I met several mates

Currently I live in a hostel, Echuca Backpackers. This is a work hostel, the owner has good connections with employer. So usually people come here for a job and live here for a long time.

A young(maybe between 20 ~ 26) couple from German. The male studies in music. The famale goes to tomato packing shed with me.

A young(about 22 years old) couple from Korea. The male is in his second year. I think he comes to Australia second time for being with his girl friend. By the way, he played StarCraft also in university lab after the professor goes home. Haha. There should have many Koreans in Australia, because in big city such as Sydney and Melbourne you can se Korean groceries, internet cafes, and supermarkets.

One Japanese girl from Osaka. I talked to her in the first day and she seemed a nice girl. But later, it seems that she wouldn't wanna talk to me anymore. Strange...

One Japanese girl from Nagasaki. Have been in Australia for 8 months. I told her I went to Osaka to see sakura flowers. Also goes to tomato packing shed with me.

Three Japanese boys in second year in Australia. Newcomers in the hostel. Have yet to talk much.

One girl who is the driver takes three workers to tomato packing shed. Not yet to ask her where is she from. She have travelled to many many countries. For traveling I mean staying in that country at least a couple of months. Not short visiting or sightseeing. What a good girl. (She is from Ireland.)

An old Australian man who already has four grandchildren. Might leave tomorrow.

A guy from Canada. Love to get online even if the cost is very high.

Others...

What I learnt when poor

As a poor man, there are many things to learn to struggle for life. First of all, I can't afford to waste anything. For example, toothpaste, do you know how much minimum toothpaste needed to wash and clean the tooth? After several days of practicing and experimenting, I got it. I used as less toothpaste as possible. It's really much lesser than the amout I used before. Well, there is a question left: Does my teeth exactly be cleaned? :P

Another example is inspired from a Japanese comic, because I don't know its original Japanese name and I can't type Chinese now so I directly translate the name from Chinese to English here, "Poor noble prince". In it, the man character can eat any food even already exceeded exipry date. Wow, fabulous. Toast and marmalade, you let me live for one another day.

I learnt to wash clothes, socks, and pants by hands. Because washing machine and dryer usually cost 2 AUD per each. In city it will cost even 3 AUD. Although it takes one or two hours to wash, I could spare it. The sun in summer here beams strongly and for a long time. Sunrise and sunset are usually at 5:30 and 8:45. Dry out my clothes, Mr. Sun.

To live by myself, I need o learn a lot of things. Pity that I didn't recognize this simple fact in Taiwan.

Status update

Well, sorry to such a long time no blog for you, mates. Perhaps someone wonders whether I'm alive or not. Haha. No photos, no long rubbish sentenses. Just some notes about my recent status.

I couldn't get a job in Melbourne, and one day morning. Someone called me to fruit picking(apricot). Wow, I was running out of money then. So I immediately went to the small town "Echuca". Maybe you can find it on google map. It's about 3.5 hours by train from Melbourne.

Two days of apricot picking, many mossies, hot sun burning my skin. It's a contract job. But by working 8 hours per day, I could merely make two and half bins of apricot. That's only 75 AUD. Well, that sounds not good and not bad. But...accommodation fee per one day is 20 AUD, car hire per one day is 7.5 AUD, and gasoline per one day is 16 AUD(shared by three works). Faint, so I quitted.

It's near new year's eve. No job. Thanks to the owner of the hostel, who helps me to find the job. So I got 11.5 hours of dish washing cash-job in an Italian restaurant. Wow, good experience.

Then I just fooled around, again and again. Struggle to eat less and lesser. So I move as less as possible. Because moving wastes my energy. And so, I don't take pictures at all. :). Because I really had no cash at all. Cry...

Yesterday(2008.1.8) and today(2008.1.9) I went tomato packing shed. Working indoor and filtering out bad tomatoes. Not bad, I can handle it. Wish I can make a lot of money there.

Now, I'm wondering how to pay the accommodation for next week. Because it takes several time that the pay to enter into my account. Thinking...

Echuca Victoria Australia. A charming small town. That's where I am. ^_^