August
31
Just got
transferred with work from Leeds UK to our new home in Karratha, Western
Australia. Now this is a town that knows how to live! Beautiful, sunny days and
warm, balmy evenings. I watched the sunset from a deckchair by our pool
yesterday. It was beautiful. I’ve finally found my new home. I love it here.
September 13
Really
heating up now. It got to 31 today. No problem though. Living in
air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the
sun every day like this. I’m turning into a sun-worshipper – no blasted rain
like back in Leeds!!
September 30
Had the
back yard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and rocks. No
more mowing lawns for me! Another scorcher today, but I love it here. It’s
Paradise!
October 10
The
temperature hasn’t been below 35 all week. How do people get used to this kind
of heat? At least today it’s windy though. Keeps the flies off a bit.
Acclimatizing is taking longer than we expected.
yutiyr
October
15
Fell
asleep by the pool yesterday. Got third degree burns over 60% of my body.
Missed three days off work. What a dumb thing to do. Got to respect the old sun
in a climate like this!
yutiyr
October
20
Didn’t
notice Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car before I left for work this
morning. By the time I got back to the car after work, Kitty had died and
swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stuck to the upholstery. The car
now smells like Whiskettes and cat shit. I’ve learned my lesson though: no more
pets in this heat.
October 25
This wind
is a bastard. It feels like a giant fucking blow dryer. And it’s hot as hell!
The home air conditioner is on the blink and the repair man charged $200 just
to drive over and tell me he needs to order parts from fucking Perth ….The wife
& the kids are complaining.
October
30
The
temperature’s up around 40 and the parts still haven’t arrived for the fucking
air conditioner. House is an oven so we’ve all been sleeping outside by the
pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $600,000 house and we can’t even go inside. Why
the hell did I ever come here?
November 4
Finally
got the fucking air-conditioner fixed. It cost $1,500 and gets the temperature
down to around 25 degrees, but the humidity makes it feel about 35. Stupid
repairman. Fucking thief.
November 8
If one
more smart bastard says ‘Hot enough for you today?’ I’m going to fucking
throttle him. Fucking heat! By the time I get to work, the car radiator is
boiling over, my fucking clothes are soaking fucking wet and I smell like baked
cat. Fucking place is the end of the Earth.
November 9Tried to run some errands after work, wore shorts, and sat on the black leather upholstery in my car. I thought my fucking arse was on fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh, all the hair on the backs of my legs and off my fucking arse. Now the car smells like burnt hair, fried arse and baked cat. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
November 10
The
Weather report might as well be a fucking recording. Hot and sunny. Hot and
sunny, Hot and fucking sunny. It never fucking changes! It’s been too hot to do
anything for 2 fucking months and the weatherman says it might really warm up
next week. Fuck!
November 15
Doesn’t
it ever rain in this damn fucking place? Water restrictions will be next, so my
$5,000 worth of palms might just dry up and blow into the fucking pool. The
only things that thrive in this fucking hell-hole are the fucking flies. You
don’t dare open your mouth for fear of swallowing half a dozen of the little
bastards!
November 20
Welcome
to HELL! It got to 45 fuckin’ degrees today. Now the air conditioner’s gone in
my car. The repair man came to fix it and said, ‘Hot enough for you today?’ I
wanted to shove the fucking car up his fucking arse. Anyway, had to spend the
$2,500 mortgage payment to bail me out of jail for assaulting the stupid prick.
Fucking Karratha! What kind of sick, demented fucking idiot would want to live
here!
December 1WHAT!!!!
The FIRST day of Summer!!!! You
are fucking kidding me!
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