Oops, I did it again

[/edit] Thanks Trish for reminding me but how could I forget this very recent incident in Prague: Trish had given me her wallet to hold briefly, but when we parted ways for a few hours I forgot I had it, and she forgot that she had given it to me. Since I didn't have a phone, when Trish realised her wallet was missing, she assumed that it had been stolen (especially since they have a sign every 2 metres in Prague warning of pickpockters) and she spent the next few hours at a Czech police station filling out police reports, texting her dad at 3am Sydney time to cancel cards and organising new cards to be picked up. Oops, I did it again. Jeanne and I had to smuggle Trish out of the police station before telling her that her wallet hadn't been stolen at all! I don't think the police would have been impressed at all. I have to say that when Trish and I are together we do the most combined brainless things. I think its called synergy, but not in the most positive sense. Like when two positives equal a negative, right? =P. I also have a long list of crazy travel stories which make my work stories pale in comparison, but I must save that for another day. Time to cram! [/end edit]

So tonight at work, I lost a customer's credit card. Don't even ask me how because I'm still trying to figure that out. I was behind the bar at the register, I swiped the card, waited for the receipt to print, I looked up and then looked down and it was gone. It just wasn't there. In that 2 seconds it just disappeared. I looked absolutely everywhere but it just didn't turn up. It really was one of those out-of-body freaky experiences because I couldn't comprehend how it could just disappear! I bet it was those Xmas elves from Tivoli! So I had to tell the customer that I had "misplaced" his credit card and if we don't find it later tonight, he'll have to cancel it etc etc. They didn't take it too well as you can imagine, so the manager had to go and sort it out.

At least the managers were unbelievably nice about it even though I felt so terrible about it. Everyone else just thought it was funny. I think I've set the benchmark for stupidity at the restaurant now. I can just see in the months and years to come after I've left, if anyone ever does anything absentminded or stupid, that the others will just say, "Oh don't worry, thats nothing. There was once this girl from Sydney who used to work here and she..."

Some people would consider me to be intelligent, but I beg to differ as I somehow always seem to end up doing the most random, stupid and embarrassing things. Tonight was one of those moments but I'm not sure whether it tops some previous incidents. Like the time, at another waitressing job, where I gave a customer normal spring rolls (she swears she ordered the vegetarian ones, but I'm pretty sure she forgot to say that) and after two bites she calls me over and breathlessly whispers in a monotone, "That...is..the first..piece..of meat I've had in..THIRTY YEARS!". Then she continued to sit there for the rest of the night in disbelief, struggling to contemplate with the fact that there were miniscule particles of meat infiltrating her puritan body.

Or the time I spilt a whole bottle of green Bacardi Breezer all over the front of a lady's white top. She took it quite well, actually.

Or the time I nearly broke the cork which almost disintegrated into a super vintage super expensive bottle of wine a customer brought in. Thank goodness my manager saved it, they were super not happy about it at all.

Or the time I nearly lost a seven year old child in one of my dance classes. When you have seventeen 7 to 12 year olds running around, its not the easiest job to keep tabs on them really. You can bet I was totally freaking out and jumping to conclusions about kidnappers and pedophiles lurking about and worst still was how I would have to explain to her mother that I had lost her daughter. Meanwhile I had to contain my composure in teaching the rest of the class with other mothers sitting up the back watching. I nearly lost it when we found her 20 minutes later hiding behind the curtain (yup, she was that small). Yes, how I love little kids.

Or the time at the restaurant, when a customer quickly grabbed my attention and asked for a cup of green tea and for some unknown reason I told her no and that she had to order from her own waiter (you can actually order from any waiter), only to look up to find that it was the general manager (the big big boss) of the restaurant. Total embarrassment.

And thus the long list continues but I won't go any further because I think you all get the general idea. Whilst on the topic of work, its always great to reap the perks and benefits of your employment. I present to you..A night out at Wagamamas..

Sarah and Dani with their yasai katsu curry. Edamame beans taste like pure soy..I love it!

I had the christmas special, the buta udon, which I thought tasted very chinese. Tez with her "yucky" udon. No no its "yaki", dear. (JY - are you playing spot the JY Jewels? =))

"Ramon" with the teriyaki steak soba, "Wolv" with the miso ramen

Sam and Tez with their udons.

Can't go past the wasabi-chokoladekage (chocolate cake) here.

Dig in!

More Danish christmas cheer. Distinctively danish - Santa made out of Lego.

This is also distinctively danish - strolling down Stroget.

Christmas illuminations of danish jeweller, Georg Jensen and the department store, Illum

Cosy Cafe Norden where the hot chocolates are 40 Dkk (gasp!). That's about $9.30 aud, pure highway robbery, but delicious nevertheless.

"Wolv" and "Chun Lee" (???). If anyone can think of a "stereotypical" Asian-Australian name please let me know. Hrmm, maybe I can be "laksa" since its rather Malaysian-Australian, the same way Sarah could be "SpagBol" (distinctively Australian and Italian, obviously!)

I'm not sure what's going on here, but Philipp has hands that move at the speed of light.

and..Happy birthday, Santiago!

It's Christmas Time in the City

Xmas shopping: I've never seen Stroget so full of people

Outdoor skating at Kongens Nytorv

Homemade Christmas cheer

Christmas markets at Nyhavn

The magic of Tivoli. Very cute..almost TOO cute

Hand crafted Christmas decorations at Tivoli markets

Backlog of photos

So. Four months down. One to go. The days are flying by, and with exams around the corner we'll both be saying goodbye to Copenhagen before we know it. Since I have a paper due next Tuesday and I haven't even started, I thought it must be the right time to procrastinate and publish these photos that have been sitting in the drafts forever. Please don't think that the weather here is nice and sunny right now because some of them were taken all the way back in August!

Tokyo Sound Revolution at Vega Nightclub

Ego-wrappin, an awesome Japanese band that combines elements of cabaret, big band jazz, guitars, electronica, sax and Bjork-esq vocal-work. Very cool.

With our Japanese friends

Spanish boys Manu, Victor and Miguel

There is an Australian restaurant here called "Reef and Beef" that sells dishes called "Tasmanian Devil Wallaby", "Quandong Roo" and "Outback Vegemite Steak". Yeh right, because we sooo eat that kinda things in Australia! They have ads sprawled all over train stations of an Aboriginal man holding a glass of wine. We have spent many hours debating this, but the verdict it still out by us Australians whether this is in bad taste or not. What do you think?

Sure, we complain about the food in Denmark, but one thing the Danes make up for in that department are their superb brunches.

Danish folkdancing night, organised by ESN, the Erasmus Student Network

With Jem and Theresa at Park Nightclub afterwards

with Sushila, from California

An authentic Italian dinner at Claudia's professor's place, when both Claudia's boyfriend, Thomas and Daniela's boyfriend, Michael came to visit. The Italians take their cooking seriously and to perfection. Bellisimo!

Theresa and Daniela at Frederiksberg Park, a beautiful place which houses Frederiksberg Castle and also where we we tried to "study" when the weather was a bit warmer.

I can't get over how beautiful the ducks are in Denmark.

For Martina's 21st birthday, we decided to scout out the beaches in Copenhagen and headed to the man-made one in Amager for some sand and sunshine. Unfortunately, all we were greeted with was grey sand, tufts of grass, strong winds and an empty beach!

Our attempt to study for our Danish test at the beach. We probably got in a total of 10 minutes study.

The lucky birthday gal with cakes galore.

Then it was back to our place for a little cookup!

Lovely Ida, a Swedish girl who is now a doctor in Denmark and Theresa

Its party time! Fun times at Rust and the Happy Pig.

My Danish class on the last day at our little "party" with our hippy teacher, Jesper (back, right). We had 14 people in our class, coming from the States, Australia, France, Italy, Finland, Germany and Japan.

Malmo Festival

Malmo is a city in Sweden only 40 minutes away from Copenhagen, which hosts a huge week long festival every year. Music, food, films, dance, rides, stalls and huge crowds to battle are part of the fun-filled day out.

There were several music stages which ranged from rock and grunge, to pop and folk..

and electronic. We managed to catch Hess is More perform who I thought were pretty cool..

..but I found myself more at home at the Hip-hop stage. B-girls from Japan and Eastern Europe battling it out..

Tons and tons of food stalls lining the streets. Emily from Melbourne trying the Belgian waffles.

C'mon guys..smile!

Sorry guys for the lack of interesting comments, but I'm saving my precious brain power and writing inspiration for my 2000 word synopsis on human rights and development..goodness knows how much I need it.

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Ciao!