Running Mates

Nothing much to report on, although the mid semester break is soon. So a well-deserved one-week break is in order.

Weekends were basically stay at home and play games and read books type. I did do some discussion with my parents on where to go for my out-of-Sydney clinical placement, and I've decided to head up to Woy Woy, near Gosford. Maybe not the most exciting place, but it's a relaxing place and relatively close to home. I'm planning on staying there for the whole six weeks. It's a bit of a bother to drive up and down and I'm not sure that after my shift I'd be awake enough to drive home.

Planned accommodation is a caravan park in the area. It's only $60 a night, compared to the other offerings which come in at $120 minimum. Some people have this fear about caravan parks. Like it's a dodgy place filled with unemployed shifty people living in run down caravans. That's not the case at all. Most caravan parks are well looked after and the staff are generally friendly. To be honest I haven't stayed in an actual caravan. Either I've pitched a tent or stayed in a cabin. A cabin is like a fully functional room with a kitchen and usually an ensuite. Depending on what cabin and what caravan park you get a queen's size bed and some bunk beds. It's a nice cheap way to stay at a place. If you want better facilities or whatnot then stay at a Big4 caravan park. Those parks are rated minimum 4 stars and have very strict rules and codes of conduct. But it is very luxurious and safe.

Meh, that's really all there is. Oh, and a little funny clip I found on Youtube.

Beautiful World

Actually, on the whole, the world isn't that bad. It's just a few bad apples that ruin the day.

I think I detailed in previous entries on how I went to a restaurant or two and had a taste of the Korean raspberry wine, which I blame Jack for getting me hooked on. So I decided to buy some bottles to sample privately. Except it was much more difficult than that. Listen well to the saga that lies wherein.

A quick internet search turned up plenty of results overseas, but none in Australia. After a little Googling I had the name of the company (Bohae Brewery) and the official name of the wine (Bokbunjajoo). I managed to find their official site, but since it was written in Korean I had no hope. But wait! There was a link to a English version! Hooray! A quick browse told me that they do export to Australia and that was all. I know I'll send them an email. So I fire off a quick email. Only for it to bounce back, saying that the email does not exist. Damn. I try again and confirmed that the email on the official English page doesn't work. Which was pissy.

Next I try to search for the import company I remember seeing on the bottle. All I remember is BH Australia and it's located in Chatswood. A search turns up nothing. I then get the bright idea that BH might stand for Bohae so I look that up and managed to find a phone number and two different adresses, none of which are in Chatswood. Suspicious. But I take the plunge and call the number. Nope, wrong company, they don't do Korean wines.

It's kinda pissy that I couldn't get into contact with the damn company. I'll probably try to decipher an email from the Korean site, write a complaint in English and hope they have some translators or something. That's the start. I might have to go back to the restaurant and ask them where they buy it. I bet they'll offer to sell it to me at a ripoff price.

Damn you Jack. Damn you to hell.

I'm addicted to that wine now.

Take Aim...

I've now fallen into the habit of going to sleep at 9pm and waking up 4am. I guess it was go to sleep at 9am or study for an extra hour and sleep at 10. Study or sleep? The answer is clear.

Went to the city to celebrate Jack's 19th. In the email, the time to meet up was 5:30pm. And as usual, defying all the Asian genes in my body, I got there at exactly 5:30pm. Jack doesn't show up until 45 minutes later. That said, it was apparently Lesley's fault since Jack had to pick him up and drive him to the station. A whole bunch of friends, new and old, joined up. Andy and Jimmy Ly, Yiwen, Jason and Alice were there. Serena, Land and Belinda showed up later at dinner.

Dinner at this palce called Full House. Was that what it was called? Whatever, but I served some great food. I ordered the Chicken and Vege yakisoba and that was some good stuff right there. Also they had some of that Korean raspberry wine, that Jack got me hooked on. We ordered two bottles and most of disappeared between Andy, Jimmy and me. So we got Lesley to order three more bottles (he only ordered two though) and most of that disappeared between the three of us. I'm pretty sure that there is an importer or wholesaler that sells this stuff. If you do know, please tell me.

Karaoke was next, and that was fun, but it was catered more towards Asian music. They had a somewhat decent selection of English songs, but most of the MVs for the english songs were generic sweeping view shots of some city or something. And their Viet selection was pretty crap.

Clubbing was next, but it wasn't that fun, for me at least. I'm not a clubbing person in any case and left early with Lesley, his girlfriend Tuyen and Belinda at 1am. How some people keep partying away until 3am is beyond me. It was lucky that we left, because we managed to catch the very last train out of Town Hall. Tuyen drove Lesley home, but Belinda and I had to catch a taxi. Damn those new P-plate laws. From Granville Station to my home 3km away, plus the 50m to Belinda's home on the way, cost $10, which is a bit of a rip. I think the price is $2/km plus loading since it was past 11pm. But it was a fun night out.

Anything else...oh yes. Apparently, a live-action movie of Dragonball Z is in the works. Which suprises me. Dragonball Z is a great manga, cartoon and games materials, but it's not an anime that screams out live-action. I'm not sure how it's going to turn out, but my prediction is that it's gonna be shit.

First movie of the Rebuild of Evangelion is out to mediocre reviews. This is due to the fact that although it looks visually astounding, it's basically a rehash of the first several episodes of the original Eva TV series. So in other words, nothing new. Still, the preview for the second movie looked intriguing and it will probably get better. I'll probably wait from someone for sub and torrent it.

Finished my physics mid-semester exam and next is the anatomy one. Well, anatomy is not totally correct. Structure, Function and Disease B is the technical title. Neoplasia, Immunology and Infection Control are the topics. Might as well start studying.