POI DANCE
I'm wild about POI,which means "Ball" in the Maori language of New Zealand, and is a kind of dance with a ball on the top of a rope. Fire Poi or dances with POI lit by fire is very beauiful and amazing. I have heard we can see a lot of people doing Fire POI Dance in Cairns.
I made my POI to practice it by tying a tennis ball to a rope. Practicing it is a lot of fun! I hope I will master this dance before going back to Japan.

SYDNEY FISH MARKET
I went to the Sydney Fish Market which sold wholesale seafood for dealers and is also open to the public. We can get oysters, lobsters, crabs, squid, tuna and so on which is so fresh, and also eat gorgeous seafood lunches very cheaply.
After we went around there, we ate oysters, sashimi, sushi and fish and chips with wine. It was very nice!!
I bought sea urchin, and had it for dinner with warm rice. It might be the most splendid dinner I have had in Sydney. It was very delicious !!!!!!

PADDINGTON
I went to Paddington which has a market only on Saturday.
It's a row of houses along the street which is very fashionable. There were many stalls which had accessories, sundries, clothes and so on and I ate an ice-cream which was sold on the station wagon. It had a sentimental taste which I could remember from my childhood. It was very nice!

A PAPER PLANE
I worked at a Print Media company the same as yesterday.After that, I made a paper plane with my friend by using paper which had mistakes from the printing and flew it. Actually, I had forgotten how to make it because I had't made it for a long time...It was a lot of fun as if I had gone back to my childhood.

MY JOB #2
I worked at a Print Media company. My job was packing DVDs with papers printed in this workshop. I had to do it as often as 500 times with 2 people!It was tiring.. but the co-workers were so kind, and I was able to have some conversations with them and enjoy them a lot.

PARK NEAR THE CITY
I went for a walk in a park which is near the backpacker hostel where I had been staying.
I ate some snacks and could relax a lot. I could look at the city from there. It might be my favorite place.

HYDE PARK
I napped on the grass in Hyde Park.I might have done it for about an hour. There are some people who were doing the same thing as me.It was lovely and warm there.

BLUE MOUNTAIN
I went for three days to the Blue mountains, which is hilly terrain.It has the Three Sisters, which are rocky and made by erosion.The weather in the Blue Mountains changed very quickly, but I'm thinking I was happy because I could observe the landscapes of various weather. It was so majestic!
Communing with nature is healing, so I love walking in nature.
(22/Oct/2005 ~ 24/Oct/2005)

MY JOB #1
I worked at the Mailing Office. The job was puting some papers in envelopes and sealing them.I did it for 7 hours in total. It was the first time I had had a job in Australia. It was a little bit boring...

MANLY BEACH
I went to Manly Beach.
It took about 1 hour by train and ferry and I also wanted to go to Northern Head to see a beautiful landscape, but the weather was not good so I couldn't. I regret it...

CHINA TOWN
I went to Chinatown in Sydney because I accompanied my friend who went shopping.
He bought kangaroo furs, whose price was $55 each. They might be nice if you use them as chair cushions.

BONDI BEACH
I went to Bondi Beach.
Recently I haven't enjoyed good weather. Actually there was strong rain at first but fortunately It got fine after I went out there!
The contrast between the blue sea and the white cap of a wave was very beautiful.I ate fish and chips while watching the sea. It was very delicious.
I enjoyed Australia's beach.

ST.MARY'S CATHEDERAL
I went to St.Mary's Cathedral which was built in 1821 and called the "Mother Church of Australian Catholicism". It has many big stained glass windows. They are very beautiful and amazing!

THE ROCKS
I went to the Rocks which has a lot of fashionable markets for tourists and I encountered a wine festival(I forgot the name...).There are many boothes where we could try drinking 10 kinds of wines by paying 15 dollars.
I can't drink alcohol, but I enjoyed this atmosphere a lot. I was lucky to find this festival.

MRS.MACQUARIES POINT
I went to Mrs.Macquaries Point where we can see the opera house and the Harbour bridge together. There were few people because I went there at about 21:00. What a great night view ! I wish I was good at taking pictures..

WITH MY FRIENDS
I met with my friends who are my tennis circle mates from University.They had visited Sydney on holiday.
I heard a piece of good news. One of my friends decided to get married.
Congratutaions !!!

SYDNEY AQUARIUM
I went to the Sydney Aquarium. I wanted to go there because it has "platypuse" which is a kind of monotreme and is only found in Australia.Finally I saw them !! Their movement to gather feed is like a mole.
They are cute and interesting.

SYDNEY'S SYMBOLS!
I saw the Opera House and the Harbor Bridge!
These are Sydney's symbols and I feel I am now stayng in Sydney.It was very nice.

I'M IN SYDNEY
Finally,I arrived in Sydney at around 21 :00!
However, it wasn't my day. My baggage had gone to Melbourne because of the airport staff's mistake... But it doesn't matter!! I'm going to enjoy staying in Sydney a lot.

BEGINNING
I got a working holiday visa to Australia.I'd like to try writing this blog sometimes.