Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
Melbourne
This past weekend I went to Melbourne with some friends. We rented a car on Wedensday and drove through the night. When we arrived in Melbourne, Victoria
we went straight to Glicks for breakfast.
Glicks is right across from the Australian Stock Market (I guess its Australia's Wall St).
On the way into the city on our way to Glicks we were welcomed by a very well I anm not sure of the right words for this but he welcomed us to Melbourne.
Anyway while I was there I stayed at the Lowenthals home and I would like to thank them for that.
Friday was nice we went to Queen Victoria Market and got a bit lost on the way there but we got a little tour of the city in the process. Below is a picture of Australia's oldest shul.
and here is their 770
Shabbos was very nice and short and Sunday afternoon we headed back to Sydney New South Wales
and we saw this sign on the side of the road and since we weren't planning on getting pulled over we had to do something else wrong so we ....
we went straight to Glicks for breakfast.
Glicks is right across from the Australian Stock Market (I guess its Australia's Wall St).
On the way into the city on our way to Glicks we were welcomed by a very well I anm not sure of the right words for this but he welcomed us to Melbourne.
Anyway while I was there I stayed at the Lowenthals home and I would like to thank them for that.
Friday was nice we went to Queen Victoria Market and got a bit lost on the way there but we got a little tour of the city in the process. Below is a picture of Australia's oldest shul.
and here is their 770
Shabbos was very nice and short and Sunday afternoon we headed back to Sydney New South Wales
and we saw this sign on the side of the road and since we weren't planning on getting pulled over we had to do something else wrong so we ....
Friday, July 14, 2006
Sunday, July 09, 2006
we're evrywhere you want to be
a friend of mine took this pic in ski camp in the mountains of New South Wales
Monday, June 19, 2006
HASHGOCHA PROTIS
A couple of months ago I parked my car infront of my shul in a legal spot{as usual}. While I was inside somebody backed in to my car messing up the whole thing and was gone like a Jewish foreskin. Thankfully someone saw and left a note on my car saying I saw the guy hit you and take of his plates said ASD 22L and that it was a white luxury SUV and he left his name and number. Being that it was late at night and couldn't call the police then I decided to go to the station the following day. After making the report and waiting a while I called them and they said it was being processed and nothing ever happened from it.
I told you that story to tell you this story.
This past Sunday night I was casually driving with a friend to a farbrengehn of another friend and we decided to take the scenic route. So we drove by The Gap which is one of the biggest suicide points in the world. Then we drove past Watsons Bay and on our way threw the bay area we drove up this one way street and I saw it. At first I wasn't sure but then it hit me like it hit my car all those months back. There stood a white BMW X5 with the plat numbers ASD 22L and a dent on the back bumper. It was late and the lights were off so I didn't confront the house nearest the car but I did take a few pictures for the cops.
I told you that story to tell you this story.
This past Sunday night I was casually driving with a friend to a farbrengehn of another friend and we decided to take the scenic route. So we drove by The Gap which is one of the biggest suicide points in the world. Then we drove past Watsons Bay and on our way threw the bay area we drove up this one way street and I saw it. At first I wasn't sure but then it hit me like it hit my car all those months back. There stood a white BMW X5 with the plat numbers ASD 22L and a dent on the back bumper. It was late and the lights were off so I didn't confront the house nearest the car but I did take a few pictures for the cops.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
ITS BEEN AWHILE
Well life has been fairly quiet lately so I haven't posted in the past two weeks but now things have suddenly changed and are very exciting. With g-d's help and some money a few bochurim myself included will be making the ultimate gan yisroel winter camp. I went with a friend yesterday to see the beautiful camp grounds located 1 hr north of Sydney on milson island and we were very impressed. [I am learning photoshop and made this collage of some pics of the camp site]
oh before I forget I just want to inform those of you who are concerned about my health that I'm fine except my big toe on the right foot got severed nearly off and was stiched back together. Hatzolah was there in 6 minutes and the ambulance in 40. Sorry no pics due to a few requests.
oh before I forget I just want to inform those of you who are concerned about my health that I'm fine except my big toe on the right foot got severed nearly off and was stiched back together. Hatzolah was there in 6 minutes and the ambulance in 40. Sorry no pics due to a few requests.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
NEW PHONE NUMBER
Well I haven't had a chance to post for the past week or so but, the breaking news is that I now have a new Louisville area code phone number here in Sydney. The number is {502)-413-7003.
To get a phone number with the area code of your choice click HERE.
To get a phone number with the area code of your choice click HERE.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Lag B'omer
It's a long story and I have time. So' here it is. Thursday afternoon I went to Avis to rent the car for he trip, although a carolla was reserved I pulled out n a camery, a red 2006 camery with 2000 kilometers on it. Anyway I brought it back to yeshivah to load but the car that we went to Avis in ran out of gas on the way back so I had to bring them some gas. We loaded the car and at about 8:45pm we pulled out.
One hour in to the trip we made our first stop and a branch of JB HI-FI. They are really popping up everywhere. We ran around the car snapped some pictures and went on our merry way. This continued for the next 12 hours with alternate drivers and sleepers. Being that it was the 32 of the omer for most of us we still couldn't listen to music but, we had some comedy to keep us entertained and awake.
At about 9:00am on Friday we arrived in Brisbane were we spent Shabbos. We immediately went to mikvah davened and prepared for Shabbbos.
There was no minyan Friday night but we had a nice one Shabbos day. I conducted the Friday evening services as well as shachris and haftara.
Motzie Shabbos we went to Rabbi Jaffe's home, the other rabbi from the shul we don't goto. We enjoyed a wonderful Melava Malka and we watched Agent Emes volume 3 on a big screen, it was great. After that we went for a tour of the city and stoped at 7-11 for something to eat and drink.
Then we went back to our dilapidated unearthly excuse for a house {if my grandmother say that house I guarantee you she would have it knocked down. I only have a picture of the outside because I don't want you to feel that bad for us.
The next day, Sunday we didn't know what to do so we decided to aimlessly drive around and find something todo. So, we got on to the freeway and saw a sign that said Herschel St and I liked the name so I pulled off the freeway and got a picture. We then went back on the highway and saw a sign for Sunshine Coast it sounded good so we decided to go. Along the way there were many interesting things that you could see in the pictures below including a guy drinking beer driving a car at 110kph with a baby in the back. We saw the sights and came back home.
The next morning we got off to an early start and were at Bribie Island by 10:30 after davening and all that. We rented a boat and made our way around the ocean for about 3 hours. Then we headed for Mullumbimby. Now, let me explain what Mullumbimby is. It's a "city". Now we have all heard off cites that are in the middle of nowhere. Oh, not our Mullumbimby, this is on the outskirts of nowhere this place made Louisville look like Manhattan.
Along the way we made a few stops and different interesting places and then took the scenic route which is 7 kilometers of dense forest oh, and it was pouring rain like it only could in a g-d forsaken distant property such as Mullumbimby. What was interesting as you can see in the picture below is that the front window has almost zero visibility but, the back window was dry!!! We lost satellite positioning for a bit on the way and cell phones were out for like a half hour. When we couldn't find the party we had to drive back 5 kilometers to get a signal on our cell phones, but, after much effort we finally made it.
The party was great and I met some really nice people after 2 or 3 hours of partying we decided to make our way back to Sydney. The trip was pretty uneventful after arriving safely daving sleeping and cleaning the car we brought it back with no complications, though they were curious how I put 3000 kilometers on the car in such a short period of time. But instead of answering in an answer for I asked a question. Why is it called mileage if it's kilometers? She said she didn't know.So, I said I didn't know how I got so many kilometers.
P.s.For the answer to the Lag B'omer question previously asked see the coments on it.
One hour in to the trip we made our first stop and a branch of JB HI-FI. They are really popping up everywhere. We ran around the car snapped some pictures and went on our merry way. This continued for the next 12 hours with alternate drivers and sleepers. Being that it was the 32 of the omer for most of us we still couldn't listen to music but, we had some comedy to keep us entertained and awake.
At about 9:00am on Friday we arrived in Brisbane were we spent Shabbos. We immediately went to mikvah davened and prepared for Shabbbos.
There was no minyan Friday night but we had a nice one Shabbos day. I conducted the Friday evening services as well as shachris and haftara.
Motzie Shabbos we went to Rabbi Jaffe's home, the other rabbi from the shul we don't goto. We enjoyed a wonderful Melava Malka and we watched Agent Emes volume 3 on a big screen, it was great. After that we went for a tour of the city and stoped at 7-11 for something to eat and drink.
Then we went back to our dilapidated unearthly excuse for a house {if my grandmother say that house I guarantee you she would have it knocked down. I only have a picture of the outside because I don't want you to feel that bad for us.
The next day, Sunday we didn't know what to do so we decided to aimlessly drive around and find something todo. So, we got on to the freeway and saw a sign that said Herschel St and I liked the name so I pulled off the freeway and got a picture. We then went back on the highway and saw a sign for Sunshine Coast it sounded good so we decided to go. Along the way there were many interesting things that you could see in the pictures below including a guy drinking beer driving a car at 110kph with a baby in the back. We saw the sights and came back home.
The next morning we got off to an early start and were at Bribie Island by 10:30 after davening and all that. We rented a boat and made our way around the ocean for about 3 hours. Then we headed for Mullumbimby. Now, let me explain what Mullumbimby is. It's a "city". Now we have all heard off cites that are in the middle of nowhere. Oh, not our Mullumbimby, this is on the outskirts of nowhere this place made Louisville look like Manhattan.
Along the way we made a few stops and different interesting places and then took the scenic route which is 7 kilometers of dense forest oh, and it was pouring rain like it only could in a g-d forsaken distant property such as Mullumbimby. What was interesting as you can see in the picture below is that the front window has almost zero visibility but, the back window was dry!!! We lost satellite positioning for a bit on the way and cell phones were out for like a half hour. When we couldn't find the party we had to drive back 5 kilometers to get a signal on our cell phones, but, after much effort we finally made it.
The party was great and I met some really nice people after 2 or 3 hours of partying we decided to make our way back to Sydney. The trip was pretty uneventful after arriving safely daving sleeping and cleaning the car we brought it back with no complications, though they were curious how I put 3000 kilometers on the car in such a short period of time. But instead of answering in an answer for I asked a question. Why is it called mileage if it's kilometers? She said she didn't know.So, I said I didn't know how I got so many kilometers.
P.s.For the answer to the Lag B'omer question previously asked see the coments on it.
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Beers of the world
A long time friend of mine urgently calls me into his room to show me something drastically important. So, I get up and hurry to see what the big deal is and I see this:
Thanx Yanky for brightening my day.
Thanx Yanky for brightening my day.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Lag B'omer
I was thinking, so I thought I'd post. I went home for Pesach and came back via L.A. and crossed the Pacific Ocean. Basically that means I missed a day, this makes counting the Omer a little complicated, being that I am one day behind everyone else. The hole world will celebrate Shavous on Friday and Shabbos besides for me 
{and a few other select individuals [some loosing a day some gaining a day]} I will be celebrating the holiday on Shabbos and Sunday. Now here is what I was thinking about. Being that I am a day behind counting 21 when everyone else counts 22 and counting 32 when everyone else counts 33. Can I partake in the festivities of Lag B'omer if its Lev B'omer for me?
{and a few other select individuals [some loosing a day some gaining a day]} I will be celebrating the holiday on Shabbos and Sunday. Now here is what I was thinking about. Being that I am a day behind counting 21 when everyone else counts 22 and counting 32 when everyone else counts 33. Can I partake in the festivities of Lag B'omer if its Lev B'omer for me?
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
I AM BACK!!!
Well, sorry I haven't posted recently I've been home and busy doing things to post about.
I guess I should fill you in from my departure until my arrival back in Australia.
so here it goes
My flight was scheduled to leave Sydney at 1:35pm on Wendsday. Upon my arrival at the airport I realized I had left my passport in yeshiva. Thankfully t was located and brought to me at the airport and all went well I landed in Los Angeles switched planes and at 10:30 Wendsday night I arrived in Pittsburgh. I preceded to rent a car and drive to my grandmothers house for the night. The next morning I did what had to done in Pittsburgh an drove home uneventful for the most part. When I got home my father and I unloaded the car and we went to return it to Avis. Somehow my father got the guy to give us a rate that wasn't really possible to get in those circumstances.
The next couple of days was pretty much just cooking and cleaning nothing to post about.But on Motzie Shabbos we went bowling.
Threw out that next week I kashered an old age home for Pesach and did a little hashgocha work too also uneventful.
the sedarim were great. My brother and sister in-law came for Pesach as well as My grandmother. The first Seder we had 22 people I think and a bit less the second night. The first day of chol hamoed after Shabbos we went on a family trip to the corvette museum.
Then we went to a nice park had a bbq and played baseball
The next day we went to the canopy tree walk which rises 75 feet over the forest floor. Basically its like a pier in to the forest you start off on level ground and walk along a path and when you get to the end you are 75 feet high.
The next day was erev yom tov so we had to go back to the coking and cleaning.
On Motzie Shabbos we went to see one of the biggest annual firework displays in the world. Which was in honor of the Kentucky Derby.
after yom tov I started looking for a way to get back to Australia and managed to get a mileage ticket but only from L.A. but after about 1000 phone calls and some good tactics the airline finally gave me a ticket out of Columbus so right after Shabbos I drove to Columbus and boarded a plane for L.A. where I spent my day. JB picked me up from the airport and we went to nagilah's and munchies.
then I went to the airport with Yitz and safely arrived in Sydney Tuesday morning.
That's pretty much it.
More pictures should be up soon
I guess I should fill you in from my departure until my arrival back in Australia.
so here it goes
My flight was scheduled to leave Sydney at 1:35pm on Wendsday. Upon my arrival at the airport I realized I had left my passport in yeshiva. Thankfully t was located and brought to me at the airport and all went well I landed in Los Angeles switched planes and at 10:30 Wendsday night I arrived in Pittsburgh. I preceded to rent a car and drive to my grandmothers house for the night. The next morning I did what had to done in Pittsburgh an drove home uneventful for the most part. When I got home my father and I unloaded the car and we went to return it to Avis. Somehow my father got the guy to give us a rate that wasn't really possible to get in those circumstances.
The next couple of days was pretty much just cooking and cleaning nothing to post about.But on Motzie Shabbos we went bowling.
Threw out that next week I kashered an old age home for Pesach and did a little hashgocha work too also uneventful.
the sedarim were great. My brother and sister in-law came for Pesach as well as My grandmother. The first Seder we had 22 people I think and a bit less the second night. The first day of chol hamoed after Shabbos we went on a family trip to the corvette museum.
Then we went to a nice park had a bbq and played baseball
The next day we went to the canopy tree walk which rises 75 feet over the forest floor. Basically its like a pier in to the forest you start off on level ground and walk along a path and when you get to the end you are 75 feet high.
The next day was erev yom tov so we had to go back to the coking and cleaning.
On Motzie Shabbos we went to see one of the biggest annual firework displays in the world. Which was in honor of the Kentucky Derby.
after yom tov I started looking for a way to get back to Australia and managed to get a mileage ticket but only from L.A. but after about 1000 phone calls and some good tactics the airline finally gave me a ticket out of Columbus so right after Shabbos I drove to Columbus and boarded a plane for L.A. where I spent my day. JB picked me up from the airport and we went to nagilah's and munchies.
then I went to the airport with Yitz and safely arrived in Sydney Tuesday morning.
That's pretty much it.
More pictures should be up soon
Sunday, April 02, 2006
CHECK OUT MY BALANCING ACT!!!
THIS IS ON THE BALCONY OF THE SEVENTH STORY PORCH OF THE ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB OVER LOOKING THE OCEAN!!!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
DO YOU KNOW THE MATZA MAN, THE MATZA MAN ,THE MATZA MAN?
YES I KNOW THE MATZA MAN WHO LIVES ON SHMURAH LANE.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Mesameach choson vkalla!!!
Three weeks ago a frend of mine asked me if I knew how to juggle and I said yes i knew how to juggle one week later he aproaches me again and says you are booked for a wedding on sunday the 19th as a juggler. Well,I kinda just shrugged it off like it was a joke. It wasnt. motzie shabbos i get a call on my cell during a farbrengen for a friend birthday and the messge was that you are juggling tommorow at a wedding. So basically i went to the wedding at about 6 for cocktails and the bar after a good friends lchaim that i attended that morning so I hadnt had a non alcoholic bevrage till around 730pm at the meal and thats only becouse there was nothing else to drink and i needed a drink between courses btw please do not get the impression that iam an alcoholic iam not alcoholics goto meetings iam a drunk anyway well iam not sure so just look at the pics and figure out the rest of the story.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
THE PURIM STORY {abridged version}
Many many hours ago in a far away hemisphere in a weird country that is hanging on to the globe for its "dear" life lived a king his name was Chaim he ruled. okok enough of that, basically tanis ester ended with the laining of the miggilah which I expertly lained 5 times that night first in doublebay, then in some old woman's house, then in yeshivah, then in yeshivah, then in yeshivah. After the break-fast in my chabad house {Doublebay} I went to Dover Heights they had a pretty wild party going so, we ate, drank and were quite merry. Then I get a call from the rosh yeshivah begging me to go to this house to read the migilah, so I did. They paid me 20 bux au and a bottle of Jack Daniels, but, they are both long gone now. Then I went to South Head for some more rocking fun. They had a couple of pool tables, ping pong tables, and fuzzball tables, and some other games which are so exciting to play when you cant follow the stupid ball. They also had a bbq which was nice I had a double whopper, anyway then I went to yeshivah were there was live music and very lively dancing. I made the mistake of going outside to get a bit of air because the room we were dancing in had a poor air conditioner and the people that arranged the party were evidently not thinking well and hadn't bought any water, just carbonated sugery drinks which don't get me wrong are good, but everything has its time and place and this was neither the time nor the place for soda I needed water so when I got out side I has approached by three teenagers whom hadn't heard miggilah ever, not this year not last ........ so i lained for them. Then I went to get the fresh air I was talking about earlier I finally found it when, I get a call on my cell from my cousins cousin Chaim Hillel Markovitz to please lain for his mother who had moments before landed in Australia from L.A. were she had gone for her nieces wedding {mazel tov mazel tov} so I did. Then I went back inside to dance, eat, and drink which I did well if I may say so myself. Then I was about to go to a different party but on my way to my ride I got stooped by a young couple who hadn't heard miggilah yet, so I lained for them missing my ride, but altz is bihashgocho protis, the party ended before the guys got there so the only thing I missed was a ride in a car with 4 drunk guys and one who said he was sober, so then I went back to my eating, drinking, dancing, and drinking. I then crashed for the night in my bed, yes I made it to my bed at about 3:00am. Thankfully I had set my alarm clock the previous morning. I woke up at about 6:55 am { I didn't know that hour existed [the truth is I didn't know much when I woke up that morning]} because i had to lain at 7:30 in my chabad house so I got up and when I went to mikva I left the water a little red glee to it, which was comforting knowing I had a chance at getting it all out. Anyway I lained there, then came back to yeshivah davened and laind there, then went to Sydney high school and lained there, then I came back to yeshiah lained again. Then I delivered a bunch of shalochmanos, then I get a call that I was scheduled to lain five minutes ago wich by the way never happened the guy lied. Anyway being the nice guy I am I dropped the world almost knocking Australia off the globe, thankfully Hercules caught it, and I went to lain. After laining [17 minutes latter] people started coming for the Asian bufey purim party were we ate, drank, were merry, and drank, and as you may have guessed a few people came that hadn't heard miggilah, so, I lained once again then I continued parting there until around 9 pm when the party ended and I went to Dover Heights were there was a crazy awesome.... party going on, they had some famous people there like Johnny Depp {Captain Jack Sparrow} and P. Diddy. Anyway we partied there, sang, ate, drank, danced, drank, ate, and drank. Then I went to R. P Feldmas house for a farbrengen slash party wich was pretty cool to, or so they tell me. anyway I woke up in my bed the next morning, okok a little exaggeration the next afternoon and they lived happily ever after.
And yes the red did come out.
And yes the red did come out.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
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