1. Jogging gear 24/7 as I already mentioned, but I just can't get over it
2. If and when people dress up (I went to a stand-up comedy show) it is perfectly ok to wear flip flops with a beautiful dress provided your toenails are painted
3. Nice solid heals is a no no. If you want to go that extra mile from flip flops, next benchmark is 8cm high stilettos.
4. “How are you?” is actually a question and people expect an answer. You can’t just reply “Hi, how are you?” Of course the answer expected is anything up from “I’m well” on the scale. Most Australians claim to do “fantastic”. Even when it’s an evening of the day they have spent working at a supermarket counter.
5. Service is excellent and very attentive, yet not hovering over you. I hated that in Manila where the staff just follows you around. “Enter your pin whenever you are ready” was the cherry on the cake. I should have challenged her with “Sorry, I’m not ready for that yet”.
6. Alcohol is sold only in specialized bottle shops. It’s worth to ask “What can you tell me about this wine?” I was immediately offered “Would you like to try it?” “Uhm, yes!” Before leaving I got to taste 4 other wines besides this lovely Portuguese red. Note, Australian red wine is pretty rubbish though. Even the 30+ dollar bottle that he fetched (ok, in Europe the same bottle would be sold probably for 12 euros max. Taxation here is horrendous. ) I left the bottle shop in an elevated mood and a discount.
7. Public transport is even more expensive than in Melbourne. Imagine, 5.10 dollars per ride! Jesus. Ticket lasts 2h, but who cares. If you live in a suburb, and everyone does, you spend 10+ dollars just to go to downtown. Crazy. You can get across the whole Nepal with that money.
8. Dating. My German friend Mirko, who has lived in Australia for several years, explained to me, that it’s hard to get on with Aussie girls. That you really need to promote yourself and what kind of great job you have and be pretty insistent and straight forward. My Aussi friend Marius on the other hand said, that you can’t be straight forward and need to be coy when talking to a girl. Interested, but then looking somewhere else and what not. Can’t show your intentions directly. I don’t know. On my one and only night out in Brisbane when I got a lift home at 5AM, this Aussie guy says “I have noticed you are pretty gorgeous. I wonder if I may kiss you?”
Why would someone say something like that? I say, if u don't have the guts, drop it and walk away.
2. If and when people dress up (I went to a stand-up comedy show) it is perfectly ok to wear flip flops with a beautiful dress provided your toenails are painted
3. Nice solid heals is a no no. If you want to go that extra mile from flip flops, next benchmark is 8cm high stilettos.
4. “How are you?” is actually a question and people expect an answer. You can’t just reply “Hi, how are you?” Of course the answer expected is anything up from “I’m well” on the scale. Most Australians claim to do “fantastic”. Even when it’s an evening of the day they have spent working at a supermarket counter.
5. Service is excellent and very attentive, yet not hovering over you. I hated that in Manila where the staff just follows you around. “Enter your pin whenever you are ready” was the cherry on the cake. I should have challenged her with “Sorry, I’m not ready for that yet”.
6. Alcohol is sold only in specialized bottle shops. It’s worth to ask “What can you tell me about this wine?” I was immediately offered “Would you like to try it?” “Uhm, yes!” Before leaving I got to taste 4 other wines besides this lovely Portuguese red. Note, Australian red wine is pretty rubbish though. Even the 30+ dollar bottle that he fetched (ok, in Europe the same bottle would be sold probably for 12 euros max. Taxation here is horrendous. ) I left the bottle shop in an elevated mood and a discount.
7. Public transport is even more expensive than in Melbourne. Imagine, 5.10 dollars per ride! Jesus. Ticket lasts 2h, but who cares. If you live in a suburb, and everyone does, you spend 10+ dollars just to go to downtown. Crazy. You can get across the whole Nepal with that money.
8. Dating. My German friend Mirko, who has lived in Australia for several years, explained to me, that it’s hard to get on with Aussie girls. That you really need to promote yourself and what kind of great job you have and be pretty insistent and straight forward. My Aussi friend Marius on the other hand said, that you can’t be straight forward and need to be coy when talking to a girl. Interested, but then looking somewhere else and what not. Can’t show your intentions directly. I don’t know. On my one and only night out in Brisbane when I got a lift home at 5AM, this Aussie guy says “I have noticed you are pretty gorgeous. I wonder if I may kiss you?”
Why would someone say something like that? I say, if u don't have the guts, drop it and walk away.
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