Today I started my new job in Ringwood (in Eastern Melbourne) as a Barista! For all you uncivilised types, thats a fancy word for coffee maker 
. I'll be working at a family owned Italian restaurant which is a nice change from my other job (cashier at Kmart).
From now on I'll be juggling two jobs in addition to my studies that start on the 14th this month....I sure hope I havent bitten off more than I can chew but we will soon see ^^; I need to save some serious dough before I can head to Japan hopefully next year.
Living in Melbourne's southeast I took the chance to travel along the newly opened Eastlink Freeway that connects the Eastern suburbs to the Southeastern suburbs (where I live) and offers another route to Dandenong and the Mornington Peninsula (the beach).
Instead of taking me half an hour to get from where I live to my new job, it took only 7 minutes! I was mightily impressed...although much has been said about the tolls that will come into force at the end of July (the freeway will be free to the public until then).
The strangest thing about this new freeway however...is the amount of money spent on artwork dotted along the freeway and the tunnel. Various sculptures, Coloured glass,fly nets (?) and a myriad of other sculptural oddities have been employed along the sides of the freeway in addition to landscaping the sides with grass and trees...which kinda make it seem like you are really driving in the country rather than the suburbs.
One of the oddest of these "attractions" is the "Hotel" sculpture that sits on the stretch of freeway to Dandenong. Theres no way to enter it because it is just a sculpture! It was baffling why they even built something like that!
Other sculptures include an odd "bird and worm"
and one that looks like some kind of massive antenna...maybe used to send a message to outer space?
Truly some weird stuff they are smoking at the Victorian government :S Maybe I just dont really appreciate this art...but whats really the point if most of the time your focus would (and should) be on the road? There was a funny article in the paper that said experts predict accidents would increase exponentially because these "artworks".
I dont know what do you think? Should freeways be "prettified" with artwork and landscaping? Or should have the money been better spent elsewhere?
Until next time
窶ｹC窶堙ｰ窶堙や?堋ｯ窶堙??堙仰、窶堙昶?堙ｱ窶堙按。 窶堙懌?堋ｽ窶堋ｱ窶堙ｱ窶堙??堙??堋ｷ窶堙仰！
. I'll be working at a family owned Italian restaurant which is a nice change from my other job (cashier at Kmart). From now on I'll be juggling two jobs in addition to my studies that start on the 14th this month....I sure hope I havent bitten off more than I can chew but we will soon see ^^; I need to save some serious dough before I can head to Japan hopefully next year.
Living in Melbourne's southeast I took the chance to travel along the newly opened Eastlink Freeway that connects the Eastern suburbs to the Southeastern suburbs (where I live) and offers another route to Dandenong and the Mornington Peninsula (the beach).
Instead of taking me half an hour to get from where I live to my new job, it took only 7 minutes! I was mightily impressed...although much has been said about the tolls that will come into force at the end of July (the freeway will be free to the public until then).
The strangest thing about this new freeway however...is the amount of money spent on artwork dotted along the freeway and the tunnel. Various sculptures, Coloured glass,fly nets (?) and a myriad of other sculptural oddities have been employed along the sides of the freeway in addition to landscaping the sides with grass and trees...which kinda make it seem like you are really driving in the country rather than the suburbs.
One of the oddest of these "attractions" is the "Hotel" sculpture that sits on the stretch of freeway to Dandenong. Theres no way to enter it because it is just a sculpture! It was baffling why they even built something like that!
Other sculptures include an odd "bird and worm"
and one that looks like some kind of massive antenna...maybe used to send a message to outer space?
Truly some weird stuff they are smoking at the Victorian government :S Maybe I just dont really appreciate this art...but whats really the point if most of the time your focus would (and should) be on the road? There was a funny article in the paper that said experts predict accidents would increase exponentially because these "artworks".
I dont know what do you think? Should freeways be "prettified" with artwork and landscaping? Or should have the money been better spent elsewhere?
Until next time
窶ｹC窶堙ｰ窶堙や?堋ｯ窶堙??堙仰、窶堙昶?堙ｱ窶堙按。 窶堙懌?堋ｽ窶堋ｱ窶堙ｱ窶堙??堙??堋ｷ窶堙仰！
