Guess I should finally put up some pictures from Thailand being about a month and a half has passed now. So here we go...

Arrived in Phuket and went to hot3el and just stayed in and relaxed that first night. Next day took shuttle into Patong Beach (town) and here's pictures.In a random busy street: Liz, a tuk-tuk (red van -- common annoying taxi) and scooters (a hell of a lot of them!)
Our hotel the Merlin Beach Resort
Our room is straight ahead in the corner on the 2nd floor.
Liz and I after eating at the hotel's Thai restaurant.
The next day we went to Phuket Town on the other side of the island (east side and our hotel along with almost all hotels are on the west)

Budda in temple we saw.

Random bird shop on street with alot of caged birds
Next day took a elephant trek tour at a reserve. Very cool experience.
These are the young ones they showed us first and their trainers.
A sucker kiss!

Feeding them a basket of fruit.
Went on a 45min walk. Interesting sitting up top.


That night went to see a big vegas style show called FantaSea.


Here's pictures from our day went on the boat going in and out of caves.
Here's the pier we took of from.
Team blue on the boat.
Our ship mates and deck.
Lots of tour boats do this. They takes you out to these islands where they unload canoes, each with their own guide and take you through the caverns to the inside.
One of the islands had monkeys, they love bananas and can even swim.

Lots of bats on the top of this particular cave.
Through to the middle where is opens up again for magnificent views!
Can you spot the monkey?
Our boat we were on.
Some on the cave entrances wre tight.
A nice refreshing coconut afterwards
Our hotel again from a higher vantage point

The swim up bar.
Lying around the one of the 3 pools
Or just goofing around in them
We both decided to get some henna tattoos

Then we were off to big crazy Bangkok.Big city with nice sights but not best sewage system cause can smell in the streets. But lots of good cheap shopping :-)

Went to this huge weekend market where you can find absolutely everything, it was like 30 acres big!
Want birds?
rabbits?
Dogs or anythings else?
Our hotel was situated right near the big shopping mall district, it was actually even attached to MBK which was one that was 7 levels high, here's a shot in the middle
We were there during Karathong (or something like that) festival, where they set lit candles on the waters to release sins or something and if with someone to exclaim their love. (man i forget details) So we went to watch and even bought a candle ourselves to light.




The crazy mad crowds trying to get to the lake.
Went to this huge sea life aquarium in the basement of on of the malls. And first up is me being silly in a wood cut-out.
Sea turtles
Car used as a fish tank
Huge crab
Little glass boat tour to look into tanks from top
My arm!!
penguins
Sharks
Went to see a bad 4-D show but got a cool drink glass!
Us on a boat ride up the main river in Bangkok towards Grand Palace.
Temples on the side of river
And the other
The boat just the 2 of us were on
Heading inside to the Grand Palace
All the amazing sights inside palace grounds

That little statue in distance in shot is the emerald Buddha, couldn't get to him so took a picture, not very big
Some monks were inside visiting
Me striking a pose

They have to stand still
At another temple, saw the giant gold Buddha lying down
Random cat we found
This archaeological shop Liz wanted to see and these are dinosaur droppings
Here favorite place in Bangkok
The morning we were leaving to come back we went to a snake farm and saw the show they put on with venomous snakes. Crazy guys!
He caught it with bare hands
Provokes them to bite
Extracts venom
Force feeds them
Last meal there made Liz try eating something different, place where you cook your own food in boiling water. Forget the name for it, Shubu or something. And she actually enjoyed it

So that was our 2 weeks trip, we loved and and thinking of where to go next!!

I went up in a little acrobatic airplane last Sunday. It was my birthday gift from Liz. It was awesome!! It moved very fast, we did loops and rolls. We hit up to 4.5 Gs! Here's a few pictures from my experience.






The controls while we are up in the air. You can see we were going about 150 knots then (we hit 180 at our max). It's 1.8 knots to 1 km/h so that means we went up to 350 km/h. YeeHa!
The little airport on approach.
Coming in for a landing now.

My parents came to visit me. So after a month cruise and few weeks touring the eastern seaboard of Australia they made it to Perth and myself for a 12 day visit.

They arrived Late Friday Oct 26th. Spent the next day just catching up and doing some laundry and some of their internet.

Left the Sunday to go down south and the first stop was a steam train ride, my dad found one and this was their last weekend since they don't run during summer with the high danger of brushfires.
Mom and me by some flowers.

Then we drove onto Busselton where we spent the night. Next morning mom and dad went for a walk on the 2km jetty while I got gas and some groceries. Then off to the peninsula to see a lighthouse (below) and we could see whales just off the shore, about half a dozen.
Spent the night in Margaret River after stopping by the chocolate factory, cheese factory and a winery. That was a lot of good tasting. Next day went to visit an underground cave. We chose lake cave but their was about 4-5 you could go to.
Here's a picture of us walking down to the tour guide waiting at the bottom.
The steep stairs down into the cave itself.
Cave pictures, and you can see some of the neat reflection off the water (lake) inside.


Then we drove onto Pemberton where my dad and myself were going to climb the old fire ranger tree which is 70m high. Except as we got to the 25m platform it started to rain fairly hard so we turned back down. Oh well. It has a great view looking over the forest, I did it last year with my friend John.
Then we found a vineyard my dad HAD to stop at. We bought a couple bottles of red to drink later on.
A little lookout near this waterfalls we found.
They have some BIG BIG trees down there.
Slept in Walpole so we could do the tree top walk the next day. Basically a big metal suspension bridge that goes through the canopy. Even though very secure mom still had to hold the railings the entire time.




Then we went onto Albany where we had lunch and went to see the cliffs by the oceans edge. After Albany we drove back to Perth via the Stirling Range, a nice little set of mountains. My dad and I climbed Bluff Knoll (little too much for mom) which is the highest, it was just over 1000m high. Of course the car park we started from was already part was up, maybe 1/3 of the way.
Looking down at the car park part way up.
Looking to neighbouring mountains on top.
View of the car park where we started and the road to it from the very top.
Myself after conquering the Bluff.
Got back to Perth very late, about midnight, had to drive slower in case a Kangaroo jumped out, (I did see a few). Drove them to the apt I got for them the next day and had a nice dinner out (I think we ate out for dinner almost everyday that they were here). Friday we went to Rottenest island just off of Perth and explored it. Hre are a few pictures I took: (would have been nicer more into summer when warmer to snorkel)
Lots of people bring or rent bikes to get around. The island is only 20km long, actually I think it was less than that.


These little furry guys are called Quokkas. They have no predators on the island and have flourished, there's about 100,000 of them now.

On the Sunday walked down to the foreshore to watch the Redbull Air Race. We found a spot in the shade since it was about 30C. We could still see the planes and also the jumbo screen which was nice.

Mom and me.

Those are the pylons they have to fly through.


They left on Wed Nov 7th for the train ride across the country. I saw their sleeper car and seemed nice. Had dinner out for mom's birthday while she was here. Also had dinner with Liz's parents, it went well but little nervousness since first time getting a girlfriends parents to meet.

They spent 3 days on the train to get to Sydney then went up into the Blue mountains for a few days. They should be back in Sydney now and moving on to Melbourne in the next couple days for their last stop of their journey over here. I think they had a great time!!

Walked around Kings Park during the flower festival, here's a picture of Liz and I.

We went to the Snow Patrol concert, it was part of her birthday gift. Great band and good show!! This pictures are bad but what do you expect at a concert.

So had my birthday party on Sat Oct6th at my place. Probably about 20-25 people showed up, was great fun. I of course didn't last the whole night since drank a little too much. But I heard everyone loved the party. I had music videos playing on the tv I made, so it was little nicer than just the music.
Here's a few photos that I took near the beginning for 2 minutes. I still remember this part, hehe.

Brett, Liz, Amanda and Matt having a chat.
Alex, Wendy, Bradie and Jon squeezed onto the couch.
Ryan, Hayley, Ryan and one of their friends by the kitchen.
Nick, Hollee, Silva and Rodney chilling on hte patio.
Tara, Drew and Bothie at the other end of the table outside.

Time for a big massive update of pictures over the past few months.

Went to my friend Amanda's cocktail party at end of May although realized I forgot to take many pictures. Here's Liz and Jade who I dragged along with me.
All the glorious cocktail ingredients.
End of June at the Leederville Hotel, just after the all finished their exams if I remember correctly. Here's Liz and me:
Brett and Liz eating
Whoops caught you again, haha.
Had a small gathering at our place for Matt's birthday and Maria's return from fruit picking at the first week of July.
Where's the fashion sense girls!!! LOL!!
Matt's mates doing some crazy dancing.

First week of August went to a quiz night held by the archeology department.
Brett and myself:
Liz and Bradie:
Wendy and Alex:
Liz's big 21st birthday bash was in hte middle of August. We took a limo over to the Windsor Hotel.
Cherie (one of Liz's housemates) and her boyfriend Allen.
Liz and me
Kalo (other housemate of Liz's) posing with her boyfriend Heath with Brett, Jade and Michelle making faces behind them.


About 40 or so people came for her birthday, mix of friends, family and family friends.
Here's a few of the boys (Rodney, Silva and Bothe):
Liz and her family friends
Jade and Emily doing some speeches for her, nothing too embarrassing though, shucks...
Liz getting her sister to help cut the cakes since at this point of the night that task is a little too difficult if you understand, haha.
Us youngings chatting away till the end.
2 weeks ago went to Emily's 21st. Here people are hanging around the heater on a cool night (Liz, Hollee, Brett and Tiff)
The birthday girl Emily and myself
Nick is so dark after working up norht doing surveying.
Us again
The boys:

Well I guess it's about time for a short update. Not really much new going on these days, more of a same old same old life with work, gym and friends. I guess the only real news is that I have a girlfriend now, Liz.

A little over a month ago went to the races in Belmont with Liz and a couple of her friends. Only watched race or two rest of time just talked and drank few bottles of champagne.

Here is Michelle (left) and Alex posing for camera.Liz and I.
Damn don't i look hot with the spiked hair, sunnies and smoking shirt!! Hehe

Just couple weeks ago went to Zoo with Liz for the arvo (that's Aussie slang for afternoon by the way), while we were there we decided to buy the yearly pass since was only total of $46. Not as big as Steve Irwin's or maybe even one back home but close to where I live plus always good way to kill some free time if borerd.

Lizard

Penguins

Croc (bad shot through glass but very cool that you can see whole body like that)

Lazy kangaroos

Me riding wooden Numbat

Liz sitting wooden Numbat

Wombat

Dingos

Sun Bear

Orangutans

Mom and baby Orangutan

some sort of monkey (maybe marmoset)

Meerkats

Baboons

Rhinos

Besides all these just hanging with friends, going to many people birthdays, watching summer movies like Spiderman 3 (I'm a spidey freak!!) and whatever else I can to pass the time.

And at some theaters they have an area in back called La Premiere which is actually kinda neat. Best view points, seats are huge and setup in blocks of 2, get free popcorn and drinks and if you want to buy food (chips, ice cream, spring rolls, basic pub stuff) or alcohol they will bring it to you in the movie at whatever time you tell them. The tickets cost about twice as much as normal seats but it's nice to treat yourself and certain someone once and a while. I've only been once so far but will definitely go again.

So a couple of friends from back home were in Perth for last 2 months roughly, Joanie (I met her last year backpacking the east coast) and her boyfriend Olivier. They were over to visit the west coast because she never made it here last time. And now they are leaving for a short trip to Thailand before heading back to Montreal.

This is them 2 on the right in photo below, Jon is on left.Took them to Cottesloe soon after they arrived, the best beach in town!!
Last week went to my friend Za's birthday down at beach for picnic dinner and then we went to Velvet Lounge for some dancing to what I'd call electronica reggae.
Here's a picture of the food after it was demolished.
Some of the birthday celebrating people, the birthday girl is the 2nd from left with blue top in front of the chocolate cake.
Over 10 days there was this abstract art exhibit down on cottesloe beach and I took a few pictures but since I went to see them at night time the shots didn't turn out as nice, still working on my night time photography.



One of my good mates Brett's birthday last week we we took him out to Carnegies after seeing his new place to get him inebriated.
Here's a shot of the bar's alcohol collection looking down from the 2nd floor. They have a ladder that slides to go up and get more of what they need, it's neat setup.
Myself and the very drunk birthday boy!
This past weekend was St Patrick's day so of course we had to go out!!
Myself with Kate on left and Chris on the right (a German friend we made way back)
Drinking much Guinness so we can get our free shirts after 4 of them
Saw an airbounce place and couldn't resist to go jump around for a minute.
On the bar #3 and most of us have our black and white Guinness shirts we earned by now.
Dancing at the Shed.
End of the night up close shot, we were out from about 2pm till midnight, not bad if I dare say!

So before I left Maria and Claire (Matt's little sister) bought me a xmas gift of a chest wax. I've joked about it in the past but never thought I'd actually get one. But they thought it would be a good idea and that I would look better. So since it was all paid for already I decided to do it, this was a bot 3 weeks ago now.

The before shot.The during.
Still during.
And after.
It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be in my head or like in the movie 40 year old virgin like everyone said. It was getting ripped out after 26 years so i felt it and few places made me yelp like down near the jock line and around nipples. But hey I did like the look after but not something I'll do regularly but maybe again. I was a little pink for few days but I have some scrub to use that helped.
Now 3 weeks later its slowly growing back in but still looks ok.

Now the 26th of January is Australia Day here (same equivalent as Canada Day). So nice holiday and great day to spend outside, it was a little hot though, about 40-42C if I remember right. I went down to the river for a couple hours with few people and then back to a/c apt to clean up and cool off from heat and sun. Then went with Matt and Maria on a boat for the evening of drinking, bbq and great view point for the fireworks of downtown. (Maria works at dive shop so she got us tickets to go out on the dive boat which was lovely)

Forgot to take a picture of the actual boat but here's what I have. This is the little life raft being pulled behind.
The inside, I did say it was normally a dive boat.
Looking up the side towards the city.
People lounging out talking and having drinks.
The skipper at the controls.
We all brought our own food but one of the dive guys was the cook for the night.
My attempt at an artsy shot.
The 3 of us. (Myself wedged in between the couple)
We were nice distance off of fireworks but they are awesome! The go off a barge in the river and also off the top of the sky scrapers in downtown. There was also lightning just of to a short distance that was maybe even more magnificent thatn the actual fireworks itself.

Just few days ago went out for Chris's (Teele's boyfriend - one in brown shirt on right side of photo) 21st. We had a nice barbie down by the water and then went to Carnegie's for half price cocktails.
The awesome free outdoor Australian bbq's!!

So I went back to North America from Dec4th till Jan 7th. I had a great time seeing friends and family, eating my favorite food, drinking at my favorite pubs. So here is a breakdown of my trip with some pictures.

I spent the 1st two days in Sydney before flying home. I bought a whole bunch of cheesy Aussie gifts and caught up both days with my friend Sally who had just recently moved to Sydney from Perth. I didn't really take many pics except a couple of last night when we went out for dinner to Japanese restaurant that cooks at your table.Me making stupid face after trying to catch food being thrown at me by the cook.
Now 17 hrs later of flying from Sydney (plus 1 hr layover in Honolulu for darn American customs) I'm back in...Vancouver. Spent a few hours in airport waiting for my next flight to Montreal. Here's a pic of our glorious Canadian Rockies from the plane window.
Back in sweet Montreal, 2nd night back I went out and caught up with most of my friends at St-Sulpice.

De-icing the plane on the way to Philadelphia to see my cousin Matt.
1st night back we went out with a couple of his buddies to an Irish pub, we got a wee bit drunk, they had a special for $1 beers, bad idea. Plus I was still jet lagged since only got back from 25 hrs of flying 36 hours ago with a night out back home with my boys already.
Playing games another day with a lunch at place called Dave and Busters.

One of his mate's birthday (2nd guy on left) so back to another bar for more fun.

We went to see an NHL game, the Philadelphia Flyers against the New York Rangers. Don't have to tell you that the Flyers lost since they suck ass this year! I would have loved to have seen my beloved Habs but they sold out ages ago and didn't want to pay ridiculous scalper prices.

Went indoor rock climbing another day.
Went to view some of the amazing Christmas decorated houses in the neighborhood.
It was a great 5 days to catch up with Matt. Had some drinks, did some sport, had a Philly cheese steak and basically just hanged out like the good old days. His wife April was busy with work but came out for dinner once otherwise she just let us out to have our fun, how nice of her. :-)
Of course fog came and my flight got canceled twice, spent day at airport, ended up getting plane to Chicago to spend the night and got home next morning (if I'd stayed in Philly I might have not get out next day since tons of people had cancellations due to weather and had to stay).

Then got back and decided to go see my friend Sophie in Ottawa for 24 hrs. So off I went with my friends Owen, his brother is there so he went to catch up with him.

Sophie and I out for dinner at Thai place, Owen was taking the shot.
Then there was dancing.

Back in Montreal I caught up with one of my best friends Sarah-eve. Went out for nice dinner with some wine to catch up they went down to Tokyo to see a few cheer leading friends who were up.

Ah back at good old Brutopia for Monday night trivia, everyone made sure to turn since I was back in town. We won of course. Guess only difference is now instead of going to class the next day everyone has to go to work but don't worry, won't stop the 5ish year tradition of Monday trivia.
Caught up with Marie-Christine and Joanie, two lovely girls from the south shore I met when backpacking in Australia. We had fun in Cairns together and then again in Perth. Had food and few drinks with them and their boyfriends.
I had to take this picture while out shoping, its got "eh" in it, bilingual and a beaver for Roots, how much more Canadian can you get. By the way, even funnier in Australia since to them the word root means 'quick fuck'.
Two of my longest and best friends Miguel and Bj catching up, know Bj since middle of high school and Miguel since beginning of elementary school.
Ate some fabulous poutine a few times while back!
Then I was off to Florida with almost my entire family (Matt couldn't get time off work but rest of aunts and cousins all came) for a cruise in the Caribbean. We had a day before and after in Fort Lauderdale to explore. It was only a 5day cruise that went to Florida Keys and Grand Cayman, weather wasn't best with storm coming across country but still good time, its like a 5star hotel on water.

A few sots of Fort Lauderdale beach.

The whole crazy family trying to get organized the morning of the boat outside of Hotel with the 3 sisters or mothers trying to control the show and everyone else just saying yes dear every time.
The room my dad and I had.
The theatre where there was shows preformed every night after dinner.
The top level of the cruise ship with 3 pools (1 indoor and 2 outdoor) and 6 Jacuzzis (2 indoor and 4 outdoor). Rock wall at one end, bungie tampoline at the other, and also a gym and spa.

Doing the mandatory life vest safety drill before the boat leaves the harbor.
All the many cruise ships lining up to leave Fort Lauderdale that night.
The slow eating adults table at dinner.
Taking a trolley ride around the Florida Keys.


Not bad looking eh...
One of the many towel animals that the maid left in our room everyday while making our beds. It's an elephant!!!
The crew doing Christmas caroling, I stayed for a bit before heading to casino where I gambled every night till 2:30am but hey I came out ahead like $90 in end.
The entire wait and cook staff singing for us one night.
The lights on the pools at night time.
There was one formal dinner night so here come the nice looking pictures of family, see I can clean up sometimes.
My Aunt Carolyn and myself.
My parents and I.
One night there was a gala midnight buffet with tons of food, cakes, ice sculptures, the works!




The casino on board in full swing.
After getting back to Fort Lauderdale we got news that my grandma was taken to hospital for what looks like a stroke so my mom and her sisters rushed back to be with her but the rest of use decided to stay on the extra day as planned to see the Everglades. We took one of those cool air boats to see gators, vultures and such.



Crazy alligator man telling us stuff about them and showing how to hold them. No wonder he only has 3 fingers on one hand.

Got back home and went downhill skiing for a day with a few friends to St-Sauveur, went night skiing so it was cheaper and runs were less crowded.


Went to one of my favorite live venues called Deux Pierrots on the 30th and the had a pre-new years countdown with streamers and sparklers and all.

New Years Eve was the hanging out at Bergie's apt with the boys playing drinking games, was quiet but none of us were up for going out to club or bar or anything. Had fun with best mates, always the way to go!
The 5 cousins all dressed in Montreal after grandma's funeral. It was a sad last couple days but she lived a long life and all 3 daughters were there for the end which was a really good thing. She was my only grand parent I had. I'll miss you and always love you Grandma.
The whole family together just before I left.

Great trip home overall but won't be back for couple years probably. I plan to visit somewhere new next time like Japan or Thailand or something. But hey with 4 weeks of vacation a year I have more opportunities than if working back home, haha suckers!!

Life been good since back, seen friends, working again, its summer so its 30+, back to dance class and just having fun over all. I'll put up more pics soon of Australia Day on the boat and of my chest wax but that's another day's story.

Well I just got back to Perth yesterday everybody!!
I had a great trip home, it was great to see everybody and go to my favorite old bars and ate my favorite food.
I'll put up pictures sometime soon of my trip but right now my internal clock is still trying to fix itself after the 14hr time change and 30 hrs of flying straight, my body is way out of whack!

Well before I left I had a big going away party at my place and about 30ish or so people showed up, it was awesome!! Lots of fun and games and drinks and dancing! So here are some pictures I took over the course of the night.

The dance floor hoping.Beer pong going on outside.

Dance floor again.

The aftermath the next day around the apt. I think it took me about 3-4 hours to clean up the garbage and scrub the place down.




Great party, never even went out since everyone was having such a good time, I think everyone was on the dance floor mostly from 1am till the last left at 3am. It was great that so many people showed up from many different groups of friends. Best party thrown at our place yet by far!!

Before leaving there was a family BBQ at Teele's house with a whole bunch of friends.

There's the pool in the backyard.
The cute little baby at nearly 2 months old.
Night time swimming.
The pups of their 2 dogs that got it on while Teele was in the hospital giving a baby.

I'll be home for the holidays everybody!!!!

So I leave here on Monday, spend 2 days in Sydney and then arrive in Montreal on Thurs Dec 7th. I don't leave till Jan 2nd but not going to be in town the entire time then.

Dec 9th -> Dec 13 I'll be in Philadelphia to see my cousin Matt.
Lots of catching up, drinking, catching a Flyer's game and who knows what else trouble we'll get into. I hope his wife is ready, we often get a little crazy together.

Then I'm back in Montreal till 21st when I leave for Florida with my family for a Caribbean cruise.

I'll be back Dec 29th.

So then New Years bash at home with the old gang before one last trivia game and then jump on a 30hr plane ride home (Montreal-Vancouver-Sydney-Perth).

I haven't had New Years at home in 3yrs, last year I was in Perth and before that in Rome.

It's gonna be one hell of a trip!!!

Anyways see you all very soon!!

So it was Hollee and Teele's birthday this past Tuesday, they both turned 20. Teele obviously couldn't come out being a new mommy at home with responsibility. So we went out Monday night for to celebrate with Hollee to the Deen in the city. She had a good time, little drunk but aren't we all on our birthdays. I was the sober one of the group since I had work the next day but I had to come out to celebrate.
There were some sailors we found there from Norway and we got Hollee to go dance with them.She stole one of their jackets and was very happy.
She got a salute....i think she liked it.
End of night fun me, Tess, Kate, Wendy and Bradie.....all kicking it up on the dance floor.
Stu, Hollee, Kate, random guy, Bradie and Wendy.

Shortly after Hol got kicked out for being too drunk so we all left, she wasn't taht back but she was falling over when dancing and that's a sign of drunkenness to security. Ah well still a fun night out!!

Today Sat 25th going to Teele's for barbie and pool party with the whole gang, it'll be fun fun fun. I'll put up some picture later.

So last Sunday the 19th was the Red Bull Air Race in Perth. It's kinda like the Formula 1 of Air Racing. Fast little planes that fly around a course of pylons. This was the first time the race has come to Perth and I think they signed a contract for a few years. This was the last race of the season after racing in San Francisco, Istanbul, England, etc...
It was a great day for the races, bright and sunny. I put on sunscreen but realized at the end of the day that I missed a few spots and had burns in spots here and there, it looked quite funny actually (my hands, feet, shoulder and inside of arms....I'll never learn).

Here's one of the helicopters. There were a few of them in the sky to videotape the event for live tv, there were like 16 cameras between the air and ground to televise it all.Here's our gang that came to watch the event: Hollee and her friends Wendy, Liz, Brett etc and Maria and Matt and his parents.
As you can see there were a ton of people to watch the event along the both foreshore.
The pre-show of the race had various planes and jets flying by.
Plus some parachutists the droped down with flags and smoke canisters attached to their legs for effects.
Here are a few pictures of the race. If you click on them you should be able to enlarge them and see them better. It was awesome to to them race around the track.


A similar plane from the race shown on display.
Our gang at the end of the day, Hollee and her gang had left but a few of Matt's friends Rowen, Hope and Kim showed up. Oh and the other guy was Maria ex who came to visit for the weekend and go to this dance party, a little awkward moments for her but we helped her get through it, nothing that a little alcohol can't fix....he he.

I got invited to this beach party by a couple of the girls form Ceroc I made friends with. It was called Dusk till Dawn (obviously from sunset to sunrise). So I met them at their place (turned out 7 girls of them going...yeah me!). So we got to this beach just outside of city where cool little setup by the DJ with lights and whatnot. I just brought some red bulls since was tired and we danced on the sand to the beat and chilled by the fire. Not too big either which is good, maybe 80 people. I only took a couple shots and didn't turn out so well at night but here they are anyways. We stayed until about 1am and then the girls got tired but that was ok with me to get some shut eye. Dropped them off and went home.

We finally got Teele out for almost the 1st time in a year, with the pregnancy and all. She got her big sister Sarah to babysit while herself, Chris, Hollee and me went out to Carnegie's for Cocktail night, meaning they were half price.Myself and the 3 beautiful twins, holle left and Teele right.
Don't they look so cute and cuddly together.
The colorful cocktails...
More fancy cocktails...
Me trying them all at once...
Ah the happy love birds
Not a good shot of the guy Hollee picked up with a little help from Teele (what are sisters for eh), tried to catch them pashing but it was hard...

So Matt and I got a 3rd roommate, its been almost 2 months now, Maria who is from Sweden. Interested in how we acquired her. My mate Tom in Melbourne net her in New Zealand some months ago on a ski trip and gave her his number to look him up when she makes it to Australia. So she went to his birthday shin-dig but was on her way over to Perth becasue she heard good things about the diving here (she's a dive master and was looking for related work). So he brilliantly gave her my number to look me up over here (well he did as first if he could give the swede my number...like I would say no to that!). So we met for a drink and showed her around a little and I offered her to crash with us for a week or so while she looks for work. She found work at a dive shop and decided to stay with us (she fell in love with us and couldn't leave) even though not best location for public transport so bought her self a bicycle to get around when she doesn't sucker us into giving her lifts.

So that's how it all came to be. Since then She joined a Ceroc dance class which both myself and Matt have joined her (fun times), ate out at restaurants more and of course the obligatory partying. She's such a bad influence making us drink gin and wine and taking us out......oh wait its the other way around, we've sucked her into having drinks and hitting the town so many times...we're slowly corrupting her to the dark side...haha. Ah she loves it but we definitely all keeping busier nowadays since she's arrived, having dinners the 3 of us and going to dance class and going out to clubs to dance, much fun!

So here she is, I was in my gotee phase for a week here.I think the 2 of us were out at an Indian restaurant that night and I ordered the very spicy vindaloo...can you tell there's been some drinking.
I think this is after we drank bottle of Bombay and getting ready to hit the dance floor at the casino...doesn't she seem happier...
This is a picture of the ceroc dance class the 3 of us go to. She's advance as she's been doing for couple years but Matt and myself are picking it up fast and having fun time dancing and meeting new people. It's kind of a mix of latin, ballroom, jive and swing. It's made to learn easily and dance to almost any kind of music.

Had a BBQ down byt the river on Sat that Hollee organized but many people, there was Liz , Brett, Maria, Steve, Tim, Bernedette, Sarah, Wendy... Some sausages and brewskies down by the water, how can you beat that?!?!Then back to Hollee's to keep talking and people were wetting the whistle some more before going out but I decided to drive that night so didn't have much but it was nice to spend less and be the sober one who laughs at them, hehe.