so today they ran out of work... going to a diffrent orchard tomorrow. so i thought id seize the oppotunity to come down to town, write a blog and do a couple of e-to-the-mails... you know how it is.

well i've been eatin alot of bacon recently (tho i think i'm allowed seeing as i'm working so hard and all) and also alot of weetabix (or weet-bix as they call them here) been through a massive packet in less than a week... i eat like 10 a day. (there flippin lush). also alot of fruit. the farm supplies to 'enza' (they've got a red apple and green pair in their logo... look out for it... may have been picked by me - in fact i got a razor blade and poked holes in some with little messages on them for anyone who gets them.... shame lost quite a few blades in there... so watch out if your munching could be painful!)

got a little caravan which i live in... really nice to have some semi-home like space where i done have to keep moving and having to buy tiny amounts of food. i also have a house mate (well caravan mate) who is... well quite interesting. he's about 40 and lived in oz most of his life... he is... well... probably about as opposite as me as you could possibly get. (picture your sterotypical outback oz bloke in your head times it by 10 and thats about him... he is remarkably like crocodile dundee actually?!) in every morning he brakes wind several times... very loudly which definatly ensures that i wake up alright. he's an interesting, but a nice enough bloke really... gives me lots of lifts places which is good of him.

other people are nice and random. lots of eastern europeans (who work sooo hard) and south americans and some locals. think one girl got a bit offended the other day cos she had told me where she was from about 3 times and then i said you'll have to teach me some czech some time and she was like... i am from chile!!! oops.

the works ok actually... but the pay is fairly pants. if you pick a ton of apples you get about 20quid after tax (20%)... you pick about 1 1/2 to 2 tons a day. but been in the sun all day (getting a nice tan) and it's physical which feels good to do. got lots of scratches (like loads) on my arms from the bushes so i look like a self harmer... tho that could come in handy when i get to the Ywam base... can pretend that i'm some down and out and they'll give me lots care and free stuff (wohaha).

yep so i think everythings cool at the moment... random but cool,

anyway, remember to keep it real...


Simon




ps its my birthday on friday (10th) i realised that my last birthday in the uk was my 18th and my next will be my 21st... weird.
pss... why did the little girl fall off the swing?
...because she had no arms.