(this stories is almost finish up)
Accord to Deaf human rights: The Aussie government ordered to all the TV for Closed Captional from 6pm to midnight. In Oz, there are moslty culture that aussie people finished up work at 5pm, and mostly must go to home bcs of families moral and spend time with families. The companies closed at 7pm due to no body goes the stories for after 6pm. Mostly people go to home after 6pm.
pauline and I were chatting about our families and Aboringial. She mentioned about our fourth Aunt lives in Tokyo, Japan.
Pauline: I only was told a few years ago, than I realized that I have anohter cousin somewhere it is so horrible that she could not stay together with her child. She must be so depressed as a result.
Kenichi: Two years ago, I was keeping looking for lost- cousin in Japan, but it is tooo big in Tokyo, Japan and they have all of slint eyes.
Pauline asked me about our trip at Alice Spring and Ulluru.
Pauline: how did you find ulluru and Alice Springs?
Kenichi: My wife and I arrived from Syd to Alice Spring. I just do is getting a rent car. I was alittle clumsy to drive bcs it is different from USA's road. but in few hours later, I got better to drive from Alice Spring to ullru (ayers rocks) for three and half.
Alice Spring sound like a scary town. We call the people (non-Aboriginal) " Red Necks" It's called Aust-Auari slang for narrow-minds people with sunburnt necks!!!
Let s me explain to you about Aboriginal people in Australia. Australia has very bad conditioin, life expecting, health, education and housing when it comes to its aborgninal popular. They were almost wiped out genoade. it was only as recent as 1976 that aboriginal people were recognised as Aussie citzen s with the right to vote. They were heard up like cattle, then forced to move to "mission" so they were displased from then land - like in USA. A lot of inland Aboringinal people do like to live their lifestyle close to native: sleeping out in the open, but it is hard to see urban aboriginalls in many different approaches such as "gov't housing set up" but some Aboringonalian dont like that non-aboriginal set up.
A funny story is that when an Aboriginal elder dies, to all their possessiors are burnt- so there are alot of cases where such as wealthy artists their expensive cars have been burnt as part of their custom. Because they are not as material istic as us. sometime, when you travel and see interesting poeple, they dont like to get photographed by white people.
June 8th: We left Singapore at 630pm. We had to stop at Bali for change the airplane around 845pm. We were walking around the airport and noticed something wrong. whew! it is only turn it off the light(blackout) due to lousy service for 30 mins, but there is no delay for airplane. Whew!
June 9th: We arrived to Sydney at 645am. We saw the beauiful sunrise at early morning. A guy who works at Airport station. He was friendly man and helpful us to walk to get other quatras plane from Syd to Alice Spring. We left from Syd to Alice Spring at 930am. The Quatras airplane at ladies are doing well for service for us. I drank the water, which the OZ water was best taste than ever I drank the water since. We arrived at Alice Spring at 1:30 ish I took the rent car at Alice Spring airport.
June 10th: During the morning, we woke up at 7am at the Hostel. It is only two of us. not other people to come in at our room. The weather was rainy and NO Sun!!! grrr. but we got fresh air from Tree and look different colour of the land, which it is really pure orange land! We decided to drive to Ayers rock near to Hostel, but unfortunty, the National Park at Ayer Rock dont allow the people due to heavy rain during overnight. I asked the national park Ranger for cost. My eyes was wide and surpised. I told my wife that We have to pay Au $25 dollars per person for three days. so my wife and I dicussed to do. we decided to go to Alice Spring early at 9 30am. When We were readying to Alice Spring for three hours. My right feet put it down alittle harder and doing 150Km/130mph to make a faster. There is no law for speed. bcs the land is belong to Aborigional people's land. The bus was really slow, I decided to pass by the bus. I saw the Northern Terrory police. I passed by the bus, I looked at our Km says 130, I started to slow it down. I knew that Northern Terrories police will turn it on for catch me! I told my wife, it will be turned on to few seconds . it is turn it on! oh, crap! The Patrol turn to back to road where I would be driving direction. The loud series goes on to toward to my rent car. I decided to pull over the dirty ground. I was little nerouvs bcs I have not talk to any police at my car for long expect my father only! (he is an officer in Florida) The Northern Terrories police talked to me. I am deaf. he said, gesture sign language says please do driver License. so I showed him that I have an international Driver License. he looked at my Internaional driver. he said, pls alittle slow down and not allow to pass the opportunity car around 200 M away from my car, if not it would be "head on" I said, ok!
we did not get ticket bcs we are foreign. Lucky! I already knew this long time ago.
We arrived to Alice Spring, NT for looking a hotel. ( not finish stories)
June 11th: We woke up at 7ish. The weather at outside was beauiful day. we checked out for hotel. We went to MCdonald. The Mcdonald workers are friendly to us. My wife and I dicussed to go to two differents dessert parks. I asked workers about this. the worker said, it is only 100 M away from here. We drove there, and dont like it. we decided to go to bigger dessert park, it takes 20 mins and looked around the dessert park. it is quite really nice. http://www.alicespringsdesertpark.com.au/
June 12th: Happy Anniversary for our one year marriage!
My two cousins, me and my wife went to Bondi Beach and nice resturant where we can view of the Bondi Beach. The Bodi surf Bathers' lifesaving club, the first of its kind in the world, was formed here in 1906. At the south end of the beach, The bondi Iceburgs are a hardly bunch who swim throughtout winter in baths at the southern end of the beach. Bondi is the most accessible beach from the city, a mere 5 mile (8km) away, and being surrounded by apartments on all but the ocean side, it has been described as "venice with a swell"!
The Aparment and Condo are mostly AU $ 3 to 5 million worth and a lot of rich people live there.
June 13t: The June 13 was on Queen's day. My uncle, aunt, and younger cousin(christine)me and my wife went to see and Chinatown and 52nd Sydney Film Festival. The chinatown is quite nice and simply. it is not really bigger like Vouncher, Canada near to Seattle, Washington. The oldest Theather at Sydney is really nice. They had a held for 52nd Sydney Film Festival. We watched korea movie called 3-iron, the movie was sort of strange thinking in two couple of persons, who were hip and out for sleep at strange's house. I suggested you should to watch that movie, so you will get an idea about this movie. (www.sydneyfilmfestival.org)
At the night time, we went to pub bar called Blu Horizon Bar (www.shangri-la.com) at the Shangri hotel ( five stars)
june 14th: At the morning time, We went to Taronga Zoo. (www.zoo.nsw.gov.au) We had a enjoying time for spend time with my wife and families. We had some animals that we had never seen it before. In Australia, The birds are different kinds than America.
At the night time, Our families and Christine's boyfriend went to Bungalow 8. It was quiet and cool place. You just do is order the mussels for Au $18 dollars as you can eat all the Mussells for night! The Mussels have varies of taste: milky, spicy, and etc...
http://www.bungalow8sydney.com/
june 15th: At the Morning, we took a cityroad train to Sydney Harbour Bridge. We were planning to have a browse at Pylon Lookout(web url: www.pylonlookout.com.au) it was really enjoyable to see around the history of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and climb up through the Pylon's impressive interior strcture. We walked to see opera house, which they were constructed between 1959 to 1973 by the designed by Danish architect Jorn Utzon. The famous Sydney Opera House is one of the world's most recgnisable buildings.(www.syneyoperahouse.com)
During the afternoon, We visted at The Rocks (www.therocks.com) is the heart and soul of the Sydney. From Fine dining by the water to histories pubs and courtyard cafes , charming boutique accommodation to five star premier hotels, achaeological digs to modern art galleries, even high adventure -allsurrounded by the most beauiful harbour in the world. My aunt mentions to me that in 10 years ago, the government was planning to destroy the Rock. The Aussie people said NO! that s why they are really nice place to visit.
During the evening time, We visited to Art gallery NSW. The NSW architical is really neat and artist style. They were showing different culture: asian, europe, aussie, and Abortiginal arts! I love to see Abortiginal arts very much. the web url is www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au
June 16th: We went to Chinatown:eat at china resturant and bought some of baby's clother and niece
June 17th: We went to shopping at queen mall. I was looking for a bathroom and saw nice of toiet seat and urine place that I had never seen it before. It was so cool and old style. We went to see at the Chinatown for buy a cheaper supplies, and clother for her friends in the Market. During the night time, we went to railway from gordan to Redfern(www.cityrail.com) for meet my oldest cousin, Pauline and her boyfriend named Tim. They drove us to go to Italy place at resturant. that area is for Italy people around there. I cannot remember name of resturant.
after that, Tim drove us to katoomba from Syd around 2 and half hours. Tim let us to stay his families house. We had to through the woods with dirty road, and a lot of tree. I knew his house will be private and nice.
June 18: We woke up at 8:30am with nice sunny and beauiful tree, but outside was 8 C . We had a breakfast outside with nice breeze air. we had a bacon, egg, toast bread, and avoando, and drink the fruits. Tim said: My brother in law building it himself. it took to completely in 8 to 10 years to done a little bit at a time. The man who designed both houses is architect and he and his families came up and stay there. Their house called Puckoon is the name of a book by spike Milligan. A group of 7 friends brought a land in 1970's. It was quite cheaper. The electricity is from solar favaels on the roof. The power is stored in aeroframe batteries under the stairs. it is important to remember to switch off any lights that we aren't using. My wife and I are thinking that it's worth expernice for us to stay in this nice house with natural Resource here. It was very nice and warn here and romantic too..... hah my wife and I looked at the outside, which a big tree called "stringey bank tree " fell off the tree with a crash. My wife were in shower, I saw an animals called Lyrebird, it is rare animal at outside. I took the photos. In few mins later, we got ready to climb the moutain at lithgow. Tim was helping to guide us to find a good view of the top mountain. We took the climb for 35 mins. I do really enjoying to climb the moutain, I wish, I had a rope and special kind of shoes for climb, and I had doing climb the mountain few times in USA. My wife had a good experence to climb the moutain with cold winter. After that, We left at the pucksoon. We drove through the woods and saw wild kangroo for few seconds. We drove to see three sister of the mountains. It was really sooooo beauiful and a lot of tourist people visited them. Pauline wanted to see different kind of the clother, which they have had a magic festival in every year in June. You can look this web url about magic festival. Here is web url
(http://www.wintermagic.com.au/)
June 19th back to singapore.
