Sydney is pretty warm compared to Melbourne but it was still cool. Some things about Cambelltown, it's far from everything, quiet and dead. Ben's mum even said when they first moved there, it was where the government put low class people to live together - that sounds cruel. But I'd say it's pretty high class to me where there is a golf course and huge new modern houses along the street. Maybe it's changed…

You can't imagine how far Cambelltown is from Sydney - it's where Cityrail stops, a terminal station. Took us 1 Hr and cost 8 bucks each way. We planned to explore Sydney this time but first we had to do family things. We spent the whole first week visiting Ben's family which I liked. They invited us for dinner and Ben told me that they’re just being fake, trying to make a good impression. I don't mind that at all because their food was nice, plus I am like that as well. You know, who'd want to show their bad sides straight away to new friends?

Ben's nieces and nephews are huge, they cant even remember me but it was kewl. We got them games and stuff and they loved us. They loved talking about WoW and I showed them how awesome I am in-game, like showing them that my druid can turn to be a cat, a cheetah, a bear and a tree. I even showed them my glowy dagger and different kind of epic mounts on Thainabox, and they all said "oooooo". Lol I love doing this. Ben told them to ignore me, what kind of hubby he is? He should know I like showing off!

We got Ben's brother a Calvin Klein robe and his wife said "not even sure he’ll use it cause he normally walks around the house naked" Hmmm I don't wanna know this.

Everyone who knew Ben was back in Sydney had been bugging him about fixing their computers. LOL!!! He was so popular, going through firstly his mum's, her website, his brother's and sister's and even his ex boyfriend. LMAO!!!

I quiver with anticipation at the impending arrival of Wrath of the Lich King. We recently started new horde alts, me as a warlock and him as a priest (role reversal ftw!), and due to this Oui has informed me that he doesn't want to get the expansion right away.

Nu-uh! You're getting it bitch. I'm getting it, so that means you have to too because it will be boring as hell without you.

I'll post a pic of our new characters who look a little like the bride of frankenstein, which is out of the scope of Oui's experience so his looks like Marge from The Simpsons. We giggled a lot while creating them (well, it was mainly me) and are quite enjoying them so far.

It's interesting to me that Oui is complaining to me about all the same things that I used to complain at him about when our roles were reversed and when I point this out to him he seems non-commital in his agreement.

One of our goals while in Australia was to open a joint account we could send money to. It also served the dual purpose of proof we are a real couple for Oui's eventual permanent residency application.

When we opened our joint account in Thailand the clerk acted as if the 1.3% interest was a simply stunning offer by the bank, but having lived in Australia I knew it was actually shit. Had we opened the account in only Oui's name we could have gotten a higher interest rate, but as I am not Thai 1.3% was 'good'.

One of the few days we were in Sydney I decided it would be a good time to open an account and as my ex works for Westpac we tried there first. Everything looked good until I formed the clerk asked if I have any other identification (I'd given him my passport). I said that no, I didn't, and asked what kind of identification he needed as he already had my passport.

To cut that long story short, they would happily accept Oui's passport as sufficient identification but for me (an Australian) my passport was not enough.

A highly ridiculous part of our exchange:

Clerk: I need the stamp from when you entered Australia.
Me: It's all done electronically now.
Clerk: Yes, so I'll need a stamp.
Me: It's an electronic passport - there is no stamp.

I was incredulous at this but instead of getting angry I just said "ok, thanks", took our passports, and left. I was on holiday after all.

Next door was ANZ and I thought "why not give them a try too?", I'm happy to report the staff there were incredibly helpful. Any future accounts I open will be with them, my confidence in their service is so high.

Unfortunately they had the same problem, but this time I was presented with a list of possible forms of identification I could use. I needed a certain number of 'points' and looking through the list I was amazed to find that there was no way I could possibly have enough to open an account in Australia (I had already presented my passport and she informed me that it wasn't possible to also use a full birth certificate because of this).

We gave up at that point but luckily my ex later came to the rescue, pulling a few strings that resulting in our joint account at Westpac.

I just received an email titled:

Are you addicted to watching naked celebrities?

I never really thought about it, but the way you phrase the question suggests that I perhaps should be and that such a thing is a problem you can help me with. Humans are so complicated!

Where do I enter my credit card details?