TY came down on the weekend and on the day he arrived (Friday), I was called in to work. Initially I requested the weekend off because TY was heading down, but they were really desperate for someone to fill the supervisor shift at Ch 9 and I was obliged, so I said yes. The problem they have is that they have lots of captioners at the moment, but not many for supervisor roles. You could train someone up as a supervisor, but I think it comes with personality as well like your networking skills and your caption techniques and your ability to troubleshoot and stay calm under pressure.
Anyway, when TY arrived, I showed him around my place. He really liked it.
Saturday morning, we woke up. I cooked up some French toast for breakfast for himself and I, and then I brought him to my uni and the shopping centre next to it. It would have been a lovely walk to uni if it weren't for the many smoking students around. Lunchtime and I brought TY to this Jap restaurant called Mizu. I had never been there myself but it's always crowded, especially the sushi train. So it was worth a shot at trying it out. TY and I had the a la carte meals and they were pretty good. We even thought that maybe we should head back for dinner and try out the sushi train because the a la carte was really nice. I actually had a sudden urge for sashimi, and this sudden urge made me order one of the sashimi plates from the train - and it was actually a good thing, because the sashimi wasn't very nice. Which made us say "let's not come back for dinner."
We then walked around the centre for a bit and then walked around Chatswood, this suburb further up north... bought a cable for my TV there (the cable for me to watch shows from my laptop on my TV). Then went home and changed for Billy Elliot. The musical was awesome! You couldn't imagine such a young boy with so much talent in ballet, tap, song... The props were really good too. Nothing bad to say about it really. And of course, I'm always a big sucker for the $20 programs, which I bought - AGAIN! But really worth watching.
Sunday came and TY organised a day trip to Port Stevens. I had a lot of trouble waking up during the day though because the night before, Billy Elliot ended about 10:45pm, and we were scouting around for a bus as lots of buses stopped running to my place at that hour on a Saturday night. We finally found a bus. It was the only one and by the time we slept, it was about 1 something in the morn. While waiting at the bus stop though, TY and I had fun spotting modified cars on the roads. We agree that Sydney loves their big rimmed wheels! Haha!
Anyway, Port Stevens - the drive was really pretty - lots of scenery that would make you feel like it was NZ or Tassie. We got there about 12 something - just in time for lunch. The only problem was that we had a late breakfast at Macs on the way there and weren't in the mood for more food. Plus TY had already planned to take me on this dolphin watching cruise which started at 1:30pm. So we found an I (information centre) and booked tickets there. There were a few dolphin cruises and I let TY pick... and it was a really good one he got, because the dolphins we saw in the bay were in shoals - about 15 to 20, all around our boat. And as the boat picked up speed, the dolphins swam with us, jumping and splashing around our boat. It was a really spectacular experience. I would go again! I'd put up photos, but it's on TY's camera... He said he'll burn me some. So when he does, I'll add them on.
After the cruise, TY and I were hungry. We wanted to go to this seafood restaurant called Rock Lobster, but it was 3pm and it was closed. So we went to Hogs Breath instead. The food was really good but we were sooo full after, we felt too bloated to walk. But we made it to the car and it was time for TY to get to the airport. It was a good thing we left then, because there was a jam on one part of the freeway back to Sydney, and then it rained along with lightning. TY had already checked in, but it was cutting close to his departure time. As I left him at the airport, he checked his flight and it was delayed. It was actually postponed twice... and was delayed for about an hour due to bad stormy weather. In fact, it took a while to clear the airport. The jam was just ridiculous. At least the storm subsided and TY got back safe to Melb. Miss him already. Not sure when I'm gonna visit Melb next or when TY's coming up again... I am hoping to see snow this year so maybe end June/July. I haven't even held skis before... but I'm wondering if I should... especially when I'm so clumsy when it comes to tackling new things. I've got this phobia of stabbing myself in the shoe even though the shoe is pretty hard and I most probably can't stab myself there anyway. Or I might keep falling over. Or it might be a new hidden talent I have, and I'd be awesome at the skis. Hmm...
Back to reality and for the next two weeks, it's the semester break, but I am working Tue, Fri, Sat and Sun, and I have 2 major assignments due straight after this break. Quite frustrated cause one of my assignments - the lecturer hasn't even said anything yet. She said she'll email us, but I haven't heard anything. Hopefully she won't give us only a week to tackle it, because it's 30%. At least I can start on the other assignment on my off days... So it's just catching up on study which I desperately need to do! That's the plans so far for the next two weeks... And I can't imagine how time flies. Exams are in June and it's not long... Just saw practice exam papers from last year and I'm freaking out!
My new bumper sticker - I pray that I don't hit anything when I drive.
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