So flashback to last Wednesday the 22nd. I just got in from touch footy after we suffered another loss. We got steamrolled again, put up a total of 0 points while giving up a ton. I really didn’t know what else to do, I came home bleeding this time so it wasn’t for lack of effort. This week I am guaranteeing victory, Captain Iron Mike will not go 0-3. So I was sitting on the floor watching the Commonwealth games and decided I should go. I booked a flight, bought some tickets and headed out to Melbourne on Thursday afternoon. Best decision I ever made. The atmosphere there was unbelievable, I was sitting in the Melbourne Cricket Ground, otherwise known as “The G” with 81,000 people just going wild. The place was massive. I watched the Kenyans dominate the 3,000 metre steeplechase, saw some good hammer throw action, and two Aussies break records, one in the long jump and one in the pole vault. Weirdest thing though is that you can bet on anything down here, even amateur sports. Too bad I figured this out afterwards, or maybe that is good. If I had known I would have laid down so much cash on all the Kenyan runners, I would have cleaned house. I also watched the doubles squash which was pretty cool as well. The reflexes of these athletes is insane, they are so quick, it was really cool to see live. I saw the Canadian men play the English and unfortunately they lost. It was even worse because I was alone with my Canadian flag with some damn limey bastard kids from England in front of me and they would not stop chirping me. Good thing I made friends with this aussie girl because I was running out of ammo but she was giving it right back to these limey’s. It was hilarious, she was 9.

The atmosphere around the whole city was great, I spent most of the days just wandering around all of the venues they had set up and watching different events on big screen TV’s. As for the nights, now that is a different story. The hostel I stayed at was pretty weak, and the people were no fun at all. I ended up going out on the town by myself and I had a pretty good time, mingled with some locals and all that good stuff. Doing random things at the spur of a moment is great, I wonder where I am gonna end up next weekend. Hopefully not in a gutter or anything!

Oh yeah, tomorrow is also a big day. There are touch footy trials for the Aussie University Games. So if I make the team I get to represent my Uni against other ones from this area and we can then move on to the state finals, should be exciting. Time for more Eye of the Tiger!

Captain Iron Mike (0-2, 0 points for, tons against)

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