William Chong

So I finished a week. After hours work so far has been pretty much zoning out, relaxing – by the time I’ve prepared dinner and taken a shower, it’s usually 9pm and not much time to do anything more than a little bit of a wander.

The news about Sir Ed came to Sydney pretty quickly. That was pretty sad, made me wish I could be in NZ if just for more solidarity. Also they have tourism ads for NZ here (100% Pure New Zealand). Feel a bit homesick pondering these things, but I’ll see how I feel after 2 more weeks.
I’ve also been navigating the Sydney public transport system. Took a train and a bus to get from work out to St. Josephs College near Tarban Creek Reserve. Sydney actually has suburbs! Orienteering is really cool here, their rules are slightly different and make you think more strategically (you choose your own route and get different points for different controls).  Feels like the Amazing Race a little bit, which I’d love to do someday.  Richard and I sometimes joke about it, considering some of the contestants in the Asia Edition really look like fish out of water!

On the way home on the bus, started chatting with a Nirish (Northern Irish, lol) guy called David. He’s been OE’ing and seeing the world for 3 months now on a round-the-world ticket. Amazing stuff, what freedom. But we had some company, which aside from work people is hard to find at the moment (though a relative of mine will be in Sydney on Sunday, so will see what happens from there).

Anyways, if I can navigate properly again, tomorrow I should be able to attend church at a place where John recommended.

But as for today… I’m doing the BridgeClimb.

Take care everyone!

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