A minor diversion this week - as some of you may or may not know Team Moo are about to pack up and move (again) to the bright, sweaty lights of Singapore. Primarily to escape this the bitter Australian winter, spiraling government debt and of course the swine flu (in an ironic twist of fate we recently have started referring to Hayden and Holly as ‘H1H2’).
Anyway as I am sure many of you have experienced, moving is both sad and exciting at the same time. I don’t think we have a word for that in English, so I’m coining “sadxciting”. Sad because you are leaving things, people, places behind. Exciting for the unknowns and new adventures you are about to embark on. Even though this is our fourth move in four years, the feeling is still the same – I guess the only difference is that moving so frequently really forces you to take a long hard look at all your stuff and work out what you really need and cherish and what you can live without.
For me it’s actually a rather cathartic experience biting the bullet and turfing things you have been clinging to for too long and for no good reason. Like that grubby old t-shirt which you thought you could use for painting, even though you don’t own paint brushes, know how to paint or what type of paint to buy, never have painted in the first place and in all likelihood never will paint at any point in the future. I guess what you realize is that they really are just ‘things’. The only important thing you can really take with you (apart from your treasured electronic light-saber) is what’s between your ears and the lessons you have (hopefully!) learnt along the way.
Having said all this, after moving away and back so recently you really get to appreciate life down under and all the things you take for granted in this wide brown land. Sitting here on the floor of our place surrounded by bubble-wrap, and the soothing sound of packing tape being applied to boxes you can’t help but to get a little misty-eyed and sentimental. So I thought I would throw together my Top 10 random things I am going to miss about my life here in a quiet little the corner of Oz (in no particular order).
My beloved Adelaide Crows. Go you Crows.
Lammy, Tank, Schokers, Nat, Lulu, Damo, G-Force, Lozza , The Book and everyone else still inside Fortress Silver Donut. Keep snacking and remember to stand up to the fun police.
Those brilliant blue Sydney days (where have you gone!)
Pub Meals - $10 Wednesdays at Carrie Ryan’s in the Rose Bay Pub, $10 steaks at The Eastern. And as a blast from the past - a good old Griff Burger.
On the Couch, Insiders, Lateline, The Sunday Roast
The Escher-esque Westfield Bondi Junction. What level are we on?
Reading about the antics of Rugby League players in the Sunday papers. Pooing in a hotel stairwell – priceless.
Rat Rolls, Chicko Rolls and Frozen Chicken Pies.
The unique smell of Sydney trains in the afternoons – a heady mixture of soot, sweat and Mx.
Easy, cost effective access to a big bad Coonawarra Cab Sav
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