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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-48694148299455934952015-01-19T13:51:00.002+11:002015-01-19T13:52:23.922+11:00My accident<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6Ip-zMnlHWs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-47410261344060530182014-08-07T21:04:00.001+10:002014-08-09T01:16:12.972+10:00Kia OraLast month, me and my good mate Thanjon flew to Queenstown, to shred up some fresh New Zealand snow, yew! Of course, a trip like that deserves a dedicated blog post; and thus, here we are!<br />
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Woke up at 3am, oh dear god. Thanjon spent the night at my place because I'm much closer to the airport than he is. Dad drove us to the airport in a Mercedez ML 400 that he borrowed from work; needed something big enough to carry all our gear! So bloody tired. Thanjon managed to get questioned by customs almost immediately, after ticking 'employment' for reason of travel, thinking that is was 'enjoyment'. This is what very little sleep does to you.</div>
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Checked in fairly early, and wasted time around the airport; duty free shops and all! Had an expensive lame breakfast (bacon and egg roll), and then finally boarded (flight was delayed about half an hour too). Tried to sleep on the plane, probably got a decent nap in or so! Had another bad breakfast (oz snow brekky, haha), but that's alright; saving ourselves for that Fergburger! Landed in Queenstown and it was raining, nooo! Hopefully snow up high! Had already booked a shuttle service to take us to Novotel, where we will be staying for the next 11 days! Dropped off our luggage since we could not check in yet, went to get the first fergburger of the trip!</div>
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Had to wait about half an hour, it was absolutely divine. We did a little bit of grocery shopping, got a lot of water; organised our lift tickets (managed to get a student discount, yewww), bus tickets and then checked in successfully! Got our skis (and board) waxxed and tuned for the up coming days, and boy... it was cold at night! Not that it wasn't cold during the day... Absolutely perfect weather for a big down jacket! I don't know why, but I had a crazy craving for KFC, so that's what we had for dinner. Headed back early to the hotel to catch up on sleep, for the big day ahead! The TV was also permanently on the World Cup, hah.</div>
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Woke up a bit before 8am today! (Oh, there is a 2 hour difference in time from Sydney) Got our gear ready and went straight to Starbucks for some coffee, and free wifi. Hah. When Thanjon ordered his drink, the girl started writing his name without hesitation. I found that very weird, and glanced over at him; we both shrugged. I turned his cup around on the table to read what she wrote, 'Fennel'; I just about died from laughter. </div>
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Got to the snow centre to catch our bus to Coronet Peak, there was a pretty long line! A nice 30 minute scenic drive; and we got to the base area. Hired a locker, did some easy runs to warm up and then it started bucketing snow! YEW! Grabbed a quick sushi since we didn't have breakfast, did more runs, grabbed a meat pie for lunch and then kept skiing for the rest of the day! One run was a beautiful bluebird, and the fresh snow falling, and with the snow guns blazing made for some awesome runs! We went until last lifts, and the last two runs we did were complete white outs; visibility was disgusting. Got all our gear back from the lockers and lined up for the bus back; it was ridiculously long. Ridiculous. I had actually lost my ticket, but the driver still let me on anyway, legend!</div>
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Got back to the hotel, and showered. Walked about Queenstown, craving... protein; and walked into a restaurant called Roaring Megs, they had cheap-ish lamb shanks on special! Had some fresh Queenstown (bluff) oysters, lamb shanks and a beautiful creme brulee to finish it off! It was an awfully quiet night, when Thanjon went out to have a look; it just seemed dead.</div>
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Finally recovered from our lack of sleep the other day! Slept in until about 8:30am, and grabbed some Fergbaker for breakfast; before heading to the line, which was even longer! Bus straight to Coronet where we immediately started shredding the awesome powder; it dumped all night! Had a quick coffee break at Heidi's Hut, Thanjon's goggles got pretty fogged up because of how cold it was; and it seemed like his helmet may not have had adequate ventilation... Continued shredding; and got lunch later on in the main building, we could actually find a seat this time! One seat... Thanjon still had the ground, hah! Got some chicken nuggets and then continued skiing until last lifts; before heading back to Queenstown and having an amazing hot shower. Loved staying at Novotel.</div>
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Walked around for a while deciding on where to have dinner. Decided on a place called Chico's Restaurant and Bar. We both had the specials of the night, Thanjon getting a Fettuccine and myself, ordering the Fish and Chips. Needed the salad! We wandered the town for a while; trying to find some good clubs; but found nothing. Went back to the hotel reception, and found out it may possibly go off at The Find; the renamed World Bar. Had some drinks, met a few people; including a girl named Sarah from the UK, got her number, hah! Afterwards, had a chat with another bunch of girls from the UK, and the US! Hardly anybody from New Zealand... Went to Searle Lane afterwards; and then I decided to call it a night, while Thanjon continued dancing with the speakers.</div>
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Woke up in the morning around 10am; didn't need too much recovery from the night before! Grabbed some fergbaker for breakfast before heading to the bus line! There was a dick of a worker who assumed I was trying to get my GST back when I asked for my receipt... what? Remarkables line was pretty damn long, it was the second day of the season that they were open! It was bloody cold; and so very windy. By far, the windiest day of the season. Shredded all over the mountain, before stopping to have some lunch at the base building; which was NOT at the base... Had a chicken caesar wrap, some imitation crab and a delicious cookie! Ate outside until the wind blew everything away (luckily, managed to catch it all; then we ran inside pretty quickly...) Continued doing runs until last lifts again, where the wind had slowed down the lifts and I was tucking down the slope and hardly moving due to the wind...</div>
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Headed back into town for a lovely hot shower, and dinner at a Chinese restaurant called Lakeside Palace, where Thanjon had a beef and rice dish; and I had wonton soup and combination fried noodles! Waited quite some time, but it was not too shabby. Had another brotein (protein) drink, we had so many to keep our muscles in check! Checked out Vinyl Club, the start to the Big Night Out; and it was just a huge sausage fest. I declined, but Thanjon persisted through the night; dancing through the night by many large speakers.</div>
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Went across the road to a place called Johnny Bars to grab a brekkie roll. Buses were pretty slow today, there was so much snow!! YEW! Absolutely dumped all the way to the valley, and the view was spectacular on the drive up to The Remarkables! Got things done a lot faster (storing our bags, boots and such) since we knew the place now! Managed to get in a lot more runs in today as well! Thanjon got a lesson from a guy named Oscar; for hitting the terrain park, boxes, rails and such. Grabbed me some sushi and another caesar wrap (it was good!) for lunch; and again, went until last lifts and caught the LAST bus home. The bus waited there for a good half hour to collect stray people, probably would have gotten on the one before; but some people pushed in line, poor form.</div>
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That night for dinner, grabbed some steak at a place called Surreal Bar & Restaurant. Thanjon got a chicken parma, and we shared some poutine! Had some instant noodles before deciding on a night out. Grabbed some starbucks to stay awake; then we hit up The Find! Started off slow, I don't really know what happened... Had a chat to some uni snow week people, played some pool, found a Queenstown local (they exist?), roamed some bars and got back pretty late, but not as late as Thanjon... I lost him some time early on, he was next to the speakers and I wasn't prepared to search around there, hah!</div>
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Had difficult waking up today, managed to eventually wake up and turn on the TV. Thanjon had about three showers, I believe. They helped tremendously! I believe he left to get some pie and powerade; I eventually found him later and told him that I am getting a Fergburger, the second of the trip. Had a massive bottle of powerade as I walked around Queenstown; feeling pretty sick actually. You'll have to ask me about that story in real life, hah... Thanjon took the most amazing hungover photo that I have seen...</div>
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I bought a merino face mask from Buff, and some amazing sun cream. My face really needed it after the storms; the wind had been FIERCE. Oh, the Fergburger was utterly amazing also. Reserved a Mountain Equipment beanie from R&R. Wandered the streets of Queenstown, and placed some Frisbee golf in the gardens. Did our washing and grabbed some pasta from a fancy place called Bella Cucina. Thanjon wanted pasta a few days ago, but it was pretty expensive. We went in early this time, for the early bird special! Watched the football, then slept; lots!</div>
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Woke up around 8am today, had breakfast at Johnny Barr's again! I decided on a bus to Coronet; because it was much shorter, and also the forecast was for rain in the days following down low. Remarkables would get flurries over the next few days, being higher; but Coronet would get destroyed! Thanjon was severely annoyed by the lack of terrain parks; but I wasn't too bothered; nice long runs at Coronet! </div>
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Had an early lunch which was supermarket food that we bought and prepared earlier. Had a lovely drink break at the Ice Bar at the top of Greengates express. It was a beautiful day.</div>
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It started getting icier, and moguls were developing; eurgh. We still persisted to last lifts though! Back in Queenstown, I went to get chinese food again, at Lakeside Palace (I was craving noodle soup, omg!) Thanjon got some Fergburger and looked like a homeless person.</div>
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Yew, Remarkables today! Thanjon grabbed the Fergbaker while I lined up. The buses were extremely slow today, really busy day! We had to catch a normal bus to the bottom of the mountain; and then a 4WD bus picked us up from there. Joined an English girl named Emma, who was still a new skier; but nope, taken... Did a few runs with Thanjon, went up to the Shadow Basin where we were dodging rocks like crazy! </div>
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Terrain, terrain, terrain. Lots of jumps today! Had some sushi, and a hot dog for lunch; and met up with Emma later on, and Thanjon also talked to some girl named Brianna from Melbourne on a chair lift. Hit up more terrain, and I stacked it on the last jump of the day; damn! Really hurt to straighten my leg... Was limping for the rest of the day, but it doesn't matter, you don't need to straighten your legs while skiing!</div>
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Had a bath back in the Hotel, and had dinner at a Vietnamese place called Saigon Kingdom. Had some Goi cuon, which was nice and fresh; delicious. Some Cha Gio, which was fairly average; and then finally had some pho! The broth was good, and the rest was average; but simply having soup on a cold night is great! Thanjon described my limp as the saddest limp he has seen. Despite protests from Thanjon, I didn't go out for the night.</div>
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Woke up a little later, my knee pain was crazy! I think it was from not moving it at all during the night... Limp was even sadder... Fergbaker, and the line for the bus wasn't too bad! Our last day at the Remarkables... Thanjon went off to the Sugar Bowl area, while I told him I would slowly warm up my legs; hoping the knee gets better. One of the storage workers gave me some motivation and was like, yeah man, it'll loosen up! Did runs along the Alta chair, Curvey and eventually moved over to the Sugar Bowl where I met up with Thanjon! Still didn't hit the jumps though...</div>
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Thanjon went off for a park lesson, so I started just doing long runs down Curvey, and the leg started feeling much better! Ended up hitting a few of the little jumps and jibs in the park. Still hurt to walk though... Caught the bus back and we went to order Fergburger immediately. We were told it would be a one hour and twenty minute wait, no worries! Only for Ferg... Booked our Cardrona lift ticket and bus, we would get picked up right outside our hotel, yew! </div>
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Had to wake up relatively early, because the Kiwi Discovery bus was scheduled to pick us up at 7:55am outside. I was a little bit slow, with my knee and all; and the clock in the room was slow as well!! He nearly drove off... woops. Honestly though, I made him late by two or three minutes at the LATEST! Had a few pickups on the way to Cardrona, and we were stopped by the police as well; so the schedule never really worked... Had a great nap!</div>
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Me and Thanjon split up a few times to explore the mountain seperately, he loves his park! We had lunch together though, where I had an amazing lasagne (forgot my food...) Talked to some great people, a Canadian couple, a German guy raving about the World Cup, haha! Finished up a bit before last lifts because we needed to get on the bus! Had some time to wander around in the shop though, and I bought a nice Cardrona shirt.</div>
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Had Fergburger for dinner again, Thanjon lined up (for 30 minutes) while I slowly limped back to the hotel room, and had a nice shower. Had some Starbucks, roamed the streets of Queenstown and Thanjon was once again, destroyed by his Big Al; while I ate a more modest, Southern Swine. A lot of people must just wander around Queenstown waiting for their burger; we ended up in Starbucks, for example!</div>
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Ah, the last day in Queenstown. Slept in till around 9am; and starting packing. Thanjon pretty much disassembled the room, helping out the cleaners for later! Memories from Fairmont, I guess. Left all our stuff in the luggage room, and then we went to Cookie Time; where they always seem to have a line, and pretty girls working. We guessed it was something we needed to try! Turns out, the cookies and coffee were pretty average, and the slow service is what makes the lines long, and the curious people ponder. </div>
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Ordered our final Fergburgers for lunch; Thanjon was still crippled from the Big Al last night, so I got him a kid's burger instead... Did some souvenir shopping; walked about the lake and took some photos. Tried finding the spot where I took some photos back in 2011, and found it !</div>
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Returned our NZSki passes for our deposit, in order to kill time for the burgers; and simply ate it while overlooking the lake. Great stuff. Enjoyed the shit out of that burger, I will miss it. Returned back to novotel to catch our scheduled SuperShuttle back to the airport! Got some duty free whiskey for Royal. Even the airport is beautiful here, see you soon Queenstown.</div>
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Caught a train up to Wentworth Falls on the <i>28th</i>, barely making it in the morning... Had a coffee with Thanjon at Il Postinos, and found out Hannan was running late. Not to worry, headed over to Mountain High Pie for some breakfast! Grabbed Hannan and headed up the mountain to Mt York, where we would grab some stuff at the servo; and then climb at New York for the day.<br />
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Cool little sheltered crag, I liked it! Got a few routes in, just moderate grades; and ended up getting rained out! As we started driving off, that rain; turned to snow! Drove over to an area near Mt Piddington, the highest point of the Blue Mountains; just so we could see more snow! Awesome.<br />
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Grabbed some afternoon kebabs down in Springwood, before dropping Hannan off. Met up with Sean at Penrith, and headed to Silver Spur for his early birthday dinner! We were joined by Pali, Anmol, Pat and Daniel. Great catching up with everyone, lots of gaming talk, hah!<br />
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Started work earlier than normal, at 9:30am; rather than 10 on the <i>29th</i>. It was ridiculously busy, and I have never seen the store so messy, well busier than any other day I have worked at Kathmandu over the past two plus years.<br />
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During the day, a woman was on the verge of collapsing and I had to run over to help keep her up. Tried to seat her, but she kept holding onto the desk... Her husband was there, and they could hardly speak English... Probably an asian girl in her late 20s? Before she completely passed out, a doctor ran over (who is a regular customer, that I was serving) and told us to call an ambulance. She came around and I heard her say she is pregnant; and that she didn't want an ambulance. What?!<br />
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Stayed back nearly two hours after closing to clean up, and then met up with everyone at the Bavarian Bier Cafe in Parramatta for a farewell dinner for Benn and Tony. Guests attending were; me, Tony, Benn, Maz, Petra, Estia, Vish, Ethan, Candace and Kim! It was a great night except for one mishap...<br />
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Stupid indian waitress forgot my order completely... Took me forever to flag her down, had to actually walk over to her; after everyone had already gotten their meal and ask... Yeah, she forgot; didn't even apologise and tried pinning the blame on me... Didn't explain the situation, just told me to calm down and sit down; are you serious? You had one job to do, and you didn't do it right... Why am I paying for this incompetence? Demanded the manager (she even said there weren't any managers; and then MY manager called bullshit); and got a free meal out of it. Much better dealing with the manager instead!<br />
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Packed during the day today, played some video games, and was in general, just psyched about NEW ZEALAND!<br />
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<i>Thanjon came over in the evening and cried deeply. He swallowed sadness. Nod.</i><br />
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Laters BITCHES.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-90434144406374507212014-06-26T14:33:00.002+10:002014-08-07T21:06:08.504+10:00Let it SnowHello everybody! Nice post for you all today! :) Hope everybody has had a great month!<br />
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Caught the train up to Springwood to meet up with Hannan to go climbing on the <i>5th</i>! Bumped into Andrew (a few grades below me from PHS), so it was nice to catch up quickly! Silly rain did not make us happy at Springwood... Had coffee at Dbl Ristretto in Springwood with Hannan and his mum, haha!<br />
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Met up with Francis and then headed to Wentworth Falls to stop by Hannan's place to grab some gear; and then deciding to climb at Sublime Point, because of the protection from the rain! We grabbed some food from Woolies in Leura before heading down, where we did a few routes. Motivation was low because of the weather, but at least we got some climbing in! Got absolutely drenched on the walk out, my down jacket performed well though!<br />
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Grabbed some kebabs in Hazelbrook, before heading home with Francis. Had a good chat in the car, we are very similar!<br />
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The next day, worked all day at Parramatta with Royal and Estia!<br />
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Had Hannan cover my usual Sunday, <i>8th</i> (and also Monday, <i>9th</i>) shifts so I could attend the LAN party at Razzy's house! Sean headed over in the afternoon, to grab me and my PC, monitor, keyboard, mouse and headset! Hah! Daniel and Pat came later and we started the CSGO! After a lot of issues with internet, we finally sorted it all out. Also played some FIFA 14, have always loved that game!<br />
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Of course, the occasion called for fast food; so we ordered some pizza and wings for dinner, awesome! Pat and Daniel left just after midnight, but me, Sean and Razzy stayed up until about 5:30am; with a little break around 3am for some chicken nuggets! Woke up the next day around midday to continue the CSGO! Had some pancakes, bacon and eggs! Headed home around 7pm.<br />
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Work at Parramatta on the <i>10th</i> with Royal, Brad, Jen and Upasana.<br />
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Benn came over around 8am on the <i>11th</i>, so that we could go climbing! Drove up to Springwood, where we met up with Hannan; and then up to Woolies in Leura for some supplies! I needed to go to the toilet, so pushed the button for the automatic door; and there was a fat woman inside. Holy shit. I screamed out 'YOU CAN LOCK THE DOOR YOU KNOW', before quickly walking away and going to the outside toilets, hahahahaha, far out.<br />
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Quote from Hannan: "I'll never forget the way that throaty scream resonated around an empty Woolworths on a cold winters day."<br />
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Grabbed some chicken, bananas and headed to Bardens; where it was COLD! Did Little Triggers, Hang onto yourself and Goosebumps! Just too tired to climb as hard as I used to, to be honest... Grabbed some coffee and food in Blackheath, before heading back home.<br />
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Work at Parramatta again on the <i>12th</i>, I must say, I enjoy working at Parramatta more than Auburn! Nicer customers, people aren't as cheap and there's just more stock, so I can help people out better. Worked from 3:30 to 8:30, with Usha, Royal, Jen and Brad.<br />
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Usual Friday shift at Auburn on the <i>13th</i>, with Petra and Vishal. Maccas for lunch! Fell in love with a girl that walked in, and wanted a rain jacket for her trip to Europe. She was in her 5th year of Medicine at UNSW, not a chance for me...<br />
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Another Parramatta shift on the <i>14th</i>, from 12 to 5, where I got to work with Sarmila, yaaaaay! Fairly busy day, and also worked with Royal and Jen. Got some ice-cream at Gelato Messina!<br />
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So much work!! Work at Auburn on the <i>15th</i>, with Kim, Hannan and Benn; and later on, Petra! Busy as hell, holy shit! Got to leave early, though.<br />
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Unfortunately, our climbing plans fell through on the <i>16th</i>, but me and Hannan did end up going to The Climbing Centre for some bouldering training. Flashed all the new problems upstairs and got my long term problem on the woodie, nice! Headed to Penrith Plaza afterwards, where we had KFC. It was Hannan's first time having it, are you serious?! Met Jade, his girlfriend; before grabbing some Boost Juice, and then Kathmandu; where we had a good chat with the staff, and Jade bought some things!<br />
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Went to my dentist in Merrylands on the <i>19th</i>, then grabbed some lunch at Red Rooster on the M4; before going up to meet Hannan in Springwood! Trip was delayed a little when they closed the M4... Met up with him in the IGA car park, transferred gear and headed straight to Katoomba! Mission today, was Dirty Rotten Pigs! Four abseils, and a little bit of walking later; we arrived at the bottom! Snapped quite a few photos on the way, and while climbing. Hannan lead pitch 1 and 3, while I did 2 and 4!<br />
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It got cold; and I also dropped my sling at the end of pitch 2! :( Would have done it faster, if there wasn't a group of three above us... The last pitch was disgusting too! Walked out in the dark, headed down the mountain and I rode home!<br />
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Had work again the next day with Hannan and Vishal at Auburn! Far out, I was so tired. Our store is too damn big. Destroyed my Up'n'Go, grabbed some Maccas for lunch; and it started raining??? What?! Thank god it did stop raining by the time I had to go back home. Organised to meet up with Thanjon, Louise, Baden, Greg, Dean and some others at Hogs Breath in St Marys! Food was good, Louise used to work there, so service was great! Had a nice run in Baden's tricked out MX5; so sweet!!! Fish tailed hard. Played some Halo, chat for a couple of hours, was great fun! Always is! Left before midnight, and got stopped by RBT on the way home; it was bloody cold!<br />
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Had an 8am start at Parramatta on the <i>21st</i>, grabbed some coffee before I started work with Royal; and then later on, Ken and Estia! Like I said, great working at Parramatta and helping people out. Served a cool guy from Chicago, doing the Oxfam Trail Walk! Had some Oportos for a snack, finished work and bumped into Hong! Haven't seen him in a long time, and spent about 20 minutes chatting. Grabbed some sushi for lunch, then headed home to play games.<br />
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Had work at Auburn, the next day; the usual Sunday shift, except I was working from 9:45 to 6! Rained in the morning, so I packed my rain gear; and finally started using the heater in my room in the mornings! So amazing, wow. Extremely busy day. Ridiculous. Served one cute girl named Christine! Hah... Did the Maccas run for myself (obviously), Vish and Benn!<br />
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Steph came over around 9am on the <i>23rd</i> to pick me up, so that we could go climbing, woohoo! Made some coffee for both of us, before heading straight up to Wentworth Falls, where we would meet Thanjon and Esmeralda at Il Postinos. Steph, Es and I left to Woolies (the usual in Leura), and Thanjon went to grab Hannan about five minutes away. We decided on Medlow Bath crag, regrouped at the car park and walked in together! Warmed up on Mañana, a nice easy 14! Just to get Steph in the right mindset, and for something for Esmeralda to do!<br />
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Thank god I packed my down jacket, because it was freezing! Went over to the block (where we left our gear all day), and did the 20, and the 14 there; so cold! Took our time on everything, snapping plenty of photos and eating food; before I went over and attempted Atoms in Action! Thanjon put on the first few draws for me; and I cruised the crux with new beta! Sadly, did not get the send; but next time, for sure! Hannan cruised up Radioactive Man stylishly, didn't even look like he was tired! Got some sick photos, packed up after that and headed down the mountain to get some food and coffee at Springwood; before all parting ways! Great day!<br />
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Woke up in the morning for work, damn! Covering Hannan's shift because he was staying all the way up in Winmalee for the night; and I did owe him one... Worked with Kim and Ethan in the morning, Vishal grabbed Maccas for us on his way in; and closed up with him and Kim! Traffic was pretty lame on the way back; stopped by the twin servos for some food; before heading up to Hannan's place!<br />
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Went up there and met his mum, Liliana, his sister Laura, Jade, Benn, Robert and Catherine. Thanjon later arrived and we all had dinner! Had music playing in the background while just having a chat about life, and such. There was a black out temporarily, perhaps from the ridiculous wind... The ride up, was also absolutely terrifying, the wind, far out. Headed home just after 10:30pm and had more food at home!<br />
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Benn came over to my place around 10:30am on the <i>25th</i>, for a climbing trip! Was going to meet up with Hannan and Thanjon; but Hannan couldn't make it in the end. Met up with Thanjon at Il Postinos where we all had a nice breakfast, and grabbed some coffee. Decided on Porter's Pass, hoping that the sun would keep us warm! We got to the car park, and nearly froze; holy shit it was cold! I was regretting that I didn't bring my down jacket, or a soft shell at least...<br />
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Went down to the Dogs, Cats and Apples wall; where we 'warmed up' on Powerbra Rangers. That didn't really warm us up, but then Thanjon made some tea with his stove! It quickly turned into ice tea. Tried Chook Lotto around the corner; as it was a BIT more wind protected, but still freezing. Fun route!<br />
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Went to the Alex after, for some drinks and a game of pool. Some random joined us, a little bit awkward. We all headed back home, but Benn and I stopped by Blaxland for some dinner! He needed his milkshake.<br />
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Next post, coming soon! I fly off to New Zealand in a couple days! :DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-2362080724275172892014-06-05T19:30:00.003+10:002014-08-07T21:05:26.054+10:00The Mundane and the Magic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Work at Parramatta, holy shit, today was a really cold day. Had to get some Sun Ming; roast duck noodle soup for warmth! Worked with Royal and Ken.<br />
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4<br />
Work at Auburn, Kim, Benn and Petra; windy as shit.<br />
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7<br />
Work, somewhere...<br />
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8<br />
No uni, got my new sunnies! Also put in an application for a credit card to use in New Zealand! Oz Chicken for lunch.<br />
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9<br />
Work with Vish and Kim.<br />
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10<br />
Work with Tony and Benn. Met up with Sid and Es in Parramatta to have dinner; he was late! Bastard. Ate at Liana's Italian Restaurant. Walked around Parramatta afterwards; before heading home.<br />
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11<br />
Work with Benn, Tony, Kim and Petra.<br />
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12<br />
Brother hurt his ankle really badly the night before; yelling at mum trying to help him. Haven't been so pissed in such a long time. Got my flu shot; went out with Es during the day; she got me some boost juice! Went to the library so she could charge her dying phone; spent a few hours around a slackline, with a lot of failure... Managed to get into Parramatta stadium, good work security.<br />
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Got some charcoal chicken at Paradise, then some sushi in Parramatta before starting work. Worked with Janelle and Jen.<br />
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Work with Vish, Tony, Kim and Candace. Helping out with all the renovations.<br />
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15<br />
Work with Vish, Tony, Kim, Ethan and Petra. Had some charcoal chicken and grabbed Maccas for the crew.<br />
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16<br />
Work with Tony, Ethan and Hannan. Did the maccas run; and had dinner in Burwood with Sid and Es in the evening. The usual meal at Canton Noodle House!<br />
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Working at Parramatta; was told to start at 8:30 and finish at 1:30. Ken fucked up, was supposed to start at 12:30. Was told to come back later, get fucked. Negotiated a 10:30 start, because they are 'low on hours'; jesus. Had a big breakfast, walked around the park; our slackline was gone. Back to work, boring and slow day. Spent 2-3 hours with a customer, gave her my staff discount and she still spent about $1,600.<br />
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18<br />
Work with Vish, Benn and Petra. Forgot my lunch, nooo! Grabbed OzChicken on the way home.<br />
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19<br />
Went to the Climbing Centre with everyone! Made the best midnight snack ever.<br />
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20<br />
Caught up with Emily over lunch at El Jannah in Blacktown. Dropped over to Daniel's place to give him some Kathmandu vouchers.<br />
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21<br />
Worked at Parra in the morning, then went to ECAT in the evening with Damo.<br />
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22<br />
Got some OzChicken, went to a Commonwealth Bank branch to sort out my card; since it was kind of failing. Grabbed my pants which I left at The Climbing Centre; and had a chat with Anna for a while. Went back home, then headed to ClimbOz with Sid; Ola had her little birthday thing on. My bike got knocked over by a woman; whose son climbed there. We worked out everything, so it's alright.<br />
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23<br />
Work with Vish and Hannan; left at 4 to get a quote from BikeBiz for the repairs.<br />
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24<br />
Fixed up the exhaust of my bike myself, and gave it a nice wash. Had Tan Viet for lunch (at home)<br />
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Went out to Vivid with the family (mum and dad) and my aunt from Melbourne. Ate at Wolfies.<br />
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25<br />
Work with Tony, Benn and Petra. Just a half day, and grabbed Red Rooster on the way home. Stuffed it into my jacket since I had nowhere else to put it. Ate at a Thai place in Fairfield.<br />
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Work in Parramatta with Estia and Jen. Went to Barluck with aunt, mum, dad, brother and his girlfriend.<br />
Spent the night at Ola's place.<br />
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27<br />
Went climbing at ECAT during the day; went pretty hard out. Had dinner at Peronis with aunt, mum, dad and my brother.<br />
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Work in Parra with Janelle and Jen. Met up with Es afterwards at the library. She gave me a book, walked around the park, shared stories and she had a blueberry smoothie at Coco Cubano. Aunt bought me roast duck before she left; so I went home and just had rice, roast duck and salad!<br />
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By the way, I pretty much gamed every night as well. Cleaned up my room.<br />
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Devastated, Tony last's day at Auburn today! He is going to work at Rouse Hill instead from now on. Better traffic, better food options, no auburn customers, winning! Hannan was also working; and apparently Vishal screwed up my shift time again... I got to stay all day in the end, and Hannan left early! Got Tony his last coffee from Cafe Alcatraz; and Hannan did the Maccas run!<br />
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Went to Ikea with mum and dad. Bought some wardrobes; then went to Costco afterwards. Assembled everything with dad in the evening and night! So satisfying!<br />
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Work with Benn and Vish. We got destroyed, fuck.<br />
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Went to ECAT in the evening. Chris, Evan, Amy and Neil came soon after! Then all the usual regulars. Met a nice girl named Michell; Chris Webb Parsons was also there!<br />
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Got my new number plates. Dinner at Hogs Breath with - Shehan, Himmat, Thomas, John, Zan, Cameron, Mahir, Sean, Daniel, Lara, Sworaaz and his brother. Cold.<br />
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Nothing too grand or exciting; but before you start reading, click <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB7gaxX1nEs">this</a></b> and just listen while you read; how does that sound?<br />
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<i>29/3</i><br />
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Still quite sick; Daniel came over to get some computer parts; then we went to Sean's house together to chill and chat.<br />
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It absolutely poured, and flooded my whole street.<br />
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Slept in, had some OzChicken for lunch. Received my new power supply unit in the mail, and spent all day working on my computer; fixing up the cable management. Decided to go and try to sort out mum's computer as well, while I was at it.<br />
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Watched the How I Met Your Mother finale; ranted to a lot of people about the ending.<br />
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Dad's birthday, we went to Barluck for dinner with the whole family and Fiona.<br />
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Had work, bloody hell, I was still so sick. Colin and Rachel were in. Wanted to leave early, asked around 11, but nope. Took my break early, asked if I could go after they finished their breaks, nope. Ended up staying an hour after close.<br />
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Work with Benn and Vish; felt a bit better, Hannan came in afterwards; and I left at 3; and went to PCDIY to get a CPU Cooler for my computer. It rained, a lot; I was not prepared.<br />
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Had a warm shower when I got home; and then Sean came around my place to pick me up. Met Ashwin, and then headed to Daniel's house, then Bunnings, then Red Rooster; and then finally Himmat's house. Assembled his brother's computer, would not turn on. Too hungry, drove to Canley Heights and had Pho at Bau Truong. Got back, and after an hour or so of troubleshooting; isolated the problem to a faulty motherboard.<br />
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Rebuilt my whole PC.<br />
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Had Red Rooster before uni. Had my usual class, and asked a guy wearing an E9 shirt whether he climbed; he did. His name was Chris, and he is very strong; climbs with Ben and Lee Cossey, Andrea Hah; and such. More dumb people on the road, always. Ola came over to my place, and we headed to Anaconda so she could buy a backpack; before going to The Climbing Centre to climb. I have missed that place, got to see Adam, Toffee, Anna, Mike and Damo! Had roast duck, bbq pork egg noodle soup; delicious.<br />
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Party at ECAT<br />
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Work with Benn, Kim; and later on Petra. Stayed all day.<br />
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Work at Parra; for a change up. A half day with Royal and Estia; had some pretty cute customers. Girl came in looking for a jacket, told her to go to the Auburn store instead (on Saturday); because we're better, yeah yeah.<br />
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Ola came over to get me with Antonia in the morning. Grabbed some coffee and food in Blaxland; before heading to Chris's (Simpson) house. Took two cars, I went with Chris and Arnold; made the usual stop at the Lawson bakery; before heading to Bardens. Met their friend, also named Chris (Diemont); and warmed up on the easy wall. Had a few attempts at Turkey Slap 26, before finally scending it with Simpson. I haven't been so happy, in such a long time; it was such a good feeling.<br />
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Had a few top ropes for the girls, with Diemont doing the majority of the belaying; he was a ridiculously nice guy. Ola tried her first lead, and also did some lead belaying. I helped her out when Diemont took a lead fall; because she had let go of the brake hand; but I was there in case, luckily... They left a bit earlier, so we threw Diemont onto Cave Route, so he could get some more fun climbing in; before heading back down the mountain! Grabbed some kebabs at Hazo, good to see the guys there.<br />
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Good Friday, met up with Chris, Evan and Amy at the Penrith Golf Club (a safe spot to park my bike); before heading down to Mittagong for some climbing. Traffic was horrendous, due to an accident and some randoms in the breakdown lane (not to mention the general holiday traffic). A very easy walk-in; awesome formations of rock; leading to funky climbing, I liked it! Pulled on a 20, 21, 17, 26 and 22. Left fairly early; because we needed to drive down to Kiama to pick up Chris's little boy, Locy. Awesome drive down Macquarie Pass. Waited at a pub, and grabbed some Maccas; before heading home.<br />
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Worked Easter Saturday, hello public holiday rates. Got some Oportos in the morning, before getting to work with Ethan, Tony and Vish. It was absolute chaos, and busy as shit. That cute girl I helped at Parramatta came in! Went to Chris's house (Rusnak) for a little party. I know a lot of people named Chris... Used my new RAM mount so I could mount my phone on my motorcycle to use as a GPS, always annoying getting to his place. There was, John, Ishtiaq, Fletcher, Chris, Vincent and some others who I didn't know. Sarah had to leave for work, unfortunately; and Matt just stayed in his room.<br />
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Had Dominoes pizza for dinner; and watched The Amazing Spiderman, before heading outside to chat for an hour or so, before playing Cards Against Humanity; hilarious game, loved it. Got home around midnight or so, cops galore.<br />
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Rode up to Chris's (Simpson) place, where we went up together to Shipley Upper to climb. Of course, also with Arnold and Locy as well. Not in slab mode, broke in the new shoes and fought hard to get Loop the Loop, but no tick. Set up a rope swing for Locy on Pallet of Pies.<br />
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Got a haircut at Blacktown, where I bumped into Zan. At night, met up with Chew, Kim, Vishal and Ethan to watch The Amazing Spiderman 2; good film. I love Emma Stone.<br />
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<i>24/4</i><br />
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Went to Thanjon's place, had some pasta for lunch and then planned our entire New Zealand holiday. 1st of July to 11th of July; 11 days and 10 nights in Queenstown, skiing at The Remarkables and Coronet Peak; staying at Novotel, and flying with Air New Zealand; it's going to be sick. SICK! After we booked the essentials (flights and accommodation); we headed to Wentworth Falls Lake to chill; before going to Hotel Alexandra for dinner; great food. Got back and booked the lift tickets, shuttles and such.<br />
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Work with Hannan, Kim and Benn on Anzac Day, did I hear MORE PUBLIC HOLIDAY RATES? Oh yeah. Went home for dinner, before going to Baden's for the evening and night. Had a little chill party going on, with Baden, Lou, Damo, Thanjon, Dean and Gary; stayed until a bit after midnight, had some Maccas and KFC; talked about everything and played some Halo; a really really good night.<br />
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Work with Vish, Benn and Petra; busy busy.<br />
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Work with Tony and Ethan. Maccas!<br />
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Went to Ola's house to hang out for the day; until she had to go to work. Just chilled, showed me some stuff on her laptop and shared stories; it was really quite nice. Her dog is terrifying though, tiny but terrifying. I had some Red Rooster for lunch, and went to ClimbOz to visit for a bit; where I chatted with Chew, Tom, the twins and Justin.<br />
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Hibernated, grabbed some OzChicken for lunch; and like every other day, I played a lot of CSGO.<br />
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A very urgent call in for work; so did the afternoon-evening shift, closing up with Kim. Started around 3; when Tony, Vish and Petra were still there; they are doing renovations on our store and half of it isn't accessible.<br />
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Had work, with Tony and Vish. Still trying to sort things after the sale; and coping with the construction.<br />
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I suppose, I'll make my next post a little different; maybe a little throwback to New Zealand, to celebrate my upcoming trip!!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-7996514324972901082014-03-28T16:37:00.001+11:002014-03-28T16:37:26.374+11:00CraftyHello lovely humans.<br />
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Been fairly boring recently, I am sick as of writing this post; which sucks! So excuse my probable lack of enthusiasm.<br />
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Had the most amazing day just about two weeks ago, on the<i> 15th</i> of March. Woke up really early in the morning, to have a great traffic-less ride to Berowra Waters Marina! So, I was the first there; and the ferry was closed, and I was not sure if I was on the correct side to meet everyone... Usually, it's a 2 minute ferry ride, otherwise it's a forty minute drive to the other side.<br />
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After some panicking, I was extremely relieved to see Lara, Jenga, Amanda and Logan turn up! Bloody hell... Not too long later, we found out almost everyone else was on the other side; the wrong side. Mitch, Paul and Edwin had realised and raced over; and we started preparing our hire boat to head over to the other side to pick up the others; before heading to Craftys. After inflating our mini-boat, getting all our food and drinks on board; we proceeded to the other side and picked up Neil, Kathy, Matt and Jess.<br />
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Skipper Jenga and I navigated to the wall, about a twenty minute trip from the pier. The wall was monstrous, wow! Absolutely terrifying. I'm positive that everyone had an amazing day; whether they sunbathed, climbed to the top, traversed the wall or just had a great time in the water. We had a BBQ for lunch, a few people jumped from the top; it was just an absolutely amazing day, with the best people. I put quite a few photos and videos on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nguyenimproved">Facebook</a>, please do check!<br />
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So we stayed out by the wall, probably for about six or so hours; Jenga had a bleeding eye, because he looked down as he jumped from the top of the 22m wall. Matt had also climbed all the way to the top; and Neil, Paul and Mitch also got to the top, skipping the slab at the very end! Way too committing for me, I'll let my crazy friends enjoy!<br />
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We dropped the others off, before heading back to our side of the marina and had some ice-cream and snacks at a picnic table, before heading off! On the way home, a freak storm had appeared out of nowhere; absolutely drenching me on the M2. I stopped under a bridge and tried to wait it out, even cars were stopping! I could not see anything at all anymore.<br />
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Far out, woke up with a terrible stomach ache on the <i>16th</i>, as I was preparing to go to work. I cancelled my shift with Vishal, he didn't seem too happy about it, but we managed to get a replacement. Napped on the couch, since I couldn't get back to sleep in bed; then got some Red Rooster for lunch; after the rain had cleared. <br />
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The next day, <i>17th</i>, I was called in for a shift at Parramatta, to work with Royal, Janelle and Usha! It was a really boring shift, if only working at Auburn was this easy...<br />
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I had booked my Motorcycle P's test the next day, the <i>18th</i>, at the Penrith Regatta Centre. My instructor for the day was Elaine, and I was joined by the two coolest, nicest guys from originally from New Zealand, Neil and Anthony. Normally, it's a group of six, but today, it was just us and we all got along extremely well! Turns out, they were both from Whalan and Emerton, respectively; and they had many mutual friends from work, what a small world.<br />
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My face had hurt all day from laughing and smiling with everyone, and we did some basic manoeuvering in the parking lot, before going out for a road ride. Rather than doing the usual boring circuit around Penrith; Elaine told us to keep quiet and we went on a ride towards Wallacia, taking some twisty roads on the way. We had lunch at a pub, where they had $9 specials for steak, fish and chips, chicken schnitzels and such; it went down so well!<br />
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I filled up at the servo, while the others had their smoke and we headed back to the centre. The amount of breaks we had all day, for drinks and to chat... I couldn't keep count! We all did the more formal part of the day, the MOST test; where we all passed with flying colours, and none of us lost a single point. I rode to the RMS at Mt Druitt with Neil afterwards; having lots of 'fun' on the way there, and got my provisional riding license!<br />
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Skipped uni on the <i>20th</i>, there was meant to be a strike and some classes would be cancelled. I met up with someone on Gumtree, so that I could buy a graphics card off him, so that I could run it in CrossFire with my current card. It was another HIS 5770; with a slightly different design to mine, though. Went to ClimbOz for the evening, where I met up with Ola and a few others to climb! Did a few circuits for training, usually doing a few routes on one rope consecutively; and spent quite a long time telling jokes to each other!<br />
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On the morning of the <i>21st</i>, it absolutely bucketed down with rain, so I asked Tony if he could get me. So this was at about 5am, and the rain woke me up. For some reason, my phone didn't show a notification that he had replied; so he waited outside my house for about 15 minutes until I was ready. I felt so bad, but we just managed to get to work on time, luckily.<br />
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Worked with Hannan for the first time, so psyched that I got him a job here, wooh! He finished his shift early, and I went on my lunch break with him at Maccas; where he absolutely destroyed his meal, and my meal destroyed me. Brought some back for Tony to eat, the usual deal. Went home with Tony, and it started raining just a bit before I got home; not bad!</div>
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Got a random shift at Penrith Kathmandu the next day, <i>22nd</i>, and it was a pleasant change! Worked with two girls, the assistant manager Kelly and a part timer, Amy. It was ridiculously quiet compared to Auburn, and that made my job ridiculously easy. I could help customers easily, to Mt full ability and not worry about juggling four different things at once. I was spoiled for choice for lunch since there is a food court here unlike Auburn... I had KFC for lunch, but by the time I was done, I wish I had gotten sushi boy was I full. I had a really good day, enjoyed working with the girls. And I asked if I could get more shifts in the future!<br />
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Had my regular Sunday shift at Auburn the next day with Kim and Benn, the <i>23rd</i>, where we were busy as hell! Such a different environment working here compared to the others stores... Benn got us some coffee, and Petra came at lunch. I stayed a bit longer than usual to help out because of how busy it was.<br />
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After I left work, I went to MSY to buy some things for Daniel and myself, only to find out whatever I wanted was out of stock... I checked out PCDIY afterwards, and they recommended something else but I needed to check out reviews before committing. Maybe I'll get it next time I work. Actually, while riding to these places; I forgot to zip up the pillion seat bag and my lock and keys fell out and hit the road; everything seemed fine, except one key that was bent pretty badly.<br />
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On the <i>24th</i>, my bike was due for a 6000km service at BikeBiz Granville in the morning; so I rode there first thing in the morning, and then walked to the Parramatta CBD to meet up with Esmeralda. She said she would walk down Church Street towards me, but in fact, we found out that she had actually gone the opposite direction, nice. She said she was starting the whole walking one thousand miles thing, hah. So, first thing we did was continue walking down Church Street, where she wanted cakes for some reason... I passed on that thought, and then we ended up walking back to Westfield without any cakes.<br />
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I went to a keycutter to see if they would be able to either fix my key, or make another copy; not knowing if I needed a key that was in good shape for him to be able to do that. He said no problem, and cut up a key for me in about 20 seconds; too easy. She really wanted to catch a train up the mountains; but honestly, there is nothing to do up there if we just went up like that; I associate the mountains with climbing and pub food!<br />
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We decided to catch a train to the city instead; where we got off at Town Hall and ate at a cafe; where I had a 'big breakfast' and Esmeralda had waffles! Sent a few Snapchats to people, talked to Thanjon on Messenger; and then we walked into the Kathmandu store on Pitt Street, where I heard it looks really cool and modern! Not bad.<br />
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Decided to go find some computer stores to see if I can find my CPU cooler, but it seemed all of them were sold out. Daniel suggested that I go to Capitol Square and look in the shops there, so we walked in that direction; and that's when it absolutely started BUCKETING down. It was so bloody heavy and it seemed like the roads flooded instantly. Unfortunately, everything was sold out in these stores as well, and their price points were much higher than MSY and PCDIY! Took refuge in Gloria Jeans afterwards, before heading home!<br />
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Finally got to see Coomerbabes on the <i>25th</i>, it's been way too long since I've last seen that guy. I caught a train to Penrith, and we met up in the food court in the plaza. I had some Hero Sushi, and he had something with Spinach and Feta from Ali Baba. Just caught up, talked about things and laughed at everyone who was completely zoned out watching the TVs in the food court. It was genuinely hilarious.<br />
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Went to Dymocks, where he needed to find the 7th book of The Wheel of Time series; which he had already predicted that they didn't have. Funny thing was, they had every book, except that book. Walked to the other side of the plaza, where he said QBD would definitely have it; and voila, they did. I asked him if he had ever seen a book store with a 'now hiring' sign, I have never seen one; but I imagine working there would be great, customers know what they want, are not loud, perfect.<br />
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Drove to The Climbing Centre, where the new kid was working; and me and Coomer had the whole gym to ourselves. It was great climbing Seann's new routes, the quality is so much higher than it used to be; and it was just great climbing with Coomer again after all this time!<br />
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Anyway, the past few days have been pretty boring for me. I've been staying at home; sick! I have no idea why... But started off with a sore throat, now it's just coughing and a terribly runny nose. Been spending most of my time playing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive with all the boys.<br />
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Also, some songs you should listen to:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOhAlNCneSA">You're Not the One - Chester See</a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TwozSmkDC8">I'm Falling For You - Chester See</a></div>
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Really just a filler post! Did a few things here and there, but nothing amazing! Had a great day yesterday (on the 15th, but I will just start the next post on that topic!)<br />
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<i>28th</i>, of February; another day at work!<br />
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On the <i>1st</i>, it was not planned well at all. I woke up really late after some late night gaming with the boys, as usual. Sean came over to get me from my house, and we headed to Daniel's house for some games, and a little bit of table tennis. The usual, you know? We then went together to Himmat's place to... play more table tennis, and build his new computer; very similar components to Daniel's computer.<br />
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Himmat's mum, kindly made some Garlic bread for us; we finished installing everything and took two cars to Daniel's house, where we took one car to Canley Heights for some food. It was between Bau Truong and Tan Viet; battle of Daniel's favourite and mine. We flipped a coin, and I won; so we went and had some awesome crispy chicken there! We went to Yoghurberry afterwards, where I just watched everyone have Yoghurt, because I'm lactose intolerant... Oh well.<br />
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On the <i>2nd</i>, just had a half day of work. It is turning into a regular shift for me, the half day shifts on Sunday. Had an amazing ride to work, no traffic and no red lights; beautiful run. Finished a little bit later than I intended, got caught up with some customers and a huge sale! Headed to Cabramatta afterwards<br />
to meet up with Catherine! Had some lunch with her at... yeah, Tan Viet again. I like it okay?! We originally tried having Yum Cha, but the place closed at 3pm. I just went through a few restaurants in my head, and she was cool with Tan Viet!<br />
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She TRIED catching her train home, but was lazy, and didn't run for it. Just strolled over, realised she could make it; tried to hug me goodbye but dropped her glasses (and I failed catching them), and they fell in between the gap... Had some Sydney Trains workers come over to help, it was a very formal procedure they have to undertake, but I guess it's an OH&S thing. Had a great ride home as well.<br />
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Worked on the <i>3rd</i> with Ethan and Kim, had Oportos before I got to work; and just did a short shift at work. Got both of them some maccas as well. A cute asian girl came in wanting a job, me and Ethan, did not mind at all. She got an interview for Wednesday, but so did my friend Hannan!<br />
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Had a boring day on the <i>5th</i>, didn't really do much; so I decided to wash my bike. It badly needed one after all the rain we'd been having. The chain was also filthy, I'm so sorry Natasha!! (Nickname for my bike) Had dinner out with my parents at Rashay's that night. Had the Rashay chicken, really good sauce!<br />
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Woke up on the <i>6th</i>, because my brother was home, and ridiculously loud and obnoxious. Calling me stupid, yelling at my mum, he is absolutely ridiculous. Just don't come home if you're gonna be like that. Rode to uni, I always end up riding with so many trucks because of the time I start. The parking was practically full, and I was trying to plan where I would slot in, but I was lucky that one guy in a perfect spot was leaving. Great!<br />
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Had my classes as usual, did some sprints on the basketball courts for our practical class. I stole $2 off a girl I didn't know, I needed to borrow a locker, and I waited for her at the end (she was in a different class), but I think she was already gone! Sorry! Rode home, and then decided to go to ClimbOz to do some easy training, and some socialising.<br />
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Chew was working, saw the usual kids (who are still cocky, and do need some humbling). Met two girls, Ola and Antonia; they are relatively new to climbing, but it seems like they are enjoying themselves! Great to see! Mitchell said I should do this 'yellow route, you probably won't get past the 4th panel though'. I gave it a go, and flashed it; kids these days. Kim turned up just before close, she had just finished at Kathmandu for the night. Riding home, there was a ridiculous amount of traffic on Richmond Road, but thank god for filtering.<br />
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Had my usual Friday shift on the <i>7th</i>, with Kim and Vish. Got to leave early as well, score! Our new POS system was finally active today, so I spent the day trying to learn it. I don't like it.<br />
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Had to cover for Ethan's shift on the <i>8th</i>, worked with Benn and Tony. Great people! Was quiet for most of the day, and Benn left early so he could climb for the ClimbOz at the Tour De Corde in Castle Hill (The Edge). I've never been a competition person, not for climbing at least. It got busy right at the end of the day, but lucky it was me and Tony, and we managed to do everything efficiently; despite the new POS system, which is still a piece of shit. It made closing up extremely annoying, took us about an hour or so to sort everything out.<br />
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Rode to Outback Steakhouse in Wentworth, and had dinner with Xu, Sean, Jasmine S, Daniel, Jess and Himmat. I was so bloody full; headed back to Daniel's house and played some table tennis, before heading home.<br />
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Had work on the <i>9th</i>, my new Sunday shift! Worked with Benn, Tony and later on, Petra. I ended up leaving late, after a very busy period; and there were so many viet customers! Went to the cafe for lunch, before heading to Olympic Park, to an abandoned stretch of road, where I could practice some slow speed manoeuvres for the MOST (Motorcycle Operator Skills Test). Met some pretty cool riders there, the only two names I remember are Jess and Amanda.<br />
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On the <i>10th</i>, planned to climb at ECAT with Evan and Chris! However, Chris messed things up and had actually meant Villawood. Too late, I was already at ECAT and started training, with Jenga and Mitch. Met some new people as well, getting along with everyone well at this gym, I like it! Names I remember... Angela, Connie, Neil, Andy, Ethan, Pip and Pete! Already knew Anderw and Mark, and his adorable cat! People are bloody strong at this gym, but they do specialise in just bouldering; so I don't feel too bad. My solid state drive for my computer arrived, but by the time I got home, it was too late to set everything up.<br />
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Next day, <i>11th</i>, had nothing so I installed my new SSD, formatted my old HDDs and installed Windows 8.1! Everything is lightning fast now, the difference is bloody ridiculous. Thanks Himmat for the key! :D Feels like a brand new computer.<br />
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Had to wake up early on the <i>13th</i>, we had the pest control guy come over to our house and do his thing. Usually have it done once a year or so, just so all the spiders, ants, bugs are under control! Had Red Rooster for lunch, before I headed off to uni. Motorcycle parking was... quite dreadful, managed to squeeze in; and was a bit worried about leaving, but thankfully, the people I squeezed between had left first.<br />
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Class was the same, some more running for the practical, some data entry and analysis. Been bringing my scientific calculator, I've forgotten how to use that thing; but we are actually using trigonometry and such! Rode to Canley Heights afterwards, to get some groceries for my mum.<br />
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I got home, had a little bit of food; then left for some training at ECAT. Sent a few texts out, but nobody could make it. Just did some training on my own, met a few new people; but by night time, all the familiar people were back to train!<br />
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On the next day, <i>14th</i>, I was feeling... ridiculously tired; and not from the climbing. Just wasn't feeling well, so I had my shift cancelled; and Hannan worked instead! Oh yes, didn't mention, but after all the interviews; they hired my friend Hannan, wooh! I had some <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ParadiseResturant">Paradise Charcoal Chicken</a> for lunch, extremely tasty; definitely gives El Jannah a run for their money. I double checked to see if Tony needed me in the afternoon, but he said all was well. I ordered a few more things from Amazon, including another SSD, a new HDD, 8GB stick of RAM and a phone mount for my motorcycle. Also sorted out my battery issue with Kogan, and they are sending me a new one!<br />
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Songs I've been going crazy over recently:<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVgixOjGhVU">Say Something - A Great Big World</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m4BUbHEJfA">Spring - Two Door Cinema Club</a><br />
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Yes, listen to them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-12378731948631072222014-02-27T18:58:00.001+11:002014-02-27T18:59:18.724+11:00HeavenLast post before university starts this semester, no!!!<br />
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Had work on the <i>14th</i>. Tony picked me up in the morning, and I grabbed some food from Cafe Gateway for us before work started. We were both very frustrated with Vish all day, but I won't go to deep into the details. He was just expecting too much, and not being helpful at all.<br />
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Tony bought some flowers for Mick on the way home for Valentines Day, and also their 15 year anniversary! I had dinner with my parents at the Peronis Restaurant in Parramatta, where I had garlic bread, garlic prawns, slow cooked beef and a lovely creme brulee. My dad is friends with the owner, Bill, and he was a great guy to have a chat with.<br />
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Decided against climbing on the <i>15th, </i>to recover my shoulder and because the weather was pretty shit. The original plan was to climb at Sublime Point with Paul, Taib, Chris and Damo; but I just wasn't feeling it. Got some Tan Viet in Canley Heights with my parents, gotta love that Crispy Chicken Noodle Soup.<br />
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Had work on the <i>16th</i>, a morning shift with Kim and Benn. The rain was miserable and I rode my motorcycle in heavy downpour. Thank god I have a good waterproof jacket and overpants; that can go over my kevlar jeans and leather jacket! I finished work around 2:30pm and just rode home without lunch, I just wanted to get home! Had Red Rooster for lunch, which my parents got me! Yay!<br />
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On the <i>18th</i>, I did nothing during the day, but in the evening; met up with Benn, Sarah and Sarmila in the city to have dinner together! Sarmila recently left her job at Kathmandu, and Sarah has for some time now; and they were both in Sydney, so naturally, it was right to organise something to catch up! We had some Korean BBQ at Sydney Madang, just off Pitt Street.<br />
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No line, quick service and great food! So, Sarmila was a touch late; so Benn, Sarah and I just caught up while waiting for her; plenty of stories to share around. After dinner, we headed to Holy Basil for dessert! I had a Mango smoothie, while the others had fried ice-cream. Oh, I was so jealous. Had a great night, with some great people and I ended up getting home just before midnight!<br />
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On the <i>19th</i>, Chris grabbed me from my house in the morning; before heading up the mountain. We passed on the Maccas this time, stopped at his house briefly and got our food from the bakery in Lawson! There's also a very beautiful Asian girl that works there, and can't figure out for the life of me, how old she might be... We also met up with Nathan there, and we passed on the thought of going to Boronia in the pouring rain.<br />
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We drove to The Glen, where we got a call from Nathan behind us; asking if we could go to a cafe instead, and wait out the rain. You could barely see ahead of you by the time we were at Medlow Bath, it was raining that heavily. Lots of photos for this section! Please feel free to go look at some more <a href="http://betweenarockwallandasnowyplace.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/hoppipolla-puddles-at-glen.html">HERE</a>.<br />
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Met up with Thanjon early on, during the walk-in; which had deep puddles everywhere. Thank god for my Mountain Hardwear rain jacket. Gene shortly arrived later, followed by Jenga. We met quite a few people down at The Glen, but most were in a hurry to leave. The mist was coming in, and the sound of the rain was thundering. It wasn't the most productive day climbing, and I spent most of the time belaying. Conditions were extremely bad, and I just wasn't motivated to climb hard.<br />
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We all left before it got dark, and I headed down the mountain with Thanjon. I was worried I would have to catch a late train, and get back after 11pm. No matter what, the interchange at Penrith was 24 minutes, and I was bloody hungry. I decided I would get home at 11pm, and eat a nice pizza at the usual place in Hazelbrook. However, we had a miracle run down the the mountain, almost no reds and no traffic. Managed to snag a kebab, catch the earlier train (to get me home at 10pm); and there was a massive delay at Penrith, which meant I only waited 5 minutes instead of 24 minutes. Win.<br />
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Had work on the <i>21st</i>, a shift with Kim and Tony. It was ridiculously quiet, and time seemed to go on forever!<br />
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Had been playing lots of video games, namely, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with Anmol, Pali, Pat and Sean. Decided I should probably go do something else... On the <i>25th</i>, I went to Evolution Climbing and Training again, really enjoying the routes there, and there are some great people that attend as well. Bumped into the usual familiar faces, along with Damo, Seann, Amanda and Rick; and met some new people as well!<br />
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On the <i>26th</i>, I rode over to Daniel's place around noon, to meet up with him, Sean and Caroline. We were going to build his new computer! This has been in the making for months, many many months. About time he committed and bought all the parts!<br />
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Anyway, most of the construction was done by Sean; and Caroline had to leave early. We drove her to the station, and got some KFC for lunch. Daniel's idea, of course. Had a little break when we got back to play some table tennis, before finishing his computer! Everything was put together perfectly, turned on smoothly and installing everything was easy.<br />
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Played some Team Fortress 2 and Counter Strike once we were done; and just conversed about... everything. Oh, and played on his piano too. I want one!!!<br />
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Can only hope that I still do interesting stuff during the semester for some blog posts, catch you guys soon!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-94779219167763292014-02-25T15:51:00.005+11:002014-02-25T15:54:17.107+11:00LazyHowdy. I'm catching up on these posts, slowly... Going back to uni soon, so that shouldn't be so hard!<br />
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So, spent the <i>5th</i> in civilisation with Catherine (from uni). Met at Parra in the morning for some brekky! Bacon, eggs and toast at some cafe on Church Street, I'm not too sure of the name; but they had weird pictures all over the place... It was delicious, and we took our time heading to Macquarie (Ice-skating was the plan).<br />
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Eventually caught the train there after spending some time in Parramatta; and ended up just watching two movies at the Event Cinemas; American Hustle and Wolf of Wall Street. Actually snuck into another cinema to watch Wolf of Wall Street; it's a really good film! I love Leo... So they were long films, and never got around to ice-skating. Got some sushi and KFC before heading home! So much for no fast food this year Catherine!<br />
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The next two days, I was at work. On the 6<i>th,</i> I only had a half day.<br />
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A full day of work on the <i>7th</i>, bloody tough day, with just me and Vish all day. After work, headed to Daniel's house to hang out with him, Himmat and Sean! The gaming crew, hah. Thought I was going to be late, but ended up getting there at the exact same time with Himmat. Gave him back The Book Thief, which neatly fit under his seat, just.<br />
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As always, Daniel's house meant playing his piano, table tennis, games; before going for a food run. (Pizza Hut and Coles). Had most of a supreme pizza to myself, and discovered a new game, Flappy Bird, I hate it. I have a horrible high score of 97, I am not proud of it. Played a little bit of GO after dinner, before heading home. Great ride home. Didn't want to stay too late because I was going to climb the next day.<br />
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Morning of the <i>8th</i>, I met up with Damo at Werrington, before heading to Chris's house to grab him and Arnold. The plan for the day, was Centennial Glen. Stopped at the Lawson bakery on the way up, and I kind of fell in love with a girl that worked there. Beautiful!<br />
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Got to the car park, where we bumped in Zac Vertrees, he was having an easy day out with a friend of his. Warmed up on Dr Foopsickle, conditions were fairly average; it was already hot as hell and we decided that we would try some hard climbs; not go for sendage. Tried White Linen 27, and got all the moves thanks to Chris's beta! We're the same height, so that's bloody convenient! Afterwards, tried Trix Roughly 26 on the Main Wall, and it was very enjoyable, I got all the moves fairly easily; and I think linking the route is very possible for me! Psyched!!<br />
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Went over to Blackheath pub after climbing, for a few drinks; and I also grabbed a bunch of wedges. Some of them, were bloody massive. We all shared stories, especially Chris; who has a plethora of old school climbing stories. Stopped at a servo on the way down to refill, and for some ice-cream; dropped Chris off and stopped by Damo's house before heading home!<br />
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Met up with Damo on the morning of the <i>9th</i>, our plans were to go to Barden's Lookout in the morning and early afternoon; before heading to Dams Cliff to meet up with the rest of the posse. We drove up with Craig and Leigh, before grabbing Chris and Arnold and heading up to Mount York! Got a few nice ticks in the cave, adding another 24 to my list, and another 23 flash.<br />
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It was probably one of the hottest days in quite some time, and we left before the sun could destroy us. Stopped by the pub in Mount Victoria to grab a few drinks to go, before driving to Dams Cliff. I had never seen the car park there so full! It was really the perfect day to be there. It wasn't just climbers, but lots of people who just wanted to swim in the dam as well. I walked down into the main climbing area, to find so many people I knew, I expected to meet up with a few friends; but not that many people. So, there was Jenga, Kate, Rob & his partner, Taib, Leanne, Brooksy, Paul, Guns, Jess, Cam and a few more of their friends as well!<br />
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They climbed for a bit longer, before we all went swimming; and the majority of the non-climbing swimmers had left. Spent a lot of time in the water with everyone, had a great time catching up and the water temperature was just beautiful. Ridiculously cold, but perfect for a hot day like today.<br />
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Had to help some guys jump start their car, and then we headed to the Mount Victoria pub for some dinner! Got me a great T-bone steak; before heading home with Damo.<br />
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On the <i>10th</i>, I had a massive and well deserved sleep in, till about noon. Left to Blacktown to get a haircut as well.<br />
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Had a full day of work on the <i>11th</i>, a shift I normally don't do. Headed to Evolution climbing and training afterwards where I trained with Damo, Guns, Paul, Seann and Ross. Tried going to Red Rooster with Damo afterwards, but they were closed, damn!<br />
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Met up with Paul at Penrith on the <i>12th</i>, where the plan was to climb at Boronia with Jenga and Gene. Bloody humid day, with a chance of rain as well. Found out that Jenga couldn't end up making it, and that we would have odd numbers. I gave Chris a call, and he was free to come; so we got him on the way up!<br />
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Did the usual warm-up, and Gene free-solo'd Cowboy Clip, a fun and short 21 on the easy wall. I got to work on the Lyptus, but mucked up some sequences. I really hope I can get that route next time. I ended up doing a great link in the dark, while raining; so I can only hope for the best when I'm at Boronia next. It had actually ended up quite cold and windy at Boronia, but once we were down the mountain, the heat and humidity hit; and the change was quite... intense?<br />
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Was fortunate to get a decent amount of sleep on the <i>13th</i>, the plan was to go climbing and Chris dropped by my house after work (in Prospect) around noon or so; and we headed up back to his place in Faulconbridge. We stopped by Maccas on the way up, so I could get some drive-thru; and that went down very well. Perfect for climbing energy! Met up with Gene at the glen, got started with the warmups before doing some burns on Trix Roughly and Iona. Didn't get them successfully this time, but the conditions were horrid and I'm sure it'll go eventually. Did hurt my left shoulder doing the traverse on Trix, so I was done after that! Caught the train back from Springwood; and had some garlic bread from the pizza place. Pizza would take too long, and I would miss the train, boo!<br />
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Next post, probably will be up tomorrow! Uni starts for me on Thursday!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-80873826227552281292014-02-15T17:45:00.003+11:002014-03-28T16:43:08.945+11:00SecretYeah, I've been slacking off from posting recently... I've just been really busy!<br />
Probably going to have to break up the posts again; seeing as it's been well over two weeks since I've last posted!<br />
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So on Australia Day, <i>26th</i>, I caught up the train to Leura. I've been enjoying these long train trips because it gives me plenty of time to read The Book Thief! It's such a good book. So I met Thanjon as he finished work, but it was raining! Bloody blueys. So we cancelled our plans to do Whymper, a multipitch out in Sublime Point; and had a really nice breakfast at a cafe instead. I had some smoked salmon, poached eggs, rocket and sourdough toast. Thanjon got waffles, hah!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">V1 problem or so. Horrible holds, a touch steep but good footers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">V3/V4 problem? Steep on small and not very positive edges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same problem</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Same again</td></tr>
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We dropped by to Thanjon's house, before deciding on going to a new bouldering area that was discovered recently (still a secret). We repeated the two existing problems and then started going around trying to find some new problems. Ended up doing a lot of bush bashing and getting a rash from the plants, and we kept referencing one of our first hikes that went ugly with the term 'hashtag sassafras'. Do click on this link <a href="http://betweenarockwallandasnowyplace.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/in-search-of-lost-boulder.html">HERE</a> (it goes to Thanjon's blog) where he has written up a post about the day!<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-90fzwKj6ugQ/Uugt8QnNiiI/AAAAAAAAAI4/ruvfgbQv4SA/s1600/IMG_2006.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-90fzwKj6ugQ/Uugt8QnNiiI/AAAAAAAAAI4/ruvfgbQv4SA/s1600/IMG_2006.jpeg" height="426" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Project V5/V6? Big move to a small sharp edge, painful heel hook and squeeze a nothing hold with your right, before bumping up again to a good crimp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A gem V2 that Thanjon found. Rad pockets, awesome rock and a committing mid-high ball finish.</td></tr>
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Afterwards, we went back to Thanjon's place for dinner; before deciding to make a trip down the mountain to Baden's house, where he had a little party going! Awesome fun!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another project, V5/V6 at least?</td></tr>
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Had lunch in Cabramatta with the parents on the <i>27th</i>!<br />
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On the <i>28th</i>, we started a bit later because I had to do my tutorial selection in the morning. That failed anyway, stupid UWS. Caught the train to Wentworth falls where I would meet up with Thanjon and Hannan over some coffee at Il Postinos! Grabbed some food at the supermarket (Doritos and dip) , then headed to Medlow Bath for some light climbing. This would be Thanjon's last time climbing for a while; as he would have surgery soon. So I felt nervous all day, I didn't know why; but I still had a great time at the crag with some great people! Also bumped into Kate (I always seem to bump into her) as well!<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WAP45Jibz-0/Uug94CuBtVI/AAAAAAAAAKc/56CDIiJT4CM/s1600/IMG_2197.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WAP45Jibz-0/Uug94CuBtVI/AAAAAAAAAKc/56CDIiJT4CM/s1600/IMG_2197.jpeg" height="426" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our classy photographer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hannan! Old Salt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hard dyno...</td></tr>
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Warmed up on Strange Karma, tried Gas, Food and Lodging twice; the dyno was harder than last time for some reason! But I think I remember the beta for next time... Had a fun lap on Old Salt before heading back (and getting kebabs from Hazo, as always) <a href="http://betweenarockwallandasnowyplace.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/bathing-in-sun.html">HERE</a> is Thanjon's post about our day at Medlow Bath!<br />
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I was down to the last 150 pages by the time I got home, and finished it that evening. Such an amazing book, I really wanted to go see the movie now!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hannan and I!</td></tr>
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The very next day, <i>29th</i>, I had organised (already) to watch The Book Thief with Es in Parra! I was that keen to see it, yes! So we watched the movie around lunch time or so, and it was great! Not as good as the book, but I still enjoyed it very much.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Presenting, The Book Thief</td></tr>
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Afterwards, I was craving some sushi; so I decided to get some from Hero Sushi, and then I managed to convince Es just to get a pack of Smoked Salmon from Woolies; just like how I normally eat it! Anyway, I ended up getting the Five Stars box from KFC; so, what does that contain you ask? I modified the box a little, but in the end, there was still a ridiculous amount of food. 2 pieces of Original Recipe chicken, 4 Wicked Wings, Popcorn Chicken, chips, gravy and a bottle of water. Apparently has about 7000kJ of energy in that meal (and remember, the average intake for an adult daily is 8700kJ). So, Es kept going on about how I should stop complaining and just finish the whole thing, because she said she could. I challenged her, and... she accepted it; bought her own box and we pretty much raced.<br />
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I won. Theoretically, the race wasn't part of the challenge, but she DID finish the box; and I was actually amazed. I don't know where all the food goes (on either of us, to be honest). But when we were done, laughing hurt, a lot... We sat there for another half hour or so before actually moving. Met up with her friend Rachel, and got some ice-cream from New Zealand Natural! Hooray for me, because I brought some of my lactose pills; and I could enjoy my favourite ice-cream! Delicious, it was delicious! Es tried smearing ice-cream on me, but I got her back; all was well...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had to finish our drinks too.</td></tr>
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The next day, <i>30th</i>, still not climbing; met up with Chris on the train to go to the city! I had to run to the station, as I had no other way to making the train, and it was such a bloody hot day. Good work out, but I was extremely sore and now hungry.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They wore the same thing!! Pretty much...</td></tr>
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Met up with John at Central Station and we walked to Market City, where I got a bowl of Roast Duck noodle soup; then we headed to a Sushi Train place where John and Chris ate (and I also continued to eat). We met up with Michelle and Fiona, where we pointlessly walked into an arcade, and really did nothing. Headed over to the Darling Harbour playground where we spent a decent amount of time there, it's seriously a good time waster! I have too much fun on the swings. Walked over to the McDonalds just right next to the playground, where we all got soft serves, just to make the day a bit cooler.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mmmm sushi.</td></tr>
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Caught the train back home with Fiona and Michelle, and I bumped into an old mate! Tony Tan! We talked for some time, and it was good seeing him after such a long time! Found it funny that all the asians had to go home first for new year celebrations!<br />
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Had work on the <i>31st</i> with Benn and Tony! Maccas for lunch ;)<br />
Did nothing on the <i>1st</i>!<br />
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However, finally got around to climbing on the <i>2nd</i> with Seann, Damo and Chris. Met up at Penrith in the morning, before heading back to Seann's so that he could prepare some food for the day. Drove up to Faulco to meet up with Chris (and his friend Glenys). She really took her time, so we sat down to watch some old climbing movies while she got ready... We all squashed into one car, including Arnold; which made for a lot of fun! We filled up at a servo in Leura, before stopping in at Blackheath so she could get coffee... and food... at two different bakeries, because of her preferences. Women...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicken Skin</td></tr>
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Bumped into Lee Cossey and Andrea Hah, Chris had known Lee from a long time ago and they hadn't seen each other in a long time! Andrea, well, she has no idea who I am, but she is one beautiful (and strong) climber!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting loose on Goosebumps</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seann and Damo</td></tr>
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Finally got to Barden's, where we did a few climbs on the main wall to warm up before heading to the cave to do some harder routes. Had a good day of scending! It was a bloody hot day. Had some drinks at the Blackheath pub, and grabbed food at maccas at Blaxland before I headed home.<br />
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Had a half day at work on the <i>3rd</i>. Had Oportos just off the M4 before work, and grabbed some maccas for Benn and Tony on the way. I was getting more shifts at work over the next fortnight, because Kim was on leave!<br />
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On the <i>4th</i>, after I finished work (also a half day); I headed to Evolution Climbing and Training; where I have been hearing good things about their routes! Got there around 5pm or so, and stayed for 3-4 hours; training with Chris, Seann and Damo.<br />
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Bloody hell, the routes there can be tough; I managed to do an 11 and a handful of 8-10s. I rested for some time and got a second wind later on, when Amy and Neil arrived. There was also a ridiculously cute kitten, with one eye. Got a bit lost getting to ECAT though, as they had recently moved locations. Headed to Red Rooster with Damo afterwards for dinner, it's good to eat immediately after training; and then straight home after that. Had a great laugh riding home next to him.<br />
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I'm losing the motivation to write now, so I will end this post here; and hopefully the next post will be soon!<br />
Have a good one!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-87042961957260171082014-02-01T19:31:00.000+11:002014-02-01T19:33:04.982+11:00Melbourne - Jan '14 Pt 2Hello again!<br />
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Happy <strike>Chinese</strike> Vietnamese New Year!<br />
This post will be the second half of my trip to Melbourne this month. I hope it's enjoyable!<br />
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So, woke up on the <i>22nd</i> feeling a little iffy; some thing felt a little off and I wasn't too sure why. My stomach just didn't fell 100%. I thought it may have just been hunger, so I got some Red Rooster for some light food, and hoped that I would feel better. Unfortunately... did feel even worse and I ended up walking around the city slowly, eventually walking to a Korean restaurant called 'Gangnam Pocha' where I would meet up with Adeline! So, Adeline is a girl I met two years ago; when I went to Thredbo.<br />
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So we got into the restaurant, and I ordered some Coke and dumplings; really didn't feel like eating; but the soft drink made me feel better! She got some sort of combination dish with rice? Afterwards, we walked to the Hard Rock climbing centre; where Adeline got the funniest 'lesson' from a guy who was most evidently gay. He was wearing skinny jeans, the tone of his voice screamed homosexuality, calves smaller than my forearms and his socks were tucked into his skinny jeans...<br />
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I went through all the necessities with her beforehand and the lesson was just one long overkill; really not required. The system they go through at this climbing gym is just ridiculous and over the top, and the top rope system with yourself tying in and using your own carabiner is silly; compared to how The Climbing Centre does it. To each their own, I guess. Himmat joined shortly after, and they were happy to do a short lesson with him, luckily. So long story short, I climbed a ridiculous amount of routes and worked up a great pump; awesome!<br />
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We all headed over to Degraves Street, just off Flinders Lane where they have a lot of cafes and cheaper restaurants; most of them were Italian themed and I got a Surf n Turf steak, Adeline got a lamb rack and Himmat got some sort of chicken. Afterwards, we headed to Federation Square (again, the atmosphere is just awesome) to watch the Federer vs Murray match. It was bloody cold, and Himmat had actually forgotten his jacket; so he needed to head off.<br />
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I took off my tank top underneath and covered my legs with that, just trying to make myself warmer because I was wearing shorts. By the end of the night, Adeline and I were pretty much one person trying to stay warm. Freaking Melbourne weather! Federer won, quite easily and we headed back home. That night, the nausea came back and I ended up... chucking. I felt much better afterwards, and could actually sleep though. I'm thinking it was something in the crab, just part of it; because Himmat was fine!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Earlier in the day, came across these guys.</td></tr>
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Woke up on the <i>23rd</i>, feeling... not that great, from the events late last night. The plan for today was to have an early dinner at 4pm with just my family and aunt, then head off to watch the tennis at night. We had Rod Laver Arena tickets for the night session, the men's semi-finals!<br />
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My parents had gone shopping, but I decided to stay in bed resting, before heading out to wander the city slowly. First stop, was 7/11, so that I could get some blue Powerade and rehydrate and recover, it worked wonders! Second, was some light food from Red Rooster, because I know that will never mess with my stomach, I eat it way too much. I stayed mostly along Bourke Street watching all the street shows, there's an endless supply really.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing a didgeridoo, holding a harmonica for his brother, also playing the guitar, awesome! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quite the crowd.</td></tr>
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My favourites of the day really had to be <a href="https://www.facebook.com/piercebrothersmusic">The Pierce Brothers</a>. They could sing, they could perform; and were very exciting to watch! They sung covers, and originals; and you can listen to them on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pierce%20brothers&sm=12">YouTube</a>. Really great performers. I particularly enjoyed their cover of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78SgqIHEwlA">"I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons</a>" and their own original, "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R1ITMpChio">Flying Home</a>". Also enjoyed a magic show with this Asian guy, doing tricks I could not explain with cards and coins... Bloody awesome! Also walked along Little Bourke street to go in and browse at all the various outdoor stores. Paddy Pallin really intrigued me, how the store was trying to be environmentally friendly. The sign outside didn't have a light or anything, it was actually a hanging garden.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this photo captures Melbourne well. Australian Open banners, cyclist, trams and street performers. Yes, he is hitting the guitar with drumsticks.</td></tr>
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Afterwards, headed back to the hotel to change into pants for dinner and the night time tennis, because of how cold it was yesterday... Turns out, it stayed very warm into the night, bloody Melbourne. We arrived at 'Box on Collins' at 4pm, however, my aunt was late and arrived just before 5pm. The restaurant was split into four levels, with ground being the cafe and bar, level 1 being the restaurant, level 2 being the kitchen and level 3 being the toilets. We had gotten entrees without her, some garlic bread and oysters kilpatrick. She arrived, ordered some white wine and saganaki. I didn't have any wine and stuck to lemonade, so my stomach would still keep recovering.<br />
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We ordered our mains, and I had some crayfish and mornay sauce and it was incredible. They claimed they were caught in the morning, and they tasted that way; so fresh. So freaking delicious. Afterwards, they took the crayfish away and cracked open the legs to make a salad out of the meat; really cool. Did I mention it was huge? I believe one half was 1.1kg. I was worried about eating too much because of my stomach, but the quality of the food was great; and there were no issues.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Next to an iPhone 4 in a case for size comparison.</td></tr>
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My dad and I left first, heading to Melbourne Park and getting to Rod Laver Arena early. I took some photos right towards the front, and I could feel a headache coming on; which sucked. That ended up lasting for the whole Wawrinka and Berdych match up. Very tense match, and also quite hot court side. Dad wasn't feeling too well, and left after that match; however I stayed back and grabbed a seat at the front for the doubles match between Mansour Bahrami / Goran Ivanisevic v Henri LeConte / Pat Cash. It was only a short exhibition match, but my god, so damn funny.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front row photo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warming Up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Great sunset.</td></tr>
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There's so much I could talk about (and I will!), but it was just a match you had to be there for. Moments like Cash taking pictures on his iPhone mid-match; Ivanisevic serving a massive 211km/h serve after acting like a little girl; LeConte scaring the ball boys; Ivanisevic jumping the net to hit a volley into the net to win the point; Bahrami being himself; Bahrami holding all six balls in his hand and throwing one up to serve at 170km/h; Ivanisevic turning his shorts into underwear; Cash posing on the ground for photos; LeConte crawling into the drinks container; Ivanisevic wearing the ball-boy hat, and playing as a ball boy; LeConte getting on the umpire chair and getting the umpire and ball boys to play, while doing hilarious commentary.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My view!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ball boy Ivanisevic.</td></tr>
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Not to mention all the silly points, the massive lobs and four way volleys. During one point, Ivanisevic served, LeConte did a massive lob and a person in the crowd (towards the back of the arena) caught it with one hand, extremely casually. The headache was gone during this match, so much laughter. At the end of the match, I also managed to get autographs from all the players, except Henri LeConte; damn! Walked back home and got myself some late night Maccas, weird cravings. One Cheeseburger, Medium fries, McBites and lemonade later, I was one happy man. Back to the hotel for a great night of sleep.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pat Cash / Goran Ivanisevic / Mansour Bahrami</td></tr>
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On the morning of the <i>24th</i>, we checked out of our rooms and I played the piano for a while, waiting for my aunt to come pick up us and our luggage. Well, she would just get my parents really; because I was planning to meet up with Adeline for lunch, which was actually meant to be brunch; but I still felt like breakfast food... So we met up on Degraves Street, just outside the restaurant we ate at the other night; and walked back and down the lane trying to decide where we would eat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remember these dolls? Justin Bieber. Came across this walking about with Adeline.</td></tr>
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Did I mention it was raining today? Go Melbourne weather! So, our requirements included shelter from the rain, some sort of bacon for me and good coffee for Adeline. Again, I don't remember the name of this place but I had the big breakfast: Bacon, eggs, sausage, mushroom, tomato, sour-dough bread; and Adeline had Eggs Benedict, I believe? It was delicious! We continued to roam around the city, with the rain stopping; she got some milk tea; and I ended up buying new casual shoes from Glue. $25! Great value. She got a brownie, right before she caught her tram; and I headed back to the hotel to meet up with my parents and aunt.<br />
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We were driven to the airport; where the check-in was nice and smooth; had some Krispy Kreme donuts and had some Gloria Jeans iced chocolate with Tim Tams! Yes, I was finishing off my holiday with some horrible food, I know... Went into the Telstra store where I had a chat with one of the guys for some time; before boarding and heading home! It was a Boeing 767, and I started reading a great book on that flight; <i>The Book Thief </i>by Markus Zusak.<br />
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It was hot when we got back into Sydney, and my brother picked us up and we went to Strathfield to have Korean BBQ. They didn't have bulgogi, and that devastated me. The food was great, and we rushed home to watch the semi-final match between Federer and Nadal. I really missed my bed, and I had a great night of sleep!<br />
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Have a great one!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-91718063544075284162014-01-30T22:56:00.003+11:002014-02-01T17:29:52.646+11:00Melbourne - Jan '14 Pt 1Hello!<br />
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As some of you may or may not know, I spent a week or so down in Melbourne earlier this month. Generally, I do spend a few days in Melbourne every year to watch the Australian Open, catch up with friends and also see family. Will also be splitting this trip in half, so it's not such a long post with lots of text and pictures! This post will consist of the first three days.<br />
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So, on the <i>19th</i>, we drove to the airport for our flight which I think was around 11:30am? So my brother who wasn't coming down to Melbourne ended up taking the car back, so we didn't need to book parking at the airport. Of course, while I was at the airport; I needed to have some Red Rooster. Shared a classic half with dad, then headed over to board on the great little Boeing 737! On the way there, ended up talking to the guy next to me; a Malaysian-Chinese man who had asked me about my Samsung Galaxy S4. Found out he worked for a company that builds props for Doctor Who; and he was on a connecting flight to London to meet with BBC. Cool stuff! I'm not a Whovian, though...<br />
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Got picked up by Aunt Dianne, on dad's side of the family; and she drove us to The Victoria Hotel, where we were staying for the next few days. We checked in, and walked about 500 metres to eat at one of my favourite budget chinese restaurants; Minh Xuong on Russell Street. They do great BBQ and roast meats! Afterwards, headed back to the hotel and watched the tennis for a bit; before I met up with Himmat at the corner of Bourke and Russell. He had just gone for a bike ride, and was ridiculously hungry. I recommended... Minh Xuong, of course; and he had lunch there while I rode his road bike around the city; before coming back and having a snack. We also agreed on trolling Daniel as much as possible on his Facebook.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Himmat enjoying his lunch at Minh Xuong</td></tr>
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Walked to Brunetti, just off Flinder's Lane; where apparently, the blueberry cheesecake is to die for! Got lost on the way, but we weren't in a rush. Also found a piano there, which was part of an <a href="http://streetpianos.com/melbourne2014/">artwork</a>, and sat down to play. A group of four girls came over and started dancing, the people in Melbourne are quite friendly, I find. Invited one to play with me, because apparently she knew the song; she declined but her friends yelled at her.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outside Brunetti, playing the piano.</td></tr>
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I needed to leave to go to Crowne Towers for a special dinner with my extended family; it was a $90 buffet at a very fancy place called The Conservatory. I bumped into those girls on the way and had a quick chat with them, all from Melbourne; except one girl who was from Germany. I exchanged the eight or so German words I knew in a random order; and got some laughter out of them all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Conservatory</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Does that mean I can't use my hands here?</td></tr>
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The dinner was delicious, with an assortment of ridiculously fresh seafood, salads, roast meats, Chinese and Indian cuisines; with an amazing table for dessert. I had a solid amount of plates, and started to hate myself. The waiters were also extremely disciplined, constantly filling up our glasses (with some Moet & Chandon Rose, I might add); taking away plates almost instantly and if you ever left the table; they would fold your cloth back nicely. Finished the night by checking out the casino, before heading back to the hotel.<br />
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On the morning of the <i>20th</i>, my family and I had tickets for the Australian Open, specifically a pass into Hisense Arena (which also includes a Ground Pass). My parents went first and stayed in Hisense Arena for the majority of the day. Met up with Himmat by a cafe near my hotel (which also had a piano). We decided to go to Rebel and get some tennis balls, so we could get some autographs from tennis players! I needed to get breakfast, so on our way to the tram, we stopped by KFC so I could get a snack box with wicked wings, delicious! We caught the free tram there, and I was planning to show Himmat around; since he only had a ground pass.<br />
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Walked to the board where they show the player's practice schedules, and realised the Ana Ivanovic was practising at the time, so we tried to get a good view. Didn't manage to get to the front, but by the time David Ferrer was on court, we had managed to get right to the front at the fence. We missed out on his autograph by just two people, lame! Immediately after David Ferrer finished, Novak Djokovic had gone on court and we were not planning to leave our spots.<br />
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At one point during his practice session, he mishit a ball, which flew into another court playing a proper tennis match; he had this 'oops' face; gold! He finished his practice session, and signed a lot of autographs for the crowd; including mine and Himmats! There was also a security guard, that Himmat pointed out, looked like Shane Warne on steroids. Met up with my parents real quick in Hisense Arena, where I got some food and then went back to the practice courts to wait for Roger Federer. We watched Sabine Ellerbrock (World Number 1 for Wheelchair Women's Singles) practice with her coach, and after their practice session; they pretty much just lobbed all their tennis balls into the crowd; that got everybody excited ! Afterwards, Roger Federer got on the court and it was awesome watching him, being that close. However, he broke my heart when he walked off without giving out any autographs; only leaving with a wave to the crowd.<br />
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Walked over to the next court and watched my cousin Brian Tran play his doubles match. It was the first round of the Australian Open Juniors; however, his team did lose to a very strong team. Went to a restaurant called 'Grass and Grain', and had some fancy steak with my parents. They tried to get Himmat to have some; but he declined, several times over.<br />
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Managed to sneak Himmat into Hisense Arena afterwards, and watched Andy Murray play against Stephane Robert, which was very exciting to watch! Murray smashed a racquet after a hawk-eye decision, costing him the third set. We watched the start of the Federer vs Tsonga match at the Heineken Garden, before trying to find a more sheltered spot from the wind. We ended up on Show Court 3, watching a mixed doubles match with Daniela Hantuchova / Laender Pas vs Elena Vesnina / Mahesh Bhupathi; before going over to Margaret Court Arena and laughing our asses off watching Mansour Bahrami play. He has got to be one of my favourite 'legends' of tennis; just watch this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Vqp6UveIU">video</a>! He was playing with Cedric Pioline against Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge.<br />
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We left after that, Himmat taking the train home; and my family and I going to Minh Xuong for a late night feed! Another bowl of roast duck noodle soup before returning home.<br />
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Waited at our hotel for Uncle Ken to pick us up on the morning of the <i>21st</i>, and I had also come across a beautiful Yamaha grand piano on the mezzanine level. I played that for a while before he arrived. He is definitely one of my favourite uncles, and we get along more as friends than family really. Grabbed some coffee at the cafe by the hotel before we headed off. We first went to Grandpa's house; but he wasn't home; so he let us take his car to go to Highpoint shopping centre; where I needed to visit the Samsung Store to get a replacement battery for my phone. Some batteries were faulty and mine was one of them; however, since I bought the phone overseas, I could not get a replacement. They didn't even have any replacement warranty batteries! I could buy one though, and I planned to sort out the warranty with Kogan; since I bought it through them.<br />
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My mum met up with her long time childhood friend (since primary school in Vietnam) and we visited their house which was about half an hour away; before going to have lunch with her husband as well in St Albans. Their house was absolutely ridiculous. It was massive, and beyond beautiful. They all had Bun Bo Hue, which was the restaurant's special and I had some Crispy Skin Chicken and Tomato Rice. We went back to Grandpa's house afterwards to visit; and to watch the rest of the Ferrer vs Berdych match.<br />
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We went back to the hotel before I went to go meet up with Himmat; who spent his day at the Australian Open, with a Rod Laver Arena pass; so he got to watch Li Na annihilate; Bouchard & Ivanovic play and also Ferrer and Berdych; great match ups! We walked around China Town, walking into Minh Xuong; but they no longer had crab, and we were adamant on getting some crab to annoy Daniel. We settled with Pacific BBQ, and had snow crab instead of mud crab, it was all they had.<br />
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Had it with the noodles, ginger and shallots; which was nice; but nowhere as good as the crab we had in Cabramatta. Afterwards, we went to Dessert Story, I got some Taro Milk Tea and Himmat was probably the only guy with a beard inside. Oh well, afterwards; headed over to Federation Square to watch an amazing tennis match with Novak Djokovic (who we were both going for) vs Stanislas Wawrinka. They had an amazing five-setter last year, and we were keen to watch some good tennis. We sat on the ground for the majority of the match, and had some random Asian guy high five and talk to me, when Djokovic won an important point.<br />
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Had some English guy then ask me if I knew him, since the asian guy started talking... a lot. Not a clue who he was, but thankfully he moved away. Typically Melbourne weather arrived, and it rained for approximately 30 seconds, and we managed to score some seats while some people went for cover. In the end, Wawrinka won; and it was absolutely heart breaking.<br />
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Headed back to the hotel afterwards for a shower, and a great sleep. Part 2 soon!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-7121510734298362882014-01-25T23:21:00.000+11:002014-01-26T01:46:41.951+11:00SparklesHello!<br />
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Been in Melbourne for the past week, so I will have a separate blog post for that, but in the mean time; this post will be about the week leading up to that! Also, please do check out Thanjon's new blog, I will be stealing a lot of photos from there! Click <a href="http://betweenarockwallandasnowyplace.blogspot.com.au/"><b>HERE</b></a>!<br />
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So, on the <i>11th</i>, started off the weekend by going to the Apia International in Sydney Olympic Park to watch the Mens' Double and Singles final! Went with my parents; brother also went with his girlfriend. I invited Daniel along as a birthday present, we got a good deal on the tickets as my parents were members with Apia insurance.<br />
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We watched the doubles match first, where Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic won; then Daniel and I headed off to the 'Interactive Area' where I had a little climb on a kids climbing wall; checked out the venue and ended up watching some wheelchair tennis; bloody impressive! Afterwards, went back to watch the finals match where Tomic got destroyed by Del Potro in the final, he kind of just... gave up.<br />
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Afterwards, drove to Canley Heights and had some late night food at Gia Hoi.<br />
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The very next day, <i>12th</i>, had an extremely early start (before sun rise) to go climbing with Paul, Jenga and a lot of others! Got to Blaxland Station by 7am, and waited for Paul and Jenga (they were late, Jenga had his 30th birthday party the night before; but today was his actual 30th! Drove up the mountain and picked up Andy at Faulconbridge, before continuing onto Bell Supercrag!<br />
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Over the course of the day, there were so many people at the crag, generally that doesn't happen due to the difficult access and long walk.<br />
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<i>Me, Thanjon, Jenga, Paul, Andy, Chris, Evan, Damion, Seann, Mike, Rick, Matt, James, Mike (another) and Tristan. </i>A few others as well, but I didn't know who they were, but it was crowded! So much energy. Spent probably nine or so hours at the crag, and got a decent amount of climbing in. A rad 22 called Seamstress to warm up on, a not so fun 21; failure on the 'bad 23' and two laps on a short bouldery 25 called Crumple Zone. Finished the day off with a casual lap on a 19 and 21. On the walk out, sprained my right ankle pretty badly, hurt like a bitch. Taped it up and limped out the rest of the way.<br />
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Had dinner at the Mount Victoria pub, and ended up getting home just before 11pm.<br />
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Yet again, the very next day, <i>13th</i>, Benn came by my place to pick me up to go for a climb and swim at Dams Cliff with Sarmila! He had called me the night before, and said he would carry everything because of my ankle, he just really wanted to go out! Had a stop at Blaxland Maccas for some breakfast, before continuing up the mountain!<br />
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Bumped into Amanda and also Rick from yesterday, climbed some easy routes just for Sarmila and then tried my luck again on Siesta, but that didn't go. Just way too tired from yesterday, and ankle wasn't liking the crazy heel hook.<br />
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Anyway, climbing aside; swam in the main dam area and also did a few jumps! Good fun, the ankle was bad enough that swimming hurt; yikes! We wouldn't let Sarmila do the big jump because her swimming wasn't good and her landings from the smaller jumps weren't great either.<br />
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Had lunch at Blackheath Fish and Chips, mainly because Benn wanted a milkshake, it seems like he always gets one after a trip like this! Walked around the antique shop for a while and then Benn dropped me off home, stopping for 7/11 Slurpees on the way! The drive up and down was really fun, and we went through a ridiculous amount of music.<br />
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I went to the city the day after, <i>14th</i>, to return my Osprey pack to Paddy Pallin for warranty work, one of the compression buckles had already broken, and I was keen to get it fixed. They nearly gave me a new one, until they realised it was dirty and I had used it; so they had to go through the supplier for warranty instead of an in-store replacement.<br />
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Went climbing with Thanjon and Hannan the next day, on the <i>15th. </i>I was meant to get off the train at Wentworth Falls and get some coffee at Il Postinos with them, however... I fell asleep on the train, but luckily I woke up in time to get off at Katoomba ! I understand why people end up at Lithgow sometimes... The thing is though, my alarm would have been going off for ten minutes in the quiet carriage, and nobody woke me up, lame. So, Thanjon got me some take-away coffee and I waited for about 5 minutes outside Todarellos.<br />
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We headed down to the Dog's, Cat's and Apple's Wall at Porters Pass, and I showed the guys where I had my massive fall on Black Heathen last year. I hadn't been back to Porters Pass to climb since then. I don't think anyone was extremely motivated to climb hard today, due to the heat; and we started off our climbing by repeating Nice Vice, Baby 20. Hannan came off at the crux while I was belaying him, and that had made me slam into the wall, shin first into the undercut section. That... hurt for hours! Bloody hell.<br />
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Afterwards, Thanjon started working Sparkle Motion, but once again, the top crux from the sidepull and pinch would not go; despite numerous falls over and over trying to free those moves. Neither Thanjon or I could get it, and we mainly just took a lot of photos, a lot of ass-shot photos. Bumped into some other climbers enquiring about the other climbs on the wall, and it was great having a chat with them. The weather at this point was still quite nice, the sun had not hit the wall yet.<br />
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We bailed before the sun could start roasting us, visited Big Johns for some price checks for a crash pad and a number six Black Diamond camalot. Nope. Way too expensive! Stopped by the Alex in Leura because I was really craving steak, but the bistro was unfortunately closed; so we settled for Mountain High Pie! Not that it's a bad thing, it's always delicious; but Hannan was right, it does lose that extra bit of appeal after a while.<br />
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By now, it was so... damn... hot! Dropped Hannan off and went back to Thanjon's house; where we helped Victor cut down a tree. Played his piano for a bit, then headed down the mountain to check out the Springwood crags. Such a bad idea. We first went to Backyard Basic, got a little lost on the walk in, but eventually found our way. The bottom of the crag is utter filth and the rock looks very sandy. The sun was battering the wall, we left.<br />
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Went to IGA and got some food, drinks and a bag of ice. Yes, a bag of ice. While walking out, we had this hipster take a photo of Thanjon and I crossing the road, bag of ice over Thanjon's shoulder; odd...<br />
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Went to Birdwood Gully for some shade, and climbed the worst route I have ever climbed. It was disgusting. A waste of money, time, bolts, chalk and climbing shoe rubber. Went home right after that, after being eaten alive by mosquitoes in the gully as well.<br />
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Had a late start on the <i>16th</i>, Big Top. The crag Thanjon and I were going to would have afternoon shade, at least the main wall. Stopped by the service station in Medlow Bath where we stocked up on food, powerade and ice-cream; it was already ridiculously hot. Walked uphill to get to the Big Top boulder, where Thanjon was ridiculously keen to climb the off-width on the back side of the boulder; Kubrick Crack. Initially, Thanjon tried the first few moves and broke off a hold; falling off and elbowing my right in the head; bloody hell.<br />
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It was a bit of an epic trying to set it up, having no trad gear for this climb. He aided the face next to it and traversed across to clip a carrot bolt by the crack, before topping out and setting up a tree belay. When it was my turn to try the route, it was a bit of an epic. It was like ultimate fighting with a rock, jamming in my right knee; edging with my left foot and chicken wing jamming my right arm to get up this crack. The sun was starting to hit this side of the wall, because of where the route was on the boulder. Right at the top, I basically did a sideways dyno from the crack to a jug; it was bloody desperate!<br />
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I came down and belayed Thanjon so he could climb it cleanly, and I felt like I was done for the day. He volunteered to carry all the equipment up the rest of the hill (the worst part) to get to the main area of the crag. Absolute trooper.<br />
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Tried a 22 on second, wasn't too keen to try it on lead after seeing Thanjon's epic on it. The climb really should have ended much lower, after the cool start, which was laybacking up this corner! It then traversed out on a thin face, with fairly chossy rock. Not so great. I broke some holds off, as well...<br />
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Finished the day repeating a bolted crack, at grade 17. We also supplemented with a LOT of wires, placing 9 wires! Had some pizza at Hazelbrook, and also had some crab at home which mum had made! Delicious.<br />
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Spent the night of the 17th and the morning of the 18th a little out of my element, at Jimmy's house. He had a going away party; lots of drinks, and great music!<br />
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Post about Melbourne, coming soon. Ciao!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-65815449383809633072014-01-11T15:26:00.001+11:002014-01-11T15:26:51.356+11:002014Hello all! First post of 2014, I've started off this year with lots of climbing, lots and lots of climbing! My skin is... kind of destroyed, but oh well!<br />
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<i>New Year's Day</i>, what better way to start off the new year by going rock climbing? I know right. Started a bit later than usual, and met up with Gene and Thanjon to go climb at Barden's Lookout. None of us could stay so long either, so we definitely made the most of the 3 or 4 hours we had out there. Warmed up on Lady Stardust, which Thanjon hated for some reason, I found it quite pleasant!<br />
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Then each of us threw ourselves at a 24 each in the cave, which Gene ticking Jean Genie, Thanjon ticking Chicken Skin and me failing Goosebumps, kept falling off the final dyno... Damn! This pretty much ruined my skin because I had tried it 3 times.<br />
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Headed back afterwards, the kebab shop was closed, but Foodworks was open, so we got lunch with a random assortment of food in there. That night, I went back to Barluck with my parents, and two cousins from Melbourne, who were visiting Sydney. I was ridiculously tired, nearly fell asleep in the food.<br />
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Day after, on the <i>2nd</i>, yes, more climbing! Went to Hartley Vale road crag, which has some nice afternoon shade to do a couple of routes. Warmed up on the easy corner and did the classic 21, Something with Spiders. I didn't see any spiders, but Thanjon did! Then put ourselves on two Mike Law routes; Hitlistless, which was terrifying and hard, but we managed to send it! Then Alpaca Corner, which was dirty as anything, until we cleaned it up, we think it's a great slab now!<br />
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The ground was pretty wrecked from all the back burning, and there was so much rock around, lots of potential for more routes in this area. Access is ridiculously easy, the walk in takes about one minute. Finished off the day with some kebabs!<br />
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On the Saturday, <i>4th</i>, we hit up Logan Brae around lunch time; it was a hot day and it has shade in the afternoon, perfect! The only problem is that the whole crag is overhanging and the easiest route is a solid 22; not the best one to warm up on. Managed to both onsight/flash it, then proceeded to get spanked an awkward 23! Tried another route afterwards, but couldn't finish it; I had hit the wall. The new Black Diamond harness I got from Climbing Anchors was great!<br />
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We called it early and went back to Wentworth Falls for some food and coffee.<br />
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A day's rest later; went out climbing on the <i>6th</i>, Victor (Thanjon's dad) was going to join us today, so we decided to go to the always popular Shipley Upper and Centennial Glen, very accessible crags. Started off the day by finally ticking These People are Sandwiches! It's sort of been a nemesis for a while, and it's a grade 22 that will make you get your shit together to tick it.<br />
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Afterwards, we headed down to The Glen, where we bumped into Andy! He was trucking through a monstrous amounts of route, which really didn't seem to stress him out at all. He is too strong. Thanjon set his eyes on Ernest in Africa, an arete roof, it looked like a nice line! We both sent it second shot, and the crux sequence is just too fun.<br />
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Called it a day after that, and went back to Mountain High Pies to have lunch!<br />
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<i>7th</i>, went out with Esmeralda to go to the city; hadn't seen her in a while, so decided to catch up! Got off at Town Hall, and she was interested in a bookstore called 'Abbey's Bookshop', which she had heard was on Kent Street. Great, no need for google maps, we'll just walk along Kent Street, because I wouldn't mind having a browse in some of the outdoor stores, still kind of the sale period, so why not?<br />
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We had ended up pretty much finished Kent Street, and hadn't found it yet; I decided to go get some lunch in Chinatown first, before we continued our search! While eating, she pondered the idea of going to the aquarium, and hoping it wouldn't cost many Yolos.<br />
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(So, Thanjon and I came up with a new form of currency, called Yolos. One dollar, is one Yolo; PEOPLE WILL CATCH ON!)<br />
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<i>Me: Oh man, this Osprey I want costs tooo much!</i><br />
<i>Thanjon: YOLO</i><br />
<i>Me: That's ... a lot of Yolos</i><br />
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We didn't end up going to the aquarium, and cheated to find the book store, and spent a surprisingly long time in there. We kind of used it as a library, and the upstairs section was just hilarious. Paranormal romance section, it was the cheesiest thing you could imagine! Found a book that I forgot existed, and sat there reading it for a while with her; "<a href="http://hyperboleandahalfbook.blogspot.com.au/">Hyperbole and a Half</a>" by Allie Brosh, I had read her <a href="http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com.au/">blog posts</a> in the past, and it is just the funniest thing.<br />
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Walked through the botanic gardens afterwards, and ended up watching a really cool street show. It's always in the same spot at Circular Quay, I swear.<br />
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Next day, <i>8th</i>, more climbing! Well, specifically bouldering. Met up with Sid at Penrith (because I missed my train and the connection up the mountains). Got some sushi, and Thanjon made a detour to get us at Penrith instead. Thanjon had retrieved my crash pad from Chew's house in the morning earlier, I had forgotten it there a while back! Jimmy and Seann were also going to be coming along as well.<br />
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It wasn't meant to be such a tiring day, but Thanjon and I ended up powering out a lot of routes, ticking Doctor V5; all the easiest ones and then working on some new ones we hadn't tried before. Skin was absolutely destroyed by the end of the day. We had Maccas at Blaxland afterwards, with Seann and Jimmy leaving earlier; Big Mac's really go down well.<br />
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That night, met up with Ben Young, his brother Will, Paul and Thanjon to watch The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. It was a good movie, apparently quite different to the book; and there was just a sense of happiness throughout, a feel good movie. I enjoyed it.<br />
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<i>9th. </i>Underestimating how sore we were from bouldering the previous day, Thanjon and I planned to go to Sublime Point to climb. The weather was cloudy all day, and we thought it would rain, so the Binary Cave area would be perfect to climb. Most of the day, I spent repeating my favourite moderate climbs in the area; had only attempted a new 22 slab I hadn't before, but couldn't link it, just too tired. It will go easily when I'm fresh, though. However, Thanjon couldn't even do the crux moves! Got him on a few slabs during the day so he could refine his slab technique. Since he's been back, we have really only been doing vertical and steep routes. Also got to try out my new Osprey pack!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-63739746314305157252014-01-08T00:03:00.000+11:002014-01-08T00:04:11.097+11:00Le Fin 2013Happy new year all! Not a big fan of Christmas, but I do enjoy ticking into another year. I wish for a safe and cheerful 2014 to all!<br />
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So, a quick recap on what I've been up to in the last moments of 2013!<br />
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On the <i>21st</i> of December, I went to play paint ball with quite a lot of people, for Tiffanie and Lilian's joint birthday event! It was a long, tiring and hot day; especially in those overalls. I don't remember too much, but Chew and I were constantly yelling back and forth; and the free for all at the end, bloody hurt.<br />
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On the <i>22nd</i>, only had a morning of climbing out with Thanjon at Boronia. Ended up meeting up with Seann, Damo, Evan and Chris. Had a play on some easy routes on the ancient mariner buttress, before heading over to the main wall to try Lyptus... fucking Lyptus. It escapes me again this time, but I'm sure next time I'll be able to send it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh Snapchat.</td></tr>
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Anyway, we left early; got some pies at Wentworth Falls for lunch! Always delicious. Afterwards, I went home to have our early Christmas dinner with mum, dad, brother and his girlfriend. We had some pippies (clams) stir-fried in XO sauce, BBQ mussels with this fancy sauce mum made and then lamb and salad, delicious!!<br />
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<i>Christmas Eve, </i>I met up with Sid to go to ClimbOz during the day. Pretty sure I had lunch at home, and not in Blacktown. I gave him my Christmas gift to him, just a nice organic tee from Kathmandu. We climbed a few routes, but didn't really chat about other things at that time. Ended up leaving and having a snack at Sushi Bay and then main dinner over at Nandos, which has refurbished and looks really good! After dinner, we stayed a bit longer and just caught up. That night, I played late night TF2 and L4D2 with all the boys, until Christmas Day ticked over; a very good way to spend the night !!<br />
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I spent <i>Christmas Day</i> by myself at home, playing the piano and watching Reel Rock 8, which I had just downloaded. Ended up watching a few movies, playing games and eating lots of food!<br />
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On the Friday after, <i>27th</i>, had a crazy day at work; being the first day open after the two public holidays. Seriously love each of my co-workers, couldn't ask for a better crew! I spent the majority of the day wearing a Santa hat which I stuffed with plastic, so it would sit on my head as straight and high as possible. Got a lot of smiles for it!<br />
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After work, I went home to have a quick bowl of Pho for dinner, and then headed to Fletcher's house to meet up with him and Sid. Gave Sid our (Thanjon and I)'s joint Christmas present, which was absolute gold. 2014 Calendar, the girls of my life. As always, whenever a house has a piano, I go and play it! Messed around playing with my motorcycle gloves and helmet on. I didn't stay very long as I had an early day out with Paul and the posse on the next day!<br />
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<i>28th</i>, met up with Paul and Youngie at 6:45am in Penrith, and we headed up to Barden's Lookout to climb. It is the only crag open on Mount York Rd at the moment, due to the bush fires back in October. Over the course of the day, more people came, including Nathan, Dana, Leith and his friends. I got on a couple of climbs, including a 19/22/25/22/24, and was entirely broken by the end of the day. Also made a new nemesis, which was the 24 I tried at the end of the day, called Goosebumps. A nice, short bouldery route.<br />
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Dana, Paul, Youngie and I all ended up at the Alex right at the end of the day, it was a long day out; and I definitely deserved that T-bone steak. Oh yes. Headed back down the mountain with Dana, and we had a long chat about everything, really. Family, relationships, aspirations; it was really quite nice.<br />
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Went to Reservoir Dogs on the <i>29th</i> with Thanjon, to do some nice exposed rap-in short multipitches! We met up with Paul and Gene in the morning, as Gene just topped out Mr Orange, and was belaying Paul up. They did two routes in this area to warm up, doing them each as one long pitch. We sorted our gear out and rapped down using Paul's rope; and climbed two of the multipitches that day. We did them to the halfway anchors, leading a pitch each.<br />
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Walked out, and had kebabs at Hazelbrook, yet again!<br />
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<i>30th</i>; went to Shipley with Gene and Thanjon. Met up with Damo, Lee and Chad at the Grey Slab. Warmed up on Scramble Syndrome, a pretty cool slab; then headed down to the Glen because it was ridiculously populated up in Shipley. Didn't climb too much today, had to leave quite early to make dinner with the boys! Made some hilarious (I'd like to think so) snapchat videos that we sent to people on the drive back.<br />
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Got home, showered, and eventually rode off to Daniel's house, where I met up with Daniel (obviously), Shehan, Himmat, Sean and Ankita. Played some table tennis, piano, a little bit of TF2 and then headed off to Barluck in Cabramatta! Himmat has never tasted crab in his life, we were going to change that.<br />
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Everyone went in Daniel's car, but Himmat and I rode down instead (more fun). Parking was straight forward, Himmat and I won, of course. Got two servings of crab, fried rice and some sizzling beef; and boy it was delicious! Afterwards, went downstairs and most of us got Froyo for dessert. Headed back to Daniel's place for a little chill session afterwards, before heading home.<br />
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<i>New Year's Eve</i>, woke up fairly late; had the last Red Rooster meal of the year, always delicious. In the late afternoon, I rode over to Chris's house to have a nice little house party for the new year! Chris, Sarah, Matt and their parents all invited their groups of friends over and there were quite a lot of people over! One of the first things I did when I got over was to immediately play on his piano, oh Yamaha, you sound so good!! The rest of the evening consisted of great food, watching TV, trying to play his Xbox, Monopoly and the best card game I have ever played, called Cards Against Humanity; ridiculously funny. Didn't drink, as I needed to ride home after the fireworks to go climbing on New Years Day. Had a mini night club set up, with a set of speakers, a disco ball and fog machine after the fireworks!<br />
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It was a great way to spend New Years Eve, much better than getting wasted out in a club; but hey, that's just me.<br />
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Once again, happy new year!<br />
Next post will be out soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-85524167396058803282013-12-22T21:33:00.002+11:002013-12-22T22:19:19.734+11:00Wet'n'WildNeed to start writing up more often, because I am too forgetful! Have actually been starting draft blog posts with reminders on what I did on those days!<br />
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<b>So</b> I started off the week, <i>16th</i>, with a haircut in Blacktown. I like my hair short, and it was getting too long for my liking. Could really feel the breeze once I got it cut, and it felt great!<br />
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In the evening, I knew a couple of mates would be at The Climbing Centre; so I figured since I had a break on Sunday, I would train. Anna was working that day, and the crew included Kate, Seann, Damo, Dave, Paul and Youngie. Jenga and Mitch came in to visit as well, good fun. Did some new routes but spent most of my time on the woodie, that thing gets you bloody tired quick! Convinced Anna that she wanted some pizza, and we went around finding out who wanted Pizza that evening. By the end of the night, we were done climbing, just sharing stories and enjoying our pizza!<br />
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Organised when I was meeting Fletcher for the day after at Wet'n'Wild, fuck yeah!!!<br />
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<b>Woke</b> around 9am on the <i>17th</i>, got ready and headed off to the station to grab Fletcher! Got dropped off at Wet'n'Wild just a bit before 10am with Fletcher. We lined up in order to get our season pass bands, we spent the time in the line just catching up, it had been a long time since I'd last seen him! By the time we got our bands, it was now 11:10am, spent over an hour just trying to get our bands!<br />
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Next step was to go hire some lockers to put our bags. The bands are pretty cool, you can do everything with them! I put $30 on the band so that I could buy lunch in the future without needing my wallet. The locker that you pick is attached to the RFID chip in your wrist band, and I wave over the locker in order to open or lock it! Cool stuff! Covered myself in ludicrous amounts of sunscreen before leaving the lockers, then jumped into the <a href="http://wetnwildsydney.com.au/explore/all-rides/the-beach.aspx">Wave Pool</a> to cool down before going to our first ride.<br />
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Waited in line for around an hour, for the <a href="http://wetnwildsydney.com.au/explore/all-rides/360rush.aspx">360Rush</a>. Probably the ride that gives you the biggest adrenaline ride. Made me take my necklace off; got a body board strapped to my back and then you step into a capsule. 3, 2, 1; then the platform below you drops out and you fly straight down! Lasted about 8 seconds and you also do a loop inside the tube! Good fun.<br />
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Afterwards, we headed over to another tower with more rides; and we were in line for about 5 minutes; when I heard, "Oh, hello!"; I turned my head and saw Chris! What were the chances? Matthew, his brother was the one who saw Fletcher and said that. Chris was there with his younger brother and sister; Matt and Sarah; along with more of Matt's friends, for his birthday celebrations!<br />
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It was awesome having ten of us now, made waiting for rides much more bearable, and they were all great people. The group kind of split into two, with Fletcher, Chris, Sarah, Matt and I being together. Chris and Sarah, Fletcher and I did the <a href="http://wetnwildsydney.com.au/explore/all-rides/aqua-tube.aspx">Aqua Tube</a> ride, we had about 5 rides to choose from there, but I don't remember all of them. Pitch black and lots of twist and turns! Really fun.<br />
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The others went for another lap on the tower, while us four went to get lunch. They would meet us later! Jess told me she was working at the Frozen Coke area so I dropped in and said hi before getting lunch! Had burger and fries for lunch. $15, ouch! Paid with my band so that was convenient. Also figured that it would be a good time to apply more sunscreen, I had already seen so many sunburnt people.<br />
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We went to another tower of rides, the <a href="http://wetnwildsydney.com.au/explore/all-rides/riptide.aspx">Riptide</a> (green), <a href="http://wetnwildsydney.com.au/explore/all-rides/double-bowlseye.aspx">Double Bowlseye</a> (red/yellow) and <a href="http://wetnwildsydney.com.au/explore/all-rides/the-curler.aspx">The Curler</a> (blue). The lines seem to be shorter on these and we quickly pumped out blue, green then red and yellow. We stuck as a group of five for these rides, and we actually managed to flip our raft upside down on the the red/yellow ride. The lifeguards were saying they hadn't seen that trick yet, definitely made the ride more fun! Blue was definitely the best and green was over a little too quickly.<br />
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We headed over to another tower to line up for the <a href="http://wetnwildsydney.com.au/explore/all-rides/tantrum.aspx">Tantrum</a>. This was by far the longest line and we spent over an hour in this line waiting for this ride. The wait is definitely much more bearable with nine others though! Afterwards, we headed back to the lockers, a little tired after waiting so long in the line. Chris also called Alex to find out where he was, Alex was probably 5 metres away facing in the opposite direction. Once we managed to fit Alex's valuables our lockers, we put on more sunscreen and headed to the lazy river to float around.<br />
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Went around <a href="http://wetnwildsydney.com.au/explore/all-rides/boomerang-bay.aspx">Boomerang Bay</a> three times and the whole time, we were really just fighting each other trying to flip the donut floats; very relaxing though! I also found out that the towel I left by the wave pool was blown away by the wind, damn it !!!<br />
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The sun was less intense now and we headed over the tower where we have met Chris and all. This time Fletcher and I went down the <a href="http://wetnwildsydney.com.au/explore/all-rides/tropical-cyclone.aspx">Tropical Cyclone</a>, similar to the Aqua Loop, it's hard not to be smiling during these rides! So cold. To finish off the day, most of us went over to the H2GO Racers! I didn't do too well, I blame my start! Lost to Fletcher and Sarah, damn! :(<br />
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I headed home with Alex (my house is on the way) and everybody went to Chris's place. I changed into dry clothes, had a quick meal and rode over to Chris's place in Cecil Hills. Had dinner at his house (some sort of yummy tacos) and watched Airplane! It was absolutely hilarious and is so much more enjoyable watching it with everyone. His mum made dessert, which included a Paleo cake and Jelly, oh my god, so yum, so good, so delicious!<br />
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After the movie, I just had to go play Chris's piano, It's a Yamaha piano and they have always made my favourite pianos. I just love the noise. So both Chris and I played the piano, and then we eventually got around to singing with Fletcher. Everyone had left by this point, and Sarah looked like she was going to pass out, looked so tired! She did tell me off for not having a Harley though, hahaha. Chris drove Fletcher to Rooty Hill station, with Matt along for company. I left with them, I needed the directions out, he has the most confusing neighbourhood; seriously.<br />
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<b>The</b> day after, <i>18th</i>, went to James Bond crag in Megalong Valley with Thanjon! I didn't really have anything in mind but I guess Thanjon wanted to crank on some 23s, it's been some time since we have tried things around our limit. Started off on what I thought was a 15 slab, it was ridiculously hard for a 15!! Thanjon went over and did the 18 next to it, which was meant to be 10 metres. It was not. (Warning, this is all climbing jargon)<br />
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Had to lower him down to get some extra equipment to finish the 25 metre route; turns out we read the guidebook wrong, I did the 18; and he had done a 19 even further around! Oops. Great way to start the day. By this time, it was starting to get hot! Better get on those 23s.<br />
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First up was Plenty O'Toole, my god; holds have broken off this because I couldn't do any moves over a 4 metre section. There were no holds. Ended up aiding to the top. Rested on the rope a bit that Thanjon decided to just swing around on the rope singing, "I came in like a wrecking ball!!!" Hahahaha.<br />
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After, I tried to do Oh James!, included a dyno at the start, and a few tough sequences. Mantled the ledge at the top, saw the anchors and woop, ticked it! Onsight 23, awesome! Thanjon isn't that great with dynos, and took a couple of goes to sort that move, and my beta at the top was apparently horrible too.<br />
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Then lastly, we went up a route called 'The Living Daylights'; I wish it was longer, such an amazing technical climb. Crux is at the top, and it's a powerful, technical son of a bitch. Thanjon had two shots but couldn't get it clean.<br />
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Called it a day, and the great thing about this crag is, you walk uphill in the morning; so it's a downhill stroll at the end of the day! (Unlike most other crags in the Blue Mountains). Stopped in Hazelbrook to get a kebab and a coke, met the same guy again; love him! This time, as he handed my kebab, my phone was on the table; he sneakily put it in his pocket and walked off. Sneaky, sneaky. My right hand was absolutely killing me from Plenty O'Toole, the beta we came up with involved using two nothing holds with our right hand.<br />
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<b>Spent</b> the <i>19th</i>, at home, had Red Rooster again; oh yeah. Wrapped some Christmas gifts as well!<br />
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<b>Had </b>work on the <i>20th</i>, holy shit, it was such a hot day. Rode to work in my mesh jacket, no way was I riding in my leathers today. Spent most of the day out in the dock, was so hungry early on; had lunch first and went to the cafe to get a chicken schnitzel, salad, chips and gravy; delicious. Everyone except Mo came into work for our staff Christmas party! All staff members got a backpack from the company as a present, and also covered $35 each for whatever we did! We went to Dooley's in Lidcombe for dinner and afterwards; played snooker to finish off the night. Good night with good people! Best team ever!<br />
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Next post soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-56478373016586024582013-12-19T17:38:00.000+11:002013-12-19T21:39:12.052+11:00Taking the WhipperHello again!<br />
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The past week been quite an eventful for me, I feel like I have a life, which is good! Better than just sitting at home playing video games... 10th-15th<br />
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<b>So</b>! On the<i> 10th</i>, I dropped in to ClimbOz to chat with Chew, been a while since I'd seen him! Was just catching up real quick with a few stories here and there. Afterwards, I caught the train to Parramatta, but I missed my train, so I decided to go get some Red Rooster (mmm) In Blacktown for lunch rather than waiting for the next train.<br />
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Anyway, I finally got to Parramatta to meet up with Esmeralda and her friend Rachel to watch the new Hunger Games movie! (Catching Fire). She hadn't finished work yet so I just strolled around, there were a lot of cops all over the top level food court; ended up finding out that some crazed guy started attacking an old man. People... So we got our tickets when Es finished work, watched the movie, which was really freaking good actually. I was really surprised, and got really into it! Very different to what I thought it was going to be like. It ended on a cliff hanger, which severely annoyed me; why would the film-makers do that to me? D:<br />
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When it finished, we just walked about Parramatta for an hour or so, went to the park to attempt to scare Rachel with the whole bat area; didn't work, and we all headed home after that!<br />
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I downloaded the first Hunger Games movie while I showered and it finished ridiculously quickly. Watched the whole movie while I ate dinner. Also good. Should I read the books?<br />
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<b>The</b> next day, <i>11th</i>, caught the train up with Esmeralda to Woodford to meet Thanjon to go climbing! Yay, CLERMBENG! The destination today would be Celebrity Crag in Blackheath. Climbed three nice moderate routes on the Jimmy Cliff. Gave Es my harness and tied her in on top rope to try Johnny's Jalopies, the 18. We were bloody surprised on how well she did! It's a very technical vertical wall, don't need too much strength if you have good technique. With some advice from the ground, she made it to the top!<br />
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Thanjon set his eyes on a 23, called Blah Blah Woof Woof. It was absolute shit. Involved destroying a large amount of flora and probably pissing off a lot of snakes in order to get to the start. Two stick clips were needed and the amount of rock he kicked off in my face was not cool. We left an old biner on the route and ended up bailing.<br />
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Was ridiculously hungry going down the mountain, and got a kebab in Hazelbrook. I love the guy that works there. This was part of our conversation:<br />
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Me: Is the mixed kebab chicken and beef?<br />
<i>Him: Nope, camel and ostrich today.</i><br />
Me: Delicious, I'll have that! Just lettuce and onion, no tomato.<br />
<i>Him: You're getting tomato.</i><br />
Me: What if I'm allergic and die?<br />
<i>Him: Great!! That's thirty dollars. </i>(It's $10 on the menu)<br />
Me: Here's a fake card, charge it on this.<br />
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Got my kebab, Thanjon walked us to the station; then Es and I headed down the mountain! On the train, she asked if I wanted to go watch a movie with her in Parramatta; of course! Why not? Ended up watching the new Jackass movie 'Bad Grandpa'. Holy shit, funniest film I've seen in such a long time! Was in pain from laughter a couple of scenes. It was so great and relaxing just sitting down in those large seats watching a funny film, after a day climbing up the mountains, and a very good way to end the day!<br />
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<b>The</b> next day! <i>12th</i>. Woke up early to take my Ninja to BikeBiz in Granville so that I could get the safety recall on the brake caliper repaired/fixed. I also received my Yoshimura chassis protectors so I also got them to fit those to my bike; installing them is quite involving and I didn't want to mess anything up if I installed them myself. involves removing all the fairings, the engine bolts, and cutting holes in the fairing. I didn't have the necessary tools either.<br />
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Mum picked me up from there and we went to Kathmandu in Parramatta so I could get some Christmas gifts for people! Royal and Amy were working, and then Janelle came in afterwards; always good seeing them.<br />
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Mum had been pestering me for a long time about going to the dentist for a clean. So went to Merrylands afterwards, where she had booked me in for a clean. Waited some time outside, when I got in and told him mum booked me for a clean, he said it's been too recent for a clean; so I left and nothing even happened. Silly mum... He's a great guy though, been our family dentist for years!<br />
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Went to Canley Heights to have lunch, had Tan Viet; delicious. So good, so full. After lunch, straight back to Bikebiz to pick up my bike, and rode home!<br />
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Caught the train to Blacktown, hoping that I could get my haircut. Nope, the place closed early!! They always close early. But that didn't matter, I had my climbing gear and went climbing at ClimbOz. Ended up going home with Tom.<br />
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<b>Day</b> after, <i>13th</i>, went to work in Auburn, the usual Friday shift with Vish and Kim! Was supposed to have dinner with Es that night; but her parents wanted to celebrate her first pay check by going to dinner with her instead. Funny thing, they ended up changing their mind and nothing happened! Super lame. She did visit me at work for a solid 15 minutes, though. So I'll return the favour some time!<br />
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After work, my fuel light was flashing, so I wasn't willing to get on the M4 and run out of fuel! Instead, I went down Parramatta road, filled up and proceeded to take the longest detour in the world to get to Blacktown. Got caught up in a car crash and I got Red Rooster at St Martin's. Went to ClimbOz for a quick visit, but found out that Benn was setting routes there! Spent the night there talking with Benn and all the other regulars, hopefully go for a climb with him soon!<br />
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<b>The </b>next day, <i>14th</i>, had organised to meet up with Youngy and Paul at Medlow Bath for some climbing. Met up with Thanjon at Woodford, got some food at the servo at Medlow Bath, and picked up Armand from the cafe! He is from Holland (I think), and Thanjon met him a few days earlier; we was looking for climbing partners in the blueys!<br />
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Did a fair amount of routes on that day actually, ticked a 20/22/19/14/19; and worked on a 25 for some time, but couldn't get the crux moves. Ridiculously hard! Didn't actually see Paul and Youngy yet, as they were climbing in the much lower area. As I was climbing up Mañana near the end of the day, I heard a voice yell out my name "Jason!!"; I looked around, kind of puzzled, but I knew it was Paul's voice; then I heard another yell, I yelled back Paul and then I saw him emerging from some bushes at the top and to the side of the climb I was doing with Youngy. Had a casual conversation on the side of a cliff about their day; organised to meet up at the pub in Leura afterwards! Youngy snapped a couple of photos while he was there.<br />
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Asked Paul about The Sandpit area, and he said it was good, so we did one last climb in that area to finish the day. Met them at the Alex in Leura, sat around for a bit and then when it was time to go, I headed down the mountain with Paul and Youngy. We stopped by Jenga's place in Mount Riverview, Paul needed a couple of tools for the day after; where he was going to fix up his project out in Pierces Pass.<br />
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Had a little bit of dinner so I didn't die of starvation, Lara had cooked some Hokkein noodles and it was really good! Also scored myself Jenga's <a href="http://www.onsight.com.au/2013/10/world-climbing-calendar-2014/">World Climbing Calender</a> (Simon Carter). Many thanks! :) We headed down the mountain quickly so I could make my train at Penrith. I don't think I have ever sprinted so quickly with a big rucksack on my back to make the train. Up the stairs 3-4 at a time and made it in just as the doors were closing; score. Another good way to end the day, destroying my body!<br />
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Next post coming <i>soon</i> :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-23683046272948430152013-12-15T20:52:00.000+11:002013-12-16T21:33:36.425+11:00FreedomFreedom at last! Finally about to go out and about and actually do things again! :) Been seriously lazy to write this up, a lot has been happening!<br />
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Finished my studies for the year, and no longer working every Sunday at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheClimbingCentre">The Climbing Centre</a>! Still have my regular Friday shift at Kathmandu, though; but it pretty much means I have 6 days a week to do what I'd like!<br />
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So right at the end of last month on Wednesday, went out to Shipley Upper with Damo, Dave and Jess. It was one of Jess's first time outdoors and despite the fact that Dave has been climbing for years, probably one of his firsts as well. Hah. Jess listened to Dave at the base of Trinity as he taught her things, while me and Damo tried to do some climbs.<br />
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I was definitely rusty from not climbing in such a long time and sketched out like a bitch leading Trinity, the 13. Things got better as I tried Pompadour 13, but I wasn't too keen on leading These People are Sandwiches 22. Ended up top roping it, but I got it clean! Next time I'm at Shipley, that's going down for sure.<br />
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On the Saturday immediately after, woke up early to meet all the Sydney L & P Riders at Windsor McDonalds. It was an organised group ride eventually finishing in Bathurst! Had a fun ride down Bell's Line of Road to stop at Bilpin from breakfast, Lithgow for a snack and then Bathurst where we had a few laps around Mount Panorama Circuit, where they hold the Bathurst 1000. Remember a few faces from another time when we all met up for coffee at Starbucks!<br />
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The day after, went out to Sublime Point with Paul and Dana. Met up with Paul at Penrith station at 0630, and Dana dropped by Paul's place and we headed up together. Paul had his eyes on a crack that he and Neil spotted when they were climbing The Iliad. We were hoping to put aside roughly 2 hours going for the first ascent, but it turned into an epic, taking us about 3.5 hours!</div>
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Afterwards, headed over to the Binary Cave where Paul made me attempt La Nina 22; which I somehow onsighted... It did take a long time, the confidence was not there. Dana then tried going up Birthday Bolts, however she ended up bailing on it. A few pitches of climbing later, we bumped into an American climber named Adam, who had actually contacted Paul, and was eager to climb with us. </div>
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We ended up climbing Sweet Dreams with our packs on, (I have blogged about Sweet Dreams before) I think the post is called... Sweet dreams, hah. I partnered up with Adam; while Paul partnered up with Dana. Ended finishing the multi-pitch as the sun was setting. Picturesque. We headed home right afterwards, and the always so lovely Dana gave me a lift back to my place! :) A great long day, I was in my harness for a solid 11-12 hours.</div>
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Tuesday, I rode out to KFC to have lunch with Daniel, who had placement in Mount Druitt hospital. Afterwards he came over to my place and yeah... we played some Team Fortress 2, of course. Went to climb at the gym that night, it was such a quiet night; so I just got some training done, had nothing else to do.</div>
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Thursday, we (Paul, Dana, Youngy, Gene, Ro and I) had all planned to go climb some multi-pitch routes out in Pindari. It had been ridiculous hot for the week, and I definitely dressed for the occasion. Anyway, we had gotten up the mountain and it began to rain... heavily. Not just rain, it actually started sleeting and hailing. The wind was mind-numbingly strong. We bailed on the plan to climb in Pindari, and headed down the mountain slightly, to climb at The Underworld; a massive and steep cave. It was mostly rain protected, however the wind howled through. Climbing was difficult from how cold it was. </div>
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I have to thank Dana so much, as she had a very thin midriff hoodie (which looked fabulous on me) and a rain jacket, which we alternated between climbs. None of us could feel our hands properly during the climbs, and Paul fell off Julius Caesar, after doing all the hardest moves; just because he couldn't feel his hands any more.</div>
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You can't fathom how cold it was, however the "feels like" temperature was minus 4.6 degrees. The last time I felt that cold was probably doing the whole Valley of the Waters walk with Thanjon, Fletcher and Sid; without proper gear, on a freezing, pouring day.</div>
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We walked out in the dark with head torches, and all had dinner at Wentworth Falls Pizzeria! It was unbelievably warm inside and we loved it. Dana, was once again a lovely human and drove me home once we got to Paul's place. A good afternoon/evening of climbing!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The crew, minus me and Ro. Yes, that's toilet paper underneath Youngy's helmet, for warmth.</td></tr>
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On Saturday, met up with Paul, Dana and Dasha to go up to Medlow Bath for climbing. We organised to meet up with Taib and Thanjon. We actually got lost on the walk in, which is just slightly confusing. That's the second time that has happened! Also sprained my right ankle fairly badly on the way in, but that was taped up by Dr T-Dog. Was well prepared for the cold on this day, but it ended up being such a nice sunny day, although Medlow is one of the more colder (shadier) crags. Paul and Taib went to the lower section to do some old-school trad classics! Me and Thanjon stayed along the top doing some moderate climbs while Dana and Dasha were doing some easy stuff on The Block. </div>
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Thanjon and I finished up and headed over to Dana and Dasha, where we did a little bit of climbing; but spent the rest of the day just sharing stories and that was really great fun. These two American climbers were trying a 23 nearby, and were having loads of trouble! They thought it was a much easier route, so I volunteered to put up the rest of the draws so they could top rope it. It was easy climbing, to a big dyno off horrible holds. Eventually stuck it, and that felt bloody awesome! Headed down the mountain with Paul and Dana, and yep; Dana got me home, again! :) :)</div>
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Next post coming soon! I think...</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-37908590245947276572013-12-08T17:23:00.002+11:002013-12-16T15:20:50.178+11:00A Summary: 2013 Pt 3For the final instalment of this series, I'll be blogging about July to November! Before going through photos or anything to remember, I'm going to tell you now, it was pretty bland and boring. Just being honest!<br />
It's kind of going to be like Pt 1.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>JULY</b></span><br />
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Because of Daniel, Himmat and Sean (but definitely 95% Daniel), I started playing Team Fortress 2. Damn it's a fun game, and always great fun playing at night, while chatting on Mumble with all the boys.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No pictures really, so a screenshot of the game. The little icon next to the names on the left means they're a friend of mine. In order of those icons, it's Daniel, Sean and Himmat.</td></tr>
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That definitely took up a lot of my time!! Semester two at uni also started again, and my timetable meant I had to go all day long on Tuesdays and Thursdays.<br />
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On July 24th, there was a little mini climbing party at The Climbing Centre, there wasn't really a special occasion; but lots of climber friends turned up and it was an awesome night!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little blurry because Dave was hanging upside down to take it!</td></tr>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>AUGUST</b></span><br />
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By this point in time, I was working every Friday, Saturday and Sunday; and going to uni every Tuesday and Thursday. Two days off a week, and they were the worst days! Nobody else was free and I didn't really get to do anything fun.<br />
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On August the 2nd, my friend Adeline from Melbourne was down in Sydney for a few days; so we decided to go get dinner (Korean BBQ) at Sydney Madang just off Pitt Street in the CBD. Oh man, it was tasty. I had work during the day and headed to the city to meet up with her. I was working with Sarmila during the day, and she had actually left work early and the funny thing was, Sarmila and her group of friends bumped into me and Adeline when we were in the line! The line was massively long and we waited for such a long time outside; but it was so worth it.<br />
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Afterwards, we went to The Star and had some ice-cream from a very famous Gelato place. Being lactose intolerant, I had to take some pills in order to have some. I haven't had ice-cream in such a long time, and my taste buds were in heaven that night!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ermagerd, fooooood.</td></tr>
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A few days later (15th), this beauty was in my garage. But more on that later!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kawasaki Ninja 300; horrible photo, but it was the first one I took!</td></tr>
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On the 17th (I think), Kathmandu Auburn/Parramatta and Rousehill got together for a little staff party! We went to the M9 Laser Skirmish and AMF Bowling at Villawood. It was a good night, every staff member really is great. Kim won the wooden spoon for being the worst at Bowling, hah!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of night photo</td></tr>
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On the 19th, Benn, Sarah and I went to Villawood to go indoor climbing! We had arrived before opening time, but Carlie was happy to let Benn in, because... it's Benn! Hah. Afterwards, we went to Olympic Park so Benn could get some Cold Rock ice-cream, yes, ice-cream. I believe he got a thick shake though? We had our lunch at a Sushi Train place in Newington, it was a good day!<br />
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On the 21st, Briseida had just finished her yearly exams and was free to go out! She was craving KBBQ, so we went to the Sydney Madang! Same restaurant that Adeline and I went to just recently! It was such a cold night, we went to a cafe afterwards to have some hot chocolate. :)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am seriously a sucker for Bulgogi.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><i>Climbing, yay!</i></span><br />
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On the 25th, I stayed the night at Chew's place in Mount Riverview as we were going climbing the day after! Ordered late night pizza and watched some TV shows on their massive projector! We went to The Junkyard Cave the next day and met up with Halil and had a nice half day on rock. I finally ticked Negative Funk at 21, and tried (and failed) The Junkyard Dog 25. I think with a few attempts, I could definitely tick it.<br />
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Afterwards, Chew and I got Red Rooster and stopped by Halil's place to all have lunch. On the way back, we stopped at the Villawood gym as Chew had some kids to train! I coincidentally bumped into Sarah there, and spent most of my time there with her and her friend!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halil gracefully climbing Negative Funk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sea of sandstone, Chew on The Junkyard Dog</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me falling off The Junkyard Dog</td></tr>
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29th, went out for a quick ride around the suburbs with Himmat!<br />
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On the 31st, Chew, Kim, Lilian and I went to Burwood to have some mini hot pot and dessert. :) Kim said she'd shout me dinner because of the full time position I got her at Kathmandu a few weeks ago! We had dessert at an Italian place nearby afterwards.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>SEPTEMBER</b></span><br />
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Met the man.<br />
Met the rock god.<br />
Met one of my biggest idols in climbing.<br />
Chris Sharma!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chris Sharma</td></tr>
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He had a presentation in Parramatta on the 6th, a slideshow of his old projects and what he's currently up to. I got a free VIP ticket off Halil, I don't think it was worth it if I had to pay to be honest. Got to shake his hand, get an autograph, watch full footage of his (and Adam's) tick of La Dura Dura and just ask him some questions!<br />
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My parents went overseas to Beijing and Hong Kong for 2-3 weeks so I wasn't doing much really.<br />
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On the 25th, The Climbing Centre had it's anniversary party, for being open for 20 years! Good night involving a few competitions and food!<br />
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Fell in love with riding the motorcycle, and on the night of the 26th, I went with Sydney Riders to ride Old Pac. Met some great people on the night.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><b>OCTOBER and NOVEMBER</b></span><br />
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I feel like nothing happened during these two months. Was a pretty quiet time in my life and all I recall doing was playing Team Fortress 2, riding my motorcycle, working and university study. I did spend a lot of time modifying my bike and trying to personalise it. :)<br />
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I went bouldering on November 2nd to Lindfield. It was mainly just me and Damo climbing, the others just watched... Pansies!<br />
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My birthday was just before exam week, so I didn't get to do anything really. I went on another group ride up the mountains for someone's formal on the 13th, after one of my exams. Daniel and I shared some exams so I went to his place on those days and we went to uni together, just made the trip more fun. Being able to chat with someone (about TF2, HAH). We had KFC after our exam on Monday. On the last day of our exams, we went to Canley Heights to have some Bau Truong, Daniel's favourite restaurant. We found out... that it was closed for renovations, and so after little while, we went to Tan Viet, probably one of my favourite restaurants; BUT, one that Daniel likes to hate on.<br />
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I also received my new phone from Kogan that day, a Samsung Galaxy S4! A phone that works, yeah!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meeting up at Faulconbridge</td></tr>
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So this ends my trio of posts about 2013, I'll be blogging more regularly because I totally have a life again now that I've finished university for the year! It was a quiet, rainy week following exams and I didn't do so much. I started playing piano again, cleaned my bike (thoroughly), installed more mods, worked and chilled at home.<br />
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Interesting things to follow :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-46850023628397519452013-11-28T21:38:00.002+11:002013-12-09T01:13:51.659+11:00A Summary: 2013 Pt 2<div style="text-align: left;">
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Should have more detail and substance compared to my <a href="http://nguyenimproved.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/a-short-summary-2013-pt-1.html">last post</a>; I mean, could barely recall those memories.</div>
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For the whole duration of June, all I could really think about was going down to Thredbo, and having a great time on the snow. It's always one of the best times of the year, especially since I love the cold, and skiing is a passion of mine! I packed all my gear ridiculously early, kept wearing my ski boots and skis; and bought some Helly Hanson ski pants/bib; which I got for such a great deal!! Something like $99, down from $300?</div>
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So, the first annual snow trip for me included these lovely people! (and Sid too)</div>
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Kidding brother, love ya! He came down from Darwin for this trip with us, it also coincided perfectly with his birthday; 29th June.</div>
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We all went through <a href="https://ozsnowadventures.com.au/">OzSnowAdventures</a>, and departed on the 24th at 6pm from Central station. Thanjon, Sid and I opted for the six day trip, while the others only stayed for three. Chris was our bus driver and Rhys was our tour guide. When we went on this trip last year (Caitlin, Loretta, Eman, Thanjon and I), our bus driver was actually Rhys, and he still remembered us! Or at least, that's what he said to us...</div>
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The snow wasn't the best, but that's what you should expect from Australian snow. We were relying on cold nights for snowfall; however, during a couple of the days, the snow was just hard pack. There was one very cold day, with a little bit of rain (and snow); however, we found that this had softened up the base just right, and it was one of the best days on the slopes we had!</div>
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The nights were, eventful, to say the least! Spending time either the bar, having a feed, drink and playing pool; or something back in our overly congested room. State of Origin was on Wednesday night, tensions were definitely high in the bar. I believe we (NSW) lost that game. Sid did get obnoxiously drunk one night, I was legitimately, going to murder him.</div>
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All the days seem to blur together as I recollect it, but they were all great days, and great nights. I remember having the worst pains in my shins ever. I was wearing my new ski boots for the first time, and they gave me EXTREME shinbang, that I could not enjoy skiing anymore :( I loathed skiing, and I envied snowboarders in their comfy boots. Freaken thanjon.</div>
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Decided to hire a snowboard and I spent the last three days learning to snowboard, repeatedly falling on my ass, or on my face. Sid also hired for one day; so we miserably failed together as Thanjon laughed heartily. He did go back to skiing the next day, so he could continue his crazy antics! On the last two days (or was it three), my cousin Michael, Khoi and friend Joseph came up and also shredded up at Thredbo. First time for Joseph, who tried snowboarding; hope he enjoyed it! </div>
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On the last day, we had a little hiccup with our tickets; as they were actually 5.5 day tickets; so they would no longer function by 1pm. Thanjon and I visited the Thredbo office to try and sort the rest of the day out, as we wanted to be on the slopes all day. Sid had gone of to the lockers to sort out his things for the day ahead. We were told that our tickets were actually only 5 day tickets, and no longer functioned today. Thanjon said whatever, paid for a day pass for the day. It was a ridiculous amount of money, somewhere around the $100 mark. I was going to pay before I realised I didn't have money in my transaction account, so I waited for a while. Thanjon had left to go enjoy his ticket, spending so much on it.</div>
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Sid and I weren't happy to pay extra, and talked to Rhys. We tested our tickets at the lift, and voila, they worked. Rhys also mentioned that we should just talk to the tour guides for the half day pass, as they would give us their passes. Great. Thanjon also bought a ridiculous amount of things from the Thredbo shop over the six days, his poor wallet.</div>
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The bus back was with Jackson and Rob; as our guide and driver, respectively. They were absolutely great people. We had gotten to know them over the past three days as our new guide/driver; and the trip back was full of laughs and stories.</div>
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By the end of the six days, we were thoroughly smashed; from the long days on the slopes; and the long nights back at the resort. All in all, it was a great trip. Great people and great times. It was good to be back in my bed.</div>
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So Sid still had a few days with us in Sydney; we went to Burwood on the 3rd, where the dormant Fletcher had actually joined us as well! As always, we ate at Canton Noodle House and climbed trees in the park. The next few days involved going through GoPro footage, going to work again; and yes, dreaming about the snow. I visited a ski boot fitter in Bondi, and had my boots altered to fit me better; and so they wouldn't be agonising to wear.<br />
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So, on July 15th at 6pm, Thanjon and I embarked on another Oz Snow Adventures bus to go to Thredbo, once again. Our bus driver and tour guide? Chris and Rhys. This time, we would only go for three days; as Thanjon needed to go back to Armidale for his studies. This time, instead of an overly cramped room, we had a room of 8 beds to ourselves. We also met some great girls that turned out to live somewhat close to us back in Sydney. Jade, Annie and Sophia.<br />
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When Jade actually added me on Facebook, we had a mutual friend as well; James Coomer, one of my good climbing friends. Small world, huh? The snow was good on the first day, and slowly deteriorated. There was a terrain park set up on High Noon with big jumps, and rails; we spent most of our time passing through there. My boots, fit amazingly; and this time, I didn't feel any pain. (Apart from stacking it over and over on the jumps) I don't think I ever took off my helmet these three days, due to the things we were doing.</div>
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Speaking of small worlds, one morning, I needed to buy internet on the computer at the River Inn, so I could select my timetable for the semester; I bumped into a woman and her son at the reception. I overheard them talking about coming from 'all the way from Western Sydney, ever heard of Penrith?'</div>
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It has been a long time since I've last blogged, so to make it up, I'll make a series (probably three?) of posts highlighting my year! The fun parts, at least... So with this post, just some events during the first few months of 2013. <i>March to June.</i></div>
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Just letting you know, I don't have a memory of an elephant; I'm only recollecting these events because I'm going through photos on my phone; Facebook, Instagram and using <a href="https://www.thecrag.com/climber/nguyenimproved">TheCrag</a> for climbing references.<br />
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Had a chill bouldering session at The Surgery to get reacquainted with the rock again with Paul and Gene on Tuesday (5th). My Casio G-Shock also arrived! But I lost that... :(<br />
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On that weekend (9th), I went out with <a href="http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/aerial-sports/Reversal-of-Fortune-20120801.html">Lucky</a> <a href="http://www.smittenthemovie.com.au/luckychance3.html">Chance</a> (formerly known as <a href="https://vimeo.com/26788405">Toby</a> <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/vigil-for-base-jumper-20110917-1kf02.html">Benham</a>); was my first time climbing with him outdoors I believe. Had a great time with him out in Sublime Point, doing 10 pitches in that day! Wish I still had that endurance today. Click the links on his name if you don't know who he is!<br />
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So on the long weekend of the 29th of March to 1st of April; me and Paul headed for a long road trip up north to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/The.Man.El.Jefe">Beulah</a> for the annual festivus. You will most likely have never heard of it, but it is near Armidale (about 45 minutes away) It won't come up on Google Maps, but the closest location that will come up on Google Maps is if you type in: Kingstown NSW 2358.<br />
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One pit stop at Tamworth on the way up, and back; I think it was an 8 hour drive one way. On the first day, we climbed at Gara Gorge in Armidale, had some Red Rooster for lunch and then drove to Beulah for the festivus. The next few days involved great people, bouldering, climbing, slacklining and just general awesomeness. Thanjon, who drove in from Armidale with other climbers, was also there! It was great seeing him again. Little did we know, this was to be the last ever Beulah Rock Festivus.<br />
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So made a handful of friends from uni in semester one, but the majority of my time was definitely still spent my climber friends, co-workers or high school friends.<br />
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Went to Melbourne for my Uncle's wedding some time around the 4-7th of April. It was alright, an opportunity to suit up is good! I managed to find the Burnley bouldering wall and was able to do a little bit of training while I was down there. I met a German backpacker girl named Lisa there, and was in Australia to climb. Got her number and we agreed to meet in Sydney to climb, if she was able to get to there.<br />
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When I came back to Sydney, I went out with Lucky again on the 17th of April, a Wednesday; we decided to go to Zap Crag for the day. Did a few routes, onsighted a 21, which was utterly terrifying because of how run-out and awkward it was. Managed to get all the moves (except one) on a 24, which was quite nice. Managed to send a 20 of which I had extreme difficulty the first time!<br />
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Went out with Coomer on 25th of April, a Thursday, we went to Medlow Bath and had a nice cruisy day.<br />
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This seems to be when my climbing seemed to get very spaced out; most likely exam period at uni? Perhaps uni was getting busier and I was working more. Not too sure.<br />
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Did not have one day climbing outdoors in May, unfortunately. Going through my phone, it looks like it was dominated by work and uni this month. However, it is my life, and I still have exciting things to share!!<br />
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Seems like I was getting super psyched for the snow this year (even though, it turned out to be fucking shit). Ordering gear and just randomly trying it on at home. Definitely another blog post for the snow. I did my pre-learners course for my motorcycle license, and passed that perfectly fine.<br />
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I bought a GoPro Hero 3 (Silver), and I also went on a mountain biking trip with Lucky and my father on the 25th.We rode The Oaks (from Woodford to Glenbrook) and it was such a great day. It also coincided with the bicentennial anniversary of the crossings of the Blue Mountains.<br />
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On the 8th of June, went out with Paul, Bulti, Sam, Jonas and Leith to Cosmic County. Such great climbing out there, definitely up there for me as one of my favourite crags. Climbed 'The 80 Minute Hour', supposedly a mega-classic at the grade, and a must-do at Cosmic County. It lived to it's expectations, such an amazing route. Did Mindblower, where you can probably get one of the best rock climbing pictures possible taken of you; I just managed to tick it, just. I'd Rather Be Sailing, I seconded, because doing that on lead seemed absurd to me. Climbed Exploding Zombies, which was a nice sustained climb; which I definitely enjoyed.<br />
Finished off the day seconding Paul up Comfortably Numb, a climb that I would NEVER lead. Simply, because I think it is just too dangerous.<br />
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<a href="http://www.chockstone.org/Forum/Forum.asp?Action=DisplayTopic&ForumID=2&MessageID=9446&Replies=62&PagePos=20&Sort=LastMessage#NewPost">Please click this sentence to read a detailed trip report on Chockstone.org!</a><br />
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19th of June, I went out with Chew and Lillian and bouldered at the Surgery. I ticked a lot of routes that day, a very enjoyable little day out.<br />
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The Kathmandu winter sale had started mid June and I was working my ass off.<br />
Chew and Kim bought bunny rabbits and they are so so cute.<br />
Shittyrail introduced a 'concession have to buy their tickets at the ticket booth' rule at certain stations. (All of mine)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-9429033958155632492013-02-18T23:24:00.001+11:002013-12-09T01:15:00.402+11:00Black HeathenHello!<br />
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It has been quite an interesting month so far for me, mostly enjoyable, except for the past weekend (16-17), but more on that later!<br />
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Started off the month quite well, been doing very well with my climbing, oddly, spending a lot of time in Porters Pass climbing the slabby routes, which have been enjoyable, to my surprise. Another great day out with Paul, Marek and Taib. Apart from climbing, I have been working at The Climbing Centre, it's great fun, love working, love earning money!<br />
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The week after, went to Porters Pass again with Thanjon (for his last outdoor climb in the blueys), Hannan and Siddharth (who came down for the occasion), had some more great fun! Had some amazing coffee in the morning at Il Postinos at Wentworth Falls. We all had a good day, however, we did get rained out, and headed home. Chinese New Year (Vietnamese too [called Tet]) celebrations, and such! The next day, our family went to Grandma's house to meet the rest of the (extended) family, to have lunch, wish each other well and other traditions.<br />
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Monday, forgot!<br />
Worked on Wednesday.<br />
Planned to mountain bike The Oaks with Fletcher and Jake on Thursday, but Fletcher slept in, so it ended up being just me and Jake, typical ol' Fletcher... it was great fun! Super tiring, definitely a fitness test, but I enjoyed it so much, I've got to do this more often! Fell once, around a corner on the long downhill area after the helipad. The climb out from the causeway DESTROYED me.<br />
Friday, rest!!<br />
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<span style="color: red;">The Fall...</span><br />
Saturday, the 16th, <b>yikes</b>!! Met up with Halil in the morning to go climb in Porters Pass (again), with Assad and his friend Chris. Warmed up on a 21, got shut down on a 24 and headed over to where Assad was to do Black Heathen 24. Halil just missed the onsight, unfortunately, so close! It was my turn to go up afterwards, good fun climbing, except for one awkward mantle reach, where can I buy some of this uhh... 'teckneek'? I've heard lots about it... I got to the 7th or 8th bolt, and went to deadpoint for a hold that looked decent, except I hit it wrong, and as I fell, I only expected about a fall of 1 metre or so, as I was pretty much at the bolt. However, the bad bit was somehow, Halil's auto-assist belay device (Trango Cinch) didn't activate, as the belay sling had interfered with the locking mechanism, and I fell about 20 metres, going past the belay ledge and ending up about 2 metres from the ground. A truly, terrifying moment, for the both of us. I felt the rope slow me where I should had stopped, but I just kept going, managing to yell out his name a few times as I was getting closer to the ground.<br />
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Very shaken, so I had a long break, watching the others climb, Halil went on to try Returnity 28, cutting open all his blisters (from the rope burn, trying to stop me from hitting the ground). The people next to us, then also had an issue. As the climber was being lowered, the rope came OUT of the belayers ATC. I ran over to grab on, and luckily, the climber had pulled on to the route to try and get a quickdraw off. Lucky. A nother person rethread the device, and we all realised how badly his set up was... Had some lunch, and then I flashed Chasing Amy 21, tough. Halil finished on Nylon Happy 22, and we called it a day. Got McDonalds on the way home, and talked about the incidents.<br />
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Went on Sunday to climb with Paul, no idea where we were going, it was dependent on the weather. The clouds were angry, so we settled with The Glen. Started off the day on Ruddy Norry 22, getting up to the first bolt was scary, why is it so high?! Fumbling with bolt plates on my onsight didn't help so much, and came off at the crux. Second go, it went quite easily. I then tried Rat Cat 24, which was great fun, but would be almost impossible for me to link, the crux right at the end, is tough. I started not feeling so well (climbing-wise), but Paul sort of forced me to get on Nev Herod 23. Couldn't do the mantle, so Paul put up the draws for me, I had a little break to try and re-collect myself. When I went back on, I climbed horribly bad, falling over and over, falling while clipping, it was a wreck. Managed to get to the top, eventually... Not my weekend of climbing...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Immediately after my fall, blisters from the rope burn.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After bursting all of them climbing.</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07406703078076623898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089233042651269119.post-87697789758087291152013-02-01T21:15:00.000+11:002013-12-09T01:16:48.254+11:00HiatusWell, my bad, it's been quite a long time since I've posted! Nothing much has really changed. The usual, you know? Climbing, quality time with mates, yeah that's pretty much it. Had a few big trips, but nothing else so notable Awesome pictures, I will amuse you with them rather than typing lots...<br />
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This blog will probably be a whole bunch of pictures from my last blog post till now (with captions, zomg)<br />
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Happy 2013!<br />
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Also, since I'm too lazy to write proper entries as of recent, go on these places for updates!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Continued my service of being a Sweet Dreams tour guide with Steph! Later that night, went over to Fletcher's place for a party. Next day, went to Boronia, got lost at Mount Piddington, and ended up doing one climb at Zap Crag...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went to Barden's Lookout to climb with Chew, Kim and met Assad and Claudine there. This is Major Tom, a 23 I redpointed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Made "Pic of the day" on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/as772z3">I Looove Climbing</a>, got over 1,800 likes, wooh!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Over the course of three days, went camping in Mount York, climbed heaps, swam a bunch and did the multipitch 'Bunny Bucket Buttress' with Siddharth, Mike and Rowan.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went to Melbourne to watch the Australian Open and visit family.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fletcher was also in Melbourne, we went to a climbing gym!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went down to Point Perpendicular for the start of the Australia day weekend, only to be able to climb one day (due to rain).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Went to The Rain Cave on the last day of the long weekend to avoid the rain and be able to climb.</td></tr>
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I did a lot more, lots of hanging out with Siddharth and the rest of the boys (he was back for 6 weeks for his annual leave from the ADF). Went climbing much more than what I listed here, went slacklining sometimes, bowling, ice-skating, mountain-biking etc. Good times!<br />
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Auf Widersehen!<br />
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