Back in Melbourne
Home sweet home! ;-)
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Phone number in Israel
My cell phone number while in Israel is +972-54-4399-8I3 (O54-4399813 from Israel). Replace O with zero, and I with 1 (changed to avoid SMS spam). I’m not sure if I can reply to international SMS from this number, though.
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I might be arriving tonight!
Just spoke to El-Al’s Bangkok office and they said that there is a good chance that I’ll be able to board the flight, so I’m going to grab brunch and head off to the airport. I’ll be in stand-by, but hopefully I’ll get on the flight.
Hope to see some of you tonight ;p
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A chip and a chair
Just came back from a lovely night with Meg and Gabe, which started with an amazing meal at a restaurant called the Red Lantern and ended with me tying a game at the PokerDome, winning $85 having re-built my stack from 125 in chips to most of the chips on the table.
Truth be told I’ve had an amazing run of luck, but it was enjoyable. I was chip leader but agreed to split the total prize with the other person left on the table as it was getting late and I just wanted the game to end.
The funniest part is that with 125 chips when the blinds were at 600/300 I was ready to call it quits, but got convinced to stay by Gabe and two others which later in the game I took out (Gabe was out at that point). As Gabe said to me- as long as you’ve got a chip and a chair… :-)
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All packed and ready to go
Flying out in 14 hours… Can’t wait!
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Some photos
All are taken from Jackie’s going away part three weeks ago.
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Stupid, but fun…
Itinerary update
I finally have a partially confirmed itinerary!
Flight out of Sydney to Bangkok on the 30th of August, confirmed (finally) with British Airways. Flying out from Bangkok to Tel-Aviv on the 3rd of September (still on the waiting list) with El-Al flight LY084, due to arrive at 23:20 Israel time. I’m also on the waiting list for the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th just in case.
Returning by flight from Tel Aviv to Hong Kong on the 29th of September (wait-listed) and leaving Hong-Kong on the 1st of October (confirmed), arriving in the early morning of the 2nd of October back home in Melbourne…
Anyone know anyone at El-Al that can move things along on my 3rd of September waiting list? ;-)
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I should have known
I am like a dog that just keeps coming back for more abuse after all.
Of course she was hedging her bets, what was I thinking?!
She did it before, why stop now? Just because she said she misses “us”? Merely because she sent me wistful SMS in the middle of the night? Only because she said (and apparently lied) that she could never be with him???
Ha! I should have known!
Again, I let her get close enough to hurt. It wasn’t very close, but she still managed to hurt me. I’m so stupid.
I will never ever be someone’s option ever again. That is a promise I made to myself that I am not going to break. I deserve better than that.
Now I’ll have to go through the whole mourning thing again. Damn. At least it won’t be that difficult this time but boy do I hate the process.
This time I should get it right. Get her out of my head for good.
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Nine Inch Nails at the Metro, Melbourne
I wrote this post on the train, but for some reason my moblog software wouldn’t post, so I’m re-typing it here with some modifications ;-)
I’m on the train back from the NIN show at the Metro - it was amazing! Really great energy in the air and an incredible venue. The Metro is a night-club, but it still works for live shows as it seems to have been built as a theatre.
Trent Reznor was obviously enjoying himself tremendously on stage, and even said as much, specifically comparing how good this evening’s show was to yesterday night’s. Apparently referring to the fact that the crowd yesterday was so unruly that the show had to be cut short and some patrons were treated for head injuries from thrown beer bottles. I’m glad I wasn’t there last night and got the tickets to tonight’s show instead. Pure luck!
It was quite interesting to hear NIN’s classic songs performed in this tour, as it is almost all guitar based with little of the heavy Electronic sound that is Trent Reznor’s trademark. Some of the songs become very different when played so organically– some are better for it and some are not, but the overall effect is very powerful and tight.
While Reznor himself is definitely not a guitar hero, Aaron North, the lead guitar on this tour happily takes up the slack and gives an incredible show. North seems the type that gets very invested in the moment and does it with a flare which could easily get him into trouble, especially if someone in the crowd pisses him off…
It was such an excellent night that I’m thinking about going again tomorrow night. I had two tickets which I couldn’t find a buyer for as someone was dumping excess tickets on eBay below cost– probably a scalper who didn’t anticipate the third show being announced… The two tickets were originally for Shelly and Damien (oh the irony) and I gave one of them to my flatmate when I saw I can’t get rid of them. As the door people weren’t even looking at the ticket dates I might as well try to use the remaining ticket tomorrow. I did pay for it, and it is not like tomorrow’s show is sold out…
Props to NIN for a great evening!
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