Thursday, July 2, 2009

In the mean time...

So it's ten or nine days until departure. Lately I've been trying to get my finances straightened out for the trip. And by finances I mean I cleaned out my entire room looking for spare change. I found it. I found $172.26 of it to be exact! I also recently relied on my main source of income over these past years: can and bottle returns. I only managed $19.00 in that venture, but I invested $10 of that into a lottery scratch game and won $30. So how could you really expect me to get a summer job with luck like that? Anyway, I also opened up a bank account at Bank of America today, which should allow me use of their Australian affiliate WestPac's ATM services without incurring a fee. But this is all boring stuff. How about something fun?

5 Things I Look Forward to Doing in Australia
  1. Witnessing an Australian Rules Football game
  2. Visiting Uluru (or as the white man calls it "Ayer's Rock")
  3. Going to the beach in November
  4. Learning Australian culture and lingo
  5. Fighting a kangaroo
5 Things I Would Be Looking Forward To Doing In Australia If My Brother Hadn't Made Me Watch The Australian Great White Shark Attack Show On Animal Planet
  1. Surfing
  2. Snorkeling
  3. Scuba Diving
  4. Swimming
  5. Anything else that starts with an 'S' and involves the ocean
In all seriousness though, I do think I'll try some of those things. Although maybe I should be more worried about the lethal box jelly than the sharks.

Australian word of the day: SCRATCHIE
Means: instant win lottery ticket

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