Superbowl

Today,  Hillsong held a superbowl party in the youth auditorium (called the Hub. It's really just a down sized replica of the larger auditorium).  I found it amusing to see all the international getting all riled up with yelling and chanting over a game most of them were unfamiliar with. All the ad's and movie trailers were not shown because Australia aired their own commercials, but thanks to the powers of the glorious world wide web, I was able to watch them later on my own time.

A lot of people back home have been asking what I miss or wish I had over here. So here's a few things.

1.) American Prices.  Every purchase we make over here is carefully estimated with he simple question "Is it worth it?" or "Can we go without it?". Back home, we could have bought something without even thinking, and probably bought in excess.

2.)Jiff peanut butter. The stuff they have over is called "NUTS" and that's exactly what it is, all peanut, no butter.

3.)My workout equipment: My punching bag, speed bag, dumbbells, iron gym with ab straps. I have had to make due without these things cause i didn't think I would miss them. I use the corner of our balcony to do dips( up to 55 now), while the rest of the time just doing reps of push ups and squats and spending a few minutes jump roping every morning. I'll probably start running again sometime this week. I want to get in the best physical/spiritual shape of my life this year.

4.) My bed. I'm on a twin bed here, which isn't really a problem seeing as I had slept on one my entire life till I came home from Africa when I was 18. But, I had gotten spoiled with full size and got used to sprawling out and occupying as much room as humanly possible over that wonderful memory foam padded mattress. However here, I have already knocked my elbows on the walls and brought my fist crashing down on the night stand on numerous occasions.

5.) My camping equipment. I  didn't think my gear would be something I would need seeing as I'm living in the city. However, turns out I'm very close to the Blue Mountains. Also, we met a local guy last night who said he know a lot of secret places in the outback to go ad said he would take us there.  I'm glad I brought what little camping equipment as i did (camelbak, backpack, and favorite knife), but I still wish I had brought my entire gear arsenal.