View Full Version : Hello from Down Under. Maaaaate.
turkiyaki
08-01-2005, 04:53 AM
Maaaaaaate! :D
I'm actually from Singapore, parents are of Chinese and Straits-Chinese (Nyonya) descent.
Migrated to Australia just recently and am also getting married late next year to a local Australian boy. The transformation, dare I say, is near complete. Apparently I still need to go to my first cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and drink copious amounts of Fosters. Or run after goannas in the Aussie outback yelping, "Crikey!"
Apart from assimilating completely into Aussie society, I spend my life writing, web-designing, desktop-publishing and planning for the impending wedding. A few interesting cultural issues have come up already, courtesy of my folks. And I'd like to see what perspectives you guys have on them.
But till then, hello. And hello again.
And those dingoes ain't getting MY baby.
/end wank
tapestrybabe
08-01-2005, 03:09 PM
eh, dingoes...
i dont get it...
anyways mate...
welcome aboard to yw!
Hi there and welcome to YW! Enjoy! ^_^V
hooligan
08-01-2005, 04:49 PM
I assimilated my wank completely as well. Welcome to YW.
turkiyaki
08-01-2005, 05:35 PM
Woah, that's a whole lotta karma. Thanks, you peranakan beauty, you :)
This year's the 25th Anniversary of the disappearance of little Azaria Chamberlain, who her parents claim was taken by dingoes from their on a camping trip. Her blood-soaked clothes were found a week later by a tourist. The media made it clear they throught the parents were lying.
Thus the media summary of her mother's defence was, "The Dingoes Ate My Baby". It's also the name of Oz's band in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In the mean time, wank on, all. Maaaaate :)
s1eve
08-01-2005, 05:56 PM
"The dingoes got my baby!"
"Luv, put some shrimp on the barbie and get me a XXXX, would you luv?" hehe
Welcome there fellow antipodean.
Anaestacia
08-01-2005, 09:28 PM
Welcome Turkiyaki and congrats with the engagement!!
All this mate and dingo talk, makes me wonder if you still remember what ice kachang is. :wink:
s1eve
08-01-2005, 09:45 PM
mmm, ice kachang...
turkiyaki
08-02-2005, 12:31 AM
Wah kao eh, Anaestacia. You think I kena Aussiefied until so power one, hah?
*parries a bubor chacha in your direction* Thanks for the grats too :D
s1eve: *waves at you in a similarly inverted fashion* my dad still likes to joke about how he wants to come to Australia "today", or in his exagerrated imitation of the accent, "to-die". Kills himself laughing, he does.
sup, so i'm guessing it's really cold down there now huh?
Anaestacia
08-02-2005, 12:51 PM
Wah kao eh, Anaestacia. You think I kena Aussiefied until so power one, hah?
*parries a bubor chacha in your direction* Thanks for the grats too :D
Haha! Waaa..bubor chacha, why you so action one ah. :tongue:
Lookin forward to seeing you on the boards! :biggrin:
tvbdude
08-02-2005, 10:31 PM
sup
turkiyaki
08-03-2005, 01:36 AM
dude.
it's cold enough for a refreshing stout :) Apparently a pint of Guiness is equivalent to a whole roast dinner in calories.
Must find beer.
I've been reading the boards a bit and I feel a bit out of touch with a lot of stuff but I'm sure I'll find something thought-provoking to contribute. Party on, people.
koongchiulo
08-04-2005, 02:57 AM
Hey man
I'm across the ditch in NZ...
welcome
*tosses a bottle of Asahi across the tasman sea at turki... :biggrin:
Napoleon Chynamite
08-04-2005, 04:37 AM
Australia huh? Do you know Arnold Schwarzenegger :biggrin:
koongchiulo
08-07-2005, 03:01 AM
Aiya gumby... :biggrin: :tongue:
turkiyaki
08-08-2005, 02:51 AM
*catches the Asahi and downs it at a shot*
*feels a little sick and throws up on her life-sized Arnie Terminator 2 cutout*
*makes mental note to take a picture of it later for Gumby's pleasure*
*shrugs and falls fast asleep*
koongchiulo
08-11-2005, 01:48 AM
wow...
all that from 1 beer. Now where do i find a woman like that in NZ?
turkiyaki
08-12-2005, 07:42 PM
You don't have to look hard, I reckon. They'll all be passed out on the floor.
koongchiulo
08-13-2005, 06:53 PM
Dang. Must come over to Melbourne more often!
I like Melbourne more than any other city in oz... great cafe culture,food,nightlife..etc. Very cosmopolitan.
Have you been here? http://www.melbournepubs.com/venues/889/Croft-Institute.html
turkiyaki
08-14-2005, 07:09 AM
Come live here then! I've loved it so much I decided to stay. Though it's not as cold as NZ, you'd be here in thongs and shorts all day ;)
No, I haven't been to The Croft Institute but I have made the many twists and turns to get to that place. I stood outside the door and thought, "Screw this, I want my beer without having to get a treasure map out to find the bloody bar, thank you very much."
But now that you've mentioned it, maybe I should get out my pith helmet and go searching for it again. What's your review of it?
Sounds like a Chemistry student's dream. Or nightmare.
Wonder if they do more than serve drinks ... :D
koongchiulo
08-15-2005, 05:47 AM
It's just on of those places you gotta visit. I've been there a few times... it's always consistently good with the music, as I think different floors caters to different kinds of music.
They do do great cocktails... mmm cocktails(no innuendo please people....)
Um... pays to go find your chemistry experiment elsewhere... *cough
I'd come over to stay but I have commitments over here. But if all pans out, might be over sometime in 2007.
s1eve
08-17-2005, 12:19 AM
Dang. Must come over to Melbourne more often!
I like Melbourne more than any other city in oz... great cafe culture,food,nightlife..etc. Very cosmopolitan.
Have you been here? http://www.melbournepubs.com/venues/889/Croft-Institute.html
I love Melbourne too! Had a great time the last time I was there. Hopefully I'll be there in the new year for F1.
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