Never Gonna Give You Up

Spent some time on yesterday and today getting used to driving a manual car. It's not difficult per se, mainly just another layer of interactions. Getting used to driving and using a clutch to change gears is somewhat tiring, since I have to consciously think about changing gears. Meh, I have an entire week off, so I'll probably do some driving to get better. I've gotten better today, only stalled twice, but the car doesn't accelerate smoothly as it should, so just more practice.

Yesterday, my dad also took my brother and I over to Collaroy to scout out the route to Long Reef Beach. My uni friends are organising a beach trip this Wednesday and I wanted to get an idea of the route and the facilities at the beach. It wasn't too hard, although just after we got off the Harbour Bridge there were a few confusions. Thankfully, with the combination power of Google Maps and a street directory we managed to get heading the right way. Its been a long time since I've crossed the Bridge, so it was nice. Also the beach was pretty good. My dad did a bit of exploring; he's probably marking it down as another possible destination.

Haven't really been doing all that much for this little break. Since I'm getting close to being capped and want to preserve what I have left, I haven't been downloading or anything much. So mainly it's reading. Might have to drop into a library or something, I'm running out of books. It always nice to have reading to fall back on. There is just so many books, different styles, different genres, you'd never really get bored. Seriously, if I had the time and money, I'd probably spend most of my days reading.

Funny thing, I was browsing on Wikipedia, until I got to the article on Sun Wukong, the Monkey King from Journey to the West. Then I started to remember the Viet dub of Journey to the West (Tay Du Ky) and I suddenly had this craving just to watch it again. I can't find the old VHS tapes, so I ask my mom to ask her friends if they have it. Unfortunately, they only had the older Chinese version from the 80s, while the version I used to have was the HK version from '96. None of the video shops seem to have it either. I've been spying the HK Journey to the West on a US website for US$38 plus shipping. I might that up soon, seeing as the Aussie dollar is still good against the US greenback.

Oh ho, Naruto and Bleach manga are out. Shame Eyeshield 21 isn't yet. Off for some reading.