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snoozing in Sydney

Dechen kindly had her party a week before, so my arrival in Australia was timed with umm, light showers. But Dad came out to the airport to pick me up, which was good because the 'overnight' flight (from 12am to 6am Sydney time) was pretty much sleepless, and the night before had been pretty sleepless too, due to excess alcohol consumption in the 'Retro' club in Jakarta. I'm thinking of posting some photos of Mike looking exceedingly under the weather, along with a couple of ropey things getting amorous with Gerald and Lewis, but I suspect they might sue. Hey nobody can choose their fans ;o)

Being in Australia in winter was a bit bizarre, I've never really seen it so cold and wet. When I say cold and wet I mean like 8°C at 7AM, and around 14°C during the day. It felt a little like somehow the place I knew that was so familiar had been transported to Southern New Zealand in some freak tectonic plate shift.

I spent a large part of the next 24 hours snoozing and lounging. First I sat around at Dad's house chatting, drinking cups of tea and coffee, and eventually decided (around 8AM) that I'd have a quick refreshing snooze. I woke up around 5PM. You'd think that would put me off snoozing later that night, but at home I managed to sleep from 9:30PM til 11AM the next day (!).

Loden was very excited about the computer games I brought back for him. I kinda tried to steer away from gorey blood & guts games and choose those ones that might work out his grey matter - stuff like the SIM series and his favourite Yu-Gi-Oh. I suspect his time for network splatter games will come, it's just a matter of time.

In other news, I've been eating nothing but western food since I got back. For instance, yesterday I went to the supermarket and bought:
- two Castello cheeses
- a Nimbin cheese
- creamy ravioli in a garlic & mushroom sauce
- some wine and olives
- absolutely no chili or spices whatsoever

I've also been eating a lot of almonds and Jalna yoghurt. Strange what your body craves after being marinated from the inside in spices.

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