mind the gap.

i have currently been in london for 4 hours and 15 mintues. had a ripper flight, managed to get a bit of sleep and it all went really quickly, which is great cause its pretty boring sitting still in a chair for 13 hours straight, or there abouts. But first i think ill update a bit on the last part of my malaysian adventure, i had so much fun over there and staying with a real malay family ensured i had the full experience with food and culture etc, the last few days i kind of just caught the train around and explored stuff that people recommended. There is heaps of shopping centres over there and since aus dollar is stong against the ringgit (their money) its ace for us, but since i didnt have much room in my bag, and didnt really feel like buying anything, i didnt, makes sense. One day i was walking down the street and stepped on a grate/sewer/drain pipe cover - and nearly fell through it. the original one must have rusted thru, so they replaced it with a bendy plastic one that looked exactly the same, pretty funny since i didnt fall in, would have been different if i had. - so i had a great time in malaysia, i saw all the main touristy sites in kuala lumpar, but next time id like to see more of the countryside and some of the surrounding islands, so had an awesome time, was looked after so well. ace. So now im sitting in an internet cafe in dollis hill, bout a 30 minute tube ride from the heart of london, been here for a couple of hours, havnt seen any sun yet, its been overcast and drizzly rain, which is cool because it feels like, how i pictured england. Was a bit worried at immigration, cause i only have a one way ticket, but the dude didnt even ask any questions, just stamped the passport. fine by me. beautiful. A mate was going to meet me at the airport, but emailed and said he wasnt sure if he could make it, so i just started walking toward the tube was about half way there and there he comes running up the tunnel, was heaps cool to see him again, been about 8 months. so im staying with old mate, everyone in the share house is aussie as well, so thats cool, but their lease runs out tomorrow, so we are moving somewhere else tomorrow, its cool cause im able to stay with them for a few weeks for pretty cheap, also might have snaked a job as well, cause one of the boys works somewhere and a guy is leaving, so might have a shot there, i think its working in a warehouse or something. Not huge money but better than nothing, think its gonna be mega hard to save any decent money for travelling. so ill stay in london here with the crew for a few weeks and see if i like it, if not ill move on...oh yeah i got a mobile number just then...it is..07876365778..if your in australia, which i reckon would be the vast majority, try 0011447876365778 if your keen and you have the energy to type in all those numbers..i think sms will work from aus..not sure...try it... anyways theres the update until now, from what ive seen, which isnt much, england is pretty cool, so i look forward to getting into the swing of things and doing some exploring as well, should be fun. Oh and the title of this post 'mind the gap' refers to the voiceover in the train, in australia i think its says 'doors closing soon' or something, but here they say ;mind the gap', the gap between the platform and the train. i was going to work it into the post, but i forgot. hope you all have a great weekend. keep smilin. andyb