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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011I was looking through this website tidying up any loose ends that had come undone as I had been absent from it for so long and I came across an Amazon link to Americans’ Survival Guide to Australia and Australian-American Dictionary and I had to do a double take! Were my eyes deceiving me? I [...]
Friends
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011Someone once told me that making friends in Australia would be tough as Australians, especially females, tend to have their own close circle of friends that they’ve grown up with since childhood and rarely ever let others into that circle as adults. I thought that was true of anyone whether Australian or American or whatever. [...]
So I’m back
Saturday, July 16th, 2011Well I hadn’t gone anywhere, I was just busy with life, kids, work, you know all the crazy stuff. I was going to write a post about the health care system here but my 5 year old is jumping on me right now so I can’t write. I will try this again later. Maybe.
Becoming Australian
Thursday, December 16th, 2010It’s funny how nearly 3 years later my older son seems to have been born here. He absolutely loves Vegemite and Sausages. He says “ta” instead of thank you when talking to his little brother. He wants to put “sauce” nearly on everything! Some people are “rat-bags” and some big things are “whoppers”. His accent [...]
The hype is over but what will replace it
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010When I first heard Oprah was coming to Sydney, I thought it was cool. As the time got closer, I was getting excited with the hope that I could win tickets to see her show. I didn’t win the tickets and I was very disappointed. I thought I would be annoyed once all the coverage [...]
So much to say, so little time
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010Everyday I encounter something that triggers me to make a mental note about posting it on Lost In Australia. Every night after putting the kids to bed, I sit on my couch, laptop in position and I have a complete brain fart. Staring at the laptop, I try to remember what I wanted to say [...]
In a funk
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010As the title suggests, I’m in a bit of a funk today. It has nothing to do with Australia nor the US. It’s just one of those days that can happen to anyone, anywhere in the world. It’s a little past 11am on a Wednesday morning. There’s no one around to just process what’s been [...]
You know you’re becoming part of the culture when
Sunday, May 30th, 2010you’re at a market and you hear someone pass by and say “They sure have good tucker here” and you know exactly what they’re talking about. FYI market = flea market tucker = food
Horrible blogger
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010Yes I admit I’m a horrible blogger but I’m a busy mommy. I’m still in Australia. I haven’t bailed out and there are no plans to do so in the immediate future. I do find myself not only adapting but assimilating into Australian culture. I’ve been using words like “nappy”, “dummy”, “bin”, “mobile”, and others [...]
Slang of the day
Monday, November 9th, 2009Just had to share another Aussie slang term I heard “spit the dummy” which means to get to angry at something and blow up just like a child who starts to cry after losing their pacifiers (which in Australia are called dummies!) So next time someone you know loses it tell them not to spit [...]
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