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Thursday, 19 June 2008
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AFTER 5-WEEK IN TOMATO HELL...
1. used to WAKE UP at 5AM, no matter need to work or not;
2. decided not to wake up for sunrise anymore because was forced to enjoy the view of SUNRISE everyday;
3. ALLERGY to 4 colours: GREEN, YELLOW, ORANGE and RED, especially RED;
4. couldn't stop pricing stuff in "BINS OF TOMATOES", e.g. a meal of KFC = 3 bins of tomatoes, single flight ticket from brisbane to sydney = 25 bins of tomatoes, etc.;
5. used to shower after picking tomatoes, no matter it was 10am or 3pm, and thus always FORGOT TO SHOWER on holiday;
6. developed a very DEEP RELATIONSHIP with tomatoes and decided not to eat tomato again in lifetime;
7. became EXPERT in choosing tomatoes and studied different types of diseases of tomatoes;
8. GAINED WEIGHT after living with 3 roommates who invited me to have snack everyday;
9. became familiar to the setting of different brands of supermarkets in Australia as for over a month, our ONLY ENTERTAINMENT was shopping in supermarkets.
Photos of tomato hell
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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ROE'S WEEKLY WORKING SCHEDULE
07 May 2000 Arrived Redland Bay
08 May 1600-2030 Sorting & Packing in tomato factory
09 May Day-off
10 May 0630-1700 Picked 18 bins of tomatoes (I was excited on the first day of picking tomatoes. All girls were surprised that I could still hold my camera and run around to take photos after picking tomatoes for almost 10 hours!)
11 May 0630-1430 Picked 12 bins of tomatoes (Too much exercises for me already!) /1700-2200 Sorting & Packing in tomato factory (The boss gave us extra one-hour pay as we worked till so late!)
12 May 0630-1200 Picked 13 bins of tomatoes (My third time to pick tomatoes and I was already exhausted and didn't want to eat any tomatoes!)
13 May 0800-1600 & Packing in tomato factory
14 May Day-off (watched HK drama: D.I.E with all the HK girls here.)
15 May 0800-0915 Tidying up the tomato farms (met hundreds of ants and cockroach-like bugs! TERRIBLE!)
Not fit enough than I expected, though so many hours of hard work!
Not earn much than I expected, 1-week work is not enough for me to sky-dive!
No entertainment at all: no vodafone connection, no internet, no computer, no shops nearby……
I start missing the city life!
Friday, 09 May 2008
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LET'S GO FARMING!
Finally, I am now working in a tomato farm in Cleveland (who cares where the hell it is, rural enough anyway) and had my first go in the factory yesterday, to sort out immature tomatoes from the mature ones. My first job in Oz.
It was pretty interesting in the first FIVE minutes, with my eyes covered by hundreds of little red and orange tomatoes, yummy (though I don’t eat them at all), lovely and fresh.
However the remaining THREE hours left only tiredness of my eyes and back. It wasn’t an easy job, difficult to pick the orange from red while there are thousands of different ORANGES and REDS and they are all rolling and self-rotating in front of you in a second! I WAS JUST ABOUT TO FAINT! Let alone to STAND still for over 3 hours with only a half hour break.
Anyway, I am trying to enjoy it and looking forward to pick tomatoes (though as I was informed by other WHMs here, can’t earn much) or plant vegetables! I am looking forward to be a farmer……mm…..sort of…..HOHO.
Btw, I had put on my JEANS yesterday as my working uniform…... OK, it’s my sis’s old jeans actually. CAN U BELIEVE IT: ROE IN JEANS!?
Wednesday, 07 May 2008
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BEST TOUR I'VE EVER JOINED
I just LOVE this outback town Cunnamulla!
LOVE SLEEPING IN SWAG UNDER THE STARS, though a little cold;
LOVE THE OPAL MINS, and I made myself a earring!
LOVE ALL MY FIRST-TIME-IN-LIFE EXPERIENCES including kayaking, riding on camel wagon and winning a horse race!
LOVE THE MAGICAL MOMENT AND DELICIOUS FOOD AT THE SUNSET RIVER BANK DINNER and it was just amazing!
LOVE DEANO'S MOTORBIKE RIDE and it was crazy!
LOVE OUR WONDERFUL TOUR GUIDE, LEESA AND HER ADORABLE CHILDREN and they were so energetic!
LOVE PEIETA FOR RUNNING SUCH A FANTASTIC TOUR and I was so lucky to be there!
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
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JE SUIS CHANCEUX: 中大奬!
CAN . YOU . BELIEVE . IT . ?
7-DAY OUTBACK TOUR to Queensland's western towns!
Transportation, 3 meals per day, all site fees, accommodation ALL INCLUSIVE!
Camping UNDER THE STARS every night!
A FREE CHANCE to wine-tasting, visit cut opal mines, ride a kayak......!
Cost $1350 (AUD) per person!
And I can bring a FRIEND with me!
CAN . YOU . BELIEVE . that I won this prize given out by a well-known backpacker's magazine in Australia TODAY!? (I rarely win anything in lucky draw since my childhood!)
Mates, I wish any of you were here to share my very first BIG LUCK!
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- Name: Roe
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 9/28/2004
