hey everyone, havnt updated for a long while, and we've just got the internet back working in the flat. and OW i keep burning myself. have the laptop resting very precariously on my right kneeand the window sill to get the best signal and its getting hot.. hold up ill get a teatowel. thats better. so its february already! jan flew past, not much really happened though. a few things worth mentioning though, we now have a garden table and 2 chairs. so good to eat at a table. love it. no more spilled beans and noodles! but its a bit wobbly so u gota be careful. we have a coffee table too!somewhere to put the laptop for films. palina was here for a week and a bit which was cool, nice to catch up with her again and now shes back to denmark to study. the swedish girls have been doing my head in with their constant chit chat in swedish especially when im trying to sleep..and the guys come in at different times of the night and always wake me up, really really testing my patience, hada few rows with them, and it seems to be getting better. they gota realise that living in the living room is not easy and now we have rules for me and xavier so we can get sleep. its difficult tho coz i normally work til midnight most days and chris works to 4am, and xav works til about 1or2m and johannes likes to get drunk and have swedish buddies over.. so yeah we have rules now like no noise after 12 apart from on wednesday which is the big night out day, and the girls arent allowed to chat til at least 9am lol. but they normally work at 7amin the city, which wakes me up to. but i spose its just a life experience, and now i have my mp3 player fixed i can shut it out when i need to thank the lord. apart from that though we are all getting along brilliantly which is quite a feat i reckon seeing as we live in such cramped conditions,have no privacy,no peace, and no space in the fridge. and its only for 6 more weeks and me chirs johannes and JOSHHYYYY are off to the east coast! i will have saved up enough to go prob half the way, then once joshs month is up in australia i will be going to a fruit farm for a few weeks to top up my funds to get me to cairns, then me and chris will pick more fruit and head off round the whole of australia, cairns, darwin in north, round the perth southwest, then adelaide south and then to the centre. thats the long term plan! but for now its just been working and saving in sydney. been quite ill over the last week and half, been really tired too and had killer throat infection and tooth ache... gona sort that out next week. but my tooth seems to be improving so i reckon it was just inflammation and not a hole. went for dinner few nights ago with my uncle and aunt alex and val and friends roger and wendy, was so soooo good to have some decent food and see some familiar faces! we went to the thai restaurant round the corner, had a much needed tasty big slap up meal and cant thank them enough for it! massamun curry is heaven on earth. gona met up next week one day with them again and go for a trip down the coast on my day off so lookin forward to that. back on the 2minute noodles and weetabix now. working at 5 tonight, friday night so will be busy, hopefully get some good tips tonight,,coz need to buy some more contact lenses! weather is poor today but waves are pretty good so will prob go for a lark around before work with whoevers in the house. rented lock stock and 2 smokin barrels this week sothats been played pretty much non stop lol, love it. swedes dont get the humour or the slang though so its kinda wasted on them, and french boy slags off anything english anyway lol. cant wait til france get their asses kicked in germany!!! seems like its freezing back home.. still dont think i felt the slightest bit chilly since Laos, so wouldnt mind a minus 5 day! but only a day. love the heat!!! josh mate ure gona hava shock if its still freezing on march 2nd and then u come to australia!!! well look forward to u comin, not long now buddy! Anyway im good cook up some lunch then maybe go back to sleep whilst its quiet in the flat!!! keep posting messages i love reading them. speak again soon ps newish photos on the site! take it easy