Cheap labor w extra profit for Australia

The Australians have an interesting scheme that allows foreigners to stay maybe 8 months on a holiday work visa, this surely fills a lot of temp jobs.

Then for people who legally cannot immigrate they can become "students": As long as they're "studying" they can work fulltime. Since the "studying" costs a lot in fees to the colleges and universities this is like a high tax. Its one of the major "exports" for Australia. That and coal it'd seem. The country is full of natural resources easy to "harvest".

I'm not sure if I'm critical of the system. But I see a lot of people working really hard (6-7 days a week) in order to pay so that they won't have to leave.

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So this guy is walking his goats in Hyde park!

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Monk picture

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Red sky in Sydney

This night a big dust cloud moved in over Sydney. The red picture was pretty amazing. It was taken at 5 in the morning. The other one from our office towards Sydney CBD. Apparently this has not happened for 20 years or so. Lots of people are using masks. Probably left over from the flue.

Now I'm waiting in a bus. We're going to an offsite in Hunters Valley for a few days.

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Here is a photo of this blog!

And my finger pointing to the url.

I got this idea when a finance guy sent out an email to his clients about their newly revamped website. In the email there was no address but instead an attachmment with a copy of the weppage and url...

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Art of taking a dump

Saw this in a loo at one of my cafes.

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Found a new way to loose weight....

...just don't eat this!

Simple, heh?

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I guess it was time...

To get rid of that wallet. Let's see if I can do with a small metal business card case instead kudos my brother.

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Stieg Larsson: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.

Ok. My second theory just confirmed right. Is this book all predictable?

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Hot chocolate

Small but looks good. Whoever makes it has a mind for details and doing it well.  Like that with food in Sydney.

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Toasted Fingers!

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Programmer without computer?

Who knows? In any case its 1.30 and at least 24C in Sydney. And its winter! That's my kind of winter. Now onto pizza breakfast.

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Post meditation bliss

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Nothing in particular to say

Oh. Yeah. Our office have perfumed toilet paper. I don't like it!

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We went shooting paintball today.

The things you get paid to do!

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Golden Sydney

Last nite sydney was bathed in some interesting light.

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High Voltage Photography at R&D sydney

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Ok. I admit.

I'm at Karaoke w my team. No I don't sing.

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Whereas in sf there'd be blacks dancing in syd they are asian.

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No I didn't graduate from here.

Didn't even enter. Or exit. Still. I went in and out. Visiting SF was awesome! Meeting new friends and re-seing old. Eating sloppy joes and carls juniors 6 dollar burger, ctm at alahambra, tea at samovar, doing 'oogle io, lightening up nosql, being member of noisebridge and living in a local zen temple!