The last few days have been remarkably AWESOME.
Saturday, after work, I headed into Newtown for Jazz in The Graveyard. Pretty self-explanatory. It was amazing, a live cover band (with a double-bass, might I add), singing Summertime, Have I told You Lately (I thought of you Laura), Route 66... It was epic. I sat with my peeps from Cottage Church who had made a low-carbon picnic from their community garden (as part of a series they're doing on the environment), drinking wine, coffee, eating crepes and enjoying the ambiance.
At first I was weirded out that we were sitting in a graveyard, so I positioned myself between two grave stones to be respectful. The others laughed at me and gave me some history. Basically the graveyard is super old and no-one's been buried there for about 160 years. The graveyard was initially bigger, so they grabbed all the headstones, put them inside the fence and used the outside space fro something else. The graveyard was so crammed full that it didn't matter where you sat, you were sitting on a place where people had been buried. The headstones were old, many had fallen over, but it was well looked after and a very cool experience, especially as the night went on and it got darker and darker.
Afterwards I had dinner with the other guys from the cafe. Work shouted us all dinner and drinks as we've all been working 6 days, so we did Teppanyaki then drinks. The Teppanyaki wasn't the best i've had, but it was hardcore, you had to catch raw eggs in bowls, rice thrown in the air in bowls, bowls full of rice, egg in your mouth...it was hardcore and I totally won at Teppanyaki. A little too proud that I was one of the few whose eggs didn't break. It was pretty funny.
Afterwards we went for drinks, where most people drank A LOT. I had a few drinks, after all, work was buying, but around 1am (midnight with daylight savings) I went home, while people double my age stayed on and partied. 1am is amazing for me, just to clarify.
The next day (Sunday), I met Em, Ellie, Meredith (Ellie's flatmate) and Amber (their friend) in Centennial park, where we all brought something to eat. Ellie, Mere and I cycled in and it was so much much, such an incredible park. We found a spot in the trees where no-one was around, the sun was out, a gentle breeze, we played frisbee, drank Shiraz, such a wonderful afternoon.
I was supposed to have today off work, but 2 people are sick-alas! :) I don't mind so much. It's a good day.
Saturday, after work, I headed into Newtown for Jazz in The Graveyard. Pretty self-explanatory. It was amazing, a live cover band (with a double-bass, might I add), singing Summertime, Have I told You Lately (I thought of you Laura), Route 66... It was epic. I sat with my peeps from Cottage Church who had made a low-carbon picnic from their community garden (as part of a series they're doing on the environment), drinking wine, coffee, eating crepes and enjoying the ambiance.
At first I was weirded out that we were sitting in a graveyard, so I positioned myself between two grave stones to be respectful. The others laughed at me and gave me some history. Basically the graveyard is super old and no-one's been buried there for about 160 years. The graveyard was initially bigger, so they grabbed all the headstones, put them inside the fence and used the outside space fro something else. The graveyard was so crammed full that it didn't matter where you sat, you were sitting on a place where people had been buried. The headstones were old, many had fallen over, but it was well looked after and a very cool experience, especially as the night went on and it got darker and darker.
Afterwards I had dinner with the other guys from the cafe. Work shouted us all dinner and drinks as we've all been working 6 days, so we did Teppanyaki then drinks. The Teppanyaki wasn't the best i've had, but it was hardcore, you had to catch raw eggs in bowls, rice thrown in the air in bowls, bowls full of rice, egg in your mouth...it was hardcore and I totally won at Teppanyaki. A little too proud that I was one of the few whose eggs didn't break. It was pretty funny.
Afterwards we went for drinks, where most people drank A LOT. I had a few drinks, after all, work was buying, but around 1am (midnight with daylight savings) I went home, while people double my age stayed on and partied. 1am is amazing for me, just to clarify.
The next day (Sunday), I met Em, Ellie, Meredith (Ellie's flatmate) and Amber (their friend) in Centennial park, where we all brought something to eat. Ellie, Mere and I cycled in and it was so much much, such an incredible park. We found a spot in the trees where no-one was around, the sun was out, a gentle breeze, we played frisbee, drank Shiraz, such a wonderful afternoon.
I was supposed to have today off work, but 2 people are sick-alas! :) I don't mind so much. It's a good day.
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