Time Flies

It'll be one month tomorrow morning - wow, that went by fast. But we've made good progress: we've got an apartment, Ali's talked to a couple headhunters (and even had a job interview), and I'll be able to register for classes next week. Last week we found a wonderful little South Indian restaurant (according to the menu, "No professional chefs, just real home cooking"), the best coffee shop in the city (complete with two resident gray tabbies that purr at the merest touch), and perhaps best of all, we've got Whoosh! Last weekend we went to the Migrant Expo - sort of a trade show for new immigrants, with booths for everything from community services to immigration lawyers to job and business opportunities. We got a lot of good tips, including an alternative to Telecom's monopoly-priced internet service: wide area wireless. Ali signed up, got their special modem thingy, plugged in his laptop and - voila! No more trips to the internet cafe just to check email - halilujah.

We'll be moving into our new place this weekend and, if all goes well, we should have our stuff next week. I'm really looking forward to having my own home again. Especially a real kitchen. But one thing I will miss about the Heritage Grand, where we've been staying for the past month, is the rooftop hot tub. Unfortunately, the weather was too cold and rainy to use it much until a couple days ago. But it's finally warming up, and a couple nights ago we went up after a long day of furniture shopping. There's a great view of the harbor bridge, and the city was all lit up, and a pinkish sunset was draining out of the sky. It was even clear enough to see the stars coming out. And then watch full moon coming up. It was beautiful, but a little weird. It looks upside down from here. Really. Like the Man in the Moon is doing a headstand.

I'm sure I'll get used to it. Someday.

Cheers,
Sandie