My Blue Heaven

Hello From London!

Omg. I’m in London. Eeek! Argh! And I’m already set up on the wireless lan at my cousins place.. haha how cool/geeky is that. Weather’s not too bad actually – about 14ish degs? Still fairly chilly though, for me. But there’s some blue sky, and sunshine at times, and fluffy clouds, which is nice.

So… first impressions? Everything looks so… more old. Houses look quaint and older.. kinda cottage like – most houses here are terrace type houses.. narrow and 3 stories. But the style is quite different from Sydney (which is a more modern, or that brick 70’s style). I have absolutely no idea where I am most of the time… in terms of suburbs and general sense of area/direction. I think that’s gonna take a while to get used to.

My cousins have been very nice, my cousin Daniel and my auntie came to the airport to pick me up. And I’ve seen my other cousin’s baby now too… very cute 6 mth old girl called Naomi. She’s got such chubby cheeks. Hee. Will take a photo later.

Anyway. I’m absolutely buggered atm. Gonna go take a nap and then freshen up with a much needed shower. Stay tuned for photos… later!!

Leavin, On A Jet Plane

Hello all. I thought I’d write a few blog entries whilst on the plane, even though I can’t post them straight away. But hey… I’m blogging at 20,000 feet!! Hee. Its now around 12:10am Sydney time – and we’re currently descending towards HK International airport landing in about 30 mins time. I’ve had a pretty good 9 hour flight so far, in a window seat. Watched nearly 3 movies (In Good Company, National Treasure and about 3/4 of Phantom Of The Opera). Also caught some pretty beautiful sights whilst on the way over – the sunset over a sky-full of dotted clouds.. and some rather cool lightning in a mass of storm clouds in the distance. I didn’t sleep though as I wasn’t really that tired. Anyway I better turn my laptop off now! Will blog more when I’m in transit at HK airport. Ciao for now. 🙂

Ok I’m back. It is now 11:15am Sydney time, 9:15am HK time and 2:15am London time. I spent all of 1 hour in HK airport before boarding my connecting flight to London.. just enough time to cleanse, tone and moisturise, brush my teeth amd have a wander round. Hee. Now we’re somewhere over Russia (near Moscow) at 38000 feet (11,582 metres), and are due to reach London in about 3:15 hrs (its been abt 9 hours already). A couple hours ago we passed over/near the Sayan Mountains.. and it was quite a spectacular sight.. seeing these snow-capped mountain ranges from above. I managed to get a decentish amount of sleep during this flight… about 3-4 hours first block, then another 3 hours in a second block. Kinda patchy sleep, but I do feel fairly awake at the moment. I guess if I’m tired enough I can sleep anywhere. And boy was I tired by 3:30am this morning (Syd time).

Ugh, my tailbone/butt is sore.

So anyway, I can’t believe I’m on a plane going over to London.. I can’t believe this is it. It still feels like I’m just going on a short journey somewhere and that I’ll be back home by dinner time. I think my brain is finding it hard to.. comprehend. It just feels wierd.. I dunno what I’m supposed to be feeling.. so my brain is like “Oh well.. meh.. too hard to comprehend”. I am kinda excited though. It will be cool to finally see London again.. after 15 years.

Well. Its getting a bit uncomfortable using this laptop in my seat. Tis a tad cramped. I think I’ll watch another movie. Stay tuned for more updates on Kazzart’s Adventure In London. 😉 Will upload photos soon too.

Current listening :: “Staple It Together” – Jack Johnson

I’m outie

Hey everyone. Just a quick note to say… farewell Sydney!!!!!!

Stress stress stress!

Am sitting here on my laptop in an attempt to try and relax and destress before going to bed. I’ve never been so stressed and worried and.. feeling so overwhelmed… in my life. I have so much to do and so little time… and I keep forgetting things. Argh! Plus I’m trying to pack my life into a 20kg suitcase (ok maybe I can push it to 30kgs). This whole packing thing… ugh…. it’s weighing really heavily on my mind. I think once I’m done packing.. I’ll feel HEAPS better. I hate things like this hanging over my head… I’m so worried I won’t get it done in time. 🙁

Plus there’s a crapload of other things I need to do too. I’m going into the city tomorrow to run a “few” errands…. and ended up coming up with a huge list of things that needed to be done:

1. Get photocopied docs signed by JP
2. Chiro/remedial massage appointment
3. Lunch with friends (and return dvds to friend)
4. Go into work to pick up reference letter from boss and drop off swipe access card
5. Visit Vodafone store to change to a “no plan” plan (in order to keep my ph number and not pay monthly payment)
6. Go into Westpac branch to pick up credit card
7. Go into Medicare branch to get medicare refund
8. Go to Virgin Music to use gift voucher farewell gift from work mates
9. Go to RTA to get international drivers license
10. Go to Fitness First to 1) have a workout, 2) cancel gym membership
11. Meet friends for another farewell dinner

And thats just for tommorrow – which doesn’t include packing. Ack… hope I have enough time to do all that.

*sigh* Can’t believe I’m leaving this Friday…. I’m actually excited about flying off… coz I love planes! And about getting there… being in London! 😀 I just hate this whole organising and packing business. :\


Ok. Enough ranting. Time for bed! Just hope I can get to sleep… and not think about everything that needs to be done. Geez I’m not handling this stress very well am I…

Current listening :: “End Of The Road” – Boyz II Men

Procrastination + Ice Cream

With everything that I need to prepare, organise, think about, remember, pack…… I find myself wasting time being silly on cam. As you can see below. 😛

(Oh btw, it was Cookies & Cream heaven. Mmmm…)

Updates & More Ruminations

I’ve been enjoying my “holiday” thus far. No work to go to! It feels kinda strange. I am actually unemployed. (Well.. almost). Anyway, I had quite a big weekend – went clubbing on both Fri and Sat nights! Kicked it all off seeing The Cat Empire @ Enmore Theatre on Fri night (a very fun and energetic gig.. great band to see live!) with Joe + friends (*waves* hello guys if you’re reading this!), then went to Newtown RSL after for a drink.. then whilst they headed home at around 12/1am, I chugged off to Verandah Bar to join some friends for a few hours of clubbing, finishing off the night with some Matraville pies, arriving home at around 5am. :\ H4rdc0r3.

Saturday night I went to the 2nd Honey Roasted TV dance party at Greenwood Hotel. Was great! (Though I started the night practically falling asleep on my friend’s shoulder.) One of my friends won the dance comp and scored himself a free Nokia phone! Sweet! Anyway, I got into the swing of things eventually and had myself a ball of a time, dancing away. I made it an “early” night however, leaving at 3am. Spent the rest of the long weekend starting to get stuff together for the move. Oh yeh, and Sunday was my last time playing piano at Evening Service *sniff*.. *sob*. It was great playing with Sam and Andrew for one last time… it went well and I think we sounded pretty good. 🙂 I’m gonna really miss playing with those guys – it takes time to form the bond we had when we played together… almost like we could read each others minds. *sigh*

Other than that… I got so much to do. *sigh* It’s a bit stressful thinking about it all actually. For a few seconds tonight, I caught myself thinking that I didn’t want to do this whole moving over to UK thing anymore coz it just seemed like too damn much hassle. But I got over that quickly enough. It occured to me though, that is probably not the only time I’m gonna think along those lines. Ah well… must chug along and be strong. And not do stupid things like keep going to bed at 2am. Err… *cough*

This whole being strong and independant thing is kinda tough. I’m not used to it. I’ve never been a very independant/strong type. I’ve always kinda needed someone to take care of me… be it parents or boyfriend. And now, I’ve been struggling to remain strong.. in the whirlwind of events that my life has become. First the change of suddenly being single after 6 years of 3 long-term (and rather exclusive and close) relationships.. and then the huge step to move to London. (Was I crazy when I made that decision? Hehe.) *sigh* Sometimes… in times of quietness and aloneness.. I do wish I had someone to lean on again.. like I used to. (Esp going through this whole moving thing.) I can vaguely remember what it was like… for some reason it seems so long ago. And I can only vaguely remember what it was like to be in love. But I prefer not to ponder upon that one too much at this time. It is not something I am looking for at the moment.

Ack. Late night ruminations. Am getting maudlin. Methinks it is time for bed.

Current listening :: “Sly” – The Cat Empire