Mudge life can be simple and normal, that is what you get when you work in the country side, however the most frustrating thing that I am encountering is the lack of internet accessibility, I do get connection but it is like waiting for an apple to ripe, it does take a long but long time to go to a page and it is so annoying cause I need to check emails and write my blog and on top of that I need to pay bills, since I work from 7 to 5, I don't really have time to go to the bank and working from Monday to Saturday, doesn't really help much. All I want to do after coming back from work is chill and read some news, that I can't do either. Isn't Australia supposed to be a developed nation, I mean come on, even in my city, which is a "third world" country we've got better internet than most Australian big city. This is how backward this country is, technologically. Oh, well I have to see how much will I last without going mental or ballistic with the lack of sleep, I am already a bit agro and now with the lack of normal internet, I will go berserk. Talking about job, today was a better day for me, and one of the reason is that I am getting better and tomorrow will be my first payday. J Enjoy!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
City of Grapes
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Change Of Plan
The day I found out that I a friend of mine got me a job, I was quite surprised and very happy, and because I haven't worked for nearly 4 months, getting back to work was something exciting, I have been relaxing for too long and sometimes I had too much time that I was bored for not doing anything. I had the greatest four months of my life and people envied my lifestyle, not working for four months did kind of sucked my funds out of my savings but it was worth it. There is no point in life in saving all the time, when you don't even know how to spend the money and appreciate life. I, indeed was starting to worry a bit about my balance sheet that I was kind of forced to go back to work at least later next month, so this job will really help me a lot.
However after my first day at work, I kind of regret my decision to go back into workforce. I had to wake up so early and on my first day of work, I actually owe my boss 120 dollars for the purchase (forced) of a pair of pruning gloves, well and also found out that if I break the blades, 50 dollars, I have to pay for them, what? I know, it is kind of exploitation because basically, we spend a lot of money to fix the place, even thought the money is good but the amount of money that we will end up coughing up will be substantial, like if you cut your own cord, that will be another 130 dollars. Since I am almost poor, I will have to suck it up and work for a while, then our road trip to the middle of Australia will soon begin.
Monday, July 27, 2009
Cutting Vines
PS. That means that I will not be able to do the road trip with Lynne to the centre of Australia next month. Darn it, I have to make a choice, work now and chill later or keep chilling and worry later!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Catch My Star
Carcajadas
Today is my last day in New Zealand, finally after 3 weeks living here, it is time for me to say sayonara to the country of the Hobbits and sheep. It has been a great place to be for the past 3 weeks, meet great people at the backpacker in Christchurch and see plenty of this country and spend loads as well, but at the end of the day it was well worth it. Money is made to be spent on luxury and things that will fulfil your life and eventually if God allows you, the things that you see during your travel will make you a better person, a person that will make a difference in this world. I am learning a lot and I am seeing so much that no matter what will happen to me after my trip, I will have this with me forever, and as I get older, which is something that is unavoidable I can see things more clearly and pass these knowledge to people who can actually use it. Travelling and seeing the world has made me a better person, a more mature person, a more understanding person but I am not much wiser than others because my learning road hasn’t finished as I am always learning.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Cruel Comedy
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Cost Saving
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Chilli Caliente
For the last two days I haven't been doing much here in Christchurch, I have been hiding myself in my room, trying to figure out what to do as the days go by, all I can think of is what I am doing? Things like this are really not constructive so the best way for me to get myself entertained is by booking airlines ticket, it does help a lot because it makes me plan and it gives me a sense of accomplishment and it keeps me from thinking too much. It helps me see the future more clearly. As I do that I kind of realize that I have so many things to do, but sometimes it is hard to see that, not after you have woken up from this nasty nightmare of guilt and doubts that you realize what you have been through. Live was never meant to be easy. Those who lived long will tell you their successful story, but whatever they did back then might not work again, their formula of ever happiness might not necessarily be the same as yours. As I struggle to find the right ingredients for my happiness, all I will be testing right now is a lot of hot chillies; I need those to heat up my passion, my passion of life. The flame of my will is not as strong as it was awhile ago. I need to get that back and get back on track.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Carrying Boxes
Friday, July 17, 2009
Church
It is nice to go out and it is nicer to have a plan, watched Harry Potter the other day and it was not bad but somehow I didn't like it that much, I mean granted it was a great movie but it just didn't do the magic I suppose. I am however looking forward to watching Bruno and planning whether I should buy the round the world ticket here in New Zealand. It is a bit more than I have expected but it is cheaper than flying several individual tickets per say but I don't know if I want to rush into something that eventually I might end up regretting but if I don't do it I might regret for not doing it. Haha, plenty of decision to decipher in the next upcoming days. I will be trying to entertain myself by making future choices based on how I am feeling today which might change in the future. Sounds odd but it is hard to predict the future and it is hard to choose what to do. I just have to follow my heart.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Closure
Caramba
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Christchurch In Surprise

Oh he did it! It is something that I am considering but since I am too cheap, I won't be doing it, I don't want to spend 300 dollars for a minute of fun, I would rather spend that much and dive for more and longer hours. Diving rocks!
Changing Time
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Catching Up With Austria
This is the movie I would like to see and it does remind me of a good Austrian friend who happens not to be like BRUNO.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Cold Day
After more than a week staying at the Black Sheep I have realized that I never once did I jump in into the spa pool, which is silly cause it is on all the time and with this crazy cold weather I might try that tonight and bring you some pictures of it tomorrow, and since the hostel doesn't allow us to drink our own alcoholic beverages it wouldn't be as much fun as I would have wanted to make it. I still remember the hostel I stayed in Brisbane, it had a cool jacuzzi as well but the same problem with bringing your own alcohol. Maybe next time I am there I won't book bunk again.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Cansancio
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Cautious Water
Been in New Zealand for a week and time does fly when you are busy trying everything. the best burger in town is from Fergburger and it is also the biggest one and it only cost 16 dollars. It is so big that it took two person to finish eating them. I am telling you Queenstown is beautiful and the people that lives here are charming as well. Now that my holiday's holiday is about to end, I am left wondering what will I do next, and now that I really have to look for a job I am kind of worried since I haven't been working since 4 months and my books is nearly finish but, I still have a of things to do. I am very busy at the moment with a lot of projects that I am excited and thrill but at the same time tired and restless because those projects do not generate profits yet and because of that I will be forced to do actually work. I know but I won't stop vagando.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Campaign To Antarctica
Candy Shop
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Comradery
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Competition Entry
This is what I wrote for my entry to this Antarctica competition at this website http://www.blogyourwaytoantarctica.com/blogs/entries. Please if you could go to this webpage and search for my name. TOMMY and vote for me that would be great and I would appreciate a lot since perhaps that would send one Bolivian to Antarctica and perhaps the first one as well. Please vote for me. Thanks guys
One of the reason you should vote for me is because I am unique in my own ways. I am a very easy going guy to get along with and I have traveled to a lot of place, I can bring to the team my versatility and my experience, I can bring to the team my unique creativity. I grew up in the jungle in Bolivia, I love animals and I get get along with everybody else on this planet, polar bears included. I want to show the world how a Bolivian sees the world throught my lenses. I want to share this great experience in the antarctic with you through my writing, I love writing and telling people about my travel stories and I want to show the world that Bolivia is not just about Cocaine and that there is more to it. I am a young and energetic person who has a positive approach to live. I enjoy seeing the beauty of our wonderful planet, I enjoy the mysteries of the antarctica and its unique biodiversity that lives on it. I enjoy reading books, writing and taking pictures as well as telling people about our environment and how every one on this planet should protect and cherish what's left. I am your guy because I can express my thought very clearly and I am very articulate person and I can appleal to a wider audience in the world with my ability to speak three of the most spoken languages in the world (SPANISH, ENGLISH, MANDARIN) I can convey my thought about the importance of the polar regions to the world. I am the one who can make a different and I have been dreaming about this chance to make a difference in this world
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Card And Caipirinha
The week started really nice, woke up kind of early because apparently our dorm was overbooked so there were 5 people instead of 4 people sleeping in my room last night. I don't know what happened but one of the girls had to sleep on the floor and she was charged for twin share. I don't know what happened but to me that's really sneaky. Anyways I had wake up early as well to check out because I wanted to stay with my friends at room 8 so I had to check out from room 11. I have been traveling for a while and sometimes I don't understand why hostels charge the same for 3 beds dorm and 4 beds dorm. I mean I would rather go with the 3 bed dorm since they are the same price. Because I stayed at different dorm last night, there was a newbie from the US who stayed with my friends, she is an awesome girl and just started her round the world trip. It was cool to meet her, so the next day we went for a hike. We have been told that the hike would take at least 45 minutes to an hour, however after taking many pictures (we think) and getting taking detours (lost) we arrived at the peak of the mountain in about 2 hours or maybe less, at that point, we weren't bothered with the time because it was worth it to be honest. The view was fantastic and splendid. The trek was a bit long but it was interesting because we only took 1 break, even thought we planned to take breaks every ten minutes, but after realizing that we were better than that we didn't do much break and since we were talking about things, time did fly and we reach the place in one piece.
On top of the mountain we decided to luge, something that I have never done it before and it was exciting and fun. We wanted to do the faster lane but since we have never done it before, they had this policy that don't allow first timers to go on the fast lane so we had pay to go twice but it was well worth it. After the most exciting ride of my trip here in New Zealand, we decided to take the gondola back to earth, the trip was really relaxing and chilling, and well deserving.
Before going back to my hostel I decided to rent some gear so I can ski the tomorrow. I have to be honest I never thought that skiing was such a pain in the arse. I mean first of all the shoes were so tight and uncomfortable and after trying those boots I do feel sympathy for those women who were forced to wear corsets. Man my feet were in pain but the rest of the gears were OK. They were not that expensive but if you want to do it more often I do advise you to buy your own cause renting them for a few days might be worth it but not for long termers.
After that we decided to go to our hostel and play some cards and drink some caipirinha. I taught them how to play the Swedish game called cucumber and then played some bullshit. The night ended quite early as I prepared myself for tomorrow, the day when I go to the mountain and try to ski. I bet you that I will be in pain the following day.
Captivate
We went to this supermarket called New World today, since it was quite far we have decided to hitchhike and it was so easy, Kiwis are so friendly and very helpful, they try to be as helpful as they can, we got someone to take us there after 5 seconds, literally it was the second car. The ride was great, the couple were not from Queenstown but 2 hours away and they came to town to visit family. However on our way back, something strange happened, the woman who was supposed to give us a ride back suddenly decided not to since some staff at the supermarket told her that if she did that she would have been in trouble so she declined to give us a ride. I mean that was really uncalled for and weird because what did we do that they were telling her that we were trouble. What the fuck, I think that is way out of line. I mean you can’t make false allegation against someone who has just arrived and calling me trouble. I wonder if TROUBLE is actually tattoed down at my forehead with a special ink? Anyways we got a lot of food and a speaker so after 10 minutes wandering around the freezing streets, we finally got another couple to drive us back. But what the hell was that for, some people are really bored.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Charlie's
Went food shopping today and found something very interesting, it was something that I have actually forgotten about. I used to work at this juice factory back in South Australia, right in Berri town and there was this company called Charlie’s and they are actually a Kiwi company operating in Australia and what they do is they sell juice, I mean real juice, so after working for a month over there, packing the bottles I have learnt many things about juce factory and it is fascinating to tell you the truth. You actually learn a lot of things while you are backpacking in Australia, it was an excellent opportunity that I couldn’t resist besides who would say no to a few bottles of free juice, they were really tasty, and I actually saved a lot of money, it also reminded me how delicious it tasted when they were for FREE.