Sydney Memories

Hi Everyone,

Long time, no talk to.  I have been in Sydney exactly 2 months to the day. I cannot believe that it has been 2 months so quickly.  Where in the world has the time gone & how have I spent my time?  Well, I have actually been really chill in Sydney.  I spent a ton of time walking all over the city, exploring every neighborhood in the CBD (Central Business District).  I found that I truly love Surrey Hills, Potts Point, Darlinghurst, The Northern Suburbs, Elizabeth Bay, The Rocks, Kings Cross & Paddington.  All of these areas tend to be upscale, gentrified, full of coffee shops, great restaurants & great shopping.  I’ve been to the Opera House tons of times – saw one concert there, saw De La Soul in concert at The Metro, went to some very cool festivals, drunk tons of Australian wine,  ate too many damn hot chips (french fries) & pizza – yes, I have gained weight . I’ve visited all the major beaches here, gone to some really awesome bars, had great dinners with great company, walked into a vampire coven of thousands of bats,  learned the train system & saw all the major blockbuster movies that have come out in the past 2 months.   I’ve met countless new friends from all over the world – England, Chile, Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, USA, Germany, Holland, Spain, Denmark, Thailand, Scotland, Canada, France & Australia.  I’ve attended 2 great internet marketing conferences and made tons of contacts & achieved clarity in my IM business.  I’ve met lots of guys – only kissed one or two, hehehehe.  My heart is only with one though…hmmmmmmm…wonder who?? I’ve spent longer than I should have living in the suburbs  – man that was rough (though I am grateful!). I’ve loved living in a city that has so much energy, diversity and love for me as a Black Woman. I’ve loved hostel living – in the big, nice Wake-Up Hostel for several weeks and in the small, messy, yet fun Asylum Hostel in the Cross.  Man, who knew that me, “Ms. 5 star Diva/Queen of Gucci” would totally take to living a backpacker lifestyle!  Crazy!  I’ve also enjoyed playing the “guess Sheila’s age” game and completely freaking everyone out as 99% of the people guess that I am 23-28 and I then tell them that I am 41.  Hilarious!!! I literally could be the mother of over 3/4 of the girls I have met. Thank GOD that BLACK DON’T CRACK Baby!!

After all that fun, the Universe is doing it’s thing again and has presented yet another opportunity for me to say, “YES” & completely walk out on Faith.  I’ve unexpectedly moved on from Sydney & hopped on a plane to do more traveling in Australia and spend time with new people. One of those new people has become a very integral part of my life, both personally and professionally. I’ve suddenly found myself on an extremely unexpected journey that has been amazing thus far. Not gonna talk anymore about it as I want to keep this very special  & important part of my life private.  I’ll get back into “spill the beans on my life” mode when I get to Melbourne in a couple of weeks. I hope you guys have enjoyed the ride thus far.  It means more to me than I can say to know that you all are out there, enjoying this journey with me.

Stay Blessed Everyone & Ciao for Now!!!

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This Beautiful Sistah’s video truly speaks for me…

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Dorothy We’re Not in Kansas Anymore…There’s Black Folks in OZ!!!

Hello Everyone,

I trust everyone enjoyed the weekend and Mother’s Day.  I am of course, a world away from my Mommy and I was missing her terribly.  I am an only child and we are very close.  We have been since day one. In fact, my Mother & I have never had an argument nor have we ever said a cross word to each other.  I am truly blessed to have her as a Mommy.

So, what’s new in my world?  Not much actually.  Still waaaaaaaaaay out in the western suburbs. It’s funny, whenever I am in the city and someone asks where I am staying and I tell them, the reaction is always the same. “Where is THAT?”. When I narrow down the location for them, they always say, “Man, you are way out there.”.  Yeah, thanks, I know. This whole town shuts down at 7:00pm.  There is a grocery, liquor store, butcher, fruit/veggie market, sundry, restaurant, drug store and beauty shop all one block away and each business closes down at 7pm sharp.  You are completely s.o.l. if you want some damn chips or something at 8:30. I really miss living in the city, but due to the fact that I have to really watch my money, I am appreciating my friend Sue allowing me to stay at her home for free. My plan is that when I get back from New Zealand in mid June to get an apartment in the city. I miss my morning walks exploring Sydney and my coffee shop chill time.

Speaking of walks, I am majorly focused on losing these 18lbs I have gained since Feb. 1st. I went jeans shopping last Saturday and I am up a size!!  Not a good look. I now get up every morning and walk/run for 4-5 miles everyday.  I have also stopped eating hot chips (french fries). None for the past 9 days!!  I can already see the difference. My stomach is flat again and my thighs are getting tighter.  I of course gained the weight in my thighs, hips (I got hot-chips hips, LOL) and tummy as I always do. Why can’t I gain some weight in my ass so it won’t continue to be flat as a damn pancake??? Oh well, guess I have to do squats like my girl Roz always says to me.  Her ass is re-damn-diculous because she is the queen of squats.  She looks amazing!!

What’s new on the man front??  Not a damn thing, that’s what!  For one thing, I am stuck out in the boonies and I never leave the house so that is not helping my social life at all.  Also, I am so COMPLETELY over meeting guys here it is ridiculous.  I will be try and be positive and simply say that thus far, Aussie guys have just not been my cup of tea…I actually think this a Sydney problem (or it could be a Me problem-who knows-wouldn’t be the first time), because I have met some Aussie guys since I have been here that live in Melbourne & I have mates on the Gold Coast and they are cool as hell!!   Shout out to PH, DZ, TJ & DC. The only boys I like being around are my American & non Aussie-mates I have met here. How funny is that?? I have to come all the way across the damn world to find an appreciation for American men.  Too funny.

I did have an amazing experience last week.  I MET BLACK PEOPLE FROM AMERICA right here in Sydney!!  I declare, I truly thought that I was the only Black American in this entire country!  Not that it was a big deal because as I have mentioned before, I experience no racism here and I am very cool on that front.  It is just that when you go for long periods of time and you don’t see any damn body that even remotelIy looks like you or knows your experiences, then it get a bit isolating.  So, how did this glorious event in my life happen?  It started back in late March when I decided to couchsurf for the first time. I ended up surfing at my friend Justin’s place – remember the apartment I had for two weeks with the water view – check my facebook for pics.  Anyway, Justin told me he had a friend named Amani that I should meet. He is a Brotha from America that is working here in Sydney as an Investment Banker. Justin gave me his number to ring him, but when I called him, he could not talk because he was busy at work.  He called me back 2 days later and left me a vm. I ended up erasing the number by accident and we didnot connect.  Fast forward to last Sunday – I was in the city for the weekend and Amani calls me. Turns out, I was having dinner with 2 new friends I met earlier in the day at a restaurant that was a few blocks from his house. He was headed out and I told him to stop by.  He shows up about 20 minutes later and ya’ll let me tell you…Amani is FINE AS HELL!!! He is a dark chocolate, bald headed, well dressed, pretty white teeth havin, funny as hell, nice bootie havin Brotha!!  Good Lawd!!!! Dayum!!!!!! I about lost my religion!!

I was cool of course when he came to our table and chatted for a bit.  We made plans to get together later in the week. When he left the table, I literally could not stop cheezin!  I had the biggest damn kool-aid smile on my face for hours. My new friends were cracking up. It’s now Tuesday and I am still in the city as I had a networking event to go to. I knew I would not want to be there long so I sent Amani a text to see if he was free. He said he was at a dinner but we could meet up later. Cool. We made plans to meet at Hugo’s at 10:00pm. Now ya’ll know my old ass is usually in bed by 10, but hell, he could have said 1am and I would have been there. I get to the club and he is in the downstairs part with friends. He comes out and gets me and when I get inside, I could not believe my eyes.  I thought what I was seeing was a mirage but it was for real.  There were about 15-20 BLACK PEOPLE!!!!!  My jaw hit the floor! Seriously. Amani was at the club with friends that were celebrating the fact that one of their beautiful Sista-Friends had just graduated from film school. Amani introduced me to everyone and I literally almost started crying – first because I forgot my damn camera and second because I was in such shock. Everyone was from 25-35, professional, creative, fashionable, intelligent, down, cool, open and fun as hell. I met people from North Carolina, Los Angeles, New York, etc… I was in Heaven! We partied and talked for the next 2 hours until the club closed and then went out front and talked some more.  One of the girls that is a Beyonce look-a-like invited me to a party she was having this past Friday.  I ended up not being able to go for personal reasons, but I know I will see everyone again.  It feels so amazing to have a new network here that I can actually relate to.

Okay, I meant to write a short blub, but as usual, with my detail giving azz, I have written a novel. Oh well…until next time. Caio My Friends!!!!  Love Ya!

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Whooties Whooties Everywhere!!

Hi Everyone. I trust you all had a great week.  Nothing new here.  I’ve just been hunkered down here in the boonies aka the Western suburbs working diligently on my web stuff.

My life has been pretty quiet this week. I had a bit of a wild, busy 4 days last weekend – details I will be keeping to myself – so I have been super boring and quit this week. What I did want to write about is yet another reason why I love living in Australia.  As some of you may know, exactly 14 months ago, I was MUCH MUCH larger than I am now. Almost 50 pounds (23 kilos) more than I do today.  Living in America gives you a totally fucked up vision of what is considered attractive if you are a woman.  If you are not a size 0 or now 00, then you are considered to be fat.  It’s sick.  One of the first things I noticed when I got to Australia is that women here are of all sizes and no one cares.  When you see ads or women on tv, they are on average, size 8. When I first saw ads, the first thing I thought to myself was, “Damn, that chick is fat!”.  How crazy is that?!?  I had been brainwashed by the American media to expect to see anorexic women as a beauty idea. Sick!

Another obversation I noticed about women here is that there a ton of WHOOTIE’S here.  What’s a whootie you ask?  A whootie is a white girl with a bootie!  Not just any bootie, but a sista-girl bootie.  It is the strangest thing.  These girls are packin’ out here.  There are skinny whooties, medium sized wooties, asian whooties, white whooties.  It’s incredible.  Women here are curvy and sexy and no one cares if they are a size 2 or a 22.  Needless to say, I am  very happy to be here since even though I have lost a ton of weight, I am still very curvy and I LOVE IT!!  I feel & am sexier now than I ever have in my entire life.  I am completely unburdened with having to get on scales, watch what I eat or any of that crap. It feels wonderful.  For all of my friends that may be wondering if I have kept my weight off, then answer is yes.  I did gain about about 12lbs before I left the states because I was thoroughly enjoyed my American cheeseburgers and pizza.  Once I got to OZ, I gained about 5 lbs for a total of 17lbs total.  In the past 2 months, I have dropped about 11 lbs – I’m guessing since I don’t get on scales – but my small clothes I brought over here are still loose. Now if I can only change my flat ass into a whootie bootie, I will be set!!  LOL

Anyway, gotta get back to work.  I’ve got content to create and sites to get up.

Ciao for Now.

Me 14 months ago at 210lbs

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