hello! well the last 5 days have felt more like months in this little town! there is absolutely nothing to do here so i have taken up sudoku (that chinese number puzzle)...........in fact i've been doing it so much i have advanced on to the 'super sudoku'book!!! carol vorderman eat your heart out!!!! anyway, the job is good at least! i can never be bothered to work but once im there its always fun! i didnt know if i would like bar work but i seem to be ok at it! its not like a normal bar though.............you dont ask if they want a drink..... if they scrunch up their can or have an empty bottle you just take their money off the bar and get them another one!!! apparently the take it as an insult if they have to ask you for a drink?! its beacause its all dodgy locals............. and young guys that work in the mines! some of them are ok but most of the locals are real rednecks and the miners haven't seen women for a few months so most of them tend to be complete pervs. the only good thing is they have loads of cash so they give good tips and buy us loads of drinks! plus one of them tried to give me a piece of rock with some gold in it the other day! (although he took it back when he realised i wasn't interested in him! ha ha!) we did have a band the other night which was good though!.......something a bit different! they were from sydney so fairly normal!...........i was working but tiff chatted to them most of the night and the next morning they left us a cd and a big poster saying 'to tiff and kristy, the most beautiful girls in mount magnet..................you are an oasis in a desert'! very cheesey but quite sweet really!!! anyway apart from going on the internet there really is nothing to do here and you cant even sunbathe................as i found out yesterday the mossies are out in force at the tiniest hint of fresh blood!!! i did buy a mobile the other day in perth as a good way to make it through the next six weeks but surprise surprise............its got no bloody signal out here! oh well! anyway, must go but i will keep you updated with any exciting events that may or may not occur!!!...............apart from boredom between shifts i am having a great time here with tiff and i hope you are all good too!!! take care and speak soon..................lots of love kristyxxxxxxx