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UPDATED 31.05.04

Hey ya'll back in england! thought i'd give another short update seen as
ive changed my country of residence again; now living with the kiwi's in
the land of the long white cloud (New Zealand)! life is good, yet the
weather is somewhat NOT. im living in auckland and will be here till the
end of july, the city gets a lot of rain so i get wet and cold a lot whilst
you lot are enjoying these supposed heatwaves in England (i think u're
bluffing really - everyone ive met reckons england is ALWAYS cold and wet lol)ive got a job - yay me! i work 5days a week in the restaurant and lobby
bar of the 5* Hyatt Regency Hotel - You'd need a few hundred quid for a
1nyte stay there (kev cud afford it easy or get sainsburys to pay for it!)
job is sweet (a very kiwi wrd there) and ppl ok, tho no english! learned
teh ropes with an american, now i have chinese, french, german and a
hungarian boss called sylvester (jus like da puddy cat!) hey sharn - wanna
come and join me?! you'd be most welcome! what's your email address
nowadays? Glad that everyone is having fun at university (what's that?!?!?)
and in england in general (where the hell's that place?!?!!?) looking
forward to returning in september, but much looking forward to my break in
the south pacific before that, roll on Fiji in August! went away for the
weekend on a road trip to a place called Lake Taupo - was a fantastic
experience. Hey kev - i've been in MORDOR!!!! proper eary and weird there!
there's geysers, hotpools, steam and even lava in the weirdest holes all
over the place! relaxing in natural hot pools was def wrth the trip - esp
as it was cold snowy outside the water - could see the stars tho! southern
cross rules! lol ok gta dash for now..until september, i'll wish ya'll the
best! and ill see you Mr Archer in L.A. (Los Angeles not Lorna's Abattoir!
HeHe) have fun dudes, tom

hey guys, just a quickie (dont get ideas!!) to update ya's. living and
working in a country town called ORANGE at the mo (no connection to the
colour orange or the mobile service provider!) im working for Domino's
pizzas, doing everything from making pizza's to delivering them etc, it's
really cool -ive satisfied my lust to drive cars again - ive drove
allsorts now from an old ford cortina with NO POWER STEERING, to
automatics and the lil Toyota Echo wi a light-up box on the roof (i get
some ryte looks i tell ya!!) At the mo im living with my bosses - Naz and
Jase they're called, its really cool, and they own the business! got a job
in New Zealand secured through Domino's if i want it, but i really want to
go skiing...we'll see though i guess! have a mate through wrk who's got a
plane and a flying licence...we're going for a joyflight on saturday!!will
be ace! I leave for sydney, to fly to brisbane on tuesday. meeting romany
on the wednesday at like 6.20am!! no point in going to bed really...it's
gonna be really cool, we've got 3weeks to 'do the country'. havce booked
flights from alice springs back to brisbane for the 2nd may, therfore we
have until then to get round the 'top end'! erm, dont know what else to
say really, tho there will be loadsa relevant things im sure. missin u all
heaps (yeh u too kev - u got that bday present yet!?) hope uni is going
well for all, remember me when u have all these lil trips and meet ups,
laterz, TOM UPDATE YOUR PROFILES SO I KNOW WHAT U'R ALL DOIN!

G'day to all Pommeys; greetings from the land down under! How is everyone doin'? I'm doin good, it's been almost 4months now and i'm still surviving*, aint starved yet or had to sleep on the street - tho i have had
encounters with lumpy sofa's - one of which must have had 'bed bugs'
(looking at my half eaten forearm the day after!) Right now I'm still in
Manly, Sydney; living with a girl from work in there 'australian' house*,
(she's coming to stop with me in october, thats why im gettin accom and
food free wit her!) - awesome. anyway, i finish my job on thursday* -
working for the ice cream company 'Royal Copenhagen', the paparazzi are coming down on thurs to take some snaps of 'a pommy at work' - for
the 'work australia' magazine in London - get a copy!!! on sunday my cousin is taking me back up to Mudgee (a place in the country) for a few days break - going to Dubbo Zoo, which is an open plan zoo witih no fences or gates just water separating the paddocks! will be superb i reckon! following that im going down to Melbourne for the Grand Prix, a Rock Concert and all the touristy things - the grampians, 12 apostles and
penguin island to name a few...
During my time in Sydney I've done most of what there is to do here, ive
been to the blue mountains, the hunter valley (wine region) and newcastle for short stopover trips. Ive been up the skytower, taken a bus home across the harbour bridge (many late nights in the city), seen opera and even australian idol and the rugby at the opera house, watched lion king in theatre, dined in a revolving resturant high above the city and fed dead chickens to crocodiles...to name a few...*
Missing you all like crazy, party at my house when i return* - i'll be back
in September - and i expect you ALL to be happy to see me again! or a 'good lad, welcome home m8' patt will suffice...
Talk to you soon I'm sure, much love from the roo's and the kanga's (mmmm
kangaroo meat is delich) - Tom

(*donotes that applause is required)

Hey there everyone! - kev u changed everyones picture but not mine!?psh! so yeh i fly out in less than 3weeks-scary! thurs 30th oct2 b exact bound 4Sydney,but goin2 Thailand4 3days first! goin 2wrk in the city till about xmas i think!wen im ready ill be goin over to New Zealand2 wrk too, then when i come home i fly to Fiji, The Cook Islands (nyce and idyllic!),Tahiti, L.A. (myte venture to NYC whilst there!)and then back to London Heathrow!hope to b back end of august,BUT if i really REALLY like it i can stay out till june 2005 and go to uni then-if i go at all!at mo i really dont want2 study business, i want to do a career where u make a difference,myte tek up medicine somehow!guess we'll see! i will speak to u all soon before i go and will def send postcards!leave me addresses! be good 2hear frm u guys wen im all on my lonesome!loadsa luv 2u all! Tom xxx