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trixtahSo I thought I'd save a bit of cash this time round, and I'm staying in a backpacker's in Ponsonby, which is a suburb that is nice and central and full of cafes.
This place is clean, queer-friendly and the room is decent (I got a private en-suite room - there is a limit). But this is the second bloody night in a row where people have played loud music for hours in the patio out the back, while talking drunkenly and loudly at the same time (also, what is it about upper-middle-class poms and their shrill braying? Some think antipodean accents are annoying).
Last night they kept going till after three. Now it's nearly 1, and they're still going. And ear-plugs are making no damn difference. Well, I'll ask the nice gay guy at reception if this is the normal thing for this place, and if it is, I won't be staying here again. I get quite narky when I'm not able to go to sleep when I want to, and right now I'm sitting on an almost irresistible urge to go out and smash their boombox to the ground, and jump on it a few times.
Still, I found that my favourite place to eat in Auckland is still there after 20 years, so I'll post about that another day. :-) And I have been squeezing babies and getting nice nurturing vibes from some of my nearest and dearest.
Oh, and for LULZ, a Dell representative decided to reply to me about the rant I posted up about their horrific customer support .... Nice going with trying to take me to task in my own journal!
This place is clean, queer-friendly and the room is decent (I got a private en-suite room - there is a limit). But this is the second bloody night in a row where people have played loud music for hours in the patio out the back, while talking drunkenly and loudly at the same time (also, what is it about upper-middle-class poms and their shrill braying? Some think antipodean accents are annoying).
Last night they kept going till after three. Now it's nearly 1, and they're still going. And ear-plugs are making no damn difference. Well, I'll ask the nice gay guy at reception if this is the normal thing for this place, and if it is, I won't be staying here again. I get quite narky when I'm not able to go to sleep when I want to, and right now I'm sitting on an almost irresistible urge to go out and smash their boombox to the ground, and jump on it a few times.
Still, I found that my favourite place to eat in Auckland is still there after 20 years, so I'll post about that another day. :-) And I have been squeezing babies and getting nice nurturing vibes from some of my nearest and dearest.
Oh, and for LULZ, a Dell representative decided to reply to me about the rant I posted up about their horrific customer support .... Nice going with trying to take me to task in my own journal!
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Date: 2009-12-26 02:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-26 09:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-31 01:50 am (UTC)It's a shame it didn't cross my mind this time round, but it'd probably be better meeting new people when I'm not dealing with Family Xmas Insanity anyway.
I'll definitely hit you up before next time I'm over and see if you're around and about. :-D