Sydney 27-29 March 2008 - Part 2

The moment I opened my room door, I heard LOUD SNORING. I walked in and WTF*%^$#@*?&! There was a HUGE OBESE GROSS MESSY SMELLY WOMAN ON THE BED NEXT TO MINE!!! And the whole area was cluttered with her 3 enormous luggage bags and some other bags and books. She had long hair and it was super messy like it’d never been combed in weeks. And she took off her skirt and threw it at the side and I noticed it was kinda dirty, faded and gross. And I could see her fat ass and fats spilling out the sides of her underwear, while she was snoring like a, no, like a chorus of 10000 pigs! UGH!

I looked at my bed and WTF@#$%^& again! Where was my bed sheets, pillow and blanket?! F#$% the fat ass took it! And she put her shoebox on my bed! I was damn pissed I swiped the shoe box onto the floor with a loud bang, and her eyes fluttered a lil but continued snoring. YUCK! I went to get new beddings and then went to bathe.

When I got out, fabulous, she was awake and was sitting in the living room (with her long hair all standing up at the back super messy) chatting with some of the girls. But I think we all noticed very quickly that she was really weird and most certainly had mental problem.

Within 5mins, we heard that she
1) by 24 had 8 children

2) is 7months pregnant with twins (!!!?#@$ I don’t have to be a doctor to tell it can’t be true. one girl got a shock and said “now??! U are 7 mths pregnant now?!”)

3) she is remarried. Her first husband died during his job. She went trekking with her current husband and was surprised that she fell pregnant because she is “in her fourties. Early forties”

4) Her pregnancy is complicated because she has a tumour in her kidney. After she conceives, she will have her kidney removed. Now, she has her own self dialysis machine, and she knows how to operate it (apparently it’s in one of those luggage bags)

5) She is 43 years old and is backpacking (or are u just homeless?!)

6) She is a nurse. Started as a trainee and is now a manager.

7) She is working graveyard shifts to earn more money so she might not be back tonight, depending on whether they call her.

8) She was a survivor of the Bali bombings. She won the ticket in a company raffle draw and was there with her children. She lost 2 daughters aged 15 and 18 (she says this emotionless).

9) She was born of multiple births and no longer resembles her sisters because she was disfigured in the bombings.

10) Her entire face, cheek, chin has been reconstructed with steel because the building collapsed and crushed her head. She used to have high beautiful cheekbones and now no longer look like what she used to. (note: there is not a single scar on her face or collarbone area)

11) Her collarbone is made of steel and she has titanium stuff in her hips.

12) She actually booked a double room upstairs with her husband, but someone else booked it by offering to pay more, therefore she has to stay here. Also, because she has so many kids she has no money to stay in hotels.

13) Her husband was going to join her here but he has gone fruit picking to make up a sum of money.

14) She is from Melbourne, Sandringham.

15) She has gone to many countries including the US, middle East, etc.

16) She is now visiting her homeland. Her ancestors built this land. This building was built by her mother. Not the businesses in it, but the building.

17) One of the girls asked her when she was leaving and she said: I’m here on a job. In this area. I’m a nurse. When I finish I’ll leave. The girl asked: so when are u leaving? She got angry and said: Why do u want to know when I’m leaving? Why does it matter? The girl said: I’m just asking this because everyone asks this question here. I’m not trying to offend you, it’s just a normal question.

18) The Sydney area council has mixed her up with another woman (let’s call her Z). In the entry form to Sydney everyone is required to fill out their details together with medical history and they mixed her up with Z. (She kept repeating “I’m not this woman they are looking for.”)

19) She said if any healthcare worker knocks on the door, don’t let them in because they are looking for Z, who is not her. Z is younger than her, 39 years old, name has a Smith as well, but is spelt with a “y” not “I”. Z is diabetic and the healthcare workers give Z insulin jabs, whether she consents or not because Z is mentally handicapped and cannot decide what is good for her. But She is not diabetic but has low-blood sugar so she’ll die if they give her insulin jabs.

20) Also, she is from Melbourne and these Sydney medical practitioners have no authority over her health. They think she fits the profile of Z because somehow they think she is “slow”, but she is not.

21) She then proceeds to tell the girl she’s talking to: what do you study? You’re very smart. I’ve spoken to many people and they just don’t get it, they’re quite stupid, but you’re very smart (the girl didn’t say more than “I know what’s diabetes” and “why don’t you phone the immigration and tell them they’re looking for the wrong person”)

She especially repeated the parts about mixing her up with Z. Actually she repeated a lot of things over and over again. she did say other things as well, but the girls tried escaping the conversation the moment she paused. Haha. I was sitting in a corner (very tired actually) listening. Then I decided this woman is a freak, I have to get out of her and not come back. So I msged Sheng and asked if he wanted to meet me after his Bible Study.

Anyway, I abandoned my nap and headed to wander around the Chinatown. It’s really big! And looks a lot like HK. Haha. I just had fried rice and then walked around. I was so sleepy but didn’t want to go back to the backpackers. So I walked along George Street for 3 hours! Haha but it was nice. Sydney’s nightlife is really vibrant. There were many clubs, pubs and posh bars. People were dressed up, in groups, flocking to the bars. I really liked some of the buildings in Sydney, very Victorian. Haha.

Finally, I took a bus to meet Sheng and we sat at a café and chatted. Sheng’s really kind, genuine and sincere, very nice. After that we took a bus back to my backpackers.

The moment I stepped into the room, the girls who were sitting in the living room watching TV asked if I’d met the woman (the woman had gone “to work”). The girls were nice. They told me all their freaky stories and said I could sleep in their room (one of the small rooms in this bigger room) if I wanted to, and told me to change beds, which I did. I was really worried, Clem suggested I move out and book another place, and I seriously considered that. Also coz most of the girls were going out to party. They asked me to join them, but I was just too tired. I didn’t want to be in there alone lest the woman comes back!

Anyway, they said that the said the room smelt funny so she examined the trash bag and said there was tuna in it and dragged the bag outta the room. And she also burnt a stick of incense on the TV, which the girls had to dig out frantically coz I burnt a large hole in the top of the TV. They said that her versions of the story were inconsistent.

I shifted my stuff to the top deck of a bed a lil further and tried to sleep. But I was really scared that the mad woman would come back. In the middle of the night, I heard several loud knocks. I was so scared I didn’t dare to move. I thinks so was the girl who was sleeping on my bottom bunk.

At about 3am, 2 of the girls came screaming dashing into the room. They slammed they door and barricaded it with the sofa bcoz “with her size she can and might break down the door to get in”. They said that they saw the mad woman upstairs in the lounge/reception area. Apparantly the woman lost her keys, so she stormed up there and shouted at 3 guys who were sitting there (the guys live in the backpackers and were just hanging out near the reception area). The mad woman shouted “I need to key to room 3! Give me the key! I lost my key! That’s my key! (pointing to one of the guy’s keys) My key’s green! Give it to me!”

So the girls didn’t want her to recognise them so they dashed out and back into the room. It was quite funny. We were just chatting about the mad woman and we’d all jump at every little sound. Haha. The girls said they complained about her to the backpackers, but the backpackers didn’t believe she was mad and said at most they’d just not extend her stay (her stay was for a night or 2 I think). 2 of the girls were waiting for Rachel to come back. Rachel is a dancer and usually goes back at around 4am. They were afraid Rachel couldn’t come in coz of the sofa, and they were also afraid she’d let the mad woman in coz she doesn’t know about her.

I finally got to sleep at 4 plus am. But at about 7.40am I was awoken by loud snoring! OMG!!! It’s her! How the hell did she get in! anyway, I hurry packed up my stuff and checked out. WTH, I slept so terribly thanks to her. I was so scared the entire time, scared that she might barge in!


Spot the mad woman

Saturday in Sydney

I walked to UNSW to meet Sheng. He msged me and told me he’d packed breakfast of toast for me, from his dining hall! Thanks Sheng! That was really thoughtful =) Sheng had the whole day planned—where to get Easter Show tickets, how to get to the venue, what to see and do at the Easter Show, when and how to get the Sydney Fish Market after that. Very organised!

Sheng said the Easter Show is a huge week-long carnival at the Sydney Olympic Park. It was very popular so we should check it out. We took a bus to Circular Quay train station then took a train to Olympic Park.



The trains in Sydney are really spacious and comfy. They’re double storey and all the rows of 3 seats can be pushed or pulled to face different directions. So if say you’re with 3-5 friends and wanna sit together to chit chat, you can push the backrest of the row of seats such that the 2 rows are facing together.

The train platform at Olympic Park station

Sydney Olympic Park is bigger than Melb’s I think. We got there and it was a HUGE MEGA carnival with funfare stalls and games, soveniour stalls, exhibitions, competitions, performances, rollercoaster rides, etc. Insane!! Haha!


Me at the carnival entrance

"Showbag" stores. These stores sell goody bags filled with a certain theme of toys, candy and goodies. So they may be Cadbury goody bag, Kitkat goody bag, The Simpsons goody bag, Superman goody bag etc. Kids were carrying loads of them man! and they're not free!

Sheng and I, me wishing I had a The simpsons goody bag....haha.

Yes, I'm a kid, I'm walking towards Kids World. haha. on the left is a game whereby you shoot water into elmo's mouth. the more water you shoot in his mouth, the higher it will rise and u'll win various stuff toys. The girl who was promoting the game sounded quite sian, and she was repeating the same sentences over and over again. might as well get a tape recorder.

Funfare games like fishing out bags, throwing rings onto bottle necks, shooting hoops, bursting balloons could win you...a metre long Homer Simpson stuffed toy!! So cute! I wanted one! but then i decided its probably not worth the effort and money. And also I wldn't wanna hug Homer Simpson in bed. He's one fat screwed up bugger (but very funny). haha. I saw a Bart Simpson one, even cuter. Damn, not i feel like watching The Simpsons now!! But it's almost midnight already...and i haven't bathed after training...haha. Clem burnt me Season 10 before I left, for me to watch here in Melb when I'm bored. Thanks dear =)

Then walking along in the carnival we saw a damn retarded thing...


to be continued...