Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Under the Southern Cross

It's getting difficult to write blog posts as the days resemble each other and a weekend means just higher pay rate. But some days are better than others for sure. Easter was very nice. Got heaps of chocolate eggs, bunnies and carrots. There was by local standards huge 3 days event called "Easter in the country", which featured rallies and markets and rodeo. Rodeo night was fun. A modern day cowboy tried to show me how to spot the Southern Cross and based on that how to determine direction of south. It took a few days and help of his father and a mobile app for me to finally figure it out. It's just surprisingly small that's all! Anyway, now I have a familiar constellation under this otherwise unfamiliar sky. And mind you, I see the stars a lot over here as in the last month it has been cloudy maybe 3 days and rained twice. When I'm walking home on the side of a highway after nightshift in my black uniform, the moon, the stars and oncoming 100+ tons roadtrains are the only things to give light. Roadtrains are pretty scary as they swoop on by, massive and impressive. Probably would be good idea to get some reflectors...
The other day I also briefly met a ghost inhabiting the room 315 of the hotel I'm working at. I was not hangover or anything like that, true story. I had just finished mopping, the last stage of the game in housekeeping,  and was about to close and lock the door when suddenly TV turned on. And no, I didnt step on the remote control. Startled, I went back in. I honestly stood in front of the TV for almost a minute to see if there is any specific message for me, but no, it was just some kids cartoon programme. I could not decipher the message from the spiritual world, turned the TV off and left the room.
Once a guest told me they found a letter in their room of someone saying she/he is offering a BJ... now thats another kind of message.

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