Ok, so let's start with my awesome all expense paid trip to Google HQ in Sydney.
This is a particularly cool shot I took while doing a tour that was also paid for. It's actually the bottom of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. I thought It was neat because if you flip it upside down, the creative person could would say 'hey! that's like a wing on a satellite orbiting earth!'.
Ahem, anyway. While in Sydney, my team and I stayed in some posh five star hotel. It was so posh that even some contents inside your room (apparently called incidentals) cost money if you use 'em! Now hotel aside, I managed to finally meet my good pal Lily! Yes, she did not expect my flawless ハアド ゲイ 'やふうううう!' pose (neither did everybody else on the same street at the time I yelled like an idiot). But it was fine in the end because she greeted me with some goodies (namely my first JUMP issue and a mecha artbook!).
So I went around with her as a typical tourist and we ended up in a nice Japanese restaurant place where inside I almost tripped on a stone and fell over! (how you ask? It is possible I assure you) I had one of the best meals I've had for ages during then, it was some crunchy fried noodles with all this nice sharkfin sauce - I'm drooling now as I speak, it is that tasty. Not to mention... that awesome cocktail drink I had to shout Lily because she didn't want to get one. Was called 'Tsunami' and was basically sake and lychee, what a combo! If I could buy that stuff, I'd hoard it and get drunk every night haha... But yeah, didn't get much time the day after to see her but it was fun while it lasted! :)
So for Google HQ itself... I won't say much, but it is obviously awesome! Just as a point, the 'entertainment' area features two big LCDs with a XBox 360, Wii and PS3 too I think, along with a ping pong table! Gosh, the general office space is also very fresh and less old-fartish. Open cubicles, swiss balls, Google-coloured couches everywhere! I'd be thrilled to work there some day... some day *echo*. :D
Oh I haven't written all that much, but I am already feeling lazy! So I'll summarise by saying the whole trip was just fantabulastic.
Now, there was probably details in between but I can't remember.
Yesterday I saw My Neighbour Totoro with some friends at a free outdoor screening on a waterfront cinema. Too bad it was dubbed, I hate dubbed anime. But anyhow, much to my surprise it had some nice scenery and artsy things in it (notably Totoro, who wouldn't like this fat racoon looking thing!)
And of course, uni classes commence tomorrow so I should get going soon.
No sketches are not being replaced by verbose posts such as this one, it just so happens a thing called lack of time and neglect struck me over the forehead.
So stay tuned. :o
Peace.
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