Sydney Costume party

It was sunday early evening and I was relaxing with Wade on the coach. We had been at the pool earlier and we were just chilling at home. I was expecting to have a quite sensible night. Just a few minutes later my friend Andrew called and invited me to BBQ. It was just around the corner and I thought hell why not. Meet a few people, eat some food, chit chat a bit. I asked Wade to come but he declined since he felt a bit tried.

The night started out like a normal BBQ. We had some food, a few drinks and we managed to all get along. The host of the night was Bailey and his house was a 3 story house which was beautiful.

Bailey has an interesting collection of helmets, motor gear, and just a few interesting rooms in the house.

One of the guys had gone down stairs with Bailey and came back in his motor gear. It looked pretty hot and then we all just started trying out some helmets. Then bailey opened up to us and showed us one of his favorite rooms. His DUNGEON.

I have been around the block a bit and have had my share of interesting sites. But this was like nothing I had seen before. I mean there was a room completely dedicated to a vibrant imagination. I was bursting with curiosity to know what gadget did what and how to use some of these things. The rest of the guys were intrigued as well and we just had blast asking questions. Not to mention all the different costumes that were available for us to try on.

It was so unexpected but SOOOOO MUCH FUN!!!! As you can tell from the pictures we had a blast and lucky I had my camera to capture the whole thing. My favorite set of gear was the wrestling singlet. I could so see myself wearing one of these at a party. The "skins" were pretty cool to and sooo soft. I really think it opened my mind to a few new things and would def incorporate a few things in my real life from time to time.

anyways thats it for now

Jonathan

Sydney I am BACK !!!

I have a question....when you think of “home” what pops into your mind? Is it where you grew up? Where you family is? or is it the place you lay down every-night? For me “home” was a big blur. I was back in NYC the place where my mother and siblings were. The place I grew up and had all my close friends. New York had most of my history embedded in her. But I wasn't getting the “home” feeling.

It had been about 8 months since I left Sydney and I needed to know is Sydney my “home”? So like a sensible New Yorker I called a few friends, went online and booked a ticket to Sydney for a month. I needed a few questions to be answered. I wont get into detail about the questions I needed answers too, but lets just say I found a few. I found out that my attachment to Sydney was more emotional then anything else. Love Sydney and would potentially move here for a good reason but I learned that I can make New York home again.

I guess I am being a little cheap with the details but its how I am rolling at the moment.

The important part of the trip is that I had a great time. I saw some really good friends. Found new hot spots for ice-cream. and just took it really easy. A typical Sydney day looked like this. It was either breakfast with a friend, maybe the gym or some reading, Lunch with a friend and then maybe some time at the pool or the beach. Then dinner with friends. Lets just say I did a lot of eating but thats not really surprising about me. I did gain 6 pounds which isnt much. If anything I was lucky that it was only 6 pounds.

Here are a few pictures from the trip.

Ill write more a bit later

Jonathan

a book and tons of films

Good bye dinner hello Sydney

So I know I have been really bad at keeping up with my blog. I need to be hit over the head with a stick or a bat. I know I should be writing more but I just get into this lazy mood. I have to be in the mood to write and guess what today is one of those days.

The problem about writing in the past is that you seem to forget all the minor details. So I am just going to use the pictures as my guide. I mean nothing in particular really happened but I am sure someone told a funny joke.

So back in early January I had a going away dinner since I booked a ticket back to Sydney. It was really cold in New York and I wanted to catch some rays, see some friends, and needed to figure out a few things for myself which only could have been done with a trip south.

The problem about writing in the past is that you seem to forget all the minor details. So I am just going to use the pictures as my guide. I mean nothing in particular really happened but I am sure someone told a funny joke.

So back in early January I had a going away dinner since I booked a ticket back to Sydney. It was really cold in New York and I wanted to catch some rays, see some friends, and needed to figure out a few things for myself which only could have been done with a trip south.

I guess there really isnt much to say about the night in particular only that we went to Thai NY which is on 29th and 3 ave. My sister came to the going away dinner and got to see some of my old elementary school friends that she hasn't seen in YEARS. So when De’Anna and Yarenis saw her they were in shock. They kept saying how big she is and how much she looks like me. Some of my other friends have never met Kristel either so it was a great way to meet my sibling.

My sister had given me a gift card to express that same day and I actually bought that silver shirt that same day to match the sneakers I got while Wade was in New York.

Wade is my Aussie friend who I stayed with during my Kangaroo adventures. But Ill get to that later.

After dinner I had a few people over at my new place and we just hang and chilled there for a little bit. Then I went to sleep so i can rest up for my long long flight. Thank god I managed to score some sleeping pills for the ride.

That's all for today folks

JV