OH MY GAWD--I may be back!!!

it's quite amazing how time flies.

in just two days, i will have quit my job at PFE for a whole year ALREADY. in just two days, i will have left RI (but most importantly, i left CT) for a whole year already and began my journey across the US to arrive onto the edge of the north american continent...to stare, to wonder and to fantasize about the distant lands beyond the horizons. and with one long breathe, i caught wind of a dream, guided by the blazing trails of the sun. i just hung on. and on. and on...and on as far as it would take me. and once i felt like i had reached the other side, i let go. i drifted. i floated. i came to. i came to. and it became clear. i had reached the far side. the south side. welcome to AUSTRALIA!

what a fabulous idea it was! what a fabulous idea it still remains! and what a glorious experience it has been!

it's like being a teenager again. but this time, i know things. i can talk about things. i'm not just a scared and inexperienced human being. i know what i like. i know who i am. and i love so many parts of everything and everyone and most importantly, i like ME...and that makes a tremendous difference in being "open" and "free".

yes, yes, it's cliche...but it's like a re-birth...and everything i encounter is challenging in its own right, but i have no fears about things. i just believe in me. and i believe i can follow my dreams.

Man on the Train: Hey, are you a dreamer?

Wiley: Yeah.

Man on the Train: I haven't seen too many around lately. Things have been tough lately for dreamers. They say dreaming is dead, no one does it anymore. It's not dead it's just that it's been forgotten, removed from our language. Nobody teaches it so nobody knows it exists. The dreamer is banished to obscurity. Well, I'm trying to change all that, and I hope you are too. By dreaming, every day. Dreaming with our hands and dreaming with our minds. Our planet is facing the greatest problems it's ever faced, ever. So whatever you do, don't be bored, this is absolutely the most exciting time we could have possibly hoped to be alive. And things are just starting.

From "Waking Life"


what have i been up to in the last 6 months?

well...i've been in melbourne VIC for the last 6 months where i've been looking for jobs, where i've been applying to schools, where i've been going to shows, meeting people, making friends, having hilarious nights out, dancing, laughing, crying...but ultimately learning about things that make me tick and smile.

i've been living with Matt and AJ for the last 6 months in a neighborhood called BRUNSWICK (6km or 4 miles from downtown--or 20 min by bike). they are good guys though we are more housemates than super good friends.

the last two months, i've been working as floor staff in a fine-dining restaurant and wine bar called the Wine House Brasserie in South Melbourne. they just opened two months ago, so we are struggling a little as a new restaurant...but it's ok. it's slow...we haven't been making great tips...but the team is small and FUN!! and best of all, we do amazing food and great wines!! it's a great place for me to fully polish up my wine knowledge...

and well, right now, i'm aiming to get a degree in Wine Technology and Management with the hopes to make it BIG into the wine industry at some point in the future!! YEAH! REALLY!! SERIOUSLY!???!

so my plans in the near term, are to enroll in school and stay in OZ for another couple of years. Melbourne ROCKS...music, music, music, dance GALORE!!!! i'm in heaven ^_^

and, i'm currently involved with the making of my friend tawnya's short film. she's making her 1st student film at the VCA and i get to be her assistant!! getting my feet wet in the whole world of film!! FANTASTIC!!!

oh...and i'm moving to north melbourne in a month!! moving in with 5-star!! wow. it's really happening. it's AWESOME.

so that's the skinny.

what do you think?


FUJ