Brendan (a new waiter at work) was supposed to start at 12.30 today, but didn't turn up and then had a go at Josh when he phoned him! This is the second time in a week he's been late or not turned up, so I think Josh is going to sack him, which makes sense anyway as he's not a very strong member of staff, and means we can get more hours (we're getting much less than we're used to at the moment because it's not been very busy). It was great fun looking after t...

Today Fernando hosted a BBQ in honour of Emilie leaving, which I had to swap shifts with Donna to be able to attend, but I'm so glad I did! It was a bit bewildering having to choose between the many different choices of nice wine (there's only about 3 brands of goon to choose from), but I took a chardonnay and some Thai sweet chilli flavoured peanuts which Fernando's fiancée's mum seemed to enjoy. Emilie had brought some Swedish snacks from Fika, which were pret...

I woke up early today so that I could go for a swim before work, in the hostel pool, which felt good that I was making use of the facilities, and like I was having a good start to the day. When I got to work, Allen was doing bible training to a German girl, Mara, (bible training is what they call the training that Allen gives), which I was a bit surprised at, given that Josh had said he wasn't going to take any one new on. He seemed to think that she would be ab...

After I did the cleaning, me and Bex went, first to Coles, as it has cheap chicken, then Woollies, as it has cheap tobacco… this is the sort of thing I'd do (except it wouldn't be for tobacco) but for once this was actually Bex who wanted to do this. Whilst at Coles I picked up some more washing up liquid, and at Woollies I brought discounted cheesecake flavour yoghurt for 50 cents and a pack of three toothbrushes (its all clear now why Lucy is so excited she c...

It got cloudy as soon as we got to the lagoon today- typical. The water was quite cold as well, and so after I had got out I found it very hard to warm up. Guy was making me laugh as he was trying to juggle with Yahn's juggling balls and singing circus clown music. Afterwards, me and Alice went to Woollies and tried Anzac cookies. I made a garlic mushroom (stolen from last night at work) and cheese roll which was very tasty. Later on, I watched requiem for a ...