Whatup gangsters?
It's been quite awhile since I've been active on the site. So long infact, that this is the first I've seen of the new website layout. I suppose it's remained at it's previous look for the past 5 to 6 years or so, so it was well overdue for a change.
So, I'm a bit reflective on things at the moment. Late last year I moved from the Blue Mountains to Sydney (Artarmon to be specific), and the one thing I've noticed about the move is that the cost of living here is alot more expensive than back home. Petrol is more expensive. Groceries are more expensive. Cafe meals are more expensive. But somehow I haven't become more expensive- certainly not to my employer, anyway. I still get paid the same amount, but to say I'm living comfortably above the national poverty line would be a gross understatement. I'm struggling. I'm struggling hard.
I suppose you're wondering why I don't just move back to the Blue Mountains? Well, I've moved out with Kate, my better half, and we split the rent for our room, so if I were to move back home it would place her in a position where she would be unable to pay the full amount of rent per week on her own.
I'm really wondering why people consider it to be so great to live in the city. Sydney is really expensive. Traffic sucks and majority of the time public transport is quicker than driving. I don't think it's great at all. I don't see what the fuss is about. My apartment is tiny, I can hear my nextdoor neighbor snoring at night, and I live adjacent to a major highway. This isn't living the dream- this is a vain attempt at trying to settle into the 'social elite'. Only I don't fit in here. I don't spend my lunch hours dining alfresco, and I don't spend my evenings socialising at the local bar with my senior executive work colleagues. I don't consider myself above anyone else. Out here there seems to be some sort of superiority- like people who live here should be treated better than those who live below the poverty line. It's a joke and I hate it.
So yeah, that's about it. I suppose I'll be back frequently for the time being- my housemate has his Dad in from Taiwan, and with Kate out of the house for most of tomorrow, it's a choice between SuicideGirls or watching episode after episode of Game of Thrones, which has zero appeal to me.