Final Goodbyes in Sydney

June 2nd was a sad day for me and Dana. This was the day of our farewell party at the 3 Weeds Hotel in Rozelle. The Wine Room in the back was ours for the night, and we kept it full... about 60 people at one point! The night was full of laughs and good times. We've made some stellar friends in Australia and are going to miss all of them.

The pub closed at midnight, so a group of us moved on to the Red Lion Hotel, a really classy joint down the road. A few of us wanted to break out of there, so we were lucky when a limo driver offered to give us a ride back to Ben and Jen's. There was not enough room for all of us, so the limo took about half of us, and the rest took a cab. The party continued at Ben & Jen's new apartment in Balmain until late in the night.

On Sunday a number of us found the energy to go to the Australian for lunch. We wound up eating lunch and dinner there, delaying the inevitable good bye as long as we could. The Australian is the first pub we went to when we moved the Sydney, and the last one as well.

Enjoy the photos from the weekend. It was an amazing send-off, so to all of you who made it such a success, thank you, and we'll miss you.

Relive the night, day and night only on dwarbi's roof.

Work Farewell

Thursday the 31st of May was my last day at work. I don't have anything lined up in the States, but I am going to find something new and see where it takes me. The analogy I use is surfing. Seven years ago I started as a graphic designer and rode that wave until now, learning new skills, taking on new roles and going with the flow, but taking advantage of the wave. This trip is like going back to the beach for a bit before heading back out to catch another wave.

My work mates organised a fantastic farewell. We had a section of Settlement Bar, below the Westpac building, and it was a proper send off. Of course I made it back to work to finish up a few things and give out my last good byes, and then we went back out the Belgian Beer Cafe. We were placing bets on when Mark would get kicked out, but he showed us all and eventually left of his own free will!

Experience it here.

¡Adios, Apartment!

We move out of our apartment this morning, so it was perfect timing for our washing machine to blow up. The full load of laundry had to be transferred to the tub for drip-drying before bringing them to Jen & Ben's. Good fun!

And so this is the last blog entry from dwarbi's roof in Sydney. dwarbi's roof will be hitting the road. Stay tuned for entries from Queensland, Singapore, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium... and then New York!

I leave you with some photos from an impromptu party this past Tuesday night. Sam makes centerfold again, but not while dancing hip-hop.

Shout Out To Aon IT Sydney

Me: All of 31, let me hear you go "Ho-o"!
You (chorus): HO-O!
Me: Put your hands up in the air, let me hear you go, "Ho-ho-ho!"
You (chorus): HO-HO-HO!