the funniest thing happened to me today on my way to...
SO my train was 22mins late today, no maybe more it was 22mins b 4 i was "informed" about its tardiness. sad. n e ways i think its funny... like ok.. *story time* there was this guy at the station. and unfort. for him he was on the WRONG platform and missed his train, which was head'n North to Cobulture which is a suburb NEAR to THE AUSTRALIA ZOO which is where Steve Irwin does his whole "crikey" (i don't know how to spell that haha) u know thing with the Crocs and yes he does have koalas (there) too.
N e ways he missed his train. and he calls a mate up to tell him how he's got nothing to do... and yeah so he goes to sit down somewhere and i'm sit'n there read'n and have'n put his convo (to his mate) out of mind... and when the announcement that the train (head'n southbound) is on its way, and will arrive in approx 2 mins. train finally does arrive he asks allowed to the crowd (myself included) if this train goes into the city. a lady replies that it does and he takes a seat next to me. i look up from my book and i tell him that yeah the train's just run'n a BIT late... that it normally runs right on time (seriously the trains are like REALLY punctual) ne ways he turns out to be from london. he's african american (just for description purposes) and he's here for the Rugby World Cup. so yeah we start chit chat'n bout trains and bus serves and when the train finally does pull up we get on the same carriage and he sat down next to me and all the way into the city we just talked bout travel'n -he told me bout where he'd been here... stuff bout London and funny nuff he's like lived in London all his life and he's never been to France, or Ireland... or Italy... ok *is n e one else here with me* when i say that LONDON is like the CENTRE of the univer... ok lets just say pretty much a great place in that its like a short flight away from Dublin, or like a lovely train ride away from Paris. but yeah... i just thought it interesting how his idea of "places to travel to" were places like Bali or Thailand and AUSTRALIA and New Zealand.. its interesting hew we tend to look "far away" for like our idea of paradise or hotspots for a holiday... and what not.
n e ways in the 32 mins to the city i'd drawn him quite a few maps haha. i guess i can say i know brissy pretty darn well now cuz he was very impressed lol. he was like (in his brit accent, of course)"can i ask u something, are u like a tour guide around here? (laugh) cuz ur really good at this..." Yeah so i dec. instead of hop'n off at Toowong (which is basically the last train stop b 4 i get to uni (and i catch a connecting bus from there, takes 10mins for the reide but some 20mins to wait for the bus to arrive) i dec to catch the city bus which i usually like to catch every now and then (when i feel like doing MORE walking haha) and yeah since its my mummy b'day tomorrow i thought i'd pop in and find some cool stuff from LUSH (wicked cool cosmetics store -they make all the stuff there so its fresh ;) n e ways ----this is a long story haha just in case u didn't already know it was gonna b :P----
i dec. to scrap my *admittingly much needed* yoga class...since i'd only make the last .5hr of it (its like a full hour and a half) and well if n e ones done a class b 4 the beg. is sooooo good and relax'n and just helps to put u in the right mood and physically relax u... so yeah i thought a SKREW that cuz i'd like be literally rushing in (member train was late) and yeah...
so ditch'n that... i play tour guide for a while and funny enough just by rome'n around the parks and other historical places i found stuff that i'd not take'n the time to see before. so it was cool like that. i also showed him round the usual sites (inside Plazas and shop'n complexes) and since he's round for another 5days i dec. to take him to the Customer Service cetre and the state library haha of all places cuz they have tonz of info bout what's on and where to go so have'n loaded him up with brochures and what's on pamphlets and timetables.. haah i spotted a loop bus which is the free service bus (there's more than one obviously, and they're all painted BRIGHT RED) yeah it was perfect cuz i told him to look out for the stops (they're also bright red) and that ever 10mins from the stops (which are like almost everywhere along the main streets) that they'd be a free bus he could catch and just go round and round and round. yeah so i gt off at the place i catch the bus to uni from and since its across from City Hall i told him he could pop in there an do some more explore'n since it has a free art gallery plus tonz of other historical stuff (which he's into) *shrugs* plus the building itself is all pretty on the inside lol.
yeah so that was how i started my day... i just think its funny how like if u don't *wanting to use a better word than reach out* but just like if i hadn't spoken to the guy like just ignored him he'd like just been on his way and i KNOW he wouldn't have found as many brochures as we both did together lol. i guess i'm just stress'n the importance of connecting with pll. how uplifting it can be and how (even if it may seem a bit of an effort at times) how rewarding that effort can be...
Anyways to wrap it up i got mum some wicked cool foot moisturising stuff haha. it smells awesome and has shit loads of good stuff in there haha. (comes in a little tub) and their gift wrap'n was excellent too. *can u tell i like this store or what?* hha they are extremely over priced tho haha. but i guess they do use fresh ingredients and since they make their products on site... and stuff i guess that's got to play a part in the costs... plus they don't use ne nasty preservatives and their fragrances are all natural.. ok that's enough from me :P
ok so almost ot the end of my story.. i must've had like a "talk to me" sign on my head cuz i rock up to uni and this chick walks up to me fully smile'n and says HI... i'm like *smile* lookn up from my book thinking um do i know her? and she then introduces he self say'n she's running for welfare officer (we currently have union campaigns/elections on at uni) and yeah so she's sits down next to me and chats bout her policies and stuff.... the reason why i'm tell'n u this is cuz well, why am i? haha. it was after i went to the bathroom to wash my hands b 4 some tucker (bought a delish muffin and a tub of natural yogurt with strawberries and musli added to it) an di look in the mirror to "discover" that i've only one earring in my ear. now this is not my style lol. haha. i just thought WHAT? i talked to like lit. everyone who cam my way today (well up to that point in my day) like pll rep charities (donated 50c here and 50c there until i realise that hey i'm a uni student and i need mullah for bus fair haha) and well then there was this one construction guy nere this statue we were at and he had a Bunderberg rum wig on (they're bright yellow and they're for the world cup) yeah and i complemented him say'n "nice wig" (how else would u go about complementN haha) and yeah he smiled and we all chitchatted for a few secs before move'n on... and then well there's the bus driver on my way to uni plus ALL the MANY tourist info pll we talked to and got brochures form... (that's form the info booth in the city, plus the library, plus the couster service centre...what about the Lush lady?!!! haha the guy in the elevator when i showed him how to ge to the cinemas in one of the major centres) so i'm thinkn DUDE haha. it wasn't a little stud either it was like a good sized gold, hoop earring pll! haha. triste. that really is just sad. and it was one of those ones that look squarish ok i thin the word is concave (its still a circle tho) so yeah its really just very noticeable. the moral of the story pll.... u can go ahead and talk to strangers... just don't expect them to tell u that u have shit on ur face or gunk in ur hair -or that u happen to be missing an earring cuz they won't tell u diddly-swat. nop. its true. the other mesg i will leave u all with is to not forget to look PROPERLY in the mirror b 4 u head on out the door OR if u take ONE earring out (because that's the side u mostly sleep on...) go ahead and take the other one off... even if its in the dark and u can't see where the heck ur gonna put them afterwards.
yuppers. so there's a couple of stories really...all thrown in together. just the way i like it.
Nighty night and sweet dreams~*
N e ways he missed his train. and he calls a mate up to tell him how he's got nothing to do... and yeah so he goes to sit down somewhere and i'm sit'n there read'n and have'n put his convo (to his mate) out of mind... and when the announcement that the train (head'n southbound) is on its way, and will arrive in approx 2 mins. train finally does arrive he asks allowed to the crowd (myself included) if this train goes into the city. a lady replies that it does and he takes a seat next to me. i look up from my book and i tell him that yeah the train's just run'n a BIT late... that it normally runs right on time (seriously the trains are like REALLY punctual) ne ways he turns out to be from london. he's african american (just for description purposes) and he's here for the Rugby World Cup. so yeah we start chit chat'n bout trains and bus serves and when the train finally does pull up we get on the same carriage and he sat down next to me and all the way into the city we just talked bout travel'n -he told me bout where he'd been here... stuff bout London and funny nuff he's like lived in London all his life and he's never been to France, or Ireland... or Italy... ok *is n e one else here with me* when i say that LONDON is like the CENTRE of the univer... ok lets just say pretty much a great place in that its like a short flight away from Dublin, or like a lovely train ride away from Paris. but yeah... i just thought it interesting how his idea of "places to travel to" were places like Bali or Thailand and AUSTRALIA and New Zealand.. its interesting hew we tend to look "far away" for like our idea of paradise or hotspots for a holiday... and what not.
n e ways in the 32 mins to the city i'd drawn him quite a few maps haha. i guess i can say i know brissy pretty darn well now cuz he was very impressed lol. he was like (in his brit accent, of course)"can i ask u something, are u like a tour guide around here? (laugh) cuz ur really good at this..." Yeah so i dec. instead of hop'n off at Toowong (which is basically the last train stop b 4 i get to uni (and i catch a connecting bus from there, takes 10mins for the reide but some 20mins to wait for the bus to arrive) i dec to catch the city bus which i usually like to catch every now and then (when i feel like doing MORE walking haha) and yeah since its my mummy b'day tomorrow i thought i'd pop in and find some cool stuff from LUSH (wicked cool cosmetics store -they make all the stuff there so its fresh ;) n e ways ----this is a long story haha just in case u didn't already know it was gonna b :P----
i dec. to scrap my *admittingly much needed* yoga class...since i'd only make the last .5hr of it (its like a full hour and a half) and well if n e ones done a class b 4 the beg. is sooooo good and relax'n and just helps to put u in the right mood and physically relax u... so yeah i thought a SKREW that cuz i'd like be literally rushing in (member train was late) and yeah...
so ditch'n that... i play tour guide for a while and funny enough just by rome'n around the parks and other historical places i found stuff that i'd not take'n the time to see before. so it was cool like that. i also showed him round the usual sites (inside Plazas and shop'n complexes) and since he's round for another 5days i dec. to take him to the Customer Service cetre and the state library haha of all places cuz they have tonz of info bout what's on and where to go so have'n loaded him up with brochures and what's on pamphlets and timetables.. haah i spotted a loop bus which is the free service bus (there's more than one obviously, and they're all painted BRIGHT RED) yeah it was perfect cuz i told him to look out for the stops (they're also bright red) and that ever 10mins from the stops (which are like almost everywhere along the main streets) that they'd be a free bus he could catch and just go round and round and round. yeah so i gt off at the place i catch the bus to uni from and since its across from City Hall i told him he could pop in there an do some more explore'n since it has a free art gallery plus tonz of other historical stuff (which he's into) *shrugs* plus the building itself is all pretty on the inside lol.
yeah so that was how i started my day... i just think its funny how like if u don't *wanting to use a better word than reach out* but just like if i hadn't spoken to the guy like just ignored him he'd like just been on his way and i KNOW he wouldn't have found as many brochures as we both did together lol. i guess i'm just stress'n the importance of connecting with pll. how uplifting it can be and how (even if it may seem a bit of an effort at times) how rewarding that effort can be...
Anyways to wrap it up i got mum some wicked cool foot moisturising stuff haha. it smells awesome and has shit loads of good stuff in there haha. (comes in a little tub) and their gift wrap'n was excellent too. *can u tell i like this store or what?* hha they are extremely over priced tho haha. but i guess they do use fresh ingredients and since they make their products on site... and stuff i guess that's got to play a part in the costs... plus they don't use ne nasty preservatives and their fragrances are all natural.. ok that's enough from me :P
ok so almost ot the end of my story.. i must've had like a "talk to me" sign on my head cuz i rock up to uni and this chick walks up to me fully smile'n and says HI... i'm like *smile* lookn up from my book thinking um do i know her? and she then introduces he self say'n she's running for welfare officer (we currently have union campaigns/elections on at uni) and yeah so she's sits down next to me and chats bout her policies and stuff.... the reason why i'm tell'n u this is cuz well, why am i? haha. it was after i went to the bathroom to wash my hands b 4 some tucker (bought a delish muffin and a tub of natural yogurt with strawberries and musli added to it) an di look in the mirror to "discover" that i've only one earring in my ear. now this is not my style lol. haha. i just thought WHAT? i talked to like lit. everyone who cam my way today (well up to that point in my day) like pll rep charities (donated 50c here and 50c there until i realise that hey i'm a uni student and i need mullah for bus fair haha) and well then there was this one construction guy nere this statue we were at and he had a Bunderberg rum wig on (they're bright yellow and they're for the world cup) yeah and i complemented him say'n "nice wig" (how else would u go about complementN haha) and yeah he smiled and we all chitchatted for a few secs before move'n on... and then well there's the bus driver on my way to uni plus ALL the MANY tourist info pll we talked to and got brochures form... (that's form the info booth in the city, plus the library, plus the couster service centre...what about the Lush lady?!!! haha the guy in the elevator when i showed him how to ge to the cinemas in one of the major centres) so i'm thinkn DUDE haha. it wasn't a little stud either it was like a good sized gold, hoop earring pll! haha. triste. that really is just sad. and it was one of those ones that look squarish ok i thin the word is concave (its still a circle tho) so yeah its really just very noticeable. the moral of the story pll.... u can go ahead and talk to strangers... just don't expect them to tell u that u have shit on ur face or gunk in ur hair -or that u happen to be missing an earring cuz they won't tell u diddly-swat. nop. its true. the other mesg i will leave u all with is to not forget to look PROPERLY in the mirror b 4 u head on out the door OR if u take ONE earring out (because that's the side u mostly sleep on...) go ahead and take the other one off... even if its in the dark and u can't see where the heck ur gonna put them afterwards.
yuppers. so there's a couple of stories really...all thrown in together. just the way i like it.
Nighty night and sweet dreams~*