...although not for long, will be flying to Houston on Wednesday, which is where all the relo bashing will start. Must admit I'm getting slightly sick of my parents now, and its only the second week...glad I'm going off to KYC when I get back to Sydney, hehehe....
Yesterday we took a bus to Birmingham and stayed overnight at my dad's relatives' place. They took us to see a concert at the Birmingham symphony hall (looks heaps better than the inside of the Opera House)...never been to anything like that before, it was two sopranos singing duets by various German, French and Italian composers. Didn't know what they were singing about, but they were pretty good. The pianist was really good too...I guess you'd have to be if that's your job :)
This morning we went to Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of Shakespeare. Got to go inside the house where he was born, and they had exhibits and stuff to look at. Too bad I'm not really the literary type, but it was still kinda interesting. Bought my favourite souvenir so far...a rubber with a Shakespeare quote on it: "Out damned spot!" :P
So now we're back in London, took the bus back this afternoon. We're staying with a couple who used to go to our church. I think we're going to Greenwich tomorrow...get to stand at an invisible line...yay! Speaking of which...
Local time: 10:12pm, Sunday, 12th December (didn't get to go to church today :(
Temperature: I think it's about 9 C outside...the weather has been pretty good, no rain! And they say it's been pretty warm in England this winter....probably due to global warming...yay for greenhouse gases.
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hey... you sound like you're having such a great time overseas!! :) Take lots of happy snaps for us so that we can ooh and aah over them when you get back!!!
oh yeah... i *was* going to be anonymous, but i forgot that you get annoyed at people who are anon. so a couple of *gratuitous* asterisks should do the trick. :)
enjoy spending your xmas & new year overseas!!! & enjoy the relos :)
ha yes, the jealousy, the schloer... and the british museum... if you do make it, check out the pot by exekias thta they have there, i missed it before and exekias is the best of athenian vase painters! *ahem* archaeology hasn't affected me at all, no... oh, and pun, i an't find my family's copy of possession! i mean, i know we have it, but i am reduced to reading dirt music, a whistling woman and the name of the rose simultaneously. life is hard. :)
so yeah, enjoy the last of britain vivian, and america and all the plane trips in between *grrrr* and enjoy sydney pun :)
You (Viv) should be reading this, say at the airport in London or... on ya relo's computer in the US. Now, now remember what I told you, Don't get yaself killed now.
Ooooh... but its true, the Concert Hall ain't pretty, compared to the great opera houses of Europe anyway. The only pretty thing of the SOH is the outside, beautiful white sails... *ahhh...*
Achem! Booooo for greenhouse gases, greenhouse gases tis bad, very, very bad. Tsk, tsk you should freeze your butt off before drowning our coastal Sydney city oh evil global warming.
Hehe, by the way, I didn't post the first reply on this thread, so whoever's anonymous... do we know you or are we just gonna play with Viv's mind again.
Yes I will enjoy my Sydneysidering. BTW Leach and I may be holding a NYE thing at her house and I'll be teaching her how to make scones!! *bwhahahaha* hehe, the hard(er) way. Viv you are missing out on teeeeeeea and scooooooones. And cake and... and... SCHLOER!! I want SCHLOER!! *breaks down again* oh the pain, the pain.
Oh yes, and my hotmail ain't letting me in... for some strange bizarre reason (cookie related I suspect)... so I'm gonna Spam this thread, for a little while, ok just say 2 posts. Fill in the ellipsis points or whatever:
1. "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie Thaaaaat's ..."
2. "How do you cool your lips? ..."
3. "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay ..."
4. "I'm on my way, from misery to happiness today ..."
5. "O Jesus strong and pure and true ..."
aargh, puuuun! why did you have to inflict that pain on everyone? so sadistic... and i guess, therese?
Bwhahahhaha, oh I'm not sadistic, ok fine yes #5 was sadistic. You know my brother asked me in the car today whether I missed school.
B: "Do you miss school?"
P: "..." *evil look* "Oh wait wait ask me again."
B: *hum-I-shouldn't-have-asked-this-question look* "Ok, do you miss school?"
P: *Gigantic smirk on face and bursts out laughing rolling on the car floor!!* "Bwhahahahahahaha"
Oh yes I'm still laughing now.
...and we had shorter school holidays. oh wait, is that a good thing or a bad thing?
"I'm on ma way, from misery to 'appiness todaaaay"
"Ah ha"
"Ah ha"
"Ah ha"
"Ah ha"
I wonder if Viv will get very angry reading this?? Oh well at least she knows we're waiting for her news and know we miss her. Dawwwwwwww.....
we're thinking of you viv, *awwww*
oh oh, bash a relo for me! :)
and on the topic of songs, what about the lumberjack hey...
"i'm a lumberjack and i'm ok, i sleep all night and i work all day" fill in the rest yourselves, i'm not bothered to type it all out :p
"I cut down trees, I eat ma lunch, I go to the lavatory, on Wednesdays I go shoppin, and have buttered scones for teeeeeea"
*Imaginary Mounties* "He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch etc."
"Oh he's a lumberjack and he's ok, he sleeps all night and he works all day."
well someone's got a bit too much time on their hands!! it's me again, yes the *original* poster on this spam thread, but that was *before* it became a spam thread! *evil eye on pun*
you know what's sad... I actually knew what came next after #5. And I'm not talking the next line... I mean *the whole thing*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
meanwhile... enjoy America & have a happy Xmas there. Is it snowing there?!??!? Make snow angels :)
of course, the lumberjack song is just so memorable! but too long to type. lets see...
"i cut down trees, i skip and jump, i like to press wild flowers. i put on womens clothing and hang around in bars"
next verse anyone?
Mounties: "He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps, he likes to press wild flowers, he puts on women's clothing, and he hangs around in bars"
L: "I'm a lumberjack and I'm ok, I sleep all night and I work all day"
M: "He's a lumberjack and he ok, he sleeps all night and he works all day."
Ok, someone do the last verse :D :D :D
Bwhahahahaha, you know the whole #5!! Bwhahahaha, you know I actually have trouble remembering the first verse, those were the only lines I remember.
Well other than "Strong we the selfish aim or choice, in love's high precept keep, rejoice with those that do rejoice and weep with those that weep" ARRRRRRGGGGGHHH "So hence shall flow fresh strength and grace as from a full fed spring?? To make the world a better place and life a worthier thing. AAAAAAAAH-MEHHHHHHHHN"
Ok, that's it, Viv can shoot me when she gets back, but she certainly can't stop me from posting *bwhahahahaha*
So I'm putting up and old favourite song of ours....:
When I wake up yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you
When I go out yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
If I get drunk yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you
And if I haver yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's havering to you
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles
To fall down at your door
When I'm working yes I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's working hard for you
And when the money comes in for the work I'll do
I'll pass almost every penny on to you
When I come home yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who comes back home to you
And if I grow old well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who's growing old with you
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles
To fall down at your door
When I'm lonely well I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man whose lonely without you
When I'm dreaming well I know I'm gonna dream
Dream about the time when I'm with you.
When I go out yeah I know I'm gonna be
I'm gonna be the man who goes along with you
When I come home Yes I know I'm gonna be,
I'm gonna, be the man who comes back home with you
I'm gonna be the man who's coming home with you
But I would walk 500 miles
And I would walk 500 more
Just to be the man who walked 1,000 miles
To fall down at your door
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