Bauer, Storms and Villa

Well we're now settled in our new house. We go Grocery shopping, play X-Box (yes we bought one) and finally sleep in 2 different rooms. Our housemate Dave is, thankfully, a cool guy. Brad intends to stay here until at least February, I however, will be leaving this Saturday, after just a month. I will be back in Mid January though, if I successfully negotiate putting a hold on my room. My planned trip to Asia, and then England has been brought forward as flights in December are classed as 'high season' and are about twice the price. So I sorted a flight to Kuala Lumpur out of the Brisbane Gold Coast Airport on Saturday 23rd November. I need to make my way to Bangkok for the 11th December, meaning I have just over 2 weeks to negotiate parts of Asia that I haven't done yet, and maybe pop in to see some old friends.

Due to the earlier trip to Asia, I have put off Job seeking until January. There was no point getting trained up just to have to quit after a couple of weeks. With regards recent activities, well the Melbourne Cup was held last week and this was a horse race that pretty much halted the nation. You couldn't walk the street without seeing a temporary betting booth, and not being averse to placing a bet or 2 I found a horse called Bauer who was 10/1. Being a fan of 24 I felt this was a no brainer, however I didn't put it on each way so only a 1st place finish would do.

That's right, my horse is the one at the bottom, he lost by a 'nose'. I would have won 200 dollars had he been a little longer in the face, so to speak.  In other news, We bumped into Paddy, a guy we had a fair few drinks with in Bangkok the other day, it really is a small world. I'm probably heading to the Gabba to watch Australia v New Zealand on Thursday, should be interesting, if it goes ahead that is. Last night there was the worst storm to hit the area for 25 years. People died, a train was derailed, and there was a massive loss of power, one of the loudest storms I've ever heard.

On Saturday I went to the Pig and Whistle in the city centre to watch Villa play Arsenal, we played well, won comfortably and I was able to rub it in the faces of several Arsenal fans who claim that we aren't good enough to finish above them. 

So this time next week I'll be revisiting Asia before heading back to England to catch up with friends and family over Xmas and new year, before starting up in Brisbane again in Jan. 2009 will hopefully involve trips to the Pacific islands, Queenstown, New Zealand, and parts of Australia we haven't seen yet.

I'll end this blog by saying 'stay tuned' like I normally do.

Stay tuned!