What happened during the first few days.
So you will have read that after I arrived I was able to drive a car down to the local convenience store. Well it was rather hot when I arrived, like 30 something, and the sleep was awkward. It was too hot to leave my duvet on and I slept surrounded by my belongings because I didn't have a lock for the lockers. It wasn't cramped because I don't move around much at night anyway. I started reading Katie Price's (it wasn't just her that wrote it) Crystal, before you think anything I did it for the ironic comedy. It's quite Katie Price like and not at all smart or clever, anyway you probably expected that. The characters resemble her... so slutty and thing they're right I walked down to the shop in the heat and wondered what I could buy, but seeing as everything here is really expensive I just didn't get that much. I bought some soup I thought was cheap but have just found out its condensed, what is condensed soup anyway?
This Thursday I walked further than the shop, I kept going until I found the library and looked in there. The air conditioning was an amazing feeling. They have water fountains around the place although the water near the library doesn't taste very nice, water elsewhere is better... if you can imagine such a thing. The library in the art area of the city and there is the museum and other buildings here, and a it is just a nice place in general. The water here is also warm which isn't nice. I walked down a street opposite the art area and found many a food shop and restaurant. I brought something but it wasn't very nice and after using the Library's wireless, that was a hassle to set up, I returned back to the convenience store and then headed back. In this heat it is better to get a good cold shower in after walking around in this heat which I do.
A little about the hostel I'm staying in... other things will be mentioned but I don't want to scare anyone... not that news would scare anyone ¬_¬ there are three showers, on in the toilets that is always being used by someone and two in a seperate room where one is always free. The thing about the showers in this roo is though... one door doesn't lock and the other door... doesn't exist. The shower where there is a door has a very dark moth with a spot on each wing watching you everytime I've been in there as it sits on the ceiling.... just watching you....
I slept in the heat again, this is not a fun thing. When sleeping in the heat, if you get to sleep at all, will be broken into times with a gap in between, this gap is a break where you go to the toilet and drink some water, these are things you have to do.
The next day I got into town, via free bus (there is a free bus in the city area which extends up to my hostel). I was trying to find this Tele something company and I wasted half a day trying to find it, they give the best coverage and their rates aren't too bad. I walked around the main city area twice trying to find the phone shop and instead I found 5 vodaphones and 6 or 7 flight centres, literally that company, not 6 or 7 travel agents, but that many flight centres. In rage quit fashion I went into a flight centre and asked the girl there if there was a shop tele something, she said yes, I asked where was it, she said town. Anyway I lefted and went to Vodaphone. I bought a smart phone for $99 and bought $30 credit on pay as you go which, because of a deal they have, gave me $450 phone credit with infinite texts and free faceboke and gmail. So I was quite pleased with that. I then went back along St Geogre's terrace, the place with all the high rise buildings in Perth, and found the HSBC I was looking for and opened a bank account. I also went to the medicare place but as I didn't know where my address would be in 4 weeks time. Then I returned to the library and booked a computer and was on there for 40 or so minutes, enough time to apply for a tax file number, and then the library was closing at an odd time. I left there and returned to the hostel.
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