Gareth, Paul, Ais, Nora and myself....along with guest appearances from the Irish contingent – Ruth and Becky, and from Sweden we have Denize and Kim. While Ruth and Becky are only over here for a holiday the Swedes are on the one year visa like ourselves and are apartment hunting – as Gareth and I found out when we first landed, the benefit of having someone to stay with initially is massive – Dee and Sinead helped us out by sheltering us for a week so we are paying it forward with Team Sweden. So you basically need to be a Tetris champion to fit everyone in, and have the stealth of a ninja to get out in the morning without waking someone/everyone.
There are Pros and Cons to running such a halfway house...
Pros
· Every pre boozing session already feels like a party with so many people there
· With the gender swinging heavily in the favour of the ladies the musky man smell has been replaced with the sweeter smelling scents of 6 perfumed up women (NOTE* - this is also going in the Cons section)
· With 9 people sitting around talking rubbish in the evenings at least ONE person is bound to say something stupid to keep us laughing all night (it just so happens Aisling is usually the culprit here)
· With an official total of 8 tea drinkers (Gar still refuses to drink the delicious nectar of the gods) someone is always putting the kettle on (NOTE* - please feel free to send Irish teabags to 2/2 Hollywood Avenue, Bondi Junction, NSW 2022)
Cons
· The aforementioned increase in oestrogen is directly correlated to the amount of hair straighteners/curlers/dryers/twisters/frizzers/poppers left around the apartment. As well as enough make up to put Brown Thomas to shame. Say what you will about smelly boys...at least we come without accessories.
o Boys Shelf in bathroom – razor, hair gel, after shave, soap, half a beer left from getting ready the night before
o Girls Shelf in bathroom – razor, soft gel razor handle, soft gel razor heads, hand cream, face cream, wrist cream, ear cream, I-can’t-believe-its-not-cream....ok so you get my point, now just multiply that by 6 and you’ll get an idea
· When planning to go out on a Friday night, to accommodate everyone showers must begin at midday
· Hide-and-seek – so our landlord thinks theres only 4 of us living in the apartment which is fine until he comes around to pick up the rent on a Saturday...cue a mad dash to hide all said accessories, clothes and people – a delightful activity when, as we are most Saturdays, frightfully hungover
· We go through more toilet paper than the Teepee Olympics
All being said I think its great having everyone around – especially good to see familiar faces from home, even if for just a short time. After next week the population of Hollywood Ave will be cut to a manageable 5 people, how lonely we will be!
(Another Pro is that theres always someone on hand to offer a welcome pat on the arse!)
An old harry enfield clip i just came across....magic
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