I woke up to total darkness at 5:30 AM. It would be normal except I cant switch on the light, Adelaide (or at least my part of town) has plunged into total darkness with lack of electricity. I would normally just go back to sleep, but I have a flight and a taxi is to pick me up at 6.
It's easy enough to find your way around the house, harder to make sure you have all the luggages, but pretty much impossible to do your hair in total darkness. Mobile light is annoying as it kept turning itself off, I found a candle and walked around with it.
It is total darkness on the streets, all of the electricity has gone along South road according to the taxi driver. The gale broke several branches and they litter the road as we drove. It's like some big disaster has stopped the world, I was getting really excited, this is it! end of it all! Then it was disappointing to drive back into the traffic lights and civilisation. I put away the savage caveman instinct that was ready to cut throat and loot the town in amongst the chaos and lawless catalysm.
Melbourne airport is gargantuous. That is both a good and a bad thing. Good because I enjoy the sense of a thriving economy; but bad that I have to stand in line for 40 mins to get through the customs with a kid throwing tantrum in the line. As predicted by the custom officer who referred to herself as an 'old gal' and was flirting with me a little and thus delaying me more, I was lucky enough not to sit next to the tantruming child. However, worse than a child throwing tantrum, is a teenage boy trying way way too hard to impress the girl next to him. I had to sit through 3.5 hours of him trying to be funny (which he is not), playing stupid (which I don't think he had to pretend), and obnoxiously trying to put a funny twist and comment on everything he's doing/seeing.
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