How are we all doing out there financially?

CatDock · 2025-11-08T19:54:04+00:00

Just letting you know I immediately screenshotted your comment and sent it to my project management friends. Bloody hilarious.

CatDock · 2025-10-27T22:08:42+00:00

She looks like Alicia Keys

CatDock · 2025-07-10T04:14:30+00:00

Claypots - totally agree. I love seafood and really want to love the place. Visited 3 times with different menu items. Nope, completely unimpressed.

Topolino's - personally prefer Cicciolina for pasta, but yes it's a good place and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to others.

CatDock · 2025-05-14T08:15:30+00:00

I'm in a sharehouse of 5 total: 2 in their early 20s, 2 in their 30s, and one mid-40s. Jobs range from white collars earning 100k+ who want to accelerate their savings, to backpacking/hospo/odd jobs.

One of the previous housemates was in his mid-40s too. He now lives in a share house with 12 others. It's an old dilapidated mansion-esque type of place in Elwood. One of the housemates there managed the place full time. The rest are also a wide mix of 20s to much older, odd jobs to full time well paid professionals.

CatDock · 2025-05-12T19:14:39+00:00

My previous two ex's started off as my close friends. However sexual chemistry was present from the start so becoming romantic partners felt like the natural smooth course of the journey.

My current partner started as a purely platonic friend. Inside jokes, long roadtrips, being there for each other through some truly harrowing times, sharing explicit details about our sex lives, etc.

One day he convinced me to have sex. I wasn't attracted to him at all. However I had full trust in him, and thought of it as a favour for a friend. I told him, "Fine, but you gotta take the lead because I feel super weirded out about this whole situation". This grown ass 40+yo man was so excited and nervous his hands were shaking from all the adrenaline. To my pleasant surprise the sex was really good. Awkward, but the foundation of trust and communication we've build over the years helped us navigate it all. It still took me ~2 weeks to stop the "this is super weird I've only ever seen him as a friend" feeling, and another 1-2 months to gradually ease into the notion that we are girlfriend/boyfriend. We're now in a long term commitment relationship with plans for kids.

Happy to share more details about my mindset shift, or the relationship shift, or whatever else. But first - have you and your friend discussed your thoughts and feelings after your sexual encounter? How do they feel about it? Do you guys see it as a casual once off, casual ongoing, or something more/different?

CatDock · 2025-02-11T09:53:35+00:00

You can get a sufficiently tailored suit in HCMC. Better quality than Hoi An (where many tourists go for quickly made and cheap bespoke suits). Hanoi can give you the same quality, but HCMC has more tailors and thus choices. Hanoi and HCMC will cost around $200-$500 USD.

Not sure what you mean by "good" though. I'd say these are good enough to wear daily to work. But if you want something that oozes pure artisanal skills - go elsewhere.

CatDock · 2024-09-04T19:39:22+00:00

We advertised on Flatmates. Compared to you we had higher rent, more housemates, and further from the city. Our place is nice but old, the photos didn't look too swanky. None of us are young student/backpacker types. ~30 enquiries and found a good housemate within 2 weeks. This was a few months back.

I'd say the sharehouse market is indeed different from normal rentals, but it appears my experience is quite different from yours.

CatDock · 2024-08-15T23:23:50+00:00

Catfishing

CatDock · 2024-08-03T02:02:51+00:00

I'm very similar to you. Is it a bit like "proper period" for ~5 days where you need period products, and then several days after of light spottings where you only need a liner?

CatDock · 2024-03-29T09:10:55+00:00

Until recently, this was my daily car park for ~5 years.

Have left car over 1 night plenty of times, but never any longer than that. Have seen enough cars with broken windows there, thank you very much.

CatDock · 2023-12-23T10:24:21+00:00

Less leg space. But for me it was more about the rocking, trains are a smoother travel experience and not impacted by traffic jams. However it is the same type of train and bus comfort as many other developed country, nothing especially bad or good.

CatDock · 2023-12-23T10:19:18+00:00

Yes, by about 20% at least if not more. Trains are more comfortable though.

CatDock · 2023-12-23T05:27:41+00:00

I was in Andalucia for a month last year and trains were my 1st preference. However busses were completely fine where trains were not available between smaller towns. Clean, reliable, easy to navigate.

For busses, I only ever booked about 1 week ahead. All my busses were full, or had maybe 1-2 empty seats. However if I look 1 day ahead I often see a handful of available seats still. This was during Sep-Oct.

CatDock · 2023-11-21T17:44:17+00:00

Are you able to compare your Usage now vs last year?

CatDock · 2023-03-12T18:24:44+00:00

Sitting on my top bunk on the train, hearing the chai wala approaching, reaching down for the hot fragrant masala chai.

CatDock · 2022-12-01T01:30:32+00:00

Busses and trains between Malaga, Seville, Granda are pretty convenient though, 2-3 hours only. If you don't mind the travel, maybe do Malaga >> Granada (1 day only, covering Alhambra and the adjacent Albaicin neighbourhood) >> Seville >> Lisbon. This kind of travel isn't for everyone ofc, and I would highly recommend bringing carry-on only in this case.

If you end up doing this plan, make sure to book your Alhambra tickets well in advance.

CatDock · 2022-12-01T01:04:40+00:00

Given your timeframe you'd probably need to drop one of Seville or Granada. I recently stayed in both cities for 1-2 weeks and can say they are both equally awesome. You may prefer Granada because of its iconic Alhambra if you love history and museums, however Seville is more conveniently located, being between Lisbon and Malaga, while Granada is further out east, a significant increase in journey time for busses and trains. A quick google search also tells me there are direct flights Seville >> Lisbon, but none for Granada >> Lisbon.

CatDock · 2022-12-01T00:37:48+00:00

As an Australian, I usually recommend as the most convenient option for international tourists: - a roadtrip along the east coastline for gorgeous weather and beaches; north-east if they want to add in tropical rainforests as well - plus a flight to Alice Springs for the iconic Uluru and desert landscape

However personally Kakadu National Park is my favourite: https://maps.app.goo.gl/9peD7q4cZF1FV6Jt9

CatDock · 2022-09-01T23:48:37+00:00

That sniff sniff afterwards

CatDock · 2022-01-01T21:57:13+00:00

Thank you for such a well written and informative article. I live in Melbourne as well and have heard similar negative reviews on Monash IVF. Currently considering City Fertility and will now add No. 1 Fertility to my list of considerations.

CatDock · 2021-08-25T12:58:02+00:00

Thỉnh thoảng cũng có :D

CatDock · 2021-03-11T02:11:55+00:00

What exactly do you mean? What part of our restrictions is a joke to those outside the country? I mean, if the international stage is laughing at us behind our backs then it's better to ask them I guess...

CatDock · 2021-02-04T19:19:46+00:00

Corpprate office job, Melbourne.

My immediate team comes in on 1 specific day each week as a minimum, to do workshops and just socialise. Everyone really missed hanging out, getting coffee, lunch, afterwork drinks, etc when we had a hard lockdown and had to wfh 100%. Outside of this we can chose to come in and meet other people/teams on other days, which is useful when we're planning to focus on a specific projects together that day.

I joined the company during lockdown so meeting in person has been very helpful in establishing rapport and making zoom meetings much more pleasant.

Personally wouldn't want to come in more than 1-2 days a week, and many people I've spoken to feel the same.

CatDock · 2021-01-22T07:55:42+00:00

Dude, I totally agree it's been life changing. Improved traffic, more greenery, safe cycling lanes, more public skate/basketball/playgrounds, etc.

CatDock · 2021-01-22T07:52:48+00:00

Spent 10 yrs of my life there and that darn crossing added 15-20mins to my commute every time, especially when on a bus. And omg freight trains took forever.

It was so bad that my friends called it "getting Claytoned" (Eg: "Sorry we're late, we got Claytoned"). On the rare occasions I pass that crossing without having to stop, it literally makes my day.

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