back....in sydney!

wow what a bus ride. i have never been more uncomfortable in my liiifffee!! i got the 2 seats to myself but they totally wernt catered to lying down on both of them to try and get a sleep thats for sure. well im glad thats over with. im also really glad i decided instead of heading right to manly (which is a train ride, a ferry ride and about a 20min walk away) i decided to spend one night back here in good old sydney central YHA. its 7am now and i cant check into my room until 12 so i think im gonna have some breakfast, watch a little tv and maybe take a short nap

thanks to everyone who offered to donate to the buy alia a new camera fund! its really appreciated! im gonna go get my camera officially looked at today and if there is no hope i will definatly be setting up that paypal account! you guys are too awesome!

and UNCLE WILL!? I had no idea so many people knew of this website - definatly good to hear from you! And thanks for the tip - i will look into Kiama, if manly doesnt work out so good!

I do believe i missed a day of blogging so i'll fill you all in on my saturday (your friday):

walked the hilly walk from my hostel down to queen street mall in brisbane. its like any other mall. nothing too interesting. then made my way across the river to 'south bank' - its a man-made area for those people of brisbane who complained that brisbane doesnt have a beach im sure. it had a little lagoon filled with kids and probabley pee, a jungle walk, and a bunch of restaurants and stuff. i lied myself out on the grass and proceded to read 'nineteen eighty four' (which i am done now, and i have to find a decent book exchange to exchange it because the one here at YHA is crap). i then began talking with these two guys who clearly had an accent. i asked them where they were from, one guy said 'brisbane!hahaha'. they had been in brisbane for 9 years but were refugees of bosnia!!! very nice guys. we talked about movies and about canada and bosnia and all that stuff, went for a drink and then i headed home. they invited me out but i told them that my bus left at 6am the next day and i couldnt go out. now i wonder if thats antisocial of me. not accepting invitation out with two perfectly nice guys, was it because they were bosnian? or because they were guys? was i being smart? or is this why im not making so many friends? anyway, i headed back to the hostel - stopped in at a movie theatre (an old one like the princess or the garneau) and saw 'the notorious bettie page' which was a pretty good movie i guess. too expensive for the venue it was in but, oh well. then i went up the hill to the hostel and to bed. met a very nice irish girl in my room who had been living in vancouver for the last 2 years.

and then today i got up early, walked DOWN the hill to the transit station and sat around until 2pm to catch my bus, ran into irish girl again she was at the transit station waiting for her dad's girlfriend's son - they were getting together to do a trip of fraser island together. aww how sweet.

yup other then that not a thing new here. gonna get my camera looked at later today, tomorrow gonna head over to manly and get my butt in gear to find a job and a place to live.

i sorta semi-started posting pictures on the net but its gonna take some time. i think theres 2 up there now you can check the site: http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u168/aliabeth/

much love for everyone!

alia