Funny Night Shift Comparing Dayshift Crying Baby Pictures

In the last two weeks not all that much has happened and yet, plenty has happened at the same time.

Since the last time I wrote I have started actually working for Nomads All Nations...yay! Money in the bank! April and myself have also come to the conclusion that we are going to go farming at the end of April...where, I am unsure, but we are working it out as we go along!

We have had lots of people who have left us this fortnight- Blacky, Tenna, Bekki, David and Carl....the amazing Carl!!! They are all going to be sorely missed on the Nomads staff...however many are not to far away however, I mean Bekki is only living in 116! Many of our ranks are leaving us at the end of this week- the fabulous Haydn, Amy Rigby and of course Charlotte! Cookie and Tenna- my two favourite people to work with on Reception are gone :( I don't know what I'm gonna do without them...who shall I giggle with on reception now? Anyway- that's hostel life isn't it? We are all nomads- coming and going until there is no one left or none of the old crowd anyway. Welcome to one of the sadder snapshots of hostel life! You know what though? I'm off soon and maybe we'll see each other again...and if not? It happens, you've just gotta move on!

On a happier note...GERMAN DAVID IS BACK!!!! I accidently ruined the surprise for everyone though...he'd called Charlotte up asking for her to book him a room on the down low...and I had to do some rearranging in his room and saw his name, went into the booking and saw that it really was German David, and told April and Haydn- so within 10 minutes eveyone knew...whoops! felt a tinsy bit guilty but....oh well!

So departures and arrivals (tick, tick) now onto the cocktails....lots and lots of cocktails have been consumed this fortnight...starting at the asian beer cafe in Melbourne central...two for one cocktails on a sunday- so obviously myself and April went, and drank 4 cocktails each...however delicious they were they didn't sell Cosmos!!!! (Anyone who has ever drunk cocktails with me -naming you Elvira McCaldin, Izzy Power and of course Elizabeth Pilkington- you will know that I ONLY DRINK COSMOS...) and they had none...so I had to settle for Ross' Mum and Pornstars....good enough but not really up to scratch! For anyone in Melbourne, the ABC (down with the lingo!) is awesome, great roof top Garden and AMAZING CHICKEN WINGS!

April and her pina colada at ABC!

Do not be afraid...I got my Cosmo in the end...the following friday Laura, April, Tenna, Suzie, Carl and myself went to visit Becca at Club Retro (where she works when she isn't at Nomads) and I got my Cosmos...multiple Cosmos...for only $9!!!!! They did the trick but were not up to my standards...London has ruined my expectations of Cosmopolitans...I was expecting greatness...like those of the Cosmos that Salvo and Ben used to make at number 11 or that of Henry J Beans or Soho and I was given mediocraty in a Martini glass...it was distressing!

The next day, feeling hungover and such April, Tenna, Pat and I had a very funny night of doing not an awful lot- totally sober giggling in the bar at the weird people in there...and then we went upstairs...and April thought she would draw us...the results are outstanding...

Here we have Tenna who is origionally from Denmark but in her drawing looks like a Native Indian...

Then there is myself...who looks like a home grown spastic...

and then Pat...who looks a bit like where's wally...

They are now proud occupants of 117 living on our wall!

And so we hit this week- with the arrival of St Paddy's day...the 4/20 for alcoholics...the day where the Irish came out to play...and were all simultaniously cut off by 9pm! This was the day that I made the discovery of those unwanted faces from home! For those of you who hadnt already noticed...I'm a strange one. I was the kid that was bullied at school, all character building and such and you grow up and become a better person for it- until they turn up where you live and stay there for a week, then it's not so character building. Then it becomes distressing.

So St Paddy's day- everyone who works for accom at the hostel was drunk, we were surrogate Irish men/women for the night, looking jolly and green and pissed on baby guiness's (if anyone ever suggests one of these to you, run...RUN FOR YOUR LIFE these will kill you!) so April, German David and I were outside having a cigerette and I see two boys who I recognised from my schooldays and I panicked, looked away and hoped to hell they hadn't seen me...sadly I was mistaken and one of them walks towards us...I continued to pretend I didn't recognise them...until he said "Um...Emily, Emily Greville" and I'm still igoring him- so he thinks he's mistaken and starts walking away. This is when April pipes up and says - "Em, isn't he calling your name?" and so drunk out of my mind I have to awknowledge their presence and talk to them. They have been staying here since Monday...and you know what I haven't seen that much of them...but what I have seen has been awkward and brief...so at least you get the feeling that they are embarrassed...whether its about the fact that they're in my house and all the staff have my back or because they are embarrassed about what happened at school it doesn't matter they still seem a bit apologetic- just shows you that people do change doesn't it?

And finally yesterday- I went round to Gina and Ed's flat for dinner last night...a lovely home cooked dinner- which swiftly turned into Wagamama's because their oven stopped working! So we walked up to the shopping centre near their flat in East Malvern...does it look familiar to you?

It felt liked I'd been transported back to London- Westfield Shopping centre to be precise...! It was so surreal and confusing!! Dinner was lovely- had some lovely chats about everything and nothing at the same time...It's nice being with people from home, in a place that feels like home. It makes this whole thing feel less surreal, returns you to earth for just a minute.

Anyway, thats all really- my love from Oz X

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