20120831 Day Pass Railway trip

The day starts with Michael getting up early in the morning after I went angry about his lethargy and laziness compared with these three weeks sharehouse roommates. All of the passengers got up, on bed and went out earlier than we did every single day and that made me sick of seeing him keep lagging behind almost everyone I knew in Australia. I'd like to see him live with a routine life, like got up at 7:00am everyday and catch up relentless day pace and figure out his future plans all the time. Otherwise, he'll just be beaten and reprimanded by me. He then sent to run a errand by me, buying vegetables. It turns out that the markets in Australia doesn't open until 8:30 or 9:00am. What a later time compared to ours 6:00am!! We bought our second day pass my multi "student" ticket and it's really a bargain because we got off trains for over 3 times as far as zone 3 area and 2 times bus ride in a day. The trip could worth over 20 or 30 in total if we buy them separately. However, a cop showed up on our way to Penrith for ticket inspection and it scared Michael out of gut. I was asleep at the time the cop stood in the aisle so I kinda not prepared for the scarry. Fortunately, the cop just check if we're having any ticket at all but not care if we're holding a student ticket. It's a job hunting day but not efficient in the process because we spent all day just went for two places for two possible jobs. One is off Rydalmere station and followed by bus 525 to a medicine packing factory and we just found out the pay is in day rate (80 AUD per day for 9 hours for the first training week) and nothing like it says on the newspaper that it needs a TFN for the payment. (How the world does it requires a TFN if it pays in cash?) The manager then said she needs Michael for the labor work and I am not supposed to have a labor work; instead, she recommanded me applying for cashier. Both I and Michael are disappointed about the day rate and we're not going to trust Chinese employers any more. We took bus to Parramata. Parramatta looks like a new developed city and much more modern and cleaner than the other stations we've visited, no wonder the Chinese agent mentioned the house price there keep going upward. I think living in Parramatta is quite comfortable. The view on our way (by Train) to Penrith is quite serene and green which is great in my point of view. (I like nature) Just the day today is colder and windier which is the hate of my life. Finally, we were in southlands shopping center and it turns out the gift shop there looks like a variety store (五金行). It's really far away from Ashfield and as I haven't figured out where we're moving after Ashfield, I wouldn't jump in here to take the job. We went woolworth for food shopping (again@@) and spent a whopping $18...(Chocolate and Chips on sale...couldn't resist buying some to soothe our long trip and sour leg)