? To me these vital questions remain unanswered - who is to be held > accountable? You my email group reader - you!! haha. anyways hope everyone > is doing well and not working too hard. > > Peace > David > > Ps Sorry if this email is a real mess and hard to understand I've been > mucked around all day with the internet places and its a long story and > quite obviously I'm typing in a real rush right now, but at least now I have > finally hopefully got an email finished and ready to send (fingers crossed!) |
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| Ios (The party island!) - Greece |
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| > >Subject: Diggin' the Hole > >Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 10:57:09 -0800 > > > >Howdy y'all, > >Well its a sunny day outside and here in Jackson, Wyoming, USA - that means > >COLD.... ie. -18 Celcius. And its nearly midday! This is probably the > >coldest its been here so far, but hearing that its 0 degrees Fahreneit is a > >little offputting!! This is the home of Jackson Hole ski resorts and its >been snowing here steadily since I got here - some ridiculous amount of >snow like 7 feet in a week or something - trust me, its white and its > >wonderful!! > >But don't worry I've been rugging up fine and Cam is taking excellent care >of me. > >This week I'm out looking for a job in between hitting the slopes. > >I had a great New Years at a local ski resort and a white christmas in > >calgary canada was a cool experience. > >I've updated my site... http://www.geocities.com/dave_callanan > >Check out the About me part - thats the important bit I've updated to save >me typing out again what I've been up to - go take a look :) > >Sorry this is a short one, but I'm sending heaps of personal emails so I'll > >see you in those! > >later alligator > >dave |
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| >Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 5:15 PM >Subject: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year > > Hi everyone! > I hope you're all having a very happy holidays. And probably a warm >holiday > where most of you are, I'm very jealous, except for the current > Canadian/American/Brit locals who get these emails. > I've been trying to adventure it up in Canada, its hard with my extremely > limited budget but I'm keeping myself busy doing fun things nonetheless... > > > I've done a few solo gigs around Vancouver which was good experience and I'm > keen for when I eventually get home to keep pushing forward with my music > and my band. I played in this guy's pub at UBC which was packed to the > rafters with post-exam revellers - you can check out a picture or two >here: www.philippeonline.com - there's a funny story with that weird shot of me > and the girl singing, but you'll have to ask me when you see me!! > > I got to go curling a couple of weeks ago in Vancouver - its a cool sport > (literally, if you fall over you have to be careful that your bum doesn't > melt a hole in the ice) and I'm looking forward to giving it a shot again > this week in Calgary. We also did a cool Murder-Mystery Party where I >turned out to be the murderer (not surprising considering my attempted carving >job on the whole chicken we cooked for the night), and managed to avoid >murdered accusations from all but Jules, so rather fittingly the host won (in more > ways than one because we got the leftovers to eat as well) > > > My christmas is going to be very white in Calgary. Jules' family are taking > good care of me. Today I went on my first ever cross-country skiing trip - > and NO my bum is not really sore (actually most of the time I feel >FORWARD, not backwards, haha) Its weird skiing around in well below zero >temperatures and continually stripping off layers of clothing as the exercise makes you > sweat under all the gear. But when you stop for 5 minutes you're suddenly > wet and very cold and start to question whether sweat is freezing on to >your body. But I had an awesome time and hopefully I can do it again soon if I > can coax someone to loan me some gear again! > > > New Years I am extremely pumped for. I'm heading down to Jackson Hole, > Wyoming, U S of A where my good mate Cam is working as a ski valet. Its > going to be a blast and I expect we will paint the town red (and probably > green and gold as well!). See you soon Cam. > > > I'm really tired after today so that will have to be 'yer lot fer the >night' Because I've been slack no-one is receiving christmas cards from me this > year. Instead my gift to you is this website I spent like 2 whole days > making and it is only about a tenth of what needs to be done on it, but >you get the idea, so go check out: www.geocities.com/dave_callanan and prove >to yourself that yes I still look like a dork most of the time, I'm just a >dork in different places around the world. My travel buddies if there is a >photo on there of you that you want me take down. HAHA bad luck. > > > Merry christmas and a happy new year :) > dave > PS - today I saw a moose deuce |
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| >Sent: 03 Feb 2004 >Subject: Snow Schmow Hi everyone well I'm still rocking the casbah across north america - I've been having some awesome times with Cam and Brad and the crew in Jackson. Learning how to snowboard has been tough, but I think I'm through the hardest bit - ie. the bruised ass! in a while, crocodile dave |
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| >Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 4:10 PM >Subject: home sweet home! > > > hey kids, > > well I'm finally home! > > Brisbane has greeted me kindly with its warmest February in 80 years... > > yesterday I sat around looking at the thermometer on the fridge (outsideof > > the fridge) that was reading 44 Celcius. > > I surpised all my family last Sunday which was fun and now I'm coming down > > to the reality of having no money, no job and a stack of undeveloped rolls > > of film - the only reminder of 10 months of adventure! > > > > Sorry for being vague on emails and details recently - I had to keep up the > > surprise... > > So I left Jackson about a month ago now. Both Brad and Cam will probably be > > finishing up there in the next few weeks I imagine. > > Then I had a week in Vancouver where I caught up with some Aussie kids > > (Cass, Rob, Fox, Elaine) and then had to say goodbye to the Vancouver posse > > (Sasha, Megan, the UBC kids) and especially Jules. > > Then I got royally sunburnt in Fiji and Vanuatu, and I finally got home last > > Sunday, exhausted, broke, but relieved. > > > > I found out on Thursday that since Christmas I've been carrying a serious > > sinus infection, and I'm still peeling from the sunburn. But that didn't > > stop me from taking some new Brisvegas residents (all the way form Kansas > > [Em and Mazza] and Indiana [Molly], USA) up to do the tourist thing at > > Australia Zoo and then to Kings Beach Caloundra for a swim, fish n chips and > > cold rock. Was a good day and other than that I've been spending most of my > > time at the gabba watching the cricket, or re-learning how to drive! > > > > Hope everyone is travelling well - I'll keep everyone up to date on how I go > > with the job hunt and of course when I get more photos up for my website. > > There are a heap of new things to look at on the site actually, in > > particular my mates Brad and Clint have put up photos from Jackson, and also > > some other new features, etc - go check it out: > > www.geocities.com/dave_callanan > > enjoy!! > > dave :) |
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