what a friend we have in J....oseph.

well.... amazingly i manged to get totally everything bar pic up my ticket today. so shall hop to the city in the morning to pick it up.

THANK GOD FOR JOSEPH who really saved my bacon today and ran me around from mall to mall to get all that i needed to get. im now armed with games galore on the laptop, to while away the long hours at airports...if i can find a suitable power outlet to use (hoping they have power on the flights too.) and have packed DVDs to watch (coz the plane movies are usually so boring..execpt this time they have Brokeback Mountain showing on QF so ill watch at least that)

got dvd of Little Britian and toothpaste for Andreas. But can you believe no shops in Sydney sell Aussie Bum Swimwear...sorry Ollie.

ran to doctors to get scripts for sleeping tabs, for the flights

got space bags to pack all my clothes in. well i think i am getting slightly better at packing although i just know i over packed. 2 pairs jeans, 2 cargos, 2 shorts, 2 pairs shoes, 6 socks, 12 t-shirts and 2 long sleeve undershirts and 1 pullover and a thin jacket.... since i recon i will prob by some stuff overseas i didnt want to take too much.

bought a crumpler laptop bag... almost fainted at the price but hey, i think it will be worth it.

thankfully i didnt have to go to the interview today or i would never have got eveything done. but they have expressed genuine interest in me and want to interview me the first business day after i get back.. so hey, at least i look good on paper. and i know i can handle any job they throw at me.

going to dinner with friends tonight as a farewell kind of thing (basically Paul and Joseph thought i shouldnt dine alone on my last night...which is really sweet. and Joseph and i think Danny will see me off at the airport. (nothing worse than going to the airport alone..although i usually cry at the airport, but its been bob usually seeing me off.. going to be a little weird this time.) couldnt help but think of Bob when we were at Bondi Junction..as so many memories of Bob relate to there. (yes im moving on..stop nagging)

Joseph and i counted how many spunks we saw today at eash shopping centre... im worried why my count was way higher than his???? in Bondi Junction alone, i got up to 36 and he was still around 14 or so. eek!

have basically vaccum packed all the clothes.. have a fair idea about toiletries, but really i can buy what i need there.

debating on whether to take my roll along cabin bag as well as the crumpler bag.. but i think i can fit all i need in the crumpler which means if i buy too many clothes i can just get one overseas.

well.. not sure if i will write more before i go.. but will be definately writing blog stuff down so i can pour the adventure onto the internet when i can.

next stop - AMSTERDAM !!!!
(i cant believe my total journey time is going to be 32 hours. 8.5 to HK, 13.5 from HK to LON and 1.5 to AMS. add in all the layover times and its 32 hours. im going to go crazy! maybe i will have a shower at HK to feel fresher.)

remember y'all..... ik sprakt geen nederlands, and ik bin niet me frau pederson !