Australia

I spent some time there last week. Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne were the cities that I visited. I want to post my thoughts, but I am too lazy to write a proper post. I shall continue in bullet-point form.

Brisbane:

- Brisbane is very humid.

- Simon and Kate make a great raspberry, white chocolate and marshmallow ice-cream; and a fantastic lamb mince, haloumi, pine nut and cranberry pizza.

- I am not very flexible and attempting to drop to one knee while shooting a basketball is not a good idea for me.

- The Asia-Pacific headquarters of the company I work for is located in close proximity to a brothel. 

- Brisbane is not the dump that Mikey made it out to be.

Adelaide:

- Iranian's participate in surf lifesaving. No seriously.

- Parmis are delicious.

- Vegan banana on toast is delicious.

- A shocking amount of bovril is required to make bovril mee taste authentic. Sloe gin is probably not a good alternative to cognac for this dish.

- Jasper Fforde is one badass motherfucker. I never thought I would contemplate reading "Jane Eyre" or bemoan my lack of English literature knowledge. I'm sure there were many English nerd jokes I didn't get.

- Rundle Street is like a deluxe version of old Cashel Mall. *sigh*

- The Ocelot is very good at choosing people. I am very willing to leech off her for interesting people to hang out with.

- It is difficult to grab Piro's belly, for he is Biteymus Prime!

- Med school students can be as annoying and douchey as business school students.

- Stethoscopes make decent earplugs.

- I cannot spell stethoscope without the help of spellcheck.

- I don't particularly like mulberries.

- Personal time will never have the same meaning to me again.

- I would really like a Hikaru Otada music memory post from someone. Please?

- I can spend nearly a week staying 10 minutes walk from the beach and not once set foot in the ocean.

- Jie's room felt like home, as it did in Auckland as well. I felt comfortable enough to be my slobby self... but not to make personal time.

Melbourne:

- Duck with prawn sauce is actually pretty tasty.

- The MCG is fucking huge.

- Vietnamese sandwich rolls are delicious.

- I suck at golf when I sense that people are watching and I get nervous.

- I leech off Mikey for people to hang out with too.

General observations:

- All of the outdoor basketball courts I saw had nets. That is seriously impressive. New Zealand, you just have to do better.

- Moderate-to-mild Australian accents can actually be pleasant and not at all fun to imitate.

- I am not used to seeing tall buildings and being in the presence of them turns me into a slack-jaw yokel.

All in all it was a very good trip. Really, it was the people that made the trip (and some of them were even Australian). The food was also really good. Australia, I will be back. 

Piro's belly....I will be back.....