Long time no see.

Just realized how seldom I write here nowadays. I started FBlogging on Facebook by incident and found out that the response from there is so much better. I mean, I know some of my friends read this blog etc. but it doesn't feel like i'm reaching out to you in the same way. I never get any response back about what I've written here, that sucks. If I want to write for myself, I'd probably stick to my diary, there's a reason why I want to go public with my thoughts and get response back.

I'll put this blog on pause till further notice, any questions? Speak up!

I've found a wing-girl!

Met up with K's friend S yesterday, we've met once and don't really know eachother but you know, I need to make new friends so I'm open for every possible suggestion.
I showed up at the warm up in his mate's fancy flat in Prahran. It was nice and people were quite boozy and stuff, talked a lot to different people which names I don't remember anymore. Met a girl, Amy, she was cool and offered to be my wing-girl (:

S got quite touchy and kept stroking along my body telling me that he liked that silky feeling, eh? Told him to back off, like, 20 times, the signals didn't seem to get through though.. He sat next to me most of the time but it didn't stop him from texting me, don't ask me why. Got loads of offers about going back to his place for cuddle and shit. Pulled my polite 'Thank you but no thanks'-line hundreds of time. When I spoke to other people, he started doing that 'Now you're talking to other people, you're ditching me' yada yada. Sigh.

Went to town at last but turned out none of the girls had enough cash, stood outside Loft for ages waiting for the rest to make up their minde, got too sick of it so I decided to write myself off. Waited for taxi for at least 20 min before deciding to walk further up the street. There was another guy standing next to me and I asked where he's heading to. He's a Japanese non-resident who's been here for 10 years because he did lots of shit back home and no school would let him in. He was cool and I promised that we'll hang out.

The taxi that picked us up refused to first drop me off in Richmond and then continue to St. Kilda where he lives so we compromised and I got dropped off at the corner of Richmond. I started walking because I couldn't find a cab, my feet were way too sore for walking at that point so I took them off. You heard me, I walked barefoot. Did that for at least 10min before a taxi took a U-turn and picked me up. Must be the nicest taxidriver I've ever met in Australia. I was so grateful that he picked me up so I paid twice as much and told him to keep the change.

Got home and ate the rest of my bloody good fishgratin.

I've seen Wicked!!

Wicked finally happened. Didn't even plan it!

It was breathtaking.

I'm in love with a friggin rain coat.

I really shouldn't think about it due to the economical crisis and the fact that I haven't worked for 2 months. A rain coat isn't very useful either but dang it's beautiful!

But I'll get it.

Because I can (:

Edit: Forgot to tell that they charge 1k sek for that coat. Not worth it. I know.

Hey!

Just got kicked out from the SLV, can't be bothered to go through that here, already done on Facebook under 'notes'. The staff at the library have one thing in common: their lack of politeness.

I did some Christmas baking yesterday. Don't think it has the same meaning as 'Julbakning' in Swedish. Christmas here doesn't feel genuine nor taken seriously.
I bough 0,5 gram of saffron for saffron buns yesterday. 35 sek. That's sick. It wasn't grounded properly either so they came in 'chunks'.

Result?

Quite pale buns.


The round shaped gingerbreads were marvellous though.

In concert heaven.

Just purchased tickets for Eric Prydz 9/1. Happy happy days.

So.

Prydz 9/1
Digitalism 10/1

And probably rehab on the 11th?

Too many temptations, way too many. Should do some ticket hunting for other events as well. And I still haven't seen Wicked, the Broadway musical.

Melbourne is totally Wicked!

Life's good.

It's been raining cats and dogs today but this Friday has yet been very very good.

Woke up a little bit too late again, by the time I was up, Matty was gone. He left me for Sydney, and later New Zealand. Got a very unexpected message from somebody in SH (no ex-lover), I could tell that today couldn't be anything but good. An ego boost in the morning is the best treat.

I went to IKEA, hoping to find doorknobs for the bathroom door but couldn't find anything that matched the holes. To lazy to drill new ones. Went to the food store and discovered Greenland shrimps!!!! So going back tomorrow.
The reason why I didn't buy them immediately was because I've already got myself a ticket to Twilight, you know, that vamp-love movie. So hot.

Went home, logged in and heard that Mats has taken a big step in the Moving-to-Oz-process. Wiie! I'm so looking forward to it!
Later on, talked to my bestie since 6 years back, he told me that Eric Prydz is touring in M-town and made me aware of how awesome it's gonna be.

I'm already booking tickets.

Life's awesome. Even though I'm failing that frigging diet everyday.

Detoxing brings me bad thought and nasty cravings!

I'm on a 7days detox diet. No Atkins, No GI.
It's more or less about not mixing different groups of nutrients. Sounds simple but fucking hard to keep it this way. I'm always stuffed with the 'food of today' but I don't feel satisfied at all, which results monstruous cravings for cakes, ice cream, candy etc etc.
There's The Cabbage soup, the key to everything in this diet, I'm supposed to eat it everyday. Today, I've had over-steamed broccoli and aspargus, plus that delicious sup of course.

This is a scientific experiment of mine, we'll see how long I'll be able to stand it.

My dear Sofia is in Hong Kong again. I remember last March we spent together. Great memories, lots of zombie-shooting, fruit drinks, thai food, Svante-abusing, photography etc etc. I miss that, Fia, you hear me? Wish I could be there..
Fia: Don't ever comment in my blog, it leads not so very welcome blogreaders to yours)

A smorgasbord of Scandinavian Christmas delights.

Went to the church today. That's sort of a joke because I went there for the Scandinavian Christmas bazaar at the Swedish church in Toorak.

Loads of stands selling Scandinavian handicrafts, food and snacks and other activities.
I had a räksmörgås with Julmust while Ronja had a köttbullemacka. I headed to the candy stand and guess what I found. Tutti Frutti pastille boxes!!! Orange coloured, chewy pastilles, love them. That's my favourite thing of today.

"How many do you want? One? Two?"

"The question would be: How many do you have?

I bought 8 of them.

I could hear people speaking scandinavian languages everywhere. Some Swedish speakers had kind of an foreign accent. And some spoke Swenglish. Heh.

Came home, my housemates were in the yard drinking and doing what I assume was weed and acid. I joined the conversations for a while and then went back in for some cleaning and tidying up.

Mats phoned me on Skype later on telling me that he's got time to help me with my iPhone. I did the exact same precedure but for some reason, the magic always happens when Mats is there. Thank God it works perfectly now and I'm putting lots of games, ringtones and songs in it. Happy as a dog with two tails; as the Aussies say.

According to Mats, I'm speaking English with an Australian accent. We know he's wrong.
But it doesn't matter, really. I'm gonna ask him to marry me anyway (: You made my day.

Over and out.

Today was a really really happy happy day.

DIGITALISM at the Forum 10th of January.

OH MY GOD!

I can't believe this is happening! Digitalism. Live. Melbourne. I
I've already got the tickets, so worth the price. Who's in?

Got several concerts and festivals lined up Jan-Mar.

Oakenfold, my all time favourite trance DJ is playing. How can I Not go? I know it was so 4 years ago and that I'm not a trancecat anymore. but. You know..

I'm in live music Nirvana now.

I'm in astate of crisis.

Smart as I am, I just uppdated my iPhone to the newest version via iTunes. What I've forgotten is that my phone is jailbreaked to be able to support other SIM cards. That means my phone is now syncronised to the original settings. Dang it!

Ny my phone doesn't work and I gotta solve it till tomorrow.

I need to calm down. Now.

Sorry, iPhones don't do mms.

Remeber that Qantas pilot guy I met in Cairns? He's got a girlfriend now (poor girl) but he keeps texting me. He's calling me "his naughty little secret". There's actually nothing dirty about me but his fantasies. Thank God we're in different cities.

Doing anything exciting tonight?

Nothing unusual, all dressed up, trying to find somewhere to go. And you?

Heh, I'm all alone and have a bit of a cold. And I was about to start touching myself and thought of you. Can you send me a pic of your p****?

Sorry dear, iPhones don't do mms.

Just telling you that he's a dirty little whore.

Feeling good.

Left house around 3 pm. handed in a couple of resumés to decent boutiques, and made raspberry pie.

I also talked to Nathan and he's fine with Matty moving in to my room on Monday. Happy days.

Update.

In case you're curious.
I'm dividing my time between

• Studying at library
• Taking care of house
• Grooming

This is how my life looks like at mo.

Matty is coming on Monday!

And will probably pay parts of my bills ;)

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oy, Oy, Oy; This is Mark Ronson and he is my boy" GG summary.

Todays weather could be described as Sun. Rain. Sun. Rain. Sun. Rain. Sun. Rain. Kind of changed every 5 minutes. One thing was clear, it was pretty fucking cold.

Todays outfit:

• Skinny jeans.
• Long sleeve black undergarment thingie.

House of Holland tee; "UHU GARETH PUGH" version in case you're curious.

• White primsolls. (could only choose between high heels or leaking Converse)
• Scarf.
  
• Silver trenchcoat.

Sounds like a hell lot of clothes but I can tell that I was freezing.

Artists I saw:

• Stafford Brothers.
• Game Boy Game Girl.
• Felix Da Housecat.
• Sasha.
• Mark Ronson & The Vision Players.

Can tell that I wasn't there for the first 4. I was waiting, and waiting, and waiting for Mark. And you bet it was worth it. The highlights were Valerie and Oh My God with Tally and OC intro with the singer from Phantom Planet.

Mark said lots of Fucking and Shit while on stage. Not in a bad way though.

Todays fuel:

• 1 Smirnoff Ice
  
• Souvlaki

I danced for hours, too tired to wait for Kraftwerk. Sorry mate.

Want some Speed?

I've stayed in this house for a week (slept for 2 nights) and have already been offered 2 different kinds of drugs.

I think I wrote about the E i didn't take last week?

Today, before Global Gathering, Somebody asked me whether I'd like some Speed. She didn't have very much but I was enough for a line.
I was a tiny bit unsure of what exactly "speed" was so I asked.

The two of them just stared at me. "Eh..speed is..speed.. Amfetamine"

I said no, politely.

Jeanette is full of regrets.

Somebody invited me over for dinner last night. The apartment was just pure perfection, minimalistic, arty and just, breathtakingly gorgeous. The dinner was beautiful too.
I drank too much. Puked like a racehorse etc. Don't want to know what the bathroom looked like after I'd left.

The worst thing didn't happen until I came home. I started writing to people on facebook.
2 bizarre status updates wasn't enough. (Jeanette is drunk. Jeanette is puking) I was smart enough to start messaging people. Some of them were just..too wrong.

I don't want to exist today. Not today.

I feel deeply sorry for those people who had the unpleasant pleasure of meeting me yesterday.

Apple realated problems.

• iPhone gets dodgier and dodgier for every day. "This accessory is not made to work with iPhone" kicks me in the ass all the time. The problem?; I have no accessory connected to it. It pops up every second second and stops the music while listening.
• Macbooks battery is finally over and done, after less than 2 years which is the expected lifetime. I don't have the invoice with me so all chances of getting it replaced for free are eliminated. So now, no charger, no Macbook.
• iPod has been naughty all the time, I've already had it for over 3 years though. When I'm using earphones, there's no sound in one of them. And yes, I've bought new ones just to try.
  

Finally got my previous life back.

Traveled all my way to Quakers hill (7stops after Parramatta) and then taxi to Suzy's place. My trunks were standing on her porch, waiting for me.

I've almost forgotten how heavy they were. I don't understand what's inside that's so damn heavy. I guess this is not an unfamiliar situation when you open your suitcase and can't understand how a couple of garments, a couple of pairs of shoes could weight that much. You open your suitcase and realize that it's actually full of..shit.

I'm planning to send some of the stuff back home, straight away. Why did I bring a shitload of useless stuff all the way to Australia?

I'm happy to have my lamb, my laptop and my pretty dresses back though.

Why does Sydney have a tendency to make me so damn depressed?

2 things I like about Aussieland.

There are lots of things I like but these two are things i really like.

• Parrots in the trees. It's quite cheerful to look out and see cockatoos sitting on a branch outside your window.
• The sky, the sky should theoretically be the same everywhere but it isn't. The Australian sky is far more dramatic and unusual than other ones I've seen.
  

In Sydney.

I went to the wrong airport yesterday. 99%of Jetstars flights depart from Tullamarine. How the fuck could I know that only Sydney and Newcastle depart from Avalon?
I nearly died of an heart attack yesterday when the Jetstar guy said: You're going to Sydney? Well, you're at the wrong airport, we don't fly to Sydney from here.
Avalon is 1 hour away and I had 50min left. Think my heart actually stopped for a couple of seconds. Luckily, they managed to cancel my seat and replace me on today instead. Phew.

I went home with the same skybus as the one I came with. My housemates were warming up for a big night out, great! Let's do a blinder/all-nighter.

It was great fun, went to Cookie where on of the housemates, Derek used to work at. Bought 2 beers, 2 gin&tonics and 4 shots. They guessed that It would cost around 60 but the bill actually landed on 28. I'm happy because I bought that round (:
Went to Roxanne later on, a friend of theirs was DJing so we all went there to show some support.

Somebody offered me ecstasy. Unreal. I have never seen anyone do drugs before. Said no of course. It's a personal choice and I choose not to.

Came home around 2, had to wake up 5 to get my ass to airport shuttle. I was FREEZING my ass off as soon as I came out from the protective cave of duvet + pillows. Forced to take a hot shower to get back to life.
The unfurnished room is pretty much fully furnished now. Got Derek's girl Danni's queensize futon bed, a side table showed up, getting a free couch tomorrow, the guys found a wardrobe in the lane, I bought a ricepaper lamp, a clothing rack etc from IKEA. The ex empty room looks decent now.

Well, I'm in Sydney now. Staying in Max'es (Italian guy) room for tonight, might move to hostel tomorrow and then see how Caroline's flat hunt is going. Max is a sugardaddy. I didn't even know those existed. Now I do. I don't really like the thought of somebody else paying for me though. Makes me loose that independent feeling. Just a bit.

Cheerios!

Sydney, Here I come!

Moved in with Nathan, Derek and Jess this morning. Most of the things are sorted out, I'll get a bed today and a free couch on Monday. Just need to buy a few things from IKEA, and you all know how much I love my Swedish furniture superstore.

Oh btw, i just bought a ticket to Sydney, I'm off tonight. In 7 hours to be precise. Staying till the 20th next week. Need to be back for Global Gathering!

Life's just too sweet to be true sometimes..

Diet of a homeless Swede.

Morning/Lunch/Brunch; depending on when I wake up.

• Boost smoothie size largest. Going through the menu, hoping to find a favourite.
• Boost wrap

Muchies:

• Krispy Kreme doughnut, snacks or whatever I find on the street.

"Dinner":

• 6 inch sub.

Hey, don't give me that look, I didn't really have access to a kitchen..

Hello, Mark!

Oh btw, did I tell that I bought tickets to Global Gathering?

Halfway in.

Luke, the English photographer guy was running late. He couldn't make it till 6pm, which would've trashed my whole schedule for yesterday, so I told him there's no need to rush.

Instead, I went to Brunswick, to those filmmaker guys. God, I adore that house, what's even more adorable must be my roomates. The room is not furnished though but lucky as I am, IKEA is just 2 min drive from their house.

Visited another house later on, 3 creative arts uni students. I liked that house too except that my potential room has a separate entrance from the backyard, a little bit creepy.

Just 10 min ago, Nathan from house no. 1 called and asked whether I'm in or not. Shit, I feel so stressed up, suddenly it's happening. One problem, I still believe Luke the English guy, is really wicked and I still havent looked at that option. He's busy and can't respond to my texts. Nathan is texting and asking me if I'm in. Shit, torn between 2 options, what to do?

Might go to IKEA later and see what I'd cost me to get furniture.

Cheers.

When Stereosonic and Global Gathering are in a collision course.

Australians are smart people.

They schedule 2 huge festivals of the same kind on the 22nd of November.
I'm talking about Stereosonic and Global Gathering.

Stereosonic is mostly trance and house and GG is mostly Dance, more indie.

Stereosonic is hostel by Carl Cox, Paul van Dyk etc.
GG's got Mark Ronson, Gorillaz, Fischerspooner, ATB etc.

I want to go to both but I think Mark Ronson made my choice pretty clear.

Hellooooo Mark!

Btw. The same thing happens on 1st of January, 2 festivals + sensation white.

House hunt.

There's something about living in a house that I don't like. Houses tend to have so much history smudged in the walls, I prefer new, fresh, minimalistic apartments.

I'm a skyscraper-whore. Yes, indeed.

Anyway, I realized quickly that I can't be too picky, I don't have too much time to loose and my whole itinerary for the coming months depend on how quick I'll be able to move in.

When you surf on gumtree.com.au, you'll find loads of ads but most of them are just..dodgy. I mean the person who's letting the house, basically. And with a dodgy person comes a dodgy house etc. Soo many dodgy guys out there, need to be careful, very very careful.

There are 2 reasons why people don't post any pictures of the pad. The place is either too shabby to be seen, or the person doesn't own any camera. I don't believe in the latter.

2 days ago, I went to that "Penthouse studio apartment in CBD"

Well, lets sort this out.

Penthouse was actually meaning top floor (but that didn't make any sense since that flat was a total lack of windows whatsoever)
And studio apartment, eh, that means everyfuckingthing in the one, same fucking room. Kitchen, bedroom, lounge, hallway. All-in-one.

A total waste of time.

I've got an appointment tonight 6- and 8pm. The one I looked at this morning was al right, I'll keep that as back-up.

Cheerios!

Still flat hunting.

What I've seen so far isn't impressing enough. I'm quite picky when it comes to living space. I need a spotless bathroom, a decent-looking kitchen, no carpets (germ-filled death trap), and lots of light. And I hate living in all girl sharehouses.

The only options available is either too far away, too shabby, sharing with Indian guys or too pricey. Life's tough. Really tough.

Spoke to my friend Simon, he gave me the advice to not sound too cool when replying to ads.
I was just about to send a reply to a 20 something music photographer guy called Luke. Simon made me re-consider but I decided to send it anyway.
Less than 1 minute later, I swear to God it couldn't have been more than 1 min, Luke called me.
He told me that he's recieved 23 emails within a few hours but mine was the only one that made him laugh; and of course, he thinks I'm super-wicked!
We're going to meet up tomorrow.

Wooho!

I also met a fashion design student named Stacey, she's from Beijing :D Which means plenty of time for me to practice my Mandarin if I move in with her. I'm going to her pad tomorrow.

I'm full of hope at the moment.

I'm in Melbourne!

For those who've actually missed the fact that I left Darwin for Melbourne yesterday.

Shame on you.

I'm staying at a hostel now, I see that as some kind of punishment but it keeps me aware of how important it is to find a flat asap!

I'm looking, my friends, believe me. Within 2 hours after arrival, 10+ replies sent away. I really hope someone will call me back today.

Anyway. If I'm really lucky, I'll get that kickass, killer-apartment for 250aud per week. Which means I'm paying fucking 5k sek per month for a ROOM. Whatever. I want it.

Hopefully, and I mean hopefully, I'll have something interesting to write everyday. He he.

I'll keep you posted.

Arrogans overdose.

En liten uppdatering:

• "Traffade" en kille som visade sig vara varsta bottennappet. Inget fel pa honom egentligen, ung och framgangsrik, ljus/ljud-chef pa mitt jobb, lang och sot, smart och sjalvsaker. Bara FOR sjalvsaker, tillrackligt sjalvsaker for att jag ska kunna klassa det som arrogans, stinkande javla arrogans. Jag ska skona er fran detaljerna, men jag har nog aldrig matt sa daligt morgonen efter. Jag kande mig valdigt utnyttjad och darefter un-wanted. Ivf, nog om det. Fuck off.
• Jag har tappat tillit for en del manniskor, precis som ovan sa ar det bast att inte ta upp detaljerna, jag ar sa frustrerad over att jag inte kan lita pa manniskor.
• Jag har inget att stanna for i Darwin forutom mitt jobb. Kommer nog forsvinna till Perth och Melbourne inom kort.
• Jag har natt mitt penga-mal!

Ciao.

Sweating like a fat man in McD.

It's been raining quite much this week but it's still smoking hot outside. Plus a killing humidity as bonus.

I'm still alive, don't worry.

I'm about 1500 AUD from my pre-set cash-goal. Happy happy days.

...And we all know that I'm pretty ready for Melbourne when I've reached my limit.

No I haven't forgotten about you guys out there.

I've just been very busy and not so very interesting lately. I've practically been working every day.

Found a flat (read: 3share room) and moved in yesterday. Happy happy days. Me, Juicy and Kayla are sharing that flat with 3 asian girls. One of them works at a mango farm so the flat is soon drowning in mangoes.
We can use the pool belonging to the compund next to ours sometimes since our landlord owns the poolkeeping company. Somebody needs to stir up the water sometime?

Everything is good and my first thought every morning is always whether the heat and humidity is acceptable and healthy for today.

Now.

• Currently in Darwin.
• Homeless yesterday, ended up looking for hostel 2am because of major miscalculations.
• Going to look at a flat in 10min, don't know who's living there. My contact person's name is Joy, wonder if that's a boy or girl and if I'll come back in one piece. Wish me luck?
  

Jag ska aldrig mer dricka.

Doften av mat skickade mig ivag for en fjarde krakpaus inom loppet av fyra timmar. Hard natt igar, synd att jag inte kan aterberatta;eller forklara varfor mina armar ar tackta av blamarken.
Jag jobbar i koket idag, kan tillagga att mat inte star hogst upp pa listan pa behov just nu, kommer inte att handa pa ett bra tag heller. De tio brickorna med ungsbakad rodlok var det varsta som hand mig idag. Ren och skar ondska i gronsaksform. Varenda krydda i koket retade krakreflexerna.

Jag ska aldrig mer dricka.

Annat roligt:

• Jag var aggressiv igar.
• Jag tog en taxi fran klubben, totalt glomt bort att mitt hostel lag 20m darifran.
• Jag slickade pa nagons hariga skinka.
• Jag bad folk dra at helvete, hela tiden.
• jag blev ilurad goon. Trodde det var vitt vin. Good, drycken som sjalvaste djavulen bryggt ihop i glodhetaste helvetet. Jag kanner mig smutsig inombords. Och jag kan varken tvatta mig eller min sjal ren.
  

Itinerary.

17th of Sep: Going to Darwin to see Josie. Confirmed.
1st of Oct: Singapore.
5th of Oct: Bangkok, Thailand.
12th of Oct: Back to Darwin.

I'm planning things.

"She IS apples"

It's (almost) final.

I'm going to Darwin!

Might be there on the 18th of September for a month of hard work and hopefully reach my 6000AUD goal.

For those who care, I'm not depressed but some of you people put there are just pure disappointment.

What recyckling?

Australians suck when it comes to recycling.

In Sweden, we've got those recycling machines for PET-bootles where we get cashback after feeding the machine. The only county in Australia where you can actually do that is in South Australia.

Everyting get chucked in the bin. It's pointless to sort things up separately because they all end up at the same place anyway.

Where do you want me to put the cans?

Chuck them in the bin

Empty buckets?

Chuck them in the bin.

What about the spraybottles?

Bin as well.

Everything ends up in the bin, mixed with cupcakes, orange peel, whiskeybutter etc.

My co-worker didn't really understand what I was talking about when I tried to explain the why you shouldn't dispose spraybottles in the same way.

What gas?

Aussiedollar is now chaper to buy!

When I arrived, the exchange rate was around 1AUD = 6,54... something.

Now its 1.00 AUD = 5.50004 SEK!!!

Innit lovely?

Which means it's now cheaper for me to use my Swedish money. This must be a sign from God and he's telling me to CONSUME MORE!

Josefin is gone.

Josefin is gone. Disappeared.

Since her phone drowned helplessly in her purse when she was frolicking on the beach and it was time for tide, I haven't been able to contact her.

She doesn't respond on Facebook either.

I haven't seen any sign of survival in one week. Her family is writing me on Facebook, asking for help.

A handfull of scenarios are taking place inside my head.

• Josie went for a swim in one of Darwins many crocodile-inhabited rivers.


• The guy who offered her 300AUD for a shag kidnapped her.


• This time, the tide took her and her phone unnoticed.


• She's on her way to Cairns because she misses me too much.


• Aliens took her. *Zzzap*

Has anyone seen her?

Please help me to find her.

My baby's back.

Finally got my iPhone back. I expected a 160AUD fee at customs, Jimmy, who sent it for me promised that. But they didn't charge me a single penny (:

Went to my previous job and handed in account number etc. guess he's paying me at last.

Worked 16.5 hours at work yesterday, seems like I'm walking in my past footsteps again. 6 days this week, expecting lots of work next week too. Don't think I ever told you what my new job involves; I'm working as a prep. chef at the Cairns convention center, the 3rd best in the world, quite cool.

Either going to a stripclub or Hellboy 2 tonight.

Guess I'm fired.

That cuntface didn't really confirm that I'm fired. What he did is that he basically just removed my name from the roster.

Erasing my existence.

If you want to kick my ass, at least do it in person.

Drive thru bottle shops.

Such a good idea.

Having drive thru bottle shops everywhere.

Now drivers can drive and drink. Very effective.

We should convince Systembolaget to do the same!

I regret that I swapped keys with Roger yesterday.

We didn't swap keys for an environmental change for 1 night. I offered my room so he could have someplace to fuck Ashley without 3 other strangers in the same room. I did that when I was drunk though.

I feel regretful and very stupid today. He thought that I only had myself to blame. Why am I not surprised?

Same line last time I did him a favor but cause myself problems. He won't get any help from me ever again.

Cuntface.

May you burn in hell.

Yesterday, I talked to my boss, asking him if he's planning to put me on day shifts next week: and in that case shouldn't since I'll be very busy. His reaction wasn't what I've expected.

Couldn't really hear what he said but there was something about 5 shifts scheduled and now only 3 yada yada. I took me a few seconds to understand that he was pissed. I mean. Really Pissed.

He said something like:

If you can't work dayshifts, you can find another fucking job. You don't fucking
tell me when you want to work. I tell you when you fucking work.

Err. Chillax!

Don't think I'm fired but who knows. I couldn't hear half of what he said, he just walked away. Err

I thought of something very impulsive, like telling me to talk to the hand cos the head ain't listening. And maybe add a little Fuck you and fuck this job. I take no shit.

I didn't though..

Slightly depressed.

Can be the weather. Can also be my situation.
Don't want to whine too much, at least I'm in Australia and I'm so lucky. I always tell people there's absolutely nothing lucky about this, this is a choice of mine, I worked for this, I didn't get this for free. You can be jealous, but don't tell me how lucky I am.

I don't understand why people where so annoyed at work yesterday.
I don't understand why my folks still don't understand. That's frustrating.
I can't tell whether I'll meet Josefin in Australia again.
I feel lonely even though I'm constantly surrounded by attention.

At least I've got another job now. As a prep. chef at the Cairns convention center, almost the size of Globen, shaped like a clamshell.

I'll be busy working 15hours a day. Don't expect too much from me..

Adios.

"I just want to tell you that I like you"

2 guys told me about their feeling for me within a period of 7 days. That's sick.

The first one was an Aussie guy. It was so obvious and it was even more obvious that I wasn't interested. He tried so hard. When I told him I wasn't interested (Don't even know this guy), he asked whether he could kiss me, I said it would be quite inappropriate. He was left in tears (nearly). So so so awkward. Hope this weel-groomed, Qantas pilot guy is O-rite.

The second one is the "Italian guy with the broken arm" (it snapped during a arm wrestling match). I still don't know if he's joking or not. He's acting SO Italian. Waking me up with a tray with chai-latte and pastry accompanied with song and guitar this morning. One of my roomates Pam thought it was very very cute. I thought I wanted to be sick.

Hope people are leaving me alone from now on.

My bartending career.

I want to announce that I made my first cocktail (No Screwdrivers, no Snake bites) behind a bar counter yesterday!!

It was a Courthouse Cosmopolitan.

Follewd by a Tropical shisper later that night.

I've therefore started my bartending career for real.

Hooray hooray!

Full day whitewater rafting.

I went rafting today.

The rapids were a great selection of level 2-4, did a 2,5m waterfall as well. What makes this different from other rafts is that only 2 people are in each boat, not 8, not 10.
I teamed up with a Canadian(?) guy, it was great fun even though we got stuck on/between stones when the water kept beating me up and the guide had to rescue us several times; At least the boat didn't flip and we both came back in one piece..



The river I rafted on is called the Russel river, not that far from Cairns CBD and I went there with Foaming fury.

I arranged a BBQ at the Lagoon for all my lovely tour mates later tonight.
Toss the shrimps on the barbie, mate!

Status: Employed.

2 possible employers called me within 30min after that..letter (See below) I went to the first interview at Coruthouse hotel, the manager was impressed by my 4 fluent languages + earlier experience so he wanted me to try working as a bartender tonight. He recieved 30 resumes just today. Wow.

I just finished work, already scheduled 2 more days this week.

Guess I'm employed.

The Pot, Schooner, Middy, Jug, Pint und zu wieder didn't confuse me at all, easy to pick up.

Major mistake.

I was sending e-mails to lots of employers just now. I re-used that short letter I used for the application for the waitress positions days ago. Everything seemed fine.

Until after 4 applications when I discovered that the letter said "I'm alert, motivated and easygoing girl who loves working with food. " at the end. And you know what? I was applying for 4 receptionist positions.

FUCK!!!!!!! or what?

I hate myself.

And yes,I am rubbish.

Update: 5 min after I sent the funny letter, Courthousehotel in Cairns just called me! Hooray! Interview immediately!

Said no to interview.

I was supposed to be on a job interview at Felix marketing today, but did a Runaway bride. I was ordering a taxi at the reception of my hostel and the lovely girl asked whether I was going to Felix marketing; I found out that this has almost nothing to do with what I consider being marketing for me. This is in fact, some kind of face-to-face-stand-in-the-mall-trying-to-get-donations. No thanks. There are lots of "marketing"-jobs and topless jobs on the market.

I would rather do ass-to-face than face-to-face.

Status: Still hunting for a job.

Looking for job.

As I told you before, it's expensive to live in Australia.

I need a job, quick.

Really that proud of being Australian.

I noticed that lots of brands like to put 'Proudly Australian owned' or '100% Australian owned' beneath their brandname..

Does it make any sense to you?

That makes me think of stuff like '100% Australian owned, not Chinese' or something.

Maybe it's just me..

My life onboard on Reef encounter.

The first day as a guest was great, I kicked my phobia in the ass 4 times during the first day. Thought I would crap myself when I first got into the water and realized there were LOADS of fish under the boat. (I later on found out why all the fish chose to assemble under the boat...)

The next day as a hostie wasn't that great. The supervisor Natalie was such a bitch, the other people in the crew were assholes as well. I don't want to ruin the expectations for those who seriously want to work there but.. Cleaning windows 5.30 in the morning ain't necessarily fun and you didn't get that much time for snorkeling or diving..

Maybe I should tell you what I saw instead.

• Nemo-crew
• Dolphins and a whale (not when I was in the water)
• Poisonous Lionfish
• Turtles (I stalked one for 5 min)
• 20something parrotfish in different colors feasting on coral
• HUGE wrasses, about 1m long
• Seacucumbers
• Small ray

Even though the hostie-duties wasn't that fun, I'm still recommending this to others since it was such great experience for me to see the Great barrier reef in close-up.

I might post some photos if Roger is willing to share..

I'm back.

I'm back from my reef trip. I've got both good and bad stuff to tell but don't really have time right now. Just want to tell that I met the whole Finding Nemo team. Which means that did some serious snorkelling!!!!

People who doesn't know me might not understand how huge this is for me who are incredibly scared of fishes!!

Anyway, I'll keep you updated.

Off to the reef.

Ok, don't be jealous yet but I found a job on the Reef encounter! I'll be working as a 'Hostie' on a boat that does trips to the Great barrier reef. Don't really know what the job involves but it seems fun!
I won't get paid but I'll get free meals, accomodation and free SNORKLING and DIVES!! And best of all, I won't spend any money at all. Not spending means saving for me, Woohoo!

I'll stay on board for at least 3 days so don't be sad if you can't reach me, despite everything, I'll be at the Great barrier reef, one of the seven natural wonders.



Time to beat my fish phobia? Oh yes.

Time for you to be jealous? Oh yes.

In Cairns.

Never got the chance to explain what happened on Friday morning..

The traffic that morning was INSANE, so I paid 19.30AUD (120sek) only to be stuck in a traffic jam. I missed my bus so I changed my route to Noosa heads and then Hervey bay and then Cairns instead. The entire journey took 32 hours. But I would rather be on the bus then left at a bus stop in the middle of nowhere, waiting for next bus to pic me up. Conclusion: Aussie towns/villages suck.

I definitely want to visit Noosa, Airlie beach and Townsville when I'm working my was down to Sydney, Whitsunday islands and Fraser island is still on the to-do list.

After 32 boring hours, I finally arrived in Cairns. After a quick shower (Didn't shower for 2 days, eww), I was dragged out by Roger. We went to several clubs but they were all too lousy to be mentioned.

Today, we've been in the sun all day, my back is a little bit over-tanned but thats O-right.

The job-hunt starts tomorrow. I'm still hoping that the pool keeper position doesn't require a drivers licence.

The greyhound and the Icebear.

I'm leaving Brisbane tomorrow, sad but true, need to move my ass up north. Lika a emmigrating whatever-bird. Since the Greyhound busride takes 30hrs from Brissie straight to Carins, I would like to treat myself a few stops.

First stop is Bundaberg, where I'll spend a few hours at the destillery where they produce the only Aussie made spirit, Bundaberg rum. I'll get asskicking drunk at the rum-tasting and try to forget the remaining 16 something hours to Townsville...

Wish me luck.

And you know that I always appreciate phonecalls from my admirers.

0402769617, in case you've forgotten..

Brisbane, Brisbane.

I arrived yesterday but the internet at my hostel (Bunk) was impossible. Took me 9 min to log out from my other gmail and then log in to blogger. When I finally got in, I ran out of internet time.

This city is BEAUTIFUL. Nice people, shopping is great (They've got a overpriced shopping mall called David Jones, just like a much smaller Lane Crawford.), the Queen street pedestrian area is nice etc.

And my hostel is the best. Friendly staff, simple but stylish interior, great bar and resturant next to the heated pool and SPA area. Please take a look at the reception desk if you've got the chance to check in here though..

Yesterday, I basically just took a long walk through the city. Today, I crossed the river and visited the art gallery and the museum of modern art (they're hosting a Picasso exhibition till the end of August). All those museums are admisson free so if you've got a couple of hours to spend, spend them here.

"Backpackers big night out"

Yesterday, I participated in something called "The backpackers big night out" which is some kind of pub/club crawl for a big group of backpackers from different hostels.

• 4 venues
• 5 FREE drinks
• FREE group photo
• FREE pizza slices
• FREE ride with the party bus
• Drink specials and discounts
• ONLY 30 AUD (Worth 180 AUD!!!)

And also a FREE silly hat + glowstick (So everyone knows that you are one of them, we also had a separate 'backpacker que' just for us backpackers, how lovely isn't that?)

People were already warming up around 8pm, ready for the bus to pick us up at 9. Before leaving the hostel, one organizer stod by the door, handling out green stickers for those who are single, slutty and scared of not getting laid by the end of the night.

The guy behind him handled out free condoms for everyone. We don't want any STD's, right?

The partybus itself was a true nightmare, people were singing, taking pictures of eachother and over-excited in general. One of the organizers gave us all useful information for THE night. And she finished her speach with:

"And giiiiirls, remember that you
won't get pregnant if you swallow! WOOOHOOO!!"

Gosh, that's what I would call the perfect party attitude, ya knoe what I'm sayyin?

Gosh, the whole night was horrible, I don't know how I ended up in that tackiest hell of blonde hair dyes, cheap make up and outfits, sucky summer hits from last season, oversized muscles and cheap booze...

I went to all the clubs as listed even though I hated it and ditched the rat pack. I finally found my place in life when I met Keith, his sister and their friends at the pool table. We played all night and I walked home alone while enjoying the scene of party animals on their very best puke-tour extravaganza through the city.

I feel quite ashamed, telling you guys how I chose to spend my Saturday night in Surfers. But the truth always need to get through, no matter what it takes.

Australian phenomenon - Crow edition.

The Australian crows sound so different, so..Australian.

True or false?

I'm totally out of here!

Leaving Byron bay for Surfers paradise tomorrow 12.00

It has been raining here everyday except for the first day of arrival. When it rains in Byron, there's absolutely nothing to do. I'm tired of meaningless movies in a dark TV room, I didn't come all my way here to watch comedies with other backpackers.
I'll do my catch up including Nimbin, surf lessons and snorkelling next time when I'm back.

By the way, I went to Cheeky Monkey yesterday and a girl at our table won a free surf lesson (she did 3 hoola hoops at the same time) but couldn't go since she left this morning. She came to Australia because of World Yout Day (means she's Christian), she only wanted to trade with 3 glasses of coke for her and her friends. Fair trade. Unfortunately, I don't think I can use that ticket either!
Cheeky Monkey also hosted a miss wet t-shirt party later, I guess you might have figured out what kind of quality that club is...

Update: I booked the ticket 5 minutes ago and now the sun suddenly and people are already promising a extremely sunny day tomorrow(!!!) NO FUCKING KIDDING!

Second day in Byron.

It's raining, I'm wet and freezing. Didn't really expect this, if the weather doesn't get better, I'll probably leave sooner, on Monday maybe? Definitely coming back later when it gets warmer.

My cool roomates, two Canadian girls, took me out yesterday; fun night, even though I don't remember much. Met Roger, a really nice Swedish guy, I hope we can travel together since he's doing the same route up tp Cairns.

Don't know what to do now when the weather is this bad. Woolworths, movie or maybe shop some swimwear, there are plenty of surfshops here on Jonson streeet.

I'll keep you updated.

In Byron bay.

After 13 tough hours on a Greyhound bus, I finally reached God's promised land; Byron bay.
I arrived around 7 am, earliest check in to Cape Byron YHA is 10.30 so I took a walk from Main beach to the end of Belongil beach. There are so many beaches here and I want to explore them all (:

I decided to go by Greyhound in the last minute since it's 200AUD cheaper than STA; and I don't need a experienced guide who tells me all the highlights of the city, I want to find them myself. I paid around 320AUD for a Greyhound pass from Sydney to Cairns with as many stops as I want, great deal and therefore highly recommended.

Sydney in 3 days.

Day 1:
Arrived in the morning, didn't sleep on flight so we went straight to hostel (took 1 hour to find a hostel) and slept for 6 hours. Woke up around 6pm, looked around in the Cross, I still felt quite sick since HK so I had a salad. The Australian prices came as a shock. Kings cross didn't match my expectations, which is a good thing, it's in fact really nice, reminds me a lot of south Stockholm loaded with art deco cafés, restaurants, small boutiques etc. .. and lots of strip clubs and sex shops blended into that.
After dinner, we decided to check out the waterside so we took the subway to Circular quay where you have the amazing view over Sydney opera house and The Sydney harbour bridge. A-mazing.

Day 2:
Ran some errands in central Sydney and then head to George street to find out more about their iPhone deal since mine is broken. The price came as a shock. iPhone is twice as expensive as the Swedish one and I still had to join and pay a monthly fee for the same amount.
Josephine does't know how to travel and what places to see yet so we stole some brochures from several travel agencies in order to give her a little help. Checked out Darling harbour after Pitt street, I just knew it was there. Enjoyed a oily calamari plus chips meal while watching the sunset and feeding the seagulls, Josephine hates me for that, especially when 10 seagulls are surrounding us, making noise.

Day 3:
Manly ferry from Circular quay, that route took 35 min, 35min of constant fantastic view. Josephine saw a dolphine, I didn't. Manly was great, reminds me a little bit of the Belgian coast town Oostende, only thousand times better. Took Manly Jetcat back, 15 min instead, just more expensive.

Have anyone missed that Sydney is hosting World youth day and therefore having the biggest amount of visitors (over-excited, screaming Christian teens) at the time? Neither did we, what a big mistake. All the hostels are full-booked, crowded everywhere etc. Thank god that WYD is over after Sunday.

Death of an iPhone.

This is what I call a black Monday.

I went to a salon in Causeway bay first thing today to get new lash extensions. I can't be bothered to explain why I almost started crying because of frustration. They did exactly everything wrong and they charged me twice as much as I usually paid in Shanghai. It looks like I'm wearing fake lashes for halloween-party. So take my advise and dont go to The best beauty salon in Causeway bay.

The other unfortunate thing happened when I went back to the phone shop to pick up my dearest iPhone. They told me that they couldn't fix it and the only way to fix it is to change the hardware. They wanted 1000HKD and more than one week. Oh God. Why oh why? Why me?
...or I can sell my broken phone to them as a chassi/phone shell for 1000.
I don't have any choice but giving tthem 1k tomorrow. My heart is bleading. I tell you.

Now it's raining heavily outside, bolt and thunder and the whole package.

Busy busy days.

I put up a schedule for tomorrow, too busy to be true.
Flight tickets need to be picked up, friends to meet, stuff to buy, gift for dad to buy.

Had a really good shopping day today. Bought 2 pairs of shoes. AGAIN! This is the only time I appreciate my big feet. During sales in HK. My cousin is going to Stockholm this weekend so I can let him bring stuff home to my parents. Perfect.

Tried to go out tonight, managed to get there around 12, bought 2 Smirnoffs at club 7eleven and realized that the area was empty. Had my drinks and went back home. Thank you people who refused to go out 2 days in a row. Assholes.

Shitty night. Literally.

I stayed up till late yesterday and started hearing weird noises from the bathroom. Found out that the toilet is causing problems again, water (and stuff) was flushing out on the floor so we had to bring up the nightwatch man and a plumber at 3.10, the problem wasn't solved though so they had to come back in the morning. Now, the terrace is covered in water and feces, water is leaking in through the walls and the floor in office room is completely covered. And of course, the smell comes as a bonus. God.

And you know what the best part of this story is?

We're having 20 interviews starting in...51 minutes.

I think that Starbucks is the only solution and hotel tonight is a must!

Barbecue on terrace.

Woke up quite early to pick up money somewhere in Kowloon. Paid for ticket to Sydney so my seat is finally confirmed, nothing can go wrong now, I hope.

Decided to invite some people to barbeque on terrace at the office-flat, need to take advantage of the free space and Kowloon-view when you have the opportunity. We bought everything in the eleventh hour, and we found out that the office lacked all kinds of things you might need to survive. We managed to put some clams, vegetables, baked potatoes, hamburgers (homemade), hotdogs, steaks, chicken wings, grilled Cadbury chocolate-stuffed bananas with ice cream etc etc..
The charcoal we bought sucked and it took 1 hour and 7 people to get it work. But the result was A-mazing.

Tried to encourage people for a pub crawl in Lankwai, no hands in the air so I'm staying in. AGAIN...

In HongKong.

Arrived safely in time 13.00 at Kowloon station, grabbed a cab which took us directly to the flat in North Point. Everything seems to be the same, just like how I left it 4 months ago.
I rested for a while and then went straight to Mongkok to meet up with my childhood friend Brian, whom I've known for nearly 18 years (I'm 20).
Went to Sincerity travel on Argyle street to sort out the problem with the agency since they can never manage to deliver our tickets. We're expected to leave on Tuesday so I guess that made it priority one. The travel agency solved the problem and I'll have my ticket by tomorrow.
Hong Kong is great in many ways and I think that lots of people might agree that the food is one of the hightlights. HK-food is the greatest when it comes to Chinese cuisine.

We had lots of streetfood and several rounds of fresh mango juices; later on, I suggested dinner at Java road markets top floor (you know, that kind of market where they sell everything from fresh fish to rainboots). This "restaurant" is famous and there are always lots of people lining up for hours outside. The restaurant itself isn't that spectacular; in fact quite shabby. The staff are not wearing uniforms according to dresscodes, the plates are made of plastic and the environment quite stressful and noisy; but the food..Heaven.

Wanted to check out the HK nightlife scene at Lan kwai fang but nobody had the energy so I decided to stay in for tonight.

Over and out.

Leaving Shanghai, at last.

I'm finally leaving Shanghai on Thursday. Sad but true. Me and my roommate will be staying for a couple of days and then head straight to Sydne on the 15th, as planned.

Tried to find cheap air tickets to HK but since the travel business is offering peak season tickets for 1400sek one way, I tried other solutions.
Yesterday, in the unbearable warmth of the Shanghai heat of 30°C and a humidity somewhere around 80%, we forced ourselves to the old Shanghai Railway station and got myself a ticket. The only dates they offered were 10th and 14th and it takes 20 hrs to get to HK by train so we had no choice.
There are different prices for different beds, lower beds are the most expensive but also most comfy; believe me, the stairs up to the upper bed Ain't that fun! We got the upper beds anyway since we bought the last tickets and couldn't afford to be picky. They charged us 402rmb for those who are curious. The middle and uper beds are slightly more expensive.

Feels kind of weird to leave Shanghai, seems like I've been done with this city long time ago but there're still things that are holding me back, guess I'll look back and miss those certain parts..

No I'm busy with packing and saying goodbye to friends, most of them are leaving during summer anyway but it doesn't make it easier saying goodbye.

We'll rock our last night at the posh Shanghai club Lounge 18 (Located on well known Bund 18) and then look forward to 20hrs of pleasure on train..

I'll keep you posted.

Not coming home.

I've made up my mind, I'm not going home before Australia.

I think most of my friends know about my visa-problems which resultet in lots of bureocratic frustration. They forced me to do a medical-check and they fined me really well as well. I felt assraped but couldn't complain.
So I can't afford getting in trouble with the visa-department again.
From another point of view, I guess that I'll need all the resources I've got for a complete Australia-exploration and I don't want to regret wasting 8k (sek) on one week of kebab and seeing friends.

Sorry guys. See you next summer 09.

Only 3 weeks to go.

Australia seems so close but yet so far away, geographically speaking.

I haven't been home (Stockholm) for almost 9 months and I'm now considering paying lovely Stockholm a short visit before i go Aussie.
Should I go or should I not. Tough one huh?

Not seeing my friends for 2 years doesn't sound healthy, I miss you guys back home!

Well, a decision has to be made this week.

To go or not to go, that's the question..

First post.

Hey everyone out there!

I'm a Swedish girl living in Shanghai at the moment. I moved here for about 8 months ago, Sep 08 for Chinese studies, cultural exchange, self-exploration yada yada.
I'm also working as a nightlife photographers during the weekends so I'm quite well-orientated when it comes to parties and clubs..

Anyway.

I'm arriving in Sydney on 16th of July and you might have the chance to follow my journey with the working holiday maker for a year.
I'm gonna stay in Sydney for about 2 weeks in order to get used to the new culture and organize stuff such as bankaccount, storage for luggage etc.; and then I'll probably hit the east coast and travel for 6-8 weeks.

I haven't really decided whether I want to blog in Swedish or English so I let the first post to be in English..