Oz Trip: Oyster's Journal - February 2005

Feb 01: Tuesday

Oyster and Goat spend day in bed....different beds....Eventually Goat gets a call offering him a job...there is much rejoicing...Goat is (for the next month) a data enterer!

Feb 02: Wedneday

Oyster start the day with a trip to the web cafe.....Oyster downloads programs to his new palm pilot which his parents got him in Hong Kong. It rocks, its an mp3 playing, command and conquer running, document reading, photo viewing, photo taking, storage keeping beast of a computer.

Feb 03: Thursday

Oyster recieves letter from parents who are now in sydney, they seem to be sending me gig guides in melbourne. Goat recieves word that his data entering skills are in demand tomorrow

Feb 04: Friday

Goats first day at work and Goaty goat is intimidated by all the fast typers. Goat fears he will be fired from a job he is over qualified for:) Oyster also works in bar (back to pulling pints hurrah) Oyster has day shift and remains in bar after work for free pints. 1 or 2 leads to many shots...later goat, gs mark and ss ken arrive and oyster meets air hostess called leslie ...Goat rings the world and tries to rob a boat

Feb 05: Saturday

Goat spends day recoving from trauma of work...Oyster returns to work for a night of pint pulling after which pints are had...Goat trys to rent movie and has card swallowed by electric movie machine...Goat is without credit card and worry kicks in

Feb 06: Sunday

Oyster back on floor in work, its kareoke night and oyster does angels again....despite trying to change song this week. Next week oyster will do something new....Goat gets credit card back...now he can eat again. Many pints are had after work by Oyster and bar staff and later oyster and barmaid jen go possum hunting...no possums are found however jen spots a rat.

Feb 07: Monday

Goat is late for work for 2nd day in a row. Thats 2 out of 2 lates. Oyster gets foreign exchange and has phone call with parents saying goodbye from oz.

Feb 08: Tuesday

GLOW STICK MARKS 21ST!!! PANCAKE TUESDAY!!! Oyster starts day with a haircut then head home with a crate of bud for drinks.....After Oyster prepares pancakes Goat joins the swarray a nd movement is made to PJ's where PJ Obriens himself is at the bar. Dec and the mullingar lads later arrive out and Goat goes home early as he has work in the morning. Oyster goes to the casino with the lads and Oyster teaches GS Mark and SS Ken how to rave

Feb 09: Wednesday

Goat goes to work with hangover and notices alot of the staff are being fired....Oyster discovers T has quit Pj's after decking her best mate Danielle at a party last night. Oyster is curious as to what heppened there

Feb 10: Thursday

Oyster wakes up late and arrives in work to cover lazy fez's shift...Oyster finds he has a tough few days ahead with his first 5 day in a row spell of work!!!

Feb 11: Friday

Oyster back in work finds drunken Mullingar lads still going after 2 day bender. Dec is found asleep in the bar at one point and they all are wearing sun glasses. Goat is fired from his job as a data enterer after one week. Oyster meets T who is leaving for Cairns in the morning...everyone is leaving...boo

Feb 12: Saturday

Goat & Oyster get up and goes to the bar for 3 and has drinks with the lads. Ciarans boss is there and keeps buying whiskey for people while telling us stories of his times with Liam and Noel Gallagher (TCB - TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS) After many hours of drinking Oyster goes to work pissed and trys to serve....The lads later arrive and Oyster is allowed go home early ...hurrah....Goat is seen late on making friends with an aussi girl

Feb 13: Sunday

Oyster has the early shift and after a lateish night all this work is starting to hurt.... OYster finishes at 7 and checks out st kilda festival.....Melbourne is bedlam with people travelling on the backs of trams as there is no room inside...Goat and Oyster travel to the (very hungover) mullingar lads house where football is watched (Man Utd 2 - Man City 0). Goat wins $40 on first scorer

Feb 14: Monday

VALENTINES DAY....Oyster gets valentines text from Isabelle, Liza and Allison....Later in work oyster must wear shirt saying RANDY ANDY and gets many phone numbers from customers.... hurrah! Sped Dating is going on in PJ's and victory dance is had at end of night. Mullingar lads still drinking.....Oyster takes off hat and thinks these men could give the late great sean fitz a run for his drinking trophy.

Feb 15: Tuesday

We get a hoover and try to figure out how it works. Our apartment is clean. Oyster buys ticket from Melbourne gran prix at student price (cheeky) Oyster re starts fitness plan and sees gran prix track is all set up. Goat works like a real man on a site digging holes for 9 hours.....returns home delerious never to do that again...

Feb 16: Wednesday

GS Mark's perth lover (Niamh) and her friend Lorraine come to stay with the Goat and Oyster in number 16. SS Ken had intended for love with Lorraine but it doesnt look likely. Oyster hands in notice to work and is in final 2 weeks mode. In rejoice the unemployed goat gets a 180 dollers hair cut and drinking commences with the mullingar massive. LAter in the joint OYster is very drunk doing kareoke....MESSY NIGHT

Feb 17: Thursday

Goat and Oyster get to know the girls and watch dodgeball in the house. The seem to have brough calm to the other lads who now clean up after themselves.....Goat and Oyster rejoice ....Goat gets new job typing in data again....there is further rejoicing

Feb 18: Friday

Goat and Oyster both return to working life with oyster in at 6 as a glassy and oyster in at 10am. Goat has web access now but no time to use it...Angeleque and Christa finish in PJ's *sniff*

Feb 19: Saturday

Oyster wakes up late and is back in work at 6 for more mind numbing glassy work. Oyster and mullingar lads show up in Pj's later where Oyster drops 15 glasses in front of em. Goat makes friends with 18 year old Ozzie girl. After a tough days work over a few beers the lead singer of the band challenges Oyster to a sing off next weekend in PJ's....Oyster agrees!!...Jens finishes in PJ's *sniff* A Possum feeding is embarked!

Feb 20: Sunday

Oyster back behind the bar, and spends most of the night on stage as its kareoke night! Jen is drinking and drags Oyster up for final song of the night with her to sing "leaving on a jet plane", Oyster takes her on the final Possum feed and 3 hours later Jen leaves Australia

Feb 21: Monday

Oyster still in work behind the bar and Angelique and Krista are having their last big night out. Later we clean bar and all stay locked in as per usual but this time we just turned back down the lights turned up the music and drank ourselves unconcious. Spend alot of the night dancing on the bar. Head Bosses Eamonn and Kenny also spotted on the bar.... Oyster sprays them with the soda gun

Feb 22: Tuesday

Goat and Oyster finally both off work....Oyster meets Angelique and Krista for a final goodbye drink as their flight is leaving later on today. Drinking is commenced. Later girls leave and Dec and the mullingar lads appear. The Joint is headed to and all nighter pulled playing pool and drinking. Eventually champions league games come on. Arsenal loose and Oyster rings Ireland to gloat....Stupid Fat Macky! Later GS Mark and the girls arrive and Oyster trys selling Lorraine on the tram home for 20 cent...later price is upped to 25 cent

Feb 23: Wednesday

The crew of Apt 16 all get out movies and eat like kings....Pirates of the Carabbian watched. Later our hot scotch neighbour Marie arrives up drunk and falls about to our amusement. Then she looses all her stuff and we have to help her find it....she also cant find her way home which is intresting as she is our neighbour!

Feb 24: Thursday

Goat and Oyster acend the Rialto tower...The tallest Office Block in South Austalia. Both our places of work can be seen as can our apt....kinda...Many pics are taken and later an all you can eat is taken in. But it tastes Baaaad.

Feb 25: Friday

Goat enters data for the day while Oyster wakes up late and heads to Kylie Exibition.... Many pretty dresses are viewed....Oyster feels very girlie! Oyster heads to work and does glassy for 10 hours. Later Goat arrives in with lads. They were at a BBQ in the penthouse and has a special bar lady serving them drinks.....Oyster is enraged with missing this... Oyster follows them up to the joint after work and gets locked! Dec and tash looked friendly when we left....suspician...

Feb 26: Saturday

Oyster in work with hangover, baaaaaad....glasses are picked up, drinks are had and nothing of intrest happens

Feb 27: Sunday

Oysters last day of work goes down in style. With a huge lack of caring Oyster spends most of the night drinking with the lads. At the end of the night Oyster scores a bird called Cathy. A water fight starts, Oyster gets fired in jest....hurrah for last days. Ireland England game is on, Ireland dominate, there is much rejoicing..Rosemarie appears in bar from at home...Oyster shocked Feb

Feb 28: Monday

Irish Echo leave message for Oyster requesting pics of him working in PJ's oyster laughs at them. Oyster does final safeway run. Goat still working...Oyster likes being unemployed again

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