tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44302467665168351592011-11-28T08:03:30.582+08:00a Journal of My LifeSenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07458949447827556237noreply@blogger.comBlogger481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430246766516835159.post-4577144224526230832010-12-03T00:52:00.002+08:002010-12-03T01:00:44.287+08:00

It's surprising that how soon a year can pass. This is probably going to be my only post in this year since my last post in 2009.Things had changed a lot in this passing year. I almost succeeded in turning my life over in a better way, but I chickened out and got stuck. At the moment, the future still doesn't seem promising. And the worst thing is I'm getting so old. It makes me afraid that it

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I feel like I'm naked, unprotected and overexposed. And I feel dreadful at the moment, just like someone that has been on my mind for a little while.I hope things will get better as soon as possible. I need confidence, robust and solid confidence.

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I've been doing the same work for almost 9 months. It seems to be stable. Sometimes I enjoy doing this job, because I feel the joy from the students that I teach when I get along with them and see them making progress. Some of my colleagues are nice and warm, and I enjoy talking with them and doing things with them. The schedules I have to follow are fixed. I do the same things week after

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回台一個月了心情也逐漸回到當時出國前一般的低落過去的一年多感覺好遙遠遠到好像不存在像是一片空白台灣的天都是灰白色的不論晴雨蔚藍的天空除了存在照片中也就只有在心裡了這片土地有太多令人不悅的人事物但是我終究得留在這裡一輩子再也離不開了吧我仍舊在日復一日的空白裡過著無趣的生活偶爾想起異國的朋友也只能遙祝你們平安快樂我們還有再見面的一天嗎?

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I've left Horn Island for 2 days already. I was picked up by a friend, Gill, whom I met on Horn, at the Cairns airport, and stayed with her for 2 days at her home in Innisfail. Innisfail is a town about 85KMs in the south of Cairns. It's a beautiful place with green, lush mountains and rivers.I also met her neighbors, Emily, who's an elder lady at the age of 83 and she's a very nice person, and

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Due to that I do not have a lot of opportunity to use the internet, and also there's nothing much happening here, I rarely have a new post recently. The work is boring, repetitive and one of the cooks I have to work with all day is quite rude. All of those make the stay here a kind of endurance, but in a good way my patience is improved anyway.These days the boredom of my life here drastically

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There's really nothing special happening here, and that's why I havn't posted much lately. The Chinese New Year was past, and it was the first time I wasn't at home during that time. To be honest, I felt lonely. The only people on this island knowing that holiday were just my Korean girl co-worker and me. There was nothing we could do to make that holiday special. All we got was working as usual.

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I have been working and living on this remote and small island for 3 weeks, and to be honest so far I think the life I lead here is not too bad.My work here is as a kitchenhand, I have to wash loads of dishes, prepare food materials, and clean the kitchen, restaurant and toilets. Recently I have also learned to make lunch meals, so during lunch time I also have to make sandwiches and burgers. I

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I arrived on Horn Island on this Monday, and I start working at Wongai Hotel in Horn Island today. This island is very remote, I do not have GSM mobile connection here. Right now I'm sharing a flat with 3 of my co-workers, and in the house we have a land-line phone. The number is 07-40903459. If you call, please just ask for Sen.I don't have much time now, so I'll finish here. Wish everyone a

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I'll leave Cairns for Horn Island for a work at a hotel there on next Monday. Horn Island is next to Thursday Island in Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea. There are many indeginous people living there.You can find relevant information on the webpages through the hyperlinks above. It will be a special experience I hope. I think there have not been many Taiwanese people there.It

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I have been in Cairns for 5 days. Actually I like this place. The weather is not as hot as I thought before I came here. It could be hot around noon, but in the nighttime it's very comfortable. Although it should be rain season here, but so far it has rained only once last night.This is a tourist's city, especially Japanese tourists. There on the streets are a lot of Japanese tourists. You can

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I left Carnarvon yesterday, took a ride of the uncomfortable greyhound for 13 hours back to Perth, then take the flight at 11:15PM from Perth to Cairns, and after about 5 hours I arrived in this tropical tourist city.Cairns is so popular that in the high summer now there are still a lot of tourists and backpackers here, and I was kind of surprised when I was looking for a hostel to stay here I

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We are now staying at Port Hotel in Carnarvon. We will begin grape picking from next Monday. I need to commit 3 months of seasonal work to apply for a second WHV.There are several works to do in this agricultural center in north WA, but it's easier to get one through the hostels here. There are two backpacker hostels here. People say that Port Hotel is better because it has more job offers.------

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After our 2-night stay in Perth at the extremely rowdy and uncomfortable Globe Backpackers, we, me and the German girl Claudia, went to Geraldton and stayed for one week at Foreshore Backpackers.At first we went to Geraldton because of that after calling the crayfish factory, they told us to go there and hand in application forms directly to the factory. But we felt that we were cheated by them,

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After 2 weeks of stay, I'm leaving this farm with a German girl tomorrow. Will be going back to Perth, stay there for 2 nights, and then go to Geraldton on next Tuesday.The reason we're leaving is that strawberry picking is too tough, and the cherry season is still about 3 weeks away. When picking the berries, we have to keep kneeing or bending down, and then our knees and back hurt a lot after

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I'm on the farm for more than one week already. The working conditions currently are not very good due to the bad rainy and cold weather. The owners of the farm are a very nice couple, you will find them friendly and easy to get along with, but they do ask you to perform well on the fields. At the moment, we normally work only around 5 hours a day and 4 days a week. In the morning we pick

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I came to Amuri Creek Fruits farm in Mount Barker on 17th of October after a 5-hour ride of TransWA bus from Perth. On the day I arrived it was cold and raining hard. Actually it's the typical weather here in this season, and it will be the same until November.Mount Barker region is beautiful with hills full of lush trees, orchards, vineyards, and grasslands for raising sheeps. The scene here is

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I flew to Perth from Sydney on 16/Oct/2007. The plane was delayed due to the late arrival of certain large cargoes, so we took off one hour later at around 7:00 Sydney time. After a 5-hours flight, we arrived in Perth at about 10:00 Perth time.Me and my friend took a shuttle bus from the airport to the city. At the first sight of the area around the airport, I felt that the place is quite similar

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再過10幾個小時我就將到西澳了今天是我在Sydney的最後一晚這半年來在澳洲四處旅行雪梨市我覺得跟台灣感覺最接近的地方這裡有很多很多的亞洲人街上到處都看得到中文招牌很多地方都可以講中文平常熙來攘往的街道除了建築風格不同走在路上就像在台灣的城市裡逛街上次離開Sydney到Moree好幾個晚上我想念著Sydney或許我真正想念的是Sydney那絲跟台灣的環境近似的家的感覺兩週前我回到Sydney這兩週遇到了幾位以前在Darwin認識的台灣女生與在台灣就認識也來打工度假的同學相聚還新認識了幾位台灣朋友除了陪新朋友舊地重遊去了Manly還去了Blue Mountains兩週很快地過了明天我又將展開新的旅程西澳是個怎麼樣的地方呢?明天我就能知道了不過現在的心情跟感覺還是又有點孤單人要離開熟悉的朋友跟環境時應該都有這樣的感覺吧

Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07458949447827556237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430246766516835159.post-73124542791606971652007-10-15T15:30:00.000+08:002007-10-15T16:19:09.193+08:00

While you stay in Australia, chances are that you at least will try once the national food of most Anglosphere countries, the fish and chips.I remember that on time while I was working at the McDonald's in Moree, one of the coworkers asked me if I like Australian foods or not. I really could not think of any particular food that can be considered as Australian, so I asked what's the real

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我在台灣的線上論壇PCDVD跟人家的討論capitalm說如果台灣的物價升高的話一堆代工業都會死光 而我的回應是:所以這點更令人感到憂心但更精確的說真正會造成代工業死光的不會是物價而是勞工的薪資(且台灣的物價不可能不升高)因為逐漸的台灣的競爭對象已經不是南韓,新加坡,香港或是值得仿效,追趕的日本,美國而是淪落到必須跟擁有低廉勞力的中國,印度和其他東南亞國家競爭這樣的產業結構就是所謂的向下沉淪,不進則退有沒有想過為何以前的高科技產業現在已經變成了所謂的代工業而以前在相對高科技的時代台灣勞工不必害怕失業因為我們擁有別人沒有的技術但是現在這些技術已是大家都有台灣勞工的優勢因為產業結構未提升而頓失資方在面對擁有相同技術條件的勞工時有多少會本於愛台灣的情結而選擇留在台灣雇用較貴的台灣勞工?代工業最需要的廉價,大量,

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出國半年多了目前為止沒看到什麼有關台灣的正面消息在新加坡的時候只看過報紙上的一則報導標題是台灣的大學生陷在低薪資的泥沼裡內容敘述台灣大學畢業生的薪資平均只有新加坡畢業生的一半在澳洲國際新聞幾乎沒看過有關台灣的唯一看過的只有前不久華航班機在那霸機場的爆炸畫面還被當作新聞的結尾畫面前不久在雪梨舉行的APEC台灣根本不是新聞重點人家報導的重點是美國總統,中國國家主席,俄羅斯總統...台灣的代表,大概比菲律賓總統Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo受到的關注更低吧看到台灣還常常在拿南韓跟自己做比較台灣年輕人應該沒人沒聽過南韓吧但是在澳洲遇到的韓國年輕人卻有許多沒聽過台灣是韓國資訊不流通嗎?我想並非如此當台灣人沾沾自喜的說南韓的GDP per capita nominal雖然比我們高幾千美元但是PPP比台灣低上一截http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

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I made a trip to the Blue Mountains the past 2 days with 2 of my friends, Yili and Justin. The last time I was in Sydney, I didn't think about going there, all the things in my mind then were jobs and income. This time I've saved a little money and so I have the opportunity to make a trip there. The Blue Mountains is a world heritage area with amazing views.We took the train from Central Station

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It has become clear that my next stop in Australia will be at a cherry and strawberry farm in Western Australia. I'll fly to Perth on 16/Oct with Qantas(AU$285).So far I've almost been to all the major cities in Australia. This time I'll stay in Perth for only one night, and will go to the town, Mount Barker, near the farm on the next day. However, I'll stay for more days when I finish my work at

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像再過兩週我在澳洲就待了半年了時間過得非常快就這幾個月來的感覺我認為澳洲白人真的很怪我覺得很不喜歡我和許多台灣來的朋友都覺得澳洲人又懶又笨卻又相當自以為是我們在hostels裡也最不喜歡跟澳洲人共處一室他們通常生活習慣都很差對於衛生很不重視有他們在的房間通常會變亂而且他們也不太願意跟我們聊天像我現在住的房間裡就有兩個澳洲人其中一個還好另一個根本不理人不過我也不在乎在工作上澳洲年輕人懶到了極點我在麥當勞打工期間每天都覺得很受不了我總覺得為什麼我們領一樣的錢我每次上班都忙得要死事情一大堆但是那些澳洲人卻是時常聚在一起聊天聊得昏天暗地所有的事情都慢吞吞廚房裡一團亂也不會打掃我覺得對比上台灣人實在勤奮太多了甚至大部分的台灣人根本就都是工作狂可悲的是就算如此一般台灣人賺的錢還是比澳洲人的平均值低上太多了

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Regarding the word 'routine', I do not mean eating, sleeping or other everyday chores. What I mean is work and income. My life has been always constrained by money. I can not spent too long a time doing no works. In fact, I reckon most people can't. And it's even worse when you're living in a place where things are expensive, or when you have desire, lust for materials.On this day, 05 Oct 2007, a

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昨天深夜我終於離開了Moree搭了1個半小時的飛機回到Sydney飛機延誤了半小時所以我到了10點多才到Sydney機場上次到Sydney是從Mildura搭Greyhound到Central Station下車這次從機場還要搭train到Central Station跟Brisbane的機場線一樣貴短短三個站的距離就要13.20元我想我是絕不會再回Moree了關於那裡工作的一切我想全部忘掉那裡我會想起的將只是每天一片廣闊蔚藍的天空還有晚上滿天的星辰(所以他們county的網站自稱The Big Sky Country, 意思就是除了天空之外什麼也沒有的地方)那裡的人算是挺和善不過就跟澳洲其他地方一樣偶爾也會遇到讓你覺得是racist的人澳洲目前的旱災真的很嚴重Moree那個地方在我住的2個月內只有兩天下了短短一、

Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07458949447827556237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430246766516835159.post-36746643646128414772007-08-25T15:10:00.000+08:002007-08-25T15:44:46.282+08:00

I left Sydney for Moree by Country Link train, AU$58, on the 7th of August. This is a very small and rural town in the north east plain of New South Wales. This place is closer to Brisbane than Sydney.It has a population of less than 3000 people. The downtown, if there's such a thing, is very small and nothing special. Actually the whole town is full of nothingness and boredom. If I was not

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當初滿懷著希望從幾近千里之外的小鎮來到這全澳第一大城期待能在這裡待到看到跨年煙火這是我來澳洲最期待的事情之一雪梨沒讓我失望，除了工作以外我很高興能來這裡這裡是我目前在澳洲待過最喜歡的地方在溫和的冬季氣溫裡，不論晴雨這裡總是有很多的地方可以去，也有很多的事情可以做我覺得雪梨人一點也沒有傳說中的不友善墨爾本人跟愚蠢的米丟啦人才真的令人厭惡看到歌劇院和港灣大橋時的感動待在Glebe週六市集裡的愜意在Glebe的Sappho Books and Cafe裡喝一杯cappuccino, cafe mocha和巧克力甜點走在人潮洶湧的街道上望著美麗的達令港和擁有天然美景的Bondi Beach在中國城裡吃便宜又美味的中式料理雪梨有著太多令人喜愛的地方如果有機會移民澳洲我只想住在這裡明天晚上我將到歌劇院欣賞來自Argentina的Camerata Portena樂團演出剛到雪梨，

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I've been doing packing at a mail processing plant in Chatswood for a few days. That is a temporary and casual job which indicates that we don't work on a consistent routine but are asked to go to work and go back home according to the plant's needs. When we get to work we can earn like 100 dollars for a day of 7.5 hours of working. That is okay to maintain a life not too bad in Sydney, if you

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在雪梨的生活很快的就過了3週第一週還能悠閒的四處逛逛拍拍照偶爾才上網投一下履歷天真的以為大城市應該很容易就能找到工作在四處閒逛的情形之下也喜歡上這個美麗但忙碌的城市雪梨充滿了各色人種尤其亞洲人非常多往往迎面走來一群都是東亞人滿街到處都是中文招牌有種不是身在國外的感覺我去找過兩間每週90元的公寓屋主都是韓國人可是這兩間房子的感覺都不是很好可能印證了一分錢一分貨這句話吧第二週開始急著工作上網投了上百封履歷找過10幾個求職網站買過好幾份中英文報紙就是找不到工作不然就是時薪低到只有7元的餐廳因為剩下的錢非常少所以心急如焚每天都覺得壓力很大很不快樂有人說東岸城市找工作不容易我體會到了我覺得尤其是對亞洲人而言更難好像我們只能窩在鄉下採水果似的還遇過兩個仲介一個說會幫你介紹食品工廠週薪600的工作但是仲介費300元另一個更誇張那是我在背包客棧看到他的留言沒想到介紹一個清潔工的工作要收費1400

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我現在住的Glebe區離市中心不遠但是是很有異國情調的一區從Central Station往Broadway走10幾分鐘就會遇到Glebe Point Road右轉進來就到了GlebeGlebe這裡沒有擁擠嘈雜的車陣與人群但是有很多的小餐館,書店,商店,咖啡廳,教堂和漂亮的建築你可以整天悠閒的在這裡閒逛或是坐在咖啡廳裡點杯咖啡,唸書這幾天在Sydney市區走來走去還是覺得Glebe最好昨天我又去了Sydney Opera House一次上次去是到雪梨來的隔天那次天氣很差昨天天氣就很好,晴朗且溫暖我沿著Sussex Street往the Rocks區走去Sussex Street街底的Miller's Point那裡是另一處安靜且美麗的街區我在那裡一間郵局外面的椅子休息了一下拍了幾張照對面有一間號稱是Sydney最古老的旅館然後我往the Rocks區走去沿途可以看見不遠的Harbour

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I'm now in Sydney. The biggest city in Australia. The city that's named one of the most beautiful ones in the world. The one with the world know OPERA HOUSE. The one where the fireworks at the new year's day's midnight are said to be a must see. The one with a bridge that many people would spend a lot money to climb. I'm here on last Saturday at 10:30AM after a 18-hour long bus ride.After I

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I left Mildura for Sydney last Saturday in the disappointment of having no works to do there, at least at the hostel. Also the weather those few days in Mildura was so cold, rainy and windy. Most backpackers at the hostel doing outdoor jobs had to take a rest because of the weather, and hence had no income. Not to mention that I was fed up of the hostile atmosphere there towards us. I couldn't

Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07458949447827556237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430246766516835159.post-49333789266739848342007-07-04T11:32:00.000+08:002007-07-04T11:34:00.364+08:00

六月二十二日，我離開了無聊至極的醜陋城市Melbourne。花了三十七塊多在Southern Cross車站買了往Mildura的票。先從Southern Cross搭V Line火車到Bendigo，再從Bendigo換V Line Coach到Mildura。從早上十點十五分出發，到晚上六點出頭才到。Mildura沒有想像中的鄉下，這是一個人口六萬多的小鎮。Coles、Woolworths都有，還有一個不小的shopping mall。我住在一個叫做Oasis的backpackers裡，這是我在Urban Central時看一本雜誌發現的。它在雜誌裡廣告徵farm workers，說每天可賺150元。事實上它只是一間不怎麼樣的旅社，老闆跟附近的一些農夫或工廠承攬工作，然後再安排住在那裏的backpakers去上班。剛來的隔天我就被安排到一間蒜頭工廠做晚班，時間從下午四點到晚上十二點半

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Actually Melbourne is quite below my expectations. I used to thing that his should be a very beautiful and full of cultural atmosphere. Maybe it's due to the season, nows the chilling winter, so that the city is boring and ugly. But walking around the CBD is really not enjoyable to me. Even the walk from my hostel on City Road in Southbank to the famous St. Kilda surburb is a boring long way to

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Long time no see friends. It's been more than 3 weeks since my last post.In the past weeks I'd been working as a receptionist at Alatai Holiday Apartments in Darwin for more than 2 weeks. It was a challenging job. I needed to learn a lot to do the job well, and it was not easy, especially that I didn't get to understand all the English accents quite well. The pay was about average at 18 per hour.

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上週四回到Darwin天氣仍然很熱只有比1個月前好上一點點這整個禮拜都在找工作目前只有在一家講廣東話的移民開的holiday apartments找到一份nighttime receptionist的工作昨天才剛開始昨天去進行訓練約2小時今天早上6點也去到大約11點薪水應該比一班的打掃工作好上一些可惜不是每天都能上班是真的非常casual的工作而且將來的上班時間是晚上9點到早上6點我想我會一邊再找另外比較固定的工作我的一些朋友在這裡當cleaner雖然只有$17 hour pay可是一周工作六天的收入就比我多多了真希望趕快找到穩定的工作然後我會在達爾文待上6~7個月才去別的地方旅行秋子今天出發去比利時和奧地利旅行2周祝福她順利平安 ^^

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I've been in Noosa for 5 days already. This is a place rich people come for the beautiful beaches and boutique shops. It is not big at all. The shops are all on the Hastings Street.The YHA hostel here is called the Halse Lodge. It's an old wooden building built in 1880. It has also a bar and a bistro which sells breakfast and dinner. The foods are not very delicious but compared to the

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I came to Brisbane last Saturday. The first impression is the ridiculously expensive, slow and dirty train I rid from the airport to Roma Street Station. The distance between the airport and the station is not very long, and it cost me friggin' 12 dollars.I'm now staying at a backpackers hostel named TinBilly right in front of Roma Street Station. At first I booked the 10~13 people dorm for 7

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I flew from Darwin to Brisbane this morning. Brisbane's CBD is not very big, but there are many things to see, especially when compare to Darwin.There are many buildings built in the 19th century here, and they're all very beautiful. The city hall is quite beautiful as well. I'll go see its bell tower tomorrow.The weather in Brisbane now is much more comfortable than that of Darwin. Coll all day,

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The internet access here at hostels are very expensive at $1 per 15 minutes. So I typically go to the libraries to use the free internet. There are 2 libraries here, one's in the Parliament building, it opens between 10:00 to 17:30 during weekdays, and also opens on the weekends for less hours. The other is the city Council Library, it opens between 9:00 and 17:00 on weekdays, and 9:00~12:00 on

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I've been in Darwin since 19, May. The city is lovable but to hot to me. I feel that I'd have to move to some place cooler. So, I already bought a flight ticket to Brisbane on the very early morning of this Saturday. Will be arriving there at around 5:00. On this Tuesday I moved from YHA to Youth Shack. It's much closer to the city center. The rent is $20 per night for 4-bed dorms. But at the

Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07458949447827556237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430246766516835159.post-87494313086221874672007-04-26T11:13:00.000+08:002007-05-03T09:50:29.259+08:00

I booked a 4-day combined tour to both Litchfield NP and Kakadu NP for a total pf AU$500 at Chili's Backpackers. The tour was conducted by Kakadu Dreams travel agency.I went to Litchfield at 7:00 on 23, Apr. It took us, a group of 9, almost 2 hours to get there. There are many beautiful waterfalls in the park. We walked to 3 of them, and swam in the ponds under 2 of the waterfalls. Generally it

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I've been in Darwin since last Thursday. The weather is always very very good here. We have a cloudless blue sky and strong sunlight everyday.Darwin is not a big city, it has a population of only about 100,000. Most of the hostels and hotels are in the city center area. This area is not very large either. It's mainly composed of the blocks between Mitchell St., Smith St., Cavenagh St., and the

Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07458949447827556237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430246766516835159.post-52089582813784630392007-04-21T10:08:00.000+08:002007-04-26T11:13:07.145+08:00

I took the plane at 20:20 of 18, Apr. 2007 at Changi Airport to Darwin. The fight of Tiger Airways locates at the Budget Terminal of Changi Airport. You have to take the shuttle bus running between the 1st, 2nd and the budget terminal, or you can ride the taxi. I took a taxi there, just like the night when I arrived. The taxi driver I took when I arrived at Changi was an Indian. I really cannot

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Sorry that I cannot get online often. I'm now in Darwin, the internet is as expensive as it is in Singapore. It costs AUD $1 for only 15 minutes.The stay in Singapore was actually great. I took the very convenient MRT system to many places, namely Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, Jurong Birdpark, Orchard Road, Clark Quay, Chinatown, Little India, and Sentosa etc.Among those places, I like Sentosa the

Senhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07458949447827556237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430246766516835159.post-26420666716460507122007-04-13T08:14:00.000+08:002007-04-13T08:15:11.941+08:00

I'm staying at a hostel named Betel Box right now. I arrived at Singapore late last night, I was beat and didn't want to stay at the airport, the bus and the MRT were of cource out of the work hour, so I took a taxi here. It was almost 2 AM, the hostel has no 24hr check-in, but they let me in and stay in a dorm still. I met one of the staff named Din this morning, he's very friendly. I'll have to

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