Update in April
After 5 or so days of WEATHER we had some sun. Good. I feel human again. The room I am in seems to have a lot of sympathy for WEATHER and invites it in whether or not the window is open.
My foodie explorations have somewhat dwindled. I got a severe case of Seasonal Affingorribleweather Disorder and went grumpy. Also I had some food reactions leading to a migraine over Easter. This is real grumpy making.
Melbourne from the middle of town is mainly NOISE ,CROWDS and tram dodging. I have an unfortunate tendency to look at the lights for the traffic coming across me and thinking I can go. Have to stop doing that. I would like to upcamp to St. Kilda but I have rather a lot of luggage and an aching back when I do move it so too bad. And there is a tram from here to the college I am going to.
I picked up a free novel that I did not expect to read much of and it turns out to be about Lily and her adopted mother who is freaking out about being 4o and alone and then at being 52 and alone. Keep going mother and we will be kindred spirits..............
My main meal when I am cooking for me is the nice dark green Russian kale you can get in the Eastern States which is flat not curly but just as tough, and whatever fish I fancy, and carrot, and fresh herbs and thin noodles, tossed in a wok or pseudo wok. I can eat this every day quite happily.
I have stopped buying tea -too much fluoride and I do not really like it much and coffee- sluices out your calcium- so it is water water water.................... and the odd decaf with yukky soy on the side when I get desperate when out and am lured into an ambient cafe. Many ambient cafes in Melbourne............ in Richmond, in St Kilda, in Elwood, in Elsternwick, in Fitzroy, in Collingwood, in Carlton........even in Melbourne!!!!
They follow the rule of women who like to look as if they have made no effort but have............tables and chairs they have found by the roadside................. sofas ditto........... concrete floors...............aged class cabinets........... but glossy fresh food..........and the ultimate in glory to me.......... gluten free choices......!!!!!!! Much as in Freo.
I am sure it is more crowded than when I was living here - not surprising considering the immigration spiking. A Chinese girl I spoke to says she thinks we will all look Chinesy in a couple of generations and I thought so too. She was much amazed by how many of her people were here. It seems like about half the population of the city but about 30 percent are probably students. Many Japanese are on the move too...... and so many Germans that someone has put a cap on the number we can give work visas to a year....5000.
The trams are often standing room only. And the Myki touch card is up and running and the Metcard is being fazed out. The result is that a lot of people are doing neither and keeping an eye out for the Tram Nazis so they can jump off. People are resistant to Myki cos it went a couple of billion over cost and about 5 years over starting date. It IS a big sprawling place to implement a ticketing system compared to Perth's 4 train routes. But it seems to have the same parameters and potential for saving money for us the punters. I am very happy to have my Myki if 5 years late. It is a pretty green abstract design and feels nice. It is important that it looks and feels nice..........
But I feel a bit sad that Melbourne has the same overfull to bursting point feel that London had about the time I left...... more on the people side than the traffic side..... But London has not burst...........it has kind of gone down like a deflating balloon................with traffic diversions and car tariffs and stuff.
Melbourne is redolent with millions of bikes, mainly the old classics I like. I could pick up a really nice one here cheaply but since I have no where to put it there is no point.......... and I can hire one from the new city blue ones on the street for #2.60 a day, using a $5 bike helmet I can buy from a 711 store especially. I got the helmet!!!! It looks a bit naff on the tram but I think it is cool. I may hire a bike one day soon......... So far the bikes look very new and most of them are on their sites so it is not taking off in a big way................. Enuf.........
My foodie explorations have somewhat dwindled. I got a severe case of Seasonal Affingorribleweather Disorder and went grumpy. Also I had some food reactions leading to a migraine over Easter. This is real grumpy making.
Melbourne from the middle of town is mainly NOISE ,CROWDS and tram dodging. I have an unfortunate tendency to look at the lights for the traffic coming across me and thinking I can go. Have to stop doing that. I would like to upcamp to St. Kilda but I have rather a lot of luggage and an aching back when I do move it so too bad. And there is a tram from here to the college I am going to.
I picked up a free novel that I did not expect to read much of and it turns out to be about Lily and her adopted mother who is freaking out about being 4o and alone and then at being 52 and alone. Keep going mother and we will be kindred spirits..............
My main meal when I am cooking for me is the nice dark green Russian kale you can get in the Eastern States which is flat not curly but just as tough, and whatever fish I fancy, and carrot, and fresh herbs and thin noodles, tossed in a wok or pseudo wok. I can eat this every day quite happily.
I have stopped buying tea -too much fluoride and I do not really like it much and coffee- sluices out your calcium- so it is water water water.................... and the odd decaf with yukky soy on the side when I get desperate when out and am lured into an ambient cafe. Many ambient cafes in Melbourne............ in Richmond, in St Kilda, in Elwood, in Elsternwick, in Fitzroy, in Collingwood, in Carlton........even in Melbourne!!!!
They follow the rule of women who like to look as if they have made no effort but have............tables and chairs they have found by the roadside................. sofas ditto........... concrete floors...............aged class cabinets........... but glossy fresh food..........and the ultimate in glory to me.......... gluten free choices......!!!!!!! Much as in Freo.
I am sure it is more crowded than when I was living here - not surprising considering the immigration spiking. A Chinese girl I spoke to says she thinks we will all look Chinesy in a couple of generations and I thought so too. She was much amazed by how many of her people were here. It seems like about half the population of the city but about 30 percent are probably students. Many Japanese are on the move too...... and so many Germans that someone has put a cap on the number we can give work visas to a year....5000.
The trams are often standing room only. And the Myki touch card is up and running and the Metcard is being fazed out. The result is that a lot of people are doing neither and keeping an eye out for the Tram Nazis so they can jump off. People are resistant to Myki cos it went a couple of billion over cost and about 5 years over starting date. It IS a big sprawling place to implement a ticketing system compared to Perth's 4 train routes. But it seems to have the same parameters and potential for saving money for us the punters. I am very happy to have my Myki if 5 years late. It is a pretty green abstract design and feels nice. It is important that it looks and feels nice..........
But I feel a bit sad that Melbourne has the same overfull to bursting point feel that London had about the time I left...... more on the people side than the traffic side..... But London has not burst...........it has kind of gone down like a deflating balloon................with traffic diversions and car tariffs and stuff.
Melbourne is redolent with millions of bikes, mainly the old classics I like. I could pick up a really nice one here cheaply but since I have no where to put it there is no point.......... and I can hire one from the new city blue ones on the street for #2.60 a day, using a $5 bike helmet I can buy from a 711 store especially. I got the helmet!!!! It looks a bit naff on the tram but I think it is cool. I may hire a bike one day soon......... So far the bikes look very new and most of them are on their sites so it is not taking off in a big way................. Enuf.........
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